MVP Fridays — Ross Douthat: “Is there hope for America’s future?”
September 6, 2024 (Northern Illinois game)
NOW STARTING AT 5:00 p.m., reception to follow
Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall
Ross Douthat is an American political analyst, blogger, author and New York Times columnist.[2] He was a senior editor of The Atlantic. He is the author of “The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery,” which was published in October 2021. His other books include “To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism,” published in 2018; “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (2012); “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (2005); “The Decadent Society” (2020); and, with Reihan Salam, “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream” (2008). He is the film critic for National Review.
Co-sponsors: Democracy Initiative, Department of Political Science, Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy
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Join the Institute for Social Concerns on Friday afternoons of home football weekends for MVP Fridays: lectures by national leaders, journalists, and writers on questions of meaning, values, and purpose. Reception and book signing to follow.
