Obscenity

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 To suddenly realize at age 7 that balls and testicles referred to the same thing was a real eye-opener for me It meant that the obscenity of the word balls was not intrinsic to the thing that it referred to, but rather to the word itself. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Kenneth Starr’s New Gig

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 Remember Kenneth Starr? You can bet anyone associated even peripherally with Bill Clinton's administration does. Starr, former United States solicitor general and the major driving force behind the public exposure and investigation of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, is leaving his position as dean at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu to be president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brown Moves to Nix Prop. 8

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2008 California Attorney General Jerry Brown has changed his position on Proposition 8 and has asked the state Supreme Court to nullify the gay marriage ban on grounds that it violates citizens' inalienable rights as guaranteed by the California Constitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )