In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson delves into the issue of who else was responsible for Anders Behring Breivik’s rage. The monster who admitted slaughtering at least 76 innocent victims in Norway was animated by the same blend of paranoia, xenophobia and alienation that fuels anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. Yes, it could…

Eugene Robinson, in his Washington Post column, argues that in order to get on the public’s radar, progressives need a “Big Idea,” such as job creation and building a robust economy. He argues that the GOP is on a winning streak because it has a Big Idea, albeit a bad one, which is that taxes…

Eugene Robinson, in his Washington Post column, says that history will hold GOP lawmakers responsible for Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. government debt rating. The so-called analysts at Standard & Poor’s may not be the most reliable bunch, but there was one very good reason for them to downgrade U.S. debt: Republicans in…

In his Washington Post opinion column, Eugene Robinson asks about the Obama administration’s plan for Syria after the U.S. made a dramatic denouncement of the country’s dictator and called for him to step down.  It’s hard to argue with President Obama’s call for Bashar al-Assad, the bloodthirsty Syrian dictator, to step down. But it’s also…

In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson writes that the nation is not advancing toward fulfilling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream. As the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a stirring new memorial on the National Mall, let’s not obscure one of his most important messages in a fog of sentiment.…

In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson writes that as Dick Cheney and George W. Bush walk the runway on their respective media tours, they should also revisit policies that brought the economy to its penurious state. Thank you, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, for emerging from your secure, undisclosed locations to remind us…

At his Washington Post opinion blog, Eugene Robinson praises President Obama for issuing hostile congressional Republicans a challenge on Thursday instead of inviting them to sit around the campfire and sing “Kumbaya.” Perhaps the most significant line in Obama’s speech was his promise to take his jobs message to the people in “every corner of…

Eugene Robinson, in his Washington Post opinion column, writes that the nation desperately needs to move past the war our enemies began on Sept. 11, 2001. There never was a “war on terrorism.” It wasn’t “terrorism” that crashed airliners into buildings on that brilliant Tuesday morning. The attacks were carried out by a 19-member assault…