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Rotten judgment in the state of Denmark
Jytte Klausen
The Danish paper that printed the cartoons wanted to stir up trouble -- and the government wanted a culture war. They got more than they bargained for.
“Our people will never rest”
Susanne Koelbl et al.
In an interview, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says the Palestinians' struggle will continue until the Israeli occupation ends.
Israel, meet the Arab street
Aluf Benn
Hamas' victory marks a turning point in Mideast history -- and has Israel scrambling to adjust.
America’s unlikely savior
Nir Rosen
Recently, the U.S. was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr's head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq's Sunni-Shiite conflict.
Europe’s cartoon jihad
Kim Rahir
Explosive caricatures of Mohammed saw little fallout in Scandinavia, but will they unleash a new wave of riots in France's restive Muslim enclaves?
Bush’s Brezhnev period
Sidney Blumenthal
Rejecting criticism and mouthing meaningless bromides, Bush gave a speech so stagnant it would have made the Politburo proud.
Same old song
Michael Scherer
Bush's State of the Union address played like a greatest hits of empty policy promises -- while the Dems clapped and frowned in disunion.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Getting the silent treatment from airlines. Why are they so bad at customer relations?
Countdown to the Iranian bomb
Tracy Clark-Flory
A top proliferation expert says the real danger isn't a nuclear attack by Iran, but a Middle East arms race.
Bush and Bremer
Sidney Blumenthal
Forget his self-serving new memoir. The former proconsul ignored warnings about Iraq -- just like his see-no-evil boss.
Did Reagan win the Cold War?
Laura Miller
John Lewis Gaddis' history succinctly captures the long faceoff that shaped our world. But his analysis is marred by Reagan worship.
Iran’s real secret weapon
Andrew Leonard
Could Iran's embrace of the euro bring down the American empire?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
What's that Great Dane doing beneath my Airbus? And other questions only the pilot can answer.
Iraq’s oil shock
Robert Bryce
As the country's energy nightmare continues, U.S. troops are using nearly 40 times more fuel per day than the average, increasingly angry Iraqi.
Smuggler’s blues
Oliver Broudy
Before becoming a writer, Richard Stratton ran hash from the Middle East, making money hand over fist and living off adrenaline. Until he got caught.
2006: Bush’s Waterloo?
Tom Engelhardt
From Iraq to Plamegate to an angry bureaucracy, the coming year holds mortal dangers for Bush. But he still has some cards to play.
The yes man and the thug
Farhad Manjoo
In his disturbing new book, Times reporter James Risen reveals how George Tenet's gutless surrender to war-obsessed Donald Rumsfeld led to the total breakdown of U.S. intelligence.
The year in politics
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush began 2005 celebrating his electoral victory and proclaiming a "turning point" in Iraq. But in every crisis he faced this year -- from Terri Schiavo to Hurricane Katrina to Iraq -- the tide turned against him
The top ten myths about Iraq in 2005
Michelle Goldberg
Professor Juan Cole cuts through the conventional wisdom on both sides.
Reading “Lolita” in Alabama
Allen Barra
Fifty years after its publication, and 20 after my first reading, Nabokov's masterpiece is still dangerous -- but not for the reasons you might think.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Britney takes action over sex tape report. Schwarzenegger to return hometown's "ring of honor." Plus: Clinton hearts Elton!
Blood and betrayal
Gary Kamiya
After four years of the badly botched "war on terror," are we ready to hear the hard words of Robert Fisk -- a gutsy war correspondent who says the West has wronged the Middle East?
The World Cup cometh
Andrew O'Hehir
The U.S. may not survive the first round against Italy, the Czech Republic and Ghana. But nobody said getting respect on the global soccer stage was going to be easy.
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