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“Abuse”? How about torture
Sidney Blumenthal
The Bush administration has created a gulag that stretches from Afghanistan to Iraq, from Guantanamo to secret CIA prisons around the world.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Conservatives debate torture by the U.S. military in Iraq: Some call it "sickening" while others claim it could save lives. Plus: The clash of civilizaciones.
Premature panic
Tim Grieve
The doom-and-gloom brigade is savaging Kerry because the race is still tied after Bush's horrible April. But the campaign has barely begun.
The year the GOP turned right
James Chace
When Teddy Roosevelt lost the 1912 election, the Republicans started down the road that led to George W. Bush.
The “Velvet-Strike” underground
Jennifer Buckendorff
Taking protests to the street is old hat. Today's rabble-rousers wave their signs inside video games.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Singling Pat Tillman out as a hero doesn't insult the others making the same sacrifice he did. The NFL player who joined the Army and died in combat really was special to us.
Why John Kerry should run on 9/12
Arianna Huffington
While the Bush campaign focuses on Americans' fear of terrorism, Kerry should appeal to the American legacy that Bush has squandered: National service, shared sacrifice and hope.
The Fix
Salon Staff
McCain stands up for Koppel, Schwarzenegger offended by bobblehead, and Tarantino has Brosnan's Bond support.
Dark victory
Jeffrey Record
Why Bush's war in Iraq has damaged America's standing in the world and made us less safe.
At the breaking point
Robert Schlesinger
The Bush administration's unrealistic war planning has increased the dangers facing the men and women on the ground in Iraq.
Can the U.S. avoid a worst-case scenario in Iraq?
Robert Schlesinger
Perhaps -- by increasing troop strength and raising taxes. An interview with "Dark Victory" author Jeffrey Record.
Driving a truck through the Bill of Rights
Geraldine SealeyAbove the law
Tim Grieve
The Bush administration is arguing that it has the right to lock up U.S. citizens forever -- without evidence, witnesses, lawyers or trials. If the Supreme Court agrees, will this still be America?
Letters
Salon Staff
A Vietnam vet warns Bush backers are "playing a dangerous, self-destructive game" by trashing John Kerry's Purple Heart. Plus: Readers respond to P.W. Singer's two-part story, "Outsourcing the War."
The secret $700 million
Cass R. Sunstein
Did the Bush administration deceive Congress and use post-9/11 emergency funds to prepare for war on Iraq? Bob Woodward's new insider account raises some critical questions.
Thursday’s must-reads
Geraldine SealeyWith God on his side
Robert Scheer
George W. Bush the believer marched the nation into madness in Iraq. Smarter policymakers like Colin Powell -- and Bush's own father -- should have stopped him.
$700 million here, $700 million there
Geraldine SealeyClarke’s vindication
David Sirota
Just weeks ago, Bush officials were solemnly accusing former counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke of being a liar and a self-promoter. But Bob Woodward's book proves that Clarke was right -- and that it was his opponents who were the liars.
Keeping Congress in the dark
Geraldine SealeySecret plans and slush funds
Geraldine SealeyFriday’s must-reads
Geraldine SealeyWarriors for hire in Iraq
P.W. Singer
More than 15,000 employees of private military contractors, from giant Halliburton to tiny commando firms, are working, fighting and dying alongside U.S. soldiers. But who calls the shots in an outsourced war?
Robert Scheer
Salon Staff
President Bush failed to focus on terrorism prior to 9/11. Instead, his administration pursued the war on drugs -- and even coddled the Taliban.
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