Sunday TV Leans to the Right, Study Finds

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 A Media Matters study spanning 1997 to 2005 concludes: "Sunday talk shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC are dominated by conservative voices, from newsmakers to commentators." Most frequent guest: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), with 124 appearances. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scalia Dismisses ‘Living Constitution’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 The Supreme Court justice drives home his misguided belief that changes in society's mores shouldn't be reflected in the Constitution. Sure: the Founding Fathers got it all right 200 years ago--including the bit about counting Americans of African descent as three-fifths of a person. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wolfowitz Packing World Bank With Cronies

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the Iraq war, has appointed many apparently unqualified Republican loyalists to high positions at the international agency. "The bank is stewing with discontent." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Take From the Poor, Give to the Military

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Where would the Bush administration be without terrorism? The sweeping rationale for irrational governance has wrought yet another outrage: the $2.77-trillion budget the president proposed to Congress on Monday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Halfhearted Filibuster Attempt Ends Predictably

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 The Senate confirms Alito as the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice after the hastily conceived filibuster attempt of Sens Kerry and Kennedy | storyBuzzflash: "There is no 'center' support for Alito's actual positions There's just support for an image the Republicans createdof a harmless guy with a wife driven to tears" | editorial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Calls Spying Program Illegal

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 Think Progress notes that the Arizona senator is the latest in a long list of Republican conservatives who have expressed strong doubts about the program's legality. | blogCrooks and Liars has the video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alito Proves His Conservative Mettle

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Profile of rise through right-wing ranks; "Constitution does not protect a right to abortion." | moreAlso: Check out our extensive paper trail on the nominee. | link Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Among Evangelicals, a Kinship With Jews

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Jewish groups are skeptical about motives behind the embrace of Christian fundamentalists | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bad Faith in the Land of Narnia

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Dec 15, 2005 Great movie, mixed motives and Philip Anschutz. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Meanwhile, Back at the Parish…

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 13, 2005 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )