A self-proclaimed \u201cpolitical anthropologist,\u201d Dana Milbank is an award-winning Washington Post columnist and a political analyst. Author of the best-selling Homo Politicus and SMASHMOUTH, he has written for The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, and more. Milbank won the White House Correspondent Association\u2019s Beckman Award for \u201crepeated excellence in White House coverage\u201d and was named one of the nation\u2019s top political journalists by Columbia Journalism Review. He addresses politics, punditry, journalism, and the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"