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Jabari Asim: Paying Homage Isn’t Plagiarism

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Dec 12, 2006 Let's cut authors like Ian McEwan a little slack and allow him to "sample" from other works in the same way that every other artist does. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Updike’s ‘Terrorist’ a Bomb, Says New York Times

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2006 The legendary author's newest work focuses on a likable 18-year-old would-be suicide bomber The N Times and, to a lesser extent, the Washington Post pan the book . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Scanning’ the Darkness of Our War on Drugs

Steven Kotler / Truthdig May 15, 2006 In this summer's most talked-about movie, "A Scanner Darkly," Keanu Reeves stars as an undercover narcotics agent losing his grip on reality in an America that has lost the war on drugs. True, the film is a warning call, but might it also inadvertently channel us toward the very dystopia it is warning against? This article ran in May, but we're trotting it out again because the movie just hit theaters this week. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘This Place Is Broken’

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Gore Vidal on fascism, terrorism and wartime propaganda Part II of Truthdig's interview with the award-winning novelist (earlier: part I). Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

President Jonah, Spoken by Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Jan 27, 2006 Internationally acclaimed essayist, novelist and playwright Gore Vidal argues that America under Bush is evincing characteristics of the post-fall-of-Rome Dark Ages: the triumph of faith over reason, the atrophy of education and critical thinking, and integration of the state, torture and religion. Dig deeper