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Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
David Cronenberg on his gritty film "Eastern Promises" and being "hot for 10 minutes" (an interview and podcast). Plus: The charming "Great World of Sound" and more.
The real lessons of 9/11
Gary Kamiya
The attacks exposed grave weaknesses in our nation's defenses, our national institutions and ultimately our national character.
Seizing American supremacy
Dilip Hiro
Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception.
Reply to Dan Drezner
Glenn Greenwald
More on U.S. imperialistic policies and the foreign policy community.
Giuliani’s dangerous bluster
Joe Conason
Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom.
Jury finds Padilla guilty on terrorism charges
Tim Grieve
It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber.
Bush’s tangled arms deal
Gary Kamiya
By selling weapons to "moderate" states, Bush would again be playing puppet master and jerking around the Middle East with disastrous consequences.
Zimbabwe passes warrantless eavesdropping law, cites U.S.
Glenn Greenwald
New eavesdropping powers seized by Robert Mugabe are justified by citing the new powers vested by the Democratic Congress in President Bush.
Will China drop the bomb on the U.S. dollar?
Andrew Leonard
A British reporter claims China is threatening to deploy its "nuclear option." But how is this news related to the "murder" of Vince Foster?
The other side of international adoption
Carol Lloyd
When we adopt children from countries whose policies treat poor women like second-class citizens, do we unintentionally offer support for those policies?
War, chaos and Bush’s faith
Gary Kamiya
The first lesson of Iraq: Beware of those who play dice with God.
Bush’s 2001 condemnation of Russia’s human rights abuses
Glenn Greenwald
Back then, we vigorously condemned the very practices that have now become our hallmark.
For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you
Elisabeth Donnelly
A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive?
If it smells like peak oil, it probably is
Andrew Leonard
A bleak new report from the International Energy Agency offers plenty of fodder for those who believe the era of cheap oil is over, forever.
Why has world opinion of the U.S. changed dramatically since 2000?
Glenn Greenwald
Various responses to yesterday's post further illuminate the reasons for the collapse of America's standing in the world.
What George Tenet really knew about Iraq
Thomas Powers
Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war.
“A Russian Diary”
Alexander Nazaryan
A posthumous memoir from murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya gives readers a glimpse of the dark side of post-Soviet Russia.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima: Worse than Stalin?
Andrew Leonard
Vladimir Putin warns against trying to make Russians feel guilty for their history. Meanwhile, another Western oil company gets purged.
Get your cheap cocaine at the globalization candy store
Andrew Leonard
The efficiencies delivered by global markets aren't limited to cheap TVs and blue jeans. Heroin and coke are also priced to move.
“Hamastan” vs. “Fatahstan”
Christoph Schult
Hamas' violent takeover in Gaza leaves the Palestinian territories divided, and U.S. and Israeli strategy under a cloud.
My hapless African rebel
Nick Wadhams
A funny thing happened on my way to civil war in Ethiopia -- I met Reagan, and I would never see guerrilla rebels the same way again.
Bush’s blank check
Robert Dreyfuss
Do we really need to spend more than a trillion dollars a year to defeat small groups of terrorist fanatics?
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