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On Secular Fundamentalism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 7, 2008 The battle under way in America is not a battle between religion and science. It is a battle between religious and secular fundamentalists. It is a battle between two groups intoxicated with the utopian and magical belief that humankind can perfect itself and master its destiny. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

?The Savageness of Man?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 Forty years ago today, Robert Kennedy informed a crowd gathered in the center of Indianapolis that Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot. The improvised but powerful speech that followed is widely credited for keeping the peace in that community. Indianapolis was one of the few big cities in America that did not erupt into violence that night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Torture’s Poet Laureate

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2008 A recently declassified memo shines the spotlight once again on John "Take Them to the Point of Death" Yoo, a UC Berkeley law professor and once deputy legal counsel in the Justice Department. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

War of the Word

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 26, 2008 Would God ever damn America? Is there anything we have done or could do as a nation that might court such severe judgment from an almighty, or is there a peculiar American exemption from God's wrath? The prediction of God's damnation for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Very Special Announcement From R.E.M.

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2008 Veteran rocker and self-described "queer artist" Michael Stipe has made a startling announcement about his two bandmates, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, ending, as Stipe put it, "years of awkward speculation" about their sexual orientation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

On His Own Terms

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as far outside the African-American mainstream as many of us would like to think? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stars Align for Anti-Hate Ad

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2008 Outkast's Andre 3000, the original Miss Jackson (if you're nasty), Ashanti, Portia di Rossi, T.R. Knight and other celebrities put their fame to work in this public service announcement geared toward raising awareness about discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain’s Very Own Farrakhan

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 6, 2008 Whatever their true private beliefs, presidential candidates in America are constantly required to provide proofs of faith, often through their connections with various religious figures. Benedictions from the pulpit bestow an aura of righteousness -- except, of course, when the pastor or minister is a disreputable kook whose endorsement should be an embarrassment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shopping the Spiritual Mall

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Feb 28, 2008 Just below the text there was a Google ad inviting me to take a quiz. "Christian? Jewish? Muslim? Atheist? See which Religion is Right for You." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The War Against Tolerance

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 11, 2008 Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani are the three stooges of the Christian right. These self-described former Muslim terrorists are regularly trotted out at Christian colleges -- a few days ago they were at the Air Force Academy -- to spew racist filth about Islam on behalf of groups such as Focus on the Family. It is a clever tactic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert Investigates the ?Gay Agenda?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2008 The pseudo pundit proves once again that he is a master of satire with this interview with the Human Rights Campaign's Joe Solmonese, who does his best to respond to questions that, for once, sound as dumb as they are. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Western Civilization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 31, 2008 At a time when Attorney General Mukasey dodges Senate questions about waterboarding, Americans should be asking a question of their own: Can we call ourselves civilized if torture is practiced in our name? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )