Molly Ivins / TruthdigAug 24, 2006
Honestly, people, haven't you figured out what this is all about yet? Money. The conservatives are in a snit about "liberal courts" because of money. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigAug 22, 2006
Those who advocate withdrawal from Iraq ASAP have just as much of a duty to make the arguments for doing so -- and to admit how much they don't know -- as those who got us into this mess five years ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigAug 17, 2006
If you listen to Dick Cheney, Bin Laden & Co. were staying up late to hear the Lamont-Lieberman election returns from Darien, Conn. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigAug 15, 2006
"The administration has put itself in the position of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. If, God forbid, a serious terrorist conspiracy is uncovered, there will be a tendency to dismiss it in a backlash to these over-hyped 'plots.' " Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigAug 3, 2006
The press is under attack by the administration, but does the Washington corps of reporters fight back? No, instead it falls all over itself trying to play courtier to George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 27, 2006
The Middle East crisis is a big story, and the media know what to do with a big story: hammer at it nonstop, drench it in fear, report just a little bit of what's going on and be sure never to let facts get in the way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 25, 2006
"Think about the potential Democratic candidates. Every single one of them needs spine, needs political courage. What Moyers can do is not only show them what it looks like and indeed what it is, but also how people respond to it." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 20, 2006
George Bush at the G8, Katherine Harris in Florida, Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, Ralph Reed in Georgia, and good old Tom DeLay in the grand state of Texas so bad they're almost funny. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 18, 2006
When the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund went belly up in 1998, it nearly wrecked world markets. So why are we allowing well-connected Republicans to prevent the SEC from staving off the next catastrophe? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 13, 2006
Molly Ivins is on vacation. In this column from 2001, she argues that in a country where CEOs make 475 times the salary of their employees, most people's "economic freedom" is limited to a choice between cinnamon- and mint-flavored toothpaste. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 6, 2006
"Can't you see that everything that's wrong with this country is because of illegal aliens? It's all their fault. The people in charge have nothing to do with it." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJun 29, 2006
Confrontational hard-liners Don Rumsfeld and John Bolton continue to ramp up tensions between the U.S. and North Korea; Molly Ivins wonders if maybe it's still not too late for a little diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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