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Intelligentsia Against Intelligence

The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won't)

Throw the Money Changers Out of the Temple

Lipstick on a Rogue

Battlefield in the War of Ideas

Battlefield in the War of Ideas
By Eugene Robinson

Intelligentsia Against Intelligence
By David Sirota

Enough G-2 Talk Already
By William Pfaff

Despite Subsidies, Class Sizes Rise in California Schools
By Louis Freedberg and Hugo Cabrera, California Watch

Obama’s Job Approval Slips Below 50%

Iran to Test Its Readiness

Brit Warns Against Leaving Afghanistan

Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions

Lou Dobbs for President?

YouTube Videos to Wear Captions

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Geithner-Summers Backlash; Is Palin Dangerous?

Throw the Money Changers Out of the Temple

Yuletide Weirdness With Your Host, Bob Dylan

Hedges and Friends Debate Illusion, Conservatism and 9/11

Freedom’s Fight: Part II
By Gary Phillips

Claire Wasserman on Europe’s Islamic Immigrants
By Claire Wasserman

Oprah Sets Her Show’s Expiration Date

Behold the Food of the Future

Financial Meltdown 101

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Vetting Sarah Palin

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton

By Joe Conason
$11.66

Truthdig is excited to collaborate with Capzles.com on a unique new way of telling a story – in this case, about VP hopeful (and, yes, possible president) Sarah Palin – using video, audio and text “moments” along an interactive timeline.

Posted on Oct 6, 2008 95 COMMENTS

Politics

Inside the Data Mine

The Bush administration’s domestic spying program has depended on the willing participation of America’s telecommunications giants, and all but one, Qwest, were willing to comply. Truthdig contributor Onnesha Roychoudhuri investigates the complex world of national security and regulation to find out whether Qwest’s extraordinary bad luck in recent years has been more than a coincidence—and what it means for what’s left of your privacy.

Posted on Aug 9, 2007 151 COMMENTS

Politics

A Coalition of the Unwilling

While America is still begrudgingly coming to terms with the climate crisis, British politicians, scientists and newspapers have been shouting from the rooftops for years. So why is the U.S. so far behind its closest ally? Truthdig foreign correspondent Sarah Stillman spoke with more than 20 experts to find out.

Posted on Mar 6, 2007 72 COMMENTS

Politics

Robert Scheer: Gaping Holes in the 9/11 Narrative

Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer puts the 9/11 conspiracy theories in perspective.

Posted on Sep 10, 2006 644 COMMENTS

Politics

The Great Immigration Debate: Getting Beyond Denial

Marc Cooper peels away the myths shrouding the U.S. immigration debate.

Posted on Mar 14, 2006 117 COMMENTS

Politics

President Jonah, Meet Oliver Cromwell!

Building on his “President Jonah” theme, Gore Vidal offers another angle on Bush’s presidency, illuminated by the recent spate of wildfires in Southern California.