Eugene Robinson

by Eyck Freymann

I love Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post Columnist. I've been reading his column since April and ever since have looked forward to reading it. He was dead right on the debate:

McCain apparently intended for the phrase "spread the wealth," which Obama had uttered in his conversation with Wurzelbacher, to strike fear in the hearts of right-thinking Americans. But it's nothing more than an accurate definition of taxation, which most human civilizations have long accepted. I guess McCain was reaching back to the days when the idea of redistributing wealth had socialist connotations, but socialism is dead -- except on Wall Street, where a huge chunk of the nation's financial system is now owned by the federal government.