Tuesday, March 8, 2011

About Brooks and Books

Gentle readers have noticed David Brooks' name listed on my Favorite Links column. A mildly conservative New York Times columnist and PBS News Hour contributor, Brooks is, among other things:
A skillful popularizer of academic research in a wide variety of fields.
Go here in The New Republic to read a review by Alan Wolfe of Brooks' latest book. The book is The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, (Random House, 424 pp., $27).

I haven't read this book and cannot evaluate it. However, I find Brooks an interesting read when he is reflecting on current social science findings.