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• Restoring Obama's Promise

  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  Many argue that President Obama is biting off way more than he can chew, "overloading" the system and dealing with all sorts of "side issues," when he should be focusing solely on the broken economy. E.J. Dionne writes that Obama's biggest task will be restoring faith that what he had in mind is still possible.

• Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom

  Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Our nation has a long and productive history of government partnerships with religious and secular groups that serve people in need. President George W. Bush’s administration raised the visibility of these partnerships and introduced certain innovations into this system. E.J. Dionne and Melissa Rogers offer the incoming administration 16 recommendations on how to retain as well as reform these partnerships.

• Democracy in the Age of New Media: A Report on the Media and the Immigration Debate

  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  A new Brookings/USC report finds that the U.S. media have hindered effective policy making on immigration in recent years, and their impact has been increasing as a result of an ongoing evolution in the media industry.

• Palin's Impact On Presidential Race Analyzed

  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate has energized the Republican base. E.J. Dionne joined David Brooks on All Things Considered to discuss Palin’s impact on the 2008 election and how she changes the race.

• The Right in the Rearview Mirror

  Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  From Nixon to Reagan, the conservative movement has encapsulated the Republican Party since the days of Barry Goldwater. E.J. Dionne reviews four new books on the Republican Party and examines the conservative movement in a recent article.

• The Secrecy Surrounding Obama's Vice President Pick and McCain's Housing Gaffe

  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne joins David Brooks and Michelle Norris on All Things Considered to discuss the secrecy over Barack Obama's vice presidential pick and McCain's housing gaffe.

• Can Obama Carry the Evangelical Vote?

  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  E.J. Dionne joins George Will, Michael Gerson and Jan Crawford Greenburg on This Week with George Stephanopoulos to discuss the impact of evangelical voters in election 2008.

• Next Step: Choosing a Running Mate

  Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne and David Brooks of The New York Times discuss the possible vice-presidential choices for Barack Obama and John McCain, the presumptive nominees for the two major political parties, with Robert Siegel on NPR's All Things Considered.

• 2008 Primary Analysis Discussion between E.J. Dionne, Robert Siegel, and Matthew Continetti

  Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne joined All Things Considered with host Robert Siegel and Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard to discuss the Democratic Presidential nomination and John McCain's campaign.

• State of the Presidential Campaign

  Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Guest host Susan Page discusses what the results from the Kentucky and Oregon primaries mean for the Obama and Clinton campaigns, and examine the state of the McCain candidacy with E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and Tod Lindberg of the Hoover Institution.

• Souled Out : Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right

  Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

  
  E. J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right—and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage—is over.

• Religion and American Politics: More Secular, More Evangelical...or Both?

  Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne and John Green investigate the mix of secular and religious politics in the United States during the post-war period and whether faith-based polarization has a political impact in the 2008 Election.

• Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right

  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Expert E.J. Dionne discusses his new book Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right and the role of religion in politics on Washingtonpost.com Book World.

• Examining the Presidential Nominating Process

  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Expert E.J. Dionne and David Brooks of the New York Times discuss the presidential nominating process.

• Causes, Defining Moments Line Road to S.C. Primary

  Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne joins David Brooks of the New York Times to discuss the New Hampshire primary results and candidates' futures on NPR's All Things Considered.

• A Turning Point in Iraq?

  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne discusses the state of affairs in Iraq and President Bush's recent address regarding U.S. troop levels in that country.

• Gauging the Chances of Senate's Immigration Bill

  Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with E.J. Dionne, Jr., NPR "All Things Considered" (5/18/07)

• Senate Rules Changes: Filibustering of Judicial Nominees

  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Interview with E.J. Dionne, Jr.; The Diane Rehm Show (3/30/05)

• When Did Voting Get So Intimidating?

  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by E. J. Dionne, Jr., The Washington Post, (10/31/04)

• The President: Paying the Price

  Sun, 30 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post (5/30/04)

• Should Our Leaders Be Amateurs?

  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., The Washington Post (9/21/03)

• The Promise of National Service: A (Very) Brief History of an Idea

  Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Policy Brief #120 by E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Kayla Meltzer Drogosz. (June 2003)

• Inevitably, The Politics Of Terror: Fear Has Become Part Of Washington's Power Struggle

  Sun, 25 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post (5/25/03)

• After the Mid-terms: Congress, the President and Policymaking in 2003

  Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Policy Brief #115, by E.J. Dionne Jr., Bruce Katz, James M. Lindsay, Thomas E. Mann, Peter R. Orszag (February 2003)

• United We Serve?: The Debate over National Service

  Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Kayla Meltzer Drogosz (Fall 2002)

• The New Reform Battlefield

  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., in the Sunday Gazette Mail on March 24, 2002

• Hastert Confirms It: Money Rules

  Fri, 08 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post

• Conservatism Recast; Why This President's Reach Could Be Monumental

  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post

• Seriously, A Political Turn for The Better

  Sun, 07 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution in the Washington Post, October 8, 2001

• Putting Faith in Community

  Tue, 07 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  When President Bush created his White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, almost everyone immediately forgot the word "community." Yet if Bush wants to see his plan to assist religious charities realized, argues E.J. Dionne, he'll have to put more faith in community.

• Compassion is Good, but Justice is Better

  Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  E.J. Dionne writes that the great opportunity in debating George Bush's faith-based initiative is not that the initiative itself will solve all of the social problems it claims to solve, but that, in the course of discussing it, people will be drawn into the values of solidarity and community–even people who have not been drawn to those ideas in the past.

• China Policy Full of Contradictions

  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow in Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Denver Post, April 10, 2001

• M2E2 Back to Haunt Bush

  Fri, 06 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Denver Post, April 6, 2001

• Posturing for the Campaign Finance Debate

  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Dayton Daily News, March 16, 2001

• Political Hacks v. Bureaucrats: Can't Public Servants Get Some Respect?

  Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Spring 2001)

• Judicial Activism Rears it's Head Again

  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Dayton Daily News, February 23, 2001

• Bush's $1.6 Trillion Plan isn't a Tax Cut--it's a Budget Buster

  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 20, 2001

• The Billy Tauzin Show

  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, February 16, 2001

• Smoking Gun? Democrats Wonder Whether One Side Issue Gave Decisive Ammo to the GOP

  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 6, 2001

• Bill Clinton's Last Outrage; The President's Defenders Feel Betrayed by His Pardon of Marc Rich

  Tue, 06 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 6, 2001

• Some Aid for the Saints

  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post,January 30, 2001

• We'll Get Over It If You Get Off Your High Horse

  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, January 28, 2001

• Why Americans Hate Politics: A Reprise

  Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Winter 2000)

• The Final Prediction

  Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, November 5, 2000

• What Makes Ralph Run?

  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, September 10, 2000

• There Is No 'Catholic Vote.' And Yet, It Matters

  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, June 18, 2000

• A LOOK AT . . . Presidential Presence

  Sun, 07 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, May 7, 2000

• Clearing the Rubble: American Politics Makes a New Beginning

  Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Spring 2000)

• Let the Deflating Begin: Talkin' 'Bout Our Generation Is Getting Old. And So Are We

  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, December 26, 1999

• Need a Map?: The Left

  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, October 31, 1999

• A Shift Looms: The President Sees Consensus, While Religious Leaders Disagree About the Church-State Divide

  Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, October 3, 1999

• Construction Boon: It's No Accident That the GOP is Being Rebuilt by Its Governors

  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, March 14, 1999

• What's God Got To Do With the American Experiment?

  Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. and John J. DiIulio, Jr. (Spring 1999)

• Acquittal? More Like a Cease Fire

  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, February 14, 1999

• This Much is Clear: Impeachment Isn't Topic A

  Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, November 1, 1998

• Democrats' Dilemma: Step in It, or Throw It?

  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, September 13, 1998

• The Big Idea

  Sun, 09 Aug 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, August 9, 1998

• The Damage Report: For the Sake of the Presidency, Let's Hope the Worst Isn't True

  Sun, 25 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, January 25, 1998

• Governing in an Age of No Majorities: Bill Clinton's mission for a second term

  Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Winter 1997)

• Why Civil Society? Why Now?

  Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Fall 1997)

• One Big Mess, In Search of a Big Idea

  Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, July 27, 1997

• The New Bleeding Hearts: The Prospect Is Enough To Make a Liberal's Day

  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, February 16, 1997

• Horse Race to History: The Contest for Congress is Defining the Issues of a New Era

  Sun, 03 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, November 3, 1996