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Afghanistan’s rocky road to freedom
Duncan Campbell
Nearly three years after Operation Enduring Freedom was launched, not much of the operation endures and many basic freedoms -- from insecurity, from fear, from poverty -- remain elusive.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on how to talk to your kids about drugs even if you still do them. Plus: Hooray for Dan Savage!
Bush’s legislative sinkhole
Stephen W. Stromberg
Monday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Will women change Afghanistan?
Duncan Campbell
More than two million women have registered to vote in Afghanistan's forthcoming elections despite repeated threats and violence from the Taliban.
G.I. Joe critics
Bill Warhop
How I talked four Army infantrymen from Fort Benning, Ga., into seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11." And telling me what they really think of Michael Moore.
The “Fahrenheit” boiling point
Andrew Exum
Since returning home from the war, I've begun to worry that antiwar fervor may turn into anger at U.S. troops.
A matter of survival
Mary Jacoby
The author of "Imperial Hubris" says the moral cowardice and political correctness of senior intelligence officials have severely hurt the war on terrorism.
More murky U.S. deals with the Saudis
Jefferson Morley
A Briton freed from dubious imprisonment in Saudi Arabia as part of a deal that released suspected terrorists from Guantanamo blasts the trade as hypocritical and immoral.
A spook speaks out
Mark Follman
In "Imperial Hubris," a not-so-anonymous senior CIA officer says that bin Laden isn't an apocalyptic evildoer who "hates our freedom" -- he and his followers have real grievances that we must address by changing our failed Mideast policies.
Tuesday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey, Stephen W. Stromberg
The George Clooney of Kabul
Duncan Campbell, Kitty Logan
Ex-American G.I. is focus of an investigation into freelance bounty hunters drawn to Afghanistan.
Happy Birthday
Geraldine Sealey
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Conservatives are surprisingly kind to Edwards, although Jonah Goldberg calls him Quayle-lite and Taranto blasts his lack of military experience. But others seem prepared to desert Bush in November.
The world according to Dick Cheney
Geraldine Sealey
One in 6 soldiers from Iraq war suffer PTSD
Stephen W. Stromberg
Bush gets checked and balanced
Tim Grieve
The Supreme Court rules against indefinitely locking up detainees -- and deals a mortal blow to the president's vision of his own limitless power.
Tuesday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
The Salon Interview: Bill Clinton
Joe Conason
The former president blasts the Bush-Cheney rush to war, explains why Gore lost in 2000 and tells how Kerry can win in 2004.
Nader vs. the Green Party?
Jeff Horwitz
The leading candidate for the Green Party's presidential nomination talks about Ralph Nader's latest betrayal, and how to run an independent campaign that would not reinstall Bush in the White House.
“Democracy itself is in grave danger”
Salon Staff
Former Vice President Al Gore charges that the Bush administration's use of executive power goes beyond the pale. America's greatest challenge today, he argues, "is not terrorism but how we react to terrorism."
Image fade
Sidney Blumenthal
As the administration scrambles to control the political damage from Iraq, a new poll shows that Americans view Kerry as more trustworthy than Bush.
Wednesday must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Does torture work?
Darius Rejali
The French military's use of torture in Algeria is often cited as a success story. But the real story is more complex. Second of two parts.
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