Canadian-born American commentator David Brooks is best known as an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and a regular on PBS NewsHour, a career that began as a police reporter in Chicago. His books include The Social Animal, which examines the hidden sources of love, character, and achievement, and The Road to Character, which considers how commitments to family, vocation, faith, and community give a life its shape. He is also the author of The Second Mountain and Bobos in Paradise.
