Obama Boosts America’s Public Image

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2009 A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that people in 25 countries view the U.S. more favorably now that President Obama is in office than they did during the Bush II era, but it's not a worldwide trend -- Israel and parts of the Muslim world are among the exceptions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Model for an Accounting

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 28, 2009 History demands an investigation into U.S. torture. We have a contemporary model for how to conduct a politically sensitive inquiry properly, without undue theatrics and with respect for classified information. It is the 9/11 commission. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stuck Between a Turk and an Armenian, So to Speak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 President Obama over the weekend commemorated the 1915 murder of over a million Armenians without using the word genocide, a term he had used during the presidential campaign in speaking of the slaughter. The word from the lips of the U.S. president would have angered Turkey at a time when relations between Washington and Ankara are going so well. In the end, Obama's rhetorical gifts were not enough to keep outraged Armenian-Americans from taking to the streets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ObamaTube: Passover/Easter Edition

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2009 President Barack Obama draws upon the traditions and meanings behind "two very different holidays" -- Passover and Easter -- as his jumping-off point for his weekly address about the state of the country and the world and about his time rubbing elbows with other world leaders during the past week . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: A Glimmer of Hope for the Economy?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2009 The economy's not the only thing that "Left, Right & Center" co-conspirators Matt Miller, Tony Blankley and Robert Scheer are thinking about this week, but it's a biggie again, as are the Obama administration's announcement about defense spending and the changes under way in American foreign policy. Also: Somali pirates! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama: The Extremists’ Nightmare

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 9, 2009 In the struggle against the extremists and terrorists, the new president understands how to divide the enemy and neutralize their base -- and is uniquely suited to accomplish the mission. He got elected in the United States of America, after all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Obama Say the ‘G’ Word?

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Apr 6, 2009 If the issue doesn't trip Obama up on his visit to Turkey, he is going to have to walk into a far worse minefield on April 24 when he has to honor a campaign promise to call the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenian Christians by Ottoman Turkey a "genocide." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clinton Scores a Hit With Talk-Show Diplomacy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2009 Hillary Clinton's media savvy was on full display Saturday during an appearance on the Turkish equivalent of "The View." Dishing on family and fashion, Clinton was by all accounts a hit in a country where only 9 percent view the U.S. favorably. Update: Video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Erdogan, Peres and the Soufflés of Davos

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: I write with grave concern over your impertinent remarks to the president of Israel at the World Economic Forum last week, which threatened to delay dinner for hundreds of extremely important global thinkers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Who Believes There Is ‘Progress’ in the Middle East?

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Dec 29, 2008 If reporting is, as I suspect, a record of mankind's folly, then the end of 2008 is proving my point. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bailout Turkey

Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons Nov 27, 2008 Dig deeper

Turkey Bombs Northern Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2008 The Turkish military launched an airstrike aimed at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Sunday. It was the latest in a series of cross-border attacks authorized by the Turkish parliament in response to what it has criticized as the Iraqi government's lack of attention to the Kurdish fighters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )