David Brooks

Brooks depends on a lazy and ignorant story about tribalism to bolster a specific myth about American exceptionalism.

On the myth of meritocracy.

People nowadays—all in their own narrow, solipsistic worlds, nearly incapable of ordinary face-to-face sociability.

New data and statistical theory are overturning 30-year-old research that failed to find evidence of streaky shooting on the basketball court. The hot hand, it turns out, really does exist—and it may apply to a lot more than just sports.

Five years after the financial crash, psychologists are still asking economists to hand over the keys.

About a decade ago, Washington State embarked on an early social experiment to educate people about the impacts of stress on children. The results are starting to show.