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With hypocrisy and bombast for all
Christopher Orlet
The socialist author of the Pledge rolls in his grave as the lascivious boors in Congress score cheap holiness points.
Crime without punishment
Robert Capps
Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted.
Outside the law
Robert Capps
Pending lawsuits allege that U.S. military contractors on duty in Bosnia bought and "owned" young women. But the accused men have never been -- and will never be -- brought to justice.
“Clear moral vision” or “sugar-coated palliative”?
Anthony York, Michelle Goldberg
Foxman, Ibish, Lerner, Horowitz and others square off over President Bush's peace plan.
Yes to the Bible, no to the treaty
Michelle Goldberg
Worldwide, 169 countries have signed a treaty to ban forced marriage and mandate equal access to education for women. Now Christian-right allies of President Bush call it a threat to Mother's Day.
Letters
Salon Staff
Gary Null responds to a review of his book "AIDS: A Second Opinion"; readers weigh in on articles about Iraq and why smart people can be so stupid.
The battle for indie radio
Jesse Walker
After seven years of bitter infighting, the dissidents have retaken control of Pacifica, the venerable left-wing radio network. Now comes the hard part.
Before Baghdad burns
Laura Miller
The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction.
Were U.S. troops in Afghanistan complicit in a massacre?
Michelle Goldberg
An Irish documentary filmmaker says he has evidence they were -- and he's releasing some of his footage to prevent a coverup.
Don’t look away
Samuel G. Freedman
The brutal video of Daniel Pearl's murder is worth seeing because it reminds us of just how bigoted and deeply evil our enemies really are.
New worry over domestic al-Qaida link
Eric Boehlert
Federal officials suggest a jailhouse conversion to Islam turned Brooklyn-born Jose Padilla into Abdullah al Muhajir, ally of international terrorists. But experts are deeply divided over the risk posed by such conversions.
A Philippines quagmire?
Michelle Goldberg
The botched rescue of Abu Sayyaf captives by the Philippine army raises questions about the U.S. role in fighting the violent Muslim separatist group.
An uneasy alliance
Michelle Goldberg
India is one of the world's largest and most powerful democracies, but as Bush administration envoys arrive in South Asia hoping to prevent war, Indian officials wonder why Pakistan seems to be the premier U.S. ally.
The FBI’s dangerous drug-war obsession
Arianna Huffington
Before Sept. 11, the FBI was too focused on busting pot smokers to see the warning signs of a looming terrorist attack.
Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil pipeline
Jean-Charles Brisard
A memo by military chief Mohammed Atef raises new questions about whether failed U.S. efforts to reform Afghanistan's radical regime -- and build the pipeline -- set the stage for Sept. 11.
Taming the bear
Suzy Hansen
Strobe Talbott says Clinton deserves much credit for Russia's warming to the West -- and recalls a drunken Yeltsin calling for pizza in his underpants.
Did the FBI blow the Moussaoui probe?
Michelle Goldberg
A Minneapolis whistleblower says she should have been given a warrant to wiretap the French terror suspect, but experts say she hasn't proved her case yet.
How long can Sharon avoid the tough issues?
Aluf Benn
The old warrior won't engage in real negotiations with the Palestinians because he thinks time is on Israel's side.
A settler’s story
Marcy Spiegel Oster
My husband, children and I moved from Cleveland to the West Bank just before the latest intifada. We're told that we're the obstacle to peace -- but we don't see it that way.
Bunking with Kenny Boy
Gary Kamiya
Yet more shocking revelations on the president's extensive contacts with the former Enron chairman.
U.S. was warned that Moussaoui had close ties to al-Qaida, analyst says
Damien Cave
French authorities alerted the FBI in August that the "20th hijacker" had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, according to an intelligence expert -- but the U.S. did nothing.
Bushed!
Eric Boehlert
Scare offensive: The White House tries to change the 9/11 subject with a series of chilling, if vague, terror warnings.
Hiding behind the veil of executive privilege
Robert Scheer
Once again the White House is invoking the prerogatives of power to shut down legitimate public inquiry into 9/11.
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