On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks was much more positive about President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care reform legislation than other so-called pundits that label themselves to be right-of-center. But he said only time will
On PBS’s “NewsHour” on Friday, New York Times columnist David Brooks gave President Barack Obama a positive review for his handling of the Ukraine situation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The New York Times columnist, however, had some advice for
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields discussed the current unrest in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin increasing his involvement in the battered country. Partial transcript as follows: BROOKS:
On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks hammered Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for forcing a recorded vote on the debt ceiling vote, for which he likened to running into a wall “again and again and again.”
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, New York Times columnist David Brooks dismissed the idea of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inevitability as the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and pointed to Govs. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) and Jerry Brown
New York Times columnist David Brooks argues President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was disappointing on PBS’s “NewsHour” on Friday:
On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks downplayed super PAC Priorities USA’s decision to align itself with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential contest and predicted the rise of Gov. Jerry Brown
On Friday’s airing of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks downplayed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in the tragic outcome of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. Partial transcript as follows: GWEN IFILL, host: So, if it
On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that LBJ’s “War on Poverty” wasn’t the failure that some have made it out to be on its 50th anniversary. Partial transcript as follows: DAVID BROOKS: I wouldn’t
During his Tuesday night broadcast of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart pointed out the contradictions in New York Times columnist David Brooks’ argument against the usage of marijuana. Brooks had been outspoken on the issue in recent
On the heels of New York Times columnist David Brooks’ admission that he smoked pot as a youth, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes had a personal pot story of his own to relate. He was confronted by a policeman once while carrying
New York Times columnist David Brooks elaborates on his column “Weed: Been There. Done That.” on Friday night’s broadcast of PBS’s “NewsHour.” Partial transcript as follows: BROOKS:Well, I think we probably will see it decriminalized. I’m not sure we will
On PBS’s “NewsHour” Friday, New York Times columnist David Brooks explained that the clock is ticking on ObamaCare. He said if it continues to be politically untenable Senate Democrats, the individual mandate will be weakened and ultimately the law will
We conservatives can be forgiven for enjoying some amusement in the spectacle of Obamacare’s collapse, but overall the failure of Obama’s signature policy is cause for deep concern. Not because, as David Brooks suggests, because Americans have lost faith in
What influenced President Obama’s mercurial decision on military intervention in Syria? According to Michael Calderone, it may have been the editors and op-ed writers at the New York Times. Calderone confirms that President Obama had an off-the-record meeting with Times
In the midst of the Navy Yard attack, former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum took advantage of the chaos to attack gun rights advocates. Gun control is a repeated hobbyhorse for Frum, who blamed the “gun lobby” for the
On Meet the Press on Sunday, discussing the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s American Dream speech, host David Gregory asked a panel including Sheryl WuDunn, David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Al Sharpton, “Is the American Dream still what
DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES: Yeah. It seemed superficially unimportant, but it’s important to remember race is his first subject, as it would be if you had a black father and a white mother. And all the mental habits, he
David Brooks, the liberal Republican columnist for the New York Times, said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had a face that resembled Joe McCarthy. In comments in which he seemed particularly peeved at the conservative, Brooks also called Cruz “unconservative” for not
It wasn’t just Republicans that got rolled on New Year’s Eve; it was common sense and fiscal responsibility, all in pursuit of an ideology that specifically avoids a hard look at spending. President Theodore Roosevelt coined the term “power of
Appearing on Meet The Press, New York Times writer David Brooks said President Obama’s fault lies in governing “like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.”
First a caveat: As will be of no surprise to anyone, I prefer Mitt Romney to Barack Obama. While I have a prejudice about giving money to any politician – I feel about gifts to politicians as P.J. O’Rourke once
There are few more unsettling experiences in life than stopping at a secluded ATM for cash in the middle of the night. First-time director David Brooks explores that fear in his new movie “ATM” (opening in New York and Los
Tuvia Tenenbom is the author of “I Sleep in Hitler’s Room: An American Jew Visits Germany,” a publication of The Jewish Theater of New York. A German edition of the book, titled “Allein unter Deutschen,” will be published next year
[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets120911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Newt Gingrich to discuss his plans for entitlement reform, how he would change
