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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.
Rumsfeld drops in on Iraq
Aaron Kinney
A surprise visit to promote the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops early next year.
The Iraq war is over, and the winner is… Iran
Juan Cole
Hamstrung by the Iraq debacle, all Bush can do is gnash his teeth as the hated mullahs in Iran cozy up to their co-religionists in Iraq.
“Does the President think Karl Rove did something wrong, or doesn’t he?”
Salon Staff
The White House press corps still wants to know. Bush spokesman Scott McClellan isn't helping much.
The television will be revolutionized
Farhad Manjoo
Al Gore promises that Current TV will be as interactive and democratic as the Internet. But already his restless young audience is wondering whether the network will be another rerun.
Empty words
Sidney Blumenthal
Trying to revive his political credibility, Bush succeeded only in reminding us how clueless and reckless he has been as commander in chief.
“Clean up this mess”
Salon Staff
Sen. John Kerry says that President Bush will never be effective in Iraq until he first breaks down his wall of arrogance.
What would Kerry do?
Tim Grieve
Imagine a universe in which the 53 percent of the public that disapproves of Bush's job performance now had voted in accordance with those feelings back in November.
And what about Iran?
Aaron Kinney
What does the election of a hard-line conservative president augur for U.S.-Iran relations?
Kerry, Dems demand Downing Street inquiry
Tim Grieve
The former presidential candidate vowed that he would make an issue of the Downing Street memo in Congress. Now he has.
A turning point at home
Sidney Blumenthal
The more Bush promises a "light at the end of the tunnel," the more the
American public grows disillusioned with the war in Iraq.
“Get moving”
Tim Grieve
Wes Clark talks about cleaning up the mess in Iraq and says Democrats better start convincing Americans that they can keep our country safe.
Cooking up some intel for Iran next?
Mark Follman
Could the hunt for the elusive Osama bin Laden lead to Tehran?
No democracy for you
Lailee Mendelson
My Iranian cousin consoled me when Kerry went down in November, and now I can only return the sympathy as hard-line conservatives rise again in his country.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Possibly the ickiest allegations about the Clintons yet. Christina Aguilera's music: Torture?
The Middle East’s real problem: The mafia
Ferry Biedermann
How can democracy take root in countries run by capi di tutti capi? And after the Iraq debacle, can Bush really be considering making Syria, too, an offer it can't refuse?
The last laugh
Joe Conason
History will hold Bush and Blair accountable for their lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, even if the D.C. press corps just finds them funny.
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