Richard Cohen
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Public funding of elections would be a change for the betterNov 02, 2021 10:30 am - Change. Change. Change. Change. Change. How? How? How? How? How? I'm glad you asked. First, do some harm -- and I mean real harm. Break the system we now have where e...
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Hillary Clinton will struggle to sell herself as an agent of changeNov 01, 2021 11:45 pm - Things are not working. The war in Iraq, originally penciled in for a month or two, is in its fifth year and will not end soon. The war in Afghanistan, once seemingly wo...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeNov 01, 2021 10:47 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
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Hope for peace not shared by two mothers who lost their daughtersNov 01, 2021 8:52 pm - On March 29, 2002, an 18-year-old woman walked into a Jerusalem supermarket and blew herself up. One of her victims was a woman just a year younger than herself. The two...
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An inept Karl Rove is qualified to criticize Democrats in CongressNov 01, 2021 6:54 pm - Karl Rove is the not the genius he used to be. Partially responsible for the mismanagement of two wars, the collapse of American prestige around the world, the failure t...
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Giuliani is the 'silly' one for downplaying evils of tortureNov 01, 2021 5:34 pm - On the playground, lo these many years ago, I was shooting baskets when an older boy ordered me off the court. This was just like the movies, I reasoned, and so I stood ...
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Cynicism about Iran threat stems from lack of trust in BushNov 01, 2021 4:46 pm - When George W. Bush surveys his presidency, he will see two wars commenced and none concluded, Osama bin Laden still on the loose, American prestige at record lows throu...
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Giuliani's position on Iran shows he hasn't learned from IraqNov 01, 2021 3:46 pm - I have a weakness for wars with colorful names. My favorite is the War of Jenkins' Ear, which occupied Britain and Spain from 1739-41 and ended in a stalemate. This brin...
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Admiration for Turkey, except when it evades truth about ArmeniansNov 01, 2021 2:37 pm - It goes without saying that the House resolution condemning Turkey for the "genocide" of Armenians in 1915 will serve no earthly purpose and that it will complicate U.S....
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Craig would do well to help others who are in his situationNov 01, 2021 1:30 pm - I don't know whether Larry Craig, the senator with an apparent case of restless leg syndrome (as seen on TV commercials), is gay or hetero or bi or whatever. I do know, ...