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A different kind of filibuster nightmare
Julia Scott
Haunted by "American Idol," one conservative offers her vision of the nuclear option.
Everything you wanted to know about the “nuclear option”
Tim Grieve
If the Republicans are as good as their word, it's going to be much uglier than you think.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers debate the Minutemen's motives. Plus: MoveOn and the future of the Democratic Party.
Breeding ground for suicide bombers
Ewen MacAskill, Michael Howard
U.S. and Iraqi officials are alarmed by the increasing cooperation between foreign militants and domestic insurgents.
Case closed on Cheney’s energy secrecy
Katharine Mieszkowski
Sierra Club's Carl Pope on Tuesday's federal court ruling: "Now the American people will never learn how the [Bush administration's] polluting energy policy was crafted."
The angry patriot
Christopher Ketcham
Enraged by illegal immigration and traumatized by 9/11, Chris Simcox convinced hundreds of volunteers to join his Minuteman Project. Their goal: Seal the border and restore their American dream.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Stones to roll. Culkin to the rescue. Abdul's accuser to air "explicit" and "incriminating" evidence?
Closing in on Bolton
Page Rockwell
Ahead of tomorrow's expected vote, it's looking more like Bush's controversial nominee will be throwing his weight around next as ambassador to the U.N.
“No to the rat of Bab al-Sha’riyya”
Brian Whitaker
Though nobody doubts Egyptian President Mubarak's ability to be reelected, he's creating numerous obstacles for opposition candidates.
Death knell for the death penalty?
Alan Berlow
Texas legislators -- yes, Texas -- are on the verge of approving a law that could result in a decline in executions nationwide.
When celebrities blog!
Farhad Manjoo
Arianna Huffington's new project combines new-media buzz with Hollywood liberal glitz. But will it be "Star Wars" -- or "Ishtar"?
American Girl crazy!
Margaret Talbot
A gaggle of earnest dolls in historic costumes are threatening to dethrone Barbie. How'd they do it?
I got drunk and crashed my car, injuring two elderly people
Cary Tennis
What fresh horror awaits me?
Life of the Party
Tim Grieve
MoveOn's Eli Pariser is confident that the Democrats can come back -- but first they have to stop cowering.
Was he black or white?
Cecelie S. Berry
As a middle-class black woman, I've had to deal with the intricacies of racial consciousness my entire life. Now my sons are part of an idealistic generation that believes race doesn't matter. Which of us is right?
A nuclear compromise?
Tim Grieve
Roll Call says a group of senators are near a deal to avert a showdown over Bush's judicial nominees.
“A rallying cry to the Muslim world”
Paul Harris
A U.S. military translator offers a searing account of the abuses at Guantanamo in "Inside the Wire."
Melting pot of blood
Juan Cole
With the insurgency boiling over and sectarian strife spreading, ethnic divisions threaten to derail the new Iraqi government.
“Kingdom of Heaven”
Stephanie Zacharek
A character boasts: "I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle." After sitting through this would-be epic on the Crusades, I know just how he felt.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NBA playoffs: Despite the best efforts of the Celtics and some absurdist officiating, Boston forces a Game 7. Plus: Rockets and Mavs go the distance too.
ABC’s selective gospel
Page Rockwell
Though it claims to shun religious ads altogether, the network ran one from a right-wing group, while rejecting one from a progressive church.
Terrorizing the judiciary
Page Rockwell
How much invective from Pat Robertson & Co. can the Republicans stand up for? MoveOn.org asks TV audiences from Texas to Washington.
Dropping the Hammer
Julia Scott
Between weeks of bad press and a grass-roots email campaign, Tom DeLay is losing some corporate friends.
Entangling alliances
Tim Grieve
The man running a "national coalition" pushing the nuclear option is the former aide to Bill Frist who resigned after accessing Democratic strategy memos on Bush's judges.
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