‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Kathryn Bigelow Shows Us the Things We Carried

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Jan 12, 2013 When "Zero Dark Thirty" opens nationally Friday, many moviegoers will already have made up their minds. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Americans Live Sicker, Die Younger

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2013 Compared with people in other affluent countries, Americans are the least healthy and most likely to die young; according to televangelist Pat Robertson, "awful looking" women are destroying modern day marriage; meanwhile, America's richest citizens are hoarding $3 trillion a year (thrice our deficit) by avoiding taxes. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Is Real and What Is Reality

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Jan 9, 2013 If Calvin Coolidge of Vermont were alive and awake now -- he was noted for taking long naps -- he might want to change it to, "The business of America is show business." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the U.S. Intelligence Community Came Out of the Shadows

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Dec 18, 2012 The Invisible Government, published by David Wise and Thomas B. Ross in 1964, was groundbreaking, shadow-removing, illuminating. It caused a fuss from its very first paragraph, which was then a shockeroo: “There are two governments in the United States today. One is visible. The other is invisible.” Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Hollywood’s Raid on Convention

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Dec 16, 2012 So far, I have not seen any negative reviews of "Zero Dark Thirty" and it is with some reluctance that I'm about to write one. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Condemns ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Torture Porn

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 11, 2012 "Zero Dark Thirty" is piling up rave reviews despite perpetuating the myth that torture helps combat terrorism. Glenn Greenwald objects to praise for a film that propagandizes war crimes as a necessary evil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )