Bush’s Hoover Impression Flirts With Depression

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Nov 27, 2008 At the earliest, it is likely to be at least February or March before the first dollar of an Obama recovery plan is felt. This is a national disgrace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Olmert: ‘The Iranian Threat Must Be Stopped’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a warning across the ocean to Iran during a visit to Washington Tuesday, urging the international community to convince Tehran that pursuing a nuclear weapons program would be a really, really bad idea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Agency: Iran ‘Stonewalling’ Nuclear Inspectors

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2008 Iran's nuclear program is once again raising concerns among members of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who claim in a new report that, despite earlier signs of cooperation this year, Tehran is leaving key questions unanswered about possible plans to ramp up its uranium enrichment capabilities by the end of this summer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Put Up Your Nukes

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2008 Iranian President and up-and-coming schoolyard brawler Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared in a televised address Wednesday his country's willingness to "bloody the enemy's nose" in order to defend its national sovereignty. At issue is Iran's controversial nuclear program, which Ahmadinejad has declared is negotiable only with U.N. nuclear officials, not the politicized Security Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Calif. Court Cracks Down on Home-Schoolers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2008 As many as 166,000 children could be counted as truants in California after the 2nd District Court of Appeal launched a statewide initiative to ensure that home-schoolers were being taught by credentialed teachers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in  ’03

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2007 A new report released by American intelligence officials profoundly contradicts President Bush's claims on the Iran nuclear threat and casts his "World War III" fear-mongering in a dubious light. The National Intelligence Estimate's declassified assessment, compiled from 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, says Iran actually halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 "in response to international pressure." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Congress Re-Ups Abstinence-Ed Program

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 File under "Your Tax Dollars at Work": Congress has once again approved a three-month extension of a $50-million nationwide abstinence-education program, a move detractors say ignores indications that the approach (shock!) may not be working for America's teens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Monitoring Madness

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65 Pregnant Students = End to Abstinence-Only Education

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2006 An Ohio school board voted to allow discussion of contraception in sex education classes upon learning that 13% of one high school's female students were pregnant. Earlier: Congress declines to fund abstinence only-programs Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AP Exposes ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ Degenerates

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 From the AP: "The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn't stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay, Godly and Guilty

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Salon reviews a thoughtful new book that examines the mental anguish suffered by homosexual Christians who enter residential programs to battle their sexual desires. (Reg. req'd.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Peter Hoekstra

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2006 Truthdig salutes Rep Peter Hoekstra, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who rapped Bush in a letter for not briefing Congress on various intelligence-gathering programs Check out a video of Hoekstra publicly defending the letter on Fox News: "It is not optional for this president or people in the executive community not to keep the intelligence committees fully informed of what they are doing". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )