Richard Cohen
Editorial
Richard Cohen is a weekly columnist for The Post, writing on domestic and foreign politics. His column appears on Tuesdays.
Cohen joined The Post in 1968. At The Post he covered all sorts of stories--night police, city hall, education, state government and national politics. As the paper's chief Maryland correspondent, he was one of two reporters who broke the story of the investigation of former Vice President Agnew. In 1976, he began writing a column that ran on the front of the Metro section. Its popularity, and the notice of newspaper editors around the country, led to national syndication by The Post in 1981. His columns have appeared on the op-ed page of The Post since 1984. He is the author with Jules Witcover of “A Heartbeat Away: The Investigation and Resignation of Spiro T. Agnew” (1974).
Cohen has received the Sigma Delta Chi and Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Awards for his investigative reporting.
Articles by Richard Cohen
Jenny and Silda's statements of strength (February 9, 2010)
Obama administration is tone-deaf to concerns about terrorism (February 2, 2010)
From John Edwards, lessons on celebrity and politics (January 26, 2010)
In N.Y., race for Senate seat is a Democratic identity crisis (January 19, 2010)
When revolutionary fervor is tempered with time (January 12, 2010)
Barack Obama: A leader without a cause (January 5, 2010)
For the uninsured, a ray of hope in an imperfect health-care bill (December 22, 2009)
Richard Cohen on how the Mumbai attacks reflect that humans can be killer robots (December 15, 2009)
Is the Afghanistan surge worth the lives that will be lost? (December 8, 2009)
Same-sex marriage is civil right, not an assault on family (December 1, 2009)
Richard Cohen: Obama's record doesn't match his rhetoric (November 24, 2009)
Richard Cohen on studying Sarah Palin (November 17, 2009)
Richard Cohen on how not to lose the Afghan war (November 10, 2009)
Avoid another Madoff, put a higher value on government work (November 3, 2009)
Give the general only what he needs (October 27, 2009)
Obama, Still an Undeveloped Character (October 20, 2009)
Obama's Peace Prize Should Belong to the American Electorate (October 13, 2009)
Obama Needs More Than Personality to Win in Afghanistan (October 6, 2009)
Time for Obama to Act Like a President (September 29, 2009)
The Defenestration of Gov. Paterson (September 22, 2009)
Charlie Rangel Suffers From Congressional Sclerosis (September 15, 2009)
Breaking Our Vow to Sept. 11 Victims? (September 8, 2009)
Torture's Ugly Dialogue (September 1, 2009)
The Burdens of Legacy (August 27, 2009)
Obama, Lost at the Chalkboard (August 25, 2009)
Echoes of McCarthyism From Sarah Palin (August 18, 2009)
Michael Vick's Sordid Behavior -- and the NFL's (August 11, 2009)
Laws Won't Rein In Hate (August 4, 2009)
My Exclusive: Not Talking to Obama on Health Care (July 28, 2009)
Sonia Sotomayor: A Safe, Soporific Bet for the High Court (July 21, 2009)
Reality Belies a Health-Care Scare Tactic (July 14, 2009)
Sarah Palin: An Alaskan Bullet, Dodged (July 7, 2009)
Ruth Madoff and the Husband She Never Knew (July 1, 2009)
Open the Military Closet (June 30, 2009)
Obama, Staying Cool on Iran (June 23, 2009)
When Anti-Semitism Is Mainstream (June 16, 2009)
Sonia Sotomayor: Up From the Projects (June 2, 2009)
It's Impossible to Avoid Elizabeth Edwards and the Octuplet Mom (May 26, 2009)
In a Nuclear Neighborhood (May 19, 2009)
'Enhanced Interrogation's' Effectiveness: What If Cheney's Right? (May 12, 2009)
A Litmus Test That Counts (May 5, 2009)
Mr. Clinton Goes to Washington (April 28, 2009)
Why We Ban Torture (April 28, 2009)
Hamas's Bloody Hands (April 21, 2009)
Bush's Texas-Size Challenge (April 14, 2009)
The Patriotic Sacrifices of Lawrence Summers and Other Obama Aides (April 7, 2009)
Broke Means Broke (March 31, 2009)
Obama and Pelosi - With Friends Like These... (March 24, 2009)
Don't Blame Jim Cramer (March 17, 2009)
Obama's Realism Doctrine (March 10, 2009)
History Roars Back (March 3, 2009)
Avigdor Lieberman and Israel's Arabs: A Question of Values (February 24, 2009)
For Obama, Lessons in Partisan Realities (February 17, 2009)
Pope Should Not Accept Holocaust Denier (February 10, 2009)
Obama's Stimulus Plan: $100 Billion and Little Change (February 3, 2009)
Moving Past Torture (January 27, 2009)
A World of Burdens (January 20, 2009)
Meet Lady Subprime (January 13, 2009)
A War Hamas Caused (January 6, 2009)
George W. Bush as an Avid Reader (December 30, 2008)
Obama's Choice of Rick Warren Ruined a Party (December 23, 2008)
Piercing the Bubble of Presidential Isolation (December 16, 2008)
The Horror Robert Mugabe Is Visiting on Zimbabwe (December 9, 2008)
Eric Holder Is Disqualified by the Marc Rich Pardon (December 2, 2008)
Clinton and Obama's Ideological Similarity (November 25, 2008)
Richard Cohen -- FDR as a Model for Obama (November 18, 2008)
Obama's Cabinet: Start With Al Gore (November 11, 2008)
History Calling in Harlem (November 6, 2008)
The Election That LBJ Won (November 4, 2008)
Palin's Love Boats (October 28, 2008)
Party Like It's 1964 (October 21, 2008)
A Few Debate Questions (October 14, 2008)
This Debate's Biggest Loser (October 7, 2008)
Topical Depression (September 30, 2008)
A Lesson the Markets Ignored (September 23, 2008)
The Ugly New McCain (September 17, 2008)
Too Cool to Fight? (September 9, 2008)
Republicans Rush In (September 2, 2008)
Obama's Reassuring Choice (August 25, 2008)
Is Ossetia Essential? (August 19, 2008)
Clinton Clouds on the Horizon (August 14, 2008)
Brutality to Make a Point (August 12, 2008)
The Book on the Shelf (August 5, 2008)
Obama the Unknown (July 29, 2008)
Ink-Stained Wretchedness (July 22, 2008)
Wish Upon A Pump (July 8, 2008)
Put Them Out to Pastor (July 1, 2008)
McCain's Core Advantage (June 24, 2008)
Guilty of Experience (June 17, 2008)
Haters Without a Cause (June 10, 2008)
A Campaign to Hate (June 3, 2008)
Worldviews in Need of Merger (May 27, 2008)
Why She Fights On (May 20, 2008)
McCain in the Mud (May 13, 2008)
Pins and Panders (May 6, 2008)
Words Heard Differently (April 29, 2008)
Clinton in the Wilderness (April 22, 2008)
Guns, God and Gotchas (April 15, 2008)
The Race Issue, Still (April 8, 2008)
Yes, It Was a Good War (April 1, 2008)
The Ultimate Casualty (March 25, 2008)
Obama's Pastor Problem (March 18, 2008)
How the Democrats Could Lose (March 11, 2008)
Taking the Call on Black Men (March 4, 2008)
Hillary's Diminishing Returns (February 26, 2008)
Rocketing Toward War (February 19, 2008)
The Real McCain (February 12, 2008)
Hail to the Chief of Staff (February 5, 2008)
The Race Turns to Race (January 29, 2008)
Britney Economics (January 22, 2008)
Obama's Farrakhan Test (January 15, 2008)
Crying Likeable Tears (January 10, 2008)
No Small Change (January 8, 2008)
The Mendacity of Hope (January 1, 2008)
To Live and Take in D.C. (December 25, 2007)
Irony and Change (December 18, 2007)
A New Wind in Iowa (December 11, 2007)
Un-Mormon and Unchristian (December 4, 2007)
Beyond the Reach of Annapolis (November 27, 2007)
You First, Governor Huckabee (November 20, 2007)
An Opening For Mr. Competent (November 13, 2007)
Rudy's Torture Talk (November 6, 2007)
The Health Toll the ICC Will Impose (November 1, 2007)
Bush's Legacy of Cynicism (October 30, 2007)
Giuliani's War (October 23, 2007)
Turkey's War on the Truth (October 16, 2007)
A Senator Who Hasn't Learned (October 9, 2007)
Thing 1, Mets 0 (October 2, 2007)
Iraq's Inevitabilities (September 25, 2007)
. . . What She Ducked (September 18, 2007)
Rationalizing Israel Out of Existence (September 11, 2007)
A Surreality Check (September 4, 2007)
What Is This Man Thinking? (August 12, 2007)
Not My Grandpa's Democrats (August 7, 2007)
Thompson on Horseback (July 31, 2007)
He Just Plays a Straight Shooter (July 24, 2007)
The Doctor Who Didn't Know When to Quit (July 17, 2007)
They Honor Us With Their Hate (July 10, 2007)
A Local Lesson That Democrats Fail (July 3, 2007)
How the GOP Could Win (June 26, 2007)
Gabriel Cohen, 81; Jewish Educator and Activist (June 19, 2007)
The Runaway Train That Hit Scooter Libby (June 19, 2007)
Berlin's Lake of the Unimaginable (June 12, 2007)
Can He Find His Motivation? (June 5, 2007)
Bush the Neoliberal (May 29, 2007)
Storm-Watching in Jordan (May 22, 2007)
Politics by the Pound (May 15, 2007)
ANAT COHEN "Poetica" "Noir" Anzic (May 11, 2007)
Start Hedging The Views . . . (May 8, 2007)
A Case Against Cheney (May 2, 2007)
Why Boycott Israel? (April 24, 2007)
In the Reach of Madmen (April 18, 2007)
The Face of Opportunism (April 17, 2007)
Candor? Call the Special Prosecutor! (April 10, 2007)
Gonzales the Cipher (April 3, 2007)
Obama's Back Story (March 27, 2007)
Wasted Lives (March 20, 2007)
Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away (March 13, 2007)
From Obama, a Map for a New March (March 6, 2007)
An Oscar For His Second Act (February 27, 2007)
The Talented Mr. Romney (February 20, 2007)
The Explanation Hillary Clinton Owes (February 13, 2007)
Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred (February 6, 2007)
War of the Water Cooler (January 30, 2007)
Assessing Care (January 27, 2007)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Indefensible (January 23, 2007)
Our Tunnel Vision (January 16, 2007)
Irrational Is as Irrational Does (January 9, 2007)
Fairness for Lewinsky (January 2, 2007)
A Delusional System of Justice (December 26, 2006)
Stubbing Out Freedom (December 20, 2006)
Two Cities McCain Stands to Lose (December 19, 2006)
Dying for 'Maybe' (December 13, 2006)
How's Your War? (December 5, 2006)
Support for Science and Math Education (December 2, 2006)
Hateful Words -- and Signs of Hope (November 28, 2006)
The Lingo Of Vietnam (November 21, 2006)
Fantastic Job, Mr. President (November 14, 2006)
The Rise of Rangel (November 9, 2006)
Hillary Gets an Address Wrong (November 7, 2006)
An Oval Office for Mayor Mike? (October 31, 2006)
Why Not Obama? (October 24, 2006)
The GOP: Slugged on the Nose (October 17, 2006)
Punctuated by Life and Death (October 10, 2006)
Can Bush Save Bush? (October 3, 2006)
When the Camera Lies (September 26, 2006)
Time for Integrity (September 19, 2006)
Bin Laden's Victory (September 12, 2006)
Mideast Echoes Of 1938 (August 22, 2006)
'Birth Pangs' of What? (August 15, 2006)
Civil War? What Civil War? (August 8, 2006)
A Moment Mel Would Understand (August 1, 2006)
. . . No, It's Survival (July 25, 2006)
Hunker Down With History (July 18, 2006)
To Have and to Hold Wrongly (July 11, 2006)
Judicial Audacity, Well-Founded (July 4, 2006)
Terror Alert: Severe Risk of Hype (June 27, 2006)
Culpability Deficit Disorder (June 20, 2006)
A Thirst for Black Ink From Good Papers (June 13, 2006)
Whose Silence? (June 6, 2006)
My History of English-Only (May 30, 2006)
