James Kirchick
FROM:
Boston, Massachusetts
HEROES:
Bayard Rustin, Helen Suzman, Harvey Milk
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT:
The positive feedback I get from readers of my work is my proudest accomplishment. Makes up for all the hate mail!
SOMETHING YOU MIGHT TEACH AT THE SUMMIT:
How America remains the indispensable nation.
SOMETHING YOU HOPE TO LEARN AT THE SUMMIT:
How so many accomplished young people find the time to do so many amazing things.
SOMETHING YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH IN YOUR WORK:
Finding time! I have so many interests and passions that it's nigh impossible to balance it all. One of the greatest things I fear is being viewed as a dilletante.
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY:
Great books. Great conversation.
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU ANGRY:
That so many of the world's people continue to live in closed societies.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY:
I wouldn't be anywhere without them. My father is an estate tax lawyer and my mother works at my old high school as a development officer and mentor. My brother is a senior at Princeton University. As I get older I realize how important my family has become in helping me to succeed.
AN IDEA TO MAKE THE 30SUMMIT EVEN BETTER:
Three words: Deep Dish Pizza.
BIOGRAPHY:
James Kirchick is an assistant editor at The New Republic and a contributing writer to The Advocate. His work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines across the country and around the world, including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Newsweek, and the Weekly Standard, among others.
