Staff / TruthdigApr 1, 2008
Iraq's civilian spokesman for Baghdad security was released from captivity Monday. Professor Tahseen al-Sheikhli, who was kidnapped a few days ago, was found unharmed, except for his ego. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 28, 2007
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani's just the guy to come out swinging against "the Muslims," according to boosters at a New Hampshire love-in shown on this clip from the Guardian Notes one staunch supporter, "These people are very dedicated very smart in their own way," and it takes America's Mayor to win what Giuliani calls the "Islamic terrorist war" at hand. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 20, 2007
This is certainly a point that has been made before, but the Guardian's Michael Tomasky performed his own journalistic audit on the U.S.'s Fox News network, starting with the conservative channel's overt claims of offering "fair and balanced" news coverage, and finds that it falls short of its mission statement about spin-free reporting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 25, 2007
Jimmy Carter told the new Web site Guardian America that, compared to the Bush presidency at least, George W. Bush will make a "very good" ex-president. Carter also said of Hillary Clinton's seemingly insurmountable lead in the polls: "One thing I know is that, this far ahead of time in the past, it's been impossible to predict the outcome of the election." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 25, 2007
As the U.S. government is learning much too late, democracy is not a one-size-fits-all application that can be lifted from one culture and grafted onto another. Here, UK reporter Ian Black from the Guardian Unlimited takes a look at what's really going on politically and culturally in Iraq according to a prominent historian and his Iraqi contacts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 5, 2006
Democratic strategist Joe Trippi writes that the rise of the Netroots-based organization Unite08 may be the harbinger of the end of the traditional two-party system in American politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
New advances in "metamaterials," which change how light bends around an object, could make Harry Potter's invisibility cloaks reality, The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2006
You've heard that having a child sets you back seven years in the workplace? Well, according to a new study, a woman's wages never fully recover--even after the child leaves home. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 6, 2006
Investigators name the country as a conduit for weapons equipment. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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