Last updated on:
4/27/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Ross Douthat Biography
- Title:
- Op-Ed Columnist at the New York Times
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Performance-Enhancing Drugs Be Accepted in Sports?"
- Reasoning:
-
“I don’t know exactly where steroid use should sit on the hierarchy of sins against the game: I think it’s worse than throwing spitballs and not as bad as throwing games, but how much worse and how much less noxious I’m not entirely sure.”
“A-Rod for the Hall?,” The Atlantic, Feb. 9, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
-
- Op-Ed columnist, New York Times, Apr. 2009-present
- Former Senior Editor, The Atlantic
- Film critic, National Review
- Writer, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Policy Review, Details
- Former intern, National Review
- Education:
-
- BA, Harvard University, 2002
- Other:
-
- Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times editorial page editor, stated that Mr. Douthat is the youngest Op-Ed columnist in the history of the New York Times.