Ross Douthat

Ross Gregory Douthat (born 1979), pronounced "Dow-thut", is a "new-generation conservative" author and blogger. [cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/weekinreview/20cohen.html |date=2008-07-20 |author=Patricia Cohen |title=Conservative Thinkers Think Again |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-09-09] He is a senior editor at "The Atlantic", and he has written "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" (Hyperion, 2005) and, with Reihan Salam, "Grand New Party" (Doubleday, 2008), which David Brooks called "best single roadmap of where the [Republican Party (United States)| [Republican] party] should and is likely to head." [cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27brooks.html |date=2008-06-27 |author=David Brooks |title=The Sam's Club Agenda |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-09-09] He is the film critic for "National Review" and has also contributed to "The New York Times", "Slate", Bloggingheads.tv, and elsewhere. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he now lives in Baltimore. [cite web| url=http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/bio.php |title=Biography at "The Atlantic" |accessdate=2008-09-09] He graduated from Harvard University in 2002.

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