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SUMMARY:Andrew Sullivan: American Democracy in the Age of Trump
DESCRIPTION:\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute\, D
onald P. Bellisario College of Communications\, School of International
Affairs\, and Center for Character\, Conscience\, and Public Purpose.\n\
nContributing Editor at \;New York \;magazine\, \;blogger\,
and author \;Andrew Sullivan is a popular source of provocative\, as
tute political and social commentary. \;The Washington Post \;ca
lled him &ldquo\;a media pioneer\,&rdquo\; and \;The New York Times&
nbsp\;said\, &ldquo\;Andrew Sullivan might deserve to be remembered as t
he most influential political writer of his generation.&rdquo\; \;&n
bsp\;\n\nFrom 2000 to 2015\, Sullivan chronicled every major political a
nd cultural moment in real time on his blog\, \;The Dish. During the
blog&rsquo\;s life at \;Time\, \;The Atlantic\, and independent
ly\, he helped to legitimize and advance the medium by publishing 250 to
300 posts a week. In assessing his body of work\, \;New York \;
magazine said\, &ldquo\;[T]he archive makes a case for Sullivan&rsquo\;s
outsize influence on the politics of the new century.&rdquo\;\n\nJoinin
g \;New York \;magazine as contributing editor in 2016\, Sulliva
n covers politics and culture\, and occasionally writes features\, \
;such as his coverage \;of \;the 2016 Democratic and Republican
National Conventions. \;Also in 2016\, Sullivan announced two new bo
oks: \;Keeping the Faith\, a spiritual memoir about the future and m
eaning of Christianity in the 21st Century\, and a 30-year retrospective
of essays\, reviews and posts entitled \;Thinking Out Loud.\n\nThe
New Republic&rsquo\;s youngest editor-in-chief\, Sullivan was \;ackn
owledged for making the magazine more relevant to his generation. He was
named Editor of the Year by \;Adweek \;and received multiple Na
tional Magazine Awards. After working for \;TIME \;and \;The
New York Times Magazine\, he served as a senior editor for \;The At
lantic.\n\nOne of its earliest activists\, Sullivan set the gay rights m
ovement&rsquo\;s agenda for the following two decades with the landmark
works: 1995'\;s \;Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuali
ty \;and 1989'\;s &ldquo\;Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative)
Case for Gay Marriage.&rdquo\;\n\nSullivan argued for a conservatism bas
ed on practical restraint\, individual freedom\, constitutional norms\,
and skepticism in \;The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism\, Freedom\
, and the Future of the Right. \;\n\nA practicing Catholic\, he has
challenged the Church'\;s position on gay life. \;He is an Oxfo
rd graduate and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.\n\n \;\n
\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/andrew_sullivan_amer
ican_democracy_in_the_age_of_trump/
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o-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, Donald P. Bellisario College of
Communications, School of International Affairs, and Center for Charact
er, Conscience, and Public Purpose.
Contributing Editor at New York magazine, blogger, and author Andrew Sulliv
an is a popular source of provocative, astute political and social comme
ntary. The Washington Post called him “a media pi
oneer,” and The New York Times said, “Andre
w Sullivan might deserve to be remembered as the most influential politi
cal writer of his generation.”
From 2000 to 2015
, Sullivan chronicled every major political and cultural moment in real
time on his blog, The Dish. During the blog’s life at&
nbsp;Time, The Atlantic, and independently, he helped
to legitimize and advance the medium by publishing 250 to 300 posts a w
eek. In assessing his body of work, New York magazine s
aid, “[T]he archive makes a case for Sullivan’s outsize infl
uence on the politics of the new century.”
Joining N
ew York magazine as contributing editor in 2016, Sullivan cover
s politics and culture, and occasionally writes features, such as h
is coverage of the 2016 Democratic and Republican National Con
ventions. Also in 2016, Sullivan announced two new books: K
eeping the Faith, a spiritual memoir about the future and meaning of
Christianity in the 21st Century, and a 30-year retrospective of essays
, reviews and posts entitled Thinking Out Loud.
The
New Republic’s youngest editor-in-chief, Sullivan was ac
knowledged for making the magazine more relevant to his generation. He w
as named Editor of the Year by Adweek and received mult
iple National Magazine Awards. After working for TIME a
nd The New York Times Magazine, he served as a senior editor
for The Atlantic.
One of its earliest activists, Sull
ivan set the gay rights movement’s agenda for the following two de
cades with the landmark works: 1995's Virtual
ly Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality and 1989'
;s “Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage.&
rdquo;
Sullivan argued for a conservatism based on practical restr
aint, individual freedom, constitutional norms, and skepticism in <
i>The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the
Right.
A practicing Catholic, he has challenged the Chu
rch's position on gay life. He is an Oxford graduate and recei
ved his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
For more detai
ls: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/andrew_sul
livan_american_democracy_in_the_age_of_trump/
LOCATION:Sutliff Auditorium, 118 Lewis Katz Building
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