A Slave’s Daughter Votes for Obama

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2008 Amanda Jone's father encouraged her to vote. That wasn't always an easy feat in Texas, but she did her best, paying poll taxes to vote for FDR and others. Now the 109-year-old daughter of a former slave has voted for the man who could become the first black president and she says, "I feel good about [it]." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Battle for Obama’s Economic Soul

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 Instead of running with the "European socialist" crowd, as John McCain has claimed, Barack Obama has turned to the same American “free market” elite that views government as merely a corporate subsidiary. Even within that group, however, there are serious splits, and the more enlightened side seems to be winning. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Hoover-Palin Ticket

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 15, 2008 And the winner is … Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Remember him—the great Democratic president who saved capitalism from the capitalists by reining in their exorbitant greed? Forget the Reagan Revolution heralding a new era of small government, which turned out to be nothing more than a fig leaf for legalized corporate crime. The hero of the hour is FDR. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

William F. Buckley’s Son Voting for Obama

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2008 His famous father is now gone, but Christopher Buckley, son of the late conservative icon William F. Buckley, still apologizes to his "pup" directly for -- as Matt Drudge would say, "SHOCK!" -- deciding to vote for Barack Obama in this year's presidential election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They Claim the Bailout Is Necessary, but Is It Constitutional?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Sep 25, 2008 Wall Street will not trouble its collective consciousness with worry over the Constitution. But this bailout bill is virtually unprecedented in its assumptions and its reach for unchecked power. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )

McCain’s Political Games Can’t Compete With an Economic Meltdown

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 16, 2008 Americans don't mind wealthy and even rapacious capitalists as long as they deliver the goods to everyone else. But when the big boys drag everyone else down, Americans rise up in righteous anger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Military-Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think

Chalmers Johnson / Truthdig Jul 28, 2008 Since 1961, there has been too little serious study of, or discussion of, the origins of the military-industrial complex, how it has changed over time, how governmental secrecy has hidden it from oversight by members of Congress or attentive citizens, and how it degrades our constitutional structure of checks and balances. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Playing Down the Middle

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jul 8, 2008 Politics is a cruel and disappointing business. This year, Democratic liberals gambled on a young man who offered hope and change. But after those wondrous primary days, they are furious over Sen. Barack Obama's understandable effort to reach out to an electorate that is, and long has been, planted firmly in the middle of the road. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Battle for the Bench

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 1, 2008 If the long conservative era that began with Ronald Reagan's election is over, will the judges appointed during the right's ascendancy be able to block, frustrate and undermine the efforts of a new progressive majority? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Super Problem

Bernard Weisberger / Truthdig May 8, 2008 Throughout the primary campaign, Democrats have been explaining, equivocating and ultimately fretting over the role of superdelegates, but those unelected power brokers are themselves the result of previous party contortions. Perhaps the time has come for a new model. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Folly of Experience

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Mar 8, 2008 John McCain and Hillary Clinton have used experience as a major talking point in support of their own candidacies and to build a case against Barack Obama. But presidential history attaches little importance to experience; it is strikingly absent in the historical credentials of our most honored presidents. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )