Ross Douthat - The Durango Herald

Lucifer seems to have a lot to work with in Church

The pontificate of Pope Francis and the presidency of Donald Trump have been odd mirrors of one another for a while – populist leaders, institutional crises, norm violations, #metoo scandals...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Only the truth can save us now. Let’s try to find it.

The day before Thursday’s endless, grueling, moving, infuriating hearings, which mostly provided an exhibit in the case for the dissolution of our Senate, I argued that we would all probably...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: Will Democrats own the Asian-American vote?

This past week, the Trump Justice Department threw its weight behind a high-profile lawsuit against Harvard University, in which a group of Asian-American plaintiffs claim – with a great dea...

DATE: Sep 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: The white-voter strategy that actually worked

In the aftermath of the 2012 election, when just about everyone assumed Mitt Romney lost because he didn’t win enough Hispanic votes, election analyst Sean Trende produced a dissenting take....

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: The sick, sad truth about Cardinal McCarrick

One of the best things the bishops of the American Catholic Church did during the great wave of sex abuse revelations 16 years ago – and yes, there’s a low bar for “best” – was to establish ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: Choose the lesser cruelty on immigration

Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers awa...

DATE: Jun 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: Why not Mike Pence?

A few days ago, which is to say an eternity in our Trump-dilated time, there was a story on NPR about anxious evangelicals’ seeking a meeting with the president. The subject of th...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: The necessity of Stephen Miller

After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: What has Mitt Romney learned?

First, some praise for Mitt Romney, who is apparently poised to run for the Senate from Utah now that Orrin Hatch has announced his retirement. The 2012 Republican presidential no...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: The baker and the empire

There are fine constitutional lawyers who can argue back and forth about the Masterpiece Cakeshop case the Supreme Court heard last week, which will determine whether a Christian baker can d...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: Living with the Republican tax plan

First, let me vent. The Republican tax reform, now extremely likely to become law pending certain events next week in Alabama, represents a remarkable missed opportunity for a party struggli...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Douthat: How to fix the Republican tax plan

Back when congressional Republicans were rolling out one unpopular health care bill after another, it was a challenge to come up with constructive advice on how to fix their efforts. That’s ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat