Yeah but Douthat went to Harvard, he's not the uncouth sort of nativity religious nut, he's a Catholic intellectual from a nice family and the Northeast whose racism is a side dish. He's mostly there for the "young guy tells readership of old people that kids these days **** too much" takes.
Oh yeah, that's another hilarious thing about Douthat. Even though he's written for the Times for what seems like forever, he has insanely retrograde views, and he looks like this:
the dude is only like 37. He is two years younger than Vince Carter.