Richard Cohen
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Blinded under a hoodieJul 17, 2013 5:00 am - I don’t like what George Zimmerman did and I hate that Trayvon Martin is dead. But I also can understand why Zimmerman was suspicious and why he thought Martin was weari...
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Maybe Egypt doesn’t really need a democracyJul 10, 2013 5:00 am - In addition to all the experts, thinkers, pundits and others who have been cited about the loss of democracy in Egypt, let me quote a certain West Point expellee who, in...
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A poor choice for FBI directorJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - It was probably the most famous hospital visit since Bob Woodward snuck into the room of dying CIA Director William J. Casey in 1987. This time it was James Comey, a dep...
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Mandela set a standard for us allJun 24, 2013 3:45 pm - With Nelson Mandela, the devil would not like the details. We all know that he spent 27 years in jail, much of it on Robben Island. We all know about his remarkable str...
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Master of the muddle on Middle EastJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - I have written so many columns about the Syrian civil war they are like rings on a tree stump — a way of gauging Barack Obama’s steadfast inaction and what the cost has ...
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A dog-bites-man storyJun 12, 2013 5:00 am - An old journalism saw goes like this: Dog bites man, no story. Man bites dog, story. Allow me to update it. Government monitors email and telephone calls for national se...
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Agonizing over a slippery slopeJun 05, 2013 5:00 am - A letter to the editor of The New York Times Book Review says it all. It mentions the situation in Syria and says “the crisis continues.” The “crisis,” you should know, ...
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The richness of learningMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - President Jones, members of the faculty, assorted notables, proud parents and financially indebted graduates. I come before you on this auspicious day to say something a...
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How Mitzie got her gateMay 20, 2013 1:24 pm - It was only when they put the cuffs on her and led her out of the Cincinnati Federal Office Building that she finally realized how much trouble she was in. Her husband, ...
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Symptoms of Benghazi SyndromeMay 15, 2013 5:00 am - The American Psychiatric Association’s latest handbook — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) -- is about to be published. It is the handboo...