Departure of New York Times columnist puts a spotlight on the void of pro-Trump voices in its opinion pages

The paper of record doesn't have a representative for roughly half of the U.S. voting population — at least on its opinion pages. The New York Times has 12 featured columnists following the departure of its longtime conservative writer Ross Douthat, who was poached by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss last week as a new "60 Minutes" correspondent. According to a drop-down menu on the Times' homepage, the remaining columnists are Jamelle Bouie, Maureen Dowd, David French, Thomas Friedman, M. Ge