Anonymous Plunders Security Firm on Christmas

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2011 Christmas Day was apparently the perfect day for a little holiday hactivism by the team of international cyber-teurs known collectively as Anonymous, as they rolled out the latest phase of their Operation Anti-Security initiative by cheerfully hacking their way into a security firm in Texas to avail themselves of clients' personal and financial information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Attorney General Has a Great Idea

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 During a speech in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Eric Holder provided an exhaustive summary of the mostly bigoted and partisan efforts to disenfranchise voters across the country, and somewhere buried toward the end he came out with a brilliant idea. (more)During a speech Tuesday, Eric Holder provided an exhaustive summary of the mostly bigoted and partisan efforts to disenfranchise voters across the country, and somewhere buried toward the end he came out with a brilliant idea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Austin Takes Music Criticism to New Depths

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2011 The city of Austin, Texas, long known for keeping it weird, decided to let the public rename the Solid Waste Services Department. The leading contender is "The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts." Durst, the face of millennial rock band Limp Bizkit, probably won't end up with the honor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Difference Between a Terrorist and Someone Who Flies a Plane Into a Building

Reese Erlich / Truthdig Mar 12, 2010 There seems to be some confusion about who are the real terrorists these days. Allow me to shed some light on the issue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Fat Line Between Free Speech and Defamation

Stuart Whatley / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 When criticized, many followers of one faith or another mistakenly perceive a personal attack, and tend to elevate the sacredness of their own individual beliefs at the expense of universal free expression, thus sullying the discourse before it can even begin. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Austin Plane Attack: Tea Party Terrorism?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 Authorities continue to investigate why Joe Stack of Texas flew his small airplane into the Austin offices of the IRS, but based on early reports and a tirade the attacker posted on the Internet, it had something to do with taxes, big government, corporate crime and bailouts. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

So Much for the Motormouth Myth

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2007 Finally, a gender-focused study that doesn't fall prey to the hidden gender biases of its research team (a phenomenon that occurs all too frequently in concordance with a little-known, but often operative, adjunct to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins Keeps Austin Weird

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2006 For all you Molly Ivins fans out there, listen in to this "Prairie Home Companion" segment as she talks about keeping her community of Austin "weird" and delivers a bizarre story involving a snake and amphetamines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )