Memo to Pundits and Pols: No More Holocaust Comparisons

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 That's the advice of a Washington Post reporter, who says that no one should ever compare anything to the Nazis, Hitler or the Holocaust Even if you're talking, as Sen Dick Durbin recently was, about the prisoner mistreatment scandal at Gitmo, it will always backfire Other examples: FreeRepubliccom and Accuracy in Media pull the "Anne Frank card" on the NY Times CNN Host Glenn Beck uses a Holocaust comparison for the N Times, too . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Defense of Free Thought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 On Monday an Austrian court sentenced crackpot British historian David Irving to three years' imprisonment for having denied the Holocaust 17 years ago. Directly on the heels of rioting sparked by the Muhammad cartoons, the ruling has exposed a longstanding double standard in the West about who is entitled to free speech and why. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jews Fight Fire with Satire

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 In the wake of an Iranian newspaper's cartoon contest to mock the Holocaust, an Israeli cartoonist is asking Jewish artists to draw anti-Semitic cartoons themselves. We wonder: Is this sort of like African Americans reclaiming the N-word as their own? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Something Rotten in the State of Denmark

Khalil Bendib Feb 8, 2006 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression. | storyMeanwhile, Four Afghans are killed in cartoon-related protests near the U.S. base in Bagram--the first time violence has been directed against America in the controversy. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Friends Like Oprah, Who Needs Irony?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2006 Winfrey's next monthly selection is a Holocaust memoir. | story But her now-dubious stamp of approval is hardly a comfort. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran ‘Does Not Need Nuclear Arms’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2006 The Iranian president, while claiming that his nuclear research is peaceful, slammed the "double standards" of the West and those who seek to "make peace for themselves by creating war for others" | storyPerhaps he's right, but this guy is also a Holocaust denierUpdate: And now he wants to hold a debate on the scale and consequences of the Holocaust. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Assails World Leaders Who Lie

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI, in his World Day of Peace speech Jan. 1, had more than a few choice words for world leaders who use lies to incite their citizens towards violence. more (hat tip: Stephen Rivers) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )