Staff / TruthdigDec 25, 2010
For this special holiday edition of "Left, Right & Center," the show's regulars -- Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Arianna Huffington and Tony Blankley -- take their talk to the meta level to discuss what it means to own their respective political labels at this particular moment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2010
British politicians waited 50 years to debate each other on television. Those clever Internet hooligans wasted no time mocking the results. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 23, 2010
This is good news for the tiara-wearing teen set, perhaps bad news for humanity in general: According to the Los Angeles Times, business is brisk for that sparkly and slightly grotesque niche of the special-events industry that targets (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 25, 2008
The Movimento Sociale-Fiamma Tricolore party in Italy has offered to pay $1,940 to parents who name their children after Benito Mussolini or his wife Rachele. The "purely casual" name game is meant to address low birthrates and not fascist nostalgia, according to the far-right party. Sure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2008
When his term as chairman of the Democratic National Committee is up, Howard Dean will step aside to make room for a guy or gal of President-elect Barack Obama's choosing. Dean has received both praise and scorn for his performance as chairman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 7, 2008
You may have knocked on doors for Barack Obama, but it's possible you gave money to John McCain. GoodGuide has a tool that sorts donations by party, logo and industry. Tech companies seem to prefer Democrats while food companies love Republicans. The banks, of course, throw money at everybody. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 7, 2008
All right, so we're being a bit facetious with the headline here, but seriously, Sen. Joe Lieberman's future vis-à-vis his former base at the Democratic Party is a tad uncertain at this time, to say the least. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 21, 2008
Former Roman Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo's campaign against poverty has won him the presidency of Paraguay, a country that has been ruled by the same conservative party for 61 years -- arguably longer than the run of any party in any other country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 16, 2008
Nancy Pelosi, who is not only one of the highest-ranking members of the Democratic Party but the chair of its approaching national convention, has weighed in on two of the most controversial issues looming over the presidential nomination. Superdelegates, Pelosi said, should not overrule the will of the voters, and the disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida "can't make the difference because then we would have no rules." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 31, 2007
Benazir Bhutto's teenage son has been named the chairman of her Pakistan People's Party, although her husband will run the PPP until Bilawal finishes college. Asif Ali Zardari refused to allow his wife to be autopsied but has asked the U.N. and Britain to investigate her assassination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 29, 2007
It's almost primary time, voters of America, so get ready for more electoral shenanigans! The venerable southern state of Virginia is fast out of the gates this election season, thanks to the local Republican Party, which came up with the ingenious idea of requiring voters who want to take part in February's primary to pledge that they'll also cast their vote for the Republican presidential nominee next Nov. 4. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2007
China plans to stick with the economic and political reforms that have brought prestige, wealth and environmental catastrophe to the country, but don't expect Beijing to turn its back on the Communist Party completely. As the official spokesman of the 17th party congress put it: "We will never copy the Western model of political system." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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