Shorter David Brooks
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Can every David Brooks column be reduced to one sentence? Methinks so!
You'll never guess which party it was that went off the rails in 2015!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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Opinion | Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/democrats-education-failure.html
4 days ago
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If you watch some very specific highlights from the Kirk memorial, you can begin to believe in a kind of Christian Nationalism that isn't just racism, vengeance, and psychopathy
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
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Opinion | We Need to Think Straight About God and Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/opinion/kirk-trump-christianity.html
17 days ago
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I am now prepared to endorse Barack Obama for President in the 2008 Presidential Election
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
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Opinion | The Era of Dark Passions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opinion/trump-kirk-rage.html
24 days ago
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People (*cough* Mamdani) who want to help poor people get food and medicine are amoral, and probably immoral.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
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Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/liberal-conservative-left-right-politics.html
about 1 month ago
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I found 5 randos on the internet, and they confirm my theory that people are selfish.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
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Opinion | The Wrong Definition of Love
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/true-love-society-culture-care.html
about 1 month ago
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I know that universities are not overrun by woke postmodern orthodoxy (whatever that is), but if some nihilistic liars claim they are then we really have no choice but to believe them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
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Opinion | The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/rufo-yarvin-trump-nihilism.html
about 2 months ago
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I challenged myself to write an essay explaining the evils of capitalism without mentioning capitalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...
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Opinion | Americaās New Segregation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/trump-democrats-resistance-reform.html
about 2 months ago
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Iāve said it before and Iāll say it again: people happy with the way things are going tend to be more conservative; people unhappy about it tend to want change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
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Opinion | Why More People in the World Are Feeling Hopeful (Except Us)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/opinion/happiness-community-wealth.html
2 months ago
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The American people have been seduced by a deranged racist billionaire, therefore the Democrats need to stop talking about truth, race, or inequality .
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...
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Opinion | The Crucial Issue of the 21st Century
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/democratic-republican-parties.html
2 months ago
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Here's 5 ways in which the current US president is a Grade A jerk; my current wife (and former student) is much better and you should read her work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
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Opinion | Be Careful About What You Want
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/opinion/ambition-self-improvement.html
3 months ago
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If a candidate ran on hope, I would definitely vote for them. (A previous version of this columnist criticized candidates for running hope. I regret the error.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/trump-america-china.html
3 months ago
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I preferred it when people like me who know how to appreciate Fine Art were recognized as a Cultural Elite and got the attention and admiration they deserve.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
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Opinion | When Novels Mattered
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/opinion/literature-books-novelists.html
3 months ago
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Bibi and Trump are morally bankrupt barbarians. But I do at least admire their willingness to drop bombs on people in order to defend Americaās God given right to drop bombs on people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
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Opinion | I Detest Netanyahu, but on Some Things Heās Actually Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/netanyahu-trump-iran.html
4 months ago
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Democrats wonāt be successful unless they can tell a narrative that appeals to everybody, not just select demographics. I really hope they can do it. Note: if the narrative talks about economic inequality, I wonāt vote for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
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Opinion | The Democratsā Problems Are Bigger Than You Think
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/opinion/democrats-trump-winning.html
4 months ago
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I am no longer friends with that contemptible pissant JD Vance, who took the beautiful, universal concept of American Exceptionalism and turned it into something ugly and tribal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
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Opinion | Iām Normally a Mild Guy. Hereās Whatās Pushed Me Over the Edge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/trump-vance-morality.html
5 months ago
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If Clinton and Obama had just called themselves Republican I could have voted for them and we wouldnāt be in this mess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
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Opinion | Can We Please Stop Lying About Obama?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/opinion/american-workers-neoliberalism-obama.html
5 months ago
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This very successful and very mediocre white man is rather surprised how hard it is to break into the ruling class these days.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...
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Opinion | āWe Are the Most Rejected Generationā
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/rejection-college-youth.html
5 months ago
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If we in the moral fiber business know anything, it's that whatever the problem, the solution is moral fiber.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
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Opinion | How to Survive the Trump Years With Your Spirit Intact
Iāve found it necessary to root myself in anything that feels rehumanizing, whether itās art or literature or learning.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/opinion/trump-faith-humanism.html
5 months ago
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6 months ago
Elon Muskās Head Comedy Writer
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6 months ago
Trump's tariff war could reduce the supply of Christmas toys. But deporting children could reduce the demand.
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I have read a lot of famous books about war and politics so believe me when I tell you that Donald Trump is bold. More bold than a lot of other people!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
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Opinion | Trumpās Single Stroke of Brilliance
His initiative has been the key to much of his success, but lacking any sense of prudence, he does not understand the difference between a risk and a gamble.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/opinion/trump-administration-energy-strength-weakness.html
6 months ago
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My cutesy pop-sociology won't save you this time!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Opinion | Whatās Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpismās threat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html
6 months ago
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