David Brooks
"We have entered the endurance phase of this pandemic. We are slowly mastering this disease, but we have not yet done so. And so we wait — and endure."
David Brooks
"We have entered the endurance phase of this pandemic. We are slowly mastering this disease, but we have not yet done so. And so we wait — and endure."
David Brooks is an American cultural and political commentator who was born in Canada when his father was earning his PhD at the University of Toronto. He is a bi-weekly columnist for
The New York Times’ op-ed pages and a regular analyst on PBS NewsHour and NPR’s All Things Considered.
Brooks is known for using humour and passion to address his audiences on topics that include present-day American and foreign politics, culture and healthcare.
As an author, Brooks is best known for his
New York Times bestseller
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, published in 2000. He’s also the author of
New York Times bestseller
The Road to Character, which illustrates how to reach success through selflessness. In his most recent book,
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, Brooks explores how to have a life of meaning and purpose.
Brooks holds an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Chicago and honourary degrees from Williams College, New York University, Brandeis University and Occidental College, among others. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and currently teaches at Yale University.