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Zanan silenced; outcry getting louder
Lynn Harris
Iran's women's magazine: We have not read the last page.
Egypt’s Gaza nightmare
Pierre Heumann
Palestinians have flooded into Egypt en masse since militants blew open a border wall. Is it a blessing in disguise for Israel?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The Six Continent Club, lithium batteries, more defunct airlines: The pilot takes on a grab bag of topics.
Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds warn of “social unraveling” if Obama loses
Glenn Greenwald
The emerging race-tinged attacks on Obama are but a small preview of what would be unleashed if he were the nominee.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Can someone with no flight training safely land an airliner? Plus: Pilotless planes, overpaid pilots and other aviation myths.
The dark truth about Blackwater
P.W. Singer
Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq.
Turn out the lights, Michigan
Edward McClelland
With unemployment the worst in the nation, and the government on the verge of shutdown, it's time for my home state to drive toward a new way of life.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Good for the kids from Georgia, but the Little League World Series has finally lost this customer. Plus: Golden infielders. And: MySpace responds.
China to foreigners: Quote Mao, at your peril
Andrew Leonard
Nick Young's China Development Brief may have understood the Middle Kingdom a bit too well.
What Democrats need to learn about power
Rich Galen
The former communications director for Newt Gingrich compares the Democratic takeover of 2007 to the Republican takeover of 1995.
The power of King George
Garrett Epps
This week Bush made another executive power grab -- and our own Constitution is largely to blame.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
What's the matter with airports? A tour of the loudest, weirdest and ugliest problems on the concourse.
Climate of hope
Kevin Sweeney
Global warming is the worst news of our time. But pessimism saps our will. It's time to embrace the challenge, and call boldly on Americans to win the fight of a lifetime.
Republicans gone wild
Sidney Blumenthal
"Ethics reform" gestures and suddenly hazy memories can't hide the truth: Abramoff is an integral part of the GOP machine that revved up with the '94 "revolution."
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! The Colts and -- touchdown! -- USC both win astounding shootouts.
Our house of cards
Andrew Leonard
Barry Lynn thinks globalization made America dangerously dependent on foreign companies -- and that disaster is looming.
“Barbaric attacks”
Sarah Left, Mark Oliver
A coordinated series of terrorist bombings on London's transportation system kills dozens and sends capital into chaos.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NCAA Tournament: The first night of the Sweet 16 is cruel to higher seeds -- except Illinois -- as Washington, Oklahoma and Bob Knight's Red Raiders are sent home.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Four engines are better than three. Really. The pilot revisits the eyebrow-raising journey of British Airways Flight 268.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NBA preview: Shaq and Kobe made the offseason headlines, but once the games count, the championship road goes through Detroit and San Antonio.
“Nobody should have to go through so much to vote”
Gail Williams
A poll watcher reports from the grueling, sunbaked front lines of a poor Dade County voting station.
The Earth’s most fragile places
Ian Sample
Climate scientists believe there are 12 primary spots to watch for the first devastating effects of global warming.
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