The Democratic Party Can’t Escape Its Own Militarism
Jun 28, 2019 Beto O’Rourke aims to rein in the Pentagon with a nationwide “war tax.” It’s a plan that reeks of faux progressivism and policy minimalism.
Sticky Fingers
Dec 23, 2017 A nearsighted new biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner would have us believe that any narcissistic cokehead could have shepherded innovative work by Hunter S. Thompson, Annie Leibovitz and others just by being in the right place at the right time.
Director John Scheinfeld on the Spiritual Journey of Jazz Icon John Coltrane (Audio)
May 26, 2017 In this edition of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer talks with the documentarian about his film.
Going to the John
Sep 2, 2013
Look: Yoko Ono’s Anti-Gun Tweets Include Photo of John Lennon’s Bloody Glasses
Mar 21, 2013 More than 1,057,000 people have been killed by gun violence in the U.S. since the former Beatle was shot to death, according to the text above a picture that his widow tweeted.
Imagine All My Words
Nov 14, 2012 "The John Lennon Letters" collects and reproduces 285 postcards, telegrams, to-do lists and other writings from the former Beatle’s early childhood to Dec. 8, 1980, hours before he was killed.
Graham Nash Still Really Gives a S#!*
Aug 5, 2012 The first time Graham Nash made me want to talk back to grown-ups was in the summer of 1977.
They Weren’t All the Queen’s Men
Jan 26, 2012 Many would consider being knighted or otherwise honored by England’s royals a dream come true. But more than 200 rebellious Brits have declined or returned the honor, refusing to hand their names and legacies over to rulers seeking to bolster their own dubious reputations. John Lennon and authors Roald Dahl and C.S. Lewis are on that list.
Miley Cyrus and OWS Share a Headline for Fun and Profit
Nov 29, 2011 It's bound to happen, when a movement like Occupy Wall Street takes hold on a national scale, that some famous people in the entertainment business will attach themselves to the cause, and that their bids for legitimacy as self-styled political activists will be met with skepticism, if not worse.
War Is Started
Nov 15, 2011
