I was against Donald Trump in 2016 for reasons specific to Donald Trump, but in general I think the populist movements in Europe and America have legitimate grievances and I often prefer the populists to the “reasonable” elites. I’ve written books about Harvard, the G.O.P., American Christianity and Pope Francis; I’m working on one about decadence. Michelle GoldbergImageI’ve been an Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times since 2017, writing mainly about politics, ideology and gender. I’ve written three books, including one, in 2006, about the danger of right-wing populism in its religious fundamentalist guise. I love to travel; a long time ago, after my husband and I eloped, we spent a year backpacking through Asia.

Source: New York Times March 13, 2019 09:00 UTC