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Reese Erlich and Muhammad Sahimi —
The writers explain why a pre-emptive attack on Iran would backfire, and they challenge the Bush administration’s claims that Iran is supplying explosives to Iraqi insurgent groups.
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
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By Amy Goodman — When Carlos Arredondo learned on his 44th birthday that his son Alex had been killed in Najaf, he lost his mind and nearly his life. But Carlos found a way forward, touring the country with a flag-draped coffin standing in for those “the government doesn’t want you to see.”
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
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By Bill Boyarsky — Truthdig is pleased to welcome Bill Boyarsky, one of the top political journalists in America, to the site. Bill will be adding his insights, honed over decades of reporting about presidential elections for the L.A. Times, to our political coverage in upcoming months.
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Rudy Giuliani still leads among Republicans in the race for the presidential nomination, but a lurking powerhouse candidate like Chuck Hagel, armed with a popular take on the war, could quickly emerge a winner.
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — The war in Iraq continues to divert attention from the mess in Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban challenges a half-hearted American effort with increasing boldness.
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
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By Chris Hedges — Gays are the first target of the Christian right’s campaign against human rights, but they won’t be the last.
Posted on Mar 11, 2007
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By Andy Borowitz — The satirist pokes fun at the Libby verdict and the president’s rush to distance himself from a liar.
Posted on Mar 11, 2007
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By James Harris — In 2006 alone, 148 people were murdered in the streets of Oakland, most of them African-American. Today the epidemic of violence continues unabated and largely ignored. Truthdig contributor James Harris reports on the forgotten crisis that threatens to tear his city apart.
Posted on Mar 11, 2007
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Truthdig tips its hat this week to Patrick J. Fitzgerald, whose talent for tackling high-stakes court cases without flinching or yielding to partisan pressures made him the ideal prosecutor for the I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby trial.
Posted on Mar 10, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The Bush administration has created a poisonous atmosphere that principled conservatives should deplore.
Posted on Mar 9, 2007
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By Joe Conason — The plot to eliminate politically inconvenient U.S. attorneys was a direct assault on the integrity of American justice, and its architects should be investigated and punished accordingly.
Posted on Mar 7, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — 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.
Posted on Mar 7, 2007
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By Ellen Goodman — Hillary Clinton unavoidably began her campaign as the female candidate. But with time and controversy she has emerged as the establishment figure, leaving issues of gender and electability more or less by the wayside.
Posted on Mar 7, 2007
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By Robert Scheer — Thank you, Ann Coulter, for boosting the principled but media-neglected presidential candidacy of John Edwards.
Posted on Mar 6, 2007
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By Amy Goodman — The legendary entertainer and activist may be in his ninth decade, but his commitment to social justice is as fervent as ever.
Posted on Mar 6, 2007
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