Eugene Robinson
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Byrd's change and redemptionJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - "End of an era" is an overused trope, but in this case it's appropriate: The last of the old Southern Democrats is gone. Sen. Robert Byrd had long since repented, of co...
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Leave nation-building to the AfghansJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The good news? Nobody has to pretend anymore that Gen. Stanley McChrystal knew how to fix Afghanistan within a year. The bad news? Now we're supposed to pretend that Gen...
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Obama must stick to the deadline in AfghanistanJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - When he ordered his escalation of the war in Afghanistan, President Obama pledged U.S. troops "will begin to come home" in summer 2011. Discouraging reports from the war...
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Gulf War syndromeJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It's great that President Obama and his advisers finally seem to understand the atmospherics of responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Now if they'd only get the po...
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BP's Mr. SunshineJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - How is it possible that BP chief executive Tony Hayward hasn't been fired? At this point, how can anyone believe a word the man says? If he told me my mother loves me, I...
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A case for a moral imperativeMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - In June 1969, the stretch of the Cuyahoga River that runs through Cleveland was so polluted that it caught fire. Time magazine described the Cuyahoga this way: "Chocolat...
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Tea stains on the GOP, tooMay 22, 2010 11:00 pm - "I have a message, a message from the tea party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words," Rand Paul thundered at his victory party Tuesday night. "We'...
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Outlawing Latinos' heritageMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - At least we don't have to pretend anymore. Arizona's passing of that mean-spirited new immigration law wasn't about high-minded principle or the need to maintain public ...
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False-memory syndromeMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - If you haven't heard the name Sue Lowden, brace yourself. She is a Republican who might well become a U.S. senator from Nevada, and judging by her idea for containing he...
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Arizona's act of vengeanceApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination - racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that t...