Obama Takes Another Crack at Commerce

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2009 Fourth time's the charm? Barack Obama's two official picks to serve as commerce secretary both had to drop out. Another candidate withdrew her name before it was ever announced. Now the president is reported to have offered the job to former Washington Gov. Gary Locke. So who is he? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TV News Makes TV Look Bad

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2009 A survey of stimulus coverage by Media Matters has found that watching TV news may actually shrink your brain. Well, that's not fair, but it certainly won't teach you much about stimulating the economy. That's because the personalities that populate the airwaves -- and not just Fox News -- are given license to repeat untruths over and over again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that African-American Chicago Democrat community organizer who made it into the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FactCheck Presents the Biggest Whoppers of Campaign ’08

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2008 Time to relive the magic that was the 2008 presidential campaign -- one big, outrageous prevarication at a time. FactCheck.org delivers the "Whoppers of 2008," courtesy of both Team McCain and Obama HQ. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility?

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Sep 25, 2008 Why is a welfare mother to blame for her poverty while Wall Street fat cats can count on the federal government for $700 billion? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ron Paul on Dems, Immigration, 9/11 Conspiracies

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2007 And now, some news from the right side of the aisle: Presidential hopeful Ron Paul chatted with conservative talk show host Steve Gill about his recent fundraising success, domestic and foreign policy issues, and 9/11 and its aftermath, blasting the neocons for using the Sept. 11 attacks to advance their agenda: "If the mafia attacks someone in this country, we don't bomb Italy," Paul said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Giving’ and Taking

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 Bill Clinton has written a new book about charity, a fitting subject for a president who betrayed the poor and led his party into the arms of corporate America. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ronnie’s Legacy

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 8, 2007 Many of our nation's latest scandals, from the abject failure to rebuild New Orleans to the abuse of veterans at Walter Reed, are the logical result of a contempt for government so zealously implemented by Ronald Reagan and his political descendants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush, Congress Cut Welfare Programs

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2006 New welfare rules written by Congress and the Bush administration are taking effect, denying assistance to the poor for education and drug addiction treatment. The rules also require welfare recipients to work more hours a week, without providing additional child support subsidies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When Politics Defeat Science

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 A former FDA official reminds us that the White House is still forcing science to conform to the dictates of Bush-style fundamentalist Christianity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )