Ross Douthat
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Ross Douthat is an American conservative writer on religion, politics and society.
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9 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 28 November 1979, San Francisco; grew up in New Haven, Connecticut (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA in History and Literature, Harvard University (2002), magna cum laude; edited The Harvard Salient (opens wiqqi.app)
- National Review: Writing for it from 2001; its film critic from 2007 (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The Obama-era elite consensus needed elite critics because it kept overreaching. (opens korrents.com)
“And finally, I critiqued the elite consensus because it desperately needed elite critics, and lacking them it was constantly tempted into overreach.”
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Trump’s willingness to drop a failing policy and call it a win is one of his political strengths. (opens korrents.com)
“One of Trump’s political strengths is his willingness to cut bait on an unsuccessful policy, to sell a walk-back as a victory rather than doubling or trebling down.”
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Even a bad deal with Iran would help Trump politically. (opens korrents.com)
“since Americans never really bought into the case for war in the first place, even a bad deal should help the White House’s political position through the effect on gas prices alone.”
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The Obama-era elite consensus needed elite critics because it kept overreaching. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Speak, Memory (opens rcmnd.app)
“Um, I have been reading uh, Speak Memory by Vladimir Nambacov, Nbachov, however you want to pronounce it, which is his sort of memoir uh, mostly of his boyhood as a Russian aristocrat before the Russian the Russian…”
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De Gaulle (opens rcmnd.app)
“Uh I will recommend uh Julian Jackson's biography of Charles de Gaulle [snorts] on general principles. I haven't read it recently but just strong strong recommend there.”
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Treasure Island (opens rcmnd.app)
“And I will finally recommend the most recent book that I read to my children which is Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island. So those are three solid recommendations and I'm happy to leave you with them. Rosetta,…”
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Speak, Memory (opens rcmnd.app)