David Talbot

The Palins' un-American activities The Palins' un-American activities

Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran.
  • Mean girl

    Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
  • Sarah Palin's dead lake

    By promoting runaway development in her hometown, say locals, Palin has "fouled her own nest" -- and that goes for the lake where she lives.
  • Sarah Palin's wasteful ways

    She poses as a fiscal watchdog, but when Palin was mayor, she grabbed city funds to give her office a pricey "bordello" makeover.
  • The pastor who clashed with Palin

    Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.
  • "I fear for my country"

    Former Gov. Tony Knowles and other Alaska Democrats warn not to underestimate Sarah Palin's political skills -- or how unsuited she is for the vice presidency.
  • Freedom fighter

    Alaskan Independence Party chairwoman Lynette Clark talks about why she doesn't identify herself as an American, and about her kindred spirit Sarah Palin.
  • Obama/Kennedy vs. McCain/Goldwater

    This year's presidential contest is shaping up as the 1964 campaign that never happened
  • It's about Time

    The media reevalutes JFK.
  • The CIA reveals its family jewels

    But the agency is still up to its old tricks -- including spreading lies about the Kennedys.
  • Chris Matthews gets it wrong -- again

    From the Kennedy assassination to the Clinton impeachment to the Bush war, the Washington media elite has been consistently boneheaded.
  • For more information

    If you're looking for sane and intelligent online oases to explore the JFK case, check out these two sites.
  • Bugliosi vs. "Brothers"

    The attorney's massive new tome gets Bobby Kennedy wrong.
  • Vincent Bugliosi vs. Brothers

    The attorney's massive new book gets Bobby Kennedy wrong.
  • People's choice

    Vox populi is music to my hears.
  • History according to Vanity Fair

    Ted Sorensen -- and Bruce Willis -- set the record straight on JFK.
  • The wisdom of Ted Sorensen -- and Bruce Willis

    The Kennedy speechwriter, and the Republican star, set the record straight in Vanity Fair.
  • Rome on the Potomac

    Real-life Washington could be just as sinister and treacherous as the HBO series set in the ancient imperial capital.
  • The Kennedy legacy vs. the Bush legacy

    Cuba could easily have become the Iraq of its day. But fortunately JFK was no George W.
  • Still searching for JFK

    When presidential candidates posture as the new JFK, do they realize he was more a dove than a hawk?
  • "Brothers"

    The exclusive story of Robert F. Kennedy's secret search for the truth about John F. Kennedy's assassination. From the new book by Salon's founder and former editor in chief.
  • The mafia, the coup and the murder

    The authors respond to David Talbot's review of "Ultimate Sacrifice."
  • Case closed?

    A new book about the JFK assassination claims to finally solve the mystery.
  • The top five books on the Kennedy assassination

    An expert's guide through the perplexing thicket of JFK assassination books.
  • Fear and loathing in Camelot

    In a stunning memoir, JFK's nephew Christopher Kennedy Lawford reveals the darker side of the Kennedy clan -- and bravely attempts to liberate his family from its crushing legacy
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