Time’s Person of the Year: The Protester

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 For “once again becoming a maker of history” two sleepy decades after political soothsayer Francis Fukuyama declared Western liberalism the end point in the evolution of human society, Time magazine named "The Protester" 2011’s Person of the Year. For “once again becoming a maker of history,” Time magazine named "The Protester" 2011’s Person of the Year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Time After Time

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 30, 2011 One of the most obvious and deeply unsettling failings of our human character is our inability to accept just how much sway the lizard portions of our brains have over our behavior and just how short we continue to fall when attempting to achieve synchronicity with our highest ideals.One of the most obvious and deeply unsettling failings of our human character is our inability to accept just how much sway the lizard portions of our brains have over our behavior. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Goldman’s Massive Bonuses ‘Totally Deserved,’ Says Satan

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 The gargantuan year-end bonuses paid out to Goldman Sachs executives have received howls of protests from the banking giant's legion of critics, but not from its most ardent defender: Satan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Washington Post’s ‘Contempt’ for Readers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2010 Why does the Washington Post allow an employee of Time Warner to write commentaries on Time Warner? That's the question posed by Glenn Greenwald, who writes that the paper "employs as its media critic an employee of Time Warner, the largest media conglomerate in the world." (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iwo Jima Vet: Time Magazine Cover ‘a Disgrace’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2008 It's become a visual meme in our culture, but some World War II veterans don't believe that Joe Rosenthal's seminal image of Americans hoisting the flag on Mount Suribachi should be appropriated or altered in any way. In fact, some vets, like Donald Mates, believe repurposing the photo, as Time magazine has just done for an issue about global warming, is tantamount to blasphemy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Guess Why Cheney Came Out of Hiding

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 It apparently wasn't the vice president's sense of duty to the country that precipitated his sit-down interview with Fox News. It was the president, no dummy when it comes to PR, who made Cheney sit down in front of the cameras, according to Time magazine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 Pictures of George and Jack? Not yet, but Time magazine has seen them. In this photo President Bush shares a cozy handshake with Karl Rove's personal assistant, Susan Ralston. What's wrong with this picture? Ralston was Jack Abramoff's longtime secretary. | See the Source Watch file on Ralston. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Are They Teaching in Journalism Schools?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 The news that a Time magazine reporter plotted with the attorney for Karl Rove is a window into the den of iniquity that is Washington journalism. As the late great Washington journalist I.F. Stone once put it, "Better to stay in your bathtub reading reports than to have that sort of corrupting access." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )