Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 6, 2006
While Bush was distracted with Iraq, the patrons of terrorism were very much in business back where the 9/11 attack was hatched, turning Afghanistan into a narco-state that provides a lucrative source of cash for the "evildoers" Bush forgot about. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 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 )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 16, 2006
Investigators have known for a decade about terrorist plots to bring down passenger jets with liquid explosives. So why, all of a sudden, did Bush ban most liquids on flights? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 9, 2006
A new book by the former co-chairs of the 9/11 commission tells the inside story of how the White House has systematically endeavored to squelch any real examination of the enemy whose actions kicked off the so-called war on terror. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 2, 2006
The Jewish state's die-hard supporters in the White House, Congress and the media seem unable to understand that Israel will never be able to bomb its way to security. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigJul 27, 2006
The American middle class is in a free fall. But if Congress and the White House were to acknowledge the problem, then they might have to do something about it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 27, 2006
"How did this fixation on celebrity babies, this upbeat bump beat, happen just as we are being told that parenthood is onerous and grueling and that parents are overworked and overwhelmed?" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 26, 2006
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush administration's blindness to the disastrous effects its foreign policy has wrought. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigJul 25, 2006
"Think about the potential Democratic candidates. Every single one of them needs spine, needs political courage. What Moyers can do is not only show them what it looks like and indeed what it is, but also how people respond to it." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Jabari Asim / TruthdigJul 24, 2006
Even as the notion of responsibility becomes less and less relevant among black American youths, people like Bill Cosby and the actor who plays Gordon on "Sesame Street" are asking the tough questions necessary for any reversal of the trend. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 19, 2006
In the midst of a Middle Eastern crisis that threatens to destabilize the entire region and perhaps beyond, it was unnerving that what most seemed to interest President Bush at the G8 summit is that China is a long flight from western Russia. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJul 15, 2006
The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" argues in this Truthdig column that the bloodshed now engulfing Lebanon and Israel will only worsen as long as extremists on both sides continue to indulge in "collective necrophilia." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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