Thar Be Gold in Them Hills

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 You know Fox News is all over this story: The Utah House of Representatives is fixin' to vote on a measure that would make gold and silver coins a viable alternative to the boring -- and inflation-prone -- forms of currency currently in national circulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obfuscating Unemployment

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Jan 27, 2011 During the Great Depression, high rates of unemployment prevailed for 11 years The experience of seeing a free market system drive itself into a rut that it cannot pull itself out of is nothing new And we have long known the solutionThe experience of seeing a free market system drive itself into a rut that it cannot pull itself out of is nothing new. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tea Party Robber Barons

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Oct 25, 2010 While our media wizards report a groundswell of anger against the president, tea party candidates and financiers appear to be as bothered by the policies of Franklin Roosevelt as those of Barack Obama.Tea party candidates and financiers appear to be as bothered by the policies of Franklin Roosevelt as those of Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Shadow Class War of 2010

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 The 2010 election is turning into a class war. The wealthy and the powerful started it. This is a strange development. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

From Shared Sacrifice to Hedonism

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 4, 2010 After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a national address making eight references to the "sacrifice" that would be needed in the impending war and three mentions of the "self-denial" we would have to endure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jonathan Alter: Health Care Puts Obama in FDR’s League

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2010 Newsweek senior editor and columnist Jonathan Alter talks about his new book, "The Promise: President Obama, Year One," and why "Just by getting health care through [Barack Obama is] now standing alone with Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson in terms of domestic achievement"The Newsweek columnist says, "Just by getting health care through ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Those Were the Days

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Mar 25, 2010 The partisan segmentation of newspapers that existed in the early part of last century is gone, along with too many newspapers themselves, only to be replaced by partisan segmentation in other forms of media. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Yes, They Made History

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 22, 2010 The passage of health care reform provided the first piece of incontestable evidence that Washington has changed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democratic Corporatism Brings Reagan Back From the Grave

David Sirota / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 In a state where Democrats outnumber the GOP by a 3-to-1 margin, little-known Republican Scott Brown defeated his rival by demonizing the government and taxes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Demilitarization of the White House

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2009 Barack Obama has made a welcome change to the presidency, dropping the praetorian guard that used to flank his predecessor at every opportunity.Barack Obama has dropped the praetorian guard that used to flank his predecessor at every opportunity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

War Kills Off Great Reform Movements

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 5, 2009 The hawks urging President Obama to escalate the war in Afghanistan have no interest in his domestic policy The 20th century is a graveyard of good ideas that lost out to war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Remembering the Real Deal

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 26, 2009 The light has gone out, and with it that infectious warm laugh and intensely progressive commitment of the best of the Kennedys Not, at this point, to take anything away from the memory of his siblings -- Bobby, whom I also got to know, was pretty terrific in his last years -- but Sen Ted Kennedy was the real deal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )