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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
“Hopelessly flawed” interrogations
Martin Bright
A senior U.S. military intelligence officer says that information obtained from prisoners at Guantanamo has proved useless in the war on terror.
Coping with warlords and votes delivered by donkey
Ewen MacAskill
Less than a week before Afghanistan's first democratic election, organizers fear violence and hope for legitimacy.
After the euphoria
Joe Conason
John Kerry and his advisors had better not get too cocky over their victory in the first debate. They still need to shore up their weaknesses and hammer Bush harder.
Letters
Salon Staff
Salon readers, euphoric, somber, some of them Canadian, weigh in on Thursday night's presidential debate.
“He forgot Poland, Jim Bob! And Great Britain is two words!”
Joyce McGreevy
The Bush/Kerry debate in translation.
The “busting” of A.Q. Khan and other tall tales
Geraldine Sealey
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on the cowardice of CBS, new TV ads featuring the mothers of slain U.S. soldiers, a Marine taking the battle to Bush, and more.
Marine declares war on Bush
Michelle Goldberg
Iraq war veteran Steve Brozak is running hard for Congress. And he's turning his campaign into a referendum on Bush's military folly.
Fact-checking Bush
Tim Grieve
Since the media has failed to call the president on his lies and flip-flops, Kerry must do the job in the debate.
We the moderators
Compiled by the War Room staff
"Mr. President, are you most proud of squandering the budget surplus or overseeing massive job loss?" Salon readers pose their debate questions to Bush and Kerry
Such good friends
Simon Tisdall
Bush has made numerous concessions to Pakistan's Gen. Musharraf, whom he is counting on to deliver the al-Qaida goods before the election.
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