Palin’s Payday, Flotilla Folly and Priest-Love, All in One

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2010 Why shooting peace activists to death is a big deal -- even in foreign policy circles, what priests' mistresses think of celibacy, and how much public money Sarah Palin got paid to attempt public speech. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Meryl Streep Gives Barnard Grads a Royal Sendoff

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2010 At least you know when you ask an Oscar-winning actress to be your commencement speaker that she probably won't botch her lines, but will she actually have anything of value to say, or will she just spend 90 minutes exploring the nuances of her "craft"? (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Freedom From Porn Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2010 What Obama hasn't learned about offshore oil drilling, why Steve Jobs and Apple want to offer "freedom from porn," and how GM bamboozled the country into thinking it repaid its bailout money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Did Privilege Play a Role in Lacrosse Killing?

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig May 7, 2010 The question has to be asked: Is it something about athletes? Something about entitled college athletes? Something about lacrosse? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Trustworthiness of Beards’ Edition

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2010 Research shows that people just trust people with beards, "hypersociable" kids are less racist and iPads are messing up Princeton's network. Get the details on these stories and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Are They Smoking in California?

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 There is record support for marijuana legalization, as more Americans see the drug war for what it really is. But framing the debate in terms of tax revenue is just bad politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

March Mildness: How the NCAA Tournament Lost Its Swagger

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Apr 1, 2010 The NCAA Tournament is the highest-level single-elimination event in basketball, making it special. Nevertheless, in the Big Dance’s present incarnation, other words come to mind, like bloated, over-commercialized and bland. In the Big Dance’s present incarnation, words like bloated, over-commercialized and bland come to mind. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Gay Athlete Says ‘Milk’ Saved His Life

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2010 How did Andrew McIntosh go from having thoughts like "How will people remember me after I take this bottle of pills so I can just die and no one will ever know I'm gay?" to being a cheerful, out-of-the-closet lacrosse captain? Things started to turn around for the college athlete, he says, after he saw the movie "Milk." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ivy League Musical: Yale Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 What would-be matriculators at Yale University might think of this lengthy and cringeworthy musical promotional video, cooked up by a group of the Ivy League school's current undergraduates and recent alumni, is unclear, but we'd like to point out the obvious after enduring a brief run-through of their efforts: Some people have been watching a little too much "Glee." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Gay Animals Edition

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2009 Today on the list: the power of same-sex liaisons, poetry in the Bible and more. Update Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Books, Not Bombs

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 With President Barack Obama's Afghanistan war strategy soon to be announced, the juxtaposition of education cuts and military increases is incensing many, and helping to build a movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )