Yuppie Obama Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2010 Blue whales are changing their tune, medieval trial-by-floating-or-drowning turns out to have been shockingly accurate, and President Obama may have trouble with working people because he's so damned upwardly mobile -- all this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pink Pork Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2010 Why pork is the new Viagra, tech companies need to stop treating women like girls and what documentarians do when the cameras are off. All this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘TV Will Set You Free’ Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2010 Gordon Brown's law addiction, what Americans really, really, really want (really?), and how TV is going to save the world whether you watch it or not. These stories and more on the list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Welcome Back, da Vinci Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2010 President Obama asked for a better health care plan, so here it is. Native people say "Avatar" is real, so there. But why are they digging up Leonardo da Vinci -- and is there anything left? These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Castro Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 Going nuclear in the Senate, the anthropology of "Avatar" and why Fidel Castro sent doctors instead of soldiers to Haiti. These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pre-State of the Union Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2010 Petraeus says there's plenty more Afghan war where that came from, Saudi Arabia gets to buy an election or two and Social Security goes on the chopping block. These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Life After Massachusetts Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 After the jump: A comprehensive roundup of why the Democrats suck, the all-white basketball league and how classical music can be used as punishment for schoolchildren. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Glenn Beck Is Mean’ Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2010 America's most famous crybaby was just vicious to Sarah Palin He asked her who her favorite founding father was and she froze In other news: Privacy is for old people, it looks like the Jews didn't build the pyramids, and someone was arrested for interfering with Tiger Woods' right to sell Gatorade. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bye-Bye, Bill Moyers Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2010 Translating Shakespeare into English (sorry, snobbies), how to get kicked out of preschool (don't cut your hair), "Android Karenina," which right-wing nut job is going to replace Bill Moyers and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Mark Halperin’s Trash Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2010 Mark Halperin's sleazy new book (the one that snared Harry Reid and beats up on John and Elizabeth Edwards) is proof, writes Glenn Greenwald, that our media aspire to trash and gossip. This story, plus Nixon, Sinatra, Limbaugh, drugs and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Mrs. Robinson Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2010 While the real-life Mrs. Robinson, an ultraconservative, "sanctity of marriage" homophobe from Northern Ireland, was shtupping a teenager, our feet were all getting bigger. Confused? Head on past the jump for clarification -- and maybe even a little enlightenment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Body Scammer Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 Respect for elders is universal among primates, Mona Lisa had high cholesterol and guess who's getting rich off those invasive body scanners? All this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )