Leigh Flayton is editor in chief of Arizona Monthly magazine.

Leigh Flayton's Salon stories

Monday, Feb 18, 2008 03:44 PST

Getting through these dark times

Foreign policy whiz Samantha Power sheds light on a legendary diplomat killed in Iraq, advising Barack Obama and how America can emerge from the Bush era.
Thursday, Aug 25, 2005 12:00 PDT

Lost in America

It was supposed to be a storybook tale of young refugees triumphing against all odds. But an alarming number of Sudan's "Lost Boys" have spiraled into alcohol abuse, crime and even fratricide. What went wrong?
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 18:08 PST

How they learned to love the bomb

Bush is talking tough about nukes in Iran and North Korea. But critics say by illegally testing and building nuclear weapons, the U.S. is fueling a new arms race.
Saturday, Oct 2, 2004 16:46 PDT

Don't it make a red state blue

In Arizona, influential Republican women are increasingly coming out for John Kerry.

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