Going Beyond the Tale of a Boy and His Horse

By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch Mar 1, 2012 For all the spectacle of thundering cavalry charges, muddy trenches and wartime love and loss, the current popular storytellers of the First World War skip over the conflict's greatest moral drama by leaving out part of its cast of characters. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Netanyahu Responds to Palestinian Bid for Statehood

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2011 Less than an hour after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas finished speaking before the United Nations General Assembly about his wish for statehood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the lectern to give his side of the story. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kucinich Says Obama Got the Deal He Wanted

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2011 Is the president a bad negotiator, or did he get the deal he wanted all along, as Rep Dennis Kucinich suggests? Also on this week's Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: the phony Social Security scare, teaching Shakespeare in Iraq and more Update: Full transcriptIs the president a bad negotiator, or did he get the deal he wanted all along, as Rep Dennis Kucinich suggests? This and more on Truthdig Radio. Dig deeper ( 39 Min. Read )

On Art and Lying

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2011 It's been noted before, by the likes of Marlon Brando and others, that art might be a socially sanctioned form of lying -- or confabulating, as neuroscientists might call it. Could this be true? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robin Williams as Atheist Tiger in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2011 The comedian and actor best known for his manic motormouth is starring on Broadway in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo." Williams plays the tiger and, according to The New York Times, he plays it well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eve Ensler: Bald, Brave and Beautiful

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 1, 2010 The author of the hit play "The Vagina Monologues" sat down with me last week, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to talk about New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Theatrical Resistance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2010 It may be obvious to some, but Palestinians aren't the only people upset about Israel's settlement activity. More than 60 Israeli theater professionals have joined a boycott against a new West Bank cultural center in Ariel, an Israeli settlement 12.5 miles within Palestinian territory. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Worst Popes Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2010 Glenn Beck's Mormon masterpiece theater, why humans sigh, the 10 worst popes (and no, Benedict isn't among them) and Aaron Sorkin's response to the Newsweek gay actor saga. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On the Fizzled Times Square Bombing Attempt

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2010 A smoking Nissan Pathfinder packed with explosive items set New York law enforcement officials on the trail of the alleged Times Square bomber on Saturday, and by Tuesday a self-described lone plotter by the name of Faisal Shahzad had emerged as the sole suspect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 11, 2009 The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during the Great Depression by Oscar-winning lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Eric Lax on Elia Kazan

BLANK Aug 28, 2009 Whatever one thinks of his politics, Elia Kazan was inarguably one of the 20th century's greatest Broadway and Hollywood directors. A new book reveals the master at work.Whatever one thinks of his politics, Kazan was inarguably one of the 20th century's greatest directors. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Goodbye to a Golden Girl

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2009 She had already enjoyed success on the stage by the time she became an even bigger star in midlife, thanks to ground-breaking television roles in "Maude" and "The Golden Girls." Following the news of her death on Saturday, Bea Arthur was remembered for her distinctive style, her talent and her game-changing performances on stage and screen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )