Opinion - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/opinion/?source=rss&aim=opinion en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST Exclusive editorials and lively opinion commentary, from independent online magazine Salon. How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending! By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/27/colbert_conservatism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/27/colbert_conservatism/index.html?source=rss So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable? By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/27/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/27/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution? Palin, Prejean: Beastly treatment for beauties By Gene Lyons Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/25/beauty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/25/beauty/index.html?source=rss The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows The dinner of all dinners By Garrison Keillor Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/24/thanksgiving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/24/thanksgiving/index.html?source=rss On Thanksgiving we gather among our kin who know us a little too well, and put civility to a true test Can populism be liberal? By Michael Lind Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/23/populism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/23/populism/index.html?source=rss The GOP has owned it since Nixon. Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/27/anthrax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/27/anthrax/index.html?source=rss A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved. Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/bolton/index.html?source=rss As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice. Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/carter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/carter/index.html?source=rss Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama. Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties record By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/24/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/24/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss A new Time account of the fall of Obama's White House counsel sheds much light on rule of law issues. The extreme secrecy of the federal courts By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/23/courts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/23/courts/index.html?source=rss Judges are not only permitted, but required, to conceal anything the government declares to be secret. Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europe By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/21/accountability/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/21/accountability/index.html?source=rss Why would the new President of Lithuania demand investigations of CIA black sites in her country? Intelligentsia against intelligence By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/20/intelligentsia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/20/intelligentsia/index.html?source=rss How did we end up with know-nothings for wise men? A wobbly Democrat's moment of truth By Joe Conason Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/11/20/blanche_lincoln/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/11/20/blanche_lincoln/index.html?source=rss Pressured from both sides, will a poll-wary Sen. Blanche Lincoln help the GOP sink healthcare reform? The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/20/transparency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/20/transparency/index.html?source=rss Approval of the Paul/Grayson bill to audit the Fed is both rare and important in several ways The public option ain't what it used to be By Robert Reich Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/19/public_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/19/public_option/index.html?source=rss There's almost nothing left to give away in a healthcare compromise The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/19/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/19/obama/index.html?source=rss If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified? The war industry's drums are beating By Gene Lyons Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/18/war_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/18/war_industry/index.html?source=rss The pressure is on President Obama to act quickly in Afghanistan. But why? The great jobs-stocks disconnect By Robert Reich Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/18/stock_market/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/18/stock_market/index.html?source=rss The stock market is getting stronger because unemployment is getting worse The Weekly Standard's ACLU smear indicts only itself By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/18/weekly_standard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/18/weekly_standard/index.html?source=rss Neoconservative contempt for the Constitution is not only un-American; it is al-Qaida's greatest ally Staking out my aesthetic By Garrison Keillor Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/17/art_appreciation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/11/17/art_appreciation/index.html?source=rss Still lifes of flowers? Why bother. The true calling of an artist is to paint the naked female form Obama, China and wishful thinking on jobs By Robert Reich Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/17/china/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/17/china/index.html?source=rss The U.S. and China can both produce more than their consumers can buy, and both want to keep it that way CNN on our new "huge, huge bomb" to use against Iran By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/17/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/17/iran/index.html?source=rss What could possibly lead Iran to want to hide their nuclear facilities? The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American By Michael Lind Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/16/pledge_of_allegiance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/16/pledge_of_allegiance/index.html?source=rss Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the other way around? The new Palin campaign commences By Max Blumenthal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/16/palin_rogue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/16/palin_rogue/index.html?source=rss Her publicity blitz begins today -- and all the slings and arrows will only make her stronger Ex-Islamic radicals on what motivates -- and impedes -- extremism By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/16/terrorism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/16/terrorism/index.html?source=rss Why are such glaring truths about the effects of our policies continuously ignored?