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A Single 40-Year-Old Woman Has a Higher Chance Of…

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2006 Twenty years ago this week Newsweek speculated that a "40-year-old single woman was 'more likely to be killed by a terrorist' than to ever marry." In this week's cover story, they retract the hackneyed thesis and reexamine the marriage statistics. (h/t: Broadsheet) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Me Worry?

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Report: Bush Aide Advises Rattling Saber on Iran for Political Gain

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2006 Josh Bolten, the president's new chief of staff, has reportedly counseled Bush that talking tough on Iran will shore up his national security polling numbers. Update: Oh, yeah: Iran may pull out of the nonproliferation treaty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Top Mideast Analyst: Intel Misused

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Foreign Affairs magazine (not to be confused with US Weekly) publishes a devastating essay by a former senior Middle East intel officer "Intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made and the intelligence community's own work was politicized" Also in the mag, a think-tank guru writes that Washington should stop mistaking Iraq for Vietnam and start seeing it for what it really is (via The PeaceMajority Report). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )