Conor Williams recently won the Washington Post's "America's Next Great Pundit":http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits2010/ Contest. He is a PhD candidate in Government at Georgetown University, an alumnus of Bowdoin College and Pace University, and a former Teach For America Corps Member. In addition to his weekly column with the Post, Williams has co-authored "several essays":http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/progressive-movement/report/2010/10/08/8489/the-progressivism-of-americas-founding/ on American "progressivism":http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/progressive-movement/report/2010/04/14/7677/the-progressive-intellectual-tradition-in-america/ with John Halpin at the Center for American Progress. He has also been published on DissentMagazine.org and FrontPorchRepublic.com. Follow him at "@ConorPWilliams":https://twitter.com/ConorPWilliams on Twitter.