Is Kristof the kind of Doughy Shithead Emeritus at the NYT Editorial Page to be used in a pinch when whatever Brooks or Douthat excretes is too depressing to even use as clickbait.
Kristof tries to maintain a "bleeding heart liberal humanitarian nice guy" image before slipping in some really bad ideas, which angers me in its own special way.
What he's saying seems to be reasonable, after all, he's wearing a fleece visit and concern-trolling based on shared trans panic tidbits from his excremental editorial cohorts.