Word: douthat
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Cornel West has been a tireless advocate of justice and peace since before Ross G. Douthat ’02 was born, and it saddens me that a Harvard student can show such disrespect to a flawed, but great...
...Ross G. Douthat ’02 is a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears regularly...
...it’s not what you tell your dog—it’s how you tell it. One can admire a funny, stylish comment even if in the process it is necessary to find quarrel with it. For me, the conservative Crimson column by Ross G. Douthat ’02 is a prime example of this phenomenon—I disagree with his arguments even if his style agrees with me. Sarcasm gives us a colorful kaleidoscope realm where the women’s crew team can brandish oar blades and even a bit of pathos...
Despite the blaze of controversy that invariably follows him, Douthat prefers to take a philosophical, somewhat detached viewpoint. “I regard myself as a conservative in the aesthetic sense,”he muses. Expanding on this, Douthart tells how, in a creative writing class at Harvard, he wrote a novella about a student who was “allergic to technology—he ended up having to type his essays on a manual typewriter, and fell into this collection of people soured with modernity.” Douthat admits that, like his protagonist, he possesses...
Looking back on his illustrious Harvard career, Douthat surprisingly mentions his social accomplishments before talking about pieces he’s written. “I am most proud of the fact that I have made—and kept—friends, in spite of the fact that my public persona is to disagree with everyone here.” At once, this statement demonstrates the enigma that is Douthat; equal parts self-assured philosopher, edgy politician, and aspiring author, he is ultimately far too thoughtful not to take the hype surrounding his persona without a grain of proverbial...