The following is an excerpt of Charles M. Blow’s column from Sunday’s New York Times: “In an interview with the BBC this week, Oprah Winfrey said of President Obama: ‘There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases, and maybe even many cases, because he’s African-American.’ With that remark,…

In a bruising piece at the New York Times, Charles M. Blow writes that the 16-day shutdown of the federal government is emblematic of the danger and conflict that resides within leaders of the Republican Party. Congress has finally worked out a deal to end the government shutdown and dodge default, but not before the…

In the New York Times, Charles M. Blow equates the Republican Party’s efforts to stall President Obama’s economic progress to Herman Melville’s iconic revenge-seeking Captain Ahab, who engaged in a failed pursuit to slay Moby Dick, a great white whale. “America’s national interests are subordinate to their selfish ones,” he writes. The House Republican caucus is…

“There is no glory in this,” the New York Times‘ Charles M. Blow writes in a strong reprimand to House Republicans who have threatened to “wreak havoc on the economy” in a last-ditch effort to block implementation of the Affordable Care Act. “This is petty and small.” Delay and defund. And default. That is the…

During an interview last year, George Zimmerman told Sean Hannity that shooting Trayvon Martin was “God’s plan.” Having sat through his second-degree-murder trial in the presence of the dead teen’s parents, writes Charles Blow in the New York Times, perhaps Zimmerman would answer differently now. One thing still hanging in the air when the lawyers…

In the New York Times, columnist Charles M. Blow parses John McCain’s statement regarding the latest immigration bill, saying the senator was really discussing the meeting of race and politics. Senator John McCain, a member of the Gang of Eight that drafted the original legislation, spoke of his support of the amendment to Fox News…

This week was rough for Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who used the racial slur “wetback” while trying to identify with the working class, writes New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow.  The question must be asked: Why do so many insensitive comments come from these Republicans? One reason may well be their proximity…

At what cost comes a higher-education degree? According to New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, the cost of college tuition has risen 68 percent. “In the ‘new normal,’ retirement and health care costs simultaneously drive up the cost of higher education, and compete with education for limited public resources. The ‘new normal’ no longer…