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Regarding the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

Sam Harris / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Amos Oz on Hamas: ‘Termination of the Israeli Occupation Is Urgent’

Jon Wiener / Truthdig Feb 2, 2006 Fanatics are those people of any faith, color, persuasion or political belief who maintain that the end, whatever end, justifies all the means, including the bloody means. By this criterion I am afraid Hamas is a fanatic organization par excellence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal’s State of the Union

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 The famed novelist, playwright and social activist continues his 30-year-old tradition of delivering his own State of the Union address. | streaming media and transcript at Democracy Now! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kucinich on the State of the Union

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) blasts the president's speech in an exclusive Truthdig podcast. | Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Put the Politicians in the Enron Docket

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 There simply would be no Enron story were it not for the deregulation of the energy market ushered in by Republican politicians. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

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 )

Battle Scars: The War Within

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2006 A Marine in Iraq who became the poster boy of the assault on Falloujah returns home to Kentucky, where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress. | storyPowerful stuff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish – Liberal Phil

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 25, 2006 Dig deeper

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 )

Struggling Back From the Wounds of War

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 Finally, an in-depth report on Iraq's forgotten wounded. | story and slideshowAlso, read Truthdig's Ron Kovic on his personal journey as a wounded veteran. | report Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore for President?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 The transcript of the Al Gore speech that's got everyone talking -- as well as links to C-SPAN's downloadable video of the event. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )