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An America-first election — and Obama benefits
Walter Shapiro
Seven years after 9/11, national security -- a political strong suit for the GOP -- recedes into the woodwork as voters focus on domestic issues.
The failure of Bush policy post-9/11
Andrew Bacevich
The "global war on terror" is over -- and we lost.
America is scaring the hell out of us Canadians!
Cary Tennis
I used to think America was just weird; now it's feeling a lot like 1932.
The GOP’s cheerful viciousness
Glenn Greenwald
Yet again, the GOP launches brutal personality and cultural attacks on the Democratic candidate. Yet again, Democrats seem determined to allow it to do so.
Welcome to John McCain’s party
Walter Shapiro
President Bush is beamed in from afar and Joe Lieberman cheerleads for Sarah Palin, as the Republicans press ahead with a baffling convention.
“With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination”
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama delivered a blockbuster of a speech to bring the Democratic convention to a close on Thursday night.
“This election is our chance … to keep the American promise alive”
Alex Koppelman
Read excerpts from Barack Obama's acceptance speech here.
What’s missing from the Democratic convention?
Glenn Greenwald
Democrats have largely avoided discussions of the radicalism of the past eight years, and even more so personal attacks on John McCain. Is that wise?
Biden — and Kerry and Clinton — go on the attack
Walter Shapiro
Before Barack Obama's surprise appearance, a tag team of Democrats, including Bill Clinton, piles on John McCain. And Joe Biden, Rove-style, goes right for McCain's supposed strength.
Salon Radio: Amrit Singh of ACLU and Dennis Perrin
Glenn Greenwald
Is the CIA on the verge of being held in contempt of court for destroying interrogation videos? Do Democrats love war as much as the GOP?
Rice: Military power is “not the way to deal in the 21st century”
Glenn Greenwald
Bush's secretary of state sermonizes against the use of military force as a means of delivering a message.
The fall of Bush’s man in Pakistan
Juan Cole
Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.
Illusions of victory under Bush
Andrew Bacevich
How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror.
A hint of freedom for Iraqi women
Anna Badkhen
Cultural repression by the Muslim militias has waned slightly, but women still miss freedoms they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein.
Michelle Obama’s military strategy
Aries Keck
Talking to Norfolk servicemen's wives, the potential first lady hopes to prove her empathy -- and the corrosiveness of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- in a battleground state's most contested area.
Guilty in Guant
Stacy Sullivan
Osama bin Laden's driver has been tried and convicted. But what's the verdict for the Bush administration's tactics in the war on terror?
The FBI’s selective release of documents in the anthrax case
Glenn Greenwald
Some preliminary observations about the FBI's evidence.
Forging the missing case for war
Louis Bayard
In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
Fear and loafing in the Green Zone
Arnon Grunberg
Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future.
The bizarre trial of bin Laden’s bodyguard
Julia Hall
The "capture videos" the Pentagon aims to bury, late-night brutality pointing to the CIA -- and even a surreal viewing of "The Dark Knight" here in Guant
Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News
Glenn Greenwald
A top U.S. government scientist, suspected of the anthrax attacks, commits suicide. ABC News knows who is responsible for false reports blaming those attacks on Iraq, but refuses to say.
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