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He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1983 with a degree in history. Brooks later served as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and has since been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly, and a commentator on NPR and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
He has written a book of cultural commentary titled . Brooks also writes articles and makes television appearances as a commentator on various trends in pop culture, such as internet dating. His newest book is entitled Paradise Drive .
Before the Second Gulf War, Brooks had argued forcefully on moral grounds for American military intervention in IraqThe Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south, Turkey to the north, Syria to the north-west, Jordan to the west and Iran to, echoing the belief of conservative commentators and political figures that American and British forces would be welcomed as liberators. However, some of his opinion pieces in the spring of 2004, suggested that he had tempered somewhat his earlier optimism about the war.
Brooks describes himself as being originally a liberalIn terms of politics, the word liberal (or Liberal can refer to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or something in accordance to this ideology. Note: the words "liberal" or "liberalism" can be different in various countries and can be related to t. In 1983 for example he wrote in a parody of conservative pundit William F. Buckley, Jr.William Frank Buckley Jr. born November 24, 1925), an American author and journalist, founded National Review a prominent conservative political magazine, in 1955, and the television show Firing Line in 1966. Childhood Buckley was born in New York City to :
A turning point in Brooks' thinking came later that year in a televised debate with Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) is a U. economist, known primarily for his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. In 1976 he was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. His book Free to Choose coauthored with h, in which, according to Brooks, Friedman made a "two-sentence rebuttal which totally devastated my point".