‘Daily Show’: Ken Blackwell Thinks Obama Is Subverting the Constitution
Apr 29, 2010 Ken Blackwell loves liberty. Jon Stewart loves liberty -- liberty bells, the whole deal. Right around there is where their shared views, particularly about President Barack Obama's governing style, come to an end.
Editors’ Round Table: Moore’s Manifesto, Green Gadgetry and Czar Craziness
Oct 2, 2009 Truthdig editors Robert Scheer, Peter Scheer and Kasia Anderson unchain themselves from their laptops long enough to weigh in about the week's news, Michael Moore's economic epic and a new phone made partly from corn. If that's not eclectic, we don't know what is.Truthdig editors Robert Scheer, Peter Scheer and Kasia Anderson unchain themselves from their laptops long enough to weigh in about the week's news.
And Now, a Word About ‘Czar’ Mythology
Sep 28, 2009 Certain prominent media figures who shall remain nameless are getting all worked up about President Obama's "czars" and, having latched onto this term as fodder for a little old-fashioned partisan punditry, are busy freaking out their followers with sinister socialist imagery -- but let's take a good look at the recent history of this term in American politics, shall we?
Auto Bailout Comes With Car Czar, Standard
Dec 9, 2008 White House and congressional leaders have agreed to bail out the auto industry. Detroit will get $15 billion in loans and, to make sure the Big Three keep running after their warranties expire, a so-called car czar will oversee long-term restructuring. And because we're really serious about getting this right, George W. Bush gets to pick the car czar. D'oh!Carville: Obama Should Pick Gore
Jun 12, 2008 Clinton enthusiast James Carville tells CNN that Barack Obama should select Al Gore as his vice president candidate and energy czar in order to "send a signal to the world that America's gettin' serious about this horrendous problem that we face".
War on Drugs a Bust
Jan 8, 2008 How will we know if the war on drugs is ever won? When all the kingpins are locked up or dead? That was once the prevailing idea among those on the front lines of the much-ballyhooed "war," which Rolling Stone scribe Ben Wallace notes has now gone on for over three decades and, in his view, is an utter failure.
