Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 247)
Ideology vs. pragmatism: Is one more important than the other?
Glenn Greenwald
The eagerness to eliminate "ideology" and venerate "pragmatism" in politics is understandable, but it's neither possible nor desirable.
Rescue schools and hospitals first, then build light rail
Mike Davis
New infrastructure will become so many bridges to nowhere unless Obama saves human-needs budgets and public-sector jobs.
The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S.
Five detainees ordered released “forthwith” after seven years at Guantanamo
Glenn Greenwald
If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.
Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little?
Glenn Greenwald
The reward Joe Lieberman will receive today is justified by the claimed need for more bipartisanship harmony. Is it even possible to have more than we have now?
Should Obama chase Osama?
Juan Cole
On Sunday the president-elect told "60 Minutes" he wants to capture or kill bin Laden. Is he setting himself up for failure?
The Obama effect
Gary Kamiya
Iraq's approval of the security pact shows that Obama's diplomatic approach is already paying dividends. Now, he must talk to Iran.
Blinded for going to school
Tracy Clark-Flory
Attackers in Afghanistan shoot acid in schoolgirls' faces.
Salon Radio: Anthony Romero
Glenn Greenwald
What are the priorities for the restoration of civil liberties under an Obama administration, and how can they most effectively be achieved?
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post Editorial Page calls for the repeal of DOMA. The New York Times practices real journalism on Georgia-Russia. And it's impossible to know what Obama will do until he does it.
Our biracial president
James Hannaham
When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
Barack Obama’s epic win
Walter Shapiro
The culmination of a brilliant campaign, Obama's unequivocal defeat of John McCain marks a political and generational transformation.
Taking our country back
Gary Kamiya
Obama's victory was a triumph not just for Democrats but for the American spirit and the world.
Election Day blogging (2:30 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
Two speeches by Barack Obama, eight months apart
Salon Staff
The full texts of two speeches given in Columbus, Ohio, one at the end of February 2008 and the other on Sunday.
Ladies of the nightly news
Rebecca Traister
How the most electrifying campaign of our time changed everything for Katie Couric, Campbell Brown and Rachel Maddow.
A tale of two faces
Joan Walsh
Ashley Todd's self-mutilation and Sarah Palin's pricy makeup dominate the news as the campaign just keeps getting weirder. Plus: Hitchens calls McCain "borderline senile."
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The American non-traveler: What's the price of staying put? Plus: When airline pilots have the opportunity to roam widely, but choose not to.
Confessions of a former Guant
Stacy Sullivan
The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration's military commissions.
Ericsson says global mobile market is “flattish” in 2009
Cyrus Farivar
But losses in the North are offset by growth in the South.
Colin Powell condemns the ugliness of the Republican Party
Glenn Greenwald
A potentially critical endorsement of Barack Obama includes a poignant and stinging attack on the vile anti-Muslim tactics of "senior" Republicans.
Joan Didion on “Election by sound bite”
Joan Didion
Obsessed by "lipstick on a pig" and "great stories," America has failed to see the real problems it faces
Friendly fire in Iraq — and a coverup
Mark Benjamin
The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: Indie rock for Barack, a time capsule of late-'80s bohemia, a peek at other people's diaries.
Page: 247