International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Sarah Palin, Mainstreeter that she is, loves to drop her g's, so she'd no doubt call the poet Kiplin'. But could she have learned from him?
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
By ROGER COHEN NYT In 1970, in the midst of the longest bear market since World War II, President Richard Nixon declared: “Frankly, if I had any money, I’d be buying stocks right now.” The market soared. Now, I’ve been asking myself, just for the heck of it, what would happen if President Bush tried his own jawboning of the market and said: “Frankly, if I had any money, I’d be buying...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Bush's gambles on wars and derivatives leave fear stalking America.
The Great Seduction (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a brilliant critique of Sarah Palin this morning, Times columnist Roger Cohen takes the woman to task for using the phrase "never again" during the Biden debate in the context of making sure that the Joe Six Packs and...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | yesterday
By ROGER COHEN NYT WASHINGTON Repeat after me: pigs can’t fly. Repeat after me: if you don’t work you die. Repeat after me: fire will certainly burn. Perhaps these truths seem self-evident. But let’s face it, the whole Wall Street debacle, with its cost of some $700 billion to generations of Americans, was based on the fathomless human ability to disregard facts and believe in cloud-cuckoo-land....
A Spork in the Drawer (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Given St. John's well-known love of throwing the dice the NYT's frequently dopey Roger Cohen goes with the apt methaphor: I know one thing: this is no time for further gambling. John McCain rolled the dice on Sarah Palin. I’m...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
By Roger Cohen The New York Times In 1970, in the midst of the longest bear market since World War II, President Richard Nixon declared: "Frankly, if I had any money, I'd be buying stocks right now." The market soared. Now, I've been asking myself, just for the heck of it, what would happen if President Bush tried his own jawboning of the market and said: "Frankly, if I had any money, I'd be...
Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
There’s No Such Thing as ‘Palinism’There is, however, such a thing as Americanism.American exceptionalism gets a new name in a recent New York Times from Roger Cohen: Palinism. This is a bizarre form of compliment from a detractor of Mrs. Palin — using her name to label a tradition in American ideology that’s been “around since the Founding Fathers,” which he admits is an “inspirational...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... my decision that we will go after them (Taliban insurgents), we will free this country," he told Roger Cohen in an interview. "Yes, this is my first priority because I will have no country otherwise. I will be president of what?" The article said Zardari also spoke for "genuine conciliation" with India and Afghanistan, which is essential to the region's stability. Asked if the assassination...
