Let’s smash the college admissions process | David Brooks
The elite meritocracy has spiraled out of control.
The power of American capitalism | David Brooks
We’ve lived through a wretched political era. The social fabric is fraying in a thousand ways. But American capitalism rolls on.
Moving toward a red-blue mash-up | David Brooks
We know the policy mix that creates a dynamic society. We just don’t yet have a party that wants to promote it.
The power of art in a political age | David Brooks
Art teaches you to see the world through the eyes of another, often a person who sees more deeply than you do.
Let’s all do the DeSantis shimmy! | David Brooks
As the presidential campaign wears on, and the debate on Ukraine continues, DeSantis will be condemned to playing Mini-Me to Donald Trump.
Revolutionize American schools | David Brooks
This moment of disruption should be a moment of reinvention. But there is a complete absence of leadership.
The sad tales of George Santos | David Brooks
The U.S. representative-elect from New York is a young man who apparently felt compelled to jettison much of his actual life and replace it with...
Performative populism, be gone! | David Brooks
Voters have built a wall around the MAGA movement to make sure it no longer wins the power it once enjoyed.
Democrats' working-class problem | David Brooks
Animosity fueled by a class divide has left the electoral balance on a razor’s edge.