Eugene Robinson
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Romney’s class warfareSep 23, 2012 5:00 am - Now, at least, there can be no doubt about who is waging class warfare in this presidential campaign. Mitt Romney would pit the winners against the “victims,” the smug-a...
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Standing up for teachersSep 19, 2012 5:00 am - Teachers are heroes, not villains, and it’s time to stop demonizing them. It has become fashionable to blame all of society’s manifold sins and wickedness on “teachers u...
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Romney’s health care ditherSep 13, 2012 11:18 am - I’m trying to figure out just where Mitt Romney stands on health care reform. Obviously, so is Mitt Romney. In an interview broadcast Sunday on “Meet the Press,” I thou...
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A tale of two conventionsSep 10, 2012 5:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Judging by the party conventions, you’d wonder why this election is even close. In Tampa, despite some unexpectedly amateurish stagecraft, Republicans...
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Your turn, Mr. PresidentSep 04, 2012 5:00 am - We have reached a phase of the presidential campaign that could be called the Season of Empty Metaphors. At their convention in Tampa, Fla., Mitt Romney and the Republi...
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Facts get in the wayAug 20, 2012 5:00 am - Republicans and Democrats are being equally nasty in their campaign rhetoric, but they’re not being equally truthful. To cite one example, much of what the GOP is saying...
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A campaign out of balanceAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate underscores the central question posed by this campaign: Should cold selfishness become the template for our soc...
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Warring over tax returnsAug 12, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s defiant secrecy about his personal finances looks like a cross Republicans will have to bear all the way to Election Day. To put it mildly, the burden seem...
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In memory of a brave and intrepid pioneerJul 23, 2012 11:00 am - Bill Raspberry wore his eminence well. In a city full of preening, self-centered journalistic royalty, he was a warm and generous prince who never deluded himself into t...
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The GOP’s crime against votersJul 19, 2012 5:00 am - Spare us any more hooey about “preventing fraud” and “protecting the integrity of the ballot box.” The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws is revealed as a cynical ...