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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)