How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character.
David BrooksI do not believe that anything like what Donald Trump just proposed is going to get through Congress. Those deductions have a lot of defenders. The idea that they're going to completely explode the deficit is just a party killer for the Republican parties.
David BrooksThe drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but are just spread throughout the country.
David BrooksEvery time Kellyanne Conway goes on TV, there's another fight with whoever's interviewing her that particular day.
David Brooks