John O'Sullivan is an Anglo-American political journalist who has held senior editorial positions in newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. From 1986 to 1988 he was Special Advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Ten Downing Street. He is currently a regular columnist on the Chicago Sun-TImes, a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, Director of the Hudson Center for European Studies, and Editor at Large of National Review magazine. Born in Liverpool to an Irish father and an English mother, he was educated by the Christian Brothers at St. Mary's College Crosby and graduated from London University. His journalistic positions have included Associate Editor of The Times of London, Editor of National Review magazine, London Correspondent for Irish Radio and Television , Parliamentary Sketchwriter of the London Daily Telegraph, Editor in Chief of United Press International, Editorial Page Editor of the New York Post, Editor of The National Interest, and Editor of Policy Review. He is married to Melissa Matthews O'Sullivan, who runs a small business providing security services, and they live with her children in Decatur, Alabama. In addition to his regular journalism, Mr. O'Sullivan is writing a book on Reagan, Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. His favorite pastimes include the theater, eating out, walking around cities, and reading the novels of P.G. Wodehouse.