Stephen Colbert Serenades Michelle Obama

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2008 Stephen Colbert began his interview with Michelle Obama by asking about her "silver spoon" upbringing on the South Side of Chicago. The pseudo pundit then segued into a brief and comical flirtation and even managed to get in a few digs against Hillary Clinton. "Why would you want to be first lady?" he asked. "You'd never get any sleep because I understand the phone keeps ringing at 3 a.m." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y.’s New Governor Admits to Affair

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2008 Before the media barracuda had time to really start swarming, Eliot Spitzer's successor, Gov. David Paterson, preempted scurrilous investigations into his skeleton closet by tossing a big one out for all to see. As Paterson told the New York Daily News on Monday, he had a long-standing affair years ago during a rocky period in his marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thuggish Far-Right Intimidation Tactics Go Mainstream

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 The practice of posting the home address of someone targeted for supposed offenses (like being a member of the ACLU), until now practiced mainly by hate groups, has been embraced by "mainstream" pundits like Michelle Malkin and David Horowitz. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )