Eugene Robinson on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/517/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-10T07:36:49+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo When a Time Bomb Is Ticking http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091109_when_a_time_bomb_is_ticking/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091109_when_a_time_bomb_is_ticking/ afghanistan, bush, eugene robinson, fort hood, iraq, military, nidal hasan, pentagon, robinson, shooting, terrorism, war, Fairness is one thing, foolishness is another. Any soldier who seemed to be falling apart—Muslim or not—should have been given extra scrutiny.

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]]> 2009-11-10T07:36:49+00:00 Republicans vs. the Palinites http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091105_republicans_vs_the_palinites/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091105_republicans_vs_the_palinites/ congress, conservatives, democrats, election, euene robinson, gop, house, ny-23, obama, republicans, sarah palin, senate, Democrats have some thinking to do after Tuesday’s elections, but Republicans don’t have time to think. They’re too busy trying to survive the party’s internal purge and avoid being shipped off to political Siberia.

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]]> 2009-11-06T06:15:25+00:00 A Record You Can Believe In http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091102_a_record_you_can_believe_in/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091102_a_record_you_can_believe_in/ afghanistan, bush, congress, democrats, economy, election, eugene robinson, health, history, iraq, law, obama, politics, republicans, terrorism, torture, war, white house,

It’s been a year since a healthy majority of American voters elected Barack Obama to change the world. Which is precisely what he’s doing.

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]]> 2009-11-03T11:07:48+00:00 Afghan Poppy Trade Blurs All the Lines http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091029_afghan_drug_war_is_as_senseless_as_the_rest_of_it/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091029_afghan_drug_war_is_as_senseless_as_the_rest_of_it/ afghanistan, bush, colombia, corruption, drugs, economy, eugene robinson, government, history, latin america, military, money, obama, The opium poppy was introduced to Afghanistan more than 2,300 years ago by the armies of Alexander the Great. His forces were eventually driven out, like those of every would-be conqueror since. The poppy has proved more tenacious.

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]]> 2009-10-30T05:22:13+00:00 Can’t Split the Difference in Afghanistan http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091026_cant_split_the_difference_in_afghanistan/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091026_cant_split_the_difference_in_afghanistan/ afghanistan, bush, cheney, eugene robinson, history, iraq, obama, pentagon, terrorism, war,

Afghanistan doesn’t present the kind of “false choices” that President Barack Obama, by nature, habitually rejects. The choices are real and awful, and no amount of reframing and rephrasing will make them go away.

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]]> 2009-10-27T18:58:26+00:00 Wall Street ‘Crimes’ Need Better Policing http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091022_wall_street_crimes_need_better_policing/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091022_wall_street_crimes_need_better_policing/ bailout, banks, bonuses, congress, economy, eugene robinson, government, house, law, money, obama, wall street, Slashing bonuses at bailed-out companies is like arresting jaywalkers while ignoring the bank robbery that’s happening in broad daylight down the block.

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]]> 2009-10-23T06:05:06+00:00 Anything to Be on TV http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091019_anything_to_be_on_tv/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091019_anything_to_be_on_tv/ balloon boy, eugene robinson, hoax, media, robinson, tv, Now we know the answer to one of the vexing questions of the modern age: Evidently, there is nothing at all that some people won’t do to get on television.

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]]> 2009-10-20T07:11:46+00:00 A Down-and-Out Route for Rush http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091015_no_rush_limbaugh_on_waivers/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091015_no_rush_limbaugh_on_waivers/ conservatives, eugene robinson, football, history, media, money, nfl, obama, politics, race, rush limbaugh, st. louis,

Rush Limbaugh, are you ready for some football? Um, I guess not.

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]]> 2009-10-16T07:59:58+00:00 Why Do Conservatives Hate America? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091012_why_do_conservatives_hate_america/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091012_why_do_conservatives_hate_america/ afghanistan, bush, conservatives, eugene robinson, glenn beck, nobel prize, obama, politics, rush limbaugh, taliban, war,

Somebody explain this to me: The president of the United States wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and Rush Limbaugh joins with the Taliban in bitterly denouncing the award?

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]]> 2009-10-13T06:57:40+00:00 Rangel’s Portrait of Corruption http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091008_rangels_portrait_of_corruption/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091008_rangels_portrait_of_corruption/ campaign, charles rangel, congress, corruption, democrats, eugene robinson, house, nancy pelosi, new york, politics, republicans, robinson, The House Democrats who took a majority away from a “culture of corruption” had better start taking the ethics allegations against Rep. Charlie Rangel seriously.

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