The President's Lecture Series

How Reaganism Became Trumpism

March 2, 2022

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Biography

Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Tuesday and Sunday. Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic. 

He is the author, most recently, of "The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery." His other books include "The Decadent Society," published in 2020, "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism" (2018), “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (2012), “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (2005). He is a co-author, with Reihan Salam, of “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.