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N.Y. Times Endorses Lamont

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 Giving the nod to Ned Lamont in the upcoming Conn. Senate primary, the paper's editorial board railed against Sen. Joe Lieberman's "warped version of bipartisanship, in which the never-ending war on terror becomes an excuse for silence and inaction." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Take Any More Money Out of Your House

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 The cooling of the U.S. housing market has begun to pull down the entire economy, just as experts had been predicting for several years now. This was inevitable after the ludicrously overheated highs of the last few years, and we can only hope it's going to be a slow leak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Evangelical Pastor Disowns Church Role in Conservative Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 A Minnesota megachurch leader says "the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a 'Christian nation' and stop glorifying American military campaigns." Amen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Audit Finds U.S. Hid Cost of Iraq Projects

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 More inspiring news about our government: A State Dept. agency used an accounting shell game to hide cost overruns on Iraq projects and withheld info on scheduling delays from Congress. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kennedy: Alito and Roberts Misled Us

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 The long-serving senator from Mass. writes that the two Supreme Court justices' voting record betrays an ultraconservative agenda that they hid from Congress during the confirmation hearings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Consumers Opt for Green Power Despite Price Tag

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 In the absence of genuine government policy, more and more consumers are spending their own cash to support green energy. Utility companies in 36 states offer energy from renewable sources to their customers for an added fee. Despite increasingly high energy costs, enrollment in such programs is up 20%, according to the Energy Department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stalinesque Terror Detainee Bill Proposed by Bush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 From the AP: "U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration." This is apparently an attempted end run around the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision, which barred Bush's military tribunals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Closing the Racial Gap in Medical Treatment

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 Why do African Americans still lag behind even recent African immigrants when it comes to beating heart disease and cancer? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sprinkling the Poor, Showering the Rich

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 House Republicans tacked a cut in estate taxes onto a bill to raise the minimum wage. Yeah, you read that correctly: The economically distressed would get an additional $2.10 an hour, whereas the Walton kids and the Hilton sisters would get untold millions. Must be that compassionate conservatism we've heard so much about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Denmark Is Happiest Country, Study Says

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 According to a scientist at the University of Leicester in England, Burundi is the unhappiest country in the world, and the U.S. came in 23rd out of 178 countries ranked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Campaign Finance Effort Resumes, Without McCain

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 The Arizona senator has withdrawn his co-sponsorship of a public financing bill that he and Sen. Russ Feingold (along with two House reps) had long championed. People close to the situation say McCain dropped his support because he is likely to run for president and may end up not abiding by public financing rules. We've known for some time that McCain has been doing all sorts of unseemly things in an attempt to lock up the nomination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Readers Shocked, SHOCKED at Magazine’s Breast Cover

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 Puritanism is reigning supreme once again as many readers of BabyTalk magazine were offended en masse by the sight of -- horror of horrors -- a breast offering sustenance to an infant on the magazine's cover. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )