Douthat Hired to Fill 'Kristol' Slot at 'NYT' Op-ed

He's the conservative blogger and senior editor at The Atlantic with quite different tone than firebrand Kristol. But just today he wrote about stem cell research by declaring that after Obama's shift we can now get down to  "embryo killing." Full story at E&P.

Douthat wrote last week of the current criticism of Rush Limbaugh:

"And though provocative and sometimes impolitic, Rush's arguments are usually calibrated and thought-out in their own way. Wanting Obama to fail from wrecking a country we all hope succeeds is not something a GOP politician should necessarily say, but is something Rush should be able to say from his perch outside the party. CPAC featured speakers who were still peddling the Obama-is-not-a-citizen nonsense to applause from the crowd. Let's distance ourselves those bumbling ignoramuses, not successful, well-honed voices like Rush."