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“To get back to the economy, health care, energy and education, Obama has to answer his civil libertarian critics and Dick Cheney at the same time.”
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#18 E.J. Dionne
The Washington Post
E. J. Dionne is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He is also a columnist for Commonweal, an influential Catholic magazine.
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As a writer, Dionne advances a brand of progressive politics informed by his Catholicism. Half academic, half pundit, Dionne is animated by a sometimes heady mixture of philosophy, politics, and media-bashing. Using a gently scolding tone to nudge the nation toward a progressive revival, Dionne commands a high regard among liberal intellectuals and politicians, and a prominent position in the mainstream media he so often criticizes.
After an education at Harvard and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar, Dionne worked as a reporter at The New York Times for 14 years, including a stint covering the Vatican. Dionne now splits his time between writing his column, teaching at Georgetown, and studying governance at the Brookings Institution.
As a writer, Dionne advances a brand of progressive politics informed by his Catholicism. Half academic, half pundit, Dionne is animated by a sometimes heady mixture of philosophy, politics, and media-bashing. Using a gently scolding tone to nudge the nation toward a progressive revival, Dionne commands a high regard among liberal intellectuals and politicians, and a prominent position in the mainstream media he so often criticizes.
After an education at Harvard and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar, Dionne worked as a reporter at The New York Times for 14 years, including a stint covering the Vatican. Dionne now splits his time between writing his column, teaching at Georgetown, and studying governance at the Brookings Institution.
E.J. Dionne on All Topics
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May 18, 2009
Abortion
Conciliatory Fighting Words
“Obama's opponents on the Catholic right placed a large bet on his Notre Dame visit. And they lost.”
May 14, 2009
GOP Identity Crisis
A Florida Test for the GOP
“Florida will be one of the clearest tests of whether rank-and-file Republican voters are more interested in doctrinal purity, or in winning”
May 11, 2009
Replacing Souter
An Honest Brawl Over the Court
“Any nomination will set off an argument over the court's philosophical direction because that happens to be one of the most important struggles in American public life.”
May 7, 2009
Abortion
The Stakes at Notre Dame
“Largely lost in the Notre Dame furor is the extent to which the ferocity on the Catholic right has emboldened moderate and liberal Catholics to fight back.”
May 4, 2009
Immigration
Buying Time on Immigration
“[Moving towards creating a path to citizenship] is about strengthening the American community. Obama needs to use the time he is buying himself to make that case.”
April 29, 2009
Specter Joins Dems
For Specter, Full Circle
“A man always attuned to the direction of the political winds, Specter has signaled that they are clearly blowing the Democrats' way.”
April 27, 2009
Obama's First 100 Days
Ironies of 'a Devout Non-Idealogue'
“The most intriguing aspect of Obama's presidency so far may be the way in which he combines intelligence and intellect.”
April 23, 2009
Health Care
Not Yesterday's Health Fight
“If a [universal health coverage] bill passes this year, enhancements in the program down the road will not be seen as controversial but as inevitable.”
April 20, 2009
Latin America
Who Will Face Down the Gun Lobby?
“Our president can deal with all manner of big problems, but the American gun lobby is just too strong to let him push a rational and limited gun regulation through Congress.”
April 16, 2009
American Foreign Policy
The Obama Doctrine
“The Obama Doctrine is a form of realism unafraid to deploy American power but mindful that its use must be tempered by practical limits and a dose of self-awareness.”
March 26, 2009
Bank Bailouts
Deficit Dodge Ball
“Few politicians want to acknowledge that if you really are concerned about long-term deficits you have to support tax increases.”
March 23, 2009
The President
Obama vs. the Dodgers
“President Obama's biggest task ... will be to challenge Washington's habit of evading substantive issues by transforming them into procedural questions.”
March 19, 2009
The President
Populism's Virtues
“The Obama administration has two choices. It can try to fight the public. Or it can use the public's outrage to move the country in a better direction.”