My favorite blog, the only one in fact that I read every day. Sullivan has much of what I admire in a writer and a thinker--especially, the ability to question one's own ideologies. A conservative and staunch admirer of Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, he is mostly disgusted by the Republican Party of today---not just for its patent betrayal of conservative values during the eight years GWB's presidency, but for the intellectual dishonesty, opportunism and spin-mongering of some of its prominent spokespersons (Karl Rove, William Kristol).
And he defies the standard categories--he is an outspoken gay activist, and a deeply devout Catholic.
His blog covers a lot of ground and is not exclusively about politics. This entry here http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/a-journey.html on the spirituality of dropping acid is reflective of his intellectual curiousity.
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