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“Charlie Wilson’s War”
Stephanie Zacharek
Philip Seymour Hoffman utters one of the year's most refreshing lines in this terrific tale of political wheeling and dealing.
Everything you were afraid to ask about “Southland Tales”
Thomas Rogers
Baffled by Richard Kelly's latest apocalyptic epic -- the fluid karma, the biblical references, the space-time rift? Get all your questions answered here.
What “winning” in Iraq looks like
Glenn Greenwald
How many false claims of "war victory" do we need to hear before we stop believing them?
Letter submitted for Dodd’s filibuster
Glenn Greenwald
A 23-year-old new voter expresses her views on Democrats, telecom amnesty and the American political system.
Inside the CIA’s notorious “black sites”
Mark Benjamin
A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture -- the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive.
Architecture of detention
Salon Staff
Renderings of cells where a prisoner was held as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
The look books
Salon Staff
From glamour-pusses to global warming, criminal mug shots to art stars, Salon's seasonal guide to coffee-table books has something to enchant just about everyone.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Is "The Kite Runner" worthy of all the fuss? Plus: What's Woody Harrelson doing in an upsetting, innovative and decidedly Oscar-worthy documentary about WWII?
The “Kite Runner” controversy
Erika Milvy
Khaled Hosseini explains why the movie version of his bestselling novel should not be reduced to a single rape scene.
Is Bush losing the military?
Tim Grieve
A new poll shows that the Iraq war is just as unpopular with military families.
Bush’s real lie about Iran
Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett
Despite recent claims otherwise, the White House has rebuffed negotiations with Iran at every turn -- a major strategic blunder.
The Dodd and Biden show
Walter Shapiro
When Tuesday's debate turned to foreign policy, the two veteran senators schooled Clinton and Obama.
Was Bill Clinton “opposed” to the Iraq war “from the beginning”?
Tim Grieve
The answer, as you might expect, is complicated.
Covering up the trail of dead Iraqis
Dahr Jamail
How the Pentagon has used "tactical perception management" to obscure the killing of Iraqi civilians by U.S. forces.
Bad stenographers
Glenn Greenwald
Referring to the role played by our establishment press as stenography is truly an insult to the work of professional stenographers.
A new player in Afghanistan’s Great Game
Andrew Leonard
A Chinese mining company wins the rights to develop what could be the world's biggest copper mine
Biden calls himself “the odd man out” among ’08 Democrats
Walter Shapiro
Sen. Joe Biden blasts his fellow Democratic presidential candidates, saying they need to "connect the dots" when it comes to Iraq, Iran and foreign policy.
Corporate profiteering against Iraq vets?
Mark Benjamin
Bush's nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the second to come from a private company that rakes in millions from VA contracts.
Doing the Iraq dance, again
Tim Grieve
House approves $50 billion in funding, with strings attached.
No logo for the U.S. in Pakistan
Andrew Leonard
Made in the U.S.A. labels aren't working like they're supposed to near the border of Afghanistan
America’s next top spouse
Rebecca Traister
A guide to the brassy, opinionated, loud, difficult and plum-crazy partners on the arms of their president-running partners. Who says the campaign season is dull?
“Lions for Lambs”
Stephanie Zacharek
Robert Redford rips into the media, the government and our own liberal passivity in this remarkably rousing film.
Waterboarding is not simulated drowning — it is drowning
Malcolm W. Nance
A former instructor at the school designed to teach U.S. soldiers how to resist torture speaks out against the "terrifying, painful" technique.
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