Molly Ivins / TruthdigFeb 21, 2006
Reform follows scandal as night the day, except in these sorry times, when it appears we may not get a nickel's worth of reform out of the entire Jack Abramoff saga. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 18, 2006
Riots sweep the streets of Denmark after Iranians rename Danish pastries "roses of the Prophet Muhammad." (satire) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigFeb 18, 2006
The $42-billion contract represents the first time that the company has been employed to put its reconstruction expertise to work on one embattled human being. (satire) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigFeb 15, 2006
There is no way to soft-pedal it: The astounding rise of an anti-American firebrand like Moqtada al-Sadr is an indicator of how wide and complete a political defeat pro-Western forces have suffered in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigFeb 14, 2006
Welcome back to the paradoxical Bush/Cheney "responsibility society," where no one (starting with the administration) takes responsibility. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigFeb 12, 2006
A member of the U.S. Olympic ski team was disqualified from competition today when it was learned that he did not have a sufficiently compelling human storyline to exploit on the NBC telecast of the worldwide sporting event. (satire) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 8, 2006
Sullivan, whose NY Times Magazine essay on the connection between Islam and 9/11 was perhaps the best ever mainstream treatment on the subject, now takes on the Islamic cartoon controversy | essayAlso, a German journalist talks about his mixed feelings about running the cartoons in his paperwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601258html?referrer=emailarticle" title="Op-ed">Op-Ed
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Larry Gross / TruthdigFeb 8, 2006
In 1983, Ed Asner, then president of the Screen Actors Guild, spoke to the Golden Gate Business Association, a gay and lesbian business and professional organization Asked about his advice to gay and lesbian folk not to come out of the closet in the entertainment industry, Asner replied, "Out of my own gut instinct, I [do] not consider this wise I know that within the gay acting community itself, many of the agents who are aware of the conflict, the bind, the grief that occurs with actors who cannot proclaim their sexual preference, [know] there's a lot of suffering and a desire to be open about it And these agents and actors support me to a very large extent in advising non-publicization" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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