Andrew Sullivan is going on hiatius for "a few months."
Why? The simple answer is that I want to take a breather, to write a long-overdue book, to read some more, travel to Europe and the Middle East, and work on some longer projects... It's not so much the time as the mindset. The ability to keep on top of almost everything on a daily and hourly basis just isn't compatible with the time and space to mull over some difficult issues in a leisurely and deliberate manner.
I don't always agree with Andrew, in fact I often don't, but I like his writing and I read his blog regularly. He's pointed to things others don't and often has a fresh and different perspective.
I subscribed to The New Republic while he was editor and tend to enjoy his magazine pieces more than his books. I agree with him most on the subject of gay marriage, though even there we part ways from time to time.
Friends in New York consider him the devil and will ignore the news. Not me. I hope he finishes his book and returns as promised "to blogging full-steam with perhaps a new direction or approach to refresh the material."
