By Eugene Robinson In Afghanistan, momentum has become a substitute for logic. We’re not fighting because we have a clear set of achievable goals. We’re at war, apparently, because we’re at war. No other conclusion can be drawn from the circular, contradictory, confusing statements that the war’s commanders and supporters keep making. President Obama, in [...]
By Eugene Robinson After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there’s no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African Americans or other minorities reach positions of power, they seek some kind of revenge against whites. A few of the purveyors of this bigoted nonsense might [...]
By Eugene Robinson For Roman Polanski, the long, unspeakable nightmare of being confined to his three-story chalet in Gstaad, the luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, is finally over. The fugitive director is free once again to stroll into town, have a nice meal, maybe do a little shopping at the local Cartier, Hermes or [...]
By: Marc Lamont Hill In a recent interview, rapper Slim Thug unleashed a very disturbing attack on Black women, here’s an excerpt: …Most single Black women feel like they don’t want to settle for less. Their standards are too high right now. They have to understand that successful Black men are kind of extinct. We’re [...]
By Clarence Page Ah, Scotty, the tea party hardly knew ya. After he won the late Ted Kennedy’s seat earlier this year and broke the Democrats’ lock on the Senate, Scott Brown was hailed as a hero by backers in the anti-tax tea party movement. But that was then. More recently the tea partiers have [...]
By Eugene Robinson The system worked. Authorities responded to the attempted Times Square bombing about as well as anyone possibly could — proving, once again, that viewing terrorism exclusively in a military context is wrong. It’s a police matter, too. That Faisal Shahzad was apprehended just 53 hours after he allegedly left an explosives-packed SUV [...]
By James Zogby Before dashing off to celebrate a hard fought victory in achieving health care reform, it is important to reflect on a deeply disturbing aspect of the debate that I believe spells danger ahead. A Republican talking point repeated ad nauseam during yesterday’s debate pounded on the theme that they, and they alone, [...]
By Allison Samuels Talk about words that sting to the core. Harry Reid’s recent comments about President Barack Obama’s light skin and acceptable non-”Negro” vocabulary and speech brought back a rush of memories that I’m sure most African-Americans would like to forget. Since the days of slavery, skin color has been used as a tool [...]
By Eugene Robinson It’s ironic that President Obama could never be convincing as populist in chief. He had a modest upbringing — his family was on food stamps for a time — and he needed scholarships and loans to pay for his fancy education. He is no stranger to the struggles of everyday Americans. By [...]
By Eugene Robinson Leave Tiger alone. Enough with the puns — we get that he’s really just a “cheetah” in disguise. Enough with the Barbie-of-the-Day revelations — we get that he’s attracted to a certain type. Enough with the whole thing — we have far more important things to worry about. Yeah, right. Sit down [...]
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