John and Elizabeth Edwards Spill the Beans

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2008 As North Carolinians head to the polls, John Edwards, their former senator, has disclosed that after months of being politically courted he will not endorse any candidate in the Democratic primaries. The two-time presidential contender and his wife, Elizabeth, recently sat down with People magazine to explain what they like -- and don't like -- about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Belittling the Campaign

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 29, 2008 This is supposed to be a big election, but it has given every sign in recent weeks of becoming a small one. As a result, the public and the media are showing signs of exhaustion with what had once been an exhilarating contest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How We Make Change

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Apr 24, 2008 Whether Democrats view Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton as the ideal change agent comes down to how they think change is made. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Return of ‘New Rules’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2008 Bill Maher's writers are back and so is his biting commentary on the political and cultural issues of the week. In this clip, the "Real Time" host tackles the decline of the handshake, Bush's war addiction, the fighting Romneys, McCain's zombie army and why it isn't amazing that the Democrats have suddenly discovered diversity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fact-Checking Clinton’s ’35 Years of Change’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2008 Hillary Clinton has made much of her "35 years" of "working to bring positive change to people's lives," but when McClatchy's Washington bureau investigated the claim, it found that the "bulk of her career" was spent "at one of Arkansas' most prestigious corporate law firms, where she represented big companies and served on corporate boards." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Kennedy Rallies Behind Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2008 You've heard the news, now watch the speech: Sen. Ted Kennedy was careful to pay tribute to "friends" Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, but Monday's pep rally at American University in Washington, D.C., was all about Barack Obama, whom Kennedy calls "the candidate who inspires me" and the one most able to "renew our belief that our country's best days are still to come." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Change Sells Itself

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Playing the Class Card

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 9, 2008 Hillary Clinton, and now Gloria Steinem, have chosen to play the women's card against the race card. Let me throw in a third one: Neither of those issues trumps that of economic class in considering the traumas of this nation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Sex — and Race — Change for Hillary

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jan 7, 2008 The satirist lampoons Sen. Clinton's eagerness to seize upon Barack Obama's Iowa success and recast herself as a "change agent." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Howard Dean’s Personalized Query to GOP Debaters

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2007 Howard Dean knows a thing or two about the perils of the campaign trail. Here, the man who emitted the deadliest scream in American political history wonders why any of the Republican presidential hopefuls taking the stage in Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate consider themselves candidates of change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Resonate

Blair Golson / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 I (TD managing editor Blair Golson) have studiously avoided blogging about "The U.S. government planned 9/11" conspiracy theories because, frankly, they're crap they strain credulity; no government it seems unlikely to the extreme that the government could keep a secret like that from leaking* (see editor's note on the jump). But Time magazine has a good explanation of why 36% of people polled lend credence to these claims: We need grand theories to make sense of grand events, or the world just seems too random. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Sea Change in Bush’s Thinking on Iraq?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2006 Don't miss this observation by the Washington Post's Dan Froomkin: "President Bush and national security adviser Stephen Hadley yesterday for the first time publicly acknowledged the momentous shift in the role for U.S. troops in Iraq, from fighting terrorists to trying to suppress religious violence." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )