Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

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feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

An Evening with David Brooks

Tue, March 24, 2026
Dinner Program
David Brooks

David Brooks is an opinion columnist at the New York Times and frequent contributor to media outlets nationwide. He writes about "political, social and cultural trends, the clash of ideas and the always tricky subject of moral formation." 
 

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and a contributor to The Atlantic. He is a commentator on “The PBS Newshour" and founder and Chair of Weave: The Social Fabric Project. 

His forthcoming book “How To Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” will be published in October. His previous three books were “The Second Mountain,” “The Road to Character,” and “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” all #1 New York Times bestsellers.

Mr. Brooks has taught at Yale and Duke and now teaches at the University of Chicago. He has received over 30 honorary degrees from American universities and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 

Mr. Brooks's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Valach Speaker Series and the Open Academy at CMC.

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