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RD Ross Douthat Ross Douthat Columnist and author writing on politics, religion and culture, who is leaving The New York Times after 17 years to become a correspondent on CBS News' 60 Minut...

“Figures like James Talarico in Texas and Adam Johnson in Kansas are leaning hard on a religious identity, and Talarico has done his best to disavow his past woker-than-thou litanies.”

The Free Press · US Politics · October 2026

“Figures like James Talarico in Texas and Adam Johnson in Kansas are leaning hard on a religious identity, and Talarico has done his best to disavow his past woker-than-thou litanies.” — Ross Douthat on James Talarico, The Free Press

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Assessing how Democratic Senate candidates are presenting themselves as moderates.

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