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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/31/obama_healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/31/obama_healthcare/index.html?source=rss A too-cautious Obama has let the right define the debate -- and now meaningful reform hangs in the balance By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/09/jackson_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/09/jackson_palin/index.html?source=rss While the ersatz mourning for Michael Jackson was merely annoying, the fame of lightweight Sarah Palin is dangerous By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/02/california/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/07/02/california/index.html?source=rss An inflexible right wing is allowing the Golden State to drown in debt. But it's not alone By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/25/mark_sanford/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/25/mark_sanford/index.html?source=rss He was an emotional wreck at his press conference, but also something philandering politicians rarely are: Human By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/18/neocons_iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/18/neocons_iran/index.html?source=rss The shameless fools whose Iraq folly empowered Iran's hard-liners are back, smearing Obama as an appeaser By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/11/fiat_chrysler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/11/fiat_chrysler/index.html?source=rss Can a nation of dudes whose sexual self-image was built on macho Jeeps survive the rise of the Little Mouse? By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/05/obama_middle_east/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/05/obama_middle_east/index.html?source=rss This American president's empathy with the Arab/Muslim world could be a crucial first step in brokering peace. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/04/obama_egypt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/06/04/obama_egypt/index.html?source=rss Five disastrous Middle East policies that the president must show he's rejected. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/28/culture_of_fear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/28/culture_of_fear/index.html?source=rss Obama could spring America from the dank culture of fear spread by Cheney and Bush. So what's holding him back? By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/20/netanyahu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/20/netanyahu/index.html?source=rss American politicians hate to confront Israel. But here's why Obama will. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/01/torture_investigations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/01/torture_investigations/index.html?source=rss We need to investigate the Bush years, even if it means tearing the country -- and ourselves -- apart. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/29/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/29/race/index.html?source=rss The president has dramatically improved race relations -- by not talking about race. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/23/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/23/torture/index.html?source=rss The "ticking bomb" scenario only happens on TV. Those, like Dick Cheney, who cite it are leading society down a fatal slippery slope of abuse. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/04/19/american_idol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/04/19/american_idol/index.html?source=rss For seven years I ignored the world's biggest pop culture spectacle. But thanks to my daughter -- and the stunningly original Adam Lambert -- I finally caved. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2009/04/17/cohen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2009/04/17/cohen/index.html?source=rss The great songwriter is old now. But as closing time approaches, his poetic fire burns brighter than ever. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/09/ward_churchill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/09/ward_churchill/index.html?source=rss The ethnic studies professor should not have been fired for speaking out about 9/11. The problem remains his slanted work on Native American history. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss Cop killer Richard Poplawski is an extremist. But amid the deafening din of the right wing's anti-government rhetoric, how extreme is he? By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/28/oakland_police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/28/oakland_police/index.html?source=rss A long blue line of police officers, backed by a grieving city, gather to say goodbye to four cops who died doing their jobs. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/24/american_populism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/24/american_populism/index.html?source=rss Today's populist rage could regenerate America -- if Obama handles it right. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/17/middle_east_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/17/middle_east_obama/index.html?source=rss His diplomatic moves are a good start. But does he have the will to challenge Israel? By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/10/john_yoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/10/john_yoo/index.html?source=rss Sneering with contempt, the unrepentant Bush attorney has challenged "Obama's antiwar base" to read his infamous memos closely. So I did. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/03/obama_iraq_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/03/obama_iraq_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss The right claims Obama's plan vindicates Bush. The left fears Obama will continue Bush's war. Both are wrong. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/24/rick_santelli/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/24/rick_santelli/index.html?source=rss The GOP is whipping up resentment of Obama and "loafers" who defaulted on home loans. But it crashed the biggest welfare Cadillac in history. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/17/newspapers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/17/newspapers/index.html?source=rss If reporting vanishes, the world will get darker and uglier. Subsidizing newspapers may be the only answer.