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With battlefield access nonexistent, the secretary of defense is keeping the press in line with carefully calibrated leaks and themes of the day.
By Rick Newman
November 2, 2001
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While conservative pundits whine about treacherous lefty intellectuals, a real group of far-right traitors may be striking at America from within.
By Joe Conason
November 1, 2001
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It's a new world, full of gaytriotism and bluster bombs. We need a new vocabulary.
By Edward Hudson
November 1, 2001
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From Saudi rich boy to the world's most wanted man: A British newspaper painstakingly retraces the development of a terrorist mastermind.
By Jason Burke
November 1, 2001
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After 11 days of siege, the Israelis have left behind ruins and broken families in the Palestinian city.
By Flore de Préneuf
October 31, 2001
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If all our leaders can do is tell us to expect another terrorist attack, without any further clues or helpful information, maybe they should just shut up instead.
By Scott Rosenberg
October 30, 2001
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Ramzi Yousef is in prison for plotting the 1993 World Trade Center bombing -- but we still don't know who he really is, who he might have been working with and what he could tell us about Sept. 11.
By Russ Baker
October 29, 2001
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An expert says we really have no idea where those anthrax spores came from.
By Damien Cave
October 26, 2001
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By reaching for the remote control instead of sending ground troops into Afghanistan, the U.S. is reinforcing its international image as the schoolyard bully, a British critic argues.
By Walter Ellis
October 26, 2001
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A pre-Gulf War study showed that a combination treatment of antibiotics and vaccination is the best way to fight anthrax. So why is the government relying on one drug?
By Arthur Allen
October 26, 2001
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In a speech made earlier this month at Yale University, the former president reflects on "the first great struggle for the soul of the 21st century."
October 25, 2001
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As bad news continues to pile up, Washington can't seem to get its act together.
By Jake Tapper
October 24, 2001
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With breathless reporting, rampant rumors and baseless speculation, the media's terrorism coverage is reminiscent of another absurd chapter in the Gary Condit saga.
By Arianna Huffington
October 24, 2001
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Religious writer Karen Armstrong explains why Muslim nations have difficulty with democracy and the qualities that all forms of fundamentalism share.
By Max Garrone
October 22, 2001
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Since Sept. 11, pop culture has been purging itself of anything potentially insensitive. But who decides what "sensitive" is?
By Chris Colin
October 19, 2001
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President Bush's 92 percent public approval rating
has as much staying power as one of the snack packs dropped on Afghanistan. But the meaningless poll data has cowed the Democrats into silence.
By Arianna Huffington
October 18, 2001
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It's time for us to search our souls. How can the message of Muhammad become a source of horror and fear? How can Islam inspire thousands of youth to dedicate their lives to killing others?
By M. A. Muqtedar Khan
October 18, 2001
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All it takes are a couple of news reports and a few spores of panic to contaminate the sick bay.
By J.B. Orenstein
October 16, 2001
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As officials tell us to expect more terrorism, the nation's yuppies prepare.
By Andrew Nelson
October 11, 2001
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Flight attendants demand that flying be made safer, through measures like screening all bags -- but the airlines are resisting.
By Jake Tapper
October 8, 2001
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Our fight against terrorism gives the U.S. a historic opportunity to become a kinder, gentler force in the world
By Gary Kamiya
October 8, 2001
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Andrew Leonard, who reported on biological warfare in his article "The Invisible Nightmare," responds to his critics.
October 5, 2001
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Is panic the right response to the specter of bioterrorism?
By Chris Colin
October 3, 2001
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As we struggle to define courage under the threat of terrorism, we can't dismiss the power of nonviolence.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
September 28, 2001
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Once fond of clucking at us, France has found a new love for America.
By Kristin Hohenadel
September 28, 2001