Staff / TruthdigJan 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. Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigJan 30, 2006
The Gray Lady, in an editorial, eviscerates Bush's defense of his spying program, point by point. | editorial Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 28, 2006
A Georgetown think tank secures the release of a secret 2003 Rumsfeld-approved "road map" for psychological warfare abroad. | postAccording to the document, our government takes no responsibility for propaganda that boomerangs and returns home--as long as the U.S. public isn't "targeted." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Sam Harris / TruthdigJan 27, 2006
While "An Atheist Manifesto" received considerable support from readers of Truthdig, a variety of criticisms surfaced in the reader commentary I summarize and respond. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 27, 2006
The high school course on the Bible's influence on society would be an elective storyIt's such an obvious end run around the Constitution's Establishment Clause that we'll hold fire But check this: The course textbook contains a boxed feature that shows how the Bible was used "to justify and even encourage anti-Semitism" Wow! A whole boxed feature? We wonder if there's a footnote about that whole Spanish Inquisition thing . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 26, 2006
The White House rejected a 2002 Senate proposal to ease surveillance warrant restrictions, saying such a move would probably be unconstitutional. The Washington Post picks up the story blazed by Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 24, 2006
The charge comes from the head of a European probe into alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 24, 2006
The president is now calling it the "Terrorist Surveillance Program." | storyOK, Mr. Bush, but what about the non-terrorists being swept up in your nets? Not that we're surprised by the new moniker; this is the guy who legalized an increase in air pollution and called it "Clear Skies," and labeled a tree-slashing program "Healthy Forests." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 23, 2006
Think Progress notes that the Arizona senator is the latest in a long list of Republican conservatives who have expressed strong doubts about the program's legality. | blogCrooks and Liars has the video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2006
Couples, don't start lining up on the steps of City Hall just yet: The judge immediately stayed her own decision. story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 21, 2006
The world's "first black Jesus movie" will premier at Sundance this Sunday. "Son of Man," directed by Mark Dornford-May, portrays Christ as a modern African revolutionary and "aims to shatter the Western image of a placid savior with fair hair and blue eyes." | story
See Truthdig's "Jesus: The Man, The Myth" by the Rev. Madison Shockley for background on the historical Jesus and representations of "the Christ." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2006
The official Vatican newspaper lauds a judge in Pennsylvania for tossing intelligent design out of the classroom. Anyone hear the galloping of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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