Arts & Culture

Todd Gitlin on ‘The Terror Dream’

Todd Gitlin / Truthdig Nov 2, 2007 Was the Bush administration's fevered response to 9/11 made easier by primal American myths of victimization and fear, as Susan Faludi argues in her provocative new book? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chalmers Johnson on America’s Forgotten War

Chalmers Johnson / Truthdig Oct 26, 2007 The best-selling author of "The Sorrows of Empire" takes a look at David Halberstam's critical history of the Korean War. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

‘Dixie Chicking’: Post-9/11 Blacklisting in the Entertainment Industry

Ed Rampell Oct 25, 2007 As a follow-up to his "Hollywood 10" retrospective essay, and in honor of Friday's 60th-anniversary commemoration of 1947's "Hollywood Fights Back!" radio program, author Ed Rampell shows how history has (unfortunately) repeated itself of late in America's entertainment and news media. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Fox Links Al-Qaida to Calif. Wildfires

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2007 Boy, is al-Qaida ever busy these days! In addition to threatening U.S. troops in Iraq, running riot in the hinterlands of Pakistan and generally requiring huge amounts of money and the potential sacrifice of thousands of lives to thwart its infiltration on several fronts, al-Qaida might even be behind the wildfires currently plaguing Southern California, according to "Fox and Friends." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. ‘9/11 Truthers’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2007 The "Real Time" host became so frustrated with a couple of "9/11 Truthers" who infiltrated his audience Friday that he left the stage to personally oversee their expulsion. The fracas was so entertaining that HBO aired the entire incident on the West Coast feed, which could have easily been edited. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jason Epstein on the Nuclear Threat

Jason Epstein / Truthdig Oct 19, 2007 Two new books by Richard Rhodes and Jonathan Schell paint a disturbing portrait of an era whose Dr. Strangeloves are still practicing their black art. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Marc Cooper on Hugo Chavez

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Oct 12, 2007 A former translator for Chile's Salvador Allende reviews three books evaluating the remarkable rise of Venezuela's irrepressible Hugo Chavez. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Remembering the Hollywood 10

Ed Rampell Oct 9, 2007 This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Hollywood 10 and the Hollywood Blacklist, elements in an epidemic of movie industry censorship that set the stage for "McCarthyism," a term that evokes the fearful and oppressive mood of that bygone era and resonates with the repression under the Bush regime. Here, author Rampell takes a close look at Hollywood's "Red Scare" and its legacy. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt: ‘The Israel Lobby’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2007 In the introduction of their best-selling new book, "The Israel Lobby" (review), authors John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt elaborately outline their reasoning and explain why they think Israel is such a touchy subject. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

Milton Viorst on ‘The Israel Lobby’

Milton Viorst / Truthdig Oct 5, 2007 Longtime journalist and Middle East expert Milton Viorst examines John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt's controversial new book about the Israel lobby and its influence on American foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Iron Maiden Meets IEDs in ‘Heavy Metal in Baghdad’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 Well, this particular motion picture decidedly won't be the feel-good family drama of the year -- and that's just one more excellent reason to go see "Heavy Metal in Baghdad," an inside glimpse into the Baghdad metalhead scene, when it (hopefully) comes to a theater near you. Meanwhile, check out the theatrical trailer here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Disasters of Border Crossing

Rosa-Linda Fregoso / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Cinema, communication and American studies scholar Rosa-Linda Fregoso takes a look at recent exhibitions and installations by the Colectivo Malaleche, a Mexican artists' collective that addresses the plight of women, migrants and other vulnerable groups through their work. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )