I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"
David BrooksAlmost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
David BrooksIf we got rid of everybody in Washington who sold access for donations, then the town would be empty. But it's unseemly.
David BrooksI take a benign view of digital connectedness. I notice in most young people's lives, Facebook and such doesn't replace normal dating or hanging out, it just facilitates it.
David BrooksThere has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos to the airports. We have offended the world. We have derailed the administration. We have done it in such an incompetent way, the administration has, that people with perfectly legal residence have been widely inconvenienced.
David Brooks