Ross Douthat
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ross Gregory Douthat(/ˈdaʊθət/( born November 28, 1979) is anAmerican conservativepolitical analyst, blogger and author andNew York Timescolumnist. He was a senior editor ofThe Atlantic.
 |
This article on anauthoris astub.You can help out with Wikiquote byexpandingit! |
Quotes
[edit]- The triumph of a rawpopulism,embodied by a shamelessdemagogue,over both the official establishment and the officialideologyof a majorpolitical party.
- AboutTrumpism,"A Cure for Trumpism"(July 17, 2016),The New York Times
- Trumpism is also a celebrity-drivencult of personality,forged by itsleader’s uniquereality-televisionappeal. This has made it relatively easy for theRepublican Party’s leaders to hope that his campaign issui generis,that when he loses inNovember(as most of them still expect) there won’t be a coherent Trumpism after Trump.
- "A Cure for Trumpism"(July 17, 2016),The New York Times
- Conservatism-under-liberalismshould defend human goods that are threatened by liberal ideas taken to extremes. Thefamily,when liberal freedom becomes a corrosive hyper-individualism. Traditionalreligion,when liberal toleration becomes a militant and superstitious secularism. Localcommunityand localknowledge,against expert certainty and bureaucratic centralization. Artistic and intellectualgreatness,when democratic taste turns philistine or liberal intellectuals become apparatchiks. The individualtalentof the entrepreneur or businessman, against the leveling impulses of egalitarianism and the stultifying power of monopoly.
- "The Two Crises of Conservatism"(April 24, 2021)
External links
[edit]
- Douthat's columns,The New York Times
- Douthat's former blog,The Atlantic
- Archive of Douthat's columns,The Harvard Crimson
- AppearancesonC-SPAN
Categories:
- Author stubs
- Non-fiction authors from the United States
- Bloggers from the United States
- Editors from the United States
- Memoirists from the United States
- Political authors from the United States
- Catholics from the United States
- People from New Haven
- Critics from the United States
- Film critics from the United States
- Journalists from the United States
- People from Washington, D.C.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from San Francisco
- Conservatives from the United States