Eugene Robinson

Against War and Austerity, Hollande Is Right and Obama Should Agree

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Food Stamps, François Hollande, Eugene Robinson, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Austerity, Afghanistan War, Paul Ryan Budget, Obama Hollande, François Hollande Obama, Francois Hollande, Nato Summit 2012, World News
Robert Naiman

A common Obama-Hollande front on ending the war and ending European austerity would be in the interest of the American 99%, the European 99%, and the Afghan 99%.

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Which Side's Hardliners Will Sabotage US-Iran Diplomacy? Enter Romney and Lieberman

Jamal Abdi | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Iran, Bob Casey, President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Diplomacy, Eugene Robinson, Congress, Joe Lieberman, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Lindsey Graham, National Iranian American Council, Senate, World News
Jamal Abdi

We're at a rare moment in which both the United States and Iran have unclenched their fists and appear ready for real talks. But we've seen how opportunities have been sabotaged in the past by political opportunism, ultimatums and intransigence from factions on each side.

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Romney and Gingrich Share an "Inner Life" Problem

Douglas LaBier | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Eugene Robinson, Newt Gingrich, George Will, The Inner Life, Politics, Republicans, Politics News
Douglas LaBier

Are there any political figures in the current political world who are immune to ignoring or disconnecting from their inner lives? Probably few, if any. Romney and Gingrich are just the most visible examples at the moment.

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Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like Ali

Jim Worth | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Unemployment Cassius Clay, House of Representatives, Tea Party, Jared Bernstein, George Foreman, John Boehner, Politics, Jobs, The President, Rumble in the Jungle, Eugene Robinson, Congress, Muhammed Ali, Republicans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jim Worth

Obama's efforts are reminiscent of Ali's rope-a-dope strategy he employed in The Rumble In the Jungle in 1974 against George Foreman.

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Why Obama's Jobs Plan Should Be 'Unnrealistic And Unreasonable'

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Eugene Robinson, Jobs Plan, Job Plans, Barack Obama Jobs, Jobs Crisis, September Jobs Plan, Unemployment Crisis, Business News

President Obama’s promised jobs plan needs to be unrealistic and unreasonable, at the very least. If he can crank it all the way up to unimaginable,...

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Michael Calderone

Obama Presidency Hasn't Turned Media Spotlight On Black Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: The Backstory, April Ryan, Msnbc, USA Today, Cornel West, Al Sharpton, President Obama, Eugene Robinson, Black Press, Media News, Barack Obama, DeWayne Wickham, Black Unemployment, Media News

NEW YORK -- USA Today columnist DeWayne Wickham says a "cataclysm" is coming and the national media isn't ready for it. "I've been warning my edit...

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Media Blows Debt Crisis Coverage With Balance Bias

Ari Melber | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Jon Heilemann, Deficit, Eugene Robinson, Jay Rosen, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Jon Stewart, Harrry Reid, Krugman, Josh Marshall, Media News
Ari Melber

The increasingly disorderly fight over raising the debt ceiling has not only exposed the petty dysfunctions of the US Congress, it has also revealed a core failure of American political journalism.

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The Dangers of Obama's Centrism

David Coates | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Eugene Robinson, Triangulation, Obama, Debt Ceiling, Centrism, Republican Party, Politics News
David Coates

With Republican intransigence on the tax side of the current budget equation now losing the Party support -- including from major business interests -- this is not the time to offer yet more concessions to a bankrupt philosophy.

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WATCH: Chris Matthews Mocks Bill O'Reilly

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Chris Matthews Bill O'reilly, Michelle Bachmann, Video, Msnbc, Michele Bachmann, Ron Reagan, Eugene Robinson, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews Hardball, Media News

Chris Matthews mocked what he called a signature move of Bill O'Reilly's on Tuesday's "Hardball: The MSNBC host was discussing the debt ceiling neg...

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Two Good Columns

Terence Smith | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Eugene Robinson, Thomas Friedman, Afghanistan, Media News
Terence Smith

Two of the best columnists writing in America today have written excellent pieces in recent days that caught my eye. The first was by Tom Friedman in ...

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WATCH: Howard Fineman Discusses Donald Trump On 'Hardball'

Huff TV | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Donald Trump Birther, Hardball, Birthers, Video, Mike Huckabee, 2012 Gop Candidates, Howard Fineman, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Hardball With Chris Matthews, Mitt Romney, Eugene Robinson, Gop, The Donald, Chris Matthews, GOP Candidates, Politics News
Huff TV

HuffPost's Howard Fineman appeared Tuesday on MSNBC's 'Hardball' alongside The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson to discuss Donald Trump and the 2012 ...

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Eugene First gay Episcopal bishop to retire in 2013

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Bishop, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Eugene Robinson, New Hampshire, Episcopal Church, Anglican Church, Gene Robinson, Religion News

The first openly gay Episcopal bishop said Saturday that he will retire in 2013, due in part to the "constant strain" on him and his family from the w...

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Who You Callin' a Nazi?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Nazi Germany, Rand Paul, Insurrectionism, Nazis, Joe Miller, Sarah Palin, Eugene Robinson, Gun Control, Adolf Hitler, Lauren Valle, Sharron Angle, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

I was sitting around Sunday night with the family and some friends enjoying a meal when an anonymous caller rang my cell phone. I answered and a man ...

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Scarborough: Christine O'Donnell 'A Lot Better Than Palin'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine O'donnell Sarah Palin, Video, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, Eugene Robinson, Christine O'donnell, Sarah Palin, Media News

Joe Scarborough thinks the student is even better than the teacher. Reacting Friday to Christine O'Donnell's performance in her first debate since wi...

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Yes, We Do Need Separation of Church and State: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Maintains These Boundaries

Bishop Gene Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dadt, Eugene Robinson, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gene Robinson, Religion News
Bishop Gene Robinson

The Church has a right to its religiously held beliefs. But it does not have a right to argue for less-than-equal rights for any American citizen.

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The Hair-Tearing False Equivalency of American Political Violence.

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, Pat Buchanan, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Louise Slaughter, Joshua Cartwright, Hutaree Militia, Eugene Robinson, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Eric Cantor, Genghis Khan, Media News
Dan Sweeney

Please, someone, anyone, stop Mika Brzezinski before she kills journalistic integrity again. Ms. Brzezinski if you're reading this, I'm begging you, just google "false equivalency" and read some of the commentaries on the various blogs that pop up.

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White House Holds Off-The-Record Meeting With Columnists To Defend Oil Spill Handling

Yahoo! News | Wed May 26, 4:16 Pm ET | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: E.J. Dionne, White House, Eugene Robinson, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Howard Fineman, Media News

The White House, continuing its effort to push back against negative media coverage of the government's handling of the oil spill, held an on-the-reco...

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Sex Tape Blackmail Scheme Lands NJ Official In Jail

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Callaway Gets Jail Sentence, Eugene Robinson, David Callaway, New Jersey, Eugene Robinson Blackmail, Eugene Robinson Prostitute, Atlantic City, New York News

MAYS LANDING, N.J. — A former Atlantic City, N.J., official is headed to state prison for his role in a sex video blackmail scheme. Former city...

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Eugene Robinson: NJ City Councilman Set Up With Prostitute, Hadn't Had Sex Since 1989

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, New Jersey, Ronald Callawy, Mays Landing, Eugene Robinson, David Callaway, Sex Tape, Craig Callaway, Atlantic City, Political Conspiracy, New York News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The note inside the manila envelope said the accompanying DVD showed an Atlantic City Councilman having sex with an undera...

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The War On Terror Book Club

theroot.com | Lonnae O'Neal Parker | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: War on Terror Book Club, Sojourners Book Club, Naguib-Mahfouz, Eugene Robinson, Lonnae O'Neal Parker, Washington Post, China Pop, Salman Rushdie, Books News

As our discussion veered from how the quest for filthy lucre overtook evading communist sensors as an overarching concern for some Chinese filmmakers,...

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Afghanistan Bananastan

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Gen. George Casey, President Obama, The Surge, Ollie North, Iraq War, Gen. Eric Shinseki, Eugene Robinson, Gen. Anthony Zinni, George W Bush, Gen. John Abizaid, Sen. John McCain, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Republicans are using the Obama-McChrystal episode as an opportunity for fear-mongering. Sen. John McCain said ignoring McChrystal's troop request would be "an error of historic proportions."

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Obama Afghanistan

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Eugene Robinson, Obama and Afghanistan, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Policy, Eugene Robinson Afghanistan, Politics News

Barack Obama didn't set out to be a "war president," but that's what history compels him to be. The nation and the world are fortunate that he doesn't...

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Jason Linkins

David Broder Spends Entire Column Contradicting Himself On Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eugene Robinson, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder, David Broder, Torture, Eat the Press, Media News

Is David Broder having some sort of internal argument with his own brain, on the pages of the Washington Post? Because I'm totally casting Andy Serkis in the movie version of this column!

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Broder Sees Too Many Consequences To CIA Accountability

Washington Post | David S. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bush Administration, CIA Interrogations, Richard Nixon, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Eugene Robinson, Accountability, John Durham, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Politics News

My friend and fellow columnist Eugene Robinson has written a characteristically passionate and well-reasoned piece commending Attorney General Eric Ho...

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Why Hasn't the Media Cut Through the Gates Nonsense?

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racist, Sgt. James Crowley, President Obama, Obama Beer, Eugene Robinson, Racism, Fox News, Washington Post, Glenn Beck, Media, Michelle Malkin, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Media News
Eric Deggans

Gates overreacted to a cop who was trying to make sure his home was safe. The police officer overreacted by arresting a guy just for yelling at him. So why are we still talking about this?

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