WATCH: David Brooks discusses the foundations of American democracy at UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

New York Times op-ed columnist and PBS NewsHour commentator David Brooks joined the University of Virginia’s Miller Center Director and CEO William Antholis on Thursday for the James C. Lehrer lecture, which is named in honor of the late Jim Lehrer, PBS NewsHour’s co-founder and former anchor.

Watch the discussion in the player above.

Brooks discussed Lehrer’s legacy of journalistic integrity and his own views on the state of the moral and social foundations of American democracy.

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