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The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American

Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the other way around?
  • Bateman: Michele Bachmann vs. the Census

    Watch out! The 2010 census is coming. An animated response to the congresswoman's paranoia
  • Citibank as the new DMV. Ha. Ha. Ha

    "Funny or Die" equates nationalization with Kafkaesque long lines. Sorry, wrong punch line.
  • What to do with your money now

    In the first installment of a new series, "Talk to Me Like I'm 5," expert Ilyce Glink explains what all Americans should be doing with their finances.
  • "Everything matters to everybody"

    French provocateur Bernard-Henri Lévy on how the left is being destroyed by tolerance -- and why Europeans love Obama.
  • "W."

    Oliver Stone paints a surprisingly sympathetic picture of George W. Bush in this award-courting movie.
  • Saving Iraq: Mission impossible

    Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite hard-liner distrusted by his foes, will almost certainly be unable to stop Iraq's slide to chaos.
  • Breach of a myth

    After Katrina, the country no longer believes in Bush the protector. His presidency is ruined.
  • Why the Republicans can't fight terror

    Driven by rigid right-wing ideology, their heavy-handed policies have made America and the world less safe, not more.
  • Gail Sheehy

    Hillary's Choice
  • Did Gore invent the Internet?

    Actually, the vice president never claimed to have done so -- but he did help the Net along. Some people would rather forget that.
  • Just say don't

    Cambodian officials try to stifle the local sex trade by posting signs in public places.
  • Sexless in Washington

    The shameful exposure of Bill Clinton's penis means the next president will not be allowed one.
  • "Hollering fire in a crowded theater"

    The FBI's chief negotiator during the Waco siege says critics and conspiracy theorists are sowing dangerous discord.
  • Fishing for smut

    The Canadian government is cracking down on sex-related Internet surfing.
  • Sex with boys

    A pedophilia scandal touches Latvia's highest officers.
  • The rise and fall of erotica

    Steamy soft-core cinema is phenomenally popular in Indonesia, but the government is slowing down production.
  • When good governments go bad

    These pernicious moments brought to you by your elected leaders. PLUS: Sisterhood pyramid schemes, supermarket warfare and a man and his hooptie.
  • Log: Is the Oval Office going open source?

    Will all candidates in favor of free software please step forward?
  • Robin Hood Lives

    But taking from the rich to
    give to the poor is exactly what it
    sounds like: robbery.
  • Smashing the state

    The strange rise of libertarianism
  • The SALON Interview: Jerry Brown

    Moving toward the abyss
  • Is Uncle Sam Coddling the Kooks?

    Mindful of the fatalities and public relations disasters resulting from the Waco and Ruby Ridge sieges, federal authorities have adopted a low-key approach to the standoff with the so-called "Freemen".

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