Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
Karl Zinsmeister, Bush's new chief domestic policy advisor, said this in 2003 about journalists in Iraq: "A significant number are whiny and appallingly soft. ? I almost wished there would be a very loud explosion very nearby just to shut up their rattling." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
Christian fundamentalist Tim LaHaye's series of "Left Behind" books has been made into a Grand Theft Auto-style video game. Preview: The main character says "Praise the Lord" after blowing away a heathen. (Talk2action has more.)
Let's see: We've got a deputy undersecretary of defense who sees the war on terror as a fight between Judeo-Christians and Satan; a president who has called the war on terror a "crusade" and, now, video game makers encouraging preteens to kill heathens. If those are the people being saved, Leave Me Behind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
A key Democratic Party opinion-maker says this about Ned Lamont, who is challenging Joe Lieberman for a Conn. Senate seat: "He's intelligent. He's accomplished. There are no personal warts. He teaches in the Bridgeport public schools. How many people of his pedigree and background go do that?"
Earlier: See Lamont's Truthdig interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Barry F. Seidman / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
In the tradition of Sam Harris, Truthdig introduces secularist radio show host and author Barry Seidman, who argues in this essay that the new religious left could prove to be just as dangerous and divisive to the country as the religious right, because the admonitions of Abrahamic religious texts can never be reconciled with democracy. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
The internationally renowned diplomat, peace activist and Democratic Party salon ringmaster is urging people to support Marcy Winograd, a peace candidate running against Jane Harman in California's 36th Congressional
District. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
The Bush family consistently acted to put Enron and its longtime CEO, Ken Lay, into a position to rip off investors and taxpayers. Why is the mass media ignoring that fact now that Lay has been convicted in arguably the most egregious example of white-collar fraud in U.S. history? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
Bush's spokesman tacitly admitted that Bush lied to the press about the timing of Treasury Secretary John Snow's departure in order not to upset the markets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
A former congressional aide described how he used insider information from a Bush official to advance projects for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. His testimony implicated four GOP House members. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
The president didn't know about the November atrocity in which Marines killed 24 unarmed civilians until March, when a Time magazine reporter called the White House for comment on the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
Drivers are taking out their frustration at sky-high gas prices by yelling at clerks and sometimes driving off without paying.
Could this be the locus of a populist uprising against the administration that abetted this situation? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2006
Researchers have discovered that differences in human sexual desire can be attributed to genetic variations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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