Julian Sanchez (born March 14, 1979) is an American writer living in

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Formerly a senior fellow at the

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, he previously covered technology and privacy issues as the Washington editor for ''

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''.

Life

He first came to public attention in 2003 when he helped to expose gun control critic John Lott for defending himself in online forums using an assumed identity. Soon afterwards, Sanchez was hired as an assistant editor at ''

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'' magazine, where he is now a contributing editor. Sanchez was raised in Norwood in

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''. In the winter of 2005–06,

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asked Sanchez and

Ross Douthat Ross Gregory Douthat ( ; born November 28, 1979) is a conservative American author and ''New York Times'' columnist. He was a senior editor of '' The Atlantic''. He has written on religion, politics, and society. Early life and education Ross Gr ...

to guest blog on his widely read weblog, '' The Daily Dish''. Sanchez's work has been cited in blogs such as ''

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'', ''Marginal Revolution'', and ''

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''. In a 2010 blog post he adapted the philosophical term

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to describe the effect that the rise of conservative media has had on right-of-center political discourse in the United States. His analysis sparked a spirited debate among conservative pundits that was eventually covered by ''

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''. Sanchez is a graduate of

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, where he studied

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

References

External links

JulianSanchez.com

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Sanchez's video discussions
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