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- The Trouble With Meritocracy http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/the-trouble-with-meritocracy/ 10 comments
- Trump returned to his frequent theme of elite foreign-policy failure, and produced a rather-eloquent monologue on America’s recent misadventures in the Middle East http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/the-secret-of-trumps-success/?_r=0 17 comments politics
- Europe and the migration problem http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/will-the-world-come-to-europe/ 64 comments europe
- The Confidence of Jerry Coyne [The NYT Op-Ed columnist Ross Douthat addresses the tension between eliminative materialism and moral realism.] http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/the-confidence-of-jerry-coyne/?_r=0 6 comments philosophy
- Why not Medicaid for all? http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/why-not-medicaid-for-all/?_r=0 54 comments politics
- [The government shutdown] was an irresponsible, dysfunctional and deeply pointless act, carried out by a party that on the evidence of the last few weeks shouldn’t be trusted with the management of a banana stand, let alone the House of Representatives. http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/a-teachable-moment/?ref=opinion&_r=0 6 comments politics
- Why the Right Fights - NY Times http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/why-the-right-fights/?_r=0 3 comments politics
- The Scientism of Steven Pinker http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/the-scientism-of-steven-pinker/?_r=0 86 comments philosophy
- How Bad Is European Youth Unemployment? http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/how-bad-is-european-youth-unemployment/ 14 comments europe
- To those outside the House Republican bubble, meanwhile, the biggest message that Ryan 3.0 sends is this: If the aftermath of 2012 produces fresh G.O.P. thinking on domestic policy, don’t expect it to start in the House. http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/the-ryan-budgets-step-backward/ 3 comments politics
- In Search of Republican Reformers: GOP politicians who talk up “libertarian populism” or “opportunity conservatism” are just wrapping losing ideas in slightly smarter rhetoric than poor Mitt Romney was ever able to come up with. http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/in-search-of-republican-reformers/ 3 comments politics