A political correspondent for the Washington Post and a regular commentator on NPR, E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow in government studies at the Brookings Institution. His books include Why Americans Hate Politics and They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era. The New York Times calls Souled Out: a deeply personal and searchingly intelligent reflection on the noble history, recent travails, and likely prospects of American liberalism.