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The Cancer From Within

David Antoon / Truthdig Nov 8, 2007 Retired Air Force Col. David Antoon investigates the evangelical Christian takeover of the military, where proselytizing has become institutionalized and religious ideology threatens to supersede the values of the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Vote for Mukasey Is a Vote for Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 7, 2007 U.S. attorney general nominee Judge Michael Mukasey admits waterboarding is repugnant, but refuses to say whether it amounts to torture. Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein voted for his confirmation anyway. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dems Tread Lightly on Immigration

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 2, 2007 More significant than Clinton's supposed gaffe in the Philadelphia debate is the subject around which she tiptoed so delicately: Immigration is the issue Democrats fear because it could leave them with a set of no-win political choices. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America Is Watching You

Elliot D. Cohen / Truthdig Oct 31, 2007 The "Last Days of Democracy" author warns that Congress is about to aid the Bush administration with its Orwellian plans by granting retroactive immunity to the telecommunications giants for helping the government spy on Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The American Police State

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 A Dallas jury, a week ago, caused a mistrial in the government case against this country's largest Islamic charity. The action raises a defiant fist on the sinking ship of American democracy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

O’Reilly on ‘Harry Potter and the Gay Agenda’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2007 No, our headline isn't giving the title of J.K. Rowling's surprise follow-up to her final installment of the Harry Potter series -- it's a quote from Bill O'Reilly on "The O'Reilly Factor." As the eagle-eyed folks at Media Matters note, Fox's cuddliest pundit seems to be having a hard time with the idea of a gay Dumbledore. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sweeping Our Inhumanity Under the Rug

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Oct 16, 2007 By simply deciding that something is a "state secret," the Bush government has avoided answering for its brutal treatment of innocent victims in the war on terror. This is a perversion of the principle of American justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Outsourcing Torture

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 15, 2007 The Bush administration has called for the respect of human rights in Burma, a pretty safe piece of posturing, but it remains silent as Egypt's dictator, Gen. Hosni Mubarak, unleashes the largest crackdown on public opposition in over a decade. Our moral indignation over the shooting of monks masks the incestuous and growing alliance we have built in the so-called war on terror with some of the world's most venal dictatorships. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A ‘Third Way’ for Liberals and Conservative Christians

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 9, 2007 You know the religious right is in trouble when some of its leaders threaten to bolt the Republican Party if it nominates a candidate who supports abortion rights. But the well-publicized warning directed against Rudy Giuliani earlier this month is decidedly not the most important sign that religious conservatives are facing the disintegration of their movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

God’s Only Party

Will Durst / Truthdig Oct 8, 2007 The creator will campaign for a third-party candidate if Rudy locks up the GOP nomination. How do we know this? Well, it seems God whispered in the ears of certain evangelical leaders. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Free Speech Ain’t Free. Oh, Wait a Minute. Yeah, It Is.

Will Durst / Truthdig Sep 29, 2007 After all the brouhaha in New York this week, this seems like a good time to have us a little chat about free speech. Not restricted free speech. Not partial free speech. Not pseudo-, semi-, counterfeit, limited free speech. Not free speech on Wednesdays between 2 and 3 p.m. EDT. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

San Diego Mayor Backs Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Inspired by care for his daughter and an eleventh-hour decision, as he put it, to "lead with my heart," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (a Republican, as a Truthdig reader pointed out) said Wednesday that he would "take a stand on equality and social justice" and come out, as it were, in favor of gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )