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Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C., a leading supporter of a balanced budget amendment

The dangerous silliness of a balanced budget amendment

Andrew Leonard
Bad idea: Some GOPers want a government straitjacket in return for raising the debt ceiling
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (Associated Press)

Let’s end America’s “Middle East First” policy

Michael Lind
No more nation-building: Let's downsize the Pentagon and reassert our economic might
James Fremont and Sarah Palin

Actually, we already had a Palin White House campaign

Glenn W. LaFantasie
Her blunder-prone political misadventures carry echoes of those of John C. Fremont 150 years ago
Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama

The Palestine Papers: A fact-based play in one act

Sandy Tolan
"For six decades I've been pretending to be the honest broker -- but I'm here to tell you: It's all lies!"

Why can’t we watch Al Jazeera?

Julia Dahl
The English version of the Arab news channel is putting MSNBC, CNN and Fox to shame. Too bad no one can see it
*FILE* In this undated file photo providd by the Department of Defense, the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter from the 49th Fighter Wing, 9th Fighter Squadron, from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. flies during a training mission over the New Mexico desert. Holloman Air Force Base will say farewell to the F-117 Nighthawk, which the nation is retiring from its arsenal after 27 years. The last F-117s scheduled to fly will leave Holloman on Monday, April 21, 2008, then stop in Palmdale, Calif., for another retirement ceremony before arriving at their final destination _ Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada, where the fighter made its first flight in 1981. ( AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Andy Dunaway/HO) (Associated Press)

Why military spending remains untouchable

Andrew J. Bacevich
Despite extraordinary expenditures, it's clear that Americans just aren't getting much for their money
Yemeni students chant slogans calling on their president Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave the government and follow Tunisian ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali into exile during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Yemen protests against government mark latest Middle East uprising

Ahmed Al-haj
The wave of dissent across North Africa has reached Yemen in the heart of the Middle East
Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields (Ret.)

“There is no plan”

Justin Elliott
That's how an inspector general describes the $11 billion effort to build facilities for the Afghan army
President Barack Obama is applauded by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, while delivering his State of the Union address (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Full text and video of Obama’s State of Union address

AP/Salon
Read or watch President Obama's second State of the Union address in its entirety
U.S. President Barack Obama during his first State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington

State of the Union 2011 liveblog

Alex Pareene
Our continuously updated analysis of America's new Sputnik moment
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, visiting Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks about the key to boosting American competitiveness, that it rests in the nation's willingness to invest in a more educated workforce, a deeper commitment to research and technology, and improvements in infrastructure, from roads and airports to high-speed internet. Under pressure to boost the economy the same message will likely be at the center of his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (AP)

Obama State of the Union: Spending, but restraint

Ben Feller
In his speech tonight, the president will announce a five-year freeze on discretionary spending
U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan Walsh, attached to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, works security on the roof of the police station in the Hatamyia region of Balad, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2009. Soldiers from Delta Company visit the station regularly to build and continue relationships with local leaders. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven King/Released) (Mc1 Steven King)

The troops are not all right: how leaders are overlooking our soliders

Michelle Fitzsimmons
Obama won't tell just how American soldiers are doing in his State of the Union tonight, and it's a shame
Ahmed Ghailani

First Gitmo detainee to stand civilian trial gets life sentence

Tom Hays
Judge calls former bin Laden cook and bodyguard's attacks on two U.S. embassies "horrific"

Winners and losers of today’s Oscar noms

Andrew O'Hehir
"True Grit," "Winter's Bone" come out strong, while "Inception" and Ben Affleck get left in the dust
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Blackwater founder secretly backing Somali militia

Katharine Houreld
Erik Prince supports private security in Africa to override rampant piracy and Islamic radicalism
These aerial photos show the Afghan village of Tarok Kalache before and after American troops dropped nearly 25 tons worth of bombs and rockets on the area.

What 25 tons of explosives will do to an Afghan village

Adam Clark Estes
Leveling villages might not be the best strategy for American troops to make friends with locals
President Bush and President-elect Obama walk along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10,2008, prior to their meeting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Obama officials caught deceiving about WikiLeaks

Glenn Greenwald
The private statements and reports continue to come out that contradict the administration's public claims

In the crosshairs

Tom Engelhardt
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan go underreported even as the nation mourns victims of the Loughner shooting
Former Vice President Dick Cheney waves during the groundbreaking ceremony for the President George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

The vindication of Dick Cheney

Glenn Greenwald
Obama has won the War on Terror debate -- for the American Right. And they're quite appreciative
Kelly Ayotte, Marco Rubio and Ron Johnson

Freshman Republicans want even longer Afghan war

Justin Elliott
New "fiscally conservative" GOP senators say the U.S. should extend the expensive Afghan war indefinitely
Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist: The conservative liberals can love?

Justin Elliott
The right-wing icon talks to Salon about his two new causes: Prison reform and getting out of Afghanistan
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Right: Jeh C. Johnson

Obama official: MLK would love our wars!

Justin Elliott
A top Pentagon official says the antiwar civil rights leader would support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shares a light moment with Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq early Thursday for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (AP)

Biden addresses U.S. troops in Baghdad

Lara Jakes
On first U.S. visit since new Iraqi Cabinet, Vice President promises to end war "responsibly"
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Surgery doctor at University Medical Center, describes in more detail the gunshot wound Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,received on Saturday, during a news briefing at UMC in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. If all goes well, she may be "out of the woods" on Friday, said Rhee. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (AP)

At Giffords’ bedside, good news keeps coming

Alicia Chang
Doctors say they're amazed at her progress as she emerges from a coma, is able to sit up and lift her legs
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