Mark Follman

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Ricky goes to Hollywood
Ricky Gervais, the comic whiz behind "The Office," aims his nervy, discomfiting humor at the stand-up stage and movie stardom.
Requiem for a right-wing icon
Never mind that the Republican right is in chaos, William F. Buckley is up for sainthood -- and John McCain is in on the act.
An Iran bombshell for Bush
The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric.
The U.S. attorneys scandal gets dirty
As Congress prepares to grill Alberto Gonzales, Salon has uncovered another partisan issue connected to the mass firings: Pornography.
Manipulating Justice to win elections
More details on how the Bush administration used the Justice Department as a partisan tool.
How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears
Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point.
Smearing the U.S. attorneys
New details show the Bush administration's "document dump" gives a misleading rationale for the firing of two U.S. attorneys.
Inside Bush's prosecutor purge
Why has the administration fired U.S. attorneys with sterling track records? To make room for its political loyalists, critics say, and exert its last shred of control.
The Scandal Sheet
Don't just read it and weep -- pin it on your wall, fax it to Nancy Pelosi. A dozen reasons to throw the bums out of Washington.
The needle and the damage undone
Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
The road to 9/11 and beyond
In a riveting new book that ranges from ancient Mecca to the corridors of the FBI, Lawrence Wright brings to life the fanatics behind 9/11 -- and the turf wars that caused U.S. intelligence to miss it.
Big Joe-mentum, in the wrong direction
A new poll shows Lieberman in big trouble in Connecticut's Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate.
"Kill counts," coverups and the chain of command
Confronting ultimate responsibility for a trail of atrocities in Iraq.
Rumsfeld and the fine art of lying
The defense secretary, testifying to the Senate about the war: "I have never painted a rosy picture."
Another British memo belies Bush on Iraq
A confidential memo from the outgoing British ambassador in Iraq warns that the war-torn country is likely headed for civil war.
Blunt vows a freeze on global warming fight
While the country cooks under a heat wave, the House majority whip drops some icy attitude on global warming.
Other fallout from the Israel-Hezbollah war
An environmental disaster, a wave of cyberterrorism and a dangerous escalation of the propaganda wars.
The war between Bush and Bush
In matters of foreign policy and war, it's like father, not so like son.
Losing hearts and minds in the Middle East
The civilian death toll in Lebanon has been ugly -- but pales in comparison with the recent carnage in Iraq.
In bench warfare, Republicans sit this round out
Senate Republicans leave us hanging on the fate of four divisive Bush judicial nominees.
Spying on Americans gets its day in court
A federal judge rebukes a key tactic used to cover up the dark side of the Bush-Cheney war on terror.
Another Bush judge gets downgraded
Terrence Boyle is the second Bush appellate nominee to take a ratings hit, after a Salon report uncovers ethics violations.
The Bush code of secrecy
How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
End of the line for a key Bush judge?
Speculation is mounting that circuit-court nominee Terrence Boyle, now dogged by ethics allegations, will never see a full Senate vote.
More top brass blast Rumsfeld
Two retired generals and an admiral denounce his leadership -- and say he's protected by a handpicked ring of high-ranking yes men.
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