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September 11th

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Terror and loathing
Martin Amis may not know much about Islam and 9/11, but he knows what he hates.
By Laura Miller Apr 2, 2008
Of war and cancer
Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.
By Gary Kamiya Mar 18, 2008
McCain apes Bush on Iraq, as Dems stand passively by
His hard-liner stance should doom McCain with most voters, but unless Democrats put the war back on top of the national agenda, he might get away with it.
By Gary Kamiya Feb 12, 2008
Quote of the day
Rudy Giuliani says he isn't worried about the state of his presidential campaign -- guess why?
Alex Koppelman Jan 4, 2008
Most Dems no better than Bush on Pakistan
The Bush administration's bungling in Pakistan and Afghanistan has led to a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida and loss of U.S. influence in the region. But Democrats did little to stop it.
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett Jan 3, 2008
Rudy's past coming back with a vengeance
Two groups are mobilizing anew against Rudy Giuliani, hoping to inform voters about some of the skeletons in his closet.
Alex Koppelman Dec 19, 2007
The poisonous rhetorical legacy of Karl Rove
Even Fox's Chris Wallace wants to know why Bush's newly departed advisor had to paint Democrats as traitors.
By Juan Cole Aug 20, 2007
After 9/11, Rudy wasn't a rescue worker -- he was a Yankee
Giuliani said he spent as much time at ground zero as many rescue workers. Where was he really? Much of the time, at baseball games.
By Alex Koppelman Aug 18, 2007
America under surveillance
Granted new power to spy inside the U.S., the Bush administration may be doing more than eavesdropping on phone calls -- it could be watching suspects' every move.
By Tim Shorrock Aug 9, 2007
What an anti-Giuliani ad should say
Forget his messy personal life. Democrats should go right at his supposed strength -- 9/11 -- the same way Republicans attacked John Kerry's Vietnam service.
By Robert Polner Mar 13, 2007
The reason we haven't noticed American Muslims condemning terrorism
Actually, they do, but until recently it was often in ways that their fellow Americans had a hard time hearing.
By Paul M. Barrett Mar 1, 2007
Stock market mayhem: "Look out below!"
The last time Wall Street shuddered like this, we knew the reason why: Sept. 11. This time, it's not so easy to figure out.
Andrew Leonard Feb 27, 2007
"Conspiracy 911"
New short from the creator of "Spiders on Drugs."
By David Puner Feb 27, 2007
What we lost
Almost 3,000 Americans died on Sept. 11, 2001. But our losses are still mounting -- in Iraq and at home -- thanks to the bullying, big-lie culture that dominates American politics today.
By Joan Walsh Sep 9, 2006
The Sept. 11 that never was
ABC's docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is a false version of history. It popularizes right-wing myths by exaggerating Clinton's failures and Bush's successes, depicting events that never happened.
By Joe Conason Sep 8, 2006
Terminal frustration
Is air travel safer since 9/11? Yes, there have been some effective changes. But most of the so-called security measures have been irrational, wasteful and pointless. When will we learn?
By Patrick Smith Sep 6, 2006
Getting beyond our airport security obsession
Confiscating corkscrews and tweezers didn't make us safer after Sept. 11. And banning liquids isn't going to make us safer now.
By Patrick Smith Aug 10, 2006
Ask the pilot
In search of the ever-elusive "truth," the pilot takes on the 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
By Patrick Smith May 19, 2006
Bush's bogus document dump
The administration seeded its new public archive of Iraq documents with jihadist materials completely unrelated to Saddam.
By Fritz Umbach Apr 13, 2006
The world as we know it
Deborah Eisenberg's wondrous "Twilight of the Superheroes" offers an intimate, glowing portrait of post-9/11 America.
By Ben Cosgrove Jan 31, 2006
The bitter lessons of four years
Standing among the wreckage of two national disasters, it is no longer possible to deny the plain truth: Bush and his administration are unfit to wield power.
By Joe Conason Sep 11, 2005
Let's Iraq and roll
In a surreal twist on the political demonstration, the Pentagon put on a show to mark 9/11 and honor U.S. troops serving in the war.
By Mark Benjamin Sep 11, 2005
Communications breakdown
As the Katrina disaster unfolded, many emergency responders had no way to talk to each other. Why were they so unprepared?
By Mark Benjamin Sep 9, 2005
Banished from the American dream
The Kesbehs were a hardworking immigrant family with a successful business and deep roots in Houston. But after 9/11, the U.S. kicked them, along with thousands of other Arab and Muslim families, out of the country. Now, in a land the children barely know, they wonder why their life has been shattered.
By Michelle Goldberg Apr 26, 2004
Indicting the FBI
In a critical report, the staff of the 9/11 commission says the FBI failed to respond to the growing threat of terrorism.
Apr 13, 2004
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