E.J. Dionne on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/98/ 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 2009-11-26T07:12:13+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Obama’s Thankless Thanksgiving http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_thankless_thanksgiving_20091125/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_thankless_thanksgiving_20091125/ dionne, economy, ej dionne, health, health care, obama, thanksgiving, war, white house, So in vogue are attacks on the president that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism.

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]]> 2009-11-26T07:12:13+00:00 Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_third_way_in_afghanistan_20091122/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_third_way_in_afghanistan_20091122/ afghanistan, budget, bush, congress, conservatives, debt, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, health care, iraq, obama, politics, war, The president’s mix-and-match approach to Afghanistan will make no one very happy. Yet it might be the least dangerous choice.

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]]> 2009-11-23T07:42:11+00:00 GOP Obstruction Goes Unnoticed—and Unpunished http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/gop_obstruction_goes_unnoticed_--_and_unpunished_20091118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/gop_obstruction_goes_unnoticed_--_and_unpunished_20091118/ bush, congress, democrats, dionne, economy, ej dionne, gop, government, health, health care, house, obama, politics, republicans, senate,

Democrats in the Senate may engage in collective suicide, but it’s Republicans who, with Machiavellian brilliance, have brought the country to a halt.

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]]> 2009-11-19T06:43:11+00:00 We Need a Civilian ‘ROTC’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091115_we_need_a_civilian_rotc/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091115_we_need_a_civilian_rotc/ college, dionne, ej dionne, government, history, house, military, obama, politics, public service, rotc, scholarship, senate, The military does not rely solely on patriotic feelings to build its force, and neither should the civilian parts of government.

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]]> 2009-11-16T11:26:01+00:00 Don’t Let Abortion Destroy Health Care Reform http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091111_dont_let_abortion_destroy_health_care_reform/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091111_dont_let_abortion_destroy_health_care_reform/ abortion, bishops, catholics, choice, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, government, health, health care, house, nancy pelosi, politics, senate, Pro-choice Democrats need to accept that their House majority depends on a large cadre of anti-abortion colleagues. They can denounce that reality, or they can learn to live with it.

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]]> 2009-11-12T07:07:08+00:00 When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091108_when_voters_disrupt_the_tea_party/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091108_when_voters_disrupt_the_tea_party/ big government, campaign, conservatives, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, election, government, maine, money, obama, politics, republicans, speech, taxes, washington, Here’s a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose.

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]]> 2009-11-09T06:31:44+00:00 Not Right Wing but Still Angry http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091104_not_right-wing_but_still_angry/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091104_not_right-wing_but_still_angry/ campaign, congress, democrats, ej dionne, election, gop, new jersey, new york, ny-23, obama, politics, republicans, virginia, Tuesday’s elections were a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to Democrats. President Obama has work to do, but the night’s biggest loser was the Palin-Limbaugh-Beck complex.

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]]> 2009-11-04T21:33:54+00:00 The Battle to Define the New Health Care System http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091101_the_battle_to_define_the_new_health_care_system/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091101_the_battle_to_define_the_new_health_care_system/ democrats, election, health, health care, house, obama, politics, public option, republicans, senate, white house, Barack Obama

Barring astoundingly self-defeating behavior by Democrats, a decent bill will get to Obama’s desk. Whether lawmakers are rewarded or punished for their efforts will largely be decided in the coming weeks.

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]]> 2009-11-02T07:48:56+00:00 Hug Obama, Find the Moderates http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091028_hug_obama_find_the_moderates/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091028_hug_obama_find_the_moderates/ bob mcdonnell, campaign, chris christie, congress, creigh deeds, democrats, economy, ej dionne, election, john corzine, new jersey, obama, politics, republicans, virginia, Those are the two outstanding lessons from the campaigns for next Tuesday’s governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia. Both parties would be smart to apply them in 2010.

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]]> 2009-10-29T06:35:31+00:00 End of the Line for a Political Legend? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091025_end_of_the_line_for_a_political_legend/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091025_end_of_the_line_for_a_political_legend/ boston, ej dionne, election, michael flaherty, politics, tom menino, A couple of dynamic upstarts are campaigning to keep Tom Menino from serving 20 years as Boston’s mayor.

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