Opinion

Healthcare Reform

The real deficit hawks

Critics decry the healthcare bill as fiscally irresponsible. Where's the outrage over the defense budget?
David Sirota
Crime

Marine assaults priest, claims gay, Arab panic

Attacker's lawyer actually tries for a Muslim, gay harassment defense
Darren Hutchinson

The sleazy advocacy of a leading "liberal hawk"

Peter Galbraith's vast, undisclosed financial interests in the policies he spent years advocating as an "expert."
Glenn Greenwald

The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists"

"We're too scared to have real trials in our country" is a level of cowardice unmatched in the world.
Glenn Greenwald
Guantanamo

The "state-always-wins" system of "justice"

Obama's announcement to try 9/11 defendants would be commendable if it applied to all, rather than some, detainees.
Glenn Greenwald

What do these religiously motivated acts tell us?

Why are we so selective about lessons we draw from religious extremism?
Glenn Greenwald
Barack Obama

The new WH counsel and "Scooter Libby justice"

Robert Bauer's passionate call for a pardon of his fellow Washington lawyer sheds light on his thinking.
Glenn Greenwald

Lou Dobbs for president!

The former CNN host sounds like he's running for office -- and if so, he's a GOP nightmare
Joe Conason

What were the Republicans smoking?

After the disastrous Bush presidency the GOP had the option to go crazy or rethink. Guess which one they chose
Gene Lyons
Healthcare Reform

An open letter to Harry Reid on healthcare costs

If we can't get costs under control, we've blown it
Robert Reich

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When veterans die -- from lack of health insurance

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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 16:11 PST

How to pass healthcare reform

The way to fight Republicans is to make them think you like them. It'll scare them into passing the thing
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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 16:11 PST

Pelosi's victory for women

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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 06:11 PST

Military retains religious zealot, boots gays

The Army -- ever-vigilant about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- failed to follow up on suspicions about shooter
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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 04:11 PST

Denying responsibility for the wars one cheers on

The NYT columnist who has supported four wars on Muslims in six years decries the Islamic disregard for human life
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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 02:11 PST

Salon Radio: Rep. Jerry Nadler on State Secrets Act

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Monday, Nov 9, 2009 17:01 PST

Three anniversaries

The fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers: Each ushered in a new American era
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Monday, Nov 9, 2009 16:07 PST

Digging in for the long haul in Afghanistan

The Pentagon's building boom in Afghanistan indicates a long war ahead
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Monday, Nov 9, 2009 14:10 PST

When Congress sells out women

The Democrats' lust to win at any cost stripped abortion from the healthcare bill. Can pro-choicers put it back?
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Monday, Nov 9, 2009 10:10 PST

Can attacks on a military base constitute "terrorism"?

If attacks on soldiers now qualify, how is it possible to exclude many American actions?
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Wall Street's bailout gives me déjà vu

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The universality of extremists

Iranian "hard-liners" sound just like America's neocons when opposing negotiations.
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Is using aid to Israel as leverage becoming a mainstream idea?

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Friday, Nov 6, 2009 06:07 PST

We are what we trade (and how we trade it)

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Friday, Nov 6, 2009 02:07 PST

A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods

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Friday, Nov 6, 2009 00:07 PST

Pulsating diversity of views on the Post Op-Ed page

One of the leaders of The Liberal Media is a leading outlet for right-wing advocacy.
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Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 17:06 PST

Joe Lieberman undercuts his wife

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Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 08:06 PST

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Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 03:06 PST

Criminal convictions of 22 CIA agents in Italy

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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 15:05 PST

The Keyboard Commandos want Obama to be tough

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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 11:05 PST

I heart Dede Scozzafava

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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 07:05 PST

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