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Time for Washington's Football Team to Change Its Name
“The name fails the most basic tests of acceptability,” writes Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson about the Washington Redskins’ team name. He joins a widening chorus calling for a name change for the football team based in the nation’s capital. I’m a bit late to the topic, but the Washington, D.C., professional football team really…
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John Boehner Is Playing to Win
The Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson writes an insightful piece about GOP House Speaker John Boehner. Although the Ohio politician may appear stuck between a rock and a hard place amid the nation’s latest debt crisis, brokered by the Tea Party, he’s not, Robinson observes. He’s playing to win. Don’t feel sorry for John Boehner. His…
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The Real Danger for the GOP Is Obamacare's Success
Republicans have tried their best to make Obamacare synonymous with the bogeyman before its implementation, but the Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson writes that its success after Oct. 1 might prove to be their greatest foe. The GOP has tried its best to make Obamacare a synonym for bogeyman and convince people that it’s coming in…
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Obama Must Not Yield to Republicans
The Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson says that President Barack Obama must be the strong disciplinarian in his dysfunctional congressional family because Republican leaders have failed to corral errant party members who think they can dismantle Obamacare, force a government shutdown and hold the debt ceiling hostage by throwing tantrums. Mature adults in the GOP should…
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Why Obama's March on Washington Speech Was Remarkable
President Barack Obama delivered a strong performance at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, writes Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson. Given the no-win situation of trying to compete with Martin Luther King Jr.’s poeticism, Robinson argues, it was wise for Obama to focus on social and economic issues despite mounting concerns about strife in…
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GOP Party of Obstruction: The New Normal?
The unproductive standoff between President Barack Obama and the GOP House continues to loom as the Democratic Party appears likely to grow nationally and the Republican Party remains firmly entrenched in Washington, Eugene Robinson writes at the Washington Post. The bad news is that approval ratings for both the president and Congress are sinking, with…
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I Was Wrong on Obama
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson acknowledges that he could not have been more wrong a week ago when he wrote that President Barack Obama would not be able to address effectively the issues of race that the George Zimmerman trial raised. Robinson is encouraged by the degree to which Obama explained what it’s like to be…
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GOP: The Party of No
Saying he wishes “someone would make it stop,” Eugene Robinson writes at the Washington Post that watching Republicans try to persuade themselves that crushing immigration reform actually helps the party is almost like observing someone crash and burn. Self-delusion is a sad spectacle. Watching Republicans convince themselves that killing immigration reform actually helps the GOP…
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Defense of Marriage Act: More Work to Be Done
While supporters celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson argues that there’s more work to be done. The Supreme Court’s work on marriage equality is far from done. But I believe this may be remembered as the day when the nation…
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Taking DNA With No Search Warrant: That's a Problem
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson discusses his problems with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that permits police to take DNA samples from anyone who commits a serious crime. In an unusual position for him, Robinson agrees with dissenting conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. The words “Antonin Scalia was right” do not flow easily for me. But…
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