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Protesters gather at home of Swift boat backer

Powell cancels Athens visit amid protests

FBI investigates possible Israeli spy in Pentagon

Bush to propose Social Security plan at convention

Two arrested in alleged subway bomb plot

U.S. warplanes, tanks bombard Fallujah

GOP tribute to Johnny Cash stirs debate

Bush acknowledges Iraq "miscalculation"

Major protests planned during RNC

Scientists study 3,000-year-old bodies

Italy horrified with hostage killing

Bush signs orders for intelligence reform

Powell praises Najaf peace agreement

Cheney's plane avoids collision

Al-Sadr militiamen leave Najaf shrine

Vatican returns Russian icon to Moscow

Police discover bodies in Najaf court

Female militants get online magazine

Mike Wallace won't face charges in NYC

MTV Awards may be toned down


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George H.W. Bush, right, pins a lieutenant bar on his son, George W. Bush, in 1968.
 
  Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004

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"I'm very ashamed"
The former Texas official who got Bush into the National Guard apologizes for making sure that young men with important "family names" did not have to fight in Vietnam
By Jeff Horwitz

 
 


It takes real courage to desert your post and then attack a wounded vet
An open letter from Michael Moore to President George W. Bush


 


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.Opinion

Sailing buddies A flotilla of new reports shows that the Swift Boat Veterans group is helmed by longtime cronies of the Bush family
By Joe Conason

Confessions of a liberal I'm running out of excuses for why I can't go door-to-door to help elect John Kerry
By Thomas Geoghegan


.News & Politics

Smear artist The coauthor of "Bush's Brain" examines the rise of Karl Rove as the dark genius behind the president's dirty campaigns
By James Moore

Uneasy truce As peaceful demonstrators poured into Najaf and the Mahdi fighters finally agreed to lay down their arms, Iraqi police incited an ominous new wave of violence
By Phillip Robertson

War Room '04 Women and their nipples clog the Brooklyn Bridge; Anti-Bush environmental billboards ("Mercury. It's what's for dinner.") banned in Wisconsin; New York Times columnist names GOP chicken hawks who ran from battle duty

The serious buzz in Athens American sprinters are booed. Greek runner Fania Halkia comes out of nowhere to win the 400-meter hurdles. Don't look now -- but doping scandals are beginning to color the Games
By Gary Kamiya

Friday, Aug. 27


.News & Politics

Got guilt? Dairy workers grub for minimum wage in sickening manure pits -- so American consumers can have cheap milk and cheese
By Rebecca Clarren

King Kaufman's Sports Daily Olympics: Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting for the USA. Plus: More announcers, good and bad. And: Weird women's water polo coverage


.Opinion

Four more years? William Kristol, Dick Armey, Paul Weyrich and others tell the president how he can retake the White House
Compiled by Salon staff

What a shock! The Pentagon high command clears the Pentagon high command of any wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal
By James P. Pinkerton


.Arts & Entertainment

The Fix The reviews are in for Vince Gallo's notorious "The Brown Bunny"; Mike Wallace accepts TLC apology for handcuffing; and Maureen Dowd's huge book advance, revealed

"Hero" It took the slow boat from China, but Zhang Yimou's dazzling martial-arts epic has finally come to American movie theaters. It was well worth the wait
By Charles Taylor

"Suspect Zero" Ben Kingsley plays a mad killer in this cheap thriller for the expensively educated
By Stephanie Zacharek


.Life

The unwelcome wagon Mrs. Tony Soprano, Bebe Neuwirth and a horde of other New York women tell Bush to take a hike
By Rebecca Traister

Letters Britney: Manipulated doll or dedicated young professional? Readers discuss Rebecca Traister's article about the soon-to-be Mrs. Federline

Since you asked ... My British lover is waffling. Should I put the hammer down?

Table Talk Agree or disagree with this week's advice?


.Books

Last of the great literary modernists Jorge Luis Borges went from being an unknown middle-aged librarian to one of the 20th century's most influential writers. So why do so few people read him now?
By Allen Barra


.Table Talk

From nest to grave What Table Talkers are saying this week about a veteran's odyssey, "Goodnight Moon," and what the stork really brings


.Salon Blogs

Scott Rosenberg President Bush complains about "shadowy" independent smear groups -- but the shadows are all on his side of the political fight
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.Technology & Business

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.Comics

Tom the Dancing Bug The Republican Guide to New York City!
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