The New York Times’ Watergate Blunder

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2009 Back in 1972 the FBI's acting director gave a New York Times reporter the impression that the president was personally involved in Watergate, but the tip died a quick and historic death in the Times' Washington Bureau, according to the reporter and editor involved. One went on to law school, the other took a long vacation and no one bothered to follow up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We’re Paying Congress for This?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Mar 28, 2009 Congress’ work has often offered us transparency and has usually led to useful, progressive legislation. And now comes Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank’s choreographed extravaganza in the House of Representatives, supported by an echoing committee, with sound bites worthy of a night in the Borscht Belt. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Still Trying to Clear Nixon’s Name

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 Two Truthdig contributors are under siege by an "independent historian" and The New York Times If that sounds preposterous, just wait until you see what made it onto the front page Last Sunday, the paper of record cited an unpublished article contending that historian Stanley Kutler deliberately altered transcripts of Nixon's secret tapes in order to protect John Dean. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Being ‘Nixonized’ by Left?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2008 "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace braved the "liberal wind," according to his colleague James P. Pinkerton, by defending George W. Bush from a gaggle of lefties eager to compare Bush to Richard Nixon at a Washington, D.C., screening of Ron Howard's film "Frost/Nixon." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain to Letterman: ‘I Screwed Up’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2008 When Sen. John McCain finally appeared on "Late Night" on Thursday, David Letterman didn't let him forget that he had stood Letterman up last month. Later, McCain joked, "I haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Dean on ‘Pure Goldwater’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 22, 2008 Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer interviews John Dean about "Pure Goldwater," his new collaboration with the late senator's son. The book is a reminder that American conservatism has drifted far from its original heading. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Are Republicans Running Scared?

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 The GOP was already bracing for a tough political year, but losses in three special elections prompted Rep. Tom Davis to send a panicked note to Republican leaders: "The political atmosphere facing House Republicans this November is the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006 when we lost thirty seats." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

George McGovern: Impeach Bush and Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2008 One-time presidential candidate and former Sen. George McGovern penned a bombshell of an Op-Ed piece in Sunday's Washington Post, asserting that the case for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney "is far stronger than was the case against Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew after the 1972 election." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Watergate-Era Nixon Beats Bush in Poll

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2007 According the esteemed Gallup Poll, it's not just that Americans largely disapprove of George W. Bush, but that half strongly disapprove. In fact, Bush has more intense disapproval than Nixon had during Watergate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thompson Defends His Intellect

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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 )

From Katrina to Gonzales: Incompetence Reigns

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jun 14, 2007 Now that there will be no vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, we must ask an impertinent question: What, exactly, are we supposed to have confidence in? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )