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 2009 2009-11-20T10:29:51+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Battlefield in the War of Ideas http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/battlefield_in_the_war_of_ideas_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/battlefield_in_the_war_of_ideas_20091119/ 911, afghanistan, bush, eric holder, eugene robinson, history, iraq, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, ksm, military, new york, nidal hasan, obama, robinson, terrorism, trial, war, war on terror, If killing a terrorist in Kandahar creates one in Killeen, we’ll never make progress.

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]]> 2009-11-20T10:29:51+00:00 Intelligentsia Against Intelligence http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/intelligentsia_against_intelligence_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/intelligentsia_against_intelligence_20091119/ afghanistan, book, bush, congress, david broder, david sirota, government, history, iraq, jackson diehl, media, military, obama, pentagon, sirota, white house,

Any hope that we aren’t turning into a full-on slobbering idiocracy was snuffed out last week by two of the Washington intelligentsia’s most respected voices.

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]]> 2009-11-20T10:29:22+00:00 Despite Subsidies, Class Sizes Rise in California Schools http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/despite_subsidies_class_sizes_rise_in_california_schools_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/despite_subsidies_class_sizes_rise_in_california_schools_20091119/ california, california watch, cir, economy, education, money, school, subsidies, By Louis Freedberg and Hugo Cabrera, California Watch

Most of California’s largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history.

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]]> 2009-11-20T02:39:55+00:00 Enough G-2 Talk Already http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/enough_g-2_talk_already_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/enough_g-2_talk_already_20091119/ barack obama, china, debt, diplomacy, economy, foreign policy, government, history, military, nuclear, obama, pfaf, politics, war, william pfaff, I have never understood the widely touted idea or assumption of China-U.S. equality or partnership or joint rule of the world or superpower partnership that has dominated the press coverage of Barack Obama’s trip to Asia.

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]]> 2009-11-20T02:27:07+00:00 The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won’t) http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_speech_obama_should_give_but_wont_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_speech_obama_should_give_but_wont_20091119/ afghanistan, barack obama, bush, campaign, clinton, congress, election, history, iraq, media, military, money, nuclear, obama, pentagon, security, speech, terrorism, tom engelhardt, war,

President Obama will undoubtedly address the American people on whatever decision he makes about the war in Afghanistan. Every sign indicates that it will not sound like this.

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]]> 2009-11-19T22:50:50+00:00 Lipstick on a Rogue http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lipstick_on_a_rogue_20091118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lipstick_on_a_rogue_20091118/ book, campaign, clinton, ellen goodman, feminism, going rogue, gop, history, iraq, mccain, media, palin, politics, republicans, sarah palin, women, You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.”

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]]> 2009-11-19T06:43:17+00:00 GOP Obstruction Goes Unnoticed—and Unpunished http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/gop_obstruction_goes_unnoticed_--_and_unpunished_20091118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/gop_obstruction_goes_unnoticed_--_and_unpunished_20091118/ bush, congress, democrats, dionne, economy, ej dionne, gop, government, health, health care, house, obama, politics, republicans, senate,

Democrats in the Senate may engage in collective suicide, but it’s Republicans who, with Machiavellian brilliance, have brought the country to a halt.

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]]> 2009-11-19T06:43:11+00:00 What Is So Patriotic About Hysteria? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_is_so_patriotic_about_hysteria_20091118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_is_so_patriotic_about_hysteria_20091118/ 911, cia, conason, conservatives, eric holder, government, joe conason, justice, justice department, khalid sheikh mohammed, law, security, terrorism, torture, war, The loudest voices on the right never tire of telling us that they are the truest patriots, but when did fear-mongering in a time of war become an act of patriotism?

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]]> 2009-11-19T06:43:07+00:00 Three Abortion Coverage Myths http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/3_abortion_coverage_myths_20091118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/3_abortion_coverage_myths_20091118/ abortion, choice, congress, democrats, government, health, health care, house, law, marcus, money, politics, religion, ruth marcus, stupak, Let’s dispense with three fallacies swirling about the question of abortion coverage in health care reform.

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]]> 2009-11-19T00:31:15+00:00 Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer We Elected President? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/who_are_you_and_what_have_you_done_with_the_community_organizer_we_elected_/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/who_are_you_and_what_have_you_done_with_the_community_organizer_we_elected_/ barack obama, christopher dodd, clinton, economy, law, lawrence summers, neal wolin, obama, politic, regulation, robert rubin, robert scheer, scheer, senate, timothy geithner, wall street, white house, Robert Scheer's Columns

What’s up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it. 

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