What I’d Assign to Today’s College Students
A reading list outside the progressive box.
By Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Opinion columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Tuesday and Sunday. He is also a host on the weekly Opinion podcast, “Matter of Opinion.” Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger on its website.
He is the author of “The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery,” which was published in October 2021. His other books include "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism,” published in 2018; “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (2012); “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (2005); “The Decadent Society” (2020); and, with Reihan Salam, “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream” (2008). He is the film critic for National Review.
He lives with his wife and four children in New Haven, Conn.
A reading list outside the progressive box.
By Ross Douthat
And the role politicians play in all of it.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat and Lydia Polgreen
It’s good to have a reality check every few months.
By Ross Douthat
How Israel became the focus of so much of contemporary protest politics.
By Ross Douthat
If commerce demands constant songwriting, she needs new characters to play.
By Ross Douthat
Both parties experience echoes of decades past.
By Ross Douthat
Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation.
By Ross Douthat
“It’s the worst story I’ve ever covered.”
By Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen
Not just a deepening of present discontents but a dramatic crash or rupture.
By Ross Douthat
There’s a difference between being aware of your base and being its prisoner.
By Ross Douthat