Why is David Brooks so famous?

[Anonymous]

He’s a terrible writer. I don’t get it at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His book Bobos in Paradise was great at the time.

Pretty much this. There are fresher, more insightful voices out there now.

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Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

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Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

He taught a class at Yale on humility and assigned his own book.

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Anonymous wrote:I like some of his work. I think some people hate anything he does because they disapprove of his personal life.

Is he Republican?

Yes. He was also a big supporter of the Iraq invasion in 2002. He was part of the neo-liberal Republican crowd, using his weekly articles to drum up support for invasion.

He's now pretty insignificant in the party, as he - and other Republicans like him - enabled the populist, anti-intellectual, anti-science madness that runs the GOP today.

Same thing with Bill Kristol, too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

He was LITERALY writing a book about "honor" while cheating on his wife with his research assistant.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like some of his work. I think some people hate anything he does because they disapprove of his personal life.

Is he Republican?

Yes. He was also a big supporter of the Iraq invasion in 2002. He was part of the neo-liberal Republican crowd, using his weekly articles to drum up support for invasion.

He's now pretty insignificant in the party, as he - and other Republicans like him - enabled the populist, anti-intellectual, anti-science madness that runs the GOP today.

Same thing with Bill Kristol, too.

Bill Kristol still tries to make himself relevant, but good riddance his loss of a "platform." My favorite was when he spoke at an event a few years where he suggested putting poor people in camps. Then, after the event was over and he wasn't canceled yet (to my great surprise), I overheard him tell a young woman, "Sweetheart, I live in McLean, where rich people live. I know how they think." The great irony was that the young woman he was speaking to comes from an extremely well-to-do family in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

He taught a class at Yale on humility and assigned his own book.

And that sums him up.

I have never liked him. When he published "The Road to Character" I rolled my eyes. When I found out later that he had been cheating with his researcher at the time, I was disgusted. Really, is there a bigger hypocrite in DC?

[Anonymous]

He is in hot water now...https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/craigsilverman/david-brooks-nyt-weave-facebook-bezos?__twitter_impression=true&s=09

[Anonymous]

If he's famous, i would've heard of him. But, I've never heard of him, so he's not as famous as one would think.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

He taught a class at Yale on humility and assigned his own book.

LOLOL

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like some of his work. I think some people hate anything he does because they disapprove of his personal life.

Is he Republican?

I think so, but I'm not entirely sure. He liked Obama, expressed anti-Trump views, but is probably a moderate conservative.

That's not the question to ask. That's asking if the person is supportive of the Republican party. Most conservatives I know are not supportive of the party They are Madisonian conservatives and believe in fiscal responsibility, more power given to the states, less federal power, etc. Brooks is a moderate.

[Anonymous]

His job is to be the pet “conservative” at various media outlets, whose real function is to disavow actual conservatives and make them look bad. Hey, it’s a living. But the moralistic preening gets tiresome. I’m a hard core right-winger, but give me Shields any day. I prefer authentic liberals to fake conservatives.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Left his wife to marry his very young research assistant. I think he even pretended to flirt with Christianity to get in her pants. He's Jewish. The man is a neurotic creep.

He more recently wrote about values and it just sounded so hypocritical when he wasn't exactly thinking of values when cheating. He sounds great but once you get to know some of this, it just sounds self-serving.

He taught a class at Yale on humility and assigned his own book.

That is awesome!

[Anonymous]

Typical awful white Republican man. Painful.