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The Washington Post: Eugene Robinson

Donald Trump as GOP hopeful: Take him seriously
It's time to take Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate.   ( April 18, 2011)

  • In budget wars, the GOP demands the impossible  ( April 11, 2011)
  • Would Donald Trump have passed a budget?  ( April 08, 2011)
  • Newt Gingrich on Libya policy: Firing in every direction  ( March 28, 2011)
  • Dazed and confused by the Libyan mandate  ( March 25, 2011)
  • In the Mideast, U.S. policy is still driven by realism  ( March 21, 2011)
  • Japan's nuclear crisis might not be the last  ( March 15, 2011)
  • Peter King's modern-day witch hunt   ( March 10, 2011)
  • Note to Republicans: Cuts don't cut it  ( March 04, 2011)
  • It's time to get tough with Libya  ( February 25, 2011)
  • The GOP's selective memory on Ronald Reagan  ( February 08, 2011)
  • No more free passes for Egypt and other Arab autocracies  ( February 04, 2011)
  • For Egypt's Mubarak, push has come to shove  ( February 01, 2011)
  • In the GOP's budget, a surplus of spite  ( January 25, 2011)
  • The GOP's rude awakening on health-care repeal  ( January 21, 2011)
  • In Tucson, words to bind a nation  ( January 14, 2011)
  • Guns and responsibility  ( January 11, 2011)
  • In Dallas, defusing a sociological bomb: Wrongful convictions  ( January 07, 2011)
  • A health-care fight Democrats should welcome  ( January 04, 2011)
  • Politicians' reputations can be buried by snowstorms  ( December 31, 2010)
  • Danger ahead for the GOP  ( December 28, 2010)
  • Finally, victory on 'don't ask, don't tell'  ( December 21, 2010)
  • In Afghanistan, on track to nowhere  ( December 17, 2010)
  • In WikiLeaks aftermath, an assault on free speech  ( December 14, 2010)
  • Democrats have no choice but to accept an irresponsible tax deal  ( December 10, 2010)
  • Ben Bernanke, a one-man fire brigade  ( December 06, 2010)
  • Tax cut fight highlights Democrats' missing convictions  ( December 03, 2010)
  • Tough times for a superpower  ( November 30, 2010)
  • Obama's opportunity to be the decider  ( November 19, 2010)
  • Trimming a bloated defense budget  ( November 16, 2010)
  • Where's the Democrats' fighting spirit?  ( November 12, 2010)
  • Mr. President, some leadership, please  ( November 09, 2010)
  • Nancy Pelosi, undone by her own success  ( November 05, 2010)
  • What's behind the Tea Party's ire?  ( November 02, 2010)
  • For President Obama, a progressive blitz was not an option  ( October 26, 2010)
  • Lawyers got it right on the foreclosure mess  ( October 22, 2010)
  • If GOP wins, expect more obstruction  ( October 19, 2010)
  • 2010: the year of politicking insanely  ( October 15, 2010)
  • Can Obama deliver the black vote?  ( October 12, 2010)
  • Why won't the GOP compete for African American votes?  ( October 08, 2010)
  • Midterm campaigns, brought to you by . . . ?  ( October 05, 2010)
  • Afghanistan: A war without end, or rationale  ( October 01, 2010)
  • Eddie Long isn't practicing what he preaches  ( September 28, 2010)
  • The GOP's Hooey to America  ( September 24, 2010)
  • Sharia as the new red menace?  ( September 21, 2010)
  • Gingrich, unhinged on Obama  ( September 14, 2010)
  • Corruption fighting, Afghanistan style  ( September 10, 2010)
  • Gov. Barbour's civil rights fairy tale  ( September 07, 2010)
  • The spoiled-brat American electorate  ( September 03, 2010)
  • The Iraq war leaves a fog of ambiguity  ( August 31, 2010)
  • Even Beck can't mar King's legacy  ( August 27, 2010)
  • The right-wing, blinded by its own hysteria  ( August 24, 2010)
  • President Obama's winning streak  ( August 20, 2010)
  • Pandering over a mosque  ( August 17, 2010)
  • Adm. Thad Allen on what can be learned from the gulf oil spill  ( August 10, 2010)
  • A judge's mighty arguments for marriage equality  ( August 06, 2010)
  • Momentum becomes substitute for logic in Afghan war  ( August 03, 2010)
  • In the short term, immigration ruling is a gift for the GOP  ( July 30, 2010)
  • Wikileaks reveal the obvious dangers of Afghanistan  ( July 27, 2010)
  • Obama needs to stand up to 'reverse racism' ploy  ( July 22, 2010)
  • The Tea Party must purge racism from its ranks  ( July 20, 2010)
  • It's time for Democrats to give up the funk  ( July 16, 2010)
  • Roman Polanski's freedom — and unmitigated gall  ( July 13, 2010)
  • On climate change, let cool heads prevail  ( July 09, 2010)
  • Financial crisis? No, it's just ants  ( July 02, 2010)
  • Robert Byrd: A story of change and redemption  ( June 29, 2010)
  • Nation building in Afghanistan? That's Afghans' job.  ( June 25, 2010)
  • A GOP chorus of Joe Bartons on the BP oil spill  ( June 22, 2010)
  • Obama must keep to his Afghanistan deadline  ( June 18, 2010)
  • We're losing the gulf war  ( June 15, 2010)
  • Why is Tony Hayward still on the job?  ( June 04, 2010)
  • For Adm. Thad Allen, a three-front war on oil  ( June 01, 2010)
  • In the wake of Deepwater, let's put the environment first  ( May 28, 2010)
  • GOP's Tea Party invite might still be in the mail  ( May 21, 2010)
  • In Arizona, just say no to Latino heritage  ( May 14, 2010)
  • Lena Horne: A glamorous revolutionary  ( May 11, 2010)
  • In Times Square, the blue line held  ( May 07, 2010)
  • Courtesy of Sue Lowden: A chicken in every doctor's pot  ( April 30, 2010)
  • How Obama found his mojo on Wall Street  ( April 23, 2010)