The Atlantic‘s Ross Douthat is the newest Times op-ed columnist. Congrats, Ross. And don’t forget us little people in the blogosphere! It’s always been a pleasure to spar with you.
—Dana Goldstein
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The Atlantic‘s Ross Douthat is the newest Times op-ed columnist. Congrats, Ross. And don’t forget us little people in the blogosphere! It’s always been a pleasure to spar with you.
—Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project. More by Dana Goldstein