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Bush: Sharon’s lapdog
Ian Williams
The president's conniving in Israel's disgraceful refusal to allow the U.N. to investigate Jenin has brought the rage and contempt of the rest of the world down on both countries.
“The Bullet Meant for Me” by Jan Reid
Dan Oko
A boxing fan gets shot in the gut and winds up making a bedridden reassessment of machismo, Texas style.
“The Long Recessional” by David Gilmour
Allen Barra
A biography of the writer who possibly had the greatest influence on the 20th century argues that Rudyard Kipling was no mere racist, warlike champion of empire.
Can Sharon fend off the U.N.?
Aluf Benn
The Israeli prime minister is wrangling with Kofi Annan over the scope of the inquiry into what happened at Jenin, and finds that U.S. backing sometimes has its limits.
Gore Vidal
Gary Kamiya
Congress should investigate how much the Bush "oil junta" knew in advance about Sept. 11. This and other bombshells from American literature's leading provocateur.
The real war on terrorism
Mark Scheffler
Robert Young Pelton, author of "The World's Most Dangerous Places," says the U.S. military has killed "thousands and thousands" of people in Afghanistan, al-Qaida is a myth and the WTC was brought down by a "Mickey Mouse" outfit.
Al Franken
Douglas Cruickshank
The political satirist scripts lines the Democrats could have used to win in 2000, muses on torture and orgasms -- and remains "concerned" about Rush Limbaugh.
Jenin ground zero
Ferry Biedermann
Exactly what happened in the devastated Jenin refugee camp remains unknown. But for its residents, "There is no future left."
What’s so bad about good sex?
Amy Benfer
"Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia.
Is the pro-Israel media lobby losing its grip?
Eric Boehlert
Polls show that the American public increasingly sees two sides to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- despite the best efforts of the neoconservative punditocracy.
Israel rally critical of Bush
Anthony York
Pro-Israel demonstration supports Sharon -- and the lone Bush official gets booed.
Culture war is hell
Louis Bayard
Sept. 11 may have brought the country together as never before -- but that hasn't fooled William Bennett. He is going cave by cave until every humanist and moral relativist has been smoked out.
Hezbollah: Lebanon’s paper tiger
Paul Wachter
Despite recent attacks, the militant group that drove Israel out of Lebanon is not likely to launch a full-scale attack from the north.
In the crossfire: “Crossfire”
Eric Boehlert
CNN thrilled lefties by hiring Carville and Begala, but the show is too long and too incoherent.
Joe Klein
Joan Walsh
He loved him, he hated him. Now Bill Clinton's foremost chronicler concludes that Clinton's presidency rose above the political -- and personal -- demons that beset it and will be remembered for its historic accomplishments.
“High Crimes”
Charles Taylor
Ashley Judd as a knocked-around military wife brightens what might be the most entertaining big movie this year. (Not like that's saying much.)
Bush’s foreign policy catastrophe
Gary Kamiya
The bumbling and arrogance of the administration has made the Middle East -- and the world -- a more dangerous place.
“Betrayed” by Bush
Eric Boehlert
Rattled by government raids on their homes and American support for Israel in the Middle East's escalating violence, American Muslims rethink their 2000 endorsement of the president.
Bush’s Mideast mistakes
Robert Scheer
President Bush looked the other way while the Middle East descended into a nightmare -- and now he thinks talking tough on terrorism is all he needs to do.
Betraying Afghanistan, again
Anthony York
"Taliban" author Ahmed Rashid says the Bush administration is risking the success of its war on terror by scheming against Iraq's Saddam Hussein while Afghanistan is still in ruins.
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