The Koch Brothers’ Gallery of Million-Dollar Buddies

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2011 Twice yearly, the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch assemble a crowd of wealthy economic libertarian sympathizers to raise funds for their efforts to influence government and the American public. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Washington: Still a Boy’s Town

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Women's lib hasn't made it through Washington yet. Micah Zenko at Foreign Policy magazine looked at the percentages of females holding leadership roles related to foreign policy and national security and found that women remain vastly underrepresented among our nation's policymakers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The ‘Human’ Factor Missing in Copenhagen

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Dec 10, 2009 Countries are wrangling over everything about human-induced climate change except the increasing number of humans inducing it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Welcome Back, PNAC

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2008 After a brief hiatus, which happened to coincide with the last phase of the presidential campaign season, the Project for a New American Century's Web site is back up and running, thanks to Bill Kristol and his chums at the neocon think tank. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Stalls on Inevitable Iraq Withdrawal

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 26, 2007 Quietly, the real debate over Iraq is beginning. It's not about whether the United States should pull out troops. That is now inevitable. The real challenge is to figure out the right timetable for withdrawal, whether a residual force should be left there, and which American objectives can still be salvaged. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Warming Propaganda Video

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2007 Conservative ideologues have apparently abandoned the ridiculous claim that the jury's still out on global warming. The new talking points, as outlined in this Heritage Foundation video, are as follows: Global warming has happened before, it won't be catastrophic and it's not worth endangering the global economy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )