Vive la Velorution!

Zuade Kaufman / Truthdig Jul 16, 2007 The French didn't invent the wheel, but with their latest urban project they're reinventing how it'll be used in their beloved capital. On July 15, Mayor Bertrand Delanoë and other green-minded Parisians were on hand at the launching of the "Velib' " program, which makes some 10,600 public-use bicycles available at 750 stations throughout the world's most visited city. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Paris Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 9, 2007 Warning: This is a column about Paris Hilton. Those who are trying to ignore the travails of the famous-for-being-famous hotel heiress might want to avert their eyes. The rest of you, join me in honorable surrender. We have no choice but to pay attention. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Renewed Violence in France

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2006 Authorities are scrambling to address a possible resurgence of violence after two buses were torched near Paris on Wednesday. Last year's civil unrest led to the destruction of some 9,000 vehicles in and around the city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Man in Coma for 19 Years Asks to Go Back to Sleep

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jul 15, 2006 The political satirist reports that the patient asked to be made unconscious again after realizing that the person he was seeing on TV was the real president of the United States, not a "Saturday Night Live" impersonator. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Iran Trying to Obtain Paris Hilton’s Album

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jun 3, 2006 The political satirist quotes U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as saying: "This is the most serious threat to world peace since North Korea obtained an early DVD of 'Gigli.' " Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Return of the Brainless Hussies

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 Salon writer Rebecca Traister examines why today's most prominent young female role models seem to be "jiggly video stars, boobie-flashing twits, half-clad clotheshorses and label-whoring anorexics." (Reg. or advert. req'd.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pink’s Ode to ‘Stupid Girls’

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 In her new video, Pink wages a full-frontal assault on society's embrace of airheads like Paris Hilton. A cut above most music videos out there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )