Staff / TruthdigOct 19, 2007
Appearing on "The Tonight Show," Barack Obama tells Jay Leno that he's not worried about Hillary Clinton's sizable lead in the polls: "Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare 'mission accomplished' a little too soon." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2007
Rep. Dennis Kucinich flexes his comic muscle by responding to Stephen Colbert's challenge to empty his pockets on the air. It's a shame he didn't get to dive into the issues, but it's nice to see a candidate who can take a joke. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 16, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explains to a persistent Arianna Huffington why the Democrats haven't yet cut off funds for the war, why Mitt Romney isn't going to be the next president and why she opposes a war tax: "This war has to end. I don't want any accommodation made to pay for it or to prolong it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 11, 2007
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Philip Coyle knows a thing or two about the "staggering" amounts of money the U.S. funnels into the military-industrial complex, and why it is so difficult to stanch the profiteering. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2007
The editor of the provocative new bestseller by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt asks the authors (pictured above) whether their book is good for the Jews and good for America. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2007
And now, some news from the right side of the aisle: Presidential hopeful Ron Paul chatted with conservative talk show host Steve Gill about his recent fundraising success, domestic and foreign policy issues, and 9/11 and its aftermath, blasting the neocons for using the Sept. 11 attacks to advance their agenda: "If the mafia attacks someone in this country, we don't bomb Italy," Paul said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 3, 2007
The strange and startling array of items tucked away in the pockets of Democratic presidential candidate -- or, as Stephen Colbert calls him, the "Democratic Party headquarters' house elf" -- Dennis Kucinich constitutes cause for concern on Colbert's part, as well as grounds for Kucinich's inclusion on Colbert's (pocket-size) "On Notice" board. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 3, 2007
Chris Matthews got much more than he bargained for when he peddled his new book, "Life's a Campaign," on "The Daily Show." In this clip, Jon Stewart savages the book, calling it both "a recipe for sadness" and a "self-hurt book" and making not-at-all-subtle references to Machiavelli and fascism. Fireworks ensue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 1, 2007
The "Real Time" host asks one of the Democratic Party's shining stars the question that seems to be on everyone's mind: If you hate the war so much, why are you paying for it? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 29, 2007
For decades Burma's ruling military junta has governed through terror, determined to meet dissent with intimidation, detention and murder. It is because of the military's particular cruelty that the story of the Buddhist monks of Burma is so compelling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 25, 2007
Truthdig regulars Sheerly Avni, James Harris and Josh Scheer put their heads together to try to figure out why the big problems that plague our communities never get solved. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 22, 2007
For his part, Stephen Colbert doesn't see Naomi Wolf's point about Blackwater USA's recent shameful shenanigans in Iraq somehow heralding a fast-approaching era of fascism in America. Instead, the faux-pundit believes the trend is more toward "a bull market for shooting people" these days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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