Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 270)
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.
Stiffing veterans
Judith Coburn
The underfunded V.A. is being overwhelmed by injured soldiers -- and the administration that sent them to war won't pay to take care of them.
Military injustice
Mark Benjamin
A new report on prisoner abuse says the Army has fallen far short in prosecuting the perpetrators.
Port security? They’re for it, except when they’re against it
Tim Grieve
Caving to business interests, House Republicans oppose a plan to subject all incoming cargo containers to inspection.
3 Questions for: Boots Riley
Salon Staff
The Coup frontman talks about politics, hip-hop and the politics of hip-hop
Rumsfeld and Limbaugh, playing defense
Tim Grieve
The secretary finds a friendly base from which to minimize the criticism he's facing.
No justice for all
Mark Benjamin
Army investigators found "probable cause" that a civilian interrogator abused a detainee at Abu Ghraib. Why has the Department of Justice failed to prosecute him -- or any of the other 18 civilians suspected of criminal acts?
The political score card
Michael Scherer
A partisan analysis of chin flips, punched cops and a proposed memorial to the fallen.
The “coalition of the willing” expands
Michael Scherer
Can lions and tigers and bears help defeat the insurgents?
Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP
Michelle Goldberg
At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
U.S. agrees to release Abu Ghraib photos
Mark Benjamin, Michael Scherer
Citing Salon's publication, government abandons its fight to keep images of abuse secret.
What else we’re reading
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Abortion rights under attack in Italy, child support skirmish in Michigan, and more.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Was the Stones' Brian Jones murdered? Plus: A Belgian film about a man who sells his baby is one of the greatest films in recent years.
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