Mark Sarvas on ‘The Hot Zone’

Mark Sarvas / Truthdig Nov 9, 2007 As the first Internet reporter for Yahoo News, Kevin Sites spent a year of living dangerously covering 20 wars all over the world. Is Web journalism the wave of the future? Mark Sarvas, a pioneer of literary blogging, takes a close look. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Standards for Recruits With Criminal Records May Ease

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2007 The Pentagon is evaluating how it can streamline the process that allows recruits with criminal records to serve in the military. The proposed action is the latest in a series of cash bonuses and relaxed requirements that are meant to help the military cope with its recruitment problem. We can think of a much more effective measure to get young men and women to sign up for military service: End the war in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marc Cooper on Hugo Chavez

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Oct 12, 2007 A former translator for Chile's Salvador Allende reviews three books evaluating the remarkable rise of Venezuela's irrepressible Hugo Chavez. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’ Slams a Night of Bad ‘Burlesque’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2007 "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart and John Oliver take down the most recent Democratic disappointment: the Senate's all-night session. Oliver, political theater critic for the show, gives his most scathing review to date. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mike Jones on Ted Haggard and Hypocrisy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2007 The former escort who blew the whistle on Ted Haggard's homosexuality explains why he felt morally compelled to come forward, what the fallout has been and what he feels is the real tragedy of the situation. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

New York Theater Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’

Eunice Wong / Truthdig May 30, 2007 In her first Truthdig theater review, actor and writer Eunice Wong takes in director David Hare's stage production of "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion's haunting memoir about the sudden death of her husband (she would also later lose her daughter) and the heartbreaking mind tricks she used to try to conjure him back. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

New York Theater Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’

Eunice Wong / Truthdig May 30, 2007 In her first Truthdig theater review, actor and writer Eunice Wong takes in director David Hare's stage production of "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion's haunting memoir about the sudden death of her husband (she would also later lose her daughter) and the heartbreaking mind tricks she used to try to conjure him back. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Children of Men’: Universal’s Orphaned Masterpiece

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Jan 9, 2007 How do you make the best movie of the year -- possibly the decade -- and still get pummeled at the box office by Ben Stiller and a CGI dinosaur? Sheerly Avni, Truthdig's movie critic, lays it out in 10 easy steps. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Another Conservative Revises Iraq Thinking

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2006 Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, indicated in a column on Tuesday that Iraq could turn into another Vietnam. This, after arguing in 2003 that the comparison was ?wishful thinking? on the part of war critics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

?World Trade Center? Shuns Politics, Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2006 The N.Y. Times says "World Trade Center" marks a departure for filmmaker Oliver Stone in that the movie has no hint of a political agenda. It's a "harrowing return to a singular, disastrous episode in the recent past and a refuge from the ugly, depressing realities of its aftermath." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Dean Lauds ‘Playing President’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 In a thoughtful review, the former presidential counselor and bestselling author writes about Robert Scheer's new book: "If anyone has more succinctly stated and summarized the folly we call presidential campaigns, I am not aware of it -- and I read widely about the subject." 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 )