What Ross Douthat thinks about America
Conservative columnist and author who joined CBS News' 60 Minutes as a correspondent in 2026, after writing an Opinion column at The New York Times from 2009 to 2026; author of Bad Religion (2012), The Decadent Society (2020) and Believe (2025).
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ross Douthat has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordssince Americans never really bought into the case for war in the first place, even a bad deal should help the White House’s political position through the effect on gas prices alone.
↗Trump’s Decade of Comebacks Might Be Overnytimes.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe United States is behaving as though frontier A.I. models could be the equivalent of nuclear weapons, offering an immensely destructive form of power that requires a careful and jealous watch.
↗China’s A.I. Play Is Different From America’snytimes.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsMeanwhile, China treats the models that its companies produce as the equivalent of nuclear energy, a lower-risk technology to be shared and commercialized to win friends and influence the world and undermine the advantages of the American A.I. giants.
↗China’s A.I. Play Is Different From America’snytimes.com 2nd of 2 in this piece