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David Brooks, Lincoln, and the Ties that Bind
Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States of America. Washington, 4th March 1861. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) David Brooks’ recent column on the relative friendlessness...
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Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
Far from marking the Republican Party’s rebirth, the elections of 2014 foretell the possibility that the law of supply and demand—which operates in politics as well as in economics—will kill it in...
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The Wrath of Cons
David Brooks is in an angry and spiteful mood. Perhaps he’s even getting to be a bit unhinged, as history is putting his vision of American conservatism onto its rubbish heap. As Ben Shapiro recently...
View ArticleState of the (Angry) Union
Well, I agree with Donald Trump that the President’s big speech was boring and lethargic. That’s partly because there’s nothing more pathetic than a lame-duck President whose party doesn’t control...
View ArticleWhy the American Whig Party Cannot Be Revived
David Brooks has declared his ideology to be that of an American Whig because he believes in energetic government to promote economic mobility. He contrasts this stance with that of both libertarians...
View ArticleThe Shallow Patriotism of David Brooks
When David Brooks joined the New York Times op-ed page in 2003, after having been one of the original staff writers for the neoconservative Weekly Standard, it appeared that he would serve as a token...
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