Eugene Robinson
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Joe Pa’s shameJul 16, 2012 5:00 am - Outside the Penn State football stadium stands a statue of legendary coach Joe Paterno, his arm raised in victory. Right next to it, university officials should erect an...
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The money managerJul 09, 2012 10:26 am - You can conduct byzantine transactions through opaque investment accounts and private corporations in offshore tax havens such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Or you ...
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Feeling the heatJul 03, 2012 12:49 pm - Still don’t believe in climate change? Then you’re either deep in denial or delirious from the heat. As I write this, the nation’s capital and its suburbs are in post-a...
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The bigger pictureJun 29, 2012 5:00 am - The political impact of Thursday’s stunning Supreme Court decision on health care reform is clear — good for President Obama and the Democrats, bad for Mitt Romney and t...
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Fast and Furious — the witch huntJun 25, 2012 5:00 am - In 2006, when George W. Bush was president, federal law enforcement officials came up with a spectacularly dumb idea: Allow powerful firearms purchased in the United Sta...
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Romney plays his Trump cardJun 01, 2012 1:09 pm - Donald Trump has said he would be “open” to accepting a Cabinet post if Mitt Romney becomes president. Trump would prefer “a position where I negotiate against some of t...
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Why Bain questions matterMay 27, 2012 5:00 am - Who are the dastardly enemies of free enterprise who decided to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s tenure at the private-equity firm Bain Capital? Er, those would be his fel...
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A whiff of ‘hope and change’May 21, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama’s evolutionary leap on same-sex marriage is a historic advance in the nation’s long march toward equality and justice. It is also a bold political gambit...
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Romney is short on specificsMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - Republicans say they’re eager for the presidential campaign to turn away from “distractions” and focus instead on the economy. Someone should warn them that if they’re n...
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Austerity as a bridge to nowhereMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that’s what it was, given Sunday’s election results in Europe. Perhaps I should ...