Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change hi…

- E. J. Dionne

Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we giv…

- E. J. Dionne

The worst kind of job to have is a job with lots of responsibility and very little power.

- E. J. Dionne

Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and…

- E. J. Dionne

The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will f…

- E. J. Dionne

The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.

- E. J. Dionne

At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle hold this …

- E. J. Dionne

I think Donald Trump simply needs to make himself look less bigoted, less dangerous, more comfortable to people.

- E. J. Dionne

Liberals and conservatives disagree over what are the most important sins. For conservatives, the sins that matter are personal irresponsibility, the…

- E. J. Dionne