Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
A former Dept of Defense staffer says that the US, in building megabases in Iraq, has all but given up on policing the country, and will send its troops out only to quell large riots "The overarching U strategy is to avoid the kind of big eruptions that get media attention"
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Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
New advances in "metamaterials," which change how light bends around an object, could make Harry Potter's invisibility cloaks reality, The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
The president said he regretted saying "bring 'em on" and "wanted dead or alive," and that Abu Ghraib had cost the country dearly. It's probably the most significant concession he has ever made, but if there has ever been a case for too little, too late, it's this. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
On the eve of the premiere of the underling-dishes-all movie "The Devil Wears Prada," the N Time surveys the landscape of interns whose work-related blogs have brought them both pay and pink slips
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Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
During his May 23 show, Bill O'Reilly claimed that many young Americans have "no idea what's going on," stating that they get their news from Jon Stewart. Problem is, studies show that Stewart's viewers are better informed than most other media consumers -- considerably better than viewers of "The O'Reilly Factor." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
The legislation would mark the most significant changes in immigration law in two decades. The bill contains a guest-worker program and offers undocumented workers a path to legal residence and even citizenship (after paying fines). It is far more immigrant-friendly than the House version. Now comes the fight over reconciling the two bills. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
Al Gore, in an interview with The Nation, says that no meaningful change will happen on the global warming front until the public starts demanding it of their leaders. And right now, the people have other things on their minds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
Salon chronicles a growing Christian fundamentalist parenting practice of hitting and otherwise harming one's children to "train them up." The practice is directly linked to the death of a 4-year-old who was suffocated underneath blankets to keep him from leaving his bed. (Reg. req'd.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
It seems Bush has a thing for "Karls" as policy advisors. On the heels of Karl Rove's departure from his policy-advising position at the White House, the president has chosen Karl Zinsmeister, editor in chief of the magazine published by the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. He has had some eyebrow-raising things to say on the subject of race over the years. (Biographical info on Zinsmeister here.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
Muckraking journalist extraordinaire Murray Waas reports that investigators suspect that columnist Robert Novak called Karl Rove to concoct a cover story that would protect Rove in the Valerie Plame leak investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
That's what the N Times calls the conviction of Enron honchos Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling But Truthdig contributing cartoonist Mr Fish has a different perspective (click here to see the full cartoon)
Truthdig editor Robert Scheer has written about the crooks from Texas in his new book, "Playing President" Click here to read some of those classic columns. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
The "smartest guys in the room" weren't smart enough to avoid conviction on securities and wire fraud conspiracy charges in one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history. After six days of deliberation, the jury rejected Ken Lay's and Jeff Skilling's testimony as lies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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