Obama Beyond the Sound Bite

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 In contemplating President Obama's foreign policy, Mark Twain's reference to Richard Wagner's music -- it's "better than it sounds" -- comes to mind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sending the Refugee Children Home Will Bring Lasting Shame

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jul 12, 2014 President Barack Obama is repeating the mistakes of the past, allowing bigoted know-nothings to determine this nation's policy toward refugees. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Obama Polls

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Nov 17, 2013 Dig deeper

Conflicts Within Islam Complicate U.S. Foreign Policy

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2013 The unforeseen consequences of American Middle Eastern policy since the Second World War are now making themselves apparent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Goes Big

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 25, 2013 Leaders who want their achievements to endure know their task includes leaving behind an intellectual legacy that shapes how future generations see the country and its possibilities. FDR accomplished this. So did Reagan. And on Wednesday, President Obama gave a speech that launched his effort to join them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Watch: Rare Footage of FDR in a Wheelchair

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 11, 2013 One of our greatest presidents was disabled, a secret so well kept that the footage just uncovered of Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in the wheelchair on which he relied is making headlines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Echoes of FDR: Obama’s Inspiring Address Links Freedom With Security and Dignity

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 24, 2013 So much for the "Grand Bargain" -- or at least for the not-so-grand gutting of Social Security and Medicare that the "very serious" thought-leaders of Washington political and media circles have always found so appealing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Krugman on Why Jobs Come First

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman drew on 20th century U.S. history to explain to Bill Moyers how a Washington that was willing to spend could end the present American depression. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 11, 2013 I suppose that he can't be much worse than Timothy Geithner, but that should be scant cause for cheer over the news that the president has nominated Jack Lew as Treasury secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bill Murray Captures FDR’s Pain and Wit in ‘Hyde Park’

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Dec 6, 2012 What makes "Hyde Park on Hudson" a good deal more than delightful is its lightly touched seriousness of purpose. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Big Idea in This Election

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Sep 12, 2012 This isn't just a choice of philosophies, but the long-awaited showdown between post-FDR Democrats and post-Reagan Revolutionaries. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Time to Start Preoccupying Wall Street

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Dec 10, 2011 What would it be like if activists were to spend the next several months developing, articulating and organizing toward a major national mortgage and student loan strike? Such a loan strike would be slated to begin on some specific preannounced date in the intermediate future. Why not, say, on Oct. 1, 2012, right in the middle of the next presidential campaign?Tyrannies all over the world exist in the ironclad certainty that people are nothing more than meat on sticks. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )