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“I’m not sure which planet they live on”

Eric Boehlert
Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy.

War and peace

Robert Scheer
President Bush could learn a thing or two from Jimmy Carter.

Idiocy of the week

Andrew Sullivan
A leading thinker on the left finds strange inspiration from Ronald Reagan.

At the U.N., it’s all about the money

Eric Boehlert
High ideals? Lofty rhetoric? As the Security Council debates the Bush campaign against Iraq, billions of dollars in oil and old debt are the hidden agenda.

Sin

Jake Tapper
Ten years after ripping up a photo of the pope to protest sexual abuse in the Catholic Church -- and destroying her career -- Siniad O'Connor returns to talk about her new album of Irish folk, her kids and why she sympathizes with America.

Sept. 11 and wars of the world

William M. Arkin
Osama and Saddam pose real threats, but the Bush administration may be too incompetent -- and too arrogant -- to stop them.

Letters

Salon Staff
Readers take issue with Andrew Sullivan's definition of imperialism.

In their own words

Salon Staff
Why Sens. Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle, Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and John Kerry voted for Bush's war resolution -- and why Robert Byrd voted against it.

President Bush’s distorted case for war

Gary Kamiya
U.S. officials say the White House is exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam and pressuring the intelligence community to "cook the books."

“Regime change” — and then what?

Michelle Goldberg
Bush and his supporters speak earnestly about "democratizing Iraq." Many experts aren't nearly as optimistic.

The imperialism canard

Andrew Sullivan
The far right and far left find agreement on the Iraq war. And couldn't be more wrong.

Hail Caesar!

Gary Kamiya
Yes, leaving Saddam in power is risky. But Bush's neo-imperalist war plans carry even more dangers for the U.S.

Weapons of mass distraction

Wagner James Au
A new breed of computer games is teaching today's teenagers how to wage, and win, the war against terror.

Life at Camp Jihad

Mark Kukis
John Walker Lindh's fellow warriors at a Pakistan terrorist training camp talk about his fears of being punished by the U.S. and why he was too "soft" to fight on the front lines.

What should the world do about Saddam?

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton electrifies a British Labor Party conference with a more sweeping vision for global peace and progress than the current president has been able to muster.

Does alleged sleeper cell belong behind bars?

Eric Boehlert
Prosecutors say possession of a widely circulated document on the Internet about suicide bombings should be enough to keep in jail six New York men charged with being part of al-Qaida.

A New York state of mind

Peter Catapano
Salman Rushdie talks about why he was banished by Bush I, the light and dark sides of Islam, and his new life in Manhattan.

Osama who?

Arianna Huffington
The White House's focus on Saddam is meant to divert attention from America's still-AWOL Public Enemy No. 1.

The “A” bomb

Ben Fritz
Enraged Bush supporters are calling opponents of his Iraq war "appeasers." But even George Will knows that's a disgraceful smear.

Democrats consider alternative resolution on Iraq

Anthony York
Concerned that the White House's proposal is too open-ended, senators debate how to craft a response.

Gore blasts Bush’s war plans

Edward W. Lempinen
The former vice president takes the gloves off, saying Bush has squandered the world's goodwill, is failing to focus on the war on terrorism and could be creating a global "reign of fear."

Bringing the war home

Amy Benfer
A rash of murders in military families highlights the weaknesses of the armed services' well-meaning domestic-abuse program.

Al-Qaida cell, or misguided kids?

Eric Boehlert
Federal prosecutors say the arrest of six Yemeni Americans in Buffalo is a blow against world terrorism. Or, critics say, it may be another mirage.

Joe Conason’s Journal

Salon Staff
Why are we going to war in Iraq? Plus: What Tony Blair told the Germans about Iraq. Behold, the Wayback Machine!
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