Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2007
Bill Maher celebrates the passing of an intolerant icon: "Now I know you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but I think we can make an exception, because speaking ill of the dead was kind of Jerry Falwell's hobby." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2007
Based on his comments to CNN's Anderson Cooper on the day of the Rev. Jerry Falwell's death, it looks like author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens (pictured) will have to wait a while to be invited back into President Bush's inner circle. Hitchens channeled his disdain for religion and for Falwell into one scathing send-off on Cooper's show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2007
The Rev. Jerry Falwell -- televangelist, Moral Majority founder and head of Liberty University -- was found unresponsive in his office on campus Tuesday morning and pronounced dead shortly thereafter of heart failure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 26, 2007
The Rev. Jerry Falwell held a hush-hush summit earlier this month with other conservative Republicans from the Council for National Policy to discuss the 2008 presidential race. The exclusive group is facing a status downgrade when the Bush years end and can't find anyone in the lineup of candidates who clearly fits the council's bill. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 3, 2007
This week our selection of Truthdig-flavored videos contains a hysterical satire of Bush's State of the Union speech and two revealing then-and-now comparisons: one of John McCain's hypocrisies and one of Bush's rhetorical parallels between Iraq and Iran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 1, 2007
This cute, quick clip from "The Family Guy" envisions your favorite "agents of intolerance," Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, as the only two humans left on Earth after the Rapture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 11, 2006
Now the Arizona senator says it's "an honor" to speak at the college of Jerry Falwell's, the same man he once called an "agent of intolerance." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 3, 2006
The Arizona senator tries (and fails) to explain why he's voting for tax cuts for the wealthy that he once opposed. He also lamely tries to explain his newfound embrace of Jerry Falwell, the man he once called "an agent of intolerance." (video) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sheerly Avni / TruthdigMar 15, 2006
The legendary TV producer discusses our threatened Constitution, the hypocrisy of the Christian right, the strange ethics of "The Sopranos," and why he still sees himself as an "unaffiliated groper." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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