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Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 8, 2011 The mustache that I was looking for on a full-grown woman was the mustache that an 11-year-old boy discovers on himself, with his face four inches away from the bathroom mirror, that all of a sudden makes his whole existence seem just on the brink of becoming worthwhile.She looked Mediterranean or something, and I wanted to get close enough to see if she had a mustache. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Shortest Distance Between Two Opposing Points of View Is a Punch Line

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 3, 2011 This was in 1979 when I was 12, and we were all doing it for Zeeker, who hadn’t been the same since he saw the Easter Bunny drop dead at Pennebaker’s Drugstore three months earlier.Our summer began with me and my best friends, Beats, Lewis and Zeeker, peeing on the roofs of houses. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Story Time With Donald Rumsfeld

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2011 What's former defense secretary and amateur poet Donald Rumsfeld to do now that the Bush II years are over and done but to hit the road on a book tour and keep insisting his choices made the world safer? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Scott Brown Tells All

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Is it just us, or does the publication of a revealing memoir, including details of childhood molestation and abuse, by a first-term senator herald yet another sea change in the game of political publicity? Of course, Sen Scott Brown of Massachusetts isn't just any new arrival . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld’s Book

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 10, 2011 Dig deeper

10 (Fake) Plagiarized Lines From Bush’s Book

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Nov 22, 2010 After it emerged that entire sections of George W. Bush's new memoir, "Decision Points," were plagiarized from books by former aides, The Borowitz Report asked our followers on Twitter to come up with the best plagiarized first line for the book. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

La Vie en Denial

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Nov 18, 2010 I read "Decision Points" and it turns out that George W. Bush is the Edith Piaf of fiscal policy: He regrets nothing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ass

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Author Signing

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 11, 2010 Dig deeper

The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president’s newly published memoir.It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

British Deny Bush’s Claim That Torture Paid Off

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 In his new memoir, George W. Bush claims that information obtained by waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammad 183 times helped foil plots to attack targets in the United Kingdom. British intelligence and Cabinet officials -- Labor and Conservative alike -- beg to differ. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jimmy Carter Blames Lack of Health Care on Ted Kennedy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 It's not polite to speak ill of the dead, but Jimmy Carter is still harboring a grudge from his health care showdown with Ted Kennedy. Asked about his use of the words "irresponsible and abusive" to describe the Senate lion, the former president said Kennedy opposed his health care proposal out of spite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )