Our Divided Political Heart: Campaign 2016
E. J. Dionne
Wednesday, 13 Apr 2016 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
E. J. Dionne, who writes a twice-weekly syndicated column on politics for the Washington Post and PostPartisan blog, will provide analysis of the 2016 presidential candidates, political parties, and the road to the White House. Widely admired for his insights into the polarization of our national politics, Dionne is a frequent commentator on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. He is the author of five books, including Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent and, most recently, Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond. Dionne is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a government professor at Georgetown University. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political ScienceBefore joining The Post in 1990 as a political reporter, E. J. Dionne spent fourteen years at the New York Times, where he covered politics and reported from Albany, Washington, Paris, Rome and Beirut.
His other books include Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right (2008), Stand Up Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge (2004), They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate The Next Political Era (1996), and Why Americans Hate Politics (1991).
Dionne attended Harvard College and was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science
Cosponsored By:
- Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Manatt-Phelps Lecture Fund
- Political Science
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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