Feb. 18, 2019; ... 1941, countless Americans saw that their nation was in peril and … Featuring David Brooks, executive director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at The Aspen Institute, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, and author of The Second Mountain in conversation with Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of The Aspen Institute. Opinion | A Nation of Weavers – by David Brooks – the New York Times. This is a condensed version of the BYU forum address that David Brooks, a political and cultural commentator and New York Times op-ed columnist, delivered on Oct. 22, 2019. Real relationships like those exhibited by weavers create trust, fraternity and common humanity, which Brooks called core values for national building, even if it takes millions of connections to bind together a nation of 330 million Americans. I start with the pain. Skip to content. Why I started Weave, an interview with David Brooks David Brooks on Starting Weave: The Social Fabric Project Q. David, you’ve spent most of your life as a journalist, an author and a columnist holding a mirror to society. ... A Nation of Weavers by DAVID BROOKS. We have so many ways you can volunteer. Home » Analysis & Comment » Opinion | A Nation of Weavers. And you enjoy sharing it with the people who value it just like you do. The web link is called “culture of compassion” – which gets personal – and the byline is “The social renaissance is happening from the ground up”. By DAVID BROOKS The social renaissance is happening from the ground up. A NATION OF WEAVERS : The social renaissance is happening from the ground up. This is a book about moral renewal, how individual and societies turn themselves around. And it starts with the idea that we have slipped into some bad values. David Brooks takes on hyperindividualism head on in his latest essay in the New York Times, “A Nation of Weavers” (Feb. 18). Opinion | A Nation of Weavers. Posted on February 20, 2019 by David Lindsay Jr. Backed by the Aspen Institute, David Brooks launched Weave: The Social Fabric Project to nurture what he considers to be a growing social movement. David Brooks: It’s clear that we have a crisis of connection in this country.I do a lot of reporting across the country and see firsthand the loneliness and division. Opinion Columnist. David Brooks takes on hyperindividualism head on in his latest essay in the New York Times, “A Nation of Weavers” (Feb. 18). Think of the chef, Jose Andres, who went to Puerto Rico on his own after hurricane Maria, and found ways to organize meal distribution to everyone on that devastated island, without electricity, even in mountainous areas where the roads were completely blocked. David Brooks speaks deeply about underlying problems and solutions.