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The dangers of democracy
Robert Scheer
When people in fledgling democracies vote against U.S. interests, the CIA steps in.
The great debate, reloaded
Gary Kamiya
Has the Iraq war made Americans safer? Nine months after their first encounter, Christopher Hitchens and Mark Danner cross swords once more.
The world press on the Riyadh bombings
Compiled by Laura McClure
Arab News: "We put the men of religion above fault, and made them unaccountable. We gave them special privilege -- and this is the result."
“The Reagans” uncensored
the editors of Salon
Read the script for the movie that was too hot for CBS to handle.
Craven Broadcasting System
Rebecca Traister
TV big shots and politicians blast CBS for its cowardly decision to yank the Ronald Reagan miniseries.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
The New York Post dismisses the rising U.S. body count; Oliver North says let the CIA play dirty. Plus: David Brooks says kill the evil scum; Canadian pundit Barbara Amiel gushes over Bush's "stern cowboy looks."
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Reagan's real record on domestic issues was bad enough. So why script a cheap shot involving gays and AIDS?
The world press on the downing of a U.S. Chinook
Compiled by Laura McClure
Newspapers across the world ask: Who's leading the attacks in Iraq?
Clark blasts the poseur in chief
Salon Staff
Wesley Clark says Bush "pranced around in a flight suit" with no long-term strategy for Iraq -- and as U.S. soldiers die daily, there's still no plan.
Oiling up the draft machine?
Dave Lindorff
The Pentagon is quietly moving to fill draft board vacancies nationwide. While officials say there's no cause to worry, some experts aren't so sure.
The general and his ground troops
Michelle Goldberg
Howard Dean is not the only Democratic candidate who has inspired an army
of followers. Wes Clark's ranks are growing, and they include Bush deserters.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
The global spread of nukes keeps conservatives awake at night. Plus: Religion for Kobe, and Howard Dean's "pro-homosexual" agenda.
How Bush could save his presidency — and why he won’t
Mark Hertsgaard
The president needs to apologize for Iraq -- but he's constitutionally incapable of admitting he was wrong.
Betraying the Kurds again?
Michelle Goldberg
The U.S. plan to send 10,000 Turkish troops to Iraq has Kurdish leaders outraged -- and analysts of all stripes incredulous at its folly.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Did Dems conspire to take down both Arnold and Rush? The right gropes for the moral high ground on the recall, bemoans Limbaugh's worst week, and dissects Bush's woes.
The world press on the Haifa bombing
Compiled by Laura McClure
From the BBC, the biography of a female suicide bomber.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Are there nations without airlines? What happened to Nigeria Airways? How safe is Syrianair? The pilot knows all.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
New York Post's Ralph Peters tags Wesley Clark a softy on terror, while Coulter sees a devious Hillary plot.
Bad Moon on the rise
John Gorenfeld
Overcoming his church's bizarre reputation and his own criminal record, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has cemented ties with the Bush administration, while his disciples have even gained government funding.
Iraq is not Vietnam
Edward W. Lempinen
The antiwar left shows a troubling indifference to the plight of Iraqis -- and flirts with irrelevance -- by demanding that President Bush bring the troops home now.
Searching for Saddam’s sarin
Ferry Biedermann
A purloined videotape leads to a wild tale of smuggling, greed, intrigue, thuggery, sex and Iraq's elusive weapons of mass destruction.
When corrections need correcting
Robert Scheer
The Bush team has a clever ploy: Tell politically useful lies VERY LOUDLY, then whisper a correction.
The world press on the legacy of 9/11
Compiled by Laura McClure
The Guardian: Did U.S. authorities purposely fail to avert the attacks in 2001?
Would you like some freedom fries with your crow, Mr. President?
Gary Kamiya
Six months after spitting in the face of the world, the Bush administration is crawling on its belly before the U.N. If the world doesn't rush to help it, the White House has only itself to blame.
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