Eugene Robinson's Blog, page 138

Reexamining the myth of no-fault capitalism

From all evidence, the issue of economic justice isn't going away. Break the news gently to Mitt Romney, who seems apoplectic that the whole "rich get richer, poor get poorer" thing is being discussed out loud. In front of the children, for goodness' sake.

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Martin Luther King and the dream that came true

He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he'd likely still have his wits and his voice. Surely, if he were able, he would continue to preach, to pray — and to dream.

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Mitt Romney's clear road out of New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H.

It's going to be mean and dispiriting, this campaign. We'll be assailed with talk of "
European socialism
" and "
vulture capitalism
" — not "hope" and "change" — and the months between now and November will seem an eternity.

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The extreme Rick Santorum

Don't let him near the Oval Office.

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Romney's not-a-mandate

Five years in Iowa for 25 percent?

A brainpower revolution

Policymakers must start thinking big.

The GOP's slip is showing

GOP can't erase what voters saw this week.

Which candidate should answer that 3 a.m. phone call?

Gingrich, Romney's rash reactions to Kim Jong Il's death.

Has Gingrich ever heard an idea he didn't like?

Gingrich has never met one he didn't like.