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They Never Learn

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Soiling the Throne

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‘This Pale Blue Dot’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2007 This Carl Sagan tribute video really puts things in perspective. Just remember that all war, tragedy and hatred take place on a tiny blue speck in the middle of nowhere, and we have the power to do something about it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Coulter’s Slur Puts Spotlight on Edwards

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 7, 2007 Thank you, Ann Coulter, for boosting the principled but media-neglected presidential candidacy of John Edwards. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Harry Belafonte, the Lion at 80

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 7, 2007 The legendary entertainer and activist may be in his ninth decade, but his commitment to social justice is as fervent as ever. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish: Playing Walter Reed

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Podcast: ‘M*A*S*H’ Star Mike Farrell on the Engine That Drives His Activism

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2007 Actor, activist and author Mike Farrell joins regular panelists James Harris and Josh Scheer to talk about his new book "Just Call Me Mike," why it took so long for Americans to wake up to George W. Bush and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The War at Home

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The Not So Silent Majority

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Supreme Court Gives Gore’s Oscar to Bush

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 4, 2007 The satirist reports that the justices have applied their electoral wisdom to the Academy Awards. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plame Ready for Close-Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2007 Variety reported Friday that Warner Bros. has bought the "life rights" (a somewhat alarming term) of former CIA agent Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, and plans to make a movie about their lives. In addition to using secondhand accounts of Plame's outing by big players in the Bush administration, WB scribes may pull from her memoir, "if the CIA permits her to publish it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert on Journalistic Ethics and the Anna Nicole Story

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2007 "The Colbert Report" eats the press alive for its treatment of the Anna Nicole Smith story and total failure when it comes to covering, well, just about anything that actually matters, especially the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )