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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.
The only way out
Joe Conason
All the plans the Democrats have offered on Iraq rely on wishful thinking. Here's one that might actually work.
A history of violence
James Norton
Robert Dreyfuss explains how America's meddling in the Middle East unleashed the current deadly wave of Islamic fundamentalism.
The long march of Dick Cheney
Sidney Blumenthal
For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up.
Israel’s political earthquake
Aluf Benn
Ariel Sharon's split with the Likud, and the rise of Labor leader Amir Peretz, have turned Israeli politics upside down. Will the new order help bring peace with the Palestinians?
What “loose behavior” gets women in Iran
Hillary Frey
A father attacked his two daughters -- killing one -- after they were spotted partying.
Libby’s secret defense fund
Joe Conason
How much of the money given to Cheney's former aide will come from Halliburton et al.? The public now has no way to know.
Chalabi’s curtain call
Juan Cole
The White House resets the stage yet again for the notorious Iraqi expatriate who helped cook the case for war.
Niger forgeries: The Italian connection
Samuel Loewenberg
Did Italian spooks collude with American neocons to trump up evidence for war?
Generation jihad?
Der Spiegel staff
The chaos in France is the latest flash point for a profound crisis of integration facing Europe.
“This can’t be happening!”
Salon Staff
As part of our 10th anniversary, TT is highlighting the posts that defined our decade. This week -- a life-changing morning we watched together.
The right take on Libby?
Aaron Kinney
Conservatives defend and criticize Vice President Cheney's indicted chief of staff.
All the vice president’s men
Juan Cole
The ideologues in Cheney's inner circle drummed up a war. Now their zealotry is blowing up in their faces.
Rated “F” for feminist
Rebecca Traister
Movies promoting feminism and nihilism get two thumbs down in Iran.
Shipwrecked
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush has so thoroughly destroyed the Republican establishment that no one, not even his dad, can rescue him now.
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