The Other War Drums

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News Mar 13, 2012 Dig deeper

Mr. Clean

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 Dig deeper

Obama Gets Ready to Defend Birth Control Policy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 It's an election year, so it's time to play wedge issue roulette. Which culture war favorite is it going to be this time? Gay marriage? The Obama administration's recent and contested decision to require Catholic organizations to provide birth control coverage to employees? Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hawk in a Clown-Car Field

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 9, 2012 Before there was the tea party to define the phrase "far-right fringe," there was Rick Santorum. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

O’Reilly Does Not Approve of Aniston’s No-Man Stance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2010 Fox News stalwart and self-styled culture warrior Bill O'Reilly briefly shifted his focus away from Lady Gaga on Tuesday to fixate upon Jennifer Aniston and her blasphemous ideas about single parenting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Laura Bush Disagreed With Dubya on Gay Marriage, Abortion

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2010 Who knew that while George W Bush held office at the White House, a supporter of gay marriage and abortion rights lurked under the same roof? That would be his wife, Laura Bush, who told Larry King and his shiny suspenders (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Karl Rove and Second Wife Divorce

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 Karl Rove, the George W. Bush strategy specialist who was instrumental in mobilizing the conservative voting base using so-called wedge issues such as gay marriage during the last decade's elections, has ended his own second marriage. Rove and his wife of 24 years, Darby, technically divorced last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Partial Truce in the Religious Wars

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 24, 2009 This year the culture wars went into recession along with the economy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Scores at Notre Dame

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 19, 2009 There were many messages sent from South Bend on Sunday. Obama's opponents seek to reignite the culture wars. He doesn't. They would reduce religious faith to a narrow set of issues. He refused to join them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Abortion Is the Right Issue for Starting the Healing

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 Obama's most urgent task is to repair an ailing economy. But one of his most important promises was to end the cultural and religious wars that have disfigured politics for four decades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Ugly America

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 29, 2008 “You really do hate America!” This was the parting shot from a man I had just debated on a television show shortly before the invasion of Iraq. Because he’s a notorious right-wing blowhard, I laughed it off as the raving of a crackpot in extremis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Gets a Break on Race Issue

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 In Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy, the fact that he is African-American has seemed to be an obstacle that could be overcome with a good campaign, a few breaks and the issues turning his way. That's what is happening now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )