My Teacher

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 20, 2015 The Rev. Coleman Brown, who had the most profound impact of all my teachers on my education, died in December. He taught me how to think. And in being taught how to think, I was taught how to be free. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

How the Brutalized Become Brutal

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 25, 2014 The beheading of a U.S. reporter, Hamas' executions of suspected collaborators and fundamentalists' slaughters in Iraq are the end of a long horror story, not the beginning. [This column appeared Aug. 24, 2014. Chris Hedges will file a new, original column Monday evening.] Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Conversation With Garry Wills

Allen Barra / Truthdig Aug 22, 2014 Truthdig talks with the writer/historian about his new book, "Making Make-Believe Real," which considers Shakespeare and the political power of poetry. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Power of Imagination

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 12, 2014 Amid the psychoses of modern times, we are suicidally exploiting the earth and our neighbors If we are to survive, we must reclaim the reverence for life made possible by the human imagination Amid the psychoses of modern times, we are suicidally exploiting the earth and our neighbors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Richard III’s Remains Found Six Feet Under British Parking Lot

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2013 It’s hardly the kind of vaunted resting place various other British royals have enjoyed, but the earth beneath a municipal parking lot in Leicester, England, is where the remains of King Richard III were recently discovered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Time for ‘Sublime Madness’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 Only in the depths of human imagination can we find the resources to fight against the ceaseless assaults on civil liberties and the planet itself Only there can we unearth the strength and passion to resist. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How to Think

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 9, 2012 If universities think a Milton Friedman or a Friedrich Hayek is more important than a Virginia Woolf or an Anton Chekhov, then we become barbarians. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Judge Puts Heart Into Prop. 8 Ruling

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 10, 2012 In throwing out California’s notorious Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, appellate Judge Stephen Reinhardt showed the heart of a romantic and humor in a ringing defense of the often-scorned institution of marriage.Appellate Judge Stephen Reinhardt showed the heart of a romantic and humor in a ringing defense of the often-scorned institution of marriage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Still of Two Minds on Gay Rights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 While the Obama administration has spoken up for gay rights, it has yet to support gay marriage; Kevin Spacey has been heckling noisy audience members in his role as Richard III; meanwhile, LA and Occupy L have come to a similar consensus about corporate personhood: It needs to go! These discoveries and more after the jump . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Shakespeare Refresher for President Obama

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2011 He didn't say he was a jelly doughnut, but President Obama wasn't quite up to snuff during his visit to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night First, there was the matter of his talking over "God Save the Queen" during his toast to Queen Elizabeth II (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time for a Little Education

By Jim Mamer Mar 24, 2011 I’m a retired teacher and I’m pissed No matter what form of media I look at, I’m confronted with constant references to the various budget crises The crises are real, but the search for culprits has degenerated into a hypocritical attempt to score political points. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Where Does Genius Come From?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2010 Tracing talent to its origins probably isn't ever going to be a precise science, but there's a particular and pervasive brand of genetic determinism that butts its way into discussions, in scientific circles and in the media, about everything from health to intelligence to the roots of genius. According to author David Shenk, this line of argument leads us to make the wrong conclusions about human potential. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )