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Ad blitz
Eric Boehlert
Bush and Kerry harness the symbolic power of wolves and eagles, and hugs and tears, in their last-minute TV appeals to voters.
“Bush has been adroit at exploiting” 9/11
Oliver Burkeman
Jimmy Carter attacks the president for helping to fuel anti-American feeling in the Islamic world, among many other failings.
“I reported the rape, then watched my career implode”
Suzanne Goldenberg
In the U.S. military, rapists often go unpunished, several female victims attest.
“Wolf! Wolf!”
Salon Staff
Our readers are not suckered in by the empty cries of the big bad Bush-Cheney wolf TV ad -- and so write their own smart, savvy and much better scripts.
Suppressing the overseas vote
Alix Christie
Record numbers of Americans abroad have registered, but bureaucratic snafus may prevent many from actually voting.
Joschka Fischer’s new world order
Simon Tisdall
With an eye to repairing the damage caused by disagreements over Iraq, Germany's foreign minister offers a rosy view of future U.S.-European relations.
“The Fall of Baghdad” by Jon Lee Anderson
Ann Marlowe
The New Yorker correspondent witnessed the fall of Saddam and the beginning of the uprising. But he fails to explore the destruction Saddam did to the souls of his people.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
This column was guest-written by a freedom-loving Afghan warlord. That's why it sings the praises of Heather Locklear and wanders merrily through three different corpse-riddled urban landscapes!
When reporters become the story
Duncan Campbell
The plight of a cameraman in an Afghan jail and the detention of a writer in Israel highlight the risks of activist journalism.
Freedom is on the retreat
Gary Younge
In the '60s, police dogs and billy clubs kept African-Americans from the polls. Today's methods of blocking voters are more refined.
Scowcroft spanks the younger George
Geraldine Sealey
Weirdness in Kentucky
Mary Jacoby
The increasingly strange behavior of Republican Sen. Jim Bunning has led to speculation that he is suffering from some kind of dementia -- and tightened a race he once had in his pocket.
It can happen here
James P. Pinkerton
"Guantanamo," now playing in New York, warns that the liberties the U.S. government has taken abroad in the name of homeland security present grave threats to our own civil liberties.
Getting all pissy
Joyce McGreevy
In a painstaking recap of the second presidential debate, the audience comes out ahead.
Burqas and ballots
Ann Marlowe
In one of the most male-dominated nations on earth, Afghan vice presidential candidate Shafiqa Habibi doesn't play second fiddle to anyone.
“I love you, Security Mom”
John Brady Kiesling
A U.S. diplomat who quit his job over Iraq urges mothers to resist the Bush administration's fear-mongering.
Ominous rumblings from Mount Cheney
Joyce McGreevy
Poked and prodded by his younger opponent, Old Dick lets loose clouds of steam and ash but doesn't blow.
“Taking out Zarqawi”
Geraldine Sealey
Why are we in Iraq?
John Judis
In "The Folly of Empire," John Judis argues that Bush is repeating the imperialist mistakes committed by Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
Ready for his close-up
Tim Grieve
Will youth and beauty triumph over old age and treachery? John Edwards faces off against Dick Cheney.
American history that Bush forgot
Jeff Horwitz
New Republic senior editor John Judis talks with Salon about his new book, the Iraq war's grim precedents, and the next president's desperate need to have a heart-to-heart with Syria and Iran.
Dissecting Cheney
James K. Galbraith
The vice president's fantasy of world domination via control of oil stems from his formative years in the shadow Cold War.
The sacrificial lambs
Cathleen Miller
To satisfy the religious right, George W. Bush has punished the most vulnerable -- millions of women and girls from the world's poorest countries.
Bush repays Purple Hearts with red tape nightmare
Mark Follman
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