11 Facts About Jonathan Rauch

Jonathan Charles Rauch is an American author, journalist, and activist.

Jonathan Rauch is currently a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.

Jonathan Rauch is the author of books and articles on public policy, culture, and economics.

Jonathan Rauch's books include The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America ; Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working ; and Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought.

In 2021, Jonathan Rauch released The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth describing the erosion of epistemic commons, the cost to US democracy, and offering solutions.

Jonathan Rauch is an avid proponent of same-sex marriage, which he believes improves the quality of life of both LGBTQ+ people and married heterosexuals.

In 2009, Jonathan Rauch co-authored an op-ed article in The New York Times that proposed the compromise of nationally recognized civil unions for gay couples, which he did with the goal of "reconciliation" with religious opponents of same-sex marriage.

Jonathan Rauch is well known for an article he wrote in The Atlantic in March 2003, entitled "Caring for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a little-understood group".

Jonathan Rauch has in the past described himself as "an unrepentantly atheistic Jewish homosexual".

Jonathan Rauch defines his view as apatheism, in which he respects other people's choices of religiosity or absence of religion without making a big deal of them.

Jonathan Rauch is a critic of communism, calling it "the deadliest fantasy in human history".