Staff / TruthdigAug 2, 2006
Bush's new secretary of the Treasury, former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson, said in his first public remarks since taking office that he recognized the economy was not benefitting all Americans
That's quite an understatement -- as Paul Krugman made abundantly clear in a 2002 N Times Magazine essay -- but for a Bush appointee, it was a hell of an admission
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Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2006
Truthdig salutes the 86-year-old Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which struck down the military tribunals Bush set up to try Guantanamo detainees. But more important, this decision, in the words of a Yale law professor, "effectively undermines the Administration's strongest claims about Presidential power," and may constitute the legal framework necessary to halt the more egregious of Bush's civil liberties-infringing programs -- like warrantless wiretapping and holding terrorism suspects without trial. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
Singer/songwriter Paul Hipp releases a satirical ode to the GOP's attempts to drive a wedge between voters on the issue of gay rights. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 23, 2006
The N.Y. Times columnist writes that the Connecticut senator is in trouble, as evidenced by neophyte challenger Ned Lamont's strong showing at the state Democratic Party's nomination convention. Lieberman's problem: He consistently parrots GOP talking points and has fallen out of touch with Connecticut voters.
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The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigApr 13, 2006
Interested in a real Paschal Mystery this Easter? How 'bout this? Why does the Catholic Church insist that Jesus had a bodily resurrection, when Paul clearly says in Corinthians 15:44: "It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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