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William F. Buckley Jr., 1925-2008
Compiled by Dana Cook
Remembrances of the National Review founder by James Michener, Jackie Robinson, Ted Koppel, Andrea Dworkin, Oliver North, Mike Wallace and other notables.
The “father of modern conservatism,” dead at 82
Glenn Greenwald
William F. Buckley declared war on the political left during Vietnam and the civil rights era. But even he rejected the extremism of George W. Bush.
Various items
Glenn Greenwald
60 Minutes bombshell on Karl Rove tonight. MSNBC and AP ask if Obama is "exposed" as a "domestic insurgent." The U.S. continues to establish permanent bases in virtually every Middle Eastern country.
McCain: Threatening to bomb sovereign countries is “naive”
Glenn Greenwald
The 9/11 attacks justify threats of military action against anyone in the world except for the 9/11 attackers themselves.
A new face for American diplomacy
Hooman Majd
Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate. He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S. relations with much of the world.
Pakistan turns scary for Bush’s war on terror
Juan Cole
The unraveling of Pervez Musharraf's presidency has dealt a severe blow to Bush's fatally flawed policy in the region.
Getting through these dark times
Leigh Flayton
Foreign policy whiz Samantha Power sheds light on a legendary diplomat killed in Iraq, advising Barack Obama and how America can emerge from the Bush era.
Zanan silenced; outcry getting louder
Lynn Harris
Iran's women's magazine: We have not read the last page.
Conceding John McCain’s “toughness” on national security
Glenn Greenwald
Will Democrats follow their failed strategy of the last eight years of trying to remove national security as an issue by copying Republicans?
Obama talks hope, but not before attacking Clinton
Alex Koppelman
Speaking after Super Tuesday, Barack Obama hit his usual message about the politics of hope, but he also went hard after his opponent for the presidential nomination.
On Fox News, your morning dose of apocalypse
Alex Koppelman
The U.S. intelligence community says Iran has halted work on nuclear weapons, but on Fox, the country is still a threat to civilization itself.
What “bipartisanship” in Washington means
Glenn Greenwald
"Bipartisanship" pleas are heavy on trite slogans and bereft of substance, except they usually entail even more Democratic capitulation to the Republican agenda.
The dismal state of George W. Bush
Walter Shapiro
In his last annual speech to Congress, the president used Osama bin Laden to justify Iraq, bravely denounced pork-barrel spending and waxed amnesiac about Iran.
Indie box office: “Juno” slammo!
Andrew O'Hehir
The season's unstoppable hit surges past $100 million. Great God, what does it mean? Also: "There Will Be Blood" booming, "4 Months" takes Manhattan.
Dead party walking
Gary Kamiya
The GOP candidates are a feeble group of Bush imitators tied to his disastrous war. And unless the surge turns into a miracle, even front-runner McCain won't beat a Democrat.
Michael Gordon “reports” on the “only serious” Iraq option: Staying forever
Glenn Greenwald
The pro-war NYT reporter lambastes the presidential candidates for failing to commit to a long-term occupation of Iraq.
“It almost seems like everything sort of leads back to Iran”
Tim Grieve
When a reporter has an agenda.
The 2008 presidential mash-up
Walter Shapiro
Is Clinton the best to beat Huckabee? Or Obama to rout Romney? How this year's race makes a mockery of voting for the most "electable" candidate.
Ask al-Qaida
Yassin Musharbash
A jihadi advice column? Osama bin Laden's second-in-command answers questions from fans of the terror group worldwide.
Roundup: Jailing Iranian feminists and more
Tracy Clark-Flory
Including: Teaching Afghan girls to sing.
The coddled “terrorists” of South Florida
Tristram Korten, Kirk Nielsen
Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. Does the U.S. government have a double standard when it comes to terror?
Mike Huckabee gets serious in a big way
Walter Shapiro
The former Arkansas governor has finally found the idea maven -- Jim Pinkerton -- to add heft to his just-folks shtick.
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