You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out what to do. But you also have to have accountable, basically what the Common Core standards were, some sort of set of national standards, so we can measure.
David BrooksBragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.
David BrooksI think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.
David BrooksNonetheless, so whether it's unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others.
David BrooksWhat 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.
David Brooks