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The Democrats’ Southern paradox
Tim Grieve
In the South, black voters may want Anybody but Bush, but whites like what they see in the president -- themselves. It's up to the Democrats to convince them otherwise.
“An End to Evil” by David Frum and Richard Perle
Gary Kamiya
Undaunted by the Iraq debacle, uber-hawks David Frum and Richard Perle air their fevered wet dream of a national-security superstate that slaps down uppity Muslims, bombs North Korea, slices and dices civil liberties and scatters the Palestinians like birdseed.
Enter the ayatollahs
Jen Banbury
Will Iraq turn into an Iranian-style theocracy or a more tolerant Muslim state? As zero hour for America's grand experiment approaches, Shiite leaders hold the key.
Friday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
The Bush dynasty’s dark magic
Joan Walsh
One-time Republican hero Kevin Phillips dares to speak up against the Walker-Bush oligarchy that rules the American state through oil, intelligence, big money and the power of the Christian right.
The CIA revolt against the White House
Mark Follman
Former intelligence official Larry C. Johnson blasts the Bush administration's "outright pattern of bullying."
Some perspective
Geraldine Sealey
Bush leaves no bride behind
Arianna Huffington
We have 12 million uninsured children and record-breaking deficits -- and the president's boldest domestic initiative is the promotion of matrimonial bliss?
The latest White House script for reporters
Rich Procter
Howard Dean is so angry! He has no credibility on foreign policy! He wants to take away your grenade launcher!
The Axis of War: Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz
Salon Staff
Sen. Ted Kennedy: "We cannot simply walk away from the wreckage of a war we never should have fought so that President Bush can wage a political campaign based on dubious boasts of success."
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's assertions have stung the White House, but no one there says he's lying.
A simple, poetic indictment
Michelle Goldberg
The winner of MoveOn.org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest is a subtle ad with the power to sway even some of his defenders. Now the ad may be headed for the Super Bowl.
Bush’s “unsustainable” war on terror
Salon Staff
A military scholar says that conflating al-Qaida and Iraq, and setting the impossible goal of ending terrorism, "violates fundamental strategic principles" -- and could strain the U.S. military to the breaking point.
Winning the battle against terror, losing the war of ideas
Ferry Biedermann
The Bush administration is good at bombing terrorists back to the Stone Age, but terrible at bringing Arabs and Muslims into the modern age.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Welcome to the dawning of a new age of air travel!" Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Five O'Clock Shadow? You're a Marked Man!"
Reinventing triangulation
Sidney Blumenthal
Every time Dean makes an artless comment his opponents see blood in the water. Paradoxically, their attacks only bolster his campaign.
George Clooney (and his dad) vs. George W. Bush
Patrick Crowley
With the help of his son from Hollywood, Nick Clooney is campaigning for a congressional seat in a conservative Kentucky district. How far can star power carry them?
Joe Conason’s Journal
Joe Conason
Why the Taliban are laughing at Saddam's capture. Plus: Conrad Black's slush fund for conservative pundits.
Using Hillary against Howard
Josh Benson
Dean-bashers say Sen. Clinton's hawkish talk about Iraq this week was a rebuke to the Democratic front-runner. At least they hope it was.
“Double Vision” by Pat Barker
Salon Staff
A war correspondent, an injured widow, the vicar's daughter and a mysterious cross-dresser haunt this memorable tale of rural England and the ghosts of violence.
Message to Dems: Get one
Jeremy Heimans, Tim Dixon
Even with Saddam's capture, Bush is still vulnerable on Iraq. But Democratic candidates must begin articulating why, before it's too late.
Dean talks tough on terror
Salon Staff
The Democratic front-runner pledges that "addressing the threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction will be America's highest priority in my administration."
Saddam Hussein captured in Iraqi hideout
Hamza Hendawi
The former dictator "will face the justice he denied to millions," Bush declares, as Baghdad celebrates.
A rising sense of injustice
Sidney Blumenthal
Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean gives voice to Democratic voters' outrage over the 2000 election -- and the spineless conduct of their party since then.
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