Thugs on the Right

Joe Conason / Truthdig Oct 22, 2010 Sometimes tea party ideologues are described as libertarians, but the behavior of their leading candidates betrays an authoritarian streak just beneath all the sonorous rhetoric. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Looney, and That’s No Debate

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 15, 2010 Sorry, but I just can't do it anymore. When has there been an election with so many looney tunes running under the banner of one of our major parties? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Crazy Carl’ and the Limits of Anger

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 To call Carl Paladino brash and a loudmouth understates the case. The New York Daily News has taken to referring to the Republican nominee for New York governor as "Crazy Carl," and his latest series of outbursts demonstrated why. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New York’s Paladino Hates on Gays

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 Carl Paladino has made a joke of the New York governor's race, but on Sunday the tea party candidate showed he could be hateful as well Speaking to a group of Orthodox Jews just days after it was reported that two teenagers and an adult were tortured nearby in the Bronx for being gay, Paladino said children should not be "brainwashed" into thinking homosexuality is "equally valid" (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Libertea

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2010 Tuesday's primaries brought a couple of surprising results, such as the voting victories of problematic e-mail forwarding enthusiast Carl Paladino in New York and anti-masturbation crusader Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. What are we to make of these people? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservative Critics Rattle Sabers About ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 Right-wingers like Sarah Palin know that nothing gets Americans hot under the collar like some good old-fashioned wordplay. Take "death panels" as one recent example of fanciful rhetorical styling for political gain. Or how about this one: "Ground Zero mosque." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )