Eugene Robinson

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Eugene Robinson writes a twice-a-week column on politics and culture at The Washington Post and hosts a weekly online chat with readers. In 2009, he won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He's the author...

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Obama Cools on Affirmative Action

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 15, 2007 Barack Obama doesn't think anyone should cut his two daughters any slack when they apply to college -- not because of their race, at least. In the unlikely event that the Obama family goes broke, then maybe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

They Hate Us For Our Hypocrisy

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 11, 2007 The Bush administration says that its zero-tolerance policy against terrorism applies to all suspected evildoers, not just Muslims, and that its zero-tolerance policy against Cuba is a principled position, not just an exercise in pandering to the implacable anti-Castro exiles in Miami. On both counts, evidence suggests otherwise. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ten Bodies, but Not Much of a Pulse

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 8, 2007 The announced Republican candidates for president did nothing in their first debate to discourage the unannounced Republican candidates -- Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, maybe Chuck Hagel -- from wading in. The water doesn't look very deep. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Eugene Robinson

Obama Cools on Affirmative Action

They Hate Us For Our Hypocrisy

Ten Bodies, but Not Much of a Pulse

From the Mind of the ‘Commander Guy’

Unfair at Any Speed

Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Wall