Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Michael Sullivanis an English author, editor, and blogger. Sullivan is a conservative political commentator, a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books. He was a pioneer of the political blog, starting his in 2000. He eventually moved his blog to various publishing platforms, including Time, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and finally an independent subscription-based format. He announced his retirement from blogging in 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 August 1963
CountryUnited States of America
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I actually bought the argument that if we democratized Iraq, we could create a space for venting some of the stuff that's going on in the Middle East in these autocratic regimes that is expressing itself through jihadism, because it has nowhere else to express itself.
Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.
I believe that there are moments in sex that are so awesome that they actually reflect God.
When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.
There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.
Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear; it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.
The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.
The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.
[D]id you really expect fairness on the environmental issue? For a swathe of reporters, this is not a matter of empirical reporting; it's a matter of faith. Bush cannot be pro-environment because he's Bush.
I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.
I'm openly gay because I'm a Catholic.
For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.
The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.
I'm not going to sit around an pretend I'm not thinking things on my blog when I am thinking them and when I'm open to rebuttal.