Celebrating Slaughter: War and Collective Amnesia

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 5, 2009 War memorials and museums are temples to the god of war. They sanitize the savage instruments of death that turn young soldiers and Marines into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq into hellish bonfires.War memorials and museums sanitize the savage instruments of death that turn young soldiers into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq into hellish bonfires. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Netherlands to Return Artifacts to Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2009 Dutch art dealers have surrendered 69 artifacts that were stolen from Iraq following the U.S. invasion. The ancient objects will remain in the Netherlands until they can be returned to Iraq. In addition to losing 15,000 treasures stolen from Iraq's national museum, the country has had to contend with rampant looting since the 2003 invasion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Many Crazed Gunmen Is it Going to Take?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2009 An 88-year-old anti-Semite shot up the U.S. Holocaust Museum on Wednesday, killing a security guard in the process. President Obama said in response "we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism." Sure, but how about getting a little vigilant against guns? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tough Times Could Lead to Sex Boom

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2008 It seems the British have found a way to cope with the global economic crisis. A survey by the Terrence Higgins Trust, a UK AIDS charity, found that sex is the most popular free activity in the empire, beating out window shopping and going to a museum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush on Why the U.S. Didn’t Send Troops to Darfur

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2008 The year is 2008, and President George W. Bush has learned an important lesson in global affairs: "Outside forces" taking part in foreign clashes "tend to divide people up inside their country" and "are unbelievably counterproductive." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Art Thieves Pull Off Major Heist in Zurich

Staff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2008 The private collection of famous artworks at Zurich's E.G. Buehrle Collection suddenly became smaller over the weekend, and not at the proprietors' behest. On Sunday, three disguised and armed robbers stole over $160 million worth of artwork by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and other masters from the Swiss museum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Auschwitz From Another Angle

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 A newly released series of photos taken at Auschwitz and sent last year to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Nazi officers and female SS members in a bafflingly banal (cf. Hannah Arendt) array of activities: singing, relaxing, laughing on group getaways, and even lighting Christmas trees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A World Where Lies Are True

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 26, 2007 If the Christian right succeeds in legitimizing creation "science," it will strike a critical blow against the basic principles that make our society work. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Stolen Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2006 Negotiators for the J Paul Getty Museum are meeting with Italian authorities to discuss the return of antiquities that Italy claims were stolen For years Italian authorities have accused American museums of purchasing stolen art Also, in New York, a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art faces charges of "knowingly buying stolen art". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )