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Mike Luckovich
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By Robert Scheer — Right-wingers want to blame Bill Clinton for North Korea’s nuclear provocation, but it was the wannabe cowboy in the Oval Office who goaded the Hermit Kingdom’s leader into a Cold War-style bout of nuclear brinkmanship.
UPDATE: Jimmy Carter, former emissary to N. Korea, calls for resumption of negotiations with Pyongyang
McCain rips Clinton’s N. Korea policy (read or watch)
Posted on Oct 10, 2006
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Time Inc. /From "The Man Time Forgot"
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By Blair Golson — Why did Henry Luce, titan of 20th-century journalism, bury the legacy of his boyhood friend and rival, Time magazine co-founder Briton Hadden? That’s the provocative and never-before-told story at the heart of the new book “The Man Time Forgot.” Truthdig interviews its author, Isaiah Wilner. (Above: Hadden, left, and Luce, center, in 1925.)
Posted on Oct 10, 2006
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By Molly Ivins — Kinky Friedman came off as an unrepentant racist on Friday night, so the contest has come down to Rick Perry, who has really good hair, and Chris Bell, who has everything else.
Posted on Oct 9, 2006
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By Marie Cocco — The unpunished slaying of an Afghan women’s-rights worker belies America’s commitment to the liberation of Afghanistan’s female population.
Posted on Oct 9, 2006
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AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
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By Chris Hedges — The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” reports on Bush’s plan for Iran, and how a callous war, conceived by zealots, will lead to a disaster of biblical proportions.
Posted on Oct 9, 2006
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By Jabari Asim — Asim examines a hot internet video for the potency of its racist content, and wonders why a black entertainer would make a music video that is more racist than “Birth of a Nation.”
Posted on Oct 8, 2006
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By Andy Borowitz — Bush remained resolute that America’s immigration crisis, and not the behavior of Mr. Foley, was the true root cause of the scandal.
Posted on Oct 6, 2006
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From cavalierdaily.com
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Truthdig tips its hat this week to Bob Woodward, whose book “State of Denial” plowed over much-trod territory and still managed to surface plenty of fresh headlines. (Video and more after the jump…)
Posted on Oct 6, 2006
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By Molly Ivins — The fact that Henry Kissinger is ascendant in the Bush administration is easily the most vile revelation to surface in Bob Woodward’s new book.
Posted on Oct 5, 2006
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By Joe Conason — More disturbing than the GOP’s attempts to shift blame in the Foley scandal is the emerging narrative of dereliction and coverup.
Posted on Oct 5, 2006
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By Ellen Goodman — I would have preferred the Democrats to end up ascendant in November based on the strength of their ideas, but if it takes Mark Foley to bring down the GOP house, so be it.
Posted on Oct 5, 2006
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By Marie Cocco — The GOP’s coverup of Mark Foley’s Internet escapades is actually the party’s least shocking shirking of responsibility.
Posted on Oct 4, 2006
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Courtesy WorldCantWait
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Read and watch the impassioned speech that the celebrated actor gave on Monday at a rally for World Can’t Wait—Drive Out the Bush Regime.
Posted on Oct 3, 2006
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From Amazon.com
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By Sarah Stillman — The life of political scientist Bernard Fall, the first soldier-scholar to predict an inglorious end for America in Vietnam, is remembered in a new biography by his widow. She speaks with Truthdig guest interviewer Sarah Stillman about the government’s lies—in Vietnam then, and in Iraq now.
Posted on Oct 3, 2006
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Courtesy Nir Rosen
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By Nir Rosen — In the wake of Israel’s 33-day war with Hizballah, the 24-year-old Islamic movement has become the most popular political party in the Middle East. Here’s why that shouldn’t worry us.
Posted on Oct 3, 2006
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