Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 313)
John Ashcroft’s holy war
Robert Scheer
Once again, the attorney general's deeply held religious beliefs interfere with his job as defender of the Constitution.
Can warlords make peace in Afghanistan?
Phillip Robertson
Donald Rumsfeld wants the U.S. to stay out of peacekeeping and build a national army instead. The problem is that first you need a nation.
Bushed!
David Talbot
Osama bin Laden is still at large and Afghanistan is a mess -- so why is the president in a hurry to take his anti-terror campaign elsewhere?
Do androids dream of First Amendment rights?
Brad Wieners
A Net-controlled robot reporter from MIT may be headed for Afghanistan.
Bushed!
Joan Walsh
The president has done nothing right since winning the war in Afghanistan -- and it's time for the timorous media to start saying it.
The massacre at Oruzgan
Phillip Robertson
The killing of 21 pro-Karzai soldiers by U.S. forces illustrates how hard it can be to tell your allies from your enemies in war-torn Afghanistan.
The chill is gone
Richard Blow
The once-great Stephen King has been recycling his plots and characters for 20 years now. It's time he made good on his threats to retire.
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
Elliot Hester's hair-raising tales from 30,000 feet and more of our favorite new books.
“Axis of Stupidity” vs. “Axis of Snobbery”
Letters to the Editor
Axis of snobbery
David Horowitz
Liberal intellectuals who praise Bush for prosecuting the war but still insist he's stupid are the real dummies.
Europe’s impotent outrage
Steve Kettmann
Officials across the Atlantic are steaming about President Bush's "axis of evil" rhetoric, but there's not much they can do about it.
Axis of stupidity
David Talbot
Bush's black-and-white rhetoric fails to grasp the complexity of the world. It doesn't even reveal the truth about the darkness of Iraq.
News you can abuse
Carina Chocano
"Primetime Glick" and "The Daily Show" prove you can even parody the gruesome self-parody that is entertainment journalism.
Cashing in on the war on terrorism
Issandr El Amrani
In exchange for its support since Sept. 11, Egypt has received billions in international aid and diminished scrutiny of its human rights abuses.
Bushed! The Texas two-step
Joan Walsh
While the president has vowed to sign a tough campaign finance reform bill if it gets to his desk, the White House is working behind the scenes to kill it.
Let the anti-drug ads continue
Cary Tennis
Most liberals hate those spots linking drug use to terrorism. But as a former drug abuser, I think exposing the seamy drug-trafficking underworld is a fair way to make kids think twice.
Make Iran a friend, not a foe
Cameron Kamran
President Bush's demonizing of Iran is a shortsighted move that misses a rare opportunity to improve relations with a crucial regional player.
His master’s voice
Eric Boehlert
This just in: President Bush dishes out overblown al-Qaida threats -- and the press laps them up.
The mutual fund from hell
Christopher Ketcham
Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose.
Bush, oil and the Taliban
Nina Burleigh
Two French authors allege that before Sept. 11, the White House put oil interests ahead of national security.
Bush squanders America’s victory
Salon Staff
The
greatest threat to U.S. dominance is not
Islamic extremism, it's our arrogance, says a Times of London writer.
Bin Laden in the sky with diamonds
Amy Reiter
Depp proposes trippy Afghan solution; dildos penetrate "Panic Room" set; Cruise clarifies gay position. Plus: Still more news from Stalkersville!
Iranians to Bush: Take this axis of evil and shove it
Haleh Anvari
Most believe that the president's speech was ignorant bullying that will only slow reform.
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