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Cohen: New Year's Resolution: Don't Apologize for Democrats
Commentary, January, 01 2010
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
For the new year, let's resolve: Don't defend Democrats when they don't deserve defending. And that certainly includes President Obama.
Cohen: Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance
Commentary, November, 29 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
With Obama pushing a huge troop escalation in Afghanistan, history may well repeat itself with a vengeance. And it's not just the apt comparison to LBJ, who destroyed his presidency on the battlefields of Vietnam with an escalation that delivered ...
Cohen: The Mystique of "Free-Market Guy" Obama
Commentary, September, 25 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
No matter what the facts are, some liberal activists and leaders persist in seeing President Obama as a principled progressive reformer who lives and breathes the campaign rhetoric about "change you can believe in."
Cohen: Coming to NBC: "To Catch a Cheney"
Commentary, February, 25 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
I have a plan to get NBC out of last place in the ratings. I'm promising blockbuster audience and international buzz. As a once disgruntled ex-employee, I now just want to be positive and help NBC, which needs all the free advice it can get.
Cohen: What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us
Commentary, November, 15 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result are about to be tested as to their "independence." With Democrats in control, will these outlets be guided by principle or just partisanship? Will they speak tr...
Cohen: Studs Terkel: He'll Never Be Silenced
Commentary, November, 04 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
The irrepressible Louis "Studs" Terkel was many things - oral historian, radio and TV host, actor, activist, Bronx-born icon of Chicago, the "great listener" who was hard of hearing, Pulitzer Prize-winner. But most of all he was an inspiration. He...
Cohen: Izzy Stone, Patron Saint of Bloggers
Commentary, June, 17 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
It was nineteen years ago this week that I.F. (Izzy) Stone died. The legendary blogger was 81...
Cohen: 40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced
Commentary, April, 06 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2269 dramatic story of King’s last year] as he campaigned militantly against U.S. foreign...
Cohen: Iraq Winter Soldier Hearings: Victory for Independent Media
Commentary, March, 18 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
In 1971 at age 19, I had a life-changing experience when I met dozens of Vietnam veterans who'd descended on my hometown of Detroit to testify at the "Winter Soldier" hearings organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Cohen: Stepford Republicans: All Caught on Tape!
Commentary, February, 09 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
"The Stepford Wives" tells the chilling story of once smart, independent women who get abducted and turned into tamed, mindless robots.
