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#33 Richard Cohen
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Richard Cohen has written an op-ed column since 1984 for The Washington Post.
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Though left-leaning, Cohen has a quirky independent streak matched by few pundits. He supports abortion rights and gay rights, but was also one of the few to defend the Bush administration during the CIA leak scandal. During President Obama’s first year, he has advocated for government-run health care while opposing the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.
Cohen’s unorthodox positions on some issues have raised eyebrows and, occasionally, tempers. He has suggested that the creation of the Israeli state was a "mistake," condemned Stephen Colbert's much-admired performance at the White House Correspondence Dinner, and argued that the usefulness of algebra is "a lie propagated by, among others, algebra teachers."
Though left-leaning, Cohen has a quirky independent streak matched by few pundits. He supports abortion rights and gay rights, but was also one of the few to defend the Bush administration during the CIA leak scandal. During President Obama’s first year, he has advocated for government-run health care while opposing the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.
Cohen’s unorthodox positions on some issues have raised eyebrows and, occasionally, tempers. He has suggested that the creation of the Israeli state was a "mistake," condemned Stephen Colbert's much-admired performance at the White House Correspondence Dinner, and argued that the usefulness of algebra is "a lie propagated by, among others, algebra teachers."
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February 2, 2010
National Security
Tone-Deaf on Terrorism
“There is almost nothing the Obama administration does regarding terrorism that makes me feel safer. Whether it is guaranteeing captured terrorists that they will not be waterboarded, reciting terrorists their rights, or the legally meandering and confusing rule that some terrorists will be tried in military tribunals and some in civilian courts, what is missing is a firm recognition that what comes first is not the message sent to America's critics but the message sent to Americans themselves.”
February 1, 2010
NYC Terrorist Trial
Obama Administration is Tone-Deaf to Concerns About Terrorism
“There is almost nothing the Obama administration does regarding terrorism that makes me feel safer.”
January 26, 2010
Edwards Scandal
From John Edwards, Lessons on Celebrity and Politics
“This was John Edwards. He's not a scandal. He's a lesson.”
January 19, 2010
Democrats
New York Democrats' Identity Crisis
“I'm a Yankees fan. The Mets, too. Love the Knicks, the Rangers, the Giants and the Jets. Pastrami goes on rye, hold the mayo. The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.”
January 12, 2010
Middle East
Baader Days, Discarded
“You might think that the lesson is that the more things change, the more they remain the same -- but it isn't. To paraphrase Louis XIV -- "l'etat c'est moi" -- the cliche is me. I've changed.”
January 5, 2010
The President
A Leader without a Cause
“His numbers sink as his achievements rise. He is the Johnny Appleseed of cognitive dissonance, so utterly detached that when he wins it seems to be only for himself.”
January 5, 2010
The President
Leader Without a Cause
“It's not that he's not good or smart; it's rather that in a political universe ruled by ideological yellers, he lacks both an ideology and the pipes.”
December 22, 2009
Health Care Reform
A Ray of Hope in an Imperfect Bill
“The reason cliches endure is that they are true.”
December 15, 2009
National Security
Programmed to Kill
“The right tone to strike when writing about the threat of domestic terrorism is hard to find.”
December 8, 2009
War in Afghanistan
A Price to Pay, One Name at a Time
“Each day, when I read the names and pause to wonder about their lives, I have to wonder when I will be able to stop reading -- when there are no more names to read or simply too many of them?”
November 24, 2009
The President
The Missing Obama
“Obama should reread his Philadelphia speech. He'll find a good man there.”
November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin's Influence
Time for Some Palintology
“Could those who fault Barack Obama for being callow and inexperienced imagine Palin meeting with the Chinese or, for that matter, conducting a protracted policy review about Afghanistan?”
November 15, 2009
War in Afghanistan
Why 'Surge Light' Won't Work
“The trick for the United States in Afghanistan is to eradicate al-Qaeda and suppress the Taliban -- and do both in such a way that it does not go from self-proclaimed liberator to perceived oppressor.”