Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask whether the Obama administration will be distracted and ineffective from here on out. The head of the IRS apologizes and claims there was no political motivation behind its treatment of conservative groups. Is it a benign symbol of an unwieldy, too-big government, or a terrifying reminder of the Nixon years? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 17, 2013
The Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS’ investigations of right-wing groups, the Justice Department’s snooping into journalists’ phone records, Obamacare behind schedule, the administration’s push for gun control ending in failure. Whom should the blame fall on? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMay 16, 2013
I know, I know: This "confluence" of "scandals" spells "trouble" for the Obama administration. Well, sure, this has been hell week for the president. But what spells trouble for our country is our apparent eagerness to avoid debate about discrete problems by sacrificing the particulars and the facts to the idol of political narrative. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigMar 14, 2013
Authorities in Florida and five other states carried out a massive raid on a politically well-connected charity that has been called a fraud by the Internal Revenue Service. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 6, 2013
For once, the American media might have done some good, at least according to the Rev. Robert Oliver, a lawyer for the Vatican who recently assumed the role of prosecutor on sexual abuse cases within the Holy See. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Richard Schickel / TruthdigNov 26, 2012
He was never dark or monstrous as this film makes him seem Rather the opposite There was something -- well -- childlike about him There was something—well—childlike about him. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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