‘The Scream’ to Scare Up $80M at Auction

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2012 It's one of the most widely recognized images in art, and now one of four versions of Edvard Munch's archetypal image of modern angst is going on the block at Sotheby's New York auction house with an expected selling price of $80 million or more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Norway Shooter Declared Insane

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2011 This may not come as particularly surprising news, but psychiatry experts tasked with examining Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who killed 77 people and injured 151 in a mass shooting in his home country last summer, have concluded that he is insane. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Winter for Arctic Ozone Hole

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Unusual weather ripped a sizable hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic last winter, exposing people in northern Russia, parts of Greenland and Norway to high levels of UV radiation. Human activity did not cause the hole's sudden appearance, scientists said in a report released Monday. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Irony in Norway

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, leader of the Labor Party whose youth activists were so viciously targeted by right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik, is warning against "a witch hunt on expression." At the same time, the right-wing Progress Party is looking to exploit Breivik's mass murder to revise a few civil liberties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Osama Reads the News

Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria Jul 30, 2011 Dig deeper

Norway Attacks and Europe’s Failed Immigration Policies

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 The events in Norway were in a twisted way the product of Western ideas about the rivalry and clashes of civilizations, which persist. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sam Harris Responds to Chris Hedges’ ‘Fundamentalism Kills’ Column

BLANK Jul 27, 2011 On Tuesday, in a column that can be read here, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges criticized Sam Harris (above) as being a fundamentalist. We offered Harris, who was once a prominent contributor to this site, a chance to respond, and he has done so.On Tuesday, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges criticized Sam Harris (above) as being a fundamentalist. We offered Harris, who was once a prominent contributor to this site, a chance to respond. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Defense Lawyer Doubts Norway Suspect’s Sanity

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2011 The lawyer defending Anders Behring Breivik, who pleaded not guilty in court after admitting he carried out the deadly attacks in Norway, said his client might be insane. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fundamentalism Kills

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 26, 2011 I worry more about the Anders Breiviks than the Mohammed Attas. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Influence Industry of Rage

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 26, 2011 The monster who slaughtered at least 76 innocent victims in Norway was animated by the same blend of paranoia, xenophobia and alienation that fuels anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. Yes, it could happen here. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dead in Norway

Kap, Cagle Cartoons, La Vanguardia, Spain Jul 26, 2011 Dig deeper

There Are More Like Me, Norway Shooter Says

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2011 Anders Breivik, the Norwegian man who killed a combined 76 people in the heart of Oslo and on the island of Utoeya last week, told a judge Monday that "two more cells" belonging to his supposed terrorist organization are at large. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )