Beware of Lawrence Summers

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2008 While many of us are still celebrating Barack Obama's historic victory, rumors of a major buzzkill are flying: Lawrence Summers, a Clinton-era treasury secretary and deregulation enthusiast, is said to be the front-runner to take over the Treasury Department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How to Win Votes and Influence People

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Oct 21, 2008 Conservatives fear a "period of unchecked left-wing ascendancy" should Barack Obama and the Democrats sweep in November, but the voters care more about competent government than ideology. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Boston Tea Party, 2008

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 1, 2008 How dare you throw that tea into Boston Harbor! Such is the anti-democratic arrogance of the fear-mongering pundits and politicians who tell us if we taxpayers don’t instantly give the Wall Street banking bandits a $700-billion bailout, we are destroying America. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Calm Obama Weathers a Storm of Sarcasm

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 27, 2008 Was he too calm? Did he pull his punches in an effort to look presidential? Not really. The viewers got a clear choice: a reasoned and reasonable Obama versus an old-fashioned Cold Warrior who would keep us in Iraq endlessly and extend the boundaries we must defend to Georgia and Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Moment for Sarah, Then Back to John

Will Durst / Truthdig Sep 22, 2008 I’m sorry to be the one to have to say this, Gov. Palin, but you are so earlier-this-month. It’s your partner, John McCain, who’s back in the news. And not in what you call your good way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Wall Street on the Rocks

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2008 What to make of the bailouts and sellouts that dominated the past week's financial headlines? Well, "Left, Right & Center" commentators Matt Miller, Robert Scheer and Tony Blankley (Arianna Huffington was away) have some ideas about what caused the nightmare on Wall Street and what the future holds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Economic Meltdown: Don’t Say We Weren’t Forewarned

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people’s attention away from the failures of those who rule them? Corporate America is a shambles because deregulation, the mantra of our president and his party, has proved to be a license to steal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Reform’ McCain Wants to Forget

Joe Conason / Truthdig Sep 18, 2008 With the markets in frightening turmoil and the public outraged by financial irresponsibility and excessive greed, John McCain has suddenly rediscovered the importance of strong, watchful government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chin Up, John McCain — There’s Always Tomorrow

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 John McCain's Tuesday was so filled with gaffes and bad news that no one seemed to notice when one of his top advisers held a BlackBerry aloft and declared "you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create." That spectacle simply couldn't compete with former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and, more significantly, the very public failure of deregulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Socialism for the Super-Rich

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 Here we go again: The Federal Reserve is bailing out another tanking financial institution -- the insurance behemoth American International Group -- by sinking $85 billion into AIG in return for a stake in the company. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a Wall Street investigation following this latest startling agreement between big government and big business. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Earth to McCain: It’s a Crisis

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 Gag me with a spoon, as Valley girls used to say. Did you see that McCain-Palin ad promising “tougher rules on Wall Street to protect your life savings, no special interest giveaways”? Just how dumb do they think we are? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Former Reagan Official: White House Sanctioned Georgia-Russia Conflict

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2008 Paul Craig Roberts, who was assistant secretary of the treasury during Ronald Reagan's presidency, sees the Georgia-Russia conflict differently than the Bush administration does: "Americans themselves have nothing to gain," Roberts said Friday; "What is operating is the dangerous ideology of the American neoconservatives whose goal is to assert American hegemony over the entire world." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )