David Brooks's Blog, page 5

The former president���s campaign comes down to the ���five turbines of Trumpism.���

We now understand that our emotions are often wise. The problem is that our culture and our institutions haven���t caught up with our knowledge.

A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she���s ours.

A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she���s ours.

If Democrats hope to win, they have to take the MAGA worldview seriously and respectfully make the case, especially to working-class voters, for something better.

The problem with identity politics becoming our moral system is that it undermines democracy.

On the eve of going to prison, populism���s grand strategist talks about what another Trump presidency would look like and the rise of MAGA-type movements around the world.

Intelligence strongly correlates with positive educational and career outcomes, but it is not everything.

Progressive elites aren���t helping the people they say they���re fighting for, and they���re hurting the rest of us.

Americans have traded their faith in the American dream for the same sour, populist mood as pretty much everybody else.