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McCain calls for hearings
Jake Tapper
He still believes weapons of mass destruction will be found -- but says Congress should investigate whether intelligence was cooked.
How Ashcroft beats a full House
Jake Tapper
Critics deride his appearances before Congress as "carefully orchestrated," but he manages to come away from every face-off stronger than before.
Bush plunges into the Middle East quagmire
Aluf Benn
The president's sudden, passionate intervention surprised everyone. But Israeli officials doubt he's in it for the long haul.
Idiocy of the week
Andrew Sullivan
It was originally reported that 170,000 priceless artifacts were looted from Iraq's national museum. That number now stands at 33. Will overeager Bush critics issue corrections?
When terrorism was cool
Andrew O'Hehir
As a new film about the Weather Underground opens, former '60s revolutionary Mark Rudd wonders whatever possessed him -- and America.
“We don’t need a second Republican Party”
Michelle Goldberg
Kerry and Dean rouse the Democratic Party's left wing at a "Take Back America" conference -- but Kucinich's Bush roasting gets the biggest cheers.
The world press on a democratic Iran
Compiled by Laura McClure
Iranian students warn their clerics to wake up "or disappear, as other promised lands, thrones, kings, caliphs and emirs did."
The corrections, continued
Jake Tapper
Just a few more dateline problems, editing errors and minor examples of moral turpitude from the nation's newspaper of record.
Why America needs the world
Bill Clinton
From the U.N.-led battle against SARS to the French-German-U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, global realities cry out for cooperation.
Score-settling season
Tina Brown
It's a bad time for the New York Times, but good for anyone wanting an inside account of the toxic political atmosphere of fin de siecle Washington.
Dixie Chicked in the heartland
Salon Staff
New York Times reporter Chris Hedges warns the graduates of Rockford College that a warmongering America is "flirting with its own destruction" -- and gets booed off the stage.
A president worth fighting for
David Talbot
Sidney Blumenthal talks about his new tell-all Clinton memoir, the New York Times scandal bigger than Jayson Blair, why liberals shouldn't run from Fox News, and how Democrats can beat the Bushes.
A Python in the desert
Brian Libby
Monty Python co-founder Michael Palin on eating camel meat, being recognized by Inuit in the Bering Strait, and becoming a sex symbol at 60 in his new travel series, "Sahara."
The world press on the new wave of terrorism
Mark Follman, Compiled by Laura McClure
Asia Times predicts that the next attack will be in Europe. Plus reports from Israel, Spain, Egypt, Mexico and the U.K.
Sleeper cell — or foolish pawns?
Jake Tapper
They trained with al-Qaida and met with Osama. All but one member of the so-called Lackawanna Six have pleaded guilty to lesser charges -- but insist they never meant anyone any harm.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
How to understand the George W. Bush "cult of personality." Plus: Who will replace Ari? (Paging Chris Matthews!)
The world press on the Riyadh bombings
Mark Follman, Compiled by Laura McClure
Saudi Arabia: "We have to face up to the fact that we have a terrorist problem here." Plus reports from Spain, Lebanon, Israel, the Philippines, Hong Kong and the U.K.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
An important -- and grim -- report on how the Iraq war has "increased al-Qaida's recruiting power."
Benny Elon’s long, strange trip
Claire Tristram
Israel's radical-right tourism minister, who wants Palestinians transferred to Jordan, came to Washington to huddle with his best American friends -- not Jews, but the Christian right.
Betrayed
Sidney Blumenthal
Christopher Hitchens called me "cousin" and proclaimed that "we love each other." Then he turned on me in a last-minute gambit to convict the president. Part 5 of "The Clinton Wars."
“Someone should just obliterate my country”
Suzy Hansen
The director of "Afghan Stories" talks about life in the final days of Taliban rule.
The 77-percent solution
Arianna Huffington
While Karl Rove crows over Bush's postwar approval rating, the latest numbers are lower than you'd think.
The Bush economy doesn’t play in Peoria
Patrick Arden
The president says a big tax cut for the rich will create jobs for the hard-hit middle class. In this city of faded glory, few believe him.
Thank you, Sen. Santorum
Bruce Bawer
Now I remember -- without the rosy post-9/11 patriotism coloring my view -- why I had to leave the United States.
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