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Ross Douthat Leaves NYT for Bari Weiss. Here Were Some of His Worst Columns.

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.

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“Europe’s Minaret Moment,” Ross Douthat, New York Times (12/6/2009)

“Confessions of a Columnist,” Ross Douthat, New York Times (1/2/2016)

“The Necessity of Stephen…

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