He is a keen observer of the American way of life and a savvy analyst of present-day politics and foreign affairs.īrooks has written three books of what he calls “comic sociology” - Bobos in Paradise, On Paradise Drive and The Social Animal, which was published in March. For ticket information, please call 57.ĭavid Brooks has a gift for bringing audiences face to face with the spirit of our times with humor, insight and quiet passion. There is a limit of four tickets per person. in the Leach Theatre Box Office, located in Castleman Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Thursday, April 7, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The lecture, which is the 30th installment of the Remmers Special Artist/Lecturer Series, will begin at 7 p.m. Members of the community, as well as faculty, staff and students, are invited to submit questions to Brooks and Shields prior to the lecture by email. Tickets are still available for the event. Political and social analysts David Brooks and Mark Shields will answer emailed questions during their April 7 lecture on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus.

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