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Syria: U.S. Guns, Goggles and Military Intervention All on the Table

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 1, 2013 Seeking to clarify his "red line" position on the Syrian government's possible use of chemical weapons, President Obama said Tuesday that he would consider a "range of options," but he also urged patience. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iraq Still Uses Fake Bomb Detectors

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 A British businessman was convicted Tuesday of fraud for selling fake bomb detectors for as much as $40,000. Despite being "completely incapable of detecting explosives," as police Detective Superintendent Nigel Rock put it, the devices are still in use. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Policy in Search of a Proponent

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2013 Now that the foundations of austerity are crumbling because of an Excel coding error, few may be willing to champion the economic theory; sci-fi may become part of the mandatory reading list for West Virginia students; meanwhile, flamenco has become more than a dance--it's a new way to protest the banks. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sir Ian McKellen Speaks Ill of the Dead

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2013 The British actor says what the obituaries are leaving out about Margaret Thatcher -- her administration was nasty, especially when it came to homosexuality; gruesome images, like those taken during the Boston Marathon attacks, can teach us true sympathy and should not be censored or ignored; and maybe our Founding Fathers are to blame for the seeming impossibility of gun control. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Life After Hugo: Venezuela Votes (Update)

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 Polls have closed in Venezuela's presidential election, which pitted a top lieutenant of the late Hugo Chavez against a veteran Chavez opponent who promised to take the country in a different direction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Careful What You Tweet For

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 When a staffer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo posted a link to "The Daily Show" on Twitter, the American and Egyptian governments learned the power of social media; with digital product placement, editors can integrate advertisements into film or television scenes that were never there to begin with; meanwhile, to make way for a parking lot near the 2014 World Cup stadium site in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian authorities are kicking indigenous squatters out. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Families of Flotilla Dead Want More Than an Apology

Col. Ann Wright / Truthdig Apr 9, 2013 The Turkish NGO that coordinated part of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that families of the nine passengers killed by Israeli commandos have rejected the country's recent apology. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Baghdad Bombs Kill Dozens 10 Years After U.S. Invasion

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 20, 2013 Nearly 10 years to the day after the start of the Iraq War, some 19 car bombs and a shooting in the country's capital left 57 people dead, almost 200 wounded and many more wondering whether they'll ever feel safe again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

10 Years Later and I’m Still Protesting War

Col. Ann Wright / Truthdig Mar 19, 2013 A decade ago, I resigned my post in opposition to President George W. Bush’s war on Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Next Stop, Pedophilia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 According to Rush Limbaugh, since the left has normalized gay marriage, now it will do the same with pedophilia; the U.K. government has found a way to take British citizenship away from certain people who were then mysteriously killed by drones; meanwhile, a computer programmer in India may make teachers redundant as he shows how children can and should teach themselves. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israeli Soldiers Open Fire on Palestinian Protesters

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 26, 2013 Two teenagers were hospitalized Monday after Israeli soldiers tried to end a Palestinian demonstration near Bethlehem by firing on the crowd, The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Spies’ Sex for Secrets Replaced by Free Love

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The location of a former training camp where Stasi operatives were taught to retrieve secrets through sex now houses a free-love commune; filibuster reform was blocked and now, for the first time in history, a secretary of defense nomination has been filibustered; meanwhile, Al-Jazeera has been accused of developing a political agenda since the Arab Spring. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )