Richard Cohen
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A campaign that cuts down the truthFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Parson Weems Day has passed. This is my designation to mark the voting in Iowa as the end of the first lying season. The Rev. Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825) is the source...
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Richard Cohen: A presidential subway seriesJan 27, 2016 4:45 am - NEW YORK - Has anyone noticed? If the presidential race were baseball, then what's shaping up would be called a Subway Series. But instead of the Mets and the Yankees, w...
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Clinton needs more than a three-point planJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Hillary Clinton is the Great Underestimator. Eight years ago, she underestimated Barack Obama and now she has underestimated Bernie Sanders. We know th...
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El Chapo couldn't escape the allure of HollywoodJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - "Nothing has hurt people more in this country than wanting to be in the movies." So said Edward Hayes, a sagacious New York lawyer who has been in some movies himself an...
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Trump's 'useful' role for PC criticsJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - In 1949, Sen. Joseph McCarthy arrived in Columbus, Ohio, to make a speech but within an hour allegedly was shooting craps. "It was a disgusting sight," according to a so...
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Obama's false triumph in SyriaDec 23, 2015 5:25 am - By his own estimation, Barack Obama may have finally earned his Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking to a small gathering of journalists last week, the president said that by not...
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The unbearably brilliant 'Son of Saul'Dec 15, 2015 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Sonderkommando was the Nazi term for an extermination camp prisoner who was forced to help in the hard work of murder. Routinely, the Sonderkommandos th...
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Personalizing the politics of gunsDec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Years ago, I rushed up the stairs to the Tobacco Institute in Washington and confronted the people working there: How could you? How could you lie to us about the danger...
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The president who lost his voiceDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - The presidency has changed Barack Obama. His hair has gone gray, which is to be expected, and he looks older, which is also to be expected, but his eloquence has been re...
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Princeton debate ignores the whole WilsonNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - At Princeton University, the image and name of Woodrow Wilson could soon be erased. He was the school's president from 1902 to 1910, reforming it, transforming it and se...