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Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the nation’s capital. He joined The Post as a political reporter in 2000, after two years as a senior editor of The New Republic and eight years with the Wall Street Journal. One of his weirder aspects during presidential election years is to support the best candidate not on the ballot, allowing him to comment on policy without committing to a candidate.


Paul Krugman is a Nobel Laureate from Princeton University who writes a column for the New York Times on economic policy and international trade. He typically writes from a liberal perspective, often inviting debate. He writes with an academic style, tying in both real life examples and academic studies.