Editing David Brooks (commentator) (section)

==Career==
[[File:PBS-Rehearsal-David Brooks.jpg|thumb|Brooks preparing for ''[[PBS Newshour]]'' in 2012]]
In 1986, Brooks was hired by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', where he worked first as an editor of the book review section. He also filled in for five months as a movie critic. From 1990 to 1994, the newspaper posted Brooks as an op-ed columnist to [[Brussels]], where he covered Russia (making numerous trips to [[Moscow]]); the Middle East; South Africa; and European affairs. On his return, Brooks joined the [[neo-conservative]] ''[[Weekly Standard]]'' when it was launched in 1994. Two years later, he edited an anthology, ''Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing.''<ref name="pbsbio" /><ref name="nytbio">{{cite web |author=NYT Staff |date= |title=Columnist Biography: David Brooks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/BROOKS-BIO.html |access-date= |work=[[The New York Times]]}}{{full|date=November 2024}}</ref>
{{external media | width = 210px | float = left | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?157392-1/bobos-paradise ''Booknotes'' interview with Brooks on ''Bobos'', July 30, 2000], [[C-SPAN]]}}
In 2000, Brooks published a book of cultural commentary titled ''[[Bobos in Paradise|Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There]]'' to considerable acclaim. The book, a [[paean]] to consumerism, argued that the new managerial or "new upper class" represents a marriage between the liberal idealism of the 1960s and the self-interest of the 1980s.

According to a 2010 article in ''[[New York Magazine]]'' written by Christopher Beam, ''[[New York Times]]'' editorial-page editor [[Gail Collins]] called Brooks in 2003 and invited him to lunch.

<blockquote>Collins was looking for a conservative to replace outgoing columnist [[William Safire]], but one who understood how liberals think. "I was looking for the kind of conservative writer that wouldn't make our readers shriek and throw the paper out the window," says Collins. "He was perfect." Brooks started writing in September 2003. "The first six months were miserable," Brooks says. "I'd never been hated on a mass scale before."<ref name="Beam 2010" /></blockquote>One column written by Brooks in ''The New York Times'', which dismissed the conviction of [[Scooter Libby]] as being "a farce" and having "no significance",<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=David |date=July 4, 2007 |title=Ending the Farce |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/opinion/03brooks.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=david%20brooks%20scooter%20libby&st=cse |access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref> was derided by political blogger [[Andrew Sullivan]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Sullivan |date=July 3, 2007 |title=What Rule of Law? |url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/07/brooks-on-libby.html |access-date=March 11, 2011 |work=[[The Atlantic Monthly]] |publisher=[[Emerson Collective]] |location=Boston, Massachusetts |archive-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201075746/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/07/brooks-on-libby.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2004, Brooks' book ''[[On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense]]'' was published as a sequel to his 2000 best seller, ''Bobos in Paradise'', but it was not as well received as its predecessor. Brooks is also the volume editor of ''The Best American Essays'' (publication date October 2, 2012), and authored [[The Social Animal (David Brooks book)|''The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement'']].<ref name='socialanimal' >{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400067602|website=randomhouse.com|title=The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement}}</ref> The book was excerpted in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' in January 2011<ref>{{cite magazine
|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/17/110117fa_fact_brooks?currentPage=all
|title=Social Animal How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life
|last=Brooks
|first=David
|magazine= [[The New Yorker]]
|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]
|location=New York City
|date=January 17, 2011
|access-date=March 13, 2011}}</ref> and received mixed reviews upon its full publication in March of that year.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-social-animal-the-hidden-sources-of-love-character-and-achievement-by-david-brooks/article4268295/ | location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada | work=[[The Globe and Mail]] | publisher=[[The Woodbridge Company]]|first=Douglas | last=Bell | title=The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, by David Brooks | date=March 11, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/books/review/book-review-the-social-animal-by-david-brooks.html
|title=David Brooks's Theory of Human Nature
|last=Nagel
|first=Thomas
|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]
|location=New York City
|date=March 11, 2011
|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.salon.com/books/review/2011/03/04/pz_myers_on_david_brooks_the_social_animal/index.html
 |title       = David Brooks' dream world for the trust-fund set
 |last        = Myers
 |first       = PZ
 |work   = [[Salon.com]]
 |publisher=[[Salon Media Group]]
 |location=San Francisco, California
 |date        = March 11, 2011
|access-date  = March 16, 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110308235031/http://www.salon.com/books/review/2011/03/04/pz_myers_on_david_brooks_the_social_animal/index.html
 |archive-date = March 8, 2011
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine
|url=https://blogs.forbes.com/willwilkinson/2011/03/10/the-social-animal-by-david-brooks-a-review/
|title=The Social Animal by David Brooks: A Scornful Review
|last=Wilkinson
|first=Will
|magazine=[[Forbes]]
|location=New York City
|date=March 10, 2011
|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title=Nonfiction Book Review: The Social Animal: A Story of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks | magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] | publisher=PWxyz, LLC| location=New York City|date=January 31, 2011 | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4000-6760-2 | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Atlas |first=James |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Brooks Explores Human Nature in 'The Social Animal' |magazine=Newsweek |url=http://www.newsweek.com/brooks-explores-human-nature-social-animal-68635 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=Kirkus Reviews | date=January 15, 2011 | title=Book Review: The Social Animal |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-brooks/social-animal/ | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gilman |first=Susan J. |title=David Brooks' Smart, Messy Theory Of Everything | work=[[NPR]] | date=March 4, 2011 | url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/14/134240870/david-brookss-smart-messy-theory-on-everything | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Rogers 2011">{{cite news | last=Rogers | first=Ben | title=The Social Animal by David Brooks – review | work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, England|date=May 22, 2011 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/22/social-animal-david-brooks-review | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Crouch |first=Andy |title=Review: The Social Animal |magazine=[[Christianity Today]] | publisher=Christianity Today International|location=Carol Steam, Illinois|date=March 8, 2011 | url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/july/commongrace.html | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Book review: The Social Animal by David Brooks | work=[[The Scotsman]] | publisher=[[JPIMedia]]|location=Edinburgh, Scotland|date=June 27, 2011 | url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-social-animal-by-david-brooks-1-1715224 | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Beckett 2011">{{cite news | last=Beckett | first=Andy | title=The Social Animal by David Brooks – review | work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, England|date=May 1, 2011 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/01/social-animal-david-brooks-review | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Bloom |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Bloom (psychologist) |title='The Social Animal' by David Brooks, examines emotion vs. reason | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | publisher=[[Nash Holdings]]|location=Washington, D.C.|date=March 11, 2011 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-social-animal-by-david-brooks-examines-emotion-vs-reason/2011/03/11/AFFoZxXB_story.html | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last=Wolfe |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Wolfe |title=Studies Show | magazine=[[The New Republic]] | date=March 2, 2011 | url=https://newrepublic.com/article/84528/wolfe-brooks-social-animal-review | access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> It sold well and reached #3 on the ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' best-sellers list for non-fiction in April 2011.<ref name=maui>{{cite news|title=Publishers Weekly Best-sellers|date=April 3, 2011|access-date=April 4, 2011|newspaper=[[The Maui News]]|url=http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/547973/Publishers-Weekly-Best-sellers.html?nav=12}}</ref>

Brooks was a visiting professor of public policy at [[Duke University]]'s [[Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy]], and taught an undergraduate seminar there in the fall of 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://select.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/opinion/04brooks.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fDavid%20Brooks | title=Children of Polarization | newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date=February 4, 2007| first=David | last=Brooks}}</ref> In 2013, he taught a course at [[Yale University]] on philosophical humility.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/david-brooks-humility-yale_n_2330650.html| title=David Brooks To Teach 'Humility' At Yale | website= [[The Huffington Post]] | publisher=[[Huffington Post Media Group]]|location=New York City|date=December 19, 2012| first=Rebecca| last=Harrington}}</ref>

In 2012, Brooks was elected to the [[University of Chicago]] Board of Trustees.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Becky|title=Five new members elected to University of Chicago Board of Trustees|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/06/15/five-new-members-elected-university-chicago-board-trustees|website=uChicago News|access-date=February 13, 2016|date=June 15, 2012}}</ref> He also serves on the board of advisors for the [[University of Chicago]] Institute of Politics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Advisors|url=http://politics.uchicago.edu/staff/board|website=The University of Chicago Institute of Politics|access-date=February 13, 2016|archive-date=February 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229022439/http://politics.uchicago.edu/staff/board|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019, Brooks gave a [[TED (conference)|TED]] talk in Vancouver entitled 'The Lies Our Culture Tells Us About What Matters – And a Better Way to Live'. TED curator [[Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)|Chris Anderson]] selected it as one of his favourite talks of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The most popular talks of 2019 &#124; TED Talks |url=https://www.ted.com/playlists/727/curator_s_picks_top_10_ted_talks_of_2019}}</ref>