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The day after the climate bill failed in the U.S. Senate, the New York Times' conservative columnist Ross Douthat gave his take on "The Right and Climate" in a piece that on the surface sounded reasonable. Maybe it was best that the bill didn't pass, he says. While he displays some bravery in calling out the climate change deniers, who remain almo

From Publishers Weekly In this disappointingly mundane book, Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, mistakes his skills at showmanship for those of critical analysis. From the Iraq War to the recent financial crisis, his arguments amount to little more than a superficial précis of the current political moment. For most readers, this book will be an ideological retread and an unimaginative slog. Unlike the recent writings of Reihan Salam and Ross Douthat, whose New Majority labored to be

In April 2009, Ross Douthat replaced the bumbling, lackluster Bill Kristol as the “conservative voice” on the New York Times editorial page, but after reading his Sarah Palin resignation column, I wonder if this is really the best the Times could do. Douthat is making the shakey case that Palin should never have accepted the “Vice Prezzie nominee from the GOP” (to quote Amy Poehler’s still hilarious SNL rap ). According to Douthat: Had she refused John McCain, Palin would still be a p