Eugene Robinson
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A candidate as fringe as fringe can beJan 10, 2012 4:02 am - Before there was the Tea Party to define the phrase “far-right fringe,” there was Rick Santorum. He’s a nice-guy zealot who should never be allowed anywhere near the Ova...
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Search and destroy missionJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - DES MOINES — Mitt Romney and his backers decided that to win in Iowa they had to destroy Newt Gingrich’s campaign. Now Gingrich looks eager — and able — to return the fa...
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The 3 a.m. call that demands leadershipDec 23, 2011 4:00 am - It’s late at night when the phone rings at the White House: Kim Jong Il, the ruthless oddball dictator of nuclear-armed North Korea, is dead. His apparent successor is h...
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A mild victory in South AfricaDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - I’m inclined to believe that the apparent result of the climate change summit in Durban, South Africa, might turn out to be a very big deal. Someday. Maybe. That’s my v...
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China’s future up in the airDec 11, 2011 4:00 am - HONG KONG — China has to find a way to continue its rapid growth without choking to death. Literally. When I landed in Beijing last week, the sky was a brownish miasma ...
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The two faces of ChinaDec 06, 2011 4:00 am - BEIJING — Don’t hold your breath waiting for any kind of Occupy Beijing movement to set up camp. Visitors to Tiananmen Square must pass through airport-style security ch...
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Seeing a changing China from withinDec 02, 2011 4:00 am - BEIJING — Even the briefest acquaintance with this smoggy, sprawling capital is basis enough to conclude that much of the campaign rhetoric we’re hearing about China is ...
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Waiting for the GOP’s loveNov 29, 2011 5:00 am - Moderator Wolf Blitzer opened last week’s Republican debate by introducing himself and adding, for some reason, “Yes, that’s my real name.” A few moments later, the part...
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The breakthrough still neededNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - No, the sun didn’t rise in the west this morning. No, Republicans on the congressional supercommittee didn’t offer meaningful concessions on raising new tax revenue. And...
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The Republicans’ message problemNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - Unemployment is at 9 percent, the housing market is moribund, “consumer confidence” is an oxymoron and three-fourths of Americans believe the country is on the wrong tra...