Andrew Sullivan

This article is about the British-American writer, editor, and blogger. For other people named Andrew Sullivan, see Andrew Sullivan (disambiguation).

Andrew Sullivan
Sullivan in 2006
Born
Andrew Michael Sullivan

(1963-08-10) 10 August 1963 (age 61)
South Godstone, Surrey, England
Citizenship
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (MPA, PhD)
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, blogger
Spouse
Aaron Tone
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(m. 2007; div. 2023)​
Websitedish.andrewsullivan.com, andrewsullivan.substack.com

Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is a British-American political commentator. Sullivan is a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books. 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.[1] From 2016 to 2020, Sullivan was a writer-at-large at New York.[2][3] He launched his newsletter The Weekly Dish in July 2020.[4]

Sullivan has said that his conservatism is rooted in his Catholic background and in the ideas of the British political philosopher Michael Oakeshott.[5][6] In 2003, he wrote that he could no longer support the American conservative movement, as he was disaffected with the Republican Party's continued rightward shift toward social conservatism during the George W. Bush era.[7]

Born and raised in Britain, Sullivan has lived in the U.S. since 1984. He is openly gay and a practicing Catholic.[8][9]

  1. ^ Somaiya, Ravi (28 January 2015). "Andrew Sullivan Retires From Blogging". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Andrew Sullivan Joins New York Magazine As Contributing Editor". New York Press Room. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Longtime columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan resigns from New York magazine". CNN Business. 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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  5. ^ Allison, Maisie (14 March 2013). "Beyond Fox News". The American Conservative. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Ask Andrew Anything: Oakeshott's Influence". The Daily Beast. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Andrew (1 December 2009). "Leaving the Right". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. ^ Oliveira, Philip de (9 July 2017). "Conservative gay writer Andrew Sullivan makes a case for faith". Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Sullivan's Catholicism | Commonweal Magazine". www.commonwealmagazine.org. 8 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.