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Destroying an Iraqi City to Save It
Jul 6, 2006 The city of Ramadi, epicenter of the Iraqi insurgency, has already been reduced to such ruins that constantly under-fire American forces are planning to bulldoze three blocks in the center of the city and create a mini Green Zone in an attempt to gain the upper hand on the insurgents.
Ever Wonder Why Politicos Do the Colbert Show?
Jul 6, 2006 No matter how silly Stephen Colbert makes politicians look on his show, an appearance on "The Colbert Report" is the best (and maybe the only) way to make young voters pay attention and respond to their representatives in Congress, according to The Washington Times.Ken Lay, Former Enron CEO, Dies of Heart Attack
Jul 5, 2006 Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who six weeks ago was found guilty in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history, and who was expected to face decades in prison for his fraud and conspiracy convictions in the Enron collapse, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 64.
Nir Rosen: How I Reported From Inside the Insurgency
Jul 5, 2006 The acclaimed journalist (and Truthdig contributor), who has spent the last three years in Iraq, explains how his street smarts, Arabic skills and Middle Eastern looks afforded him a view of the Iraqi insurgency almost unparalleled among Western journalists. Check out the Buzzflash interview.
North Korean Missile Fails After Launch…
Jul 5, 2006 According to the AP: "A defiant North Korea test-fired a long-range missile Wednesday that may be capable of reaching America, but it failed seconds after launch. The North also tested five smaller missiles in an exercise the White House called "provocative" but not an immediate threat. Bush's NSA advisor calls it provocative behavior. The Japanese foreign minister said there was a "very high possibility" that his country would impose economic sanctions on North Korea.CIA Closes Unit Focused on Capture of Bin Laden
Jul 4, 2006 Members of the decade-old unit at the spy agency have been reassigned within the CIA, an indication that, according to some, "reflects a view that Al Qaeda is no longer as hierarchical as it once was" or, according to detractors, "reflect[s] a view within the agency that Mr. bin Laden was no longer the threat he once was."Poll: Evangelicals Less Popular Than Jewish Presidential Candidates
Jul 4, 2006 Among voters quizzed in an L Times / Bloomberg poll, "21% said they would not vote for an evangelical Christian," whereas only "15% said no to a Jewish presidential candidate".
Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Is Frightening
Jul 4, 2006 As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is in charge of bills that control the future of the Internet (like Net Neutrality) So you'll understand why we at Truthdig start crying when we read about the 85-year-old's feeble grasp of this world-changing technology A few Stevens quotes: "An internet was sent by my staff at 10 o?clock" "What happens to your own personal internet?".
Sy Hersh: War Planners Have No Hard Targets in Iran
Jul 4, 2006 The investigative journalist par excellence tells CNN that many higher-ups in the Pentagon have grave concerns about the White House's military designs in Iran.
Waving the American Flag
Jul 4, 2006 Phew! What a past few years it has been for the American flag embraced throughout the world after the Sept 11 attacks; denounced throughout the world not long after; subject to a Republican attempt to make it fireproof during the last two national election cycles So with flags waving high during this Fourth of July, Truthdig invites its readers to reflect in the comments box on the nature of patriotism and nationalism Here are some primers from E Dionne, Howard Zinn and John Kerry (more).“The Real Victims of Fox News…”
Jul 4, 2006 weren't the liberals it attacked but the conservatives who believed it," writes Nicholas Kristof at the N Times "Be very wary of Mr Bush's effort to tame the press Watchdogs can be mean, dumb and obnoxious, but it would be even more dangerous to trade them in for lap dogs" .Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.