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Orville Schell / Truthdig Dec 3, 2005 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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China: Boom or Boomerang

Orville Schell / Truthdig Dec 3, 2005 At the same time that China is recording huge increases in trade surpluses and currency reserves, deadly riots are breaking out on the outskirts of some of the country's largest cities. In this Dig, scholar Orville Schell challenges the current wisdom about China being an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force.Schell challenges the current wisdom that China is an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

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Righteous Opportunism

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 Speaking of religion, the current controversies over same-sex marriage are mostly derived from the hostility of religious institutions to the inclusion of lesbian and gay people in the "sacred institution" of marriage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Inventing Sin: Religion and Homosexuality

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 No matter their own scandals, religious institutions through history have a consistent scapegoat: homosexuals. Larry Gross digs into why churches condemn gays to damnation. Religious institutions throughout history have a consistent scapegoat: homosexuals. Gross writes on why gays have been condemned to damnation. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Inside Chavez’s Venezuela

Sharmini Peries Nov 30, 2005 Sharmini Peries, foreign policy advisor to Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, talks about Latin America's most contentious leader -- and thorn in Washington's side -- since Fidel Castro. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chicago Agonistes: The Plight of the L.A. Times

Steve Wasserman / Truthdig Nov 29, 2005 Under pressure from its Tribune Co. overseers, the paper will struggle to protect the journalistic excellence it took years to build. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Scheer: Brought to You by the NRA

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 13, 2000 The National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers are right -- if George Bush is elected president, they've got it madeThe gun sellers who want to add to the national supply of 200 million guns in civilian hands have broken off negotiations for new safety measures in the hopes of a kinder Bush administration Only last week, NRA First Vice President Kayne Robinson boasted that if Bush wins the White House, "We'll have a president where we work out of their office -- unbelievably friendly relations". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )