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Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson is an Associate Editor and twice-weekly columnist for The Washington Post. In a 30-year career at The Post, Robinson has been city hall …Read More
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Eugene Robinson: Routes to deficit reduction take different paths
Do progressives care about reducing the national debt? Of course they do, no matter what the White House might believe. “We think that obviously there are some Democrats who don’t feel as strongly about deficit reduction as (President Obama) does,” senior adviser David Plouffe said …Read More
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Eugene Robinson: Afghan policy remains murky
Some heard a declaration of victory, others an admission of defeat. The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan on Wednesday night were perhaps intended to obscure the bottom line: Tens of thousands of American troops will remain for at least three more years, …Read More
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Weiner’s ‘crime’ was Internet ignorance
It’s an irony of the modern age that the most devastating kind of sex scandal, at least for politicians, doesn’t involve actual sex, as Rep. Anthony Weiner has learned. Weiner, who resigned Thursday, assured his own demise years ago when he began sending raunchy pictures …Read More
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Eugene Robinson: Killing bin Laden vital
Years from now, I believe, we will look back and say the elimination of Osama bin Laden changed everything. To borrow Churchill’s assessment of the Nazi defeat at El Alamein: “Now, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. …
Health care repeal unlikely
If the incoming Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is serious about trying to repeal health care reform, there's only one appropriate Democratic response: "Make my day." Just to be clear, there's no earthly chance that a bill repealing the landmark health care overhaul …Read More
GOP leaders confront dilemma
It's been not quite two months' time since Republicans won a sweeping midterm victory, and already they seem divided, embattled and -- not to mince words -- freaked out. For good reason, I might add. Sen. Lindsey Graham captured the mood with his mordant assessment …Read More
Barbour plays odd race game
Does Haley Barbour really have a warped and offensive view of America’s racial history? Or is he just playing a dangerous game? Perhaps both. The Mississippi governor, considered a potential Republican candidate for president in 2012, keeps displaying what appears to be an astonishing level …
