Good Money After Bad

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 18, 2009 Congressional Republicans, with the exception of that embarrassingly shrunken contingent of three moderates, will rue their legacy of deep indifference at a time of true national emergency, one that makes George W. Bush’s far more costly war on terror now seem an absurdly irrelevant exercise. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Allen Barra on the Myth of Ronald Reagan

BLANK Feb 13, 2009 At last, a revisionist takedown of our 40th president, portrayed as an empty suit too often lauded by the common people he betrayed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Team of Zombies

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 6, 2009 Only weeks ago, the political world was buzzing about a "team of rivals," but instead President Obama has populated his administration with Bush yes-men and Wall Street kleptocrats whose discredited theologies cannot be killed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economic Policy Could Scuttle Obama’s Good Start

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 He is making trillion-dollar decisions that will cast the die for the rest of his promising agenda. Unfortunately, while he has already proved to be a brilliant agent of change in so many ways, in economic policy he has relied on the financial "experts" who helped get America into this mess. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Downside of Bipartisanship

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 22, 2009 Remember this, President Obama: There are few Washington traditions as annoying as the cultish worship of bipartisanship, for it ignores the simple fact that sometimes one party gets things disastrously wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rubin Bows Out of Citigroup

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2009 Almost a year ago, Citigroup's then-director Robert Rubin downplayed the enormity of the economic catastrophe headed our way and made a pre-emptive move to shift any potential blame to politicians instead of financial experts such as himself. Fast-forward to the present and the picture changes considerably. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tough Road Ahead for New Economic Appointees

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama introduced three top financial appointees who will help him with the unenviable task of revamping the government's economic regulatory system and "crack[ing] down on this culture of greed and scheming that has led us to this day of reckoning,” as Obama put it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Premature Fretting on the Left

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Oh, my: Barack Obama is still more than a month away from assuming the presidency and already there are reports about "the left" being dispirited about change it no longer believes in. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that African-American Chicago Democrat community organizer who made it into the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Our Dear Leader

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 28, 2008 Judging by the proliferation of capital letters in the e-mail correspondence I receive, many seem worried that Barack Obama may not deliver the promised "change we can believe in." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Shrewd Choices

Joe Conason / Truthdig Nov 27, 2008 Barack Obama's appointees will implement the Obama program, not only because that is what he tells them to do but because that is what they have come to believe is best for the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Rolls Out Economic Team

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2008 To fix the ailing economy, Barack Obama has turned to two men who helped break it. On Monday, the president-elect announced Timothy Geithner as his choice for treasury secretary, and Giethner's former mentor in the Clinton Treasury Department, Lawrence Summers, as his pick to head the White House Economic Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )