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The Salon Interview: John Edwards
Jake Tapper
The 2004 hopeful tells Salon why he thinks he should be president -- and how George W. Bush is "the opposite of me."
Slouching from Bethlehem
Andrew Sullivan
Joan Didion's essay on 9/11 -- which criticizes Israel and complains that civil liberties are being curtailed -- shows an intellectual left in decline.
Bush’s illogical foreign policy
Robert Scheer
The nuclear threat from North Korea reveals the limits of the Bush administration's preemption doctrine.
Confederates in the attic
Anthony York
In the wake of the Lott debacle, President Bush faces questions about the way his campaign used the Confederate flag to win the South Carolina primary.
A year to forget
Andrew Leonard, Farhad Manjoo, Katharine Mieszkowski
Enron, WorldCom, United; the war between Hollywood and Silicon Valley; a droopy stock market; and more, more, more spam. 2002 was not a whole lot of fun in the world of business and technology.
Idiocy of the week
Andrew Sullivan
It's a jowl-to-neck race between Bob Novak and Ann Coulter, and their bizarre defenses of Trent Lott.
Carter warns of “uncontrollable violence”
Jimmy Carter
In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, former President Jimmy Carter blasts the idea of a preemptive war with Iraq.
Bad Times
Andrew Sullivan
Idiocy of the week: The editors of the Times confuse Tiger Woods with Rosa Parks -- and journalism with ideology.
Falling arches
Michelle Goldberg
McDonald's is under fire all over the world -- with Thursday's bombing only the most recent. Can the fast-food conglomerate withstand the heat of global anti-Americanism?
Screenage wasteland?
Andrew Leonard
When video games look as good as action films, commercials are more fun than cartoons, and everything screams "Buy!" it's easy to lose your bearings.
What would Mohammed do?
Laura McClure
Geraldine Brooks, an expert on the role of women in Islam, says the "haters of beauty" behind the Miss World riots misrepresent what is a "pro-sexuality" religion.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Regarding Henry: Will he explain his job for Unocal when the oil giant was cozying up to the Taliban?
The decline and fall of the American empire
Suzy Hansen
An expert on geopolitics says forget Islamic terrorism -- the real future threat to America's supremacy will come from Europe.
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Salon Staff
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Georgy Do-Right
Steve Burgess
A top Canadian official calls Bush a "moron" -- and her countrymen cheer. Why do our northern neighbors think the president is a chimp?
High on war
Gary Kamiya
A foreign correspondent and eyewitness to horror argues that war and patriotism are lethal addictive drugs and America should go cold turkey.
Gored!
Anthony York
The new, improved Al Gore tells Salon he suspects demonizing Saddam was a Bush campaign ploy -- and explains why it took him so long to speak out.
The air industry’s worst nightmare
Paul J. Caffera
Just days ago, national security executives met secretly with airline CEOs to warn them that al-Qaida may be planning to fire shoulder-launched missiles at commercial jets in the U.S. There's virtually no defense.
Letters
Salon Staff
Donna Minkowitz responds to letters about an American nun tortured in Guatemala, and readers respond to "Oriana Fallaci Declares War on Radical Islam."
“An irresponsible exercise in political chicanery”
Salon Staff
In a fiery speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Robert Byrd calls the Department of Homeland Security a butt-coverer for Bush, a corporate boondoggle and a license for Uncle Sam to spy on Americans.
The Salon Interview: Daniel Ellsberg
Fred Branfman
The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers talks about why five American presidents lied about Vietnam -- and how to get the truth on Iraq.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Bob Woodward (with Colin Powell's help?) exposes Bush's reliance on polling, his close relationship with Fox News and his failure in Afghanistan.
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