If Only the World Had Listened

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 29, 2009 Tom Hurndall was one of a bunch of "human shields" who turned up in Baghdad just before the Anglo-American invasion in 2003, the kind of folk we professional reporters make fun of. Tree huggers, that kind of thing. Now I wish I had met him because Hurndall's journals show a remarkable man of remarkable principle. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Human Rights Defenders Have It Tough in the Mideast

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 22, 2009 Dr Salim el-Hoss is 80 now but remains a staunch defender of human rights and democracy, an opponent of the death penalty and an outspoken supporter of Palestinians. When I recommended to him a long article on American torture, he read it right through to the end and then put the paper down with a slap on his knee. "Terrible, terrible," he muttered. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Consider the Source

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 1, 2009 Now a lot of folk will go along with the line that the Holy Father is so stupid -- so utterly out of touch with Planet Earth -- that he has no idea how disastrously his actions are received. Hmmm. Well, I wonder. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

War Reporters Used to Prefer Morality Over Impartiality

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Feb 8, 2009 I wonder -- in an age when the BBC can refuse help to the suffering because of its "impartiality" -- whether we still report war with the same power and passion as the men and women of an earlier generation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

When Did We Stop Caring About Civilian Deaths During Wartime?

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Feb 1, 2009 I wonder if we are "normalizing" war. It's not just that Israel has yet again gotten away with the killing of hundreds of children in Gaza. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bring In the Peacekeepers?

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Can it be that yet another Israeli failure in Gaza will change the dynamics of "peacekeeping" in the Middle East, that at last the ghost of Arafat will watch the "internationalisation" of the Israeli-Palestinian war? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Afghanistan in Crisis

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 The collapse of Afghanistan is closer than the world believes. Kandahar is in Taliban hands -- all but a square mile at the centre of the city --and the first Taliban checkpoints are scarcely 15 miles from Kabul. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Paying for Eight Years of Bush’s Delusions

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 9, 2008 How is Barack Obama going to repair the titanic damage which his vicious, lying predecessor has perpetrated around the globe and within the U.S. itself? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lieberman Spanked by Power-Mad Democrats

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 All right, so we're being a bit facetious with the headline here, but seriously, Sen. Joe Lieberman's future vis-à-vis his former base at the Democratic Party is a tad uncertain at this time, to say the least. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hedges Moderates Third-Party Presidential Debate Between Nader and Baldwin

BLANK Oct 26, 2008 Award-winning journalist and Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges does his part to give third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin a (televised) forum to debate each other and to describe what they stand for and what they believe would constitute "change" for the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stuck in the Primary

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 17, 2008 John McCain's debate performance almost certainly did him good among those whose votes he already has: very conservative Republicans who share Joe the Plumber's view that Obama is some kind of socialist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Collateral Damage’ Not Much Different From Targeted Killing

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Oct 11, 2008 When U.S. troops massacre Iraqi civilians in Haditha because their buddy has been murdered, what is the difference between their revenge and that of Saddam? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )