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Amy Sullivan

Amy Sullivan is a doctoral candidate in sociology at Princeton University and the author of the Web log
Political Aims.

Recent Articles

Left Church

Amy SullivanJun 21, 2005

Exodus: Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity by David Shiflett (Sentinel, 224 pages, $23.95)

Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America by Chris Hedges (Free Press, 224 pages, $24.00)

The Catholic Paradox

Amy SullivanDec 15, 2003

A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America By Peter Steinfels, Simon & Schuster, 416 pages, $26.00

Solicitor General

Amy SullivanOct 08, 2003

After Rush Limbaugh's comments about race and football sparked controversy last week, presidential candidates Howard Dean and Wesley Clark were quick to jump on the anti-Limbaugh bandwagon. Dean called Limbaugh's remarks "unacceptable" (though his campaign also made a gaffe in referring to Donovan McNabb as the quarterback of the "Philadelphia Jets") while Clark derided the comments as "hateful and ignorant speech."

The Biases Are Loaded

Amy SullivanApr 27, 2003

WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA?

The Truth About Bias and the News

By Eric Alterman

Basic. 322 pp. $25


Partial Issue

Amy SullivanFeb 10, 2003

If you coughed during the State of the Union address, you might have missed it: Tucked between paeans to faith-based drug-treatment programs and promises to fund AIDS medication was a two-sentence pledge to ban "partial-birth" abortion. It was a quick shout-out to the president's base supporters in the middle of a speech on tax cuts, health care, energy resources and the impending war with Iraq.

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