List/Grid Author Archives: E.J. Dionne / Syndicated Columnist
Health-care lawsuits: Delaying the inevitable
As if our political system were not having enough trouble already, we now confront the possibility that a highly partisan judiciary will undo a modest health-care reform that is a... Read more »
New York 26: the House GOP majority’s first electoral test
For good reason, most of the media attention today went to House Speaker John Boehner’s speech on the deficit. But the more important event may have been his journey Monday... Read more »
Rescuing Detroit: No news about government’s good news
Don’t expect to see a lot of newspapers and Web sites with this headline: “Big Government Bailout Worked.” But it would be entirely accurate. The actual headlines make the point.... Read more »
Post bin Laden, Obama View Alters
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is not the man many Americans thought he was. This sudden realization has transformed American politics. The sheer audacity of the successful operation against Osama bin... Read more »
For 2012, Pick a Metaphor of Past
WASHINGTON — Handicapping an election 19 months away seems relevant only to political junkies except for this: Expectations, as shrewd investors know, affect actions. The Republican presidential field might be... Read more »
