Andrew Sullivan

English-American journalist, writer, blogger · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Born 1963 · age 63

Andrew Michael Sullivan is a British-American conservative political commentator. Sullivan is a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books.

Andrew Sullivan is read about 244 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2024“The point I have been trying to make for years now is that wokeness is not some racier version of liberalism, merely seeking to be kinder and more inclusive.”In their words19 April 2024Katherine Maher Is Not A Liberal, The Weekly DishRead the whole statement

2018“And that is all the Pope is saying to another human being. God made you the way you are, and loves you for it, and wants you to be happy as yourself.”In their words25 May 2018New York magazineRead the whole statement

2017“We are living in an era of populism and demagoguery. And yes, there’s racism and xenophobia mixed into it.”In their words30 April 2017New York magazineRead the whole statement

“Certain truths about human beings have never changed.”In their words30 April 2017New York magazineRead the whole statement

“You will not arrest the reactionary momentum by ignoring it or dismissing it entirely as a function of bigotry or stupidity.”In their words30 April 2017New York magazineRead the whole statement

2016“The forces going on in the society are not things the media can prevent or change. But we can and should help understand this crisis and warn against false solutions.”In their words29 July 2016As quoted in "Andrew Sullivan on His Brief Return to the Online Political Fray" by Jennifer Schuessler, in The New York TimesRead the whole statement

1963Born10 August 1963

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Michael Oakeshott was a major intellectual influence on Sullivan.

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Tribalism is now not just one force in American politics, it’s the overwhelming one, and tribalism abhors reality if it impugns the tribe.
22 May 2020 · New York magazine, Own words
But for me, the psychedelic experience is also deeply Christian.
25 May 2018 · Why We Should Say Yes to Drugs, New York magazine, Own words
Conservatism - from Burke and Hume to Hayek and Oakeshott - has always been, at its core, a critique of ideology in favor of reality.
21 July 2017 · New York magazine, Own words

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He started a political blog, The Daily Dish, in 2000, and eventually moved his blog to platforms, including Time, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and finally an independent subscription-based format. He retired from blogging in 2015. From 2016 to 2020, Sullivan was a writer-at-large at New York. He launched his newsletter The Weekly Dish in July 2020.

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