Opinion

It’s the Corporation, Stupid

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 23, 2006 Regarding the UAE port deal: The people running this country are perfectly willing to outsource American jobs, wages, and health and safety standards for the sake of free trade. Why would it surprise us that national security is ditto? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

In Defense of Free Thought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 On Monday an Austrian court sentenced crackpot British historian David Irving to three years' imprisonment for having denied the Holocaust 17 years ago. Directly on the heels of rioting sparked by the Muhammad cartoons, the ruling has exposed a longstanding double standard in the West about who is entitled to free speech and why. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Abramoff Got Indicted, and All We Got Was This Lousy $20 Gift Ban?

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Denmark, Iran Near War Over Pastry Naming Rights

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 Riots sweep the streets of Denmark after Iranians rename Danish pastries "roses of the Prophet Muhammad." (satire) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Halliburton Wins Contract to Reconstruct Cheney’s Reputation

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Dick Burr?

Paul Szep / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 . Dig deeper

Heckuva Job Chertoff

Paul Szep / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 Dig deeper

Dream On, Condi

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Cheney Shoots a Texas Liberal

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Mr. Fish – Cheney Shoots Man

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An Olympic Athlete With No Tragic History? That Won’t Do!

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 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 )

LGBTQIA+

The More Things Change…

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 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 )