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Front-Row Seat

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Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2009 The president-elect has so much speech in him he doesn't even have to wait for his inauguration to Barack the house. A crowd at the Lincoln Memorial got treated to a little pre-inauguration magic on Sunday, after a star-studded concert celebrating "American renewal." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gates Might Stick Around

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2008 The Financial Times is reporting that Barack Obama is keen to have Robert Gates stay on as defense secretary. The paper says the two are currently negotiating their differences, but then that's the whole point: Obama wants people who disagree with him in his Cabinet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lincoln and Douglas Debate Again in ‘The Rivalry’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2008 Just in time for Election Day, actors David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti are resurrecting the formidable historical figures of Abraham Lincoln and his rival for the Senate in 1858, Stephen A. Douglas, respectively, in L.A. Theatre Works' production of "The Rivalry," Norman Corwin's play about the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John McCain in the Echo Chamber

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Oct 28, 2008 October proved to be the cruelest month, for that was the time that Sen. McCain, he of the round, blank, Little Orphan Annie eyes, chose to try out a number of weird lies about Barack Obama ostensibly in the interest of a Republican Party long overdue for burial. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

ABC’s Gibson to Palin: ‘Are We Fighting a Holy War?’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2008 In this clip from the sit-down session with ABC News' Charlie Gibson and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, Gibson asks Palin to elaborate upon a statement she made earlier this year about the war in Iraq: "Our national leaders are sending them [U.S. military members] out on a task that is from God." Here's her response, in which she claims she was paraphrasing President Abraham Lincoln. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pinch Me

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Backstage at the Democratic National Convention

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True Test of Leadership

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Colbert and the Anti-Penny Crusader

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 You may not have given the penny much thought, but it turns out that the least of our currency is essentially worthless and wastes Americans a surprising amount of money and time. Anti-penny advocate Jeff Gore would like to do away with the coin altogether -- and he has a plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lawmaker: Atheism ‘Extremely Dangerous’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2008 Illinois state Rep. Monique Davis' heated public exchange last Wednesday with atheist activist Rob Sherman over the allocation of $1 million in state funds to repair a church is still going on -- fortunately for Sherman, perhaps not so much for Davis -- on the Internet, at least. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Folly of Experience

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Mar 8, 2008 John McCain and Hillary Clinton have used experience as a major talking point in support of their own candidacies and to build a case against Barack Obama. But presidential history attaches little importance to experience; it is strikingly absent in the historical credentials of our most honored presidents. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )