Richard Cohen
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Exonerating the criminalsJul 29, 2014 9:40 am - Recep Tayyip Erdogan's anti-Semitism is getting the better of him. Once again, the Turkish prime minister has trotted out the Hitler analogy in relation to Israel and wh...
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A fight for Israel's existenceJul 23, 2014 1:05 am - Israel fought its first war, in 1948, against five Arab nations - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - as well as the Palestinians. In the prediction of the fairly n...
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When it comes to gossip, some conservatives will buy anythingJul 16, 2014 5:05 am - They had a term for her, but I've forgotten it. It was a name applied to a person who could not say no to a door-to-door salesman. The one I remember from my brief caree...
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An offer they can't refuseJul 08, 2014 5:05 am - FADE IN: Michael Corleone's den. He is at his desk. Facing him are members of his organization. Michael rises and dims the lights. He starts a PowerPoint display showing...
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Believe your own eyes, not the deniersJul 07, 2014 11:24 am - A friend of mine worked for a small-town newspaper years ago and had to write the weather report. The county fair was approaching but the prediction was for rain. So the...
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The enigmatic warJun 25, 2014 5:05 am - This is a splendid time to remember the First World War. It started 100 years ago this month with the June 28 shooting of the Austrian archduke and his wife. By the end ...
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For Obama, the wages of doing nothingJun 18, 2014 1:05 am - Whose fault is the current debacle in Iraq? It could be Nouri al-Maliki's since he is the country's strongman and has alienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W...
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The changing faces of warJun 11, 2014 5:05 am - I am into my summer routine, which means I drive to a weekend house, and as I do so, I listen to a book on tape. For the moment, it's Laura Hillenbrand's riveting "Unbro...
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Talking himself into a cornerJun 03, 2014 10:48 am - Like a pitcher who has lost his fastball, Barack Obama has lost "the speech." The speech has always been central to the president and his presidency. He established his ...
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Hillary Clinton versus the pressMay 28, 2014 5:05 am - LAS VEGAS - Karl Rove spoke here recently. I'd like to tell you what he said, but the session was off the record. This was a pity because I wanted him to expand on his s...