Who Are These People Interviewing Trump and Harris?
For the presidential candidates, the media future is now.
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.
For the presidential candidates, the media future is now.
By Ross Douthat
How cognitive dissonance shapes both sides of the abortion debate.
By Ross Douthat
The sidelining of the White House in global crisis spots is a big red flag.
By Ross Douthat
A story that’s grist for big debates without necessarily being a good movie.
By Ross Douthat
Neither candidate engaged with the core criticisms facing their parties.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat and Carlos Lozada
He’s making a case for Trump’s record far more effectively than Trump has ever been capable of doing.
By Ross Douthat
With Harris and Trump locked in a tight race, will the vice-presidential debate do anything to help or hurt either ticket?
By David Brooks, Ross Douthat, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Pamela Paul
What would a President Harris do about the war in Ukraine?
By Ross Douthat
By Ross Douthat
How the allegations against Sean Combs change the way we talk about #MeToo, rumors and powerful men.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Jessica Grose