How America Got Into This Mess and How We Recover: Reflections from a Columnist’s Life

Join us for a conversation with columnist and author David Brooks, discussing his career and his perspectives on American politics, society, and higher education. This program is part of a series of major public events at Harvard Radcliffe Institute highlighting issues of Academic Freedom and Connecting Across Difference. The Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture Series was established through the generosity of Kim G. Davis AB ’76, MBA ’78, and Judith N. Davis, longtime friends and champions of Harvard Radcliffe Institute. This annual lecture series invites leading figures from across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences to share their expertise, ideas, and diverse perspectives with the Harvard community and the broader public. Speaker David Brooks, author; political analyst; opinion columnist, The New York Times; staff writer, The Atlantic; commentator, PBS News Hour; senior advisor, The University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative; Presidential Senior Fellow, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University Biography David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times, a staff writer to The Atlantic, and a commentator on PBS News Hour. His latest book is How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Random House, 2023). His previous three books, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2020), The Road to Character (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2016), and The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012), were all number one New York Times bestsellers. Find out more at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/eve.... For information about Harvard Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/. Facebook:   / radcliffeinstitute   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rad-institut... Instagram:   / radcliffe.institute   LinkedIn:   / radcliffe-institute