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David Brooks stories: 39 news summaries

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DAVID BROOKS

 US Needs to Regain 
 Faith in the Future 

China shouldn't have monopoly on dynamism

Nov 17, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America needs to overcome its "crisis of faith" caused by China's phenomenal growth, writes David Brooks. Today's China is optimistic, forward-looking, and dynamic in the way America once was and should hope to be again, he points out in the New York Times . Surveys show that 86% of... More »

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China • US economy • Chinese economy • optimism • David Brooks • future

DAVID BROOKS

Unassuming Thune Could Be GOP's Future

Nice-guy populist eyed as 2012 contender

Nov 13, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The junior senator from South Dakota is starting to get a lot of attention from the less hysterical sections of the GOP as the party seeks to build on recent successes, writes David Brooks . John Thune never sounds like he's auditioning for a spot on talk radio, but instead puts... More »

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South Dakota • Republican Party • populism • David Brooks • John Thune • Election 2012

OPINION roundup

 Stop Making 
 Excuses 
 for Hasan 

Murderous Islamic extremism was his motive, not PTSD

Nov 10, 09 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Commentators are working overtime to explain away the Fort Hood shootings as a personal breakdown rather than what it obviously was, three conservative columnists argue today: a terrorist assault by an Islamic extremist.
  • The explanation for Major Hasan's actions should be crystal clear to anybody not afraid of offending
... More »

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Muslim • Islamic extremism • PTSD • Dr Phil • David Brooks • Jonah Goldberg • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

DAVID BROOKS

 Get a  Clue, 
 Washington: 
 You Can't Do 
 Everything 

Effort to restructure exec pay smacks of arrogance

Oct 27, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clamping down on arrogant, risk-taking execs with an overconfident attempt to overhaul private sector pay structures shows that the arrogance has migrated to the Obama administration, writes David Brooks. The government is trying to micro-manage compensation packages at a wide variety of firms when pay regulation should be done, humbly,... More »

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executive compensation • Treasury Department • financial sector • David Brooks • Obama administration • financial crisis

DAVID BROOKS

Leveling With Voters Could Revive GOP

Look at Britain: a tough austerity program has emboldened the right

Oct 16, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economy might be in shambles, but Republicans are offering no alternative plan to ward off mounting American debt—insisting on yet more tax cuts and refusing to cut into bloated Medicare. David Brooks suggests they take a lesson from their British cousins, the Tories, who are poised to win... More »

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debt • Tories • Conservative Party • public sector • David Brooks • George Osborne

OPINION

Maybe Baucus Bill Is Better Than Nothing

David Brooks wishes Congress had listened to Ron Wyden

Oct 9, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even David Brooks has become convinced that the health care system needs a fundamental overhaul—and unfortunately, it’s not going to get one. The best option, Democrat Ron Wyden’s proposal to let employees take their employer’s contribution and spend it on an open health care exchange, was... More »

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health care reform • Max Baucus • David Brooks • Ron Wyden • health insurance exchange

(Newser) - Once again the right-wing radio guys have managed to convince everyone that they are a great and powerful force to be reckoned with. David Brooks revisits the 2007 Republican primaries, when Rush, Hannity, Beck and company were all weak-kneed over Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney, but bashed “unreliable deviationists”... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • pundits • right-wing media • David Brooks • conservative media

OPINION

 Obama Backlash 
 Isn't About Race 

The real, centuries-old conflict is between urban elites and small towners

Sep 18, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's a mistake to see the growing backlash against President Obama through the prism of race, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. The anti-Obama movement springs not from racism, but from the long American tradition of popular distrust of the urban elite, argues Brooks. He notes mostly white... More »

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protests • racism • populism • David Brooks • racial tension • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

OPINION

 Brooks: Humility Is Dead 

Kanye, Joe Wilson lead age of attention-seeking

Sep 15, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - What happened to humility in America? In the past few days, we’ve seen Joe Wilson interrupt a presidential speech, Kanye West steal Taylor Swift’s microphone to voice his opinion, and Michael Jordan offer up an “egomaniacal” Hall of Fame speech, writes David Brooks in the New York ... More »

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Michael Jordan • Kanye West • World War II • David Brooks • VJ Day • Taylor Swift • Joe Wilson

OPINION



 Obama's Health 
 Speech a Victory 
 for the Center: 
 Brooks 

Highly effective talk knocks down House plan, public option

Sep 11, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s health care speech was “the finest speech of his presidency,” writes David Brooks: While rhetorically appeasing liberals, it “subtly staked out ground in the center” to win over moderates, making passage “much more likely,” he opines in the New York Times. Obama... More »

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Congress • health care reform • speech • budget deficit • David Brooks • tort reform • President Obama • public option

OPINION

 Obama and Brooks: Best Buds 

The odd friendship between a conservative columnist and liberal president

Aug 31, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nominal conservative David Brooks is one of President Obama’s unlikeliest allies, writes Gabriel Sherman for the New Republic. The New York Times columnist was on board early, publishing an op-ed titled “Run, Barack, Run” in 2006. Lately, Brooks has written more favorably of Obama than Paul Krugman has.... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Weekly Standard • columnists • Paul Krugman • David Brooks • bromance

ANALYSIS

Kennedy Legacy Testament to Power of Compromise

US political system 'rewards negotiators'

Aug 28, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The political agenda outlined in Ted Kennedy’s speech at the 1980 Democratic convention was radical: Kennedy called for a policy of full employment, government intervention to “reindustrialize” American cities, and universal health care. Having lost the Democratic nomination, “his liberalism was unbound," writes David Brooks for... More »

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Democrats • Ted Kennedy • centrist • liberal • David Brooks • founding fathers

Obama: You Can Keep Your Honeymoon

Prez says he's not losing sleep over
harsh NYT column

Jul 22, 09 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I never understood this concept of honeymoon," President Obama told Katie Couric yesterday when the CBS interviewer asked about his sliding poll numbers. Obama said he wasn't too worried about a New York Times column from David Brooks saying he has fallen into step behind Nancy Pelosi on... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Katie Couric • Democratic Party • David Brooks • President Obama

OPINION

Congress Leads Dems on 'Liberal Suicide March'

They're as out of touch as Republicans were
in Bush years: Brooks

Jul 21, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party turned away from America during its years in power, writes New York Times columnist David Brooks, by paying more attention to echo-chamber media outlets and yes-men pollsters than voters. Now the Democrats are doing the same—instead of Southern conservatives, now it's left-wingers from the coasts who... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Senate Democrats • health care reform • Democratic Party • House Democrats • David Brooks • Blue Dog Democrats • liberal elite

David Brooks: GOP Senator Groped Me

Columnist says politicians tend to be 'emotional freaks'

Jul 11, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times columnist David Brooks's career has taught him that the most powerful politicians are a bunch of "emotional freaks" prone to invading personal space, Think Progress reports. "I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh... More »

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Republican • midlife crisis • David Brooks • senator • politician

OPINION

 Who Killed Dignity? 
 Ask Sanford, Jacko, Palin ... 

Today's celebs would make George Washington blush

Jul 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrying himself with honor and restraint was of utmost importance to George Washington and Americans for generations afterward—but for today’s public figures, the premium on dignity has faded, says David Brooks in the New York Times. Washington’s conduct “during times of temptation” made him “a... More »

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ethics • culture • Michael Jackson • David Brooks • Sarah Palin • George Washington • Mark Sanford • President Obama • dignity

OPINION

Dems Put Pragmatism Before Policy

Desperate to pass
bills, Congress quick to forgo ideals: Brooks

Jun 30, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats learned lasting lessons from the Clinton health care battle: Let Congress, not the White House, write the bills; don’t try to fight the corporations; and avoid failure at all costs. As a consequence, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. the party has taken a “... More »

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health care • Congress • Democrats • cap and trade • White House • health care reform • Vince Lombardi • David Brooks • bill • Obama administration

OPINION

 6 Conservatives 
 Worth Obama's Time 


Jun 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are a few in the conservative camp who the Obama administration respects. “By respect, I mean, quite simply, the degree to which the White House responds to their worries and needs and believes that the time spent responding is useful and necessary,” Marc Ambinder writes in the... More »

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John McCain • White House • Richard Lugar • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Susan Collins • David Brooks • Obama administration • President Obama • Jack Goldsmith

OPINION

Justices Are Emotional Creatures

Brooks: Don't worry about dispassion;
it's just a myth

May 29, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s legal system “is based on a useful falsehood,” writes David Brooks of the New York Times. It assumes that judges are objective, almost robotic, executors of law. They’re not. “In reality, decisions are made by imperfect minds in ambiguous circumstances.” The question... More »

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US Supreme Court • David Brooks • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Dick Cheney conspired to perpetuate the same myth yesterday, writes David Brooks of the New York Times. In their telling, we have seen a sharp break between Bush-Cheney terror policies and Obama-Biden ones. “This is a completely bogus distortion of history.” In reality, the... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • torture • Guantanamo Bay • waterboarding • David Brooks • Obama administration • enhanced interrogation techniques

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