Kenneth Starr - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/kenneth_starr/?source=rss&aim=kenneth_starr en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT Fox News isn't even pretending anymore By Gene Lyons Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/fox_news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/fox_news/index.html?source=rss Want proof that journalism has devolved into entertainment? Watch "the communications arm of the Republican Party" Time for the media to fess up By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/10/09/clinton_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/10/09/clinton_media/index.html?source=rss Journalists like Evan Thomas now admit the Clinton scandals were bogus. When will they admit they played along? Some free advice for Obama By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/07/vetting_candidates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/07/vetting_candidates/index.html?source=rss The Clintons' personal and financial affairs have already been investigated ad nauseam. He should focus on answering any serious questions raised about his own. The qualms before the storm By Walter Shapiro Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/04/obama_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/04/obama_clinton/index.html?source=rss How might Clinton and Obama handle the Oval Office? On the eve of Super Tuesday, what we still don't know could come back to haunt us. The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater By Ben Van Heuvelen Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater_bush/index.html?source=rss Blamed in the deaths of Iraqi civilians, the private security firm has long ties to the White House and prominent Republicans, including Ken Starr. Blackwater and "Magic" By Joan Walsh Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/iraq_war/2007/10/02/springsteen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/iraq_war/2007/10/02/springsteen/index.html?source=rss On a day when Republicans are embracing mercenaries who kill civilians as "our team," Bruce Springsteen releases another great album, and that's one for our team. Will the real Hillary please stand up? By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/06/04/hillary_bios/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/06/04/hillary_bios/index.html?source=rss Two new bios purport to unmask Hillary Clinton. Yet they offer few new insights and repeat tired clichés about the senator and her husband. Coretta and Hillary, not yet free By Diane McWhorter Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/10/coretta_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/10/coretta_king/index.html?source=rss Both women got under men's skins in a peculiar way. And sadly, both of their legacies are likely to be marred by the actions of their husbands. Libby's secret defense fund By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/11/15/libby_defense/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/11/15/libby_defense/index.html?source=rss How much of the money given to Cheney's former aide will come from Halliburton et al.? The public now has no way to know. Fitzgerald is no Ken Starr By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/10/21/miller_times/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/10/21/miller_times/index.html?source=rss The same pundits who are absurdly smearing Fitzgerald as a partisan zealot were notably silent during the Whitewater disgrace. Clinton to ABC News: It's payback time By Eric Boehlert Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/23/jennings_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/23/jennings_clinton/index.html?source=rss The former president chastises Peter Jennings for ABC's "sleazy" coverage of Whitewater -- and he's right. Right Hook By Mark Follman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/06/23/clinton_lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/06/23/clinton_lott/index.html?source=rss Novak, Norquist and Lowry lead the Clinton-bashing revival; Limbaugh lies about the 9/11 report. Plus: Torture at Abu Ghraib is just fine with Trent Lott. Still smiting Slick Willie By Eric Boehlert Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/22/times/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/22/times/index.html?source=rss The New York Times continues its decade of Clinton bashing by trashing his memoirs. And it still won't fess up on Whitewater. The hunt is on By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/06/18/hunting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/06/18/hunting/index.html?source=rss The anti-Clinton slime machine is back -- and this time its mud pies are aimed at John Kerry. The partisan "mastermind" in charge of Bush's intel probe By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/10/silberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/10/silberman/index.html?source=rss Whenever there's a vast right-wing conspiracy, Judge Laurence Silberman keeps turning up. Joe Conason's Journal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/09/15/jean_lewis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/09/15/jean_lewis/index.html?source=rss Former Whitewater crank L. Jean Lewis will soon be in charge of preventing Pentagon corruption, and Democrats should be raising hell. George Bush's Terminator problem By Tim Grieve Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/12/recall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/12/recall/index.html?source=rss Arnold Schwarzenegger may be the GOP's best shot yet at a California comeback. But his playboy ways and pro-choice politics make him anathema to the president's allies on the Christian right. Joe Conason's Journal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/24/dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/24/dean/index.html?source=rss When the Wall Street Journal embraces Howard Dean, what does it really mean? Plus: Washington, madness and the Clinton years. Mystery marriage By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/06/09/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/06/09/hillary/index.html?source=rss Hillary's new book is sparking another round of that favorite national pastime -- solve the puzzle of the Clinton union. Here's one clue: Loyalty between a man and a woman is not always the same as sexual fidelity. A president worth fighting for By David Talbot Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/21/blumenthal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/21/blumenthal/index.html?source=rss Sidney Blumenthal talks about his new tell-all Clinton memoir, the New York Times scandal bigger than Jayson Blair, why liberals shouldn't run from Fox News, and how Democrats can beat the Bushes. Joe Conason's Journal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/05/21/isikoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/05/21/isikoff/index.html?source=rss Michael Isikoff loses his cool, and pays backhanded tribute to Sid Blumenthal in his review of "The Clinton Wars." Roasted in their own bonfires By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/07/blumenthal3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/07/blumenthal3/index.html?source=rss After the pornographic Starr Report, the sexual hypocrisy of the GOP witch hunters comes back to haunt them, as Salon exposes Henry Hyde. Part 3 of "The Clinton Wars." Ken Starr's media minions By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/06/blumenthal2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/06/blumenthal2/index.html?source=rss In Part 2 of "The Clinton Wars," the prim independent counsel grows obsessed with the president's sex life and cultivates an "army of spies" within the press Where's the media mea culpa? By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/03/28/whitewater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/03/28/whitewater/index.html?source=rss Though the final Whitewater report clearly shows the Clintons were innocent, the New York Times and Washington Post arrogantly refuse to admit they were wrong. The end of the $73 million witch hunt By Joe Conason Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/03/22/whitewater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/03/22/whitewater/index.html?source=rss Independent counsel Robert Ray's final Whitewater report confirms what was clear from the start -- Bill and Hillary Clinton were innocent.