Missing Album From Hitler’s Fantasy Museum Found in Ohio

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2009 The world's most famous failed art student planned to build a "Führermuseum" in his hometown and fill it with his favorite (and often ill-gotten) art -- photos of which were collected first in various scrapbooks. One of those volumes was just discovered in the Ohio home of a WWII veteran, who decided to have it returned to Germany. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Ponders Dog-Fighting Videos, ‘Human Sacrifice Channel’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2009 Sometimes when making a legal argument, it's useful to go to hyperbolic extremes to illustrate the ideological flaws or possible outcomes associated with a potential ruling, which is why the conversation in the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday ranged from dog-fighting videos to a (hypothetical) cable channel for human sacrifice enthusiasts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Carter Sticks to His Guns, Repeats Racism Charge

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2009 Although Barack Obama himself apparently disagrees with Jimmy Carter's assessment that some of the vitriol recently directed at the president is propelled by racism, Carter reiterated and expanded upon his claim during a town hall meeting Wednesday night at Atlanta's Emory University. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Choice: Is It Really Such a Tough Call?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2009 Sure, being POTUS is tough sometimes, and you're bound to royally tick off a large percentage of your constituency no matter what you do. But in the case of health care reform, President Obama, you have one Lee Stranahan to help you break this one down."Uninsured father" Lee Stranahan steps in to help President Obama get to the bottom line fast about health care reform. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Should Hitler Be the New Face of AIDS?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2009 Invoking the notorious images of dictators like Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Saddam Hussein as part of an AIDS-awareness ad series constitutes a serious gamble at best -- and a deeply misguided move at worst, according to critics of the new "AIDS Is a Mass-Murderer" European campaign conjured up by a Hamburg advertising firm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hitler’s Delusions of Artistic Grandeur

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2009 It's well known that Adolf Hitler dabbled in watercolor and that the Führer and his Nazi underlings amassed vast stashes of ill-begotten works of art, but according to art historian Birgit Schwarz, Hitler's artistic streak ran deeper into the dark zones of his psyche than most people realize. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Irresponsible ‘Basterds’?: Mulling Over Tarantino’s WWII Do-Over

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2009 Quentin Tarantino certainly took full cinematic license and ran with it in his Nazi-bashing big-screen extravaganza "Inglourious Basterds," but as Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman explains, some people are getting pretty fired up about the film's convention-busting climax, worrying that it could lead impressionable future generations astray about what really happened at the end of World War II. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia Republican Worries Dems Will Declare Martial Law

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Rep. Paul Broun, who once compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, now thinks the president is part of a radical "socialistic elite" that may try to declare martial law. Broun's comments came during what an area newspaper described as a "relatively peaceful" town hall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad Blames Hitler and Israelis for Rivals’ Success

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2009 Iran's rowdy presidential campaign shows no signs of boredom heading into Friday's election. Perhaps feeling the heat from rival Mir Hossein Mousavi, sitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his opponents of "a return to Hitler's methods" and collaborating with "Zionist entities." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Leave World War II Out of Gaza

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 17, 2009 I have long raged against any comparisons with the Second World War -- whether of the Arafat-is-Hitler variety once deployed by Menachem Begin or of the anti-war- demonstrators-are- 1930s-appeasers, most recently used by George Bush and Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Time to Stop the Mideast Comparisons

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 11, 2009 It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel's propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies -- we little baby-coddling liberals living in our secure Western homes -- don't realize the horror of 12 (now 20) Israeli deaths in 10 years and thousands of rockets and the unimaginable trauma and stress of living near Gaza. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The 21st Century Is Finally Here, a Bit Behind Schedule

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 1, 2009 Social and political epochs rarely end precisely on schedules provided by calendars. The outcome of this year's election means that 2009 will, finally, mark the beginning of the 21st century. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )