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Lawrence Lessig on ‘Fixing the Republic’

This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Lawrence Lessig discusses his new e-book, “One Way Forward: The Outsider’s Guide to Fixing the Republic,” and his optimism that movements like Occupy Wall Street can help set our democracy back on course.

Posted on Feb 24, 2012 READ MORE  | 1918 READS


Pennsylvania: The ‘State of Independence’ Becomes the ‘Oil State’

Susquehanna County has already been thoroughly fracked by gas mining operations. Dallas Township, one hour’s drive south, appears to be next.

Posted on Feb 23, 2012 READ MORE  | 760 READS


It Gets Better ... on MTV

The TV version of Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project premiered Tuesday night, featuring the stories of three LGBT teens.

Posted on Feb 22, 2012 READ MORE  | 380 READS


Trump (Again) Considers Running for President

This election is so important, Donald Trump told the home crowd on CNBC, he would “seriously, seriously consider” running for president if Rick Santorum won the nomination.

Posted on Feb 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 628 READS


Syrians ‘Radicalized by Terror’

Syrian forces are shelling Homs while across the country, reports ITN’s Jonathan Rugman, “state brutality has failed to crush” the popular uprising.

Posted on Feb 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 408 READS


Bill Moyers: Attack Ads Inside and Out

On this week’s “Moyers & Company,” Kathleen Hall Jamieson of FactCheck.org and FlackCheck.org says “we’re at a very, very critical time right now” and must try to block “visceral” political advertising at the local level.

Posted on Feb 20, 2012 READ MORE  | 1599 READS


Taking Citizens United Back to the Supreme Court

Ian Masters investigates Montana’s rejection of corporate personhood, a decision that is under review by the Supreme Court.

Posted on Feb 19, 2012 READ MORE  | 1041 READS


‘Left, Right & Center’: Cars, Contraception and China

What is it about this particular election cycle that’s causing Republican candidates’ fortunes to rise and fall so rapidly the pundits are practically getting whiplash? And does our nation’s debt problem have more to do with defense spending or so-called entitlement programs?

Posted on Feb 17, 2012 READ MORE  | 574 READS


Occupy Fashion Week

Fashionistas are a funny lot, sometimes unintentionally so, and often given to talking about the rag trade and all things stylish in highfalutin’ terms. Here we have some from that set—and a couple of outliers, including Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges—holding forth about the nuanced relationship between fashion and OWS.

Posted on Feb 17, 2012 READ MORE  | 982 READS


Putin on Trial ... Almost

Some crafty editing has put Russian President Vladimir Putin behind bars and awaiting trial in a viral YouTube video that ought to excite tens of thousands of Muscovites who took to the streets in recent months to protest legislative elections and Putin’s upcoming attempt to preserve his office.

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 READ MORE  | 341 READS


‘Colbert Report’: Contraception Crusade

Being a Catholic himself, Stephen Colbert is able to break down for the layperson (read: godless liberal) the Vatican’s stance on contraception, which recently became a hot-button (read: wedge) issue for Campaign 2012. 

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 READ MORE  | 4178 READS


Boehner: Time to Stop Playing ‘Political Games’ With the Tax Cut Bill

To hear House Speaker John Boehner tell it, as he does in this clip, the “political games” that were clearly happening in recent months over the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits bill that’s now en route to passage were all coming from the Democratic side.

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 READ MORE  | 333 READS


‘Freedom Watch’ Goes Dark

In this clip from his axed Fox Business show, “Freedom Watch,” Judge Andrew Napolitano asks some questions that may be too advanced for the average viewer of the Murdochian network—or any habitual viewer of any major network looking to absorb the latest talking points and get on with her day.

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 READ MORE  | 4386 READS


Obama Begs Voters Not to Make His Daughters Switch Schools

Let’s see which gullible politician might pick up this little satirical number from The Onion News Network and think it’s for real. Meanwhile, the rest of us can enjoy a good spoof on campaign ads at President Obama’s expense.

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 READ MORE  | 1363 READS


Obama: ‘We Can’t Just Cut Our Way Into Growth’

No doubt anticipating the pointed criticism soon to follow from Republican ranks, President Obama weighed the short term against the long view in the speech he gave Monday at Northern Virginia Community College about his $3.8 trillion budget plan.

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 READ MORE  | 285 READS


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