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Bush’s blank check
Robert Dreyfuss
Do we really need to spend more than a trillion dollars a year to defeat small groups of terrorist fanatics?
Reporting for duty, sir
Tim Grieve
Guess which member of the Bush family is serving "on the front lines" in the war on terror?
“The Sopranos” goes dark
Heather Havrilesky
David Chase gives fans the finale they deserve -- one they can argue about for years to come.
Better to be Hamlet than President George
Peter Birkenhead
Doubt is a virtue, JFK told students 45 years ago. Without it we have the tragic bluster and empty optimism of political culture today.
Charges against teen detained at Guant
Alex Koppelman
Judge orders charges dropped, saying the military tribunal has no legal jurisdiction.
The corporate takeover of U.S. intelligence
Tim Shorrock
The U.S. government now outsources a vast portion of its spying operations to private firms -- with zero public accountability.
Words in a time of war
Mark Danner
President Bush has delivered some of the most rhetorically unstable statements of this era -- creating a world where power determines reality and words follow meekly behind.
After everything we did for them
Glenn Greenwald
Tony Blair argues that Iraqis should be grateful for the invasion and occupation and asks: "Why should anyone feel angry about us?"
At West Point, Cheney defends the war on terror
Salon Staff
In a commencement speech Saturday, Vice President Dick Cheney warned graduates that they face an enemy who abhors America, and spoke out on behalf of administration policies.
A three-way presidential candidate catfight
Alex Koppelman
McCain, Romney and Obama exchange a series of increasingly nasty press releases about Obama's vote on the Iraq supplemental funding bill.
In Iraq, poppies are blooming
Alex Koppelman
Rice farmers in the south of Iraq have shifted to growing opium, a British journalist says.
The Islamic enemy within
Glenn Greenwald
Right-wing warrior-pundits seize on a new poll to fan the flames of anti-Muslim hysteria.
The CIA’s latest “ghost detainee”
Mark Benjamin
New details confirm a CIA prisoner disappeared in U.S. custody for months, renewing suspicions the agency could be violating the law and using torture.
Why did Carter back down on Bush?
Joan Walsh
The Iraq war has damaged our international standing as much as any foreign policy debacle in history, so why did Carter soften his "worst in history" comments? Plus: I'm on MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" tonight.
Afghanistan ousts outspoken lawmaker
Tracy Clark-Flory
Malalai Joya, an activist determined to fight human rights abuses, is booted from parliament.
Samantha Larson, Broadsheet role model of the day
Page Rockwell
The 18-year-old Long Beach resident sets a climbing record. Man, what have I been doing with my time?
Getting blown up, again and again
Eilene Zimmerman
U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone.
Comey’s testimony raises new and vital questions about the NSA scandal
Glenn Greenwald
The testimony yesterday, while dramatic, underscores how severe a threat to the rule of law this administration poses.
America’s long Iraq nightmare
Patrick Cockburn
Bush has declared many spurious "turning points" during the war, but the reality is a failing occupation -- at great cost to the U.S. and Middle East.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The 10 buzziest films out of Tribeca. Plus: An interview/podcast with Guy Maddin about his latest film, a debauched melodrama that will invade your dreams.
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