Mark Fiore / TruthdigJul 16, 2015
I’m currently on vacation where birds eat dogs, far from any airport security line—but given the time of year, it seems only fitting to do a cartoon about summer travel and the TSA. Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2013
Napping, meditating, anything that gives your mind a bit of respite from the ever-quickening rat race of modern day life are essential to allow your brain to recover. And here's the kicker (which we all pretty much already know but haven't quite put into practice): Downtime increases productivity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2011
Most of us take access to overpriced hotels, lousy food and syrupy mixed drinks for granted, but ordinary Cubans suffering island fever may get their first shot at a vacation since 1959. A proposed reform might eventually allow Cubans (presumably those surviving on more than government subsidies) to "travel abroad as tourists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ruth Marcus / TruthdigAug 9, 2010
As a political matter, the mother-daughter getaway to a five-star resort on the Spanish Costa del Sol was not a good idea. But I'd just as soon not have my First Family vacations determined by focus groups. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2010
Following a news conference Thursday in which he voiced resolve and regret over the way the Gulf oil spill has been handled, President Barack Obama visited the Louisiana coast on Friday to see the environmental devastation firsthand and to survey efforts to plug the Deepwater Horizon undersea gusher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2010
This is the story of George Rekers, a Baptist minister and prominent anti-gay activist who recently took a European sojourn with a young man who said, on his Rentboy.com profile, that he's "up for anything." Well, how about a trip to London and Madrid with a card-carrying member of the Christian right? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2010
In alleged retaliation for Republican stonewalling, President Barack Obama will bypass the Senate and make recess appointments to 15 high-level administration jobs. For context, George W. Bush made more than 170 such appointments; Bill Clinton made nearly 140. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton will be joining her erstwhile rival, Barack Obama, for a week of campaign support as he ramps up his efforts to defeat John McCain in November's presidential elections. Clinton will kick off her tandem tour with Obama June 27 in a bid to repair lingering rifts within Democratic circles. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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