Give the First Lady a Break

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Aug 9, 2010 As a political matter, the mother-daughter getaway to a five-star resort on the Spanish Costa del Sol was not a good idea. But I'd just as soon not have my First Family vacations determined by focus groups. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Busted: Rove, Morris and O’Reilly Flip-Flop on Gender Bias

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 Consider this the only gender-bias-in-the-media primer you'll ever need, and a handy reminder to the Bill O'Reilly and Dick Morris types (not to mention Monsieur Rove) that gender bias cuts both ways -- and sometimes, as Jon Stewart points out, the same people do the cutting without seeming to remember just a few short weeks later. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Threatens to ‘Obliterate’ Iran

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 23, 2008 How proud the Clintonistas must be. They have learned how to rival what Hillary once termed the "vast right-wing conspiracy" in the effort to destroy a viable Democratic leader who dares to stand in the way of their ambitions. Neither Karl Rove nor Dick Morris could have done a better job. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )