The Right’s Stealthy Coup

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 Imagine the shock when conservative Supreme Court justices repeatedly spouted views closely resembling the tweets and talking points issued by organizations of the sort funded by the Koch brothers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Getting a Read on the Supremes

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2012 The Supreme Court took on a doozy of a case this week in its deliberations over Obama's prized health care reform law. Do the top court's conservative justices have it in for the law? Guest panelist David Frum joins regulars Robert Scheer and Matt Miller to take on Obamacare, plus the Trayvon Martin case and Paul Ryan's budget plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care: Conservatives Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 If Obamacare is struck down, a much more far-reaching overhaul of the health care system will be inevitable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Five Hypocrites and One Bad Plan

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 The Supreme Court is so full of it, but the sad truth is that President Obama and the Democrats brought this potential judicial disaster upon themselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activist Judges on Trial

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 Three days of Supreme Court arguments over the health care law demonstrated for all to see that conservative justices are prepared to act as an alternative legislature, diving deeply into policy details as if they were members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

If Obamacare Goes, Will America ‘Let Him Die’?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 We know how tea party Republicans would cope with the financial problem posed by ill and injured people who show up at hospitals without coverage. They told us last fall during the presidential debate in Tampa, Fla., when they cheered for "Let him die!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Health Care: We’re All in This Together

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 Gatherings of my generation inevitably end up with deep conversations about aches and pains and medical insurance. Sad. In France, people talk about food and wine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health Care Mandate Threatens Progressive Legacy

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 28, 2012 The Supreme Court is now prepared to sidestep if not reverse decades of law, and the damage won’t stop with health care. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Romneycare, v. 2012

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 14, 2012 The Affordable Care Act, the health reform signed into law by Obama, is now best known by the Republican label “Obamacare.” Romney hopes to ride that misleading word to the presidency.The Republican attack on Obama invokes an image of a man who is somehow not American, who is too African, too left, maybe even, God forbid, a socialist. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Care Act Wins a Battle on Its Way to the Supreme Court

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2011 A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals in Virginia ruled in favor of the health care reform law Thursday, dismissing two suits. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obamacare Makes a Wish

Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, Florida Today Mar 27, 2011 Dig deeper