http://www.truthdig.com/stanley_kutler Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-24T13:19:03+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obama_risks_losing_his_judicial_prize_20091124/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obama_risks_losing_his_judicial_prize_20091124/ barack obama, bush, congress, conservatives, democrats, gop, history, judiciary, kutler, obama, politics, republicans, senate, stanley kutler, supreme court, white house,

The opposition’s decision to stall and oppose President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations smacks of hypocrisy, and further draws into question the majority’s ability to govern.

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It is somewhat late in the day to lament the politicization of the judiciary, a condition that has always existed, but extravagant campaign contributions have now perilously altered the landscape.

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]]> 2009-11-03T22:48:38+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091001_obamas_afghanistan_dilemma/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091001_obamas_afghanistan_dilemma/ afghanistan, bush, government, history, house, iraq, kutler, mccain, military, obama, politics, security, senate, war,

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama repeatedly called for expanding the war in Afghanistan. Be careful what you wish for.

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]]> 2009-10-01T09:39:59+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090820_vietnams_lesson_lost_in_afghanistan/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090820_vietnams_lesson_lost_in_afghanistan/ afghanistan, al-qaida, barack obama, health care, iraq, veterans, vfw, viet cong, vietnam, vietnam syndrome,

Vietnam’s primary lesson remains intact: American power is not without limits, both in terms of defeating an enemy and in terms of its domestic support. The primary lesson of Vietnam seems to be that it is a lesson lost. And now we have some of the same intractable problems in Afghanistan.

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President Richard Nixon resigned on Aug. 9, 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the revelations of his “abuses of power” and obstruction of justice. For his involvement in criminal activities, Nixon earned his unique epitaph: an unindicted co-conspirator.

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]]> 2009-08-09T11:20:50+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090711_what_will_history_make_of_colin_powell/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090711_what_will_history_make_of_colin_powell/ colin powell, condoleezza rice, gulf of tonkin, iraq war, richard nixon, robert mcnamara, south korea, vietnam, watergate, weapons of mass destruction,

Public figures understandably fuss over their reputations and how they will be remembered. Recent news brought to mind two prominent figures of their moment: Colin Powell and Robert McNamara.

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]]> 2009-07-12T03:01:51+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090524_congressional_duck_and_cover/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090524_congressional_duck_and_cover/ congress, edmund burke, guantanamo detainees, kutler, obama,

Congress is broken. The framers of the Constitution, building on nearly six centuries of parliamentary experience, situated Congress at the heart of the American constitutional system. For the past 25 years, however, Congress has made a joke of that system, as it has trivialized and mocked any meaningful representation in the sense that the makers of the Constitution framed it.

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]]> 2009-05-24T07:14:30+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090514_the_president_and_his_coalition_of_the_unwilling/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090514_the_president_and_his_coalition_of_the_unwilling/ afghanistan, al-qaida, bush, graham, iraq, lieberman, obama, photos, prisoner, prisoner abuse, robert gates, torture,

President Barack Obama dramatically changed course twice on May 13 when he announced he would not release photos of American military personnel “abusing” detainees, reversing the Pentagon’s statement on April 26 that it would comply with a court order—with the president’s own prompt and emphatic support for release.

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]]> 2009-05-15T06:16:13+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090428_enough_with_this_100_days_nonsense/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090428_enough_with_this_100_days_nonsense/ afghanistan, barack obama, congress, debate, economy, fdr, government, history, house, iraq, kutler, law, media, new deal, obama, pentagon, republicans, roosevelt, war, white house,

On what basis have the cable channels decided that President Obama’s first hundred days are the most important thing to happen in the history of the world? As in the case of FDR before him, much has happened in the beginning of the president’s first term—and there is much more to come.

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]]> 2009-04-28T08:25:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090327_congress_rolls_over_for_the_banks/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090327_congress_rolls_over_for_the_banks/ aig, barney frank, congress, henry waxman, iran-contra, nixon, obama, oversight, sam ervin, watergate,

Congress’ work has often offered us transparency and has usually led to useful, progressive legislation. And now comes Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank’s choreographed extravaganza in the House of Representatives, supported by an echoing committee, with sound bites worthy of a night in the Borscht Belt.

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