Ross Douthat

New Haven, United States

Op-Ed Columnist at The New York Times

Film Critic at National Review

Author at The Falcon's Children

Host at Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

NYT columnist, author of Believe, https://t.co/knRQn31ehz, and The Falcon's Children, https://t.co/f6R0ZYvOWS

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Articles

What the World Needs From Pope Leo

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Ross Douthat

The name alone often speaks volumes. In choosing to reign as Francis, first of that name, Jorge Bergoglio signaled clearly the style of his pontificate, which aspired to the simplicity of the saint of Assisi while offering all sorts of ruptures with tradition.
Why is Trump struggling? His administration is too black-pilled

5 days ago | keysnews.com | Ross Douthat

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Can Democrats Win the Working Class and Save the Republic?

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Ross Douthat

Senator Chris Murphy on the Democrats' "five alarm" crisis. Video Back transcriptCan Democrats Win the Working Class and Save the Republic? Senator Chris Murphy on the Democrats' "five alarm" crisis. What does the Democratic Party stand for? Why did Democrats lose in 2024? Do liberals need a theory of populism? My guest today has been trying to answer all of those questions, in the hopes of leading his party out of the political wilderness.
Money buys happiness, right? Not in the lifestyles of the rich and miserable

6 days ago | smh.com.au | Ross Douthat

May 8, 2025 — 3.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There are three broad spirits in which American television portrays the rich: aspiration, judgment and reassurance. The aspirational spirit makes you want to have what they have, the judgmental spirit condemns them for what they’ve done to get what they have, and the reassuring spirit tells you that you don’t want what they have anyway.
Three Conservative Catholics on the Conclave and the Future of the Church

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ross Douthat |Michael Dougherty |Dan Hitchens

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at National Review, and Dan Hitchens, a senior editor at First Things, to discuss conservative Catholic hopes and fears for the papal conclave that begins on Wednesday and for the next pontificate. Ross Douthat: Gentlemen, thanks for joining me.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Miserable

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ross Douthat

There are three broad spirits in which American television portrays the rich: aspiration, judgment and reassurance. The aspirational spirit makes you want to have what they have, the judgmental spirit condemns them for what they've done to get what they have, and the reassuring spirit tells you that you don't want what they have, anyway. Often these spirits coexist in the same portrayal.
Opinião - Ross Douthat: Mudanças tecnológicas produzem era de extinção; veja como sobreviver

1 week ago | www1.folha.uol.com.br | Ross Douthat

Toda grande mudança tecnológica tem uma sombra destrutiva, cujas profundezas engolem modos de vida que a nova ordem torna obsoletos. Mas os tempos da revolução digital —o tempo da internet e do smartphone e a era incipiente da inteligência artificial— ameaçam uma aniquilação especialmente abrangente. Isso está forçando a raça humana ao que os biólogos evolutivos chamam de gargalo —um período de pressão rápida que ameaça extinguir culturas, costumes e povos.
How many times can Trump tempt fate?

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Ross Douthat

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Right Wing Counterculture: Vitality. Masculinity. Transgression.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ross Douthat

The left has dictated culture for decades. Jonathan Keeperman is trying to change that. Video Back transcriptRight Wing Counterculture: Vitality. Masculinity. Transgression. The left has dictated culture for decades. Jonathan Keeperman is trying to change that. Hey, how are you? Hey Ross, how are you? I'm great. I'm great. What an amazing head of- This is great. Thank you. You look fantastic. You look vital, one might say. This is a very important part of the discourse on the online right.
An age of extinction is coming. Here’s how to survive

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Ross Douthat

May 1, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Every great technological change has a destructive shadow, whose depths swallow ways of life the new order renders obsolete. But the age of digital revolution – the time of the internet and the smartphone and the incipient era of artificial intelligence – threatens an especially comprehensive cull.