Comments on: Blogger Ross Douthat Gets Kristol’s NY Times Editorial Slot

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:54:07 +0000

Terence:

Thanks. But I’m disappointed. I was hoping for Doubt Hat. That would have been much better.

By: TerenceC

TerenceC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:07:27 +0000

Or “Dow – thut” if you prefer.

By: TerenceC

TerenceC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:49:12 +0000

dow – that – soft th

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:09:20 +0000

I have only one question: how do you pronounce the guy’s name? Dowt-hat? Doo-that?

By: TerenceC

TerenceC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:10:59 +0000

He’s a great writer – and very thoughtful. We’ll see – I lean left socialy but I lean right financially and really appreciate a good conservative argument – which Ross always makes.

By: Brad Porter

Brad Porter — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:15:17 +0000

Yeah, I’m with you.

Libertarian conservatives (in whose circles I tend to run) are going to bitch that it went from a neocon to a socialcon, but I don’t share that dismay. I’m not one that believes that social conservatism means you’re basically insane (even though I don’t tend to agree with it, I can respect that not everyone shares the same core assumptions as me, and that’s part of what political dialogue is). But I do think that most of the most notable social conservative voices are pretty insane. Ross brings a calm, good-faith reason to it, but with sacrificing the values from which his political ideology springs, and that’s a refreshing, refreshing change. If Douthat becomes one of the major voices in that movement (moreso than he already is, I mean), we’re all better off.