Richard Cohen
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Why identity politics is dangerousSep 18, 2019 1:00 am - The best thing the Democratic Party has going for it right now is President Donald Trump. Were he not running for re-election, I might vote for a Republican. It would be...
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Common plight helps unite polarized peopleSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - I once had a very close friend named Charlie. We spent every day together, much of the night, too. I got to learn about his family and old neighborhood, and he got to le...
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Sean Spicer's Stalinist apparitionJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Sean Spicer is the appropriate face of the new Trump administration. He is the White House press secretary, the spokesman and all of that, and he ca...
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It's dangerous to ignore Weimar comparisonsDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Last week on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes," a guest mentioned the new unmentionable: Weimar. The guest was Bob Garfield, a liberal media critic, and he was discussin...
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The 'Obama doctrine' defined in limp statement on CastroNov 29, 2016 12:00 am - We finally have an Obama doctrine. It is the 223 words of the White House statement on the death of Fidel Castro. It is blank of moral judgment, empty of indignation, bl...
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Our next president, the GodfatherNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Following the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's son Eric was asked how Mike Pence had done. He answered as a Corleone - maybe not the storied Michael becau...
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The Gangs of Washington are drawing their knivesNov 08, 2016 9:17 am - Deaths are often called untimely. But Janet Reno's this week was anything but. She was the attorney general who refused to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the ...
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Could WikiLeaks actually be a blow to transparency?Oct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Pearl and Harry Cohen, aka my parents, did not believe in transparency. When a big decision had to be made regarding my sister and me, my parents retreated to their bedr...
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This awful but illuminating campaignOct 18, 2016 1:00 am - I have a man in mind. He is in his 60s, successful, handsome in his way with a commanding voice, an apartment in the city, a place in the country and a driver to take hi...
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Trump files for moral bankruptcyOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Over the weekend, Donald J. Trump did what he always does when things go south for him. He walked away. He announced he is not the man at 70 he had been...
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