Gerald Ford Dead at 93

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2006 The 38th president has died after suffering a year of intermittent health problems. Ford was both the longest-living president and the only one to hold the office without being elected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Was Nixon Worse?

Jon Wiener / Truthdig Dec 12, 2006 A historian and contributor to The Nation uses a stark metric to evaluate the presidencies of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Turning the Corner Into Madness

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 1, 2006 The dire predictions President Bush is making about "cutting and running" from Iraq are almost identical to the horrifically inaccurate ones Presidents Johnson and Nixon made about Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Colbert to Lamont: ‘You’re Rich … Why Aren’t You a Republican?’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2006 Connecticut Senate challenger Ned Lamont told Stephen Colbert that he became a Democrat to fight Richard Nixon at age 18, and he's still fighting a Democratic battle against Nixon's heir in the White House today. Lamont: "I think George Bush is driving this country into a ditch, and if Joe Lieberman won't challenge him, I will." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Bush Should Channel Nixon in North Korea

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Truthdig's editor in chief argues that President Bush could defuse the nuclear standoff with North Korea by coddling its attention-starved leader--similar to what Nixon did with China. "Hell, Bush might even empathize with Kim's desire to escape from the shadow of a father from whom he inherited his crown." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reviewers Praise ‘Playing President’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 A reviewer from the The Chicago Reader is the latest to join Gore Vidal and Buzzflash in praising Truthdig editor Robert Scheer's new book "Playing President" . Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Poll: Bush Worst President Since WWII

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 In the Quinnipiac Poll, Bush garnered twice as many "worst of" votes as Richard Nixon. Ronald Reagan was picked as the best. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Playing President

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Don't miss Robert Scheer's new book: "Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush." With a foreword by Gore Vidal Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Bush’s Job Approval Rating at All Time Low

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2006 Only 36% of the public approves of Bush's performance, according to an Ap-Ipsos poll released Friday. The GOP-led Congress fared even worse, with an approval rating of only 30%. Nixon's numbers were in the high 20s during the Watergate scandal. What's the magic number for regime change? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Channels Nixon in Libby Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2006 In 1977, Nixon said, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"? Well, Bush's lawyers allegedly said this about the leak of classified intelligence: "Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to declassification of the document." Got it? When the president leaks it, that means it is not illegal. UPDATE: the White House tries to quell the furor over the leak. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hatch, John Dean Trade Barbs at Censure Hearing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2006 After Nixon-era whistle-blower John Dean speaks in favor of censuring Bush, Sen. Orrin Hatch tells him: "Quit trying to score political points." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Withdrawal From Iraq? Not With All These Shiny U.S. Bases…

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2006 TomDispatch warns that the presence of American "super bases" in Iraq belies the idea that the U.S. will pull out of the country any time soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )