Nixon: Thompson ‘Dumb as Hell’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2007 President Richard Nixon's White House tapes have truly become the political gift that keeps on giving, even after all these years. Take this latest timely treat, for example, that ABC News' indefatigable research team rooted out like keen-nosed truffle pigs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

You Say Chaos, I Say Accountability

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 The GOP spin machine is revving up with the news of Alberto Gonzales' departure. Some Republicans are suggesting that tracking down wrongdoing in Gonzales' Justice Department would bring not peace but extreme disruption. In other words: Can't we all be buddies and forget these trivialities? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Incompetent, Corrupt or Worse

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 With Alberto Gonzales' resignation, the president has lost not only a buddy willing to humiliate himself before Congress but a loyal agent who, whether knowingly or not, helped co-opt the federal government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Carl Bernstein: Hillary?s Politics From 1968 to 2008

Jon Wiener / Truthdig Jul 20, 2007 The Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter on Watergate has just published "A Woman in Charge," a biography of Hillary Clinton, for which he interviewed almost 100 of her friends and enemies. Carl Bernstein spoke recently with Truthdig's Jon Wiener about the first former first lady to make a bid for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Olbermann Calls on Bush to Resign

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2007 In another of his not-to-be-missed special comments, Keith Olbermann takes the president to task over his commutation of "Scooter" Libby's sentence. The "Countdown" host compares Bush to Richard Nixon, who, he says, at least had the decency to resign once his abuse of power was exposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Biggest Loser

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 5, 2007 Who earns the title of Worst President Ever: Nixon or Bush? While Bill Boyarsky concedes that the question may be moot in some senses, he still takes the two to task in his rundown of the many offenses they committed during their respective (imperialist) presidencies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Carter Backpedals on Bush and Blair

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2007 Jimmy Carter must have received some angry phone calls over the weekend after he seemingly explicitly called the Bush administration the "worst in history" in terms of foreign policy and critiqued team Blair in Britain for going along with Bush's agenda, because Monday morning found Carter in serious backpedal mode on the "Today" show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld: The Power and the Glory

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2007 Roger Morris, a historian and investigative journalist who served on the National Security Council under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, brings his wisdom to bear on the rise and fall of Donald Rumsfeld. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

E. Howard Hunt Dead at 88

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2007 The aspiring novelist who would ultimately be known for his central role in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion and the botched Watergate burglary died in Miami on Tuesday at the age of 88. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Chance to Retrieve History

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2007 Roger Morris, who served on the senior staff of the National Security Council under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, knows a thing or two about the folly of escalation. In this must-read essay, the award-winning historian reminds us that a military's unwillingness to admit defeat and a president's desire for victory are no excuse for the lives wasted on a futile vision of conquest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did Ford Trade Nixon Pardon for Presidency?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2006 Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation, recalls the magazine's legal battle over Gerald Ford's memoirs and the alleged deal the former president struck to pardon Richard Nixon. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish: Pardon Envy

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