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Aug 6, 2025
Everything in the story sounds like a pious legend confabulated centuries after the fact. A peasant girl with zero political or military experience shows up at a royal court,...
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Jul 24, 2025
I’m not persuaded that we’re actually being visited by E.T. However, this era has left me with a lot of weird unanswered questions. For instance, what do all of these...
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Jun 30, 2025
Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the...
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May 21, 2025
On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat interviews Vice President JD Vance about the Trump administration’s deportations, the tariff backlash and how...
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May 8, 2025
Democrats are stumbling — badly. While the Trump administration redefines the limits of executive overreach, the Democratic Party remains at odds over how to — even...
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Apr 24, 2025
On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of America Magazine, to reflect on the legacy of...
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Feb 21, 2025
How many times has your soul been saved? Probably not as many times as Michelle Cottle’s.
On this episode of Matter of Opinion, Michelle Cottle, Carlos Lozada and Ross Douthat...
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Feb 18, 2025
Then, too, I found in Catholicism coherent answers that seemed sensible, balanced, intuitively plausible. The Church is a liturgical institution that leaves room for both ethical and...
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Feb 17, 2025
Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong...
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Feb 10, 2025
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been recording conversations about my new book, “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious,” and one of the striking things —...
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Feb 3, 2025
My parents ate health food in my youth, in the days before Whole Foods was everywhere, when seeking out even a veggie burger could require entering a subculture as exotic as any...
