E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a bestselling author, a syndicated columnist who appears twice weekly in "The Washington Post" and nearly a hundred other newspapers, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a professor at Georgetown University. His "Why Americans Hate Politics" won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a nominee for the National Book Award. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and on other radio and television programs. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Mary Boyle, and their three children.