Most media headlines right now are like "We are laying off 2/3 of our staff and also the president is our ombudsman now" but somehow David Brooks got two new jobs in one day
Jan 29, 2026 21:48"You know what our magazine [institution] needs? A writer [fellow] who hasn't had a new idea in decades, writes columns as bland as lukewarm unsalted cream of wheat, and whose pose as the only reasonable man in the room became a tired joke a long time ago. I have just the guy."
Look, he is so poor he had to use the same headshot on both announcements.