Reports | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/report/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-18T05:22:57+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo On Health Care, Listen to the Nuns http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/on_health_care_listen_to_the_nuns_20100317/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/on_health_care_listen_to_the_nuns_20100317/ bishops, catholics, dionne, ej dionne, health, health care, house, law, nuns, religion, senate, One of the tragedies of the viciously politicized battle over health care reform is the defection of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops from a cause they have championed for decades. Thank God for the nuns.

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]]> 2010-03-18T05:22:57+00:00 Right Wing Gone Wild http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/right_wing_gone_wild_20100317/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/right_wing_gone_wild_20100317/ 1950s, conason, conservatives, crazy, democracy, glenn beck, history, joe conason, joe mccarthy, john birch, john birch society, justice department, law, mccarthyism, media, republicans, right wing, terrorism, william kristol, Glenn Beck

American fanatics tend to self-destruct. Today’s right-wing nihilists, led by Elizabeth Cheney, William Kristol and Glenn Beck, are crossing that threshold of decency.

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]]> 2010-03-18T05:22:09+00:00 The Truth About American and Israeli Interests Comes Out http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_truth_about_american_and_israeli_interests_comes_out_20100317/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_truth_about_american_and_israeli_interests_comes_out_20100317/ clinton, diplomacy, government, israel, middle east, military, netanyahu, obama, palestinians, pentagon, petraeus, pfaff, politics, religion, security, war, white house, william pfaff, The relationship between the United States and Israel has always rested on a number of pretensions, politically useful to politicians on both sides, but because they are untrue, certain eventually to prove destructive to both countries.

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]]> 2010-03-17T21:02:39+00:00 Lame Bill From a Lame Duck http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lame_bill_from_a_lame_duck_20100316/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lame_bill_from_a_lame_duck_20100316/ bill clinton, chris dodd, consumer protection agency, federal reserve, financial reform, george w. bush, glass-steagall act, lobbyist, wall street, Robert Scheer's Columns Dodd

If you think health care reform has been an unsatisfying test of the government’s ability to deal with our pressing problems, brace yourself for bigger disappointment in its attempt to bridle Wall Street. This is when the true heavies go to work, and, as opposed to the medical industry lobby, the moneychangers fear not the wrath of their clients or, as Scripture tells, any higher power.

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]]> 2010-03-17T06:25:31+00:00 This Bill Is Pro-Life Enough Already http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_bill_is_pro-life_enough_already_20100316/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_bill_is_pro-life_enough_already_20100316/ abortion, choice, congress, democrats, government, health, health care, house, law, money, ruth marcus, senate, stupack, There are any number of good reasons for House Democrats to vote against health care reform. Abortion isn’t one of them.

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]]> 2010-03-17T06:04:34+00:00 NYC’s Jihad Against Debbie Almontaser http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/nycs_jihad_against_debbie_almontaser_20100316/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/nycs_jihad_against_debbie_almontaser_20100316/ amy goodman, arab-american, bigotry, debbie almontaser, democracy, discrimination, education, eeoc, israel, muslim, new york, new york city, religion, school, She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out.

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]]> 2010-03-17T01:08:13+00:00 The Americans Who Can’t Wait for a Better Bill http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_americans_who_cant_wait_for_a_better_bill_20100316/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_americans_who_cant_wait_for_a_better_bill_20100316/ barack obama, bill boyarsky, boyarsky, campaign, congress, democrats, government, health, health care, house, jobs, kucinich, los angeles, obama, poor, senate, speech, unemployment, working class,

The lines at health care centers in working class communities around the country start forming when other Americans are going to bed, and they’re getting longer.

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]]> 2010-03-16T08:35:24+00:00 Katrina’s Toxic Trailers Are No Bargain http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/katrinas_toxic_trailers_are_no_bargain_20100315/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/katrinas_toxic_trailers_are_no_bargain_20100315/ bush, economy, environment, fema, government, health, health care, huricane katrina, katrina, money, obama, trailers,

FEMA is selling more than 100,000 contaminated trailers and mobile homes that are toxic enough to make people very sick.

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]]> 2010-03-16T06:26:17+00:00 Israel Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/israel_crackdown_puts_liberal_jews_on_the_spot_20100315/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/israel_crackdown_puts_liberal_jews_on_the_spot_20100315/ activism, campaign, chris hedges, economy, finkelstein, gaza, goldstone, government, hedges, history, human rights, iran, israel, jews, knesset, law, liberals, media, military, palestinians, peace, politics, security, speech, torture, war, Chris Hedges' Columns

The Israeli government, its brutal war crimes in Gaza exposed in detail in the U.N. report by Justice Richard Goldstone, has implemented a series of draconian measures to silence and discredit dissidents, leading intellectuals and human rights organizations inside and outside Israel.

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]]> 2010-03-15T08:32:00+00:00 Dewey Beats Truman—Again? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/dewey_beats_truman_--_again_20100314/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/dewey_beats_truman_--_again_20100314/ barack obama, britain, campaign, conservatives, david cameron, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, election, gordon brown, government, obama, politics, speech, uk, Could Prime Minister Gordon Brown pull off the biggest political upset since 1948? Britain’s Conservatives are ascendant, but there’s reason for Brown to hope.

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