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Olmert’s toughest test
Aluf Benn
The Gaza crisis is threatening the Israeli leader's domestic credibility -- and could short-circuit his West Bank withdrawal plan.
The GOP’s Clorox bombshell
Michael Scherer
House Republicans are trumpeting a WMD "discovery." But experts say Saddam's dusty weapons are less toxic than the pesticides under your sink.
The Zarqawi effect
Juan Cole
Bush's Mideast policies have turned a brutal terrorist into an icon of resistance -- and made violent fundamentalism more popular.
The Bush code of secrecy
Mark Follman
How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
A kinder, gentler war on terror
Andrew O'Hehir
New Republic editor Peter Beinart admits he was wrong about Iraq -- but still calls for liberals to fight the "new totalitarianism rising from the Islamic world." Yet many on the left don't believe his bogeyman even exists.
Fear and smear
Joe Conason
The GOP is back to its old Rove tricks, attacking Democrats as unpatriotic cowards. If only they could lead as well as they demagogue.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The trouble with using profiling to secure our airports isn't that it's racist or discriminatory. The trouble is that it doesn't work.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Dwyane Wade's spectacular fourth quarter saves the Heat. Can he do that three more times? Plus: World Cup. And: Bud Selig's "everyone."
All unquiet on the eastern front
Mitchell Prothero
With Afghans enraged by a worsening security situation and the West's failure to improve their lives, Afghanistan is in danger of falling back into violent chaos.
Female protesters beaten in Iran
Rebecca Traister
Police attack a group of women calling for marriage, divorce and custody rights.
Salon interview: Harry Reid
Tim Grieve
The Senate minority leader on why he supports Joe Lieberman, how blogs help the Democrats and why he doesn't support impeachment (hint: President Cheney).
The less we know about Cuba, the better
Andrew Leonard
Florida legislature: "Don't know thine enemy."
The incredible shrinking U.S.
Helena Cobban
Despite the death of Zarqawi, Bush's huge gamble in Iraq has failed. As a result, the U.S. is weaker everywhere in the world -- and that's not all bad.
Good things, bad presidents
Walter Shapiro
Zarqawi's death -- and its potential to raise Bush's ratings -- reminds us that in the White House, luck matters as much as competence.
Are you ready for some futbol?
Andrew O'Hehir
The World Cup is the Godzilla of sporting events -- it wreaks more havoc on more people around the world than anything else.
The gay boogeyman’s gonna git ya!
Kl
A gay scare film that could've come straight from the Bush White House!
George W. Bush, “man of principle”
Tim Grieve
An "old friend" says Bush doesn't "give a s--t" about gay marriage."
Wingmen: Serving up some “man love”
Tracy Clark-Flory
The Washington Post revives a stale trend, in a pseudo-sociological report on wingmen.
When diplomacy is the “last resort”
Tim Grieve
Is Bush's overture to Iran a test designed for failure?
“We don’t want to confirm or deny the Holocaust”
Dieter Bednarz, Stefan Aust
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks about Israel, his letter to Bush and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
“Victory”? Forget it
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush is trying to keep Americans from abandoning his disastrous war by claiming victory is at hand. But even his own generals know that's a lie.
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