E. J. Dionne
E. J. Dionne | |
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
| Occupation | Author, columnist |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Balliol College, Oxford |
| Subject | Religion, history, politics, left-wing politics |
| Spouse | Mary Boyle |
| Children | 3 |
Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr. (PBS commentator.
Early life and education
Dionne was born in
.Career
| External videos | |
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 Booknotes interview with Dionne on Why Americans Hate Politics, August 25, 1991, C-SPAN |
Dionne's published works include the influential 1991 bestseller Why Americans Hate Politics, which argued that several decades of political polarization was alienating a silent
radical centrist by Time.[4] Later books include They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era (1996), Stand up Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and Politics of Revenge (2004), Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right (2008), Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (2012), and One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate and the Not-Yet Deported (2017), coauthored with Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann
. His most recent book is Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country (2020).
Dionne is a columnist for The National Memo news-politics website.
Personal life
Dionne lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Mary Boyle; they have three children: James, Julia, and Margot.[5]
Writings
- Why Americans Hate Politics. New York: ISBN 978-0671682552.
- They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. ISBN 978-0684807683.
- Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America (editor). Washington, D.C.: ISBN 0815718675.
- Stand Up, Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN 978-0743258586.
- Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right. Princeton: ISBN 0691134588.
- Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent. New York: ISBN 1608192016.
- Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond. New York: ISBN 978-1476763798.
- One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. With ISBN 9781250164056.
- Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country. New York: ISBN 9781250256478.
References
- ^ Fletcher, Paul (May 5, 1988). "Fall River native E.J. Dionne returns as New York Times political reporter". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ McCarthy, Sean (March 22, 2012). "Columnist E.J. Dionne has fond memories of Fall River". SouthCoastToday.com. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ "Q&A With Bob Levey". The Washington Post. March 7, 2000. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ Duffy, Michael (May 20, 1991). "Looking for The Radical Middle". Time magazine. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- The Brookings Institution. July 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to E.J. Dionne.
- Washington Post page
- Brookings Institution page
- Georgetown Faculty web page
- Interviewed by David Axelrod, "The Axe Files"
- NPR page
- Truthdig page
- Biography from the Washington Post Writers Group
- "Conversation with History" interview
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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