Robinson: Donald Trump’s strange defense of Russia
By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group Good lord. We are about to inaugurate as president a man whose election, according to the CIA, was aided by a Russian intelligence...
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Robinson: What does it take to get a police officer punished for killing an unarmed black man?
Watch the video. Walter Scott, unarmed and slow of foot, tries to run away. Police officer Michael Slager calmly fires five rounds into Scott's back.
Robinson: On Trump’s Carrier deal, pay attention to the details
The Carrier deal is just the latest piece of evidence suggesting that Trump's populist rhetoric about championing the working stiff was all a bunch of hooey.
Robinson: The American experiment will soon be put to the test
The old political order lies in rubble. Donald Trump is going to be president. The strength and resilience of the American experiment are about to be tested.
Robinson: Donald Trump isn’t just a pig; he seems to be a sexual predator
The story here is not just that Trump is a pig, which we already knew. It is that the Republican nominee for president of the United States appears to be...
Robinson: In Monday’s debate, Hillary Clinton delivered a beatdown
On Monday night, at the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton made her opponent look ignorant, unprepared, egotistical, childish, petulant, impatient and at times totally incoherent.
Robinson: Two types of gun laws: one for blacks and one for whites
If you are a black man in America, exercising your constitutional right to keep and bear arms can be fatal.
Robinson: Trump’s tax returns could offer key answers to Russia questions
By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group Why does Donald Trump say such nice things about Vladimir Putin and Russia? What is Trump hiding in the tax returns he refuses...
Robinson: Donald Trump’s 360-degree “pivot”
I've said it before: Donald Trump is not going to change. No matter how many times he reshuffles his campaign, he is who he is. It's delusional to pretend otherwise.
Robinson: Trump’s supreme lack of presidential fitness
During the primary season, as Donald Trump's bizarre outbursts helped him crush the competition, I thought he was being crazy like a fox. Now I am convinced that he's just...