We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for people who are not good at using words.
David BrooksWhen your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have got internal problems, there's a tendency to turn inward and to focus on yourselves.
David BrooksIf you're a soldier or marine in an Arab country, Islam is the solution. And you need to show respect.
David BrooksIf Donald Trump wants to fire somebody for not getting Obamacare repealed, he should fire himself.
David BrooksIt’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of factors, including global imbalances caused by the rise of China. But with the populist narrative, you can just blame Goldman Sachs.
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