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Joe Conason Republicans are trying to blame 9/11 on Clinton, but the official report shows that he responded to al-Qaida threats far more effectively than Bush
News & Politics
Byrd vs. Bush Sen. Robert Byrd blasts fellow senators for believing "the garbage that was being spewed out by the administration" on Iraq, and thanks the airline passengers who "died to save this Capitol, my life and my staff"
By Mary Jacoby
Rewriting history Ever eager to prove it's fair and balanced, the Fox News Channel brags that it broke the Bush DUI story in 2000. Warning: You've entered the spin zone
By Eric Boehlert
King Kaufman's Sports Daily The Olympics: They're empty seat-tastic. Plus: An ESPN boycott? And: Let's talk it over
War Room '04 Going into the Democratic Convention, this race could not be closer. Catholics: The GOP wants you. The heated Halliburton hearing on the Hill. Plus: 9/11 commission disses "war on terror"
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Opinion
How John Kerry should handle Iraq Thoughts on President Bush's foreign policy debacle -- and what the Democratic presidential nominee should say and do about it -- from John Judis, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Michael Lind and more
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The 9/11 report aftermath Will its report of decay and complacency trigger a crisis of faith in America's most powerful institutions?
By Julian Borger
Muckraker Senate Democrats just blocked the most extreme anti-environmental judicial nominee even Bush has yet come up with, making 10 nominees they've blocked. And that's just fine with the GOP, which will use the magic number as red meat to feed the troops
By Amanda Griscom
News & Politics
Gavin Newsom's mean streets San Francisco's mayor hit the national stage when he allowed 4,000 gay couples to wed. But he wishes the world would pay more attention to his new crusade: Reducing crime and despair in the city's poorest neighborhoods
By Joan Walsh
Bush's bungled Saudi deal-making President Bush and his lawyer, the former U.S. ambassador in Riyadh, wasted a golden opportunity to pressure the Saudis to crack down on terrorism
By Charles Tiefer
Arts & Entertainment
The Fix So who did Meryl Streep really base her villainous senator on? Is Martha ready to step up and serve her time? And which New Yorker writer gave more than a thousand clams to the Kerry campaign? Plus: A "Simple Life" drinking game -- that's hot!
Everything you were afraid to ask about "Donnie Darko" With the new director's cut, there are even more questions about the 2001 cult fave. Who's the fat guy in the track suit? What's with the 6-foot rabbit? We answer them all
By Dan Kois
"The Bourne Supremacy" Remember him? Matt Damon is back as everyone's favorite amnesiac former CIA assassin in one of the summer's best films
By Charles Taylor
"A Home at the End of the World" A love triangle with Colin Farrell and Robin Wright Penn in two of its corners sure sounds intriguing, so where did this film go wrong?
By Stephanie Zacharek
"Catwoman" Should we be outraged that Oscar winner Halle Berry is now prowling around in a skimpy catsuit? No, we should be irked that this movie doesn't objectify her more!
By Stephanie Zacharek
Technology & Business
At the speed of blog After a Republican congressman resigned unexpectedly, a lefty blogger called for readers to send money to his opponent -- and the cash poured in
By Farhad Manjoo
Letters Terror in the letters pages! Readers respond to Patrick Smith's "The Hysterical Skies"
Books
Perfect Circle: Chapter 3 "Look, this chick, she is after you. I mean, your car is the last thing she ever saw. The dead are like that. They get fixated." The third excerpt from Sean Stewart's ghostly page-turner
Life
Since you asked ... I'm free again at age 42 and ready to date, but I'm worried about the Mr. Goodbar syndrome
By Cary Tennis
No more showgirls? Silvio Berlusconi is losing popularity in Italy, and so are his television networks' outdated gameshows, skimpily dressed hostesses and all
By Sophie Arie
Country corn Grilled, boiled, roasted, sure ... but fried? A Kentucky barbecue joint offers a twist on a summer favorite, corn on the cob
By Barbara Freda
Lynda Barry The sound of Maybonne
Table Talk
The personal meets the political What Table Talkers are saying this week about how embargoes, elections and airport security affect their lives
Comics
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