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An Environmental Success Story (for Once)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Two of the scientists responsible for sounding the alarm on the thinning ozone layer have reported that the hole over the Antarctic has stopped widening, and may close within a generation or two. If true, this proves what can be achieved when government works to address, rather than deny, an environmental catastrophe. Global warming, anyone? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Next Lamont?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Maybe not. Although Jonathan Tasini would like to be the next maverick primary candidate to beat an entrenched pro-war Democrat?Hillary Clinton, in this case?he's failed to garner anything near the support Ned Lamont managed against Joe Lieberman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Can’t Hack it in Japan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 The retail giant has met its match in the Japanese consumer: Seiyu, Wal-Mart's Japanese division, has posted $465 million in losses for the first half of 2006. It's not looking good overseas for the shopping mecca?German and South Korean divisions were shut down earlier this year after poor performance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tad Daley: Watered-Down Terror

Tad Daley / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 "Liquids on a Plane" may have caught our attention, but the real terror threat is nuclear, as a newly released report makes so apocalyptically clear. An analyst with the Nobel Prize-winning outfit Physicians for Social Responsibility lays out the progressive case for staving off nuclear holocaust. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Warring Over the Heart of the Party

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Matthews, Hackett Demolish GOP Candidate

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 This one was so brutal it almost wasn't fun to watch. Almost. NBC's Chris Matthews and antiwar veteran Paul Hackett made mincemeat of Texas GOP congressional candidate Van Taylor, whom they repeatedly chastised for using meaningless talking points. Taylor was more out of his depth than George Bush at a Mensa convention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Favor Dems on Iraq War, Says Poll

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 In a reversal of the national sentiment of 2003, Americans now favor Democrats over Republicans on the Iraq war by 47% to 41%, according to a CNN poll. On the issue of terrorism, however, Republicans come out on top, 48 to 38. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kristol Sees Iran Confrontation Sooner, Not Later

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol continues his drumbeat for war against Iran in this clip from Fox News This is how it all starts Unconvinced? Take it from Sy Hersh, the country's best investigative journalist: (chronological dispatches, from oldest to newest: here, here, here and here). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CBS Islam Analyst to Stewart: We’re Losing a Marketing Campaign to Cave Dwellers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 In an interview with Jon Stewart, author and CBS News analyst Reza Aslan called America?s war on terror a ?marketing campaign,? and then wondered aloud, ?Now, how the United States is losing a marketing campaign to people who live in caves? (Watch it). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s That Time of Year Again

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 Hordes of artists, free-thinkers, nudists and stoners are about to descend on the Nevada desert to worship a neon statue. Burning Man is back, and the event map?a work of art in and of itself?is now available for viewing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Let the Truth-Telling Begin

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 Those who advocate withdrawal from Iraq ASAP have just as much of a duty to make the arguments for doing so -- and to admit how much they don't know -- as those who got us into this mess five years ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Explained: Why E-Mail Baffles the Elderly

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 Harvard researchers think they've found the protein that stops the growth of new neural connections in adult brains. The more you have of it, the less you are able to learn. Our theory: George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld have been freebasing this stuff for years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )