Newsweek’s Bitcoin Hypocrisy

BLANK Mar 8, 2014 In exposing the identity of a man persuasively argued to have invented the virtual currency, Newsweek's deciders also reported that he likely has $400 million stashed away somewhere. Then they told everyone how to find him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newark Archbishop Gets $500K Home Upgrade After Parish School Closure

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 Lest we forget that religion can provide a powerful cover for those looking to abuse the trust of believers, The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that a local archdiocese built a lavish addition to an archbishop's retirement home two years after closing a school for alleged lack of funds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Elway Is an Anti-Subsidy Hypocrite

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Not to beat up on the Denver Broncos after Sunday's rout in New York, but one of the team's heroes and top executives really needs to check himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reformer or Hypocrite? Understanding Pope Francis

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 13, 2013 It turns out that the pope's critique of capitalism is actually nothing new. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Today in Hypocrisy: Anti-Drug GOP Congressman Busted on Coke Charge

BLANK Nov 20, 2013 Trey Radel, one of the House of Representatives’ Republican votes for new rules that would require drug tests for welfare recipients, was sentenced Wednesday morning to probation on a cocaine-possession charge. The question is, will that bust humanize his outlook on drugs and the poor? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Sen. John McCain's hypocrisy on "secret emails" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's revelation about the scary way a GOP-controlled Senate would act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers, Republican Hypocrisy Called Out, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 15, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Stephen Colbert celebrates the IRS scandal and a Florida mayoral candidate touts an endorsement from Jesus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mark Sanford’s Appalachian Spring

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 8, 2013 "I want to publicly acknowledge God's role in all of this," declared a victorious Mark Sanford as he celebrated an unlikely political rebirth Tuesday night with a sermon praising the supreme being and the many "angels" who helped the once-disgraced former governor along the way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Krugman Exposes the Hypocrisy of Fiscal Conservatives

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 6, 2013 In his latest column for The New York Times, the Nobel Prize-winning economists notes that before President Obama took office in 2009, seven of the 10 previous presidents left the Oval Office with debt ratios lower than when they entered it. The three who did not: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Watch: Larry Flynt Endorses Mark Sanford

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 2, 2013 In this hysterical video, the Hustler publisher endorses Republican "sex pioneer" Mark Sanford, because "no one has done more to expose the sexual hypocrisy of traditional values in America today." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Bradley Manning Disappeared From the SF Pride Parade

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 27, 2013 The stern rejection of the Army whistle-blower as a grand marshal of the San Francisco Pride Parade combined with the event's uncritical embrace of sponsorship by law-breaking corporations reveals how liberal causes can be corrupted by business-backed authoritarianism, writes Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Catholic Hospital Chain Wins Lawsuit by Arguing Fetus Is Not a Person

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 25, 2013 A Catholic health provider has abandoned its beliefs by arguing that a dead fetus and a dead person are not the same thing in order to win a malpractice lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )