Shorter David Brooks
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Reducing every David Brooks column down to one sentence since 2023 (though on Bluesky only since 2025). Parody.
Pretty much everybody is an ideologue except me and the people that agree with me. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
David Brooks: ‘We’re Part of the Problem’
The “New York Times” columnist on the sins of the educated class, what Trump gets right, and why he’s leaving the newspaper to take a new job at Yale University.
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"New York Times Columnist" < "Yale Presidential Senior Fellow" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
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Yes, things are bad, as an opportunity for *literature*, this is pretty great! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
Opinion | The Coming Trump Crackup
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Human consciousness is crazy complicated (but I still think Republicans go to church and Democrats went to Woodstock). www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
Opinion | This Is How Your Mind Works
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We are experiencing historic levels of villainy, mendacity, violence, and terror from the likes of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and [ inaudible muttering ] – You know, both sides! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/o...
Opinion | The Sins of the Moderates
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It’s 2026, and I *still* think there’s 2 types of people in the world: church-going libertarians (aka “conservatives”) and atheistic libertines (“liberals”). www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Opinion | We’re Living Through the Great Detachment
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I can do a full week's work in 30 minutes. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | Sick of Trump News? I’m Here for You.
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People keep saying that the American Dream is a lie, but as George Constanza teaches us: It’s not a lie if you believe it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Opinion | What I Love When I Love America
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I am not looking forward to learning which of my very good friends are in the files www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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I have never heard of progressive or left wing Christianity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
Opinion | How to Replace Christian Nationalism
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If I may borrow and adapt a popular idiom from the Generation Z lexicon: Predators gonna predate. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | Imagining What’s in Trump’s Brain
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If there’s a difference between racists and antiracists, communists and capitalists, liars and critical theorists, trolls and activists, idiots and philosophers, well, I can’t see it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | Hey, Lefties! Trump Has Stolen Your Game.
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Shame on the Democrats for talking about kitchen table issues when they should be protecting democracy by criticizing themselves. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds
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I didn't have time to write a column this week but don't vote for Mamdani because [insert reason here] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Has a Religion. What Do Democrats Have?
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You'll never guess which party it was that went off the rails in 2015! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?
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If you watch some very specific highlights from the Kirk memorial, you can begin to believe in a kind of Christian Nationalism that isn't just racism, vengeance, and psychopathy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
Opinion | We Need to Think Straight About God and Politics
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I am now prepared to endorse Barack Obama for President in the 2008 Presidential Election www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
Opinion | The Era of Dark Passions
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People (*cough* Mamdani) who want to help poor people get food and medicine are amoral, and probably immoral. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
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I found 5 randos on the internet, and they confirm my theory that people are selfish. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
Opinion | The Wrong Definition of Love
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I know that universities are not overrun by woke postmodern orthodoxy (whatever that is), but if some nihilistic liars claim they are then we really have no choice but to believe them. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism
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I challenged myself to write an essay explaining the evils of capitalism without mentioning capitalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...
Opinion | America’s New Segregation
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: people happy with the way things are going tend to be more conservative; people unhappy about it tend to want change. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
Opinion | Why More People in the World Are Feeling Hopeful (Except Us)
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The American people have been seduced by a deranged racist billionaire, therefore the Democrats need to stop talking about truth, race, or inequality . www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...
Opinion | The Crucial Issue of the 21st Century
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Here's 5 ways in which the current US president is a Grade A jerk; my current wife (and former student) is much better and you should read her work. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
Opinion | Be Careful About What You Want
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If a candidate ran on hope, I would definitely vote for them. (A previous version of this columnist criticized candidates for running hope. I regret the error.) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom
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I preferred it when people like me who know how to appreciate Fine Art were recognized as a Cultural Elite and got the attention and admiration they deserve. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Opinion | When Novels Mattered
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Bibi and Trump are morally bankrupt barbarians. But I do at least admire their willingness to drop bombs on people in order to defend America’s God given right to drop bombs on people. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
Opinion | I Detest Netanyahu, but on Some Things He’s Actually Right
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Democrats won’t be successful unless they can tell a narrative that appeals to everybody, not just select demographics. I really hope they can do it. Note: if the narrative talks about economic inequality, I won’t vote for it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
Opinion | The Democrats’ Problems Are Bigger Than You Think
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I am no longer friends with that contemptible pissant JD Vance, who took the beautiful, universal concept of American Exceptionalism and turned it into something ugly and tribal. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge.
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