Richard Cohen
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What's all the fuss about same-sex marriage?Dec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The truth is that if Maj. Nidal Hasan, the accused killer of 13 people at Fort Hood, had entered the officers club there with a nice handbag on his arm, perhaps a Gucci ...
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Missing Barack ObamaNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - In my set, I am known as the guy who always had some reservations about Barack Obama. Sure, I supported him in the primaries against Hillary Clinton and I voted for him,...
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Sarah Palin: A case studyNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - I saw the other day that George W. Bush is raising money for his proposed policy institute at Southern Methodist University. I did some research and found out that there...
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Cutting our losses in AfghanistanNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Between World War I and World War II, Britain fought all across the Islamic world, battling insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name just two, and usually losing. T...
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Lessons from Bernie MadoffNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - In his own telling, Bernard Madoff was a version of the serial killer who leaves notes saying, "Stop me before I kill again." In Madoff's case, he was waiting for the Se...
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Give the general only what he needsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Years ago, I bought an old Time magazine - the issue with the 1965 Man of the Year on the cover. I stuffed it into an old picture frame and kept it around to remind me b...
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Does anyone know Barack Obama?Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If, as the saying goes, the perfect is the enemy of the good, then Barack Obama is his own worst enemy. That becomes clear in the upcoming HBO documentary "By the People...
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The real winner(s) in OsloOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - My love of lo these many years came into the room and asked what I was working on. I detailed some topics, enthralled as usual with my own brilliance, but she scoffed at...
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Ready to lead on Afghanistan?Oct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Barack Obama's trip to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the Olympics would have been a dumb move whatever the outcome. But as it turned out, it poses some questions about...
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The campaign is over, Mr. PresidentSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously ...