Douthat Moving To The New York Times
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Alex Knapp | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
In a rare display of sound editorial judgment for the op-ed page, the New York Times has hired Atlantic editor Ross Douthat as a new opinion columnist.
It’s one step back for the Atlantic, but an order of magnitude forward for the country: my colleagues and I learned today that senior editor Ross Douthat will, in short order, become an opinion columnist for the New York Times.
Ross is late-twenties-year-old public intellectual with the sensibility of a 60-year eminence grise, the range of a Hitchens, the pitch of a conservative AJP Taylor, the conscience of a Neibuhr and the intellectual honesty of his frequent sparring partner, Andrew Sullivan.
I concur with Marc Ambinder on this. This is a particularly fine choice for the New York Times. Douthat is intelligent, creative, honest, and a fresh voice offering new applications of traditional conservative principles. I don’t agree with him on many things, but I admire his thoughtful opinions. This is a great prize for the Gray Lady.
UPDATE (James Joyner): I concur wholeheartedly and am surprised by the boldness of the choice. Daniel Larison was my first choice but Douthat among those I suggested. Of those, Douthat was the most likely, in that he was proven with a mainstream publication.
About the Author: Alex has a B.S. in Biochemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. He has been published in the Kansas City Star, TCS Daily, and Comic Book Resources. He joined the staff of OTB in June 2006. Additionally, he’s been writing at Heretical Ideas since October, 2001, and also reviews cigars at Cigar Jack's Cigar News and Reviews.
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Intellectual honesty? Andrew Sullivan? I'll have what you're smoking.
Well, it's a welcome change from a born idiot like Kristol, but the Village Voice seems to feel he's not that... serious a thinker.
>and the intellectual honesty of his frequent sparring partner, Andrew Sullivan.
Talk about damning with faint praise.
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