Raging Texas Fires Destroy More Than 1,000 Homes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2011 Wildfires continue to rage in Texas, and by Tuesday the estimated 85 fires had destroyed more than 7,500 acres and more than 1,000 homes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Blames Wildfires on Immigrant Smoke Signals (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 While five wildfires burn up Arizona, Sen. John McCain has decided now is the perfect time for demagoguery. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arson Sparked L.A. Inferno

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2009 It's been over a week since the latest and biggest fire to scorch large parts of the Greater Los Angeles region began, and according to U.S. Forest Service officials it's now known that the blaze was caused by deliberate human intervention -- otherwise known as arson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Good Idea, Up in Flames

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 Los Angeles seemed like a good idea at the time. So did New Orleans. Will we ever learn? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Australia PM Calls Fires ‘Mass Murder’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2009 Wildfires sweeping across southern Australia have killed more than 170 people, a number that is expected to rise. With news that arson could be to blame for some of the fires, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said, "There are no words to describe it other than mass murder." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weather Aids S. Calif. Firefighters

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2008 Lower temperatures and higher humidity helped crews battling wildfires in Southern California early Monday morning. Fires in the state have laid waste to more than 800 square miles in recent weeks. Many thousands of acres remain ablaze. [Update] Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Phony FEMA Press Conference Not the First of Its Kind

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2007 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has taken some well-deserved heat for its ersatz "press conference" held in response to October's California wildfires, but, as it happens, FEMA wasn't the first to stage such a smoke-and-mirrors act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Did Al-Qaida Infiltrate Fox News?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2007 Funny how, in the wake of any national disaster these days, news analysts set about explaining the latest disaster according to their pet political interests. Take the recent California wildfires, for example, and watch what Jon Stewart discovers about different stations' diverse interpretations of what the fires really mean. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Power-Naps as Calif. Burns

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2007 Instead of being alert in Wednesday's Cabinet session about California's wildfire crisis and perhaps offering some helpful action items for the team, Vice President Dick Cheney apparently decided it was snooze o'clock and got a little shuteye at the meeting table, although a White House flack insisted he was simply "meditating." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Links Al-Qaida to Calif. Wildfires

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2007 Boy, is al-Qaida ever busy these days! In addition to threatening U.S. troops in Iraq, running riot in the hinterlands of Pakistan and generally requiring huge amounts of money and the potential sacrifice of thousands of lives to thwart its infiltration on several fronts, al-Qaida might even be behind the wildfires currently plaguing Southern California, according to "Fox and Friends." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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President Jonah, Meet Oliver Cromwell!

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Building on his "President Jonah" theme, Gore Vidal offers another angle on Bush's presidency, illuminated by the recent spate of wildfires in Southern California.Updated: Internationally-acclaimed man of letters Gore Vidal issues a new conclusion to his essay about the corruption of the Bush administration: "This is what we call dictatorship. Dictatorship. Dictatorship. And it is time we objected." Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )