Richard Cohen
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Fuel for the bigotsMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Unlike Moses Herzog, the eponymous character of Saul Bellow’s novel “Herzog,” I do not feverishly compose mad letters to public figures and sinister government agencies ...
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Deflating the anti-SemitesFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - During World War II, the leader of the Palestinians lived in a Berlin villa, a gift from a very grateful Adolf Hitler, who clearly got his money’s worth. Haj Amin al-Hus...
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Consumed by fat pensionsFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - In New York City, the No. 2 guy in the fire department retired on a pension worth $242,000 a year. In New York state, a single official holding two jobs and one pension ...
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Flunking our futureFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - The best teacher in America was in Washington over the weekend. So was the best principal. I cannot name these individuals because they are early in their careers, and t...
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Birthing pains of democracy in the Middle EastFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Every once in a while, I resurrect my Oveta Culp Hobby Award. Hobby was the Texas newspaper publisher who became Dwight D. Eisenhower's secretary of health, education an...
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Democracy is nothing without human rightsJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is ...
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A growing cast of conformists for GOP in 2012Jan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Herman Cain is thinking of running for president. I learned this from an article by Dan Balz, The Washington Post's chief political correspondent, so I know it's true. C...
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President's eloquent moment too short-livedJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - This is a tale of two speeches. The first was the glorious oration Barack Obama delivered a week ago at a memorial service for the victims of the Tucson shootings. Obama...
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Death and our insane handgun lawsJan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - I had a teacher in college who used to ask, Who discovered America? He would offer some choices. They were Amerigo Vespucci, Christopher Columbus or the Nina, the Pinta ...
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We're fighting two wars while few even noticeJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - I present you with a paradox. The U.S. Army that fought the Vietnam War was reviled, not spit upon (that's an urban myth) but not much admired, either. In contrast, the ...