‘Left, Right & Center’: Are We Stimulated Enough Yet?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2009 Everyone's a Captol Hill critic these days. Here we have a handful who might just know what they're talking about when it comes to the stimulus debate: Arianna Huffington, Tony Blankley, Robert Scheer and Matt Miller do their darndest to sort out where the money should go. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Obamarama; Bad Bankers; a Kennedy Is KO’d

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2009 Well, here he is, our new Mr. President. How did Barack Obama fare in his first few days in office? Meanwhile, Wall Street flounders, and Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid falls short at the 11th hour. The "Left, Right & Center" team takes a crack at this week's news. Audio fixed Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Celeb-Fest 2009 Continues in Washington

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2009 If Sunday's concert extravaganza, featuring such boldfaced musical acts as U2 (channeling U2 from 25 years ago), Stevie Wonder and Mary J. Blige, didn't provide enough glitz for one inaugural bash, several dozen of their celebrity peers are following the spotlight to Washington, D.C., to join in the festivities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Bye-Bye Bush; Bailout Mania

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2009 Ready or not, here comes Barack Obama -- let's hope he's ready, considering the nature of the action items topping his presidential to-do list. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Will Obama Take On Wall Street?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2009 Is President-elect Barack Obama proposing a stimulus package that will actually deliver? What's going to happen next in the Middle East? These are unanswerable questions, but the "Left, Right & Center" team offers prognostications about what may lie in store on the domestic and international fronts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Hey, This Really Is a Recession!

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2008 Should the Big Three U.S. automakers be driven out of Washington (or Detroit) without the financial help they desperately need? What's to be done about the massive job losses across the country? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Cars, Clinton and the Cabinet

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2008 This week's episode of "Left, Right & Center" focuses on the economy, of course, with specific attention to the challenges facing the auto industry. Meanwhile, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape and, once again, Hillary Clinton occupies center stage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Economy, Front and Center

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2008 What's to be done to pull the U.S. out of economic quicksand? You can bet that "Left, Right & Center" stalwarts Robert Scheer, Tony Blankley and Matt Miller might differ in their takes on this question, as well as others posed on this week's show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Postelection Live Show

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2008 Just in time for the (post-)election, KCRW's "Left, Right & Center" panelists Matt Miller, Tony Blankley, Arianna Huffington and Robert Scheer appeared together for a live show at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Sunday, braving a packed house as they took stock of the state of the union and discussed what might come next. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The End Is (Hopefully) Near

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2008 Arianna Huffington was back on "Left, Right & Center" to have her say, along with Tony Blankley, Matt Miller and Truthdig's own Robert Scheer, about the economy and the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the show's last episode before the election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Welcome to the Palin-Dome

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2008 Last week marked the official debut of Sarah Palin, now John McCain's running mate, at the Republican National Convention -- not to mention the Alaska governor's introduction to most of the country. How do her accomplishments stack up? Will she be, as "LRC" co-host Tony Blankley wonders, "gold dust or Kryptonite" for the McCain campaign? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’ Looks at Dems in Denver, McCain’s Surprise

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2008 In this week's edition of "Left, Right and Center," co-hosts Tony Blankley, Robert Scheer and Matt Miller weigh in about the Democratic convention in Denver, Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech, and whether John McCain made a sound decision in choosing wild-card Sarah Palin as his VP. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )