If you seriously think that Malcolm Gladwell, who writes for the New Yorker, is right of center, much less the far right of center that "reactionary" means, the

If you seriously think that Malcolm Gladwell, who writes for the New Yorker, is right of center, much less the far right of center that "reactionary" means, then your idea of where the political center is, does not match with reality. Whether you think he is correct on a given topic is debatable, of course, but where he is on the political spectrum relative to the rest of the nation, is objectively determinable, and it is left of center.