Mississippi Legislators Decide When Life Begins

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2011 Conservative types sure are liberal about whom, or what, they're willing to call a person. Hey, corporations are people too! And according to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and other like-minded state legislators, so is a fertilized egg. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why the Fat Guy Should Lose His Privilege

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 The real explanation for the gender disparity is found in a chauvinist culture whose double standards demand physical perfection from women while simultaneously celebrating male corpulence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2012 GOP Candidate Pool Officially Unexciting

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 An ever-authoritative New York Times/CBS News poll has discovered, shockingly, that Republican voters are not very tuned in to, or excited about, the potential lineup of contenders for the 2012 White House grand prize -- and those they are aware of tend to be of the TV-friendly persuasion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Hopefuls Start Their Engines

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2011 It's looking like campaign 2012 may include a few familiar faces in the Republican lineup of presidential hopefuls, as potential challengers to an Obama re-election bid such as Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum begin to pull their acts -- and teams -- together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whistling Dixie — Again

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 18, 2011 Does Haley Barbour really have a warped and offensive view of America's racial history? Or is he just playing a dangerous game? Perhaps both. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

White Christmas

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Haley Barbour’s Civil Rights Airbrush

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Dec 22, 2010 It's too bad for Haley Barbour, a smooth pol who seems to stumble whenever he encounters the subject of the South and race, that he's not in my book group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Getting to Know Our Celebrity President

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Sep 9, 2010 Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour just said we know less about Barack Obama "than any other president in history." Maybe he should read one of Obama's autobiographies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Haley Barbour’s Ridiculous Story

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 7, 2010 Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who may seek the Republican nomination for president, is trying to sell the biggest load of revisionist nonsense about race, politics and the South that I've ever heard. Ever. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Confederacy Isn’t Something to Be Proud Of

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 Slavery wasn't just "a bad thing," as Mississippi Gov Haley Barbour recently said in dismissing it Littering is a bad thing Slavery was this nation's Original Sin, and the revisionists behind Confederate History Month should be ashamed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )