Maybe the Only Crime Was by Blago’s Barber

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 Is Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about to be impeached on grounds of loopiness, obnoxiousness and a bad haircut? It is unclear to me what else Blagojevich has done that a duly constituted jury would find illegal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democrats Must Not Get Into Blagojevich’s Game

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 2, 2009 The governor is playing Chicago-style hardball at the highest level. His opponents need to reply in kind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Workers Laid Off, Executives Paid Off, Bernard Madoff

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 17, 2008 Bernard Madoff's criminal pyramid scheme, in which losses are expected to be $50 billion, paints a grim picture -- unless you are a corporate executive. Read the fine print. Of the TARP bailout funds, only those that were technically spent "in an auction" carry limits on executive pay. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Told You So

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 With the release of three new reports, there’s no debate anymore about who was correct and who wasn’t concerning the economic collapse and the Wall Street bailout. The studies prove that progressive critics were right and the Washington ideologues and the pundits were wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s E-Team

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 25, 2008 Obama's selection of a team of highly skilled pragmatists has already been described as a move to the political center, but Obama advisers and longtime acquaintances say that this is a misreading of the incoming president and his approach. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

So Much to Do, So Little Hillary

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2008 Sen. Ted Kennedy has asked Sen. Hillary Clinton to take up an important post shaping landmark health care legislation. The offer comes as Clinton reportedly weighs continuing her work in the Senate against joining Barack Obama's administration as secretary of state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jerry Brown Says Prop. 8 Should Remain In Effect, for Now

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2008 Is Jerry Brown just doing his job, or is he trying to be all things to all Californians? The attorney general said in a statement that the state's high court should review the recently passed gay marriage ban, but until then, " The public interest would be better served by allowing Proposition 8 to remain in effect ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Defies Leadership, Rejects Bailout

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2008 When it came to a showdown in the House, the $700-billion bailout scheme was considered to be as toxic as the securities it was supposed to save us from. Democrats and Republicans broke ranks Monday to vote down the measure, 228-205, against the wishes of both parties' leaders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Back in the USSR

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 26, 2008 In the late 1990s, Washington was in the throes of a deregulatory orgy. Many lampooned Rep. Bernie Sanders' opposition to the grotesquerie, and his notoriety as the only self-described socialist in Congress. Nobody guessed that in a few years our country would become the United States' Socialist Republic. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )

Sarah Palin on ‘Troopergate’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2008 In post-Nixonian American politics, you're nobody unless you're associated with a scandal replete with shadowy intrigue and danger and commonly referred to in the press with the suffix -gate. Good thing John McCain's VP pick, Sarah Palin, comes equipped with her own: Troopergate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Don’t Work

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2008 Congress is investigating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for the first time in the rule's 15-year life. Critics of the famously troubled compromise would like to take advantage of a troop-starved military to scrap the policy, but the opposition argues that openly gay soldiers would frighten away new recruits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )