About Me

My name is Ross Anderson. I’m a liberal writer focussed on American culture and politics, along with technology, fashion, philosophy, pornography, cars, and anything else I’m interested in.

I was a fellow at Tablet Magazine in 2020 under the great Liel Leibovitz, and have written for Tablet Magazine, LA Magazine, The Dispatch, The American Conservative, Arc Digital, OutSpoken, spiked!, and more.

You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

Praise

"A wonderful reporter named Ross Anderson ... wrote this up in an awesome piece" - Sarah Isgur

David Frum @davidfrum

Revealing profile of @RubinReport by @ThatRossChap in @Quillette 40 years ago, Rubin would have aspired to become a daytime TV gameshow host. In our era, he's found his niche as a leading online promoter of the extremist and conspiracist far right.

quillette.comAll About DaveThe tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno.

2:19 PM ∙ Dec 17, 2022

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Eli Lake @EliLake

This from ⁦@ThatRossChap⁩ on ⁦@kanyewest⁩’s latest meltdown is terrific. Recommended

thedailyscroll.substack.comBlack SkinheadIt’s not so easy to separate Kanye’s anti-Jewish tirades from his artistic greatness—both spring from his paranoid ego, writes Ross Anderson.

11:07 PM ∙ Oct 12, 2022

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Armin Rosen @ArminRosen

And while lots of places have written something about Donda, hard to top @ThatRossChap ruthlessly fair assessment of maybe the most beguiling record of the year tabletmag.com/sections/the-s…

2:07 PM ∙ Sep 10, 2021

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David Frum @davidfrum

The profile is worth your time, insights into how and why online content spirals toward extremism and conspiracy-mongering.

David Frum @davidfrum

Revealing profile of @RubinReport by @ThatRossChap in @Quillette 40 years ago, Rubin would have aspired to become a daytime TV gameshow host. In our era, he's found his niche as a leading online promoter of the extremist and conspiracist far right. https://t.co/WMCSRTlrkf

3:06 PM ∙ Dec 18, 2022

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David Frum @davidfrum

Even if you're not especially interested in Rubin, @ThatRossChap piece offers an interesting examination of how online radicalization happens. It's a reciprocal process between content-provider and content-consumers, each degrading the other.

David Frum @davidfrum

Revealing profile of @RubinReport by @ThatRossChap in @Quillette 40 years ago, Rubin would have aspired to become a daytime TV gameshow host. In our era, he's found his niche as a leading online promoter of the extremist and conspiracist far right. https://t.co/WMCSRTlrkf

4:38 PM ∙ Dec 17, 2022

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Sarah Isgur @whignewtons

@ThatRossChap @thedispatch @DavidAFrench No way! You’re an incredible writer...Thanks for including us in your scotus detective work!

10:53 PM ∙ Mar 15, 2021

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Niall Ferguson @nfergus

"By perfectly balancing meticulous research with easy reading, he fashions himself as historian-cum-Dr. Who, whisking you through the centuries with sprinklings of British wit." Hats off to the reviewer who gets that my role model is Dr. Who:

thedispatch.comHow Our Connections Cause CatastrophesA review of Niall Ferguson’s ‘Doom.’

6:37 AM ∙ Jul 7, 2021

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Chadwick Moore @Chadwick_Moore

My favorite film critic knocks it out of the park once again @ThatRossChap

getoutspoken.comThe devil wears GucciIt’s genuinely remarkable to consider the calibre of people who directed and acted in this film and still have a script this bad.

5:41 PM ∙ Dec 3, 2021

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Armin Rosen @ArminRosen

@CygnusA81 @EliLake I've been meaning to. Eli is a true pillar of reason, and @ThatRossChap is a guy to listen to on this and various other topics

4:38 PM ∙ Oct 26, 2022

Angel Eduardo @StrangelEdweird

Fascinating work here by ⁦@ThatRossChap⁩ for @Quillette.

quillette.comAll About DaveThe tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno.

3:11 AM ∙ Dec 16, 2022

Iona Italia, PhD @IonaItalia

"He is not stupid, but he has found that he needn’t worry about being scrupulous or consistent, informed or nuanced, so simply doesn’t bother." A fascinating piece by @ThatRossChap for @Quillette.

quillette.comAll About DaveThe tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno.

9:22 AM ∙ Dec 16, 2022

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Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur

This piece has the best description of Dave Rubin - "the fallen clown." No one has ever had less talent or less morals. It was a pleasure to read that his old comprades like Sam Harris are also disgusted by him now. #Pathetic

Ross Anderson @ThatRossChap

Months in the making. Tonnes of interviews. Roughly 7,000 words. My definitive profile of former comic, former liberal, and former Angeleno, Dave Rubin. Out now in @Quillette https://t.co/Y5IE4AICWP

4:09 AM ∙ Dec 27, 2022

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Chris Kavanagh @C_Kavanagh

This profile on Dave Rubin by @ThatRossChap is very good. It makes various efforts to be fair & as a result is absolutely damning. Provides a lot of background info that is informative for understanding Rubin's trajectory. I can see why he hates this.

quillette.comAll About DaveThe tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno.

4:47 AM ∙ Dec 21, 2022

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Dave Rubin @RubinReport

Hey @ThatRossChap, I know you’re working on a hit piece for LA Mag for months. You’ve reached out to people I haven’t worked with or spoken to in decades, ex’s, and people I have no association with. And you lie to get people to talk to you. You are a little rat. Print that.

3:52 PM ∙ Jul 21, 2022

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Dave Rubin @RubinReport

@ThatRossChap @jonkay @Quillette lol you fucking loser.

3:42 PM ∙ Dec 16, 2022

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