In this evening conversation entitled, “Has Liberalism Failed?”, journalist and author David Brooks and professor Patrick Deneen discuss the present and future of classical liberalism and whether it contains the seeds of its own destruction, as well as hope for renewal. The conversation was co-hosted by our friends at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy and M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust on 5/7/18 at the National Press Club.
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Brooks and Klein on Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist, Scott Pruitt’s scandals
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Ezra Klein of Vox join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s likely finalists for the Supreme Court, Scott Pruitt’s exit from the EPA, the president’s insults at campaign rallies, and the horrific stories of family separation at the border revealed in a lawsuit.
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NY Times Columnist David Brooks Discusses Cultural Change
New York Times columnist David Brooks explored how we might restore a sense of national unity in America during the 2018 Whittington Lecture on Feb. 15 at Georgetown. E.J. Dionne, professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and political columnist at The Washington Post, moderated the discussion with Brooks after the lecture. Continue reading “NY Times Columnist David Brooks Discusses Cultural Change”
TED Talks: The Social Animal: David Brooks 2011
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences — insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can’t hope to understand humans as separate individuals making choices based on their conscious awareness.
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Full Recording — David Brooks: “Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture.”
Watch this special recording featuring New York Times Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks. He delivered the lecture “Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture” in the Duke Family Performance Hall at Davidson College on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Continue reading “Full Recording — David Brooks: “Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture.””