http://dir.salon.com/topics/william_safire/?source=rss&aim=william_safire en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT By Alex Koppelman Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/28/safire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/28/safire/index.html?source=rss The former Nixon speechwriter and New York Times columnist died Sunday of pancreatic cancer By Garrison Keillor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/26/plame_affair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/26/plame_affair/index.html?source=rss Salon's former columnist returns, just in time to solve the Rove-Plame-Cheney mystery. By Mark Follman Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/11/17/cabinet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/11/17/cabinet/index.html?source=rss Conservatives cheer Condi, scratch their heads over Colin, and see bright days ahead for Bush's faith-based team. Plus: Rich Lowry cackles with glee over the prospect of more blacks voting Republican. By Barry Lando Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/21/safire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/21/safire/index.html?source=rss The New York Times runs corrections when reporters get a middle initial wrong. So why does its conservative columnist get away with glaring errors that shape world affairs? Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/12/18/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/12/18/thursday/index.html?source=rss Safire & Co. peddle an apparently bogus memo as "proof" of a Saddam/al-Qaida connection. But the blame for 9/11 may lie closer to home. By Mark Follman Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2003/09/24/Clark_WTO/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2003/09/24/Clark_WTO/index.html?source=rss New York Post's Ralph Peters tags Wesley Clark a softy on terror, while Coulter sees a devious Hillary plot. By Tim Grieve Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/25/liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/25/liberties/index.html?source=rss As radio giants censor antiwar musicians, TV networks bully pro-peace actors, and Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares a new assault on civil liberties, a climate of intimidation creeps over America. By Eric Boehlert Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/17/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/17/media/index.html?source=rss Polls show that the American public increasingly sees two sides to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- despite the best efforts of the neoconservative punditocracy. By Joe Conason Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 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. By Joe Conason Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/04/25/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/04/25/cuba/index.html?source=rss If we really cared about Cuban children, we'd end the embargo. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/16/conason/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/16/conason/index.html?source=rss Readers squawk over Conason's offer of crow Plus: Electronic music isn't dead; a new club for Bush watchers. By Joe Conason Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/03/14/ray/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/03/14/ray/index.html?source=rss You always wanted to have your crow and eat it too on the Clinton scandals, so now it's time for you to keep your word. By Katharine Whittemore Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/01/safire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/01/safire/index.html?source=rss The pundit and language columnist crafts a potboiler of sleaze and slander in the republic's infancy. By Joe Conason Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/1999/06/15/slobodan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/1999/06/15/slobodan/index.html?source=rss Now that we've won the war and silenced the critics, let's put a bounty on Milosevic. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/1999/05/18/hardball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/1999/05/18/hardball/index.html?source=rss Chris Matthews mistakenly identifies a Clinton friend on the air as the "jogger" who frightened Kathleen Willey. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/newsa950313373/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/newsa950313373/index.html?source=rss The election took some of the steam out of the Washington Punditocracy's hot air balloon. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/cov_05newsa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/cov_05newsa/index.html?source=rss The election took some of the steam out of the Washington Punditocracy's hot air balloon. By Jonathan Broder Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/05/12/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/05/12/news/index.html?source=rss Over the next two weeks, President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a very public battle of wills over the future of Middle East peace. BY ERIC ALTERMAN Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/11/26/26media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/11/26/26media/index.html?source=rss By Andrew Ross Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/01/13/hotb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/01/13/hotb/index.html?source=rss