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Bush’s war and the Egyptian elections
Juan Cole
Mubarak's rigged victory shows that right-wing predictions of an "Arab spring" were wishful thinking.
Blame God, not me
Amy Sullivan
After weeks of blaming others for the disastrous response to Katrina, Bush used the pulpit at the National Prayer Service to blame the biggest scapegoat of all: God.
What went wrong
Gary Kamiya
In Anthony Shadid's extraordinary new book about the Iraq war, the Iraqis themselves finally speak. Their stories provide the most eloquent indictment yet of America's disastrous Middle East adventure.
White-knuckle TV
Heather Havrilesky
Ghosts, aliens, terrorists, criminals, sea monsters and female presidents are appearing this fall to exploit our deepest, darkest phobias. Is this the entertainment we want -- or deserve?
The bitter lessons of four years
Joe Conason
Standing among the wreckage of two national disasters, it is no longer possible to deny the plain truth: Bush and his administration are unfit to wield power.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Help efforts from Travolta, Oprah and Penn. Celine Dion loses it on Larry King. Plus: Michael Jackson plans Katrina comeback.
Christopher Hitchens’ last battle
Juan Cole
The British hawk gives 10 reasons why Americans should be proud of the Iraq war. He goes 0 for 10.
Letters
Salon Staff
From looting to poverty to the world's response, readers weigh in on the Katrina disaster.
Who’s happy about Iraq? Iran
T.g.
An Iranian cleric says Iraq's draft constitution underscores the fact that Iran's Islamic revolution is the way to the future everywhere.
Hard work, making progress
T.g.
The president talks a good game on Iraq. A Republican senator says it's time for some answers.
The Iraqi constitution: DOA?
Juan Cole
Angry and marginalized, Sunnis are threatening to torpedo Iraq's constitution. Disaster looms, and the Bush administration's blunders are largely to blame.
Iraq’s unhealthy constitution
Joe Conason
The Bush administration's desperate insistence on an instant Iraqi constitution hurts both Iraq and our broader national interests. But when your polls are falling and you need to declare victory, who cares?
Questioning the president
Sidney Blumenthal
A servile Congress has let Bush go on permanent vacation. But with U.S. security hanging in the balance, it's time to ask the hard-hitting questions.
Hagelian philosophy
J.J. Helland
Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel's criticism of the president grows louder and more frequent.
The vacationer
Sidney Blumenthal
While the president worries about restoring "balance" to his life, Americans are worried by stratospheric gas prices and growing fed up with the war in Iraq.
Oil prices have Iran sitting pretty
Aaron Kinney
The price of oil, and the West's dependence on it, give Iran less incentive to give up its nuclear ambitions.
The tale of “Red Scorpion”
James Verini
The strange Hollywood interlude of the most scandal-ridden man in Washington.
Under the clerics’ thumbs
Mitchell Prothero
Women's rights groups in the Middle East fear that Iraqi women will be the biggest losers in the country's new constitution.
Tehran sends Europe and U.S. scurrying
Aaron Kinney
Iran's decision to restart its nuclear program prompted an emergency meeting of the U.N.'s atomic energy agency.
What Michael Moore (and the neocons) don’t know about Saudi Arabia
Juan Cole
The left and the right have both crudely demonized the desert kingdom. But the ascension of King Abdullah gives the U.S. a chance to solidify relations with this flawed but key ally.
Could Karl Rove be immunized from criminal prosecution?
T.g.
A congressional investigation ultimately saved Oliver North from prison time for his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Could it happen again in Plamegate?
Caught up in the Current
Heather Havrilesky
Al Gore's TV network serves up compelling topics at a brisk pace -- there's just not enough to go around.
Good news and bad news from the “axis of evil”
Aaron Kinney
Iraq is a mess, but what about Iran and North Korea?
A fatwa for transsexuals
Robert Tait
One woman's courage in appealing to the late Ayatollah Khomeini has made Tehran the unlikely sex change capital of the world.
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