‘Mental Recession’ Is ‘Straight Talk’?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2008 Next thing you know, they're going to say unicorns are real, too. On an episode of Fox News' "Special Report" late this week, Weekly Standard Editor Fred Barnes chimed in about McCain adviser Phil Gramm's assessment that America was on the verge of a "mental recession," calling Gramm's statement "straight talk." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Adviser: Recession All in Our Minds

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 According to Phil Gramm, the former senator from Texas who's now a key economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, America's economic woes, insofar as they actually exist, are the product of some stinking thinking by "a nation of whiners" and doom-and-gloom headlines from the U.S. media. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Put the Politicians in the Enron Docket

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 There simply would be no Enron story were it not for the deregulation of the energy market ushered in by Republican politicians. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )