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The Washington Post: E.J. Dionne Jr.
America's elites have a duty to the rest of us
The American ruling class is failing us — and itself.
( April 17, 2011)
Obama's deficit speech: Worthy of a president ( April 13, 2011)
The high cost of hating government ( April 10, 2011)
For moderates, no more fence-straddling on the budget ( April 06, 2011)
The end of progressive government? ( April 03, 2011)
The GOP's ever-shifting stance on Obama's leadership ( March 23, 2011)
Why won't Obama stand up to NRA bullies? ( March 16, 2011)
What if we're not broke? ( March 14, 2011)
What Wisconsin Democrats can teach Washington Democrats ( March 10, 2011)
How Boehner is playing the Democrats ( March 07, 2011)
No glory for governors trying to do the right fiscal thing ( March 03, 2011)
Why Wisconsin matters ( February 28, 2011)
The big reveal: Who Rahm Emanuel really is ( February 24, 2011)
The Tea Party is winning ( February 21, 2011)
Obama's budget battle ( February 14, 2011)
Egypt's turmoil as a lesson in humility ( February 06, 2011)
Can Obama make sense of government? ( January 31, 2011)
Obama finds a new angle to reach old goals ( January 27, 2011)
How Obama can define moderation ( January 24, 2011)
Kennedy's inaugural address presents a challenge still ( January 20, 2011)
Violent talk blocks sane gun laws ( January 13, 2011)
Gabby Giffords, a tragic prophet ( January 10, 2011)
Conservative advice for a Congress of professors ( January 06, 2011)
New GOP House can't govern with rhetoric alone ( January 05, 2011)
What a GOP Congress might bring ( January 03, 2011)
Don't spin the Civil War ( December 27, 2010)
Where the 'No Labels' movement falls short ( December 16, 2010)
Can Obama find his morning in America? ( December 12, 2010)
Casting liberal allies aside will hurt Obama in the long run ( December 09, 2010)
Can Democrats step up their game? ( December 06, 2010)
Can Obama fight the GOP's blame game? ( November 29, 2010)
On Thanksgiving, remembering our common bonds ( November 25, 2010)
Calling the bluff on deficits ( November 22, 2010)
Is the Tea Party out to banish Bush-style conservatism? ( November 18, 2010)
A lame and spineless duck? ( November 15, 2010)
Democrats should hold their ground ( November 11, 2010)
Why Pelosi is running for House minority leader ( November 06, 2010)
The House/Senate split and the Tea Party paradox ( November 03, 2010)
Victories that are hardly mandates ( November 01, 2010)
The victims of party sweeps ( October 29, 2010)
What Obama owes loyalists ( October 21, 2010)
GOP's election strategy lets others do its dirty work ( October 18, 2010)
Carl Paladino's tirades show the limit on election-year antics ( October 14, 2010)
Virginia's 5th District race may say a lot about the electoral landscape ( October 07, 2010)
Belatedly, Obama remembers his organizing roots ( September 30, 2010)
The GOP's Northeast Achilles' heel ( September 27, 2010)
The Tea Party: Tempest in a very small teapot ( September 23, 2010)
Why not extend Obama's stimulus tax cuts? ( September 20, 2010)
Mike Castle's defeat and the end of moderate Republicanism ( September 16, 2010)
Obama raises stakes and redefines debate for the midterm election ( September 09, 2010)
A speech's tall order ( September 02, 2010)
Obama needs to relearn the art of politicking ( August 30, 2010)
Tuesday's tutorial: a GOP too far right ( August 26, 2010)
Why won't the GOP say 'no' to extremism? ( August 23, 2010)
Is the GOP shedding a birthright? ( August 05, 2010)
the auto industry lives. Can we admit that government intervention worked? ( August 02, 2010)
In American politics, stupidity is the name of the game ( July 29, 2010)
Going back or forward? Australian vote leads the way ( July 22, 2010)
What is Obamaism? President must do better in explaining his policies ( July 19, 2010)
What the NAACP is really asking on racism within the Tea Party ( July 15, 2010)
The left needs a right brain ( July 12, 2010)
Let Steele speak ( July 08, 2010)
Have Obama and the Democrats forgotten how to fight? ( July 01, 2010)
The wound that Stanley McChrystal opened ( June 24, 2010)
How Obama changed the right ( June 21, 2010)
Democrats should show a little pride and purpose ( June 17, 2010)
Too close to another economic cliff ( June 14, 2010)
Primaries show a GOP drifting right, and Obama with fences to mend ( June 10, 2010)
Obama's double bind: Oil and the economy ( June 07, 2010)
David Souter vs. the Antonin Scalias ( June 03, 2010)
Gulf oil spill offers a lesson in capitalism vs. socialism ( May 27, 2010)
Mark Souder's downfall shows virtue knows no ideology ( May 24, 2010)
Primaries were no Tea Party ( May 20, 2010)
A super-divided Tuesday ( May 17, 2010)
The Elena Kagan you won't see ( May 13, 2010)
A way forward in Britain ( May 10, 2010)
Can we reverse the tide on government distrust? ( May 06, 2010)
From Britain's conservatives, lessons for the GOP ( May 03, 2010)
Obama pulls out his boxing gloves in Calif. ( April 22, 2010)