The Benwood Foundation, in partnership with The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, and CreateHere continues the 2009 George T. Hunter Lecture Series with a presentation by David Brooks, The New York Times columnist and author on Tuesday, November 17, 7 p.m., in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall located inside the UTC Fine Arts Center. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Brooks is a keen observer of the American way of life and a savvy analyst of present-day politics and foreign affairs. He holds several prestigious positions as a commentator: bi-weekly Op- Ed columnist for the New York Times, regular analyst on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He is the author of two books of what he calls “comic sociology” – Bobos in Paradise and On Paradise Drive.
Brooks has worked at The Weekly Standard, joining the magazine at its inception and serving as senior editor. He has been a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly. He worked at The Wall Street Journal for nine years in a range of positions, including op-ed editor. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, The Washington Post and many other periodicals.

