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Susan Estrich and Ruth Marcus were players in the creation of the Democratic Party's creation of the superdelegate. Their columns shed light on the process and the problems now facing the party.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, one of this country's pre-eminent foreign policy experts, explains how America can regain its world standing lost under the tyrannical reign of George W. Bush. Admitting mistakes would be a good first step.

The Bush administration has withheld a public health report that calls for more study of the link between pollution and major health problems. Is anyone really surprised by this? If information, especially that in the public interest, could possibly negatively impact corporate profits, Bushies sweep it aside, bury it, shred it or pretend it never existed.

This unretouched photo of a deformed Vietnamese boy illustrates the horror of the U.S. chemical warfare in Southeast Asia. Our country, right or wrong? We don't think so.

Antonin Scalia, a member of the highest court in the land, took to the air waves in Great Britain to defend the U.S. government's use of torture . Can any behavior be more disgusting for a Supreme Court justice? We'd rather he get his knob gobbled by a ten dollar hooker than spout this kind of pornography.

Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates, two of the most ardent defenders of His Royal Hiney George Bush, try to make their case on the indefinite deployment of American troops in Iraq . We can't wait for these nimrods to be assigned to the ash bin of history.

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