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Robert David Sullivan
Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine.
Articles by Robert David Sullivan
The Massachusetts State House has produced some innovative policy ideas, but it hasn't been a steppingstone to the White House, to the chagrin of several candidates.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Massachusetts Wants to Lead, but America Isn't Crazy about the Idea
Robert David Sullivan
Political success in Massachusetts doesn’t translate to rest of the country.
Hillary Clinton attends the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting at The Shertaon New York Hotel on September 25, 2013 in New York City.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Clinton Promises Economic Growth, Sanders Says It’s Overrated
Robert David Sullivan
Sanders’s reservations about growth at any cost echo Pope Francis' economic thinking.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Sanders, Trump and the Summer of Spun Headlines
Robert David Sullivan
Beware of headlines based on politicians’ feelings rather than their actions.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Will the upcoming election be the most important of our lifetime?
Robert David Sullivan
Will the upcoming election be the most important of our lifetime?
Andrew Jackson would have been appalled to see Barack Obama lead the Democratic Party, but he wouldn't have been crazy about JFK either.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
John F. Kennedy Broke Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party a Long Time Ago
Robert David Sullivan
Jackson would hardly prefer “big government” solutions to poverty and inequality.
Connecticut became reliably Democratic only when affluent suburbs like Westport started supporting the party. (1937 postcard from Wikimedia Commons)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Connecticut Slows Down, Settles in Democratic Groove
Robert David Sullivan
The state’s relative affluence may promote political stability.
Supporters of marraige rights for same-sex couples celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26. (CNS photo/Jim Bourg, Reuters)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
No Cloud Over Same-Sex Marriage
Robert David Sullivan
Why Obergefell v. Hodges is not likely to be the next Roe v. Wade
Jeb Bush has to convince Republican primary voters he'd gladly take responsibility for the chaos that the guy appointed by his brother refused to allow. (Image from @JebBush Twitter account)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Obamacare Lives, Both as Public Health Benefit and Political Punching Bag
Robert David Sullivan
A Republican president may find himself in a no-win situation.
Pope Francis: A nattering nabob of negativism? (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Pope Francis Would Be a Lousy New York Times Columnist
Robert David Sullivan
Why didn’t “Laudato Si” include more good news about the environment?
A swelling population and a car-centric culture makes Georgia tilt to the Republican Party. (Photo courtesy of Atlanta Motor Speedway, via the New Georgia Encyclopedia)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Sprawl Suits the Republican Party in Georgia
Robert David Sullivan
Voters seem to trust the GOP's personal-freedom approach to housing and transportation.