Molly Ivins / TruthdigApr 18, 2006
In this classic column from 2000, the Texas columnist uses unearthed testimony from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to expose Karl Rove's modus operandi back in the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigMar 30, 2006
Ivins weighs in on immigration reform, "The Fence" and corporate America's demand for cheap labor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2006
On a day when tens of thousands have taken to the nation's streets to protest a tightening of immigration laws, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas finds himself pinched between conservative "no amnesty" types and and Texas' huge immigrant population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 23, 2006
Undercover agents will bust you in a bar for public intoxication--so you don't get behind the wheel of a car, or something like that. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 3, 2006
Did Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fall asleep while hearing a key redistricting case -- as Fox charges? If so, most traditional media outlets didn't report it.
A conservative website poses an interesting question here: if Justice Thomas or Scalia fell asleep, would most news outlets ignore that, as well? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 3, 2006
A retired Texas schoolteacher pays off a larger-than-usual chunk of his credit card bill--and the payment gets frozen as Homeland Security investigates. "It's scary how easily someone in Homeland Security can get permission to spy," says the teacher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2006
The president says "I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine" but declines to discuss details of Cheney's late disclosure of the hunting accident. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 15, 2006
Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident, has a birdshot pellet in his heart and had "a minor heart attack" Tuesday morning He is back in intensive care | story
The ER chief at the Texas hospital, asked if the birdshot could endanger Whittington's life, responded: "When birdshot is in your body, there's always the risk they can move We'll watch very closely for any migration"
Continuing Coverage:
Account of Doctors raises questions on heart injury
Think Progress: Scott McClellan concealed the heart attack from the press
A White House spokesman cracked jokes on the record about the incident (before Whittington suffered the heart attack)
The Smoking Gun surfaces the Texas hunting accident report (hat tip: Huffington Post)
The lowdown on what hunting rules Cheney broke
Slow Leak: Time publishes an inside account of why Cheney didn't publicly disclose news of the accident for 24 hourscom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021301303html" title="Unloading on Cheney:">Unloading on Cheney: Comedians take aim at the vice president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigFeb 14, 2006
Welcome back to the paradoxical Bush/Cheney "responsibility society," where no one (starting with the administration) takes responsibility. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2006
Truthdig says: It strains credulity to suggest, as the White House has, that the vice president couldn't inform the national media of the incident while also ensuring proper medical care of the guy on the receiving end of his shotgun blast.
Lots of updates on the next page. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sheerly Avni / TruthdigFeb 5, 2006
Tommy Lee Jones revives the western with his feature film debut about justice, redemption and relations with our neighbor to the south. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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