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Send In the Clergy!

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2007 KSLA News of Shreveport, La., is standing by its report on "Clergy Response Teams," trained by the federal government to pacify an angry citizenry in the event of martial law. The idea being, as far as we can tell, that religious leaders are ideally suited to the task of explaining to people why they should give up their freedom for the "better good." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richardson: Being Gay Is a Choice

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2007 Gov. Bill Richardson dropped a bomb in what was billed as the first gay debate on Thursday, saying of homosexuality, "It's a choice," which is for gays the equivalent of saying there was no Holocaust. Melissa Etheridge was so perplexed by his response that she cut him off to say, "I don't know if you understand the question." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

An Ode to Privacy

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 7, 2007 It wasn't so long ago that thinking the government was reading your mail, listening to your phone calls, tracking your movements and snapping photos along the way meant you were just paranoid. Ah, the good old days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Phony Piety on the Far Right

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 14, 2007 One of the most durable myths of American public life is that conservatives are more authentic in their religious faith than liberals and progressives. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is just the most recent in a long line of fallen conservative Christian moralists to explode the myth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Leadership Vacuum Leaves the Electorate Pissy

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 3, 2007 The nation is unhappy over Washington's many flops, and the failure of the immigration bill is the latest result of the voters' crankiness. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Bigots Are Coming! The Bigots Are Coming!

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jun 21, 2007 Massachusetts is once again leading the nation against the forces of tyranny. The state that radically approved same-sex unions to the apparent horror of the rest of the country now finds itself increasingly in the mainstream of public opinion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Immigration and Ignorance

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 20, 2007 As the immigration issue takes the front-and-center position in Congress, opportunities for real reform -- as well as legitimization for millions of undocumented workers -- are being squandered in each round of deliberation over the pending legislation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Religion, Politics and the End of the World

BLANK Jun 18, 2007 For readers who weren't able to attend the Truthdig debate between Sam Harris and Chris Hedges, we now have full coverage. So sit back, relax and enjoy the fireworks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert: Gays Should Come With a Warning Label

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2007 Stephen Colbert takes on Bush's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger, who has argued that homosexuality is a disease that can be cured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It Can Happen Here

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jun 12, 2007 Thirty-nine individuals held in U.S. custody at one time or another are unaccounted for -- missing or disappeared in the style of a Third World dictatorship. What have we become? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdig Debate Highlights

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2007 On May 22, Sam Harris and Chris Hedges debated religion and politics in Los Angeles. Here is a condensed audio version of the event, broadcast on KPFK's "Beneath the Surface" with Suzi Weissman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hypocritical Oath: Psychologists and Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 6, 2007 First, do no harm. This tenet of medicine applies equally to psychologists, yet they are increasingly implicated in abusive interrogations, dare we say torture, at U.S. military detention facilities like Guantanamo. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )