Richard Cohen wrote a weekly political column for The Washington Post until September 2019.https://www.washingtonpost.comWed, 16 Oct 2024 17:24:00 +00001hourly1https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/23/richard-cohens-columns-through-decades/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/23/richard-cohens-columns-through-decades/Richard CohenMon, 23 Sep 2019 22:51:47 +0000Highlights from his many years at The Post.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-this-is-my-final-column-ive-been-lucky/2019/09/23/2019f4c4-de2f-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-this-is-my-final-column-ive-been-lucky/2019/09/23/2019f4c4-de2f-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 23 Sep 2019 22:30:00 +0000I will miss newspapering, but I know I had the best it ever had to offer.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-republicans-could-learn-from-the-british/2019/09/09/1cddf930-d336-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-republicans-could-learn-from-the-british/2019/09/09/1cddf930-d336-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 09 Sep 2019 21:33:25 +0000British MPs show how to respond to authoritarianism.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-bid-farewell-to-joe-biden/2019/09/02/55b16bba-cb67-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-bid-farewell-to-joe-biden/2019/09/02/55b16bba-cb67-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 02 Sep 2019 21:00:00 +0000The 76-year-old former vice president’s problem is not only today, but also tomorrow.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-tale-of-two-washingtons-one-a-slave-the-other-a-master/2019/08/19/ce08b2a6-c2d1-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-tale-of-two-washingtons-one-a-slave-the-other-a-master/2019/08/19/ce08b2a6-c2d1-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 20 Aug 2019 00:33:43 +0000What are we to do with our history? Let Harry Washington be a guide.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-plunged-us-into-a-modern-dark-age/2019/08/05/bc40c428-b7a5-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-plunged-us-into-a-modern-dark-age/2019/08/05/bc40c428-b7a5-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 05 Aug 2019 20:00:00 +0000Republicans’ inaction on gun control won’t stop the killing.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-mother-loved-america-trump-would-have-broken-her-heart/2019/07/22/4708b9c4-acae-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-mother-loved-america-trump-would-have-broken-her-heart/2019/07/22/4708b9c4-acae-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 22 Jul 2019 21:40:18 +0000He is the most un-American of American presidents.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-must-acknowledge-that-their-party-has-been-taken-over-by-a-racist/2019/07/15/a6f53478-a733-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-must-acknowledge-that-their-party-has-been-taken-over-by-a-racist/2019/07/15/a6f53478-a733-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 15 Jul 2019 21:03:42 +0000Trump’s tweets about Democratic congresswomen are just part of his bigoted strategy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-stop-embracing-losing-issues-and-focus-on-getting-rid-of-trump/2019/07/08/baa3dca2-a1b3-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-stop-embracing-losing-issues-and-focus-on-getting-rid-of-trump/2019/07/08/baa3dca2-a1b3-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 08 Jul 2019 22:18:00 +0000The candidates’ imagined America doesn’t appeal to moderates.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mob-is-on-the-loose-and-its-after-linda-fairstein/2019/07/01/f36d282e-9c2a-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mob-is-on-the-loose-and-its-after-linda-fairstein/2019/07/01/f36d282e-9c2a-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 01 Jul 2019 22:39:29 +0000She doesn’t get a fair portrayal in “When They See Us.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-are-no-concentration-camps-on-the-border/2019/06/24/0229e886-96bb-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-are-no-concentration-camps-on-the-border/2019/06/24/0229e886-96bb-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 24 Jun 2019 22:02:28 +0000Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s characterization of U.S. detention facilities in such a way only serves to distort the immigration issue.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-reeks-of-insincerity/2019/06/10/1086086a-8bb2-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-reeks-of-insincerity/2019/06/10/1086086a-8bb2-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 10 Jun 2019 21:05:58 +0000It’s troubling that the former vice president should so easily abandon what seemed a deeply held position.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-holbrooke-appreciated-the-power-of-the-past/2019/06/03/50eda368-862b-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-holbrooke-appreciated-the-power-of-the-past/2019/06/03/50eda368-862b-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 03 Jun 2019 21:07:32 +0000Holbrooke’s vision of diplomacy stands in stark contrast to the one emanating from the Trump administration.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/benjamin-netanyahu-was-trump-before-trump/2019/05/27/caa8ea0a-7e56-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/benjamin-netanyahu-was-trump-before-trump/2019/05/27/caa8ea0a-7e56-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 27 May 2019 20:48:44 +0000Both men cater to the religious right — and do so with a hypocrisy that would fell lesser men.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/even-by-his-standards-trumps-welcome-of-viktor-orban-is-in-a-class-of-its-own/2019/05/20/97490ca8-7b3b-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/even-by-his-standards-trumps-welcome-of-viktor-orban-is-in-a-class-of-its-own/2019/05/20/97490ca8-7b3b-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 20 May 2019 21:35:19 +0000Any other American president would not have extended the invitation in the first place.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-use-the-holocaust-to-score-cheap-political-points/2019/05/13/e40c0be2-75a7-11e9-b7ae-390de4259661_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-use-the-holocaust-to-score-cheap-political-points/2019/05/13/e40c0be2-75a7-11e9-b7ae-390de4259661_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 13 May 2019 21:59:26 +0000Trump and other Republicans are crassly exploiting Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s inoffensive comments.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-are-all-these-democratic-presidential-candidates/2019/05/06/c2fa66b6-702e-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-are-all-these-democratic-presidential-candidates/2019/05/06/c2fa66b6-702e-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 06 May 2019 22:46:16 +0000For many of the more than 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls, running for the nomination is a no-cost exercise in brand enhancement.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-party-should-get-inside-mitch-mcconnells-head/2019/04/29/0d13bacc-6aa8-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-party-should-get-inside-mitch-mcconnells-head/2019/04/29/0d13bacc-6aa8-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 29 Apr 2019 20:12:58 +0000The Republican Senate majority leader is of singular focus. The Democratic Party could learn a thing or two.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-more-we-excavate-our-racist-past-the-more-perspective-we-need/2019/04/22/df662f4c-652f-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-more-we-excavate-our-racist-past-the-more-perspective-we-need/2019/04/22/df662f4c-652f-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 22 Apr 2019 21:38:40 +0000Two sports teams have cut ties with Kate Smith of “God Bless America” fame.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/have-you-left-no-sense-of-decency/2019/04/15/390fbe7a-5fb6-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/have-you-left-no-sense-of-decency/2019/04/15/390fbe7a-5fb6-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 15 Apr 2019 21:35:00 +0000The president is intent on making Ilhan Omar the face of the Democratic Party — a caricature that’s leftist, anti-Semitic, nonwhite and non-Christian.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-lehman-trilogy/2019/04/08/51f6ed8c-5a3e-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-lehman-trilogy/2019/04/08/51f6ed8c-5a3e-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 08 Apr 2019 22:23:45 +0000New York’s hottest ticket is an astounding play — with one glaring fault.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-pete-buttigiegs-face-is-his-message-its-not-yet-complete/2019/04/01/1352a26a-54ad-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-pete-buttigiegs-face-is-his-message-its-not-yet-complete/2019/04/01/1352a26a-54ad-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 01 Apr 2019 21:18:16 +0000The 37-year-old mayor is rising in the presidential polls — but will youth, a great résumé and phrases such as “we need generational change” be enough?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-trump-beat-him-at-the-ballot-box/2019/03/25/ba98b344-4f2f-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-trump-beat-him-at-the-ballot-box/2019/03/25/ba98b344-4f2f-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 25 Mar 2019 21:30:35 +0000There’s been collusion, all right — the one between the president and his enablers.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-and-bernie-sanders-are-too-old-to-be-president/2019/03/18/66f9a316-49ac-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-and-bernie-sanders-are-too-old-to-be-president/2019/03/18/66f9a316-49ac-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 18 Mar 2019 21:02:00 +0000The two presidential hopefuls have waited too long.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lots-of-democrats-are-mulling-presidential-runs-not-enough-have-experience/2019/03/11/9b0fccb0-4435-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lots-of-democrats-are-mulling-presidential-runs-not-enough-have-experience/2019/03/11/9b0fccb0-4435-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 11 Mar 2019 21:26:25 +0000Trump has shown that the presidency is not an entry-level job.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-his-own-axis-of-evil/2019/03/04/50a899aa-3eb2-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-his-own-axis-of-evil/2019/03/04/50a899aa-3eb2-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 04 Mar 2019 22:35:44 +0000If you collected the despots Trump has singled out for praise, you would have an international version of the storied Apalachin meeting.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-party-is-trying-to-gift-reelection-to-trump/2019/02/25/60ffa9a6-3930-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-party-is-trying-to-gift-reelection-to-trump/2019/02/25/60ffa9a6-3930-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 25 Feb 2019 22:04:03 +0000The party is sabotaging itself with endorsements of socialism and reparations.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/blocking-amazon-from-new-york-helps-no-one/2019/02/11/0b354e72-2e40-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/blocking-amazon-from-new-york-helps-no-one/2019/02/11/0b354e72-2e40-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 11 Feb 2019 22:10:25 +0000The movement to kill the deal is based in part on antipathy toward capitalism that is rampant on the Democratic Party’s left.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-just-northam-republicans-must-confront-the-bigotry-of-the-pences-too/2019/02/04/a807063c-28b4-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-just-northam-republicans-must-confront-the-bigotry-of-the-pences-too/2019/02/04/a807063c-28b4-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 05 Feb 2019 01:13:02 +0000If Ralph Northam must step down, why not demand the resignation of Vice President Pence for his views on homosexuality?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/howard-schultz-could-effectively-wind-up-as-donald-trumps-running-mate/2019/01/28/8f99f65a-2336-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/howard-schultz-could-effectively-wind-up-as-donald-trumps-running-mate/2019/01/28/8f99f65a-2336-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 28 Jan 2019 22:15:27 +0000An independent run for the White House by the former Starbucks CEO could spell disaster for Democrats in 2020.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-does-the-left-still-associate-with-louis-farrakhan/2019/01/21/de47f966-1db7-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-does-the-left-still-associate-with-louis-farrakhan/2019/01/21/de47f966-1db7-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 21 Jan 2019 22:32:00 +0000The leaders of the Women’s March ought to study history to see that theirs are old ideas.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-losing-syria-will-he-lose-the-whole-region-too/2019/01/14/af4a9e86-183d-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-losing-syria-will-he-lose-the-whole-region-too/2019/01/14/af4a9e86-183d-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 14 Jan 2019 22:02:24 +0000Other countries look to the U.S. for guidance and to enforce the rules. The president has utterly failed in that regard.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/which-side-of-the-wall-of-decency-are-you-on/2019/01/07/168d66b4-12b2-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/which-side-of-the-wall-of-decency-are-you-on/2019/01/07/168d66b4-12b2-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 07 Jan 2019 22:22:36 +0000The president is a tsunami of lies and ferocious ignorance. But he outdoes himself with this government shutdown.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-turned-the-white-house-into-a-madhouse/2018/12/31/65ffd508-0d29-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-turned-the-white-house-into-a-madhouse/2018/12/31/65ffd508-0d29-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 31 Dec 2018 21:55:27 +0000The insanity emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. will only continue in 2019.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anti-semitism-is-not-just-another-opinion-the-new-york-times-should-know-better/2018/12/24/7531887a-07b9-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anti-semitism-is-not-just-another-opinion-the-new-york-times-should-know-better/2018/12/24/7531887a-07b9-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 24 Dec 2018 22:21:53 +0000Alice Walker’s appalling book choice in an interview should have raised a red flag.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-secrets-of-success-are-finally-failing-him/2018/12/17/acfc6b18-0240-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-secrets-of-success-are-finally-failing-him/2018/12/17/acfc6b18-0240-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 18 Dec 2018 00:04:15 +0000The lies used to work, but now they’re unraveling before his very eyes.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-are-we-great-again-yet/2018/12/10/22f28164-fcaf-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-are-we-great-again-yet/2018/12/10/22f28164-fcaf-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 10 Dec 2018 23:54:40 +0000The Trump administration is drifting toward disaster.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/young-leaders-arent-the-solution-theyre-wreaking-havoc-on-the-world/2018/12/03/216386c6-f738-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/young-leaders-arent-the-solution-theyre-wreaking-havoc-on-the-world/2018/12/03/216386c6-f738-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 03 Dec 2018 22:05:29 +0000Mohammed bin Salman is the latest young man to upend the order violently.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pompeo-goes-from-diplomat-to-hack/2018/11/29/7166b1b9-48db-4873-861d-5e815f6274f4_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pompeo-goes-from-diplomat-to-hack/2018/11/29/7166b1b9-48db-4873-861d-5e815f6274f4_story.html-2Richard CohenThu, 29 Nov 2018 17:13:47 +0000The secretary of state pens a risible op-ed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/29/pompeo-goes-from-diplomat-to-hack/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/29/pompeo-goes-from-diplomat-to-hack/Richard CohenThu, 29 Nov 2018 17:13:47 +0000The secretary of state pens a risible op-ed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-want-to-dump-pelosi-thats-just-plain-dumb/2018/11/19/664e7a0c-ec39-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-want-to-dump-pelosi-thats-just-plain-dumb/2018/11/19/664e7a0c-ec39-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 19 Nov 2018 22:53:34 +0000Such a move would push the House into chaos.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-other-shoe-has-never-dropped-on-trump-january-could-change-that/2018/11/12/bfeb1a56-e6ae-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-other-shoe-has-never-dropped-on-trump-january-could-change-that/2018/11/12/bfeb1a56-e6ae-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 12 Nov 2018 22:28:36 +0000The game in 2019 will be reset, allowing Democrats a chance to exploit the president’s weaknesses.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-no-telling-how-far-trump-will-go-if-democrats-take-the-house/2018/11/05/121be800-e128-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-no-telling-how-far-trump-will-go-if-democrats-take-the-house/2018/11/05/121be800-e128-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 05 Nov 2018 22:22:19 +0000The president will do almost anything to avoid being labeled what he hates most: a loser.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-republicans-moral-cowards-or-just-historically-ignorant/2018/10/29/f45df5ee-dbb7-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-republicans-moral-cowards-or-just-historically-ignorant/2018/10/29/f45df5ee-dbb7-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 29 Oct 2018 21:39:40 +0000The GOP needs to ensure that Pittsburgh remains a spasm of the awful past — and not a harbinger of an even worse future.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-thought-juanita-broaddrick-wasnt-credible-i-was-wrong/2018/10/22/fd1b9764-d62f-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-thought-juanita-broaddrick-wasnt-credible-i-was-wrong/2018/10/22/fd1b9764-d62f-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 22 Oct 2018 21:46:34 +0000“Slow Burn” left me no longer certain that Bill Clinton didn’t rape Broaddrick. I am, though, hardly certain that he did.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/17/trumps-weakness-before-saudi-arabia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/17/trumps-weakness-before-saudi-arabia/Richard CohenWed, 17 Oct 2018 17:22:40 +0000The spoiled son of a king and the spoiled son of a real estate magnate seem to have a lot in common.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-weakness-before-saudi-arabia/2018/10/17/c6205aa0-8ab2-481d-bf8f-88eb3eccbd86_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-weakness-before-saudi-arabia/2018/10/17/c6205aa0-8ab2-481d-bf8f-88eb3eccbd86_story.html-2Richard CohenWed, 17 Oct 2018 17:22:40 +0000The spoiled son of a king and the spoiled son of a real estate magnate seem to have a lot in common.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-low-validates-trump-and-debases-america/2018/10/15/d707a048-d0a0-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-low-validates-trump-and-debases-america/2018/10/15/d707a048-d0a0-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 15 Oct 2018 21:00:47 +0000Recent political history strongly suggests that bad manners make for bad tactics.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-nasty-apathy-about-jamal-khashoggi/2018/10/10/ef59a27e-5c06-4d21-99e2-99ce4566ea02_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-nasty-apathy-about-jamal-khashoggi/2018/10/10/ef59a27e-5c06-4d21-99e2-99ce4566ea02_story.html-2Richard CohenWed, 10 Oct 2018 18:49:47 +0000He has shown authoritarian regimes that the contempt they have for the media is shared by him.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/10/trumps-nasty-apathy-about-jamal-khashoggi/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/10/trumps-nasty-apathy-about-jamal-khashoggi/Richard CohenWed, 10 Oct 2018 18:49:47 +0000He has shown authoritarian regimes that the contempt they have for the media is shared by him.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-in-a-sinkhole-of-its-own-making/2018/10/08/cfd855fa-cb24-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-in-a-sinkhole-of-its-own-making/2018/10/08/cfd855fa-cb24-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 08 Oct 2018 21:09:46 +0000The real remedy would be a political uprising in which the trends are denounced as un-American.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/05/president-trumps-ignorant-attack-on-george-soros/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/05/president-trumps-ignorant-attack-on-george-soros/Richard CohenFri, 05 Oct 2018 19:46:53 +0000What you have is not anti-Semitism by intent, but is anti-Semitism nonetheless.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-trumps-ignorant-attack-on-george-soros/2018/10/05/0fc70afa-ec78-47d9-bee3-de22605c04fa_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-trumps-ignorant-attack-on-george-soros/2018/10/05/0fc70afa-ec78-47d9-bee3-de22605c04fa_story.html-2Richard CohenFri, 05 Oct 2018 19:46:53 +0000What you have is not anti-Semitism by intent, but is anti-Semitism nonetheless.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gentlemen-get-ready-the-revolution-is-here/2018/10/01/de431a4c-c5b3-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gentlemen-get-ready-the-revolution-is-here/2018/10/01/de431a4c-c5b3-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 01 Oct 2018 21:22:27 +0000Women’s anger will not subside.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fbi-is-investigating-lincolns-hat-why-not-the-kavanaugh-allegations/2018/09/24/ba698602-c035-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fbi-is-investigating-lincolns-hat-why-not-the-kavanaugh-allegations/2018/09/24/ba698602-c035-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 24 Sep 2018 22:47:42 +0000The bureau may, in the end, be unable to reach a conclusion, but it will at least have tried.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-become-trump--and-is-about-to-hurl-itself-into-the-sea/2018/09/17/4147a592-baa9-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-become-trump--and-is-about-to-hurl-itself-into-the-sea/2018/09/17/4147a592-baa9-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 17 Sep 2018 21:19:02 +0000While some Republicans speak out privately, the party now has one face: Trump’s.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-kavanaugh-question-isnt-about-sex-its-about-whether-hes-lying/2018/09/17/3a029916-ae33-48bc-af8d-82cc500512e5_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-kavanaugh-question-isnt-about-sex-its-about-whether-hes-lying/2018/09/17/3a029916-ae33-48bc-af8d-82cc500512e5_story.html-2Richard CohenMon, 17 Sep 2018 15:58:16 +0000Ask Ken Starr, right?https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/09/17/the-kavanaugh-question-isnt-about-sex-its-about-whether-hes-lying/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/09/17/the-kavanaugh-question-isnt-about-sex-its-about-whether-hes-lying/Richard CohenMon, 17 Sep 2018 15:58:16 +0000Ask Ken Starr, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-a-communicable-disease/2018/09/10/56ae9c84-b521-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-has-a-communicable-disease/2018/09/10/56ae9c84-b521-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 10 Sep 2018 21:08:02 +0000Trump has stripped the Republican Party of its dignity.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-was-louis-farrakhan-doing-at-aretha-franklins-funeral/2018/09/04/40ba8804-9580-4c92-aa9a-6eaa95538ccd_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-was-louis-farrakhan-doing-at-aretha-franklins-funeral/2018/09/04/40ba8804-9580-4c92-aa9a-6eaa95538ccd_story.html-2Richard CohenTue, 04 Sep 2018 18:07:36 +0000And why were so few people concerned about his presence?https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/09/04/what-was-louis-farrakhan-doing-at-aretha-franklins-funeral/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/09/04/what-was-louis-farrakhan-doing-at-aretha-franklins-funeral/Richard CohenTue, 04 Sep 2018 18:07:36 +0000And why were so few people concerned about his presence?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/spiro-agnew-was-trump-before-trump/2018/09/03/b98ecf88-ad59-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/spiro-agnew-was-trump-before-trump/2018/09/03/b98ecf88-ad59-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 03 Sep 2018 20:10:43 +0000Will the president also be taken down because his numbers don’t add up?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/brett-kavanaugh-owes-monica-lewinsky-an-apology/2018/08/27/5be2e324-aa1b-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/brett-kavanaugh-owes-monica-lewinsky-an-apology/2018/08/27/5be2e324-aa1b-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 27 Aug 2018 22:29:56 +0000He may be older and wiser, but he still must answer for his role in the Starr Report.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-going-to-learn-a-very-painful-lesson/2018/08/20/252aab70-a4a1-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-going-to-learn-a-very-painful-lesson/2018/08/20/252aab70-a4a1-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 20 Aug 2018 20:59:11 +0000Not even presidents are powerful enough to save themselves from failure.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-the-president-the-founding-fathers-feared/2018/08/06/5f52e018-999f-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-the-president-the-founding-fathers-feared/2018/08/06/5f52e018-999f-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 06 Aug 2018 20:34:56 +0000No American has held rallies like this. Beware.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sean-spicer-lied-for-a-liar-and-then-he-wrote-a-book-about-it/2018/07/30/f739b3bc-9426-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sean-spicer-lied-for-a-liar-and-then-he-wrote-a-book-about-it/2018/07/30/f739b3bc-9426-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 30 Jul 2018 21:50:38 +0000The former Trump spokesman tries to set the record straight, but spurns the truth.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-people-like-trump/2018/07/23/36514540-8ea2-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-people-like-trump/2018/07/23/36514540-8ea2-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 23 Jul 2018 21:36:47 +0000He dislikes the same people they do.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/07/17/the-helsinki-fiasco-showcases-pences-hypocrisy-once-again/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/07/17/the-helsinki-fiasco-showcases-pences-hypocrisy-once-again/Richard CohenTue, 17 Jul 2018 15:45:10 +0000The vice president has come to represent the Republican Party itself.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-helsinki-fiasco-showcases-pences-hypocrisy-once-again/2018/07/17/42a572d0-e2fc-4ee6-a694-8d8ebce5b7eb_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-helsinki-fiasco-showcases-pences-hypocrisy-once-again/2018/07/17/42a572d0-e2fc-4ee6-a694-8d8ebce5b7eb_story.html-2Richard CohenTue, 17 Jul 2018 15:45:10 +0000The vice president has come to represent the Republican Party itself.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-doing-it-his-way/2018/07/16/fb09b8c6-891c-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-doing-it-his-way/2018/07/16/fb09b8c6-891c-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 16 Jul 2018 21:33:42 +0000The president still hasn’t learned that in governing, you can’t set your own hours.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/history-repeats-itself-that-means-trumps-in-trouble/2018/07/09/737b655a-83a2-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/history-repeats-itself-that-means-trumps-in-trouble/2018/07/09/737b655a-83a2-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 09 Jul 2018 19:57:09 +0000He knows nothing of why Europeans fear the right.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-win-could-revive-american-socialism/2018/07/02/0dafc8b6-7e24-11e8-bb6b-c1cb691f1402_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-win-could-revive-american-socialism/2018/07/02/0dafc8b6-7e24-11e8-bb6b-c1cb691f1402_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 03 Jul 2018 00:07:58 +0000The socialist label, combined with the demand to obliterate ICE, is a bomb that Trump can throw at the Democrats.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-dazzling-story-of-deception-in-silicon-valley/2018/06/25/a5a57b8e-78a2-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-dazzling-story-of-deception-in-silicon-valley/2018/06/25/a5a57b8e-78a2-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 25 Jun 2018 21:17:00 +0000A new book explores the promise made by Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos to revolutionize blood testing. And how it all came apart.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/it-took-the-children-to-make-trump-back-down/2018/06/20/aeea31fe-8bca-40c1-9939-59ac429bbe56_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/it-took-the-children-to-make-trump-back-down/2018/06/20/aeea31fe-8bca-40c1-9939-59ac429bbe56_story.html-2Richard CohenThu, 21 Jun 2018 00:30:12 +0000With this president, it seems the other shoe never drops. Could this be a turning point?https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/20/it-took-the-children-to-make-trump-back-down/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/20/it-took-the-children-to-make-trump-back-down/Richard CohenThu, 21 Jun 2018 00:30:12 +0000With this president, it seems the other shoe never drops. Could this be a turning point?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-heartbreaking-photo-that-shows-trump-may-have-gone-too-far/2018/06/18/e51b2ef2-7321-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-heartbreaking-photo-that-shows-trump-may-have-gone-too-far/2018/06/18/e51b2ef2-7321-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 18 Jun 2018 21:54:13 +0000The picture, in effect, was of our president — his cruel policy, his cold heart, his lack of empathy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/new-yorks-mayor-wants-to-demolish-a-school-system-that-lifts-kids-out-of-poverty/2018/06/11/42168d6c-6dab-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/new-yorks-mayor-wants-to-demolish-a-school-system-that-lifts-kids-out-of-poverty/2018/06/11/42168d6c-6dab-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 11 Jun 2018 22:32:42 +0000Bill de Blasio wants to change merit-based school admissions at Stuyvesant High School and other elite schools.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-r-i-p/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-r-i-p/Richard CohenFri, 08 Jun 2018 14:54:03 +0000The camera does not show depression.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anthony-bourdain-rip/2018/06/08/e6496f3f-f06d-439f-ab19-35beb1e1e883_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anthony-bourdain-rip/2018/06/08/e6496f3f-f06d-439f-ab19-35beb1e1e883_story.html-2Richard CohenFri, 08 Jun 2018 14:54:03 +0000The camera does not show depression.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-cant-take-its-salvation-for-granted/2018/06/04/478ca49a-6818-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-cant-take-its-salvation-for-granted/2018/06/04/478ca49a-6818-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 04 Jun 2018 22:54:27 +0000Author Jon Meacham says we have survived darker times, but that doesn’t mean we can assume we will again.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-laughable-letter-from-trumps-lawyers/2018/06/04/be8c359b-16fb-41f7-a125-e1a321d5b3c7_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-laughable-letter-from-trumps-lawyers/2018/06/04/be8c359b-16fb-41f7-a125-e1a321d5b3c7_story.html-2Richard CohenMon, 04 Jun 2018 17:30:48 +0000He can't demean the office of the presidency any more than he already has.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/04/a-laughable-letter-from-trumps-lawyers/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/04/a-laughable-letter-from-trumps-lawyers/Richard CohenMon, 04 Jun 2018 17:30:48 +0000He can't demean the office of the presidency any more than he already has.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-democrats-2020-should-be-about-one-thing/2018/05/28/ba263962-628c-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-democrats-2020-should-be-about-one-thing/2018/05/28/ba263962-628c-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 28 May 2018 21:22:59 +0000The Democratic field seems to lack anyone imbued with a red-hot desire to flatten the president. This is no small matter.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-foolish-conviction-on-north-korea/2018/05/24/b7b76d4b-49ae-42c6-b628-304c060fa3fe_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-foolish-conviction-on-north-korea/2018/05/24/b7b76d4b-49ae-42c6-b628-304c060fa3fe_story.html-2Richard CohenThu, 24 May 2018 16:57:26 +0000He was right to push back from the table for the time being but he was wrong in the first place to plunge into a summit.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/24/trumps-foolish-conviction-on-north-korea/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/24/trumps-foolish-conviction-on-north-korea/Richard CohenThu, 24 May 2018 16:57:26 +0000He was right to push back from the table for the time being but he was wrong in the first place to plunge into a summit.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-bolton-the-new-dr-strangelove/2018/05/21/dceb1dd4-5d1c-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-bolton-the-new-dr-strangelove/2018/05/21/dceb1dd4-5d1c-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 22 May 2018 00:12:29 +0000Bolton’s plans for North Korea have an underlying theme: The regime is illegitimate. So Kim has to go, probably feet first.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gina-haspels-competence-is-not-the-issue-her-moral-standing-is/2018/05/14/5812e9ec-5796-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gina-haspels-competence-is-not-the-issue-her-moral-standing-is/2018/05/14/5812e9ec-5796-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 15 May 2018 00:05:01 +0000If the United States uses torture in special circumstances, then other nations will use it as they see fit.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-where-the-end-begins/2018/04/30/ef6ea24a-4cb0-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-where-the-end-begins/2018/04/30/ef6ea24a-4cb0-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 01 May 2018 00:11:45 +0000The GOP will be stuck with the bundle of insecurities and resentments called “Trumpism” long after he’s gone.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-will-exit-the-north-korea-summit-a-failure/2018/04/23/c2b7da22-4720-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-will-exit-the-north-korea-summit-a-failure/2018/04/23/c2b7da22-4720-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 24 Apr 2018 00:10:20 +0000The president’s ignorant confidence is dangerous on the world stage.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-already-know-the-citizenship-question-will-hurt-the-census-alabama-tried-it/2018/04/17/395c8cca-41ba-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-already-know-the-citizenship-question-will-hurt-the-census-alabama-tried-it/2018/04/17/395c8cca-41ba-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.htmlJ. Richard CohenTue, 17 Apr 2018 23:37:03 +0000The impact there was immediate and devastating.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/privilege-is-real-but-being-a-white-man-shouldnt-disqualify-me/2018/04/16/cc3816f6-41b8-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/privilege-is-real-but-being-a-white-man-shouldnt-disqualify-me/2018/04/16/cc3816f6-41b8-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 16 Apr 2018 23:52:06 +0000Diversity in the workplace is an overdue goal, but it’s unfair to treat people mainly as members of a gender or race.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/04/11/go-paul-go/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/04/11/go-paul-go/Richard CohenWed, 11 Apr 2018 16:09:02 +0000Paul Ryan's silence on the most important issue facing America is a gross dereliction of duty.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/go-paul-go/2018/04/11/4aae6dc8-a876-45b1-b2e9-710d77f9952e_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/go-paul-go/2018/04/11/4aae6dc8-a876-45b1-b2e9-710d77f9952e_story.html-2Richard CohenWed, 11 Apr 2018 16:09:02 +0000Paul Ryan's silence on the most important issue facing America is a gross dereliction of duty.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-performed-a-medical-miracle-on-the-republican-party/2018/04/09/c88de24a-3c1f-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-performed-a-medical-miracle-on-the-republican-party/2018/04/09/c88de24a-3c1f-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 10 Apr 2018 00:04:00 +0000The president has de-spined the GOP, which now lives and dies by its base.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/martin-luther-kings-undefeatable-message-come-be-like-me/2018/04/02/0be4bce8-3690-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/martin-luther-kings-undefeatable-message-come-be-like-me/2018/04/02/0be4bce8-3690-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.htmlRichard CohenTue, 03 Apr 2018 00:15:51 +0000King grows greater every year.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/find-this-man-a-lawyer/2018/03/26/9127a548-312a-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/find-this-man-a-lawyer/2018/03/26/9127a548-312a-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 26 Mar 2018 23:21:00 +0000President Trump keeps searching for the right legal representation. He’ll need it against Mueller.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stormy-daniels--not-robert-mueller--might-spell-trumps-doom/2018/03/19/8ba6c58a-2b95-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stormy-daniels--not-robert-mueller--might-spell-trumps-doom/2018/03/19/8ba6c58a-2b95-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 19 Mar 2018 23:55:00 +0000When it comes to their affair, Stormy Daniels has, so far, out-Trumped Trump.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/would-gina-haspel-thwart-trump-on-torture-we-need-to-know/2018/03/14/7aff6bb3-c6d6-4255-b206-3e88874369af_story.html-2https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/would-gina-haspel-thwart-trump-on-torture-we-need-to-know/2018/03/14/7aff6bb3-c6d6-4255-b206-3e88874369af_story.html-2Richard CohenWed, 14 Mar 2018 14:45:04 +0000Trump's CIA pick was directly involved in the CIA's "black site" prison in Thailand where detainees were tortured.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/14/would-gina-haspel-thwart-trump-on-torture-we-need-to-know/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/14/would-gina-haspel-thwart-trump-on-torture-we-need-to-know/Richard CohenWed, 14 Mar 2018 14:45:04 +0000Trump's CIA pick was directly involved in the CIA's "black site" prison in Thailand where detainees were tortured.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-forget-dreamers-are-being-bartered-for-a-wall/2018/03/12/fcd2498e-2620-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-forget-dreamers-are-being-bartered-for-a-wall/2018/03/12/fcd2498e-2620-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.htmlRichard CohenMon, 12 Mar 2018 23:51:10 +0000In the process, America sells it soul.