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Colbert Jostles With Lando (Not Calrissian)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2007 Stephen Colbert interviews former "60 Minutes" producer Barry Lando, whose book "Web of Deceit" chronicles "the history of Western complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annie Nelson on the ‘Fuel That Doesn’t Kill Us’

Joshua Scheer / Truthdig Jan 29, 2007 Annie Nelson, wife of Willie Nelson and co-chairperson of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, speaks to Truthdig about stomaching the State of the Union and the myth that alternative fuels are years away. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Podcast: Alternative Energy, the State of the Union and More

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Robert Scheer joins Truthdig contributors James Harris and Joshua Scheer for a conversation on the State of the Union, alternative energy, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Jim Webb

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the newly elected Democratic senator from Virginia, who delivered a blistering response to President Bush's State of the Union address. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Podcast: the Democratic Spine, MLK Day, Oakland and More

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2007 Is Pelosi too soft on Bush? Is there more to Martin Luther King Day than shopping? How do you save Oakland? Plus: crossing party lines to oppose the war and more, all on this week's podcast with Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer and James Harris. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert vs. O’Reilly

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2007 Stephen Colbert Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Forces Conservative Author to Stand By His Title

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2007 While out on the warm and fuzzy interview circuit, right-wing authors far too often get away with making an outrageous claim without so much as a legitimate follow-up question. In this clip, Stephen Colbert refuses to let his guest, Dinesh D'Souza, back away from the assertion that tolerance and liberals are in some way responsible for 9/11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Susan McDougal: The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 When Susan McDougal refused to implicate the Clintons in the Whitewater fiasco, she was thrown in prison, left alone with murderers and her own stubborn dignity. Savaged by Republicans and abandoned by Democrats, she would emerge from that dark chapter of American history a hero. UPDATE: Full transcript now available. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Bush: Iraqis ‘Owe Us Gratitude’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2007 In a "60 Minutes" interview, the president dismissed the suggestion that America owes Iraq an apology for not securing the country after the invasion, saying instead that Iraqis owe America "a huge debt of gratitude" for our efforts. Full streamed interview and transcript Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Podcast: Escalating the War, Schwarzenegger and More

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer joins James Harris for a conversation on the Vietnamization of Iraq, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the plight of Oakland and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Classic: Truthdigger of the Week: Ted Kennedy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 In honor of Sen. Ted Kennedy's passing, we're re-posting one of his classic moral stands. This 2007 speech against the escalation of the Iraq war was so good we had to give him the Truthdigger of the Week award back then. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ron Kovic: Surging Past the Tipping Point

Joshua Scheer / Truthdig Jan 9, 2007 In a Truthdig interview, the author of "Born on the Fourth of July" argues that Americans this week have a patriotic and generation-defining duty to speak out against Bush's proposal to escalate the war in Iraq with more U.S. troops. "If you love this country, you're going to step over that line that you've not stepped over before. You're going to find the courage to do that." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )