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The disbeliever
Steve Paulson
Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.
London bombing — one year later
Sean Kenny
While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever.
The imperial presidency crushed
Sidney Blumenthal
The Supreme Court's rejection of kangaroo military tribunals shackles Bush's legacy to Nixon's -- and could even land him in the dock for war crimes.
U.S. agitprop on Africa
Michael Scherer
In the spirit of Kim Jong Il, a Pentagon scribe tries to spin a growing U.S. military presence off the coast of Africa.
The cost of war
Tim Grieve
A new Congressional Research Service report says the Bush administration is spending $9.7 billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Zarqawi effect
Juan Cole
Bush's Mideast policies have turned a brutal terrorist into an icon of resistance -- and made violent fundamentalism more popular.
The Bush code of secrecy
Mark Follman
How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
A kinder, gentler war on terror
Andrew O'Hehir
New Republic editor Peter Beinart admits he was wrong about Iraq -- but still calls for liberals to fight the "new totalitarianism rising from the Islamic world." Yet many on the left don't believe his bogeyman even exists.
Fear and smear
Joe Conason
The GOP is back to its old Rove tricks, attacking Democrats as unpatriotic cowards. If only they could lead as well as they demagogue.
The subject is Iraq, but it’s all about 9/11 again
Tim Grieve
Think Progress posts what it says is the House majority leader's plan for the Iraq debate.
All unquiet on the eastern front
Mitchell Prothero
With Afghans enraged by a worsening security situation and the West's failure to improve their lives, Afghanistan is in danger of falling back into violent chaos.
The incredible shrinking U.S.
Helena Cobban
Despite the death of Zarqawi, Bush's huge gamble in Iraq has failed. As a result, the U.S. is weaker everywhere in the world -- and that's not all bad.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Britney manny rumor goes bust. Brad and Angelina have no marriage plans. Plus: Katie and Tom's prenup!
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A few final words about the cheap wine and sexy uniforms at Cannes -- and a look at summer movies ahead.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Furlough: The worst cockpit terror of them all! What if it happens to you?
The billion-dollar gravestone
Tom Engelhardt
Instead of being a testament to the dead, the hubristic 9/11 memorial will remind viewers of the arrogant folly of Bush's America.
9/11 widows aid Afghan war widows
Tracy Clark-Flory
Two American women aim to assist poor women in Afghanistan.
Lapdogs
Eric Boehlert
Cowardly and clueless, the U.S. media abandoned its post as Bush led the country into a disastrous war. A look inside one of the great journalistic collapses of our time.
Addicted to war
Farhad Manjoo
"House of War" author James Carroll says the Pentagon is out of control, the Cold War was unnecessary -- and it's good that we're failing in Iraq.
Peddling democracy
Chalmers Johnson
Convinced of our superiority, Americans keep trying to impose freedom on the rest of the world. It's arrogant, immoral -- and it hasn't worked.
Pooper scooper
Lee Harrington
I wrote a memoir about life with the world's worst dog. But before my masterpiece hit the shelves, a pooch named Marley stole my thunder.
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