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...care about culture regardless of their finances. “It’s no less ridiculous to complain about evangelical Christians in Kansas voting for Republicans than to complain about movie stars in Hollywood voting for Democrats who will raise their taxes,” said Ross G. Douthat ’02, a columnist for The New York Times...
Although bloggers originally lauded Douthat's choice as a thoughtful one for the conservative columnist spot, many comments on this column were scathing. One commenter calls him an "irritating 30 year old Generation Y Harvard Grad who is not demonstrating much thought in his first column." Another claims that he "has taken leave of his senses." But many also lauded him for writing a column that acknowledges both sides and does seem to have required some thinking. It appears NYT readers don't have very high standards for conservative writers after all. How else could FlyBy have grown up watching...
...Douthat's first column may have been decent--considering that he is replacing Kristol--but it was not mind-blowing. FlyBy is still awaiting that column on Gen Ed and the state of undergraduate education at Harvard. Also, why does he highlight his New Haven roots in his bio? Not cool, Mr. Douthat...
That's what The New York Times' newest columnist penned in his first column for the Grey Lady. Ross Gregory Douthat, a former columnist for The Crimson, argues that it would have been best for the Republican Party to have Cheney run for President because it would have proven how hopeless the Republican Party is? See how Douthat describes Cheney's conservativism after the jump...
...self-described aesthetic conservative, we can only hope that Mr. Douthat will inaugurate change not only in substance but also in style among his fellows on the right. In the spirit of the great Evelyn Waugh—from whose novel he had borrowed the title of his Crimson column—Mr. Douthat promises to bring a conservative voice to the Times that is more intelligent, more elegant, and more enjoyable to read...