VR40 - This Vapid Response Wednesday, we note the end of Ross Douthat’s 17-year run as the resident New York Times conservative columnist with a drive-by review of some of his most willfully clueless work--and a closer look at his recent farewell message in which he provides a fitting capstone to a long career of willfully ignoring everything about how and why the American right went full MAGA. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SeriousPodNetwork" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">You can WATCH this episode, too!</a> <ol> <li> <a href= "https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07douthat.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“Europe’s Minaret Moment,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (12/6/2009) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20251010033721/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/sunday/confessions-of-a-columnist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“Confessions of a Columnist,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/2/2016) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20180128035409/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/immigration-stephen-miller.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“The Necessity of Stephen Miller,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/27/2018) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20201010184816/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-election-authoritarianism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“There Will Be No Trump Coup,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (10/10/2020) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20201205204533/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/opinion/sunday/trump-election-fraud.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“Why Do So Many Americans Think the Election Was Stolen?”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (12/5/2020) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20210109225813/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/sunday/trump-capitol-riot-legacy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“How Donald Trump Made the Fantasy Real,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/9/2021) </li> <li> “<a href= "https://archive.is/20240120122719/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/20/opinion/nikki-haley-trump-foreign-policy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Why Nikki Haley Would Be the Most Dangerous President,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/20/2024) </li> <li> <a href= "https://archive.is/20260110120837/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/opinion/ice-shooting-minneapolis-equilibrium.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“What Would Peace on Immigration Look Like?”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/10/2026) </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/opinion/obama-trump-biden-enemy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“Who Are the Good Guys and the Bad Guys? I’m No Longer Sure,”</a> Ross Douthat, New York Times (8/8/2026) </li> </ol> Check out the OA <a href= "https://linktr.ee/openingarguments" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Linktree</a> for all the places to go and things to do!

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