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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.
The grave Iranian threat to world peace
Glenn Greenwald
One nation constantly threatens the world with war and violence.
The ghost of primaries past
Mike Madden
A Myrtle Beach debate shows Ronald Reagan is still the patron saint of South Carolina Republican politics.
The U.S. military inflicts more damage on its own credibility
Glenn Greenwald
Factually dubious claims about the Strait of Hormuz incident are part of a larger, highly destructive pattern.
Hillary without tears
Camille Paglia
Why it's time to close the book on the Clintons -- and herald the Obamas! Plus: Iran war hawks, Russian drag queens and the genius of Zeppelin.
The politics of not nice
Joan Walsh
John Edwards tells New Hampshire voters "you can't nice special interests to death." But nobody's saying Obama is too nice. Yet.
Let the voting begin
Compiled by Erin Renzas
Which Democrat should win the White House? On the eve of Iowa, Salon asks some favorite writers, activists and media personalities whose ticket they'll punch and why.
Most Dems no better than Bush on Pakistan
Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett
The Bush administration's bungling in Pakistan and Afghanistan has led to a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida and loss of U.S. influence in the region. But Democrats did little to stop it.
Not ready for prime time (again)?
Tim Grieve
Huckabee's "understanding" is that he won't be crossing a picket line to appear on "The Tonight Show."
Huckabee, Iran and Britney Spears
Tim Grieve
Why follow foreign policy when you can watch "Dancing With the Stars"?
The bipartisan consensus on U.S. military spending
Glenn Greenwald
The U.S. spends more on "defense" than the rest of the world combined. All leading presidential candidates want that to continue.
Oligarchical decay
Glenn Greenwald
Increasingly, as our political establishment sees it, the law is only for the masses.
Peggy Noonan is a serious “grown-up”
Glenn Greenwald
"We can't have a president who spent two minutes on YouTube staring in a mirror and poofing his hair. Really, we just can't."
With Bhutto gone, does Bush have a Plan B?
Juan Cole
Bush's failed policies in Pakistan, a nuclear power that al-Qaida still uses to plot against the West, threatens U.S. security more than Iraq ever did.
Sex tapes and outings and schlubs, oh my!
Rebecca Traister
Celebrate the year in sexual intrigue, as D-list celebs spread it for the cameras, Hollywood avoids smushmortions, and Hitler's mommy gets laid.
Joe Biden plays Cassandra
Walter Shapiro
Amid the winter carnival of politics, it is easy to forget that as Iowa goes, so goes U.S. policy toward Pakistan and Russia.
Movies that mattered
Salon Staff
Stephanie Zacharek looks back at the 10 pictures that most delighted, surprised and devastated her in 2007.
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