Richard Cohen
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Obama can still act to quell the Syrian horrorOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - The New York Times' David Sanger had an interesting observation in a recent article on Vladimir Putin's bizarre foreign policy. Russia, Sanger wrote, is a "declining eco...
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Aleppo is the lesson the world always seems to forgetSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - In April of 1937, the war planes of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy chose a market day to bomb a Basque town, one of the first times a civilian population was deliberatel...
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Lack of candor dogs Clinton even when she has a chance for praiseSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Frank Luntz, the Republican political consultant, is a master of the political epigram. Under his tutelage the estate tax became the death tax and global warm...
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Trump's check to voters will forever be in the mailSep 06, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Some time ago, the public intellectual Milton Himmelfarb put his finger on what the current presidential campaign is all about. Referring to his fellow ...
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Hillary Clinton and the alchemy of turning bribes into giftsAug 30, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Back when I worked for the claims department of a major insurance company, I got stuff. Some of the stuff consisted of tickets to Broadway shows an...
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Trump's hollow yet damaging charge of fraudAug 23, 2016 1:00 am - At the time Germany signed the armistice ending World War I, no battles had been fought on its territory and no foreign army had invaded it. The Ger-man people suffered ...
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Has Trump jumped the shark?Aug 17, 2016 1:00 am - The other night, I went to a dinner party. The guests were all friends of mine - a scattering of writers and some business people - and we talked about the ouster of Rog...
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My Trump addictionAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - PARIS - I awake to brilliant sunshine. It is a glorious day here on the Left Bank, a short walk from the storied cafe Les Deux Magots where I'm told Hemingway has preced...
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Trump dishonors the ultimate sacrificeAug 02, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Donald Trump betrays the betrayed. In his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, Trump accurately and forcibly identified his core constituenc...
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If Hillary Clinton were a manJul 26, 2016 11:17 am - What if Hillary Clinton were a man? What if she were a 68-year-old man rather than a 68-year-old woman? Would we think differently of her? Her raised voice would be lowe...