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 2009-11-24T07:50:42+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo To Your Health—and Mine http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/to_your_health_--_and_mine_20091123/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/to_your_health_--_and_mine_20091123/ cancer, health, health care, mammograms, money, politics, prostate, psa test, women, The uproar over mammogram guidelines is proof that health care reform that actually controls costs would be virtually impossible to achieve.

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]]> 2009-11-24T07:50:42+00:00 Battlefield in the War of Ideas http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/battlefield_in_the_war_of_ideas_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/battlefield_in_the_war_of_ideas_20091119/ 911, afghanistan, bush, eric holder, eugene robinson, history, iraq, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, ksm, military, new york, nidal hasan, obama, robinson, terrorism, trial, war, war on terror, If killing a terrorist in Kandahar creates one in Killeen, we’ll never make progress.

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]]> 2009-11-20T10:29:30+00:00 Our Rogue Evita http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/our_rogue_evita_20091116/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/our_rogue_evita_20091116/ 2012, book, conservatives, election, eugene robinson, eva peron, evita, history, palin, politics, republicans, robinson, sarah palin, No force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own “lite” version of Eva Peron—a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy.

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]]> 2009-11-17T06:14:24+00:00 Bring Them Home, Mr. President http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091112_bring_them_home_mr_president/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091112_bring_them_home_mr_president/ afghanistan, barack obama, casualties, dover, escalation, eugene robinson, iraq, military, obama, pentagon, politics, robinson, speech, stanley mcchrystal, surge, terrorism, troops, war, It is wrong to sacrifice troops without military goals that are clear, achievable and worthwhile. And what goals in Afghanistan remotely satisfy those criteria?

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]]> 2009-11-13T07:14:27+00:00 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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