Is There a Secular Humanist Anti-Establishmentarian in the House?

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: Deep Down, a Product of Fear

By Alex Ricciardi Dec 18, 2015 It's unlikely that the beloved space saga's Episode VII -- regardless of whether it turns out to be a crowd pleaser -- has taken the risks George Lucas took with his installments. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Profoundly Conservative’ Myths

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 13, 2014 "Both 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings' turn on the 'return of the king' to his rightful throne," and in both stories " 'victory' means the reassertion of a feudal social structure which had been disrupted by 'evil,' " fiction author Damien Walter writes of some of the 20th century's most celebrated works of imagination. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Shoes

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Truthdigger of the Week: Bradley Manning

BLANK Aug 4, 2013 After a three year court-martial ended in a conviction on 17 counts of theft, espionage and other alleged crimes against the interests of the American public, Pfc Bradley Manning, the admitted source of the largest classified leak in US history, is still freeAfter a three year court-martial ended in a damning conviction, Pfc. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Still Here? Happy New Bak’tun

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 Assuming we're all still here: What is it that humans find so compelling about impending oblivion? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blame the Midas Touch

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2009 If one tries to draw an urgently contemporary lesson from Greek myth, the story of Midas is irresistible. It provides a commentary on our global economic and financial crisis, in which the pursuit of wealth has ruined us.Whether in today's finance or Greek myth, the pursuit of wealth is ruinous. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Interrogator: Torture Endangers America

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2008 Former FBI interrogator Jack Cloonan spills the beans to Foreign Policy Magazine about the techniques he used on top al-Qaida operatives. Cloonan explains that the ticking-time-bomb scenario often used to rationalize torture is a myth and that waterboarding only motivates the enemy to get revenge -- even if it takes a generation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Discovery Resurrects Rome’s Founding Myth

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2007 The revered myth holds that Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus, rescued and raised as infants by a she-wolf. Now, scientists say they have discovered an ornate cave that ancient Romans believed to be the wolf's lair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Faludi on 9/11 and American Mythology

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2007 Journalist and author Susan Faludi is back with another book, "The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America," an ambitious look into the formative mythology, driving forces and fears of the U.S.'s national psyche. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush as Narcissus

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