I’ve always liked TV character Ted Lasso’s definition of moral education. Being a soccer coach, he said, is “about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves on and off the field.” ...

David Brooks is a lot of things. He’s a best-selling author, a columnist for the New York Times, and a regular commentator for the PBS NewsHour. But one thing he says he wasn’t always was a person ...

Reading David Brooks sometimes makes me want to tear my newspaper to shreds, throw the shreds in the fireplace, and douse them in something that burns even faster. Of course, my fireplace is ...