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Bill Maher: Put Apple in Charge

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2010 The “Real Time” host says America is stuck in the mud and desperately needs a trip to the Genius Bar. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blame Slick

RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 17, 2010 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center’: Obama and Big Oil; Midterm Mania; Justice Kagan?

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2010 How best to deal with the mess Big Oil has wrought this past week? "We need a time out for greed," Robert Scheer says on this week's "Left, Right & Center," but Tony Blankley disagrees. Meanwhile, Arianna Huffington isn't buying President Obama's knuckle-rapping stance toward oil execs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scandal

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig May 14, 2010 Dig deeper

Congressional Panel Looks Into Safety Mechanism Glitch in Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2010 The scale of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico might have been better contained had a safety device designed to help in situations like the one that caused the enormous mess performed properly, according to findings presented to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Verify, Baby, Verify!

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 12, 2010 “Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. But while she popularized that environment-be-damned slogan, it had already defined the eight years of oil-drilling policy that prevailed during the presidency of George W. Bush. “Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clash of the Oil Titans

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2010 In the messy wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster, three giants of the oil industry -- the aforementioned British Petroleum, perennial favorite Halliburton and Transocean -- were butting heads and looking to stick each other (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Capping the Damage

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig May 10, 2010 Dig deeper

Will We Keep Hating the Government?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 6, 2010 Ever heard the one about the guy who hated government until a deregulated Wall Street crashed, an oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, a coal mine collapsed, and some good police work stopped a terrorist attack? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )