Pope Francis Aims to Make Marriage Annulment Process Easier

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 9, 2015 Continuing his reform streak from within the Vatican's highest post, Pope Francis on Tuesday announced that he is taking steps to make marriage annulment a less complex, pricey and fraught process for Catholics than it historically has been. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Delivers Major Economic Speech, Congress Hits Historic Low, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 25, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Republican Congressman Steve King doubles down on controversial immigration comments he recently made and Anthony Weiner says he won't drop out of the New York City mayoral race amid a new sexting scandal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What the Benghazi Emails Reveal, Rove Blames Obama for Scandals, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 17, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the latest sign that Anthony Weiner will enter the New York City mayoral race and televangelist Pat Robertson's dubious marital advice for women. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus Affair Because ‘He’s a Man’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 14, 2012 The conservative televangelist isn't blaming ex-CIA Director David Petraeus for his affair with Paula Broadwell because "he's lonely" and she's a "good-looking lady throwing herself at him." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Deep Blue Sea’: A Forgettable Affair

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Mar 26, 2012 It may be that, as Americans, we are the victims of a cultural disconnect. At the height of Terence Rattigan's fame, the Brits invested a good deal of admiration in his attempts to extend the reign of the carefully constructed prewar "problem" play into the postwar era. We need to see some joy from the adulterers, some sense of the world well lost for love. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gingrich a Tough Sell Among Florida Women

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2012 Here's an algorithm from the Annals of the Obvious: Conservative women commonly identify as values voters, responding to like-minded candidates and campaigns and bringing what are referred to in certain circles as traditional morals into the booths. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, while purporting to run on a family-friendly platform, has some blots on his personal record that would appear to contradict these ideals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vatican May Seek to Prevent a Stoning in Iran

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2010 The plight of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, is resonating in Italy, a country that does a lot of business with Iran. The story has gained enough notoriety that the Vatican has indicated it might intervene diplomatically. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Family Values and Glass Houses

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 24, 2010 Enough with dividing the world between moral, family-loving Christians on the one side and supposedly permissive, corrupt, family-destroying secularists on the other. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Victim, After All

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Feb 8, 2010 Jenny Sanford was my role model, until I read her book. I once wrote that the wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford offered "a new and improved version of the betrayed political spouse -- neither enabler nor victim." I was wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tiger’s Oppressive Standard of Beauty

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 Tiger Woods has a Barbie thing so pronounced it suggests his philandering is as much about validation as lust. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There’s No Safe Sex in Saudi Arabia

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2009 Bragging about one's sex life is lame, but is it lame enough to earn 1,000 lashes and five years in prison? A Saudi man has been sentenced to just that punishment for going on TV and talking about his extramarital liaisons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hiking

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 26, 2009 Dig deeper