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Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’

'The Daily Show': Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

'Left, Right & Center': The White House Scandal Trifecta

The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
By Alexander Reed Kelly

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’
By Paul Brown, Climate News Network

How the IRS’ Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Flaring Violence Kills 130 People in Iraq in Three Days

Super PAC Suggests Rand Paul Is Running for President in 2016

The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

How Profitable Are Students in 2013?

Googleland: Coming Soon to a Country Near You

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘The Daily Show’: Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

Video Allegedly Shows Police Beating David Silva to Death

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

What Fate Awaits Orwell’s Birthplace?

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Tag: Boring

Back to Basics

By Eugene Robinson —

In a world filled with problems—Iraq, terrorism and so on—we tend to ignore the boring ones. Which is why, sadly, bridges will collapse and levees will break.

Posted on Aug 2, 2007 READ MORE | 46 COMMENTS

Column: My Kids Bore Me to Death

A working mother of two admits to one of parenthood’s last great remaining taboos: that parenting is often mind-numbingly tedious, and that she’d almost always rather be doing something other than watching “SpongeBob” or making runs to soccer practice.

The comments on this article offer a fascinating set of nuggets for would-be parents to chew on.

Posted on Aug 1, 2006 READ MORE | 9 COMMENTS

Andy Borowitz: Gore Could Cause ‘Global Boring’

By Andy Borowitz —

The political satirist reports: “The election of former Vice President Al Gore to the White House could result in a disastrous phenomenon called ‘global boring,’ in which millions of people around the world would fall asleep in an unprecedented narcoleptic pandemic.”