Stories by Marie Cocco
Marie Cocco is a prize-winning syndicated columnist on political and cultural topics for The Washington Post Writers Group. She is a frequent commentator on national TV and radio shows.
Palin is a cultural oddity that many Americans value little except as an object -- one that absorbs every projection of the national imagination.
Posted on Oct 2, 2008
Though Obama's health plan is far better than McCain's, it still only tinkers around the edges. What we need is a system overhaul.
Posted on Aug 28, 2008
It is usually the job of the party nominee to build unity once a vanquished rival has conceded. Unless the loser happens to be a woman.
Posted on Aug 26, 2008
Money is on the mind of voters as they see their paychecks shrink from inflation, their jobs threatened and their middle-class dreams diminished.
Posted on Aug 26, 2008
So much for change. Only one female correspondent has moderated a presidential forum since the commission began running debates in 1988.
Posted on Aug 19, 2008
Smoking is an addiction, not a choice. The public has long known this. Finally, Congress is catching on.
Posted on Aug 18, 2008
Obama did not campaign during the primaries on a plan that would achieve universal coverage.
Posted on Aug 12, 2008
McCain favors ... well, he's hard to pin down. Obama's being cagey, too.
Posted on Aug 5, 2008
Conservatives are proposing a federal rule that would go so far as to allow providers to deny rape victims emergency contraception.
Posted on Jul 31, 2008
Starbucks is about to close 600 stores. It represents the excess that helped get us into the economic jam we face today.
Posted on Jul 25, 2008
The obesity epidemic is largely of our own making. The solution has to come from healthy activities, not the pharmaceutical industry.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008
Why is a candidate praised for his rhetorical gifts perpetuating irresponsible stereotypes about women who have abortions?
Posted on Jul 8, 2008
In the absence of a reliable Congress, we need to make personal sacrifices. Turn down the thermostat. Ditch the SUV.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008
Dennis Kucinich takes the call to impeach Bush beyond bumper-sticker slogans, laying out 35 articles of impeachment in Congress.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
What is it about Hillary that has Americans in such a tizzy?
Posted on May 22, 2008
This appalling denial of care to wounded service men and women is part of a larger health system that's failing all of us.
Posted on May 20, 2008
When the Democratic primaries end, we might finally get a break from this country's orgiastic display of woman-hating.
Posted on May 16, 2008
With quality and access down, support for a national health plan is up.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008
The presidency may come down to how well populist messages hold up against Republican "class warfare" rhetoric.
Posted on Jan 4, 2008
As the disaster in Iraq continues, the forgotten country of Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming another widespread human rights disaster.
Posted on Nov 28, 2007
As the holiday season approaches, a recent poll shows that the economy has beaten Iraq as the issue of most concern to Americans.
Posted on Nov 13, 2007
Shorter vacations, longer work weeks and skimpy sick leave for Americans add up -- not to greater upward mobility, but to a burned-out workforce earning less than preceding generations.
Posted on Jul 12, 2007
Connect the Justice Department dots and you see an insidious effort to corrupt the American electoral system. It's Watergate without the break-in or the bagmen.
Posted on May 18, 2007
