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Lying About the State of the Union

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 As our government renames a civil liberties-trampling spying program and suppresses the results of its own studies, Americans are being left in an information vacuum regarding the true state of our union. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

You’ve Got Jail

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 25, 2006 In case someone in the Justice Department is reading this, let me hasten to explain why I just clicked on the Victoria's Secret online catalog photo featuring a certain "Very Sexy Lace & Mesh Garter Belt." AOL made me do it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Army Corps of Engineers Calls Chocolate City Unfeasible

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 "The last thing you want is a city that a bunch of hungry drunks are going to eat." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Not Backing Hillary

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jan 21, 2006 I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Sen. Clinton for president. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 With Al Qaeda and the Taliban on the rise in a country we supposedly "liberated," Bush is cynically hoping Afghanistan will once again recede from the global stage into unseen anarchy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Onward Christian Soldiers!

Larry Gross / Truthdig Jan 17, 2006 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Betraying the Reagan Revolution

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 What irony that those once young Republicans, who hectored their elders about being more vigilant in defending the nation's taxpayers and security forces, should end up accused of deeply betraying both. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jack Abramoff’s ‘Cesspool of Corruption’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 4, 2006 Robert Scheer says Jack Abramoff's "massive web of corruption" represents the "death throes of the GOP revolution."Also, our in-depth report on the scandal. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 28, 2005 Why is it not bigger news that those infamous Iraqi female scientists once routinely referred to in the media as "Dr. Germ" and "Mrs. Anthrax" have been quietly released from imprisonment in Iraq without any charges being brought by their U.S. captors? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )