Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion.

Hasan Piker Is Flirting With the Revolution
Meet the online star who likes to play with fire.
By Ross Douthat and Victoria Chamberlin
The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia
Ending the “culture of victimhood” on campus.
By Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Raina Raskin
Ezra Klein Is Worried — but Not About a Radicalized Left
‘They’re failing and rethinking nothing.’
By Ross Douthat and Andrea Betanzos
This Is Why America Is Losing to China
Our biggest adversary is waiting for the West to collapse.
By Ross Douthat and Sophia Alvarez Boyd
Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.
Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution.
By Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Raina Raskin
The Next Parenting Trend Starts Before Conception
For as little as $2,500, you can choose your future baby. Should you?
By Ross Douthat, Katherine Sullivan, Andrea Betanzos, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Victoria Chamberlin
The DOGE Alum Asking if Foreign Aid Is America’s Problem
“We were suckers of the global system for so long.”
By Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Katherine Sullivan and Andrea Betanzos
What if the Government Believes in U.F.O.s More Than You Do?
The skies — and the government — could be hiding more than we know.
By Ross Douthat
She Exposed Epstein and Shares MAGA’s Anger
The reporter who took down Jeffrey Epstein on what’s still hidden.
By Ross Douthat, Katherine Sullivan, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Andrea Betanzos
Is ‘Toxic Empathy’ Pulling Christians to the Left?
How Allie Beth Stuckey is holding the line on the right.
By Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Katherine Sullivan, Elisa Gutierrez and Andrea Betanzos