Damon Linker is the Commentary Editor of
Newsweek/The Daily Beast and a Contributing Editor of
The New Republic. He is the author of
The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege and, most recently,
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 worked as an editor at
First Things, taught political philosophy at Brigham Young University, and served as a speechwriter for New York’s Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. Linker studied history, philosophy, and writing at Ithaca College, graduating with a BA in 1991. He went on to earn an MA in European 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.
