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A Slap in the Face
By Eugene Robinson

Obama’s Weather Balloon
By E.J. Dionne

Acknowledging the Race Chasm
By David Sirota

The Super Problem
By Bernard Weisberger

Geoffrey Wheatcroft on ‘Muqtada’
By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Report: Movie Mogul Weinstein Pressured Pelosi

Stone Gears Up for ‘W’

Rome’s New Mayor Strikes American Celebs From VIP List

President Jonah, Meet Oliver Cromwell!

Dig led by Gore Vidal

Inside the Data Mine

Dig led by Onnesha Roychoudhuri

11 Million Reasons to Stay in the Race

Pat and Mary Tillman Are Saluted in N.Y. Times

Clinton: Whites Prefer Me

Putin Sticks Around

Israel Turns 60

Showing Hillary the Door

McCain’s ‘Spiritual Guide’ Has a Big Issue with Islam

War Inc.

McGovern Switches to Obama

Mary Tillman on ‘Today’: ‘Pat’s Death Was a Lie to the Country’

Message From the Publisher

Dear Readers:

The purpose of our Web magazine is to provide you with insightful and accurate reporting on current subjects and on issues that need to be brought to your attention. We want to challenge conventional wisdom. We seek to offer a solid and reliable resource for those of you who want to explore particular topics by drilling deeply. In addition, it is our mission to create a home for thoughtful, provocative ideas from talented contributors and editors.

We'd like to hear from you about what works and what doesn't work as our site evolves. Comments are welcome and can be sent to .

Thank you for joining our Dig!

Sincerely,

Zuade Kaufman, Publisher

Truthdig - The Site

Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics. To offer frequent change and surprise, the magazine also presents a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's editors and staff.

Background

In this hyperlinked, blog-filled, talk-show-dominated world, discourse is often a food fight. It is increasingly difficult for people seeking to understand the world to find stories in depth, told by those who know their topic best.

An exception in 2004 was "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq," by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Robert Scheer, co-authored with his son Christopher Scheer and reporter Lakshmi Chaudhry and funded by readers of the Web site Alternet.org. Despite receiving little play in the media, the book, which describes the roots of the Iraq quagmire, received publicity via the Internet, alternative radio shows and word of mouth and landed on the Los Angeles Times best-seller list. Three decades earlier, Pulitzer Prize finalist Scheer had challenged conventional thinking with 1965's groundbreaking "How the U.S. Got Involved in Vietnam," which helped to launch a new era of investigative reporting.

The lesson was that if you respect the story and present it in a clear way, it will find an audience. There have always been and will always be people digging for the truth, rather than simply accepting the conventional wisdom of the day. It is these people we hope to reach with our Web magazine, Truthdig.

Staff

Zuade Kaufman, Publisher		Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief		Peter Scheer, Managing Editor		Kasia Anderson, Associate Editor		Steve Wasserman, Literary Editor
		Lucy Berbeo, Executive Administrative Assistant		John Cheney, Editorial Assistant		Charles Baker-Boyd, Intern

Truthdig was co-founded by Los Angeles entrepreneur Zuade Kaufman, who serves as publisher, and journalist Robert Scheer, the Web site's editor.

Kaufman, who holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, is a former reporter for the Westside Weekly, a Los Angeles Times publication. A photojournalist, she occasionally shoots portraits and photo essays for Truthdig.

Syndicated columnist Robert Scheer, based at the San Francisco Chronicle, is also a syndicated radio talk-show host on NPR and author of several acclaimed books, including, most recently, "Playing President: My Relationships With Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton -- and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush"

Wasserman, a director of Kneerim & Williams at Fish & Richardson and manager of its New York office, was editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review from 1996 to 2005 and a principal architect of the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Peter Scheer, the son of journalists Robert Scheer and Narda Zacchino, grew up in the newspaper business. He graduated with a communication degree from the University of Southern California and, after working in the movie business, joined Truthdig, where he is now managing editor.

After earning a degree in English literature and sociology at Swarthmore College, Anderson worked as a Web journalist in San Francisco and as an entertainment reporter for the New York Daily News. She has also written freelance pieces for Salon.com and the Orlando Sentinel, among other publications. At the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication, she received a master's degree. In addition to being Truthdig's associate editor, she is writing a doctoral dissertation on celebrity and politics.

Truthdig Contributors

Bill Boyarsky, Political correspondent		Mr. Fish, Cartoonist		James Harris, Podcast interviewer		Chris Hedges, Columnist		Gbemisola Olujobi, African correspondent
Scott Ritter, Columnist		Joshua Scheer, Podcast interviewer		Sarah Stillman, International correspondent