The Free Press · October 8, 2026 · By Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat: I’m Writing a Column for The Free Press
- Ross Douthat announced a weekly column in The Free Press, in a piece published October 8, 2026.
- The column will be available to paid subscribers only, per the article.
- In the announcement, Douthat describes himself as “a newly minted correspondent for 60 Minutes” and says the column will complement that work; both are his statements, not facts independently verified here.
Facts from the announcement piece itself, on thefp.com. The 60 Minutes role is Douthat’s own description.
Removed: the characterization of The Free Press as “a thriving general-interest magazine with a remarkable cast of writers and an independent perspective,” the first-person recounting of a 2020 conversation with Bari Weiss, promotion of the author’s book The Decadent Society and its decadence thesis, the author’s hopes and framing for the column, and the subscription paywall pitch.