List/Grid Author Archives: Richard Cohen / Washington Post Writer's Group
Death penalty revenge, not justice
When it comes to the death penalty, the only thing the United States can do is plead the insanity de ...
Don’t thank pols for gay marriage
We have all become political hacks. We are all engaged in the back and forth of politics, the jot o ...
GOP must forget about Iowa, N.H.
"The problem with the Republican Party is Republicans." This quote is ...
U.S. dithering not helping Syria
The Obama administration's fear of blowback in Syria - weapons falling into the hands of ...
FDR’s inaction on Holocaust tarnishes his image
On April 12, 1945, my grandfather approached me as I played outside the house and asked where my mot ...
Obama’s fear of blowback may let Syria blow up
In the movie "Lawrence of Arabia," the attempt to unite the Arabs comes apart in Damascu ...
U.S. inaction makes Syria worse
We finally have an Obama Doctrine. It is not quite the one outlined in various major speeches — ...
Davie, Players Defend Against ‘The Letter’
First calmly, then passionately, University of New Mexico football coach Bob Davie on Thursday denied all allegations made against him in an anonymous letter.
-- Read the letter
Time To Seriously Debate Torture
In retrospect, a better title for the terrific film "Zero Dark Thirty" would have been & ...
Debate Is Not About Guns, but Government
Once, after I had written about gun control, a guy called to differ and said that had the Jews of Ge ...
The GOP Has Lost Its Way
On Nov. 11, a mere five days after the presidential election, the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam pushed ...
Can Anybody Play Political Ball in Washington?
In 1962, Casey Stengel, the longtime manager of the New York Yankees, came out of retirement to lead ...
