Muslims Are No Different, or Why Bill Maher’s Blood Libel Is Bigotry

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 25, 2012 Comedian Bill Maher puts himself in the company of “9/11 liberals” who believe that Islam as a religion is different and decidedly worse than all other religions. He said Friday that "at least half of all Muslims believe it is all right to kill someone who insults the Prophet." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Bill Maher Takes On That Anti-Obama Filmmaker

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2012 Author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday to defend his depiction of the president in his new film “2016: Obama’s America.” But item by item, Maher dismantled D’Souza’s flimsy claims about Obama’s pre-political past and his performance in the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Plans Ron Paul Tribute, Romney Goes Birther, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Bill Maher's advice to Todd Akin on rape and abortion, and Bill Nye's advice to parents about creationism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on ‘Conan’: Obama Not First Gay President

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2012 When Newsweek published a cover this week that declared Obama America's "first gay president" after he came out in favor of same-sex marriage, it raised some eyebrows. On Tuesday, comedian Bill Maher addressed the controversial cover during an interview with Conan O'Brien. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Where Are the Good New Jobs?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2012 Good jobs news is one thing, but where are the good new jobs? The answer to that question may well be worth at least the amount of our nation's deficit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Celebrity Corps Smaller, Less Enthusiastic This Season

Staff / Truthdig Feb 29, 2012 Matt Damon has spoken of his disappointment with Barack Obama, his favorite candidate from 2008, and other famous Obama boosters from the last election cycle are also less willing to lend their names to the president's cause this time around. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Our Delusions of Grandeur Will Save the World

Bhaskar Sunkara / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 It's easy to see that apathy among a subset of middle-class youth is turning to politicization, and the natural form of this politicization is protest against the neoliberal state's slashing of the social benefits that created the modern middle class in the first place. It's kind of true. We’re excessively confident, thinking of ourselves like protagonists in a bildungsroman. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

O’Reilly and Maher Talk Tea Party, Deficit

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2010 Bill Maher is one of the non-apathetic, still supportive liberals when it comes to President Obama, and thus Bill O'Reilly brought Maher onto his Fox News show Wednesday for a debate about the tea party, Obama's opinion ratings and which president is to blame for our staggering deficit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher: Put Apple in Charge

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2010 The “Real Time” host says America is stuck in the mud and desperately needs a trip to the Genius Bar. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Drill, Baby, Drill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2010 Just a month after President Obama's rightward lunge into the realm of political appeasement known as offshore drilling, the administration reinstituted a ban on new drilling as it investigates the causes of the rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on the GOP: ‘They’re Such Sore Losers’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2010 Bill Maher was his usual irreverent self on Wednesday's "Tonight Show," praising House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "balls" in the health care reform saga and riffing on the infamous "death panel" controversy in ways Sarah Palin most definitely won't appreciate. Dig deeper ( 1 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 )