Journalist Andrew Sullivan is the editor of andrewsullivan.com and a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, a senior editor at the New Republic and a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times of London.

Sullivan began his career writing for The New Republic and freelancing for publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph and Esquire while he earned a Ph.D. in political science at Harvard. An Oxford graduate, he earned a masters in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy school in 1986. Sullivan became editor of The New Republic in 1991, expanding the magazine's scope to topics such as same-sex marriage, popular culture and racial issues before he left the post in 1996. Openly gay, Sullivan shed light on the politics of homosexuality as well, focusing on gays in the military and gay rights, writing two books, "Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality" (Vintage Books, 1995); and "Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival" (1998). He tested positive for HIV in 1993, and remains in good health.

His 1999 essay, "What's So Bad About Hate," is included in the "Best American Essays of 1999." He has appeared on more than 100 radio shows across the U.S. and on TV shows including "Nightline," "Face The Nation," "Meet The Press," "Crossfire," "Hardball" and "The O'Reilly Factor."

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So, what's so "bad" and non-thinking about this guy?
Is it just 'cause he's gay? 'cause he's catholic that you denigrate him?
I don't agree with or parrot all his positions but I can respect his usual cogent thinking.

-philw (playing the Democrats' j'accuse game back)