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Blogs and the Left: An Emerging Symbiosis

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 Veteran N.Y. Times political reporter Adam Nagourney, reporting from the blog conference in Las Vegas, writes that "the blogosphere has become for the left what talk radio has been for the right: a way of organizing and communicating to supporters." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Was Bush’s Offer to Iran Designed to Fail?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 That's the provocative question posed by this N Times article "It became obvious to Mr Bush that he could not consider military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites unless he first showed a willingness to engage Iran's leadership directly over its nuclear program and exhaust every nonmilitary option" Has a decision to hit Iran already been made? Are we seeing a charade like the one before the Iraq war?. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Prepared to Join Direct Talks With Iran

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 Sec. of State Rice said America will join Europe in direct talks if Iran suspends its programs to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel. It's a dramatic about-face, and comes a mere three weeks after the Iranian president sent a personal letter to Bush--the first direct communication between the two countries in over 20 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Presses For Direct U.S. Talks On Nukes

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Iranian officials are furiously working diplomatic back channeles to open a dialogue with the U.S. (Apparently the Iranian's president's 18-page letter to Bush opened the floodgates.) The significance of this? For 25 years Iran has enforced a taboo against making overtures to "The Great Satan." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )