Barney Frank Thinks Supporting Bernie Sanders Would Backfire on Progressives

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 24, 2015 In sizing up the 2016 election, some on the left are concerned that Bernie Sanders' presence in the Democratic ranks could work to that party's detriment. Count former Rep. Barney Frank among them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iran Deal: Why Should We Heed the Same Voices That Are Always Wrong?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 18, 2015 What everyone should remember about the agreement's most prominent foes is something they will never mention: their own shameful record in promoting our very worst foreign policy mistake since Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Conservative Kristol: ‘It Won’t Kill the Country if We Raise Taxes’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2012 The Weekly Standard editor is breaking with the Republican Party on the issue of taxes, telling "Fox News Sunday" that the GOP shouldn't "fall on its sword” defending against a tax increase for millionaires. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Misdiagnosing Romney’s Campaign

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 12, 2012 Could it be that Mitt Romney is correct from a strategic point of view to tell us little about what he'd do as president? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Fox News: Home for Wayward Analysts

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2010 To all pundits, politicians and journalists who got everything wrong about the Iraq War, fear not. You may have no credibility, but Fox News is your refuge and your benefactor. As Media Matters documents, the propaganda network has only added to its collection of mendacious war boosters since helping to launch the Iraq disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let’s Have a Real Debate About the Court

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 15, 2010 A serious debate on "constitutional issues" might reveal our fundamental differences: Republican extremists would use the Supreme Court to prohibit every social and political advance since before the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 31, 2010 Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Right Wing Gone Wild

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 American fanatics tend to self-destruct Today's right-wing nihilists, led by Elizabeth Cheney, William Kristol and Glenn Beck, are crossing that threshold of decency Today's right-wing nihilists are crossing that threshold of decency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The New McCarthyism

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 11, 2010 When Elizabeth Cheney, William Kristol and their media friends slander Justice Department attorneys as the "al-Qaida 7" and malign the "Department of Jihad," they are engaging in the smear tactics that became synonymous with Joseph McCarthy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Liz Cheney’s Shameless Smear

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 9, 2010 The former vice president's ambitious daughter has in her hand a list of nine Justice Department lawyers whose "values" she has the gall to question. She ought to spend the time examining her own principles, if she can find them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wrong Again, Bill

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2008 Foreign Policy magazine has identified the 10 worst predictions of the year William Kristol, who seems to get it wrong more often than right, tops the list with this doozy: "If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary I’ll predict that right now". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )