Julian Sanchez (writer)

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Julian Sanchez
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Born
Miguel Julian Sanchez

(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 45)
New Jersey, U.S.
Education New York University
Occupation(s) Journalist, blogger
Notable credit(s)Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute; editor at Reason magazine; has guest blogged for Andrew Sullivan; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv
Website http://www.juliansanchez.com

Julian Sanchez (born March 14, 1979) is an American writer living in Washington, D.C. Formerly a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, he previously covered technology and privacy issues as the Washington editor for Ars Technica . [1]

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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. [2] [3] Soon afterwards, Sanchez was hired as an assistant editor at Reason magazine, where he is now a contributing editor.

Sanchez was raised in Norwood in Bergen County, New Jersey, where he attended public school. [4] [5]

Sanchez has a weblog on his personal website. He has also blogged for Reason and The Economist . In the winter of 2005–06, Andrew Sullivan asked Sanchez and Ross Douthat to guest blog on his widely read weblog, The Daily Dish . Sanchez's work has been cited in blogs such as The Volokh Conspiracy , Marginal Revolution, and Instapundit . In a 2010 blog post he adapted the philosophical term epistemic closure to describe the effect that the rise of conservative media has had on right-of-center political discourse in the United States. [6] His analysis sparked a spirited debate among conservative pundits that was eventually covered by The New York Times . [7]

Sanchez is a graduate of New York University, where he studied philosophy and political science.

References

  1. ↑ Julian Sanchez (April 2, 2009). "Sic Transit Gloria Condé".
  2. ↑ Julian Sanchez (May 2003). "The Mystery of Mary Rosh". Reason.com .
  3. ↑ Richard Morin (February 1, 2003). "Scholar Invents Fan To Answer His Critics". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
  4. ↑ Sanchez, Julian. "Reading Government Studies 101", Julian Sancjez, July 19, 2006. Accessed October 29, 2013. "Consider: In Bergen County, New Jersey where I grew up, the public schools (which I attended) are actually pretty damn good. In D.C., where I live now, they’re notoriously crappy."
  5. ↑ Zappone, Nicole. "Happy Birthday To Norwood's Julian Sanchez", Northern Valley Daily Voice, March 14, 2017. Accessed May 16, 2017. "Happy birthday to Norwood's Julian Sanchez. Sanchez, a Norwood native, turns 38 March 14."
  6. ↑ Julian Sanchez (March 26, 2010). "Frum, Cocktail Parties, and the Threat of Doubt".
  7. ↑ Patricia Cohen (April 27, 2010). "'Epistemic Closure'? Those Are Fighting Words". The New York Times .