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“Sopranos” wrap-up: The blood-dimmed tide
Heather Havrilesky
Tony flails helplessly as things fall apart.
The tortuous road to Tehran
Hooman Majd
From Cheney's bellicosity to Rice's coy diplomacy, the U.S. approach to Iran has seemed schizophrenic -- and may have unexpected consequences.
All hail the king
Sidney Blumenthal
Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants -- from Gonzales to Wolfowitz -- has become perilously relative.
Cheney, his dirty mouth and progress in Iraq
Salon Staff
The vice president shirks tradition and decides to go on the record with reporters on Air Force Two.
The Iran backtrack turnaround two-step
Michael Scherer
The State Department reverses its policy on Iran and declares another foreign policy victory.
A backdoor Iraq Study Group win? I don’t think so
Joan Walsh
Sure, the U.S. says it will talk with Iran, and Republicans are blasting the al-Maliki government. But I think they're changing rhetoric to avoid changing direction. Plus: I'm on "Scarborough Country" tonight.
The Matt Drudge primary
Michael Scherer
How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign. Hint: It involves the Drudge Report.
America’s long Iraq nightmare
Patrick Cockburn
Bush has declared many spurious "turning points" during the war, but the reality is a failing occupation -- at great cost to the U.S. and Middle East.
For immigrants, is sex education a particularly touchy subject?
Catherine Price
Or do all Americans, regardless of where they came from, need to address their issues with sex ed?
Neocons’ rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level
Glenn Greenwald
Examining the reflexive and near unanimous defense by neoconservatives whenever one of their own is accused of wrongdoing or criminality.
Bush’s favorite historian
Gary Kamiya
British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place.
Brit Hume is a “journalist”; Keith Olbermann is “partisan”
Glenn Greenwald
"Journalists" become "ideologues" when they start to criticize the Beltway power factions too aggressively.
Condi Rice never looks back
Joe Conason
That attitude, says Marcus Mabry in his new biography of the secretary of state, has seriously harmed the United States.
Make room for Daddy
Michael Scherer
At the Reagan Library, the GOP's 2008 contenders compete for the Gipper's mantle -- and for the title of Most Macho.
A few early notes
Joan Walsh
McCain seems grumpy. Huckabee takes a shot at Bush over Iraq. The debate format is awful.
GOP presidential debate
Glenn Greenwald
Determine the questions that the candidates are required to answer.
What to watch for in the GOP debate
Joan Walsh
Supposedly the candidates can't afford to dis the president. But will anybody deviate from Karl Rove's game plan of pandering to a tiny right-wing base and scaring the rest of us?
Will Justice probe block Gonzales aide’s testimony?
Tim Grieve
The Justice Department creates for itself an Oliver North problem.
Israel’s wounds of war
Aluf Benn
A scathing criticism of Ehud Olmert's failed war on Hezbollah last summer points to much deeper problems for the country.
Fred Hiatt and the “Triumphant Top Gun”
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post editorialist declared the Iraq war "won" four years ago and condemned Democrats for criticizing the leader who "looked great" in his fighter pilot costume.
Last refuge of the scoundrel
Gary Kamiya
Bush is trying to convince the American people that Iraq is the WWII of our time, and Democrats are craven defeatists. Both claims are absurd.
At her majesty’s pleasure
Peter Kurth
After a nightmare flight from New York to London, I was thrown into a Victorian hellhole of a prison alongside drug smugglers and rapists. This is my story.
A genuine political sea change?
Glenn Greenwald
The true radicalism and deceit of the Bush administration are now being revealed, and that has the potential to fundamentally change American political opinion.
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