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David Brooks stories: 39 news summaries

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Interview

Krauthammer: Right's Thorn in Obama's Side

Post columnist the only coherent voice in a fractured opposition

May 20, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2006, Charles Krauthammer urged Barack Obama to run for president, guaranteeing he’d lose. That didn’t exactly work out, but Obama’s rise has been good for the Washington Post columnist, who has become the central anti-Obama voice, writes Ben Smith in Politico. His writing drips with a... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Washington Post • conservative • columnists • David Brooks • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer

OPINION

 Good CEOs Are Boring: Brooks 


May 19, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recent studies have yielded a good picture of the ideal CEO, and the life of the party he ain’t, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. Traits like empathy, good communication skills, and team-building aren’t very important. Flamboyant visionaries rarely work out. No, those who often thrive... More »

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CEO • corporate culture • corporate governance • David Brooks • Obama administration • politicians

OPINION

 What the 
 GOP Needs Is 
 a John Wayne 

Community, not freedom, is the true Western virtue: Brooks

May 5, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans have admired Westerns for decades, continually flocking to leaders—Goldwater, Reagan, Bush, Palin—who embody the John Wayne ideal of individualism and bravery. But as David Brooks writes, Westerns aren't really about lone heroes, but "civic order": how newcomers build communities in inhospitable regions. For the New ... More »

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GOP • Barry Goldwater • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • David Brooks • conservatism • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • community

OPINION

Obama Could Try Some of His Vaunted Fiscal Responsibility

Administration involved in major economic gambles

Apr 21, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a recent speech at Georgetown, President Obama outlined his plans for the economy. The funny thing is, David Brooks writes in the New York Times, "he sounded like a cultural conservative." The president talked about the good old days and vowed to end fiscal irresponsibility. In short,... More »

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Barack Obama • stock market • Georgetown University • economic stimulus package • David Brooks • economy • economic crisis

OPINION

GM Will Drive Obama Off Cliff: Brooks

Company can't be saved; political costs of bankruptcy are huge

Mar 31, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades, General Motors hasn’t been so much in the automaking business, David Brooks writes in the New York Times, as “in the restructuring business.” And for just as long, presidents have sought to push bankruptcy into the future. By getting serious, though, “the Obama administration... More »

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General Motors • restructuring • auto industry • David Brooks • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama Has Right 
 Idea on Education 

Breaks with party orthodoxy

Mar 13, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Brooks crosses ideological lines to give President Obama a big shout-out on his education strategy today in the New York Times. "He has broken with liberal orthodoxy on school reform more than any other policy," Brooks raves. "He's naturally inclined to be data driven. There's reason... More »

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education • Barack Obama • No Child Left Behind • David Brooks

OPINION

GOP Must Rethink 'Totally Misguided' Stance: Brooks

Obstructionist strategy seems lame

Mar 10, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican response to the fiscal crisis is “totally misguided,” David Brooks writes in the New York Times. Republicans are opposing everything out of a belated sense of fiscal discipline, “at the one moment in the past 70 years when it is completely inappropriate,” he sighs.... More »

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Republican • John Boehner • David Brooks • economy • political strategy • financial crisis • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

White House Responds,
With Civility

Brooks still hates
the budget, but he applauds new tone

Mar 6, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - In the Bush years, publishing a New York Times op-ed criticizing the White House could get your wife outed as an undercover CIA agent. But when David Brooks wrote earlier this week that the 2010 budget was too liberal, the Obama administration was much gentler—he got calls from four... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • budget • David Brooks • Obama administration • Obamanomics

OPINION

Is Obama Trying to Fix Too Much at Once?

Despite new prez's gifts, Brooks worries he's moving too fast

Feb 24, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - David Brooks is not a liberal, but the New York Times columnist doesn't hesitate to call himself "a great admirer of Barack Obama and those around him." Yet as the new administration has thrown itself at a dozen staggering problems, from fixing health care and the auto industry... More »

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Barack Obama • government • liberals • auto industry • health care reform • economic stimulus package • David Brooks • Obama administration

(Newser) - When urban planners dream, they dream that Americans will give up on the suburbs in favor of a dense, environmentally friendly, less auto-dependent lifestyle. And it’s never going to happen, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. “Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never... More »

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Chicago • New York • Denver • Los Angeles • San Diego • Phoenix • Amsterdam • urban sprawl • Seattle • US cities • cities • Portland • urban planning • suburban sprawl • David Brooks

OPINION

No Golden Toilets; Liberals Are On the Case

The rules have changed for the über-rich: Brooks

Feb 3, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - David Brooks is worried about the rich people. Consider poor John Thain. One minute, it was OK to spend $35,000 on a commode, the next it was an embarrassment, Brooks opines in the New York Times. The same shame could befall countless billionaires who don’t realize the rules... More »

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Democrats • Washington DC • John Thain • David Brooks • TARP

 Obama Dines With 
 Conservative Kings 

Dinner with vocal conservative critics

Jan 13, 09 11:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama broke bread with America's most influential conservative opinion shapers last night. The Washington Post reports he was guest of honor at a dinner party given by columnist George Will, along with Bill Kristol, David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer. Rumors were buzzing that Rush Limbaugh would attend, but a... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Rush Limbaugh • Weekly Standard • George Will • David Brooks • President Obama • Chevy Chase Md • William Kristol • Charles Krauthammer

OPINION

Unprepared Next Gen Faces 'Stone-Cold Scarcity'

Can young people used to prosperity handle scarcity?

Nov 4, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Today marks a national sea change, the “end of an economic era, a political era, and a generational era,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times. “The baby boomers have been a politically undistinguished generation,” he writes, and now, “change is demanded." If... More »

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Barack Obama • baby boomer • transition • weakening economy • David Brooks • Election 2008 • financial crisis

OPINION

 Conservative 
 Sees Future 
 in Palin 

Movement needs 'plain spoken' leader like VP candidate, not 'over-delicate' Noonans

Oct 23, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative commentators who shamelessly jump on the Barack Obama bandwagon are blinkered to the new face of conservatism, Tony Blankley writes in the Washington Times. Just like “me-too” Republicans of the New Deal era, “they all cast their admiration for Mr. Obama in contrast to Sarah Palin—who... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican Party • Peggy Noonan • David Brooks • Election 2008 • conservatism • Christopher Buckley • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker • David Frum

OPINION

Populism Killed the Republican Party

Anti-elite attitude personified by Palin drove away base

Oct 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-intellectual populism has reduced the Republicans to a resentful rump party, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. A movement that once prized good ideas began to rely on bashing the educated as a political tactic. “What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain... More »

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GOP • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • populism • David Brooks • conservatism • William F. Buckley Jr. • Sarah Palin

Bailout Ushers In New Era
of Regulation


Increased oversight a natural byproduct or turbulent economic times

Sep 24, 08 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the dust settles on the $700-billion federal bailout, one thing will be clear, the Wall Street Journal writes: that it signals a swing toward government intervention in the business world not seen since the 1980s. Treasury becoming a shareholder in firms it lends to, regulation of credit-default swaps, limits... More »

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John McCain • Wall Street • Henry Paulson • Christopher Cox • David Brooks • bailout • financial crisis

OPINION

 Why Obama Popularity
 Isn't Moving Polls


Aug 5, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite an enormous fan base and adoration from around the globe, Barack Obama remains only a few points ahead of John McCain in polls. New York Times columnist David Brooks speculates that that's because he too often “stands apart” from others. His perapatetic childhood and multi-ethnic family gave him... More »

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Barack Obama • David Brooks

ANALYSIS

Not So Fast With Those Numbers, David Brooks

Obama's tax rate for
the rich no steeper
than in the '90s

Jul 2, 08 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite David Brooks' attempts to “muddy” the mathematical waters, Barack Obama’s tax plan doesn’t hit the wealthy very hard—and it’s the one that helps the middle class, Jared Bernstein writes in Talking Points Memo Café. Brooks wrote in the Times that moneyed Americans would pay... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • taxes • wealth • Bill Clinton • middle class • David Brooks

Clinton Loses Right-Wing Media Allies

As senator looks to
her left, conservative bedfellows are bailing

Feb 16, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The conservative press, once a surprising ally for Hillary Clinton, is turning out to be about as loyal as the Democratic senator should have expected, Politico writes. Though long reviled by the far-right masses, Clinton once had the carefully cultivated respect of some rightish media players like Rupert Murdoch and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • media • John Edwards • Rupert Murdoch • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • New York Post • centrist • right-wing media • David Brooks • Iraq war

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