Richard Cohen

Richard Cohen: Gay-To-Straight 'Therapist' Spars With Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media


Richard Cohen claims he has helped thousands of people come out of ... homosexuality. His work has drawn the ire of the LGBT community, and has als...

Jason Linkins

WaPo's Cohen Suggests That Nidal Hasan Investigation Needs More McCarthyism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media


As facts continue to emerge about alleged Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan, reasonable people should be able to agree that serious questions need to be as...

Did the Washington Post's Richard Cohen Scare the "*#*!#!" Out of You?

David Danzig | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


David Danzig

Why would U.S. interrogators choose to use torture when other techniques have proven to be so much more effective?

The Torture Apologist's Fallacy

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Larisa Alexandrovna

If a person in US custody is presumed innocent until proven guilty, then it does not matter whether or not torture works, does it? We don't torture innocent people, right?

Jason Linkins

Richard Cohen Can't Be Bothered To Understand This "Health Care Reform" Thing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


You know, too often people speak about The Washington Post's Richard Cohen, bandying about phrases like "worst columnist in human history" or "the re...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 31, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


The Poetry of Glenn Beck: Somebody said let's make Swedish meatballs at the furniture store And somebody else said, that's a stupid idea; nobody's go...

Richard Cohen: Who Lost The Debate? The Media

Washington Post | Richard Cohen | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Reading William Kristol's column in yesterday's New York Times, I discover that Sarah Palin and I have something in common. Kristol, who was once Dan ...

Jason Linkins

Richard Cohen Displays Delicate, Wafer-Thin Skin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Via Yglesias, it seems that Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen has soured on the whole notion that he should be subject to criticism, and has dec...

Jason Linkins

WaPo's Richard Cohen Continues Empty Headed Flacking Of McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


That Richard Cohen has drunk deeply from a distillation of McCain hagiography and Kool-Aid is hardly new. Previous misadventures in his election year...

Jason Linkins

WaPo's Cohen: McCain More Trustworthy Because He Was Taken Captive

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


It's difficult to know whether his latest column is a part of his ongoing attempt to prove himself more ironically humorous than Stephen Colbert or if...

Meredith Vieira's Husband Richard Cohen Gets Radio Show

New York Post | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media


Meredith Vieira's husband, producer/author Richard Cohen, is testing a new radio show on WABC/770AM. The one-hour talk show is in the experimental st...

To Get Elected, Obama Must Cater To White Racists. Really?

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

The Washington Post's Richard Cohen will not be satisfied until Barack Obama joins the Klan. He's now arguing that the fact that "some whites" won't vote for Obama due to his skin color is Obama's own fault.

Jason Linkins

Richard Cohen Suggests Obama Has A 'Farrakhan Test,' Obama Responds

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Cohen's whole piece today is an identity politics cheap shot masquerading as high-minded outrage. It's a masterwork of tortured logic, to boot.