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Anne Frank: The Musical

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2008 There's an adage that cautions against making jokes about such categorically unfunny topics as the Holocaust but how about making musicals? This just in: The BBC brings word from Spain of the staging of a new musical, "Anne Frank: A Song to Life," which at times features "Kitty," a perhaps unwisely (and too literally) conceived character. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Sarko the American’ Lives Up to the Nickname

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2007 If there was any doubt as to whether French President Nicolas Sarkozy has earned his nickname, "Sarko the American," his speech before Congress on Wednesday definitely put that to rest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Enola Gay Pilot Dies at 92

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2007 Paul Warfield Tibbits Jr., the man who flew the Enola Gay to drop the "Little Boy" A-bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, has died at 92 in Columbus, Ohio. Tibbits, who named his B-29 after his mother, requested that his grave be unmarked to thwart potential protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Terror America Wrought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 8, 2007 During a week of mayhem in Iraq, in which terrorists have rightly been condemned for targeting schoolchildren, it is sobering to recall that this week is also the 62nd anniversary of a U.S. attack that deliberately took the lives of thousands of children on their way to school in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Japanese PM Doth Protest Too Much

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2007 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dabbling in revisionist history. Despite the historical evidence, and a 1993 apology by a government official, Abe now denies any Japanese military involvement in forcing thousands of women into brothels throughout Asia in the 1930s and '40s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )