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America is not a Christian nation
Michael Lind
Religious conservatives argue the Founding Fathers intended the United States to be a Judeo-Christian country. But President Obama is right when he says it isn't.
“But think of the things that were done to Iranians!”
Erich Follath, Dieter Bednarz, Georg Mascolo
An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Will Israel attack Iran?
Roane Carey
The new Netanyahu government couldn't move against Tehran without approval from Washington -- but any mixed messages from the Obama administration could lead to catastrophe.
The great right-wing freak-out
Juan Cole
Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow.
Spare change for news
Katharine Mieszkowski
Is going nonprofit the best way for journalism to get by? Take the word of leading editors who already have their hand out.
An emerging progressive consensus on Obama’s executive power and secrecy abuses
Glenn Greenwald
The harshest denunciations of the Obama DOJ are coming from those who progressives held up as the most reliable and trustworthy authorities.
Obama and habeas corpus — then and now
Glenn Greenwald
The Obama administration fights harder for the power to abduct people and imprison them with no charges.
“I believe that I did have PTSD”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder.
What motive does the Army have to misdiagnose PTSD?
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
A reluctance to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder could be about the money, and about the need for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama wants $83.4 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan
Alex Koppelman
If Congress approves the president's request, the total cost of the two wars will reach almost $1 trillion.
Tale of the secret Army tape
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
After a soldier taped a psychologist saying he'd been pressured not to diagnose PTSD, the Army launched an investigation. Read the details of how the Army declared itself innocent.
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America
Britta Sandberg, Susanne Koelbl
Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make Pakistan into a stronghold -- and are receiving support from Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency.
Liberal blogs vs. the Obama administration
Alex Koppelman
Tensions are rising in liberaldom, with bloggers on one side and big progressive organizations and the White House on the other.
“I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have ignored the implications.
Oh, Congress, will you ever learn?
Alex Koppelman
A Republican senator says "Obama is disarming America," and a congressman worries Iowa's same-sex marriage decision will destroy civilization.
Hail to the chief
Joan Walsh
Watching Obama swarmed by happy soldiers in Iraq, I wondered if Glenn Beck might ratchet back his hateful rhetoric. Nah.
Obama makes surprise visit to Iraq
Alex Koppelman
Closing out his big foreign tour, the president made an unannounced stop in the country Tuesday.
Get over your Obama Derangement Syndrome
David Horowitz
My fellow right-wingers, calm down. The new president is not the antichrist, Stalin or even a radical.
Afghanistan legalizes marital rape
Tracy Clark-Flory
President Hamid Karzai has signed over women's bodies to their husbands.
Mysteries of logical reasoning
Glenn Greenwald
A belief in the freedom to do X may be motivated by many things other than a desire to do X.
Obama’s domino theory
Juan Cole
The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
You can’t go home (to Yemen) again
Letta Tayler
What will Obama do with Guantanamo's single largest group of detainees? One hundred Yemenis wait to go home -- but those who've already returned to Yemen didn't find a warm welcome.
Obama’s new way forward in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Salon Staff
An administration white paper argues that the core goal of the U.S. must be to uproot al-Qaida from its safe havens in Pakistan.
Obama’s Afghanistan strategy gets warm reception
Alex Koppelman
So far, most reactions to the president's announcement have been positive -- even Bill Kristol likes it.
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