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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT "Obama is average" By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures Public still blames Bush for recession By Gabriel Winant Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/30/blame_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/30/blame_economy/index.html?source=rss President Obama nicely positioned to take credit for recovery A Nobel prize for a Bush critic By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/05/nobel_prize_for_bush_critic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/05/nobel_prize_for_bush_critic/index.html?source=rss Never mind Elizabeth Blackburn's contribution to cancer research. In 2004, she shined a light on even nastier stuff The end of the Pax Americana? By Michael Lind Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman The end of an era By Alan Wolfe Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_family/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_family/index.html?source=rss They don't make families -- or politicians, or liberals -- like Teddy and the Kennedys anymore Quote of the day By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/09/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/09/qotd/index.html?source=rss A State Department spokeswoman gets at the real difference between Bush and Obama Tell us what you really think, President Bush By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/15/bush_excerpts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/15/bush_excerpts/index.html?source=rss A one-time speech writer for the former president pens a book revealing some of his boss' private thoughts John Brennan's dangerous national security advice By Marcy Wheeler Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/14/domestic_spying/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/14/domestic_spying/index.html?source=rss Under Bush he pushed domestic wiretapping. Now he's advocating expansion of abusive spying on Americans Cheney to take his disagreements with Bush public By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/13/cheney_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/13/cheney_bush/index.html?source=rss The former vice president will reportedly discuss his arguments with President Bush in his memoir Is Obama really that unpopular? By Paul Maslin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss A pollster applies some historical context and gives three reasons why things aren't bleak for the president Let the military commissions die By David Frakt Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/04/military_commissions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/04/military_commissions/index.html?source=rss A lawyer for Guantanamo detainees explains why Obama and Congress shouldn't try to revive the failed system Great moments in political race-baiting By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss Willie Horton hears a who: Beck, Limbaugh are the latest in a long and undistinguished American tradition The Bush vs. Cheney battle over Libby By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/23/bush_cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/23/bush_cheney/index.html?source=rss The relationship between the two men became strained as they left office, and there's still some tension Bush officials: Where are they now? By Nick Turse Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/22/bush_officials/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/22/bush_officials/index.html?source=rss The unemployment rate is high around the country -- but not for former Bush officials. A guide to who's cashing in Night of the living neocons By Gary Kamiya Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 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 Gibbs responds to Bush: "we won" By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/18/gibbs_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/18/gibbs_bush/index.html?source=rss The press secretary hits back at the former president's criticism of the Obama administration Bush criticizes Obama Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/18/bush_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/18/bush_obama/index.html?source=rss The former president said he wasn't going to speak ill of his successor -- and then did Obama's Cairo mission: Don't be Bush By Gary Kamiya Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 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. This president does not chop brush By Mike Madden Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/26/urban_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/26/urban_obama/index.html?source=rss Unlike all his predecessors since Kennedy, Obama is an engaged city dweller -- just like the majority of Americans. Republicans lose their national security edge By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/national_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/national_security/index.html?source=rss A new poll finds that Americans no longer favor Republicans on national security issues. "The world has ignored our warnings" By Dieter Bednarz and Erich Follath Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/20/elbaradei/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/20/elbaradei/index.html?source=rss Nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei talks about being wiretapped by the Bush administration, whose "arrogance and ignorance" turned the Middle East into "a giant mess." Our unending war of terror By Noam Chomsky Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists. The 13 people who made torture possible By Marcy Wheeler Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it. We tortured to justify war By Joe Conason Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. Soufan: CIA torture actually hindered our intelligence gathering By Mark Benjamin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/14/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/14/torture/index.html?source=rss An FBI agent testifies that an al-Qaida prisoner provided useful intelligence until the CIA got rough -- and casts doubt on Bush's statements about the effectiveness of harsh interrogations.