The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed.
By Asla Aydintasbas [09/06/02]

Mary Robinson The outgoing U.N. high commissioner for human rights talks about running afoul of the Bush administration over Israel and the Palestinians, ending the "cycle of impunity" and standing up to bullies.
By Ian Williams [07/26/02]

Reno The Latino lesbian comedian detonates a series of explosive observations about patriotism, the Bush administration and John Walker Lindh.
By Janelle Brown [07/18/02]

Gary Hart The former senator and presidential candidate discusses the proposed Department of Homeland Security, why the head of the CIA should've resigned, revamping the FBI and the media's obsession with "the love lives of movie stars and politicians."
By Jake Tapper [06/14/02]

Carl Pope Is the leader of the Sierra Club fighting hard enough against Bush's pillage and plunder policies?
By Amy Standen [04/29/02]

Gore Vidal Congress should investigate how much the Bush "oil junta" knew in advance about Sept. 11. This and other bombshells from American literature's leading provocateur.
By Gary Kamiya [04/24/02]

Al Franken The political satirist scripts lines the Democrats could have used to win in 2000, muses on torture and orgasms -- and remains "concerned" about Rush Limbaugh.
By Douglas Cruickshank [04/20/02]

Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe.
By Hadani Ditmars [03/20/02]

Scott Ritter The controversial former chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq says Saddam's weapons of mass destruction are largely disarmed, the "Iraqi threat" is built on a framework of lies and President Bush has betrayed the American people.
By Asla Aydintasbas [03/19/02]

James Carville The Ragin' Cajun savages spineless Democrats, journalists who suck up to Bush and the GOP politicians who brought us Enron.
By Joan Walsh [03/11/02]

Tariq Ramadan: The Muslim Martin Luther? The author of "To Be a European Muslim" discusses terrorism, the problem of Saudi Arabia and whether Islam can peacefully coexist with the West.
By Paul Donnelly [02/15/02]

Oliver North The Fox News house pundit and Iran-Contra scandal survivor spars with Salon's news editor over Bush, Clinton, bin Laden and whether his own Contra allies were terrorists.
By Joan Walsh [01/28/02]

Noam Chomsky The nation's most implacable critic of U.S. foreign policy argues that the war is unjust, America is the biggest terrorist state and intellectuals always support official violence.
By Suzy Hansen [01/16/02]

Gen. Rashid Dostum The Uzbek warlord, and Afghanistan's new interim deputy defense minister, sounds enlightened, but can he walk it like he talks it?
By Asla Aydintasbas [01/08/02]

Patrick Leahy The Vermont senator talks about terrorism, his "strained relationship" with Attorney General John Ashcroft and the beauty of the First Amendment.
By Jake Tapper [12/21/01]

The midnight ride of James Woolsey The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening?
By Asla Aydintasbas [12/20/01]

Wrestling with evil Maverick Governor Jesse Ventura talks about the enemy in our midst, defends Ashcroft's terror crackdown and blasts compulsory patriotism.
By King Kaufman [12/17/01]

Kurt Vonnegut: "My God, Vesuvius has erupted again!" At 79, the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" reflects on Sept. 11, death, heaven and the meaning of life.
By Christopher Kemp [12/12/01]

Aaron McGruder, creator of "The Boondocks" The controversial cartoonist calls Bush a moron, says Americans shouldn't worry about bin Laden and says he might leave the country.
By Stephen Lemons [12/07/01]

Pat Buchanan: America first The commentator and former presidential candidate talks about Bush, bin Laden, Saddam, Arafat, Sharon -- and when and where the U.S. should draw a line in the sand.
By Jake Tapper [12/04/01]

A smut peddler and a patriot Hustler's Larry Flynt asks why a porn mogul and not the New York Times had to sue the government for press access in Afghanistan.
By Stephen Lemons [11/28/01]

Eve Ensler: "Afghanistan is everywhere" The novelist, playwright and activist behind "The Vagina Monologues" talks about gender apartheid, the dangerous shedding of burqas and the seeds of violence we've begun to sow.
By Janelle Brown [11/26/01]

Studs Terkel: "We are not the Fortress America" The indefatigable author talks about his new book on death, the war against terror, President Bush, FDR and Thomas Paine.
By Christopher Kemp [11/21/01]

Robert Stone: "History has come for us" The novelist whose book "Damascus Gate" dealt with the clash of faiths in the Middle East discusses terrorism, apocalyptic religion, military culture and the Islam bomb.
By Andrew Leonard [11/19/01]

The "traitor" fires back Denounced as a fifth columnist by the right, Susan Sontag blasts America's cowlike media and scaremongering leaders -- and says she fears that another terror attack could turn the U.S. into a police state.
By David Talbot [10/16/01]