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You have no right to vote
Garrett Epps
The Constitution doesn't guarantee it, the Republicans know it, and real democratic values in our country are under assault.
Space tourism: The final frontier
Page Rockwell
Anousheh Ansari is the first female private astronaut and she loves chocolate.
Bush’s brain found lacking
Walter Shapiro
A slew of new books on Karl Rove make us question whether the president's deputy chief of staff is truly the Machiavellian genius so many in Washington claim.
What else we’re reading
Page Rockwell
David Brooks on chemical determinism, the coming battle over Mifeprex, "a horny woman's dream," and more.
Why we can’t win the “war on terror”
Gary Kamiya
A provocative new book from an expert on terrorism argues that Bush's tough-guy stance is making things much worse -- and that we should negotiate with al-Qaida.
Iraq, Iran and here we go again
Tim Grieve
The IAEA says a House committee report contains "erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated statements" about Iran's nuclear program.
Emerald City exposed
Sidney Blumenthal
Journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran pulls back the curtain on the Green Zone in Baghdad to reveal the flops and failures of the Bush war team.
Can Iran “help” Iraq?
Tim Grieve
As violence explodes in Baghdad, Iraq's prime minister visits Tehran.
Female hacks in Iran
Rebecca Traister
Women-only taxi services empower female passengers and those at the wheel.
The never-ending war
Walter Shapiro
The president uses the fifth anniversary of our national tragedy to promise a global conflict that will last decades.
How bad is he?
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush ran as a moderate, tacked right and governed ineffectually -- before 9/11. Since then he's become the most radical American president in history -- and arguably the worst.
Shiite vs. Shiite
Juan Cole
As the two main factions of Iraq's dominant religious group descend into armed conflict, the U.S. military has already been forced to pick sides.
“The Prince of the Marshes”
Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart spent a year in remote Maysan Province where he was left to aid -- and govern -- 850,000 Iraqis.
The “central front” in the terror war? Look out, it’s right behind you!
Tim Grieve
The White House unveils a new "National Strategy for Combating Terrorism."
Destination: Turkey
Michelle Goldberg
This endlessly fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking puzzle of a country that's fraught with religious and political conflict is brilliantly captured in the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
What a waste to relegate our beautiful 747s to the scrapyard. Why not make art out of them. Or, better yet, make them into houses.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
An interview with "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" director Kirby Dick. Plus: The "real" Warhol and the Clint Eastwood of Japan.
Beyonc
Thaddeus Russell
Why "booty popping" will do to Islamic fundamentalism what rock 'n' roll did to Stalinism.
Remembrance of Bush’s fiascoes
Sidney Blumenthal
As he travels the nation to commemorate Katrina and 9/11, the president is only highlighting the tragedy of his own incompetence.
Lebanon’s psychic hot line
Warren Singh-Bartlett
Fortunetellers with uncanny track records predict which political figures will live and which will die in a country obsessed with soothsaying.
In Cheney’s world, only the straw men are allowed to debate
Tim Grieve
The vice president tries again on Iraq.
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