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Bush Advisors: Don’t Take the President Literally on his Vow to Reduce Mideast Oil Imports
Feb 2, 2006 One day after Bush pledged to reduce Middle East oil imports 75% by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic advisor tell reporters that the president misspoke. Their clarification is a bit confusing. | Read on to figure it out.Regardless, Reuters is reporting that Bush's energy "plan" (skepticism ours) will not meaningfully reduce our dependence on foreign crude. | storyWhite House, Chertoff Faulted Over Katrina
Feb 2, 2006 The Government Accountability Office slams Bush and the Homeland Security chief for inaction and incompetence when the hurricane struck. | story or go straight to the GAO reportThe Putin Perspective
Feb 1, 2006 Russia's leader answers mostly tough questions for three and a half hours without the aid of notes or alcohol--a new personal record. | storyOf interest: He doesn't regard Hamas as a terrorist organization and won't support cutting off its funding.Gore Vidal’s State of the Union
Feb 1, 2006 The famed novelist, playwright and social activist continues his 30-year-old tradition of delivering his own State of the Union address. | streaming media and transcript at Democracy Now!
Kucinich on the State of the Union
Feb 1, 2006 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) blasts the president's speech in an exclusive Truthdig podcast. |
Don’t Believe the Hype
Jan 31, 2006 "Brokeback Mountain" may be topping the Oscar charts, but its success has just as much to say about America's homophobic tendencies as it does our homophilic ones.Check back Wednesday for a major new essay on that topic by Truthdig's Larry Gross, a pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies.
Teflon Chemical Called a Likely Carcinogen
Jan 31, 2006 The no-stick material will have a hard time sliding this one off: "likely contributor to cancer." | storyPrimary Care ‘on the Verge of Collapse’: Doctors
Jan 31, 2006 The American College of Physicians says that the business of administering routine physicals and treating minor problems could fall apart without immediate reforms. | storyLawmakers Appear to Distance Selves From Lobbyists
Jan 31, 2006 Both Republicans and Democrats are canceling meetings with lobbyists in the wake of the Abramoff scandal. | storyPardon our cynicism, but as long as lobbyists have money to dole out, lawmakers will find a way to the trough.Any lobbying-reform legislation that results from this scandal will be rendered moot as quickly as you can say "McCain-Feingold."Sen. Feingold Claims Gonzales Misled Him on Wiretaps
Jan 31, 2006 Two years ago, the attorney general dismissed questions about warrantless spying as "hypothetical." In fact, the program was already in place. | storySorry, but what's the difference again between "intentionally misleading" and "lying"?Halfhearted Filibuster Attempt Ends Predictably
Jan 31, 2006 The Senate confirms Alito as the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice after the hastily conceived filibuster attempt of Sens Kerry and Kennedy | storyBuzzflash: "There is no 'center' support for Alito's actual positions There's just support for an image the Republicans createdof a harmless guy with a wife driven to tears" | editorial.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.