Our Mount Rushmore of Fictional Presidents
Jed Bartlett and other presidents of our youth.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat and Carlos Lozada
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Opinion columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Tuesday and Sunday. He is also a host on the weekly Opinion podcast, “Matter of Opinion.” Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger on its website.
He is the author of “The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery,” which was published in October 2021. His other books include "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism,” published in 2018; “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (2012); “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (2005); “The Decadent Society” (2020); and, with Reihan Salam, “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream” (2008). He is the film critic for National Review.
He lives with his wife and four children in New Haven, Conn.
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Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat, M. Gessen and Lydia PolgreenWhat if It Gets Really Bad? Four Columnists Debate Trump’s Approach to Power.
Trump’s 2016 presidential transition signaled how he would govern. What do his preparations for a second term tell us about America’s future?
By Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat, M. Gessen and Lydia Polgreen
Ross DouthatThree Theories of the Trump Cabinet
Where will this particular cast of characters take us?
By Ross Douthat
Ross DouthatThe Post-Cold War Era Is Finished. Liberalism and Democracy Will Go On.
A new world order doesn’t mean the old politics simply disappears.
By Ross Douthat
We Wanted a ‘Grand New Party.’ Trump Delivered.
Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam had a vision for how Republicans could reclaim the working class. They never expected Trump to fulfill it.
By Ross Douthat
Ross DouthatTrump Has Put an End to an Era. The Future Is Up for Grabs.
The post-Cold War era has ended, and we’re not going back.
By Ross Douthat
Gaetz and Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Oh, My!
Trump is assembling his new team. David French and Ross Douthat dissect what it means.
By Ross Douthat and David French
Kennedy Could Save Gaetz
Trump doesn’t really care about Kennedy’s issues, but would like to look as if he does.
By Ross Douthat
TL;DR: Blame Biden
Trump is on track to win the popular vote. There’s a lesson there.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen
Ross DouthatHow Democrats Helped Trump
Why the 2024 election’s outcome was uniquely foreseeable.
By Ross Douthat
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