What Margaret Thatcher Really Meant to England and the World

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 Amid all the suffocating claptrap celebrating Margaret Thatcher in the media, only the British themselves seem able to provide a refreshing hit of brisk reality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Two Conservative Lives

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 Two important conservatives departed this life within days of each other. One was a world-historical figure with extravagant political gifts, the other's misgivings about politics led him to counsel Christians to undertake a political "fast." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Escape Artists

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Will Elvis Costello Dance on Margaret Thatcher’s Grave? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 10, 2013 In a famous lament written at the height of the Thatcher years, the English musician expressed a desire to live long enough to see the brutal British leader die so he could one day "stand on [her] grave and tramp the dirt down." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Iron Lady

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Margaret Thatcher RIP

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Michael Hudson Remembers What Margaret Thatcher Did

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 9, 2013 The deceased prime minister's 11-year rule over the U.K. "was historic mainly by posing the conundrum that has shaped neoliberal politics since 1980: How can governments nurture and endow financial kleptocrats" with the consent of the people? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Margaret Thatcher: A Swashbuckler on the Grandest Stage

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 8, 2013 Thatcher, who died Monday at 87, was a towering but polarizing figure. Many aspects of her legacy -- the transformation of Britain into a postindustrial society -- will long be debated. But one of her greatest contributions is beyond dispute. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s ‘Iron Lady,’ Dies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2013 The conservative Thatcher vastly reshaped Britain with her economic policies, pulling the country back from 35 years of socialism and ushering in a new era of privatization. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Winning the Argument

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 16, 2013 In his bid to be remembered as a transformational leader, President Obama is following the playbook of an ideological opposite, Margaret Thatcher. First you win the argument, she used to say, then you win the vote. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Iron Lady’: Power in Spectator Pumps

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jan 15, 2012 Do we learn anything about Margaret Thatcher from Abi Morgan’s screenplay? And more important, will anyone born after Thatcher’s 11 years in office learn anything about her brand of conservatism and its effects?Nothing like a movie to drive a wedge between ideology and feelings. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Normal Heart and Nijinsky’s Faun

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jan 11, 2012 We just lived through a year of uprisings round the world, including the Occupy Wall Street movement. In culture, in science and in politics we have every reason to expect that the opening years of this century will be as dangerous and as transformative as the first decade of the 20th.In culture, in science and in politics we have every reason to expect that the opening years of this century will be as dangerous and as transformative as the first decade of the 20th. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )