List/Grid Author Archives: E.J. Dionne / Syndicated Columnist
Stop Worshiping God of Guns
WASHINGTON - We should mourn, but we should be angry. The horror in Newtown, Conn., should shak ...
Brubeck Both Good and Great
WASHINGTON - It was a conversation representative of the era: Somewhere around 1969 or 1970, my ...
Voters Give Obama a Path Forward
WASHINGTON - President Obama's re-election was at once a deeply personal triumph and a vi ...
The Gilded Age vs. the 21st century
WASHINGTON — The 2012 campaign began on Aug. 2, 2011, when President Obama signed the deal ending the debt-ceiling fiasco. At that moment, the president relinquished his last illusions that... Read more »
Dems the Only Compromise Party
WASHINGTON - Here's where we have arrived as a country: We are so polarized that even com ...
Mitt Runs From Right’s Principles
WASHINGTON - The right wing has lost the election of 2012. The evidence for this is overwhelmin ...
Searching for a Second-Term Plan
WASHINGTON - Everywhere you turn, President Obama is accused of not offering a clear second-ter ...
Onus Is on Romney To Score Big
WASHINGTON - In this week's debate, Mitt Romney has too much to do. President Obama has a ...
NFL Refs Score a Victory for Labor
WASHINGTON - When even Scott Walker and Paul Ryan kind-of, sort-of side with labor against mana ...
The New Politics of Nostalgia
AMSTERDAM — A specter is haunting the affluent societies of the West. Across the rich countries, and across the political spectrum, there is an unstated but palpable longing for a... Read more »
Clinton a Priceless Symbol for Dems
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bill Clinton is typically described as the empathetic, feel-your-pain guy. Bu ...
Glints of Revelation Will Be Shadowed by Contrasts
TAMPA, Fla. — Finally, Mitt Romney shook the Etch A Sketch. Having given conservatives everything they had asked for — from switching his positions on abortion and immigration to picking... Read more »
