E. J. Dionne, Jr.

E. J. Dionne, Jr., is an American journalist and political commentator and a longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post. He is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown Public Policy Institute, a senior research fellow at Saint Anselm College, and a commentator for NPR. His published works include the influential bestseller Why Americans Hate Politics, They Only Look Dead, Souled Out, and Stand Up, Fight Back. E. J. lives in Bethesda, Maryland.