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GOP Leaders Need to Put Country Before Party

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 2, 2016 It's time for Republicans to admit that Donald Trump is incapable of even pretending to be an acceptable candidate for president. The question is which side of history they want to be on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The New Republic: The Bad and the Good

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 15, 2014 As the aftermath of the staff departures at The New Republic continues, the veteran journalist who exposed the Iran Contra affair in the 1980s recalls the magazine's deadly tradition of cheerleading for empire, while Salon columnist Tom Frank admits it published some "pretty damn good" writing shortly before it came apart at the hands of its new owner. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scheer Trumps Krugman in Stockman Debate

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 Journalist Mike Whitney praised the Truthdig editor in chief for being "the only voice on the left" to defend former Reagan budget director David Stockman against an "army of toffeenose pundits" who failed to honor the essential truth of Stockman's controversial New York Times op-ed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Returns Will’s Barb

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 Donald Trump, who has probably never shied away from a media-driven confrontation, took to Twitter to respond to George Will's criticism that he was a “bloviating ignoramus." The billionaire businessman blasted Will on Sunday, tweeting that he "may be the dumbest (and most overrated) political commentator of all time." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Refuting Straw Liberals

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 10, 2011 It's not often that a sound bite from a Democratic candidate gets so under the skin of my distinguished colleague George F. Will that he feels moved to quote it in full and then devote an entire column to refuting it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Warming and Its Discontents

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 As George Will tries to refute the mountains of evidence pertaining to the threat of global warming, New Yorker reporter Elizabeth Kolbert discusses her new book on the subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )