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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.
Collateral damage
Robert Scheer
Pumping up the military budget to preposterous proportions, Bush threatens to ruin the country in order to save it.
Beware the highwaymen
Phillip Robertson
Crossing perilous bridges in a cash-filled Corolla, nothing is as important as watching out for black turbans.
Dirty war
Laura Miller
In "The Lessons of Terror," Caleb Carr argues that terrorism never succeeds. If only we could believe him.
That ’80s show
Anthony York
Elephantine military budgets, feed-the-rich tax cuts, ballooning deficits! Democrats charge that Bush is trying to revive those glorious days of Reaganomics. But do they have they guts to fight him?
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
Daily afflictions for the existentially inclined and more of our favorite new books
The encrypted jihad
Barak Jolish
We can't stop terrorists from using uncrackable codes. So we shouldn't even try.
The deadly children of Ghazni
Phillip Robertson
On the treacherous Kabul-Kandahar road, our correspondent falls into the hands of a gang of feral kids with Kalashnikovs.
Bill Clinton’s questionable clemencies
Chris Mooney
The former president's decision to release Puerto Rican terrorists in 1999 prompted outrage from Congress and his wife. Now it also bolsters claims that he was "soft on terrorism."
Hiding Osama
Joshua Micah Marshall
By sitting on a damning interview with the al-Qaida leader, the Arab network Al-Jazeera proved it's a propaganda outlet, not a news organization.
Bin Laden’s Olympic dreams
Jeff Stein
Al-Qaida conducted "meticulous" surveillance of Salt Lake City, intelligence official says.
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