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It’s journalism we’re practicing, not espionage

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published May 21st, 2013 - 12:05AM

The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists’ phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn’t chilling, it’s just plain cold.

Issa’s cheap political stunt on Benghazi could have a silver lining

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published May 10th, 2013 - 12:05AM

Those who are trying to make the Benghazi tragedy into a scandal for the Obama administration really ought to decide what story line they want to sell.

Syrian intervention: some questions to ponder

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published May 7th, 2013 - 12:05AM

WASHINGTON – For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions:

Obama blew his chance to show some resolve

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published May 3rd, 2013 - 12:05AM

President Barack Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass.

It’s heartbreaking, but Syria is still not our fight

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published April 30th, 2013 - 12:05AM

President Barack Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces might or might not make the situation better — but certainly could make things worse.

Interrogation methods and Iraq: Stains on Bush’s legacy

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published April 26th, 2013 - 12:05AM

WASHINGTON – In retrospect, George W. Bush’s legacy doesn’t look as bad as it did when he left office. It looks worse.

Violence has America resolute — but with an asterisk

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published April 24th, 2013 - 12:05AM

WASHINGTON – The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists – and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry.

Is this the best the Republicans can come up with?

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published April 5th, 2013 - 12:05AM

I think I’ve figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security.

Test-obsessed school reform too often leads to cheating

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published April 2nd, 2013 - 12:05AM

It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform – requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administra-tors depend on their students’ standardized test scores – is at best a well-intentioned mistake, and at worst nothing but a racket.

He had mayhem on his mind – and guns to back it up

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published March 29th, 2013 - 12:05AM

The gunman in the Newtown massacre fired 154 bullets from his Bushmaster military-style rifle in less than five minutes, killing 20 first-graders and six adults. He brought with him 10 large-capacity magazines, each holding up to 30 rounds, which allowed him to reload quickly. He also carried two semiautomatic handguns, one of which he used to take his own life.

Court could stand in the way of gay marriage tide – or go with it

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published March 26th, 2013 - 12:05AM

Don’t take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court might not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of same-sex marriage, but we probably should expect them to try.

Harry Reid’s inaction denies gun victims a vote

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published March 22nd, 2013 - 12:05AM

Shame on Harry Reid for killing any prospect of an assault weapons ban. I understand why he did it, but that doesn’t make it right.

Some faint signs of life in the Republican Party?

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published March 19th, 2013 - 12:05AM

At first glance, last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference looked like a hot mess. On closer inspection, it looked even worse.

Ryan plan just a starvation diet for the government

EUGENE ROBINSON

Published March 12th, 2013 - 12:05AM

If Rep. Paul Ryan wants people to take his budget manifestos seriously, he should be honest about his ambition: not so much to make the federal government fiscally sustainable as to make it smaller.

Can’t knock Paul for calling attention to drones