David Brooks
David Brooks
Conservative political columnist for the New York Times. He also wrote for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and provided political commentary for National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHour.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
David Brooks quotes about
airplane angry bush days looking sitting three window
Sitting on the airplane and looking out the window was terrible, ... And three days of doing nothing, really, by Bush was terrible. Im angry at the guy.
patriotic republican debate
Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going to be the nationalists. But, if anything, the Democrats looked more patriotic and more nationalist at the end of these two.
country world ridiculous
The idea that a big country is going to go out and send troops into some country to take their resources, and then the rest of the world is going to somehow trust us is just a ridiculous notion.
escaped poor rich
The rich escaped while the poor were abandoned.
sobriety sometimes nato
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.
credibility
Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility.
giving
With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that department.
language english-language
There is the English language and then there's the Trump language.
party president democratic
Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party. He is very plausible as someone who could sit in and be president.
streets three
They're from a friend's house. Three streets away.
buyers china countries developing excess foreign increase india invested uk witnessed
In 2005 we witnessed in excess of a fivefold increase in the amounts invested by foreign buyers from developing countries such as China and India in the UK market.
giving people focus
What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out of control. But then you start saying, practically, what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about the 11 million here? What are we going to do to get some workers we need for the farms? Then people start having a normal conversation.
donation empty
If we got rid of everybody in Washington who sold access for donations, then the town would be empty. But it's unseemly.
lively reputation
It has a reputation as a very lively place with good, lively students.