Brangelina’s Next Project: Mariane Pearl Movie

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 Angelina Jolie will star as the wife of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in an adaptation of her book "A Mighty Heart." Jolie's husband Brad Pitt will produce the film, and Michael Winterbottom (whose "The Road to Guantanamo" is in theaters now) will direct. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A WSJ Editor Compares Gay Marriage to Animal Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 Stephen Colbert highlights a clip of an editor from the Wall Street Journal saying that in the wake of a woman in India supposedly marrying a snake, gay-marriage supporters in America should now be required to guarantee that animal marriage is not around the corner. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dems’ Young Guns Launch Journal of Ideas

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 Two young Democratic intellectuals have founded Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, a quarterly publication modeled after conservative publications like Commentary and The National Interest. Sen. Barack Obama is already lined up to write. This comes on the heels of Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg's new publication. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pollster Greenberg Launches Political Journal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 Democratic powerhouse pollster Stan Greenberg has launched The Democratic Strategist, a publication that "brings together the latest solid research on public attitudes and social trends with extended, ongoing discussion of long-range Democratic political strategy." Dig deeper

Bush: Sept. 11 ‘Ended on a Relatively Humorous Note’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 In a 2003 interview with Ladies Home Journal, Bush told Peggy Noonan that during the late-night hours of Sept. 11, he and wife Laura were hustled around the White House in their bedtime clothes because it was thought a jet was going to crash into the building. "[T]he day ended on a relatively humorous note," he said. "We got a laugh out of it." "Bad taste" doesn't really seem to do this justice. (h/t: Daou Report. Also: full-text interview.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Report: Feds Suspect Novak Promised to Cover Up for Rove

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 Muckraking journalist extraordinaire Murray Waas reports that investigators suspect that columnist Robert Novak called Karl Rove to concoct a cover story that would protect Rove in the Valerie Plame leak investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Authorities Mining More Corporate Data for Personal Information

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2006 We learn from the Wall Street Journal that banks, Internet service providers and other companies are being besieged by law enforcement authorities who want to pore over their corporate data in hunting for clues in criminal cases. Just another example of how the government is going through personal records. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )