Robert Scheer: Silencing Saddam

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 30, 2006 The grisly holiday hanging of Saddam Hussein has been greeted mostly with cheers from the media, but Truthdig editor Robert Scheer takes a different view, noting that even top Nazis, in the Nuremberg trials, received a far superior grade of justice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Powell: A Panel of Experts

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Olbermann to Bush: ?Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 Keith Olbermann has been on a roll lately, contesting the administration?s ?recent Nazi kick? with a series of essays. This time the ?Countdown? host went after the man himself, saying: ?Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek?a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety.? (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld Goes Off the Deep End

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2006 The Secretary of Defense compared critics of the war in Iraq to Nazi appeasers, saying the critics have failed to heed the lessons of history. (story and video) History, huh? Well, based on current policy, one imagines that Rumsfeld would have recommended invading China in response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Families Demand Compensation for WWII Deportations

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2006 More than 200 families have threatened the French state railway with legal action if it refuses to compensate them for its role in transporting relatives to death camps during WWII. The railway companies argue they were forced to carry out the deportations, though a court in June sided with victims' families. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The U.S. Military Prefers Nazis to Gays

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 That's the only conclusion we at Truthdig can come to when faced with these facts: Recruiters are increasingly admitting neo-Nazis and skinheads into the military, and the number of soldiers kicked out of the military for being gay rose 11% over last year. Also, allegations of harassment and outright crimes committed by military recruiters are up. (story or .pdf report) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Recruiters Reportedly Admitting Neo-Nazis to Military

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 Need more evidence that our military is stretched too thin? Its ranks reportedly are now being filled with the kind of military ambassadors particularly unsuited to the task of winning foreign hearts and minds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Memo to Pundits and Pols: No More Holocaust Comparisons

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 That's the advice of a Washington Post reporter, who says that no one should ever compare anything to the Nazis, Hitler or the Holocaust Even if you're talking, as Sen Dick Durbin recently was, about the prisoner mistreatment scandal at Gitmo, it will always backfire Other examples: FreeRepubliccom and Accuracy in Media pull the "Anne Frank card" on the NY Times CNN Host Glenn Beck uses a Holocaust comparison for the N Times, too . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CNN Host Compares Gore to Hitler

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 "Headline News" host Glenn Beck said Al Gore's story-telling methods in his global warming movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," were like those of Hitler. "Hitler said a little bit of truth," Beck said, "and then he mixed in 'and it's the Jews' fault.' " Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Racism Bring Violence to World Cup?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2006 Soccer fans mocked with monkey noises and spit on Nigerian forward Adebowale Ogungbure as he left a soccer field in Germany in late March. It sounds like a story from another decade, but this type of violent racism might just destroy this year's World Cup. The NYT offers a must-read piece about the recent surge in racist sentiment among European soccer fans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore to Nazi Propagandist

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Sure, it's despicable. But it's also a bit gratifying to see how low Big Oil has to stoop to try to squelch Al Gore's message. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Defense of Free Thought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 On Monday an Austrian court sentenced crackpot British historian David Irving to three years' imprisonment for having denied the Holocaust 17 years ago. Directly on the heels of rioting sparked by the Muhammad cartoons, the ruling has exposed a longstanding double standard in the West about who is entitled to free speech and why. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )