Eugene H. Robinson

Articles by Eugene H. Robinson

Eugene Robinson on the GOP's civil war (November 6, 2009)

Obama's first year: A record you can believe in (November 3, 2009)

Eugene Robinson on the Afghan drug trade (October 30, 2009)

There's no middle road on Afghanistan: It's in or out (October 27, 2009)

Eugene Robinson on Wall Street's weakening of market reform (October 23, 2009)

Dangerous stunts don't fly in the real world (October 20, 2009)

The NFL Doesn't Need a Limbaugh Controversy (October 16, 2009)

Obama's Peace Prize Won't Reset His Agenda (October 13, 2009)

Democrats Must Confront Rangel Problem (October 9, 2009)

Gen. McChrystal's War of Words (October 6, 2009)

Polanski's and Hollywood's Lost Moral Compass (October 2, 2009)

Giving Roman Polanski What He Deserves (September 29, 2009)

John Edwards the Cad (September 24, 2009)

History Lessons in the Afghan Hills (September 22, 2009)

Some Obama Foes Are Indeed Racists (September 18, 2009)

The Wall Street Casino, Back in Business (September 15, 2009)

GOP Performance at Obama Speech Was Un-American (September 11, 2009)

Health-Care Reform's Lost Middle Ground (September 8, 2009)

Medical Professionals Owe Torture Accounting (September 4, 2009)

The Consequences of Good Ideas (September 1, 2009)

Ted Kennedy: an Eternal Prince Who Found His Cause (August 28, 2009)

Reopening the Interrogation File (August 25, 2009)

On Health Care, Democrats Lack Passion (August 21, 2009)

Time for Obama to Play Offense on Health Reform (August 18, 2009)

Bush Years Offer Perspective on Current Troubles (August 14, 2009)

Overheated Health Reform (August 11, 2009)

Obama, Clearly Born in the U.S.A. (August 4, 2009)

In Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Arrest, More Than Race Is at Issue (July 28, 2009)

President Obama and Black America's New Reality (July 19, 2009)

A Sotomayor Sense of Justice (July 14, 2009)

Tearful Tribute to the King of Pop (July 8, 2009)

Sarah Palin: A Starter, Not a Finisher (July 7, 2009)

Michael Jackson: The Perils of a Prodigy (June 28, 2009)

Feeding the Lone Wolves (June 12, 2009)

Creating Possibilities in Cairo (June 9, 2009)

Questions About Clean Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage (June 5, 2009)

We All Own GM. Don't Bet on a Happy Ending. (June 2, 2009)

Sonia Sotomayor, the New Face of America (May 29, 2009)

Barack Obama and Dick Cheney -- Worldviews Apart (May 26, 2009)

Dick Cheney: The Old Faithful of Nonsense (May 12, 2009)

Time for President Obama to Stand Up for Gay Marriage (May 8, 2009)

A World Without the Globe? (May 5, 2009)

The Republican Party Becomes the Absent Opposition (May 1, 2009)

Why Flu Is Fearsome (April 28, 2009)

Torture and the Law: Where 'Those Methods' Ultimately Lead (April 24, 2009)

In Trinidad, President Obama Should Have Slapped Back at Rude Leaders (April 21, 2009)

Why President Obama Can't Ignore 'Tea Bag' Protest Anger (April 17, 2009)

Addled by Fidel (April 14, 2009)

Crimes That Deserve Punishment (April 10, 2009)

Michael Steele -- Crazy Like a Fox? (April 7, 2009)

Obama, Race and What We're Not Talking About (April 3, 2009)

Detroit Dissonance - Tough Love for Carmakers, Pillows for Wall St. (March 31, 2009)

Drugs and Guns -- a Deadly Trade Between Mexico and the U.S. (March 27, 2009)

The Repairman's Burden (March 24, 2009)

Does Tim Geithner Get It? (March 20, 2009)

A Hand in the Health Care Debate (March 17, 2009)

President Obama's Mandate on Many Fronts (March 13, 2009)

Bending the Trajectory Left (March 3, 2009)

Good Time for a Miracle Worker (February 27, 2009)

Banking on What? (February 24, 2009)

Sen. Burris's Final Act (February 20, 2009)

Obama as President of Everything (February 17, 2009)

Tim Geithner -- Treasury's Salesman-in-Training (February 13, 2009)

A Meltdown Too Big for a Comity Routine (February 10, 2009)

Idiots of the Universe - On Planet Wall Street, $18 Billion in Bonuses (February 3, 2009)

The GOP's Unanimous Vote on the Stimulus Bill (January 30, 2009)

Only if Stupid Is a Crime (January 27, 2009)

Obama in Office: Much to Be Undone (January 23, 2009)

This Consequential Presidency (January 20, 2009)

Why They're Coming to D.C. (January 16, 2009)

Bush's Historical Prism (January 13, 2009)

Fifty Years of Failed Cuba Policies (January 2, 2009)

Bernie Madoff's Lesson About a Free Lunch (December 30, 2008)

A Hope That History Throws the Book at Bush and Cheney (December 23, 2008)

Many Friends Of Bill (December 19, 2008)

The Senate GOP Seems Set on Hastening the Death of Detroit (December 16, 2008)

A Scandal in Need of a New Playbook (December 12, 2008)

A Whitewash for Blackwater After a Massacre in Baghdad? (December 9, 2008)

Bush Doesn't Do Do-Overs (December 5, 2008)

A Team in Need of a Game Plan (December 2, 2008)

The Blessing of Living in 'Interesting Times' (November 27, 2008)

Two Presidents and No Clear Direction (November 25, 2008)

Answering the Auto Executives' Pleas (November 21, 2008)

Eugene Robinson - After Guantanamo (November 18, 2008)

Comedy Tomorrow, History Tonight (November 14, 2008)

A GOP Bridge to Nowhere (November 11, 2008)

Morning in America (November 6, 2008)

A New Kind of Pride (November 4, 2008)

Northern Star Rising (October 31, 2008)

Campaign on Empty (October 28, 2008)

Last Chapter of a Storybook Campaign (October 24, 2008)

The Power of Powell's Rebuke (October 21, 2008)

McCain's Bare Cupboard (October 17, 2008)

Time to Be Outward Bound (October 14, 2008)

Talk About the Meltdown (October 11, 2008)

The Flimflam Strategy (October 7, 2008)

Thanks to the Wing Nuts (October 3, 2008)

Politics Over Prosecutors (September 30, 2008)

Drama King to the Rescue (September 26, 2008)

A Bailout or a Bonanza? (September 23, 2008)

Flunking Economics (September 19, 2008)

Running on a Lie (September 16, 2008)

The Scream Machine (September 12, 2008)

McCain as Messiah (September 9, 2008)

The Other Party's Playbook (September 5, 2008)

The Cynicism Express (September 2, 2008)

So Many Miles From Selma (August 29, 2008)

The Worrywart Party (August 26, 2008)

Johnny, We Hardly Know Ye (August 22, 2008)

Summer's Wake-Up Calls (August 19, 2008)

Obama Faces The Smear Machine (August 15, 2008)

Tarnish on a Golden Boy (August 10, 2008)

Smog in Beijing (August 8, 2008)

Who's Raising Race? (August 5, 2008)

So Much for St. John (August 1, 2008)

A Torture Paper Trail (July 29, 2008)

Making His Own Luck (July 25, 2008)

Timelines in the Sand (July 22, 2008)

A Special Brand Of Patriotism (July 4, 2008)

Bush's Parting Shots? (July 1, 2008)

Deadly Consequences -- But the Right Call (June 27, 2008)

Race in the Sunlight (June 24, 2008)

A Performance Worth Every Exclamation Point (June 20, 2008)

The Outsider's Insider (June 17, 2008)

A Victory for the Rule of the Law (June 13, 2008)

Clinton's Grace Note (June 10, 2008)

What He Overcame (June 6, 2008)

Coda for the Clintons (June 3, 2008)

Hard-Line Lunacy on Cuba (May 31, 2008)

Clinton's Grim Scenario (May 27, 2008)

What Hillary Wants (May 23, 2008)

King as He Was (May 20, 2008)

The GOP's Ideas Deficit (May 16, 2008)

The Card Clinton Is Playing (May 9, 2008)

'Idol' Carries a Shakier Tune (May 6, 2008)

The Campaign Nonsense Du Jour (May 2, 2008)

Where Wright Goes Wrong (April 29, 2008)

The Race That Wouldn't Die (April 25, 2008)

Not Quite Like Ike (April 22, 2008)

Heat -- and a Little Light (April 18, 2008)

Shot and a Chablis (April 15, 2008)

The Surge Turns Into the Stall (April 11, 2008)

Run, Condi, Run! (April 8, 2008)

Two Black Americas (April 4, 2008)

McCain's Free Ride (April 1, 2008)

Collateral Damage (March 28, 2008)

4,000 Dead for What? (March 25, 2008)

Obama's Road Map on Race (March 19, 2008)

It Wasn't Her Place (March 14, 2008)

Iraq's Surging Violence (March 11, 2008)

What Obama Needs: A Keystone Address (March 7, 2008)

A Conspiracy Fit for a Prince (March 4, 2008)

Personality Matters (February 29, 2008)

Geraldo's (Black) Discovery (February 26, 2008)

If Obama Went 0-for-10 . . . (February 22, 2008)

McCain's Losing Message (February 19, 2008)

The Clintons' Beef With the Media (February 15, 2008)

The Dr. Evil Dilemma (February 12, 2008)

Damage That Must Be Undone (February 8, 2008)

The Baggage Hillary Bears (February 5, 2008)

The Electability Thing (February 1, 2008)

Cards From a Worn-Out Deck (January 29, 2008)

Message From Third Place (January 25, 2008)

What's Gotten Into Bill? (January 22, 2008)

The Hard Choice Is Now (January 18, 2008)

A Hand the Clintons Aren't Showing (January 15, 2008)

Echoes Of Tom Bradley (January 11, 2008)

No Longer Unimaginable (January 6, 2008)

Outside the Echo Chamber (January 4, 2008)

Pitch Perfect for Iowa? (January 1, 2008)

A Problem Like Bill (December 21, 2007)

Fans on the Juice (December 18, 2007)

Code Huckabee (December 14, 2007)

Oprah the Believer (December 11, 2007)

Lessons for the Front-Runner (December 7, 2007)

We the Paranoid (December 4, 2007)

A Person, Not A Plot Device (November 30, 2007)

Can Oprah Boost Her 'Favorite Guy'? (November 27, 2007)

Tattered Dream (November 23, 2007)

A Sharp-Elbows Education (November 20, 2007)

Rhymes With Front-Runner (November 16, 2007)

'Socialized Medicine' Snake Oil (November 13, 2007)

Rage of Reason (November 9, 2007)

Oprah the Avenger (November 6, 2007)

Giuliani's Bogus Diagnosis (November 2, 2007)

Wall St.'s Expanding Universe (October 30, 2007)

Republican Hot Flashes (October 26, 2007)

Forecast: Heavy Weather (October 23, 2007)

The Power of 'Madam President' (October 19, 2007)

Tyler Perry's Money Machine (October 16, 2007)

What Happened To Arthur Branch? (October 12, 2007)

Which Black America? (October 9, 2007)

Bush's Veto Lies (October 5, 2007)

Witness for the Persecution (October 2, 2007)

Wanted: Democratic Straight Talk on Iraq (September 28, 2007)

Some Bad News to Break (September 24, 2007)

Drive Time for the 'Jena 6' (September 21, 2007)

Fresh-Squeezed O.J. (September 18, 2007)

Patchwork in Progress? (September 14, 2007)

'Six Months' Without End (September 11, 2007)

Poked in the i (September 7, 2007)

Good Morning, Vietnam! (September 4, 2007)

In Iraq, Shattering Villages and Illusions (August 17, 2007)

Goodbye, 'Boy Genius' (August 14, 2007)

Just Another Vacation From Reality (August 10, 2007)

A Great Time To Be Paranoid (August 7, 2007)

A Catastrophic Failure (August 3, 2007)

Obama and the 'They' Sayers (July 31, 2007)

Bedtime for Gonzo (July 27, 2007)

The Journal And the Mogul (July 24, 2007)

Bush's Cognitive Dissonance (July 20, 2007)

He's a Hitter, Not a Hero (July 17, 2007)

Chertoff's Upset Stomach (July 13, 2007)

Resolute Amid the Wreckage (July 10, 2007)

The Commuter in Chief (July 6, 2007)

Why Not Here? (July 3, 2007)

Standing in the Schoolhouse Door (June 29, 2007)

'Angler' For Power (June 26, 2007)

Knighthood for a Literary Lion (June 22, 2007)

A Father's Absence and a Son's Message (June 19, 2007)

September Song and Dance (June 15, 2007)

Fleeting Glory in Albania (June 12, 2007)

America's Most Flaunted (June 8, 2007)

. . . And Antiwar Voices (June 5, 2007)

An Egghead for the Oval Office (June 1, 2007)

Losing Focus (May 29, 2007)

The Monica They See (May 25, 2007)

Don't Fear The A-Word (May 22, 2007)

Gonzales's Signature Moment (May 19, 2007)

'Idol' Voters Have Spoken: No Mandate for Melinda (May 17, 2007)

A Melinda-Jordin Final? Not So Fast, Sings Blake (May 16, 2007)

A Question Of Race Vs. Class (May 15, 2007)

Free Ride for a Likely Killer (May 11, 2007)

Ten Candidates Wide, But Not Very Deep (May 8, 2007)

Lost in the Fog With Commander Guy (May 4, 2007)

Pulling Over for Prejudice (May 1, 2007)

In My Town, an Undying Issue (April 29, 2007)

Walled City (April 24, 2007)

Lost on Campus (April 20, 2007)

Beyond Reason (April 18, 2007)

Are They Serious? (April 17, 2007)

Why Imus Had to Go (April 13, 2007)

Misogyny in the Morning (April 10, 2007)

Sanjaya: The Axis of 'Idol' (April 6, 2007)

Orwell at Guantanamo (April 3, 2007)

Just 585 Days Till Election Day (March 30, 2007)

The Multipolar Presidency (March 27, 2007)

Choosing to Live (March 23, 2007)

No Time for Patience in Iraq (March 20, 2007)

Memo to Gonzales (March 16, 2007)

The Moment for This Messenger? (March 13, 2007)

In the Wheelbarrow With Libby (March 9, 2007)

Unaccountably Called to Account (March 6, 2007)

The Story I'll Never Know All Of (March 2, 2007)

Al Sharpton's Stunning Reminder (February 27, 2007)

Depends What the Meaning of 'Mistake' Is (February 23, 2007)

Authentic Obama (February 20, 2007)

A 'Road Home' to Lunacy (February 6, 2007)

An Inarticulate Kickoff (February 2, 2007)

The Ba-Da-Boom Crew (January 30, 2007)

No Words for the Gulf (January 26, 2007)

Throwing Their Blogs into the Ring (January 23, 2007)

A Reality-Based State of the Union (January 19, 2007)

At Cardozo, Novel Intellects (January 16, 2007)

Thinking War-War Again (January 12, 2007)

It's Not All About the iPods, Oprah (January 9, 2007)

After the 100 Hours, a War Awaits (January 5, 2007)

A Scaffold's Dark Portrait of Iraq (January 2, 2007)

Two for a Breakthrough (December 22, 2006)

A 'Surge' in Wasted Sacrifice (December 19, 2006)

The Diana Story We Love (December 15, 2006)

Thief of State (December 12, 2006)

Bush Listened, but Did He Hear? (December 8, 2006)

Cuba's Future Is Already Here (December 5, 2006)

There He Goes Again (December 1, 2006)

The Case of the Poisoned Spy (November 28, 2006)

What Lies Beneath (November 22, 2006)

The Only Real Option: Leave Iraq Now (November 21, 2006)

Blood Money (November 17, 2006)

Diversity In Cannon Fodder (November 14, 2006)

Now the Decider Must Listen (November 10, 2006)

Attack of the Hacks (November 7, 2006)

How Low Will Bush Go? (November 3, 2006)

Don't Worry. Just Back Off. (October 31, 2006)

Does the Code Still Work? (October 27, 2006)

Seriously Misspoken (October 24, 2006)

Material Mom (October 20, 2006)

The General's Misstep (October 17, 2006)

Counting The Iraqi Dead (October 13, 2006)

'Values' Choice for The GOP (October 10, 2006)