David Brooks (commentator)

This article is about the American cultural and political writer-commentator. For other people named David Brooks, see David Brooks (disambiguation).

David Brooks
Brooks in 2022
Born (1961-08-11) August 11, 1961 (age 63)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityAmerican, Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Occupation(s)Columnist, pundit
Notable workWall Street Journal Opinions writer and editor (1986–1994)
The New York Times columnist (since 2003)
PBS NewsHour contributor (since 2004)
Spouses
  • Sarah (née Jane Hughes; m. 1986; div. 2013)
  • Anne Snyder
    ​
    (m. 2017)​

David Brooks (born August 11, 1961)[1] is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Self-described as an ideologic moderate, others have characterised his regular contributions to the PBS NewsHour, as opinion columnist for The New York Times[2][page needed][3][better source needed] and other work as being centrist, moderate, conservative, or moderate conservative. In addition to his shorter form writing, Brooks has authored 6 non-fiction books since 2000, two appearing from Simon and Schuster, and four from Random House, the latter including The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (2011), and The Road to Character (2015). Beginning as a police reporter in Chicago and as an intern at William F. Buckley's National Review, Brooks rose to his positions at The Times, NPR, and PBS[1] after a long series of other journalistic positions (film critic for The Washington Times, reporter and op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal,[4][full citation needed] senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly).[when?][citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Brooks, David (December 20, 2011). "Weekly Political Wrap: Analyst Bio—David Brooks". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Eberstadt, Mary, ed. (2007). "Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.[full citation needed]
  3. ^ Anapol, Avery (December 8, 2017). "NY Times's David Brooks: GOP Under Trump is Harming Every Cause it Claims to Serve". The Hill. Retrieved November 6, 2024.[better source needed]
  4. ^ NYT Staff. "Columnist Biography: David Brooks". The New York Times.[full citation needed]