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I detest Netanyahu, but on some things he’s actually right

People such as the Israeli leader and Donald Trump, who I generally regard as forces for ill in the world, turn out to be, at least on Iran, forces...

29.06.2025 3

Financial Review

David Brooks

I detest Trump and Netanyahu, but on some things they’re actually right

Our enemies are truly our enemies – a lesson too often forgotten in the West. Think Hitler, Stalin. Netanyahu and Trump are not wrong about the...

28.06.2025 8

WA Today

David Brooks

I detest Trump and Netanyahu, but on some things they’re actually right

Our enemies are truly our enemies – a lesson too often forgotten in the West. Think Hitler, Stalin. Netanyahu and Trump are not wrong about the...

28.06.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Brooks

I detest Trump and Netanyahu, but on some things they’re actually right

Our enemies are truly our enemies – a lesson too often forgotten in the West. Think Hitler, Stalin. Netanyahu and Trump are not wrong about the...

28.06.2025 20

The Age

David Brooks

I detest Trump and Netanyahu, but on some things they’re actually right

Our enemies are truly our enemies – a lesson too often forgotten in the West. Think Hitler, Stalin. Netanyahu and Trump are not wrong about the...

28.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

David Brooks

Trump’s strength is also his greatest weakness

You’d have to go back to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration in 1933 to find a presidency that has operated with such verve during its first...

25.04.2025 9

WA Today

David Brooks

Trump’s strength is also his greatest weakness

You’d have to go back to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration in 1933 to find a presidency that has operated with such verve during its first...

25.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Brooks

Trump’s strength is also his greatest weakness

You’d have to go back to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration in 1933 to find a presidency that has operated with such verve during its first...

25.04.2025 20

The Age

David Brooks

Trump’s strength is also his greatest weakness

You’d have to go back to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration in 1933 to find a presidency that has operated with such verve during its first...

25.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Brooks

America is engaged in a ‘rich white civil war’

I’m not a fan of populism, but real populism would be better than the right-wing elite nihilists who are running the country now.

16.02.2025 9

Financial Review

David Brooks

Why the heck isn’t Kamala Harris running away with this election?

Two big things baffle me about the US election. The first is: Why are the polls so immobile? In mid-June, the race between President Joe Biden and...

19.10.2024 5

WA Today

David Brooks

Why the heck isn’t Kamala Harris running away with this election?

Two big things baffle me about the US election. The first is: Why are the polls so immobile? In mid-June, the race between President Joe Biden and...

19.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Brooks

Why the heck isn’t Kamala Harris running away with this election?

Two big things baffle me about the US election. The first is: Why are the polls so immobile? In mid-June, the race between President Joe Biden and...

19.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

David Brooks

Why the heck isn’t Kamala Harris running away with this election?

Two big things baffle me about the US election. The first is: Why are the polls so immobile? In mid-June, the race between President Joe Biden and...

19.10.2024 4

The Age

David Brooks

Why Democrats and Republicans have the same problem

It seems Kamala Harris is running to be president of a theme park called Democratic Magic Mountain, while Donald Trump wants to lead Republican...

18.10.2024 3

Financial Review

David Brooks