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Chasing TV
David Wallis
Move over, Y2K -- in Matt Groening's brave new world, it's the year 3000 we should be worried about.
Counting the dead children
Jeff Stein
Critics blast U.S. sanctions that kill Iraqi babies, but leave Saddam fat and happy.
The war at home?
Jeff Stein
There's not much the U.S.can do to prevent an Iraqui terror attack, besides watch and listen.
The few, the proud, the relieved
Jeff Stein
President Clinton risked a revolt within the military if he pulled back from the brink with Iraq once again.
The Salon Interview: Ken Follett
David Bowman
The thriller-master talks about Bob Dylan, working with Ross Perot and why he prefers the creature comforts of a luxury hotel to the perilous terrain of his heroes.
The few, the proud, the relieved
Jeff Stein
President Clinton risked a revolt within the military if he pulled back from the brink with Iraq once again.
Pundits to Saddam: Your evil derrihre is OURS!
James Poniewozik
TV Newsfolks, jonesing for a war with Saddam, are disappointed when Iraq accepts U.S. demands.
Rushdie: Free at last
Christopher Hitchens
Reason and decency have their occasional victories, too, and the lifting of the fatwah against the author of "The Satanic Verses" is on.
They bomb pharmacies, don't they?
Christopher Hitchens
Repressed memory syndrome
David Horowitz
The legendary year 1968 stills hold the baby-boom generation in thrall -- but it was actually the pinnacle of anti-democratic narcissism.
Is bin Laden a terrorist mastermind — or a fall guy?
Loren Jenkins
When you get past the vague claims of anonymous 'intelligence sources,' the Clinton administration is asking the public to accept on faith its claim that Osama bin Laden is an evil Islamic Dr. No.
How to turn a criminal to a hero
Jonathan Broder
The U.S. attacks on Osama bin Laden have transformed him into a local hero.
Terrorism experts question U.S. air strikes
Harry Jaffe, Jeff Stein, Lori Leibovich
Terrorism experts react to Thursday's U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan.
Who's wagging which dog?
David Corn
In the capital, political reaction to the airstrikes was skepticism
Encounter in Samarkand
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Introduction to Beijing
Carrie Kirby
Under the spell of Angkor Wat
Jeff Greenwald
Jeff Greenwald revels in the astonishing ruins and riches of Angkor Wat.
Newsreal: “I wanted to shoot the CIA director”
Jeff Stein
In letters to Salon's correspondent, Pakistani terrorist Mir Aimal Kasi -- who faces the death penalty for killing two CIA employees -- explains why he did it, recounts his life on the lam and says his only regret is that he didn't kill higher-ranking CIA officials.
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Michael Wood
The tale of journalist and filmmaker Michael Wood's journey via Landrover, camel, foot and boat in the path of Alexander the Great.
Newsreal: Purveyor of catastrophe
Jonathan Broder
Khomeini, Saddam, the killing of the Kurds, war after war in the Middle East -- all brought to you by the U.S. arms trade. Maybe it's time for Washington to rethink its policy.
Newsreal: Lone gunmen
Jeff Stein
The most serious terrorist threat to America comes not from organized or state-sponsored groups of political militants but from loners with a grudge and a gun.
Newsreal: Stop Demonizing Mexico
Sam Quinones
The U.S. Congress is shocked -- shocked! -- to find (gasp!) corruption in Mexico. Maybe it ought to remember that the U.S. is largely responsible for it.
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