Damon Linker is a senior writing fellow in the Critical Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor of
The New Republic. He is the former Commentary Editor of
Newsweek/The Daily Beast as well as the author of
The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege and
The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders. His essays and reviews have appeared in
The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other leading publications. He has edited
First Things magazine, served as a speechwriter for New York’s Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, and taught political philosophy at Brigham Young University. Linker studied history, philosophy, and writing at Ithaca College, graduating with a BA in 1991. He went on to earn an MA in history from New York University and a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University. Born in New York City, Linker currently lives in suburban Philadelphia with
his wife and two children.
