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It’s Not About Tiger Woods, It’s About Us

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Dec 15, 2009 The world is living from development to development, suggesting something much more important is going on. What will it take, exactly, before we butt out?The world is living from development to development, suggesting something much more important is going on. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tiger’s Oppressive Standard of Beauty

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 Tiger Woods has a Barbie thing so pronounced it suggests his philandering is as much about validation as lust. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thank You for Not Sharing

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Dec 2, 2009 Tiger Woods' determined silence in the aftermath of his wee-hours encounter with a fire hydrant is a timely antidote to the too-much-information celebrity culture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Down-and-Out Route for Rush

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 16, 2009 Rush Limbaugh, are you ready for some football? Um, I guess not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Cheering America’s Olympic Failure

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2009 When President Obama Chicago lost out to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, none were more pleased than the members of a conservative organization called -- wait for it -- Americans for Prosperity. Well, they didn't specify whose prosperity they were rooting for, as Stephen Colbert points out in this clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Michael Vick’s Long, Strange Detour

T.L. Caswell / Truthdig Sep 27, 2009 After doing prison time for dog fighting, he played Sunday in his first regular-season game in almost three years. But his re-emergence in the NFL has revived questions that arose when the scandal broke. And for one journalist, the issue was personal.His return as a fully reinstated NFL player has revived questions that arose when the dog-fighting scandal broke. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

A Reason to Believe in Miracles

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 27, 2009 Let me interrupt the constant flow of unsettling news about budgets, bailouts and bankruptcies to welcome Tiger Woods back to competition and back into the spotlight. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Introducing … Skateistan

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 Oliver Percovich, a 34-year-old Australian skateboarding enthusiast, has found willing pupils among the youths of Kabul, Afghanistan, who are learning some new tricks in borrowed and donated spaces, making a play for a bit of adolescent normalcy amid the signs of war. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin Booed by Hockey Fans

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2008 Philadelphia hockey fans were less than thrilled to meet "the best-known hockey mom in the United States" over the weekend. With the arena music coming to her aid, Sarah Palin endured a full 90 seconds of booing at the Wachovia Center. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turning Gold Into Green

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2008 Michael Phelps' million-dollar bonus for making Olympic history is chump change compared with the hundreds of millions he is expected to rake in over the course of his career. What does swimming have to do with credit cards? Visa is prepared to spend millions to convince you the answer is "a lot." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Talks Politics at Olympics

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2008 In case you missed it, here's part of President Bush's sit-down with NBC's Olympic host Bob Costas on Sunday, during which a somewhat squirmy Bush talked about what he said to Vladimir Putin during the opening festivities, lamenting how the fighting in Georgia was conflicting with the spirit of the Olympics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olympic Openers: Camp and Circumstance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Wow, there've really been some cheesy opening numbers in Summer Olympics past. Check out this amusing montage of clips from bygone ceremonies and see if you can tell, from the music, the outfits, and the cuts to shady-looking heads of state, when each awe-inspiring spectacle happened. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )