August 2007

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday and this weekend: This may be the perfect time to watch "Snakes on a Plane." (08/31/2007)

"Exiled" By Stephanie Zacharek
This is a Hong Kong action movie that even people who think they don't like Hong Kong movies should see. (08/31/2007)

Larry Craig TV By Caitlin Shamberg
The viral videos inspired by the the Idaho senator's scandal. (08/31/2007)

I've had three miscarriages and my husband won't wear a yarmulke By Cary Tennis
I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment. (08/31/2007)

Why bathroom sex is hot By James Hannaham
Larry Craig is the latest politician to get caught with his pants down. So what is the eternal allure of sex in a stall, and does it make you gay? (08/31/2007)

Older women leave young'uns in the dust Carol Lloyd
Are younger women slower runners because they're psyching themselves out? (08/31/2007)

Do we teach children to fear men? Tracy Clark-Flory
Lost kids are taught to avoid males, coaches are told to refrain from touching players and some advise hiring only female babysitters. (08/31/2007)

Excuse me, there's a lobbyist in your nursing bra Katharine Mieszkowski
How formula companies watered down a federal public health campaign. (08/31/2007)

Doctors: No more designer vaginas! Tracy Clark-Flory
A respected medical group speaks out against the surgical trend. (08/31/2007)

Fred Thompson announces his latest announcement By Michael Scherer
The former senator and TV D.A. will make his presidential candidacy official next week, but he's already in reruns. (08/31/2007)

The GOP's crowded closet By Joe Conason
The party's culture of concealment has led to embarrassment and personal destruction. Isn't it about time for the right to cure its homophobia? (08/31/2007)

Warrantless surveillance and the new Coretta Scott King disclosures Glenn Greenwald
The FBI's past warrantless surveillance abuses demonstrate the severe dangers of the FISA bill just passed by the Democratic Congress. (08/31/2007)

This weekend on Salon Joan Walsh
Improvements to our publishing system, Larry Craig TV, more thoughts about "anonymous" and an extra-special "Opus." (08/31/2007)

Pressure mounts on Craig Tim Grieve
John Ensign warns of public hearings. (08/31/2007)

Thompson pollster on Craig: Let's talk about Hillary Tim Grieve
A lesson in changing the subject. (08/31/2007)

What kind of conservative are you? Tim Grieve
The Justice Department's inspector general wants to know what questions Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling were asking job applicants. (08/31/2007)

CNN: Craig resignation may be imminent Tim Grieve
The network says the Republican National Committee is seeing "indications" that the senator will step down soon. (08/31/2007)

The straw man lives Tim Grieve
Bush on 9/11. (08/31/2007)

Tony Snow jumps ship Tim Grieve
The White House press secretary leaves Sept. 14. (08/31/2007)

Sparring with Snow Tim Grieve
Tony Snow's greatest hits. (08/31/2007)

John Warner to retire from Senate Tim Grieve
By stepping aside, Virginia's senior senator puts another seat in play for 2008. (08/31/2007)

A final Snow job? Tim Grieve
On his way out the door, Bush's spokesman says Americans "trust and admire" the president. (08/31/2007)

The Republicans' Black Friday Tim Grieve
If it weren't for bad news, they'd have no news at all. (08/31/2007)

Craig to resign Saturday Tim Grieve
The governor apparently has Craig's replacement ready. (08/31/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Jinx! Another no-hitter destroyed by loose lips. Were you to blame? (08/31/2007)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
It's trial by fire in the author's long-awaited return to the cockpit. Can you say "barf bag"? (08/31/2007)

NBC walks away from iTunes By Farhad Manjoo
A pricing dispute could mean the end of "The Office," "30 Rock" and other popular shows on Apple's online store. (08/31/2007)

A next-generation screen for the iPhone? By Farhad Manjoo
Sharp unveils a touch-screen panel that's half as thick as the one that now sits in Apple's phone. (08/31/2007)

Citywide Wi-Fi sees a grim future nationwide By Farhad Manjoo
Plans to build public wireless Internet access in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston and several other cities have fallen apart. (08/31/2007)

Bush's New Deal on housing Andrew Leonard
This is not a bailout. Repeat: This is not a bailout. But somewhere, FDR is smiling. (08/31/2007)

Apple plays hardball, pulls NBC shows ASAP By Farhad Manjoo
After NBC's decision not to renew its iTunes contract, Apple pulls the plug on the network's shows effective almost immediately. (08/31/2007)

Some advice for the newly academic, from the Notorious B.I.G. Andrew Leonard
Crack Commandment No. 1: Keep that Harvard monograph to your self, homeboy. (08/31/2007)

IBM squeezes computers to atomic scale By Farhad Manjoo
Ready to carry 30,000 movies on a device the size of an iPod? (08/31/2007)

Has NBC gone mad? By Farhad Manjoo
It's almost unbelievable that the network wants to charge $5 for shows it sells on iTunes. Almost. (08/31/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: "Mad Men" hits its stride. (08/30/2007)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
A Grown-up Moviegoer's Bill of Rights! Plus: The shifting puzzle pieces of "The Nines." (08/30/2007)

Scott Bateman: Top model turns robot overlord
Former reality TV contestant Elyse Sewell can shoot lasers from her eyes. (08/30/2007)

A Larry Craig smackdown
Joan Walsh takes on Pat Buchanan on MSNBC. (08/30/2007)

Craig to police officer: "You solicited me"
The full, nine-minute audio of a police officer's heated questioning of Sen. Larry Craig, after he arrests him in a public bathroom. (08/30/2007)

Teachers: Be subversive By Matthew Fishbane
Jonathan Kozol, author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," talks with Salon about why No Child Left Behind squelches learning and about reading Rilke's sonnets to first graders. (08/30/2007)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
My blind date was an Australopithecine! (08/30/2007)

My brother left his girlfriend with a 5-month-old baby By Cary Tennis
They thought the baby would fix things, but he didn't, so the dad split. Does that mean he's no good? (08/30/2007)

Rubber duds Carol Lloyd
Just what the people of AIDS-ravaged South Africa need: 20 million leaky condoms! (08/30/2007)

Grab your breast pumps and rise up! Carol Lloyd
New legislation gives employers incentives to offer moms a place to express milk on the job. (08/30/2007)

Men prefer a Mrs. to money? Carol Lloyd
A new study suggests young men are more likely than women to sacrifice their career for love, marriage and romance. (08/30/2007)

Bush's Napoleon complex By Juan Cole
The president's appeals to democracy, liberty and security to justify the carnage in Iraq recall Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian conquest. (08/30/2007)

Is violence in Iraq really down?
In a letter to Congress, the National Security Network calls for the Bush administration to provide evidence for its claim that violence has diminished in Iraq. (08/30/2007)

John Edwards turns on his fellow Democrats By Michael Scherer
As he struggles to move up in the polls, Edwards begins taking not-so-subtle digs at his rivals -- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (08/30/2007)

Forcing Larry Craig's resignation while embracing David Vitter Glenn Greenwald
Cost-free moralism is the only type the right-wing "traditional marriage" movement believes in. (08/30/2007)

Pat Buchanan's faulty diagnosis Joan Walsh
Larry Craig may be sick, but being gay is not a disease. (08/30/2007)

The Craig watch Tim Grieve
Plus: Could the GOP lose four more Senate seats in 2008? (08/30/2007)

Three for 18 Tim Grieve
The Government Accountability Office counters Bush on Iraq. (08/30/2007)

Larry Craig and the GOP contenders Tim Grieve
McCain calls for resignation, Brownback says it's premature, Giuliani says ... nothing. (08/30/2007)

Pentagon wants changes in Iraq report Tim Grieve
Change the grades, military officials tell the GAO. (08/30/2007)

Gonzales investigations: Not done yet Tim Grieve
The attorney general may be leaving, but the Justice Department's inspector general hasn't forgotten him. (08/30/2007)

Larry Craig and the double standards Tim Grieve
The White House still won't talk about Scooter Libby. So why is it calling Craig a "disappointment"? (08/30/2007)

Report: Thompson is in Tim Grieve
The former Tennessee senator is expected to tell supporters this afternoon that he's running. (08/30/2007)

Craig to cop: "I'm a respectable person" Tim Grieve
Craig loses a key senator, and "Inside Edition" gets a tape of his argument with police. (08/30/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
It's college football beat-down season as powerhouses avoid one another, schedule patsies and wish they could play middle schools. (08/30/2007)

Is the Wall Street Journal carrying Ben Bernanke's water? Andrew Leonard
Kremlinology, 21st century style; the blogosphere watches the Fed watchers. (08/30/2007)

The World Bank's new mandate: Pumping derivatives Andrew Leonard
Robert Zoellick wants the bank to be more like Wall Street. The new president may have picked the wrong month to launch his signature campaign. (08/30/2007)

Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map! By Farhad Manjoo
Miss Teen South Carolina flubbed her answer. But it was the question that did real damage. (08/30/2007)

California power gridlock Andrew Leonard
A drought plus a heat wave equals bad news for the air-conditioned easy life. (08/30/2007)

A science publisher gets smart Andrew Leonard
At least one member of the American Association of Publishers is bridling against the "open access equals government censorship" party line. (08/30/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: "Howard Schultz and Starbucks" tells the story of how one man took some coffee beans ... and built a huge corporate beanstalk. (08/29/2007)

"Balls of Fury" By Stephanie Zacharek
This good-natured, slightly raunchy Ping-Pong comedy serves up a few laughs but ultimately falls flat. (08/29/2007)

Hot air By Eban Goodstein
Global warming is not as bad as it's made out to be, argues Bjørn Lomborg. But he cherry-picks evidence to manufacture a scientific and economic consensus that doesn't exist. (08/29/2007)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories. (08/29/2007)

Should strip-club bachelor parties be men-only? By Cary Tennis
The groom invited his best female friend, but I feel weird about a woman watching my husband watching strippers. (08/29/2007)

We're all Oprah fodder in New Orleans By Ken Foster
Two years after Katrina, even the most unassuming residents have grown cynical about the media spotlight. So why do we keep telling our stories? (08/29/2007)

Casual hookups cause "gray rape"? Tracy Clark-Flory
Cosmopolitan reports on a "confusing form of sexual assault" caused in part by sexually forward women. (08/29/2007)

Women doing a heckuva job Lynn Harris
Female activists and advocates make change in a still-struggling Gulf Coast. (08/29/2007)

"I'll be post-feminist in a post-patriarchy" Lynn Harris
Lisa Jervis takes an offending term to task. (08/29/2007)

Midday mini-roundup Lynn Harris
Cancer: "Sexy"? And more. (08/29/2007)

Miss dumb blond USA? Rebecca Traister
Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge. (08/29/2007)

Hurricane recovery, Republican-style By Tim Shorrock
Many are still struggling on the Gulf Coast. But casino and real estate investors are living large -- thanks to Republican officials. (08/29/2007)

Bjørn Lomborg feels a chill By Kevin Berger
Global warming doesn't faze the infamous author, who argues that polar bears are doing fine and Al Gore is way too hot under the collar. But can the "skeptical environmentalist" back up his rosy views? (08/29/2007)

The war against Iraq's prime minister By Juan Cole
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin are calling for Nouri al-Maliki's ouster as a way of attacking Bush's Iraq policy. But do they understand the consequences? (08/29/2007)

A good hard bump By Garrison Keillor
The world doesn't always conform to our impressions of it, and that's just one lesson to be learned from a bump on the head. (08/29/2007)

The president's escalating war rhetoric on Iran Glenn Greenwald
As its provocations toward Iran increase, what could stop the Bush administration from commencing an attack on that country? (08/29/2007)

Poor, sad Larry Craig Joan Walsh
The party of the bedroom police has decided to take down one of its own. (08/29/2007)

Cowardice and courage Tim Grieve
Sen. Larry Craig and Sen. Tim Johnson. (08/29/2007)

An additional $50 billion for Iraq? Tim Grieve
It looks like the White House expects Congress to roll over again. (08/29/2007)

"I heard a man open his heart up" Tim Grieve
Larry Craig has friends in Idaho. Well, one of them, anyway. (08/29/2007)

Cookies and hankies for our "wounded warriors" Tim Grieve
How Move America Forward supports the troops. (08/29/2007)

Maybe they just need to "turn the corner" Tim Grieve
Bush tells New Orleans residents that "better days are ahead." (08/29/2007)

Craig: No love from the president Tim Grieve
The White House is "disappointed." (08/29/2007)

Craig gives up committee assignments Tim Grieve
McCain, Coleman call on the Idaho Republican to resign entirely. (08/29/2007)

Why Blockbuster is gaining on Netflix By Farhad Manjoo
The retail giant's online DVD service offers one great advantage over Netflix: Instant returns at the store. Trouble is, Netflix won't let you leave. (08/29/2007)

New phones, a music store: Nokia fights back at Apple By Farhad Manjoo
The Finnish phone company's new music store allows people to buy songs on the go. (08/29/2007)

Obama casts out the mortgage lenders Andrew Leonard
He calls for more punishment of "fly-by-night" brokers. But just helping us read Countrywide's fine print might be even more helpful. (08/29/2007)

Windows Vista's first major upgrade is set for January By Farhad Manjoo
Microsoft has long been silent on when it would issue a big fix to its latest Windows. No more. (08/29/2007)

Meet Hulu, NBC and News Corp.'s answer to YouTube By Farhad Manjoo
Big media firms finally choose a name for their effort to take on Web video-sharing companies. (08/29/2007)

Oh, to be an Olympic pig Andrew Leonard
Chinese bloggers would rather be eaten by world-class athletes than work in coal mines. (08/29/2007)

Does Blockbuster edit its movies? By Farhad Manjoo
Also: Is it really so bad that Netflix won't let you take your ratings with you? (08/29/2007)

An unexpectedly popular papaya protest Andrew Leonard
Thais in Bangkok know a bargain when they see one: Free genetically modified papayas, courtesy of Greenpeace (08/29/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: The illuminating P.O.V. documentary "Libby, Montana" tracks the travails of a small mining town. (08/28/2007)

Red State Update: Hillary or the terrorists
Dunlap asks Jackie to make some tough decisions. (08/28/2007)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Dig and all your troubles will be over. (08/28/2007)

Grape expectations By Ann Bauer
Global warming has blessed cool-weather wine regions with record vintages. But while savoring their gold-medal wines, viticulturists are looking to the future -- and it isn't pretty. (08/28/2007)

I don't want to be a doctor! By Cary Tennis
My parents think I should go to med school, but I love English, I hate pre-med, and plus I flunked organic! (08/28/2007)

Gonzales' anti-choice legacy Page Rockwell
He may be gone, but the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act is sticking around. (08/28/2007)

In the closet? Or just a bathroom stall? Catherine Price
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in June for trying to initiate "lewd conduct" with an undercover police officer in an airport bathroom. (08/28/2007)

Give me those abortion records! Catherine Price
Should an individual family be able to force Ohio Planned Parenthood to release all of its records of abortions given to minors over the past 10 years? (08/28/2007)

The women of Shouts and Murmurs Catherine Price
It turns out that for the past three years, they haven't existed. (08/28/2007)

Diaper-free nation Catherine Price
Can kids be potty-trained from birth? (08/28/2007)

Roundup: That breakup isn't as bad as you think it is Catherine Price
Plus, gestational diabetes, Katie Couric biographies, and more. (08/29/2007)

Did Chertoff lie to Congress about Guantánamo? By Mark Benjamin
He told the Senate that Pentagon interrogation methods were "plain vanilla," but e-mails reveal his top staff met weekly with FBI officials who said they were torture. (08/28/2007)

"It ain't easy in the Big Easy" By Larry Blumenfeld
While well-meaning programs seek to restore New Orleans' battered "cultural wetlands," two years after Katrina many musicians still struggle to survive. (08/28/2007)

The waning power of the War Myth By Gary Kamiya
As Iraq dies, Bush is falling back on his old standby: Patriotic blackmail. But this time it won't work. (08/28/2007)

The dismal legacy of Bush's top yes man By David Cole
Alberto Gonzales' successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice. (08/28/2007)

"Jiminy God!": The Larry Craig story Tim Grieve
In search of sex in the men's room? Or just misunderstood? (08/28/2007)

The real story on Gonzales' departure? Tim Grieve
Did he jump or was he pushed? (08/28/2007)

"Your call cannot be completed as dialed" Tim Grieve
Amid Gonzales and Craig, an unhappy Katrina anniversary. (08/28/2007)

Report: Petraeus polished intelligence estimate Tim Grieve
The general was unhappy with how security "improvements" were characterized. (08/28/2007)

Rogers: Craig "should be open and honest" Alex Koppelman
The activist who first outed Craig says his party affiliation may explain his behavior. (08/28/2007)

Larry Craig? Hey, look! It's al-Qaida! Tim Grieve
Fox News on another GOP sex scandal. (08/28/2007)

What Larry Craig admitted Tim Grieve
Plus: An ethics complaint is filed. (08/28/2007)

Craig to address guilty plea in Boise Tim Grieve
With his political future in doubt, the GOP senator will go before reporters in his home state today. (08/28/2007)

Craig: The press made me plead guilty Tim Grieve
"I am not gay. I have never been gay." (08/28/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Vick enters his plea and apologizes. Was he sincere? Better question: Is it football season yet? (08/28/2007)

Son of subprime: Credit card debt Andrew Leonard
Credit card defaults are spiking in the U.S. Does another derivatives debacle lurk beneath the plastic? (08/28/2007)

Science publishers get even stupider Andrew Leonard
The war against open access to taxpayer-funded scientific research heats up. Let the mocking begin. (08/28/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: PBS offers a look at "The Anti-Americans" and the U.S. Open serves up its opening matches. (08/27/2007)

Campaigning in Iowa: Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd's "Split" and "Amazing Grace" run on Iowa televisions. (08/27/2007)

Campaigning in Iowa: John Edwards
John Edwards ran these ads on Iowa television. (08/27/2007)

Campaigning in Iowa: Barack Obama
Barack Obama is running three new campaign ads in Iowa. (08/27/2007)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
They repeated the mantra all summer long: We've just got to wait and see what Gen. Petraeus says. (08/27/2007)

The family jeans By Katherine Ozment
Since high school, I'd battled my curvy body into "skinny" jeans. But it wasn't until I wrestled my young daughter's round belly into stylish, slim pants that I knew the fashion madness had to stop. (08/27/2007)

My girlfriend tried cocaine at a party! She was drunk! Oh my God! By Cary Tennis
I really, really, really hate drug use. I just can't get over how she could experiment with cocaine. (08/27/2007)

Dentists and laundry and air-conditioning repairmen, oh my! Rebecca Traister
The difficult life of a work-from-home dad. (08/27/2007)

Buh-bye girlhood, hello trampy 'tweendom! Tracy Clark-Flory
Back-to-school shopping is in full swing -- so is selling sex to preteens. (08/27/2007)

Pedophile blogger leaving California Tracy Clark-Flory
Following a new court order, Jack McClellan says he can no longer take the state's "Orwellian protocol." (08/27/2007)

Hey, Dems: Run against Bush -- and toughen up -- or lose in '08 By Alex Koppelman
Drew Westen, author of "The Political Brain," evaluates the Democratic presidential candidates' ads and the party's messaging in general. Short version: More Jim Webb, less John Kerry. (08/27/2007)

Obama on energy for '08 By Amanda Griscom Little
The Democratic contender discusses battling greenhouse gases, dealing with China and India, and restoring the EPA from years of Bush ideology. (08/27/2007)

Gonzales' shame Joan Walsh
Bush blames "unfair treatment" while Gonzales tries to take the high road. But invoking his late father was a new low for the scandal-dogged, self-pitying attorney general. (08/27/2007)

Why did Gonzales resign? By Sidney Blumenthal
Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn. (08/27/2007)

Iraq's reality -- and the president's Tim Grieve
The AP says the death toll is up. The president says we'll keep "standing with the Iraqi people as they build their democracy." (08/27/2007)

Like success, only different Tim Grieve
The U.S. military says a spike in child fighters shows that the "surge" is working. (08/27/2007)

Alberto Gonzales resigns Tim Grieve
Unable to talk his way out of scandal, the embattled attorney general steps aside. (08/27/2007)

Gonzales resignation: Dissembling until the end Tim Grieve
Two days after he submitted his resignation, Gonzales told his spokesman that it wasn't imminent. (08/27/2007)

"Thank you, and God bless America" Tim Grieve
Gonzales is gone, and he's not saying why. (08/27/2007)

Gonzales: As it began, so it ended Tim Grieve
The attorney general's flaws were obvious from the beginning. The Senate confirmed him anyway. (08/27/2007)

The end of the inner circle? Hardly Tim Grieve
CNN says the president is likely to pick Chertoff to replace Gonzales, then a Bush loyalist to replace Chertoff. (08/27/2007)

Bush and Gonzales, or the accountability moment that wasn't Tim Grieve
The president blames the attorney general's demise on "unfair treatment" from Congress. (08/27/2007)

Meet the acting attorney general Tim Grieve
Did Paul Clement lie to the Supreme Court about the way the United States treats detainees? (08/27/2007)

Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
White House: Bush didn't try to talk Gonzales out of resigning. (08/27/2007)

The U.S. senator and the bathroom stall Michael Scherer
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, pleads guilty to lewd behavior in an airport restroom, an incident that could affect the 2008 election. (08/27/2007)

Bud Cummins on Gonzales' departure: "I felt relieved" Alex Koppelman
The man whose firing helped touch off the U.S. attorneys scandal recalls John Ashcroft warmly and sees better days ahead for the DOJ. (08/28/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Good for the kids from Georgia, but the Little League World Series has finally lost this customer. Plus: Golden infielders. And: MySpace responds. (08/27/2007)

Yahoo beefs up e-mail. Should you ditch Gmail? By Farhad Manjoo
Clip and save this handy pro-and-con guide to the leading Web-based e-mail systems. (08/27/2007)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
America the dutiful! After PBS doc "The Anti-Americans" makes us feel fat and dumb, Ken Burns' "The War" reminds us that we're muy macho. (08/26/2007)

Opus By Berkeley Breathed
Lola Granola's x-treme spiritual journey continues. (08/26/2007)

Silencing "Opus" Joan Walsh
The Washington Post and two dozen other papers declined to run two comic strips that could maybe, possibly, perhaps somehow offend some Muslims, somewhere, perhaps. (08/26/2007)

Farewell, Bat Boy By Stan Sinberg
For three years, I "reported" on Elvis and aliens for the Weekly World News. Now it's published its last issue. The checkout aisle -- and my career -- will never be the same. (08/25/2007)

ABC News: Zelikow didn't disclose lobbying role Joan Walsh
An extraordinary statement from a news network about the right-wing duplicity behind the Allawi crusade. (08/25/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday and this weekend: IFC's oddball comedy "The Business" has its quirky charms. (08/24/2007)

Rabbit Bites: Rock 'n' roll with Peter Himmelman
Buns and Chou talk about about rock stars, songwriting and faith with Peter Himmelman. (08/24/2007)

"Mr. Bean's Holiday" By Stephanie Zacharek
Rowan Atkinson's rubbery-limbed naif goes to Cannes in this gentle-spirited, graceful and wholly unpretentious comedy. (08/24/2007)

"The Nanny Diaries" By Stephanie Zacharek
Scarlett Johansson stars in this enjoyable, whimsical adaptation of the bestselling novel. (08/24/2007)

"Relative Stranger" By Emily Weinstein
A writer sifts through the wreckage of her schizophrenic sister's short life. Can she penetrate the helter-skelter chaos to understand what was going on in her mind? (08/24/2007)

How can I love my Republican parents? By Cary Tennis
The people who gave birth to me support George Bush. How can that be? (08/24/2007)

"Anchorwoman" canceled Tracy Clark-Flory
Fox's new reality TV show, featuring a former bikini model working as a broadcaster, is canned after one airing. (08/24/2007)

Police: Woman raped, witnesses do nothing Tracy Clark-Flory
A surveillance camera caught onlookers who failed to call the police. (08/24/2007)

Roundup: Salem witches gone wild! Tracy Clark-Flory
Plus: Is Viagra a multipurpose love drug? (08/24/2007)

Barack Obama's Republican edge By Michael Scherer
If he can win the Democratic primary, will his fans from the opposing party help take him all the way to the White House? (08/24/2007)

Ari Fleischer's misleading message By Joe Conason
Freedom's Watch, the former press secretary's new pro-Iraq war group, has little to do with veterans and everything to do with politics. (08/24/2007)

How our seedy, corrupt Washington establishment operates Glenn Greenwald
The undisclosed lobbying efforts to depose Prime Minister Maliki by influential Bush associates shine light on how filthy the Beltway is. (08/24/2007)

It's a really good contract! Joan Walsh
Former Bush Iraq point man signs terms with Ayad Allawi to help him get his old job back from Nouri al-Maliki. (08/24/2007)

He didn't expect many black votes, anyway Joan Walsh
Rudy Giuliani hires the media guru responsible for the racist Harold Ford ad and Bush's nasty 2000 South Carolina campaign. (08/24/2007)

The flip-flop that wasn't Tim Grieve
McCain vs. Clinton on Iraq. (08/24/2007)

Another departure from Justice Tim Grieve
The head of the civil rights division is leaving for the private sector. (08/24/2007)

Iraq and the reality constraint Tim Grieve
Gen. Peter Pace is expected to tell Bush that he has no choice but to cut troop levels dramatically. (08/24/2007)

Wango Tango Tim Grieve
Right-wing rocker Ted Nugent aims his machine guns at Clinton, Obama. Where are you, Fred Thompson? What say you, Fox News? (08/24/2007)

Revisionist history Tim Grieve
The White House rewrites the purpose of the "surge." (08/24/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
MySpace nukes Cubbies Baseball's page at MLB's request. Fans are used to the treatment, but not the villain: MySpace. (08/24/2007)

The thrill ride of the summer!
Felt like you've read that movie review before? Members of Salon's reader community, Table Talk, create the ultimate generic critical take, this week. (08/24/2007)

Ask the Pilot By Patrick Smith
You really think planes can fly themselves? Talk to somebody who flies for a living and has endured an airline training program. (08/24/2007)

PS3 sales fall short of Sony's high hopes By Farhad Manjoo
Despite its predictions of an end to the slump, Sony's Playstation 3 game console is still in third place, trailing XBox and Wii. (08/24/2007)

The iPhone has been unlocked. Sadly, it's still not really free By Farhad Manjoo
The iPhone can now run on any GSM phone network in the world, thanks to a new hack. Alas, the hackers are keeping the secret to themselves. (08/24/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: Chef Gordon Ramsay's sneers and hot-tempered asides make "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited" truly delicious. (08/23/2007)

Scott Bateman: Found sound, magic oranges from Spain
An operatic journey from the New York City subway to Valencia, Spain. (08/23/2007)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
The DIY Generation gets its big moment with Joe Swanberg's bittersweet "Hannah Takes the Stairs." Plus: "The Films of Michael Haneke" DVD box set is a must-have for cinephiles. (08/23/2007)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Recall alert: U.S. bombs unsafe for Iraqi and Afghan children. (08/23/2007)

Oil and food don't mix By Eli Rosenberg
Congress just handed petroleum- and chemical-guzzling industrial farms five more years of wrongheaded subsidies, but chef Dan Barber says sustainable, organic food will yet prevail. (08/23/2007)

My husband won't do his laundry By Cary Tennis
We were sharing household duties, but then things got out of whack and now I'm ready to bitch-slap my hubby! (08/23/2007)

Roundup: Stripping for women's rights Tracy Clark-Flory
Plus: Do women know when to stop talking and start doing? (08/23/2007)

Who says novogenarians can't have fun? Catherine Price
A 90-year-old man in India just fathered his 20th or so child -- and wants more. (08/23/2007)

Scromping after 60 Catherine Price
A new study reveals that right now, at this very moment, your grandparents could be having sex. (08/23/2007)

It all goes back to trail mix Catherine Price
A study suggests that when it comes to remembering the location of the Ben and Jerry's, women have a biological advantage over men. (08/23/2007)

When a tomato is more than just a tasty summer fruit Catherine Price
In India, catcallers taunt women by referring to them as food. But Jasmeen Patheja, founder of the Blank Noise Project, is no ordinary tomato. (08/23/2007)

Roundup: Books, birth control, James Brown and more Catherine Price
Plan B sales soar, Americans don't read, and a dozen people claim that James Brown was their daddy. (08/23/2007)

Deadly lockdown in New Orleans By Robin Templeton
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the city's prisons are overflowing and inmates have mysteriously died behind bars. Critics denounce a justice system in tatters. (08/23/2007)

Fred Thompson's revealing back story By Walter Shapiro
In his Watergate memoir, the would-be president is remarkably honest about his conflict as a loyal Republican confronted with his president's perfidy. Imagine such a Republican today. (08/23/2007)

Ending the war vs. supporting the troops Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post's political reporter spews cheap political slogans in lieu of analysis. (08/23/2007)

Mike McConnell's clear explanation of FISA Glenn Greenwald
Bush's DNI inadvertently highlights how clear and undeniable the administration's lawbreaking has always been. (08/23/2007)

Ari Watch, continued Joan Walsh
Here's what happened when the Iraq war flack was asked to name the veteran in his ad on "Hardball." Plus: Tammy Haddad's new gig. (08/23/2007)

Why Republicans back Ayad Allawi Joan Walsh
Asked why Haley Barbour's firm is helping the former Iraq prime minister get his job back, one White House flack says follow the money. Is it that simple? (08/23/2007)

McConnell: Democracy kills Tim Grieve
The president's director of national intelligence says the FISA debate means Americans will die. (08/23/2007)

Clinton, Edwards and Rove's "fatal flaw" Tim Grieve
Is Rove wrong about the math? And is it unseemly for Edwards to cash in? (08/23/2007)

Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
Barack Obama pulls back the curtain. (08/23/2007)

Old-school week on Iraq Tim Grieve
Bush links Iraq to WWII, Ari Fleischer comes out of hiding and Republicans are pushing Allawi again. (08/23/2007)

New NIE on Iraq: The prognosis is grim Tim Grieve
U.S. intelligence agencies predict the Iraqi government will grow weaker over the next six to 12 months. (08/23/2007)

War Room contest: Pick the Democrats' bumper sticker Tim Grieve
The tiebreaker: A slogan for the GOP in 2008 that doesn't mention Hillary. (08/23/2007)

NIE: Conditions bad, prognosis bleak Tim Grieve
The U.S. intelligence community says today's "progress" could come back to haunt Iraq's government. (08/23/2007)

"There is no report because I haven't written it" Tim Grieve
Meet the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. (08/23/2007)

Warner: Start bringing the troops home Tim Grieve
The Virginia Republican says Bush should set a timetable for withdrawal. (08/23/2007)

"Look! A shiny object!" Tim Grieve
The winners of War Room's 2008 bumper sticker contest. (08/24/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The best fielders of all time! (Or at least since '57.) There must have been online voting shenanigans, which is just how it should be. (08/23/2007)

Google will "probably" bid on airwaves, Schmidt says By Farhad Manjoo
In an engaging speech to fellow techno-libertarians, Google's CEO defends openness on the Internet, and says his company will probably make a bid to become a wireless carrier. (08/23/2007)

Did Apple just confirm an iPod rumor? By Farhad Manjoo
Apple's legal department moves against sites that posted pictures depicting an iPod prototype. Does this mean the next iPod Nano will be fat? (08/23/2007)

How virtual-reality goggles create an out-of-body experience By Farhad Manjoo
Scientists discover that they can make people feel dissociated from their bodies using tricky virtual reality. (08/23/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: "The Anchorwoman," a nasty little gem of a reality show about broadcast news, premieres on Fox. (08/22/2007)

The partisan nonpartisanship of Mitt Romney Michael Scherer and Caitlin Shamberg
On a recent campaign swing through Iowa, the former Massachusetts governor stopped bashing Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. His new message: Can't we all just get along? (08/22/2007)

Tony Cartoons: Mmmm, bacon
Sean and Tony square off over apple-smoked deliciousness. (08/22/2007)

Joan Walsh looks at Freedom's Watch
Ari Fleischer uses Iraq war veterans as propaganda, and then forgets their names. (08/22/2007)

America's great white hope By Ben Cosgrove
Whales play a romantic role in our national mythology, but they also helped transform a young colony into a world power. (08/22/2007)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
You shoulda seen 'em back in the day! Waaay better ... (08/22/2007)

Breasts at work Katharine Mieszkowski
How can mothers -- and companies -- make breast pumping on the job feasible? (08/22/2007)

I'm so damned judgmental! By Cary Tennis
I made all the right decisions while others screwed up. But shouldn't I have compassion for them? (08/22/2007)

Over-the-counter Plan B: One year later Lynn Harris
An only somewhat happy anniversary for prescription-free emergency contraception. (08/22/2007)

Spare the rod, spoil the wife Lynn Harris
Just how "Christian" is "domestic discipline"? (08/22/2007)

Seizing American supremacy By Dilip Hiro
Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception. (08/22/2007)

Fantasy island By Sidney Blumenthal
Karl Rove calls himself Moby Dick. One speechwriter sees himself as St. Francis. Another sees him as Iago. All regard Bush as Abraham Lincoln. In Washington, reality is a myth. (08/22/2007)

When the National Review attacks Joan Walsh
Our friends at NRO are not happy about our reporting that Rudy Giuliani spent twice as much time going to Yankees games as at ground zero after 9/11. Not happy at all. (08/22/2007)

Where there's smoke By Garrison Keillor
Jose Padilla lit up a stogie and was nailed for contemplating arson. Have I written something that could easily be misconstrued by a jury of my peers? (08/22/2007)

Carl Levin reveals the Democrats' Iraq "strategy" Glenn Greenwald
The senator's proclamations that the surge is working make clear that Congress will do nothing to end the war and much to ensure its continuation. (08/22/2007)

Ari Fleischer, reporting for duty! Joan Walsh
The former White House flack, who was almost always wrong about Iraq, is enlisting -- for an ad campaign designed to support the surge. (08/22/2007)

The enduring myth of Americans' dislike of investigations Glenn Greenwald
Bush followers and media stars dislike investigations of the administration. Therefore, they claim -- falsely -- that "most Americans" oppose such investigations. (08/22/2007)

Get your facts right, boys Joan Walsh
NRO's Jim Geraghty is still upset about our Rudy story, and so is Tucker Carlson! Plus: I'm on "Hardball" tonight. (08/22/2007)

Ari Fleischer: It gets worse Joan Walsh
On "Hardball" he doesn't know the name of the Iraq veteran whose story he's using to back the war. (08/22/2007)

Of Butter Harry and Evolving Mitt Tim Grieve
A video take on Mitt Romney's partisan nonpartisanship. (08/22/2007)

Fourteen Tim Grieve
As a U.S. helicopter goes down in Iraq, the president prepares a "new defense" of his war. (08/22/2007)

USA! USA! USA! Tim Grieve
How Bush's advance team keeps the president -- and the press -- from seeing or hearing dissent. (08/22/2007)

Maliki: 3,721 U.S. dead = no standing to complain Tim Grieve
The Iraqi prime minister says his country can "find friends elsewhere." (08/22/2007)

Bush on the lesson of Vietnam: Stay longer Tim Grieve
The president's "new defense" of the war in Iraq. (08/22/2007)

Is this how we support the troops? Tim Grieve
Gates warned that delays in the delivery of armored vehicles would kill "scores" of U.S. soldiers, but the Pentagon concedes that more delays are coming. (08/22/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Sports fans are living scandal to scandal. (08/22/2007)

How bots rigged D.C.'s "hot" reporter contest By Farhad Manjoo
Trying to find the hottest reporter in the nation's capital is like trying to elect a president in Ukraine. Don't expect fairness. (08/22/2007)

YouTube to run ads on videos: Will it pay you and me? By Farhad Manjoo
YouTube will "overlay" commercials on top of its videos. Will it share revenues with people who submit popular clips? (08/22/2007)

In Google Earth, you'll find the sky By Farhad Manjoo
The geographical browser adds images of hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. (08/22/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: Kenneth Branagh's "As You Like It" bows on HBO. (08/21/2007)

Red State Update: Little Jackie and the candidates' kids
Jackie and Dunlap remind us that you can't help what family you're born into. (08/21/2007)

Are Democrats really so lame? By Joan Walsh
Republicans are on the ropes, but yet another mainstream media star says it's Democrats who are in trouble, thanks to Bush-hating bloggers and billionaires. Here we go again. (08/21/2007)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Locked into love on the Ponte Milvio. (08/21/2007)

I feed the poor but eat with the rich By Cary Tennis
We do our Christian charity and then drink mimosas at a fancy hotel up the street. And that just seems so wrong! (08/21/2007)

Dude, that's my treadmill Catherine Price
A new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease, exercise may do more for women than it does for men. (08/21/2007)

Want to cross the border? Not without a note from Dad Catherine Price
New enforcement of an old law means that if an Iraqi woman wants a passport, she needs a male family member's consent. (08/21/2007)

No visible panty lines Catherine Price
A faith-based organization named Pure Fashion pushes clothing that will help teenage girls "maintain their dignity as children of God." (08/21/2007)

Can a virus make you fat? Catherine Price
Today's roundup includes fat-causing viruses, dementia-related weight loss and more. (08/21/2007)

Fallujah catches its breath By David J. Morris
Despite Bush's deceptive rhetoric and mishandling of the war, the Marines I rode with here have won a delicate peace in this once-deadly city. (08/21/2007)

Will psychologists still abet torture? By Mark Benjamin
At their annual convention, psychologists officially condemned some brutal interrogation techniques, but critics decry a resolution they say isn't stringent enough. (08/21/2007)

Why is the Democratic Congress so unpopular? Glenn Greenwald
It is the Democrats' failure to provide meaningful opposition to Bush (thanks to their "Blue Dogs," consultants and TNR-types) that is the principal cause of their unpopularity. (08/21/2007)

The family that backpacks together By Gary Kamiya
My grandfather started hiking in the Sierra 70 years ago. It's a tradition that keeps our clan together -- and lets indifferent nature caress our souls. (08/21/2007)

Another "Gonzales guy" resigns Tim Grieve
Bradley Schlozman, a Bush loyalist in the politicization of the Justice Department. (08/21/2007)

Who needs benchmarks when you can just miss deadlines? Tim Grieve
As the White House fails to comply with a Senate subpoena, Cheney's office admits it has wiretap documents. (08/21/2007)

Conflating the questions on Iraq Tim Grieve
Can the "surge" work while the strategy fails? (08/21/2007)

The Hillary attack that wasn't Tim Grieve
What Michelle Obama did and didn't say. (08/21/2007)

Nouri al-who? Tim Grieve
Bush backs away from the man he once called the "right guy" for Iraq. (08/21/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
With the announcement of a guilty plea on dogfighting charges, Michael Vick's once-thrilling football career ends in a cloud of stupid cruelty. (08/21/2007)

A rocket-powered bionic arm By Farhad Manjoo
Engineers at Vanderbilt University have built a prosthetic arm powered by a kind of rocket motor. It's three times as strong as most other prostheses on the market. (08/21/2007)

A new Flash Player heralds the age of high-def YouTube By Farhad Manjoo
Get ready for the Star Wars kid like you've never seen him before. (08/21/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: Tune in to see geeky guys at their game on "The Pick-Up Artist." (08/20/2007)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
In 1969 a group of radicals hatched a secret plan ... (08/20/2007)

Cupid's science By Rebecca Traister
Anthropologist Helen Fisher explains what online dating sites can learn from the biology of love -- and what the length of your ring finger says about your sex life. (08/20/2007)

My new girlfriend makes dolphin noises in bed! Make her stop! Please! By Cary Tennis
I'm a good communicator, but I have no idea where to start with this. (08/20/2007)

Quote of the Day: Germaine Greer on Princess Diana Katharine Mieszkowski
The feminist icon dubs the late princess a "devious moron." (08/20/2007)

Scientists: Chicks like pink Tracy Clark-Flory
Study reveals that women prefer pinkish hues. (08/20/2007)

Pit bulls are innocent By Ken Foster
State proposals to ban pit bulls reflect society's worst fears and prejudices. As the Michael Vick scandal has made clear, it is humans and not the dogs who are the criminals. (08/20/2007)

Delinquent dads Tracy Clark-Flory
A writer argues that Fortune 500 CEOs make bad fathers. (08/20/2007)

Roundup: Obama has no love for "Obama Girl" Tracy Clark-Flory
Plus: Is television empowering Indian women? (08/21/2007)

Hillary Clinton: Coal isn't going away By Amanda Griscom Little
The presidential contender says we should look into "clean coal," but she can't promise she would never support "dirty" energy. (08/20/2007)

The poisonous rhetorical legacy of Karl Rove By Juan Cole
Even Fox's Chris Wallace wants to know why Bush's newly departed advisor had to paint Democrats as traitors. (08/20/2007)

The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community Glenn Greenwald
Responding to various commentaries concerning the foreign policy establishment's war advocacy. (08/20/2007)

Reply to Dan Drezner Glenn Greenwald
More on U.S. imperialistic policies and the foreign policy community. (08/20/2007)

Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein and 9/11 Tim Grieve
Rove explains Cheney's 1994 view that overthrowing Saddam wouldn't be worth "very many" American lives. (08/20/2007)

From the experts, a gloomy view on Iraq Tim Grieve
Only 3 percent say Iraq will be a "beacon" of democracy in the Middle East. (08/20/2007)

Coming soon: Karl Rove as Jesus Tim Grieve
First he was Moby-Dick. Now he's Grendel. Hey, it's better than "Turd Blossom." (08/20/2007)

So this is why they needed six months? Tim Grieve
McCain: Petraeus will report to Congress on 9/11 anniversary. (08/20/2007)

Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
A run on Purple Hearts? (08/20/2007)

Heck of a Job: The Abu Ghraib Edition Tim Grieve
Two charges are dropped against the only officer prosecuted for abuse; an investigator says he failed to read him his rights. (08/20/2007)

Warner, Levin: "Not optimistic" on Iraq Tim Grieve
Senators suggest Iraqis may have to consider replacing their government. (08/20/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NFL, DirecTV miss a chance to do right by fans. Plus: You'll never guess what conference gets underrated in preseason polls. (Hint, look left on the map.) (08/20/2007)

Break in the action Andrew Leonard
Even a global market frenzy can't stop August vacation plans. A pause for How the World Works (08/20/2007)

How a million Windows users killed Skype By Farhad Manjoo
The Internet phone service says its software failed when Windows users restarted their machines after an update. (08/20/2007)

A chip with 64 "cores" -- now that's speedy! By Farhad Manjoo
A start-up finds a way to squeeze lots of independent processors on a single silicon chip. (08/20/2007)

The next-gen disc format war gets uglier, more ridiculous By Farhad Manjoo
Paramount and Dreamworks announce they're abandoning Blu-ray Discs in favor of HD DVD. One more reason not to buy either. (08/20/2007)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
What does the former D&D geek on "The Pick-Up Artist" know about wooing hot women? Plus: On "Big Brother 8," America grows to hate "America's Player"! (08/19/2007)

Opus By Berkeley Breathed
Does everyone go to heaven? Even women who don't shave? (08/19/2007)

"We have failed on every promise" Joan Walsh
Seven non-commissioned officers in Iraq say the surge isn't working. Will Congress listen? (08/19/2007)

Brunch with the Dems Alex Koppelman
The Democratic presidential candidates kept it civil in their debate Sunday morning, with little disagreement among them. (08/19/2007)

Roundup: The incredible identical quadruplets and more! Katharine Mieszkowski
Elvis' ladies' underwear, 17th century beauty tips and other weekend news. (08/18/2007)

After 9/11, Rudy wasn't a rescue worker -- he was a Yankee By Alex Koppelman
Giuliani said he spent as much time at ground zero as many rescue workers. Where was he really? Much of the time, at baseball games. (08/18/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday: Vanilla Ice, Leif Garrett and a Baldwin ride the bucking beast in "Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge." (08/17/2007)

"Superbad" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sure, living through your teenage humiliations was bad, but laughing at them now feels so good. (08/17/2007)

Rabbit Bites: Greg Fitzsimmons defends America
Buns and Chou are confronted with America's ugly side. (08/17/2007)

"The Invasion" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
The pod people are back -- and they're coming for Nicole Kidman. (08/17/2007)

Summer cocktail taste test
We try your favorites and mix some of our own. (08/17/2007)

Summer sips By Sarah Karnasiewicz
You wrote, we drank! Meet the winners of our first summer cocktail contest! (08/17/2007)

There's a cougher in the office and it's driving me mad! By Cary Tennis
Nothing seems to cure this malevolent hacking, and I'm beginning to think there's malice aforethought. (08/17/2007)

Wife abuse vs. dog abuse Tracy Clark-Flory
After outrage over Michael Vick's alleged dogfighting, Radar magazine asks whether the sporting world values a pit bull more than a wife. (08/17/2007)

Pedophile blogger unfairly targeted? Tracy Clark-Flory
Some say a man who formerly blogged about his attraction to young girls has had his rights violated. (08/17/2007)

Giuliani's dangerous bluster By Joe Conason
Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom. (08/17/2007)

Kept out of the loop Tim Grieve
John Ashcroft reportedly complained that the White House wouldn't let him know what he needed to know about warrantless wiretaps. (08/17/2007)

"The complications of Iraq" Tim Grieve
What are 4,002 dead coalition soldiers when there's a reputation to save? (08/17/2007)

Are the answers in the polls? Tim Grieve
Why is Clinton stepping up in Iowa? Why is Edwards leaving Nevada? And why do they call Obama "Osama"? (08/17/2007)

Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
"I didn't deal with the girls per se." (08/17/2007)

That explains everything Tim Grieve
Cheney's office on a 1994 tape in which Cheney says Saddam Hussein isn't worth too many American lives? He wasn't vice president then. (08/17/2007)

P.S., Mr. President: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." Tim Grieve
Is the leader of the free world actually concerned about how his fashion sense is portrayed in Austin? (08/17/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Barry Bonds or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the game. (08/17/2007)

Happy landings
It's not the journey, it's what's waiting at the destination, as one member of Salon's reader community, Table Talk, explains this week. (08/17/2007)

Ask the Pilot By Patrick Smith
Tired of long delays? Look at the bright side of flying: It's cheaper and more accessible than ever. (08/17/2007)

Panic on Wall Street By Andrew Leonard
You've heard about the home-loan bust, but do you know your derivatives from your tranches? Read Salon's easy guide to understanding the current market freakout. (08/17/2007)

The subprime contagion of John Edwards Andrew Leonard
The Wall Street Journal links the Democratic candidate for president to foreclosures of homes belonging to Katrina victims. (08/17/2007)

Skype is up again, but not for everyone By Farhad Manjoo
But the peer-to-peer phone service's day-long outage isn't a reason to ditch Internet calls. (08/17/2007)

Sony tries to clean up the planet (of its products only) By Farhad Manjoo
The company will let you drop off your unwanted Sony stuff to be recycled. You'll need to pay a fee to recycle other brands. (08/17/2007)

Ridiculous "study" says iPhone's keyboard is inefficient By Farhad Manjoo
A consulting firm finds that people aren't good at typing on the iPhone in their first minute of use. (08/17/2007)

Why capitalism, like nature, is beyond good and evil Andrew Leonard
A warning not to differentiate between the good "real" economy and bad "unreal" economy. Heidegger makes a rare appearance. (08/17/2007)

Has Ben Bernanke announced his true allegiance? Andrew Leonard
The Federal Reserve's surprise move sent the stock market into a tizzy glee. Shades of the Maestro? (08/17/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: Dance off! "So You Think You Can Dance" crowns a winner; the Mark Morris Dance Group takes the stage. (08/16/2007)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
Leonardo DiCaprio wants you to save the world. Plus: A chat with the man who gave Brad Pitt his start (interview and podcast). (08/16/2007)

Scott Bateman: Cheney said, Cheney did
Back in 1994, Dick Cheney had a lot to say about staying out of Iraq. Animator Scott Bateman responds. (08/16/2007)

In meth we trust By Elizabeth Hand
Two riveting books look at methamphetamines past and present -- from miracle cure to today's drug scourge -- and why sleep-deprived, sex-obsessed America craves crank. (08/16/2007)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Great moments in sports history: Pud Reilly breaks career home run record! (08/16/2007)

Test-tube nation By Jennifer Niesslein
Beth Kohl, author of the new book "Embryo Culture," talks about abortion, faith and her personal struggle with the ethics of assisted reproduction. (08/16/2007)

My close friend has clammed up By Cary Tennis
What's with the reticence? Is she shining me on? (08/16/2007)

Will brides decide the 2008 election? Tracy Clark-Flory
The Knot, the Nest and the Wedding Channel sure hope so. (08/16/2007)

Under the knife, into debt Tracy Clark-Flory
Plastic surgery loans democratize "vanity medicine." (08/16/2007)

Jenna Bush -- engaged! Katharine Mieszkowski
Will the White House's first daughter join the alleged bridal voting bloc? (08/16/2007)

You, too, can be a campaign reporter: Take the test! By Michael Scherer
Introducing the ACTAT, the secret test all elite reporters must pass before they can hit the 2008 trail. (08/16/2007)

Israel eyes the '08 Democrats By Gregory Levey
Many in Israel are scrutinizing the U.S. presidential race -- and potentially key differences on security among Obama, Clinton and Edwards. (08/16/2007)

Posting news Glenn Greenwald
Until Monday. (08/16/2007)

The Padilla verdict Glenn Greenwald
A guilty verdict on vague terrorism charges reveals how unnecessary the Bush administration's extremism has been. (08/16/2007)

Giuliani family values Joan Walsh
The GOP front-runner tells a New Hampshire mom, "Leave my family alone." Plus: More fun with video. (08/16/2007)

What is the White House hiding? Tim Grieve
Gen. David Petraeus won't write the Petraeus report. If the White House has its way, he won't testify in public about it, either. (08/16/2007)

Obama and Rove: Playing for the same team? Tim Grieve
Clinton spokesman says "it sounds like" Rove is writing Obama's talking points. (08/16/2007)

Another price of war Tim Grieve
U.S. soldiers are committing suicide at the highest rate in 26 years. (08/16/2007)

Takes one to know one Tim Grieve
Romney accuses Obama of disrespecting the troops. (08/16/2007)

Jury finds Padilla guilty on terrorism charges Tim Grieve
It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber. (08/16/2007)

Padilla: Guilty until proved guilty Alex Koppelman
The strange, terrible saga of Jose Padilla, the man once accused of being a "dirty bomber" in waiting. (08/16/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Crime and punishment: Jose Offerman's swinging bat draws more fire than Juan Marichal's in 1965. Plus: Prince Fielder's suspension is too much -- and too lax. (08/16/2007)

No August vacation for the stock market Andrew Leonard
Asian markets are in free fall and Hank Paulson warns of an economic "penalty" -- and that was before the release of the latest bad housing data (08/16/2007)

AppleWorks is dead. Long live AppleWorks? By Farhad Manjoo
One of the first integrated office programs has quietly been killed off. Its death marks the end of an era. (08/16/2007)

Diebold: New name, same bad voting machines! By Farhad Manjoo
A company synonymous with the aggressive pursuit of failure decides it's time for a "fresh identity." (08/16/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: Sink your teeth into "Top Chef's" hamburger challenge. (08/15/2007)

Tony Cartoons: Baby Kitten
A cuddlier, cuter, fuzzier Tony. (08/15/2007)

Video: Goodbye, Rove
A young Karl Rove sells Nixon to the kids. (08/15/2007)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The magic of bringing a cartoon to life! (08/15/2007)

Dear Sir, I write today to say that I cannot write By Cary Tennis
The perceived inability to write leads to an obvious contradiction -- and an existential crisis. (08/15/2007)

Too young to be a supermodel? Tracy Clark-Flory
Forget the scary-skinny debate -- the new question is whether it's appropriate for girls to strut at all. (08/15/2007)

Fishing for boys, pedicures for girls Tracy Clark-Flory
A 9-year-old girl is banned from a boys-only day camp and offered a spa trip instead. (08/15/2007)

Sex drives of mice and women Tracy Clark-Flory
Researchers attempt to pinpoint what gets women (and female rodents) in the mood. (08/15/2007)

Psychologists to CIA: We condemn torture By Mark Benjamin
In a rebuke of President Bush, the American Psychological Association has resolved to condemn brutal CIA and military interrogations. (08/15/2007)

No wonder they called him Turd Blossom By Garrison Keillor
Karl Rove could put fecal matter on his lapel and call it a boutonniere. Goodbye and good riddance. (08/15/2007)

In coal blood By Jeff Biggers
The tragedy unfolding in Utah says mountains about America's abuse of coal miners, the land they work -- and our government's craven energy policy. (08/15/2007)

Young Karl Rove Joan Walsh
And other experiments in Salon video. (08/15/2007)

Various items Glenn Greenwald
Debunking conventional Iraq myths. The history of torture. New enemies for the right. (08/15/2007)

"The president likes the heat ..." Tim Grieve
More than 200 Iraqis are killed in truck bombings. George W. Bush clears a trail for mountain biking. (08/15/2007)

Mitt who? Tim Grieve
Fifty-five percent of Americans say they don't know enough about Romney to have an opinion. (08/15/2007)

Yeah, well, other than winning the White House and all Tim Grieve
The Wall Street Journal on women in politics. (08/15/2007)

If this is success, what is failure? Tim Grieve
Gen. Petraeus may declare Iraq's Nineveh province safe enough for U.S. troops to pull out. Anyone seen the news today? (08/15/2007)

Elvis has definitely left the building Tim Grieve
Rove's regrets? His deeply regrettable rap performance. (08/15/2007)

Yes, but will Michael Gerson take the credit? Tim Grieve
The White House will write the Petraeus report. (08/15/2007)

The Rush and Rove Show Tim Grieve
Or, "Let's go after Hillary Clinton." (08/15/2007)

Report: Rumsfeld quit before 2006 elections Tim Grieve
A lot of Republicans probably wish the White House had revealed the news then. (08/15/2007)

Two Friedmans, four Friedmans, 2009! Tim Grieve
Petraeus says the United States must reduce troop levels in Iraq "by about a year or so from now." (08/15/2007)

Can you say "cut and run"? Tim Grieve
Another GOP leader to retire from the House. (08/15/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
If a study about racial bias in umps is to be believed, the news is that such bias is easy to fix. Are you listening, NBA? Plus: Phil Rizzuto. (08/15/2007)

How "Guitar Hero" saved guitar music By Farhad Manjoo
Contrary to some purists' claims, the popular video game is inspiring kids to rock out for real. (08/15/2007)

Who invented calculus? Andrew Leonard
On the occasion of India and Pakistan's birthday, Isaac Newton's credentials are questioned, and the green revolution gets a new facelift. (08/15/2007)

The mullahs won't like it Andrew Leonard
"Yeh Hum Naheen," a pop song topping the charts in Pakistan, has a message for the West: We are not terrorists (08/15/2007)

How Republicans, Democrats, and Diebold fix Wikipedia By Farhad Manjoo
Among the anonymous edits to Wikipedia uncovered by a fantastic new tool: Republicans change the "occupation" of Iraq to its "liberation." (08/15/2007)

Blaming labor for peak oil problems Andrew Leonard
Costs are booming in the Wild West oil sands territory of Alberta. Fie on those workers spoiling the party for everyone else (08/15/2007)

Subprime menace endangers hobbits and James Bond Andrew Leonard
Even the Terminator is powerless against the diabolical tentacles of subprime evil. (08/15/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: Fox's "On the Lot" must be seen to be believed. (08/14/2007)

Red State Update: Ranking the Republicans
Jackie and Dunlap rehash the results of the Iowa straw poll. (08/14/2007)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Human guinea pigs. (08/14/2007)

Hunka hunka burnin' bacon By Robert Sietsema
Elvis Presley was a connoisseur of macaroni salad, barbecue pizza and peanut butter. What other culinary catastrophes were hiding in his kitchen? (08/14/2007)

I left an abuser, but now I'm with a married man By Cary Tennis
I know I should concentrate on my own emotional health, but he says I'm special and he cares about me! (08/14/2007)

Working women's wife envy Tracy Clark-Flory
Are career women in want of a wife ... or a maid? (08/14/2007)

AIDS crisis? What AIDS crisis? Catherine Price
South African President Thabo Mbeki sacks his deputy health minister, leaving HIV/AIDS patients back in the hands of "Dr. Beetroot." (08/14/2007)

Amnesty International supports abortion rights for rape victims Catherine Price
And, man, is the Vatican pissed. (08/14/2007)

A new HPV vaccine that isn't just for kids Catherine Price
Cervarix, on sale in Australia, means that women too old for Gardasil can still be vaccinated -- provided they haven't already been exposed to HPV. (08/14/2007)

Dear sir, my name is Natacha and I would like to marry you Catherine Price
An Australian sheep farmer traveled to Mali to pick up his bride and her dowry -- but ended up kidnapped instead. (08/14/2007)

Roundup: Viagra, women who like money and more Catherine Price
A bizarre Viagra ad, good news for aspiring female airline executives and a smack-down of "The Secret Lives of Women." (08/14/2007)

Rove's round table
Karl Rove sits down to an interview aboard Air Force One after announcing his resignation. (08/14/2007)

The collapse of Karl Rove By Lou Dubose
The Pygmalion strategist from Texas built up the Republican Party by exploiting the religious right -- and now his handiwork is crumbling. (08/14/2007)

Enforcing the community's foreign policy orthodoxy Glenn Greenwald
To maintain credibility as a "foreign policy expert," one must embrace the basic tenets of America's imperial role. (08/14/2007)

Is the White House supporting Hillary Clinton? Joan Walsh
The Bush administration keeps helping her by attacking her. (08/14/2007)

Bush's tangled arms deal By Gary Kamiya
By selling weapons to "moderate" states, Bush would again be playing puppet master and jerking around the Middle East with disastrous consequences. (08/14/2007)

Three faces of Karl Tim Grieve
"Bush's enabler" or the ice cream man? (08/14/2007)

Karl Rove in 2008 Tim Grieve
Would any of the GOP contenders have him? (08/14/2007)

It's good to be Mitt Tim Grieve
Report: Romney may be richer than all of the other major presidential contenders combined. (08/14/2007)

Feeling the Shrum love Tim Grieve
0-for-8 as a presidential campaign consultant, Bob Shrum says Hillary Clinton is "building a bridge to the past." (08/14/2007)

Quien es mas macho? Tim Grieve
GQ lists the 50 most powerful people in Washington. (08/14/2007)

Report: Dennis Hastert to retire Tim Grieve
The former House speaker may be best remembered for making a mess of the Mark Foley scandal. (08/14/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
"We don't try to undermine gay stereotypes": Outsports co-founder Cyd Ziegler Jr. talks about gay athletes, gay allies and the site's new book. (08/14/2007)

Is Yahoo the most "satisfying" search engine of all? By Farhad Manjoo
For the first time, Yahoo beats Google in a well-regarded survey of customer satisfaction. (08/14/2007)

The great chain of Home Depot unbeing Andrew Leonard
The housing bust hammers the hardware retailer from multiple angles, from doorknob sales to debt. (08/14/2007)

Colbert and Stewart are called to testify in the YouTube suit By Farhad Manjoo
Google wants the two comedians to take part in Viacom's copyright infringement case against the video-sharing firm. (08/14/2007)

The future of the world is nuts Andrew Leonard
Corn? Soybeans? It's time to put away yesterday's biofuel feedstocks and bow to a new contender: The incredibly oleaginous hazelnut. (08/14/2007)

Nokia recalls 46 million batteries that can overheat
The cellphone batteries do not pose any risk of explosion, the company says. (08/15/2007)

"Smooth as old satin" By Dana Cook
Jay Leno, Della Reese, Mike Douglas, Miles Davis, Betty White and others on their impressions of Merv Griffin, the late talk show host, game show producer and mogul. (08/13/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: On Showtime, "Weeds" returns for its third season and the smart, edgy "Californication" debuts. (08/13/2007)

The religious state of Islamic science By Steve Paulson
Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past -- and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn't so golden after all. (08/13/2007)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Republicans and Democrats: A brief parable. (08/13/2007)

I'm an interesting, talented artist but I can't take the rejection! By Cary Tennis
I know it's part of the game, but it's beginning to defeat me. (08/13/2007)

That's Missus Sen. Clinton to you Rebecca Traister
The New York Times gets comfortable with Hillary. (08/13/2007)

Chaste women + promiscuous men = impossible Tracy Clark-Flory
Mathematicians take on surveys finding gap between men's and women's number of sex partners. (08/13/2007)

From tears to cheers: Huckabee's surprise second in Iowa By Michael Scherer
Mitt Romney's victory in the GOP's Iowa straw poll was a foregone conclusion, but Mike Huckabee's runner-up finish gives his campaign new momentum. (08/13/2007)

John Edwards' "green-collar" America By Amanda Griscom Little
The presidential contender wants to create a million environment-friendly jobs, and end a destructive oil addiction. (08/13/2007)

What's wrong with Alaska? By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Every member of Alaska's all-GOP congressional delegation is embroiled in scandal. (08/13/2007)

The man who sold the war Joan Walsh
When we look back on Karl Rove's reign, Iraq will be his shameful legacy. (08/13/2007)

We'll go no more a-Rove-ing By Sidney Blumenthal
The country takes leave of the political serial killer who tried to forge a one-party state. But don't expect the Mayberry Machiavelli to pay for his civic sins. (08/13/2007)

The Islamists are coming Glenn Greenwald
A substantial portion of the right-wing movement actually believes that the Islamists are coming to take over America. (08/13/2007)

Karl Rove to resign Tim Grieve
Facing a subpoena from Congress, the president's political advisor says he wants to spend more time with his family. (08/13/2007)

Remembering Karl Rove Tim Grieve
Plamegate, the U.S. attorneys scandal and Democrats as terrorist sympathizers. (08/13/2007)

Karl Rove's math Tim Grieve
In the final years, more failures than successes. (08/13/2007)

Tommy Thompson drops out Tim Grieve
He said he'd quit the race if he didn't come in first or second in Iowa. How about sixth? (08/13/2007)

Rove, Bush and "the next journey" Tim Grieve
At the White House, an emotional farewell -- for now. (08/13/2007)

Leahy to Rove: It's not over Tim Grieve
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman vows to continue the investigation into Rove's role in the prosecutor purge. (08/13/2007)

Karl Rove and what comes next Tim Grieve
As the Republicans' chief strategist steps aside, the GOP must think about the face it wants to present for the future. (08/13/2007)

Rove: Bush has his own brain Tim Grieve
And some of that folksy Texas charm just may be an act. (08/13/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Rick Ankiel: Some stories are so amazing, it's hard to appreciate how amazing they really are. (08/13/2007)

Turning points
How do you face moving on from a job, or a relationship? Are you a spoke in the wheel or a clean document? Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, tell all. (08/13/2007)

Postpone the rise of the machines Andrew Leonard
Bad news for our would-be robot masters: Computers are befuddled by recent stock market behavior. (08/13/2007)

Who owns Linux? Not SCO By Farhad Manjoo
A federal judge issues a ruling that seems to shut down a software company's multibillion-dollar claim to own the open-source operating system. (08/13/2007)

If it's Sony, it's more dangerous laptop batteries By Farhad Manjoo
Toshiba recalls notebook batteries manufactured by Sony. Wait, didn't this already happen? (08/13/2007)

Is network neutrality a fake issue? Not if you want to watch the BBC By Farhad Manjoo
British Internet providers threaten to cut off people's access to the BBC's online videos unless the broadcasting company pays ISPs a fee. (08/13/2007)

A crude way to do businesss Andrew Leonard
Suddenly hedge funds are selling off their oil positions to raise cash. Is it a slowing economy they are afraid of, or something even worse? (08/13/2007)

Learning from Genghis Khan and the Qianlong Emperor Andrew Leonard
The Wall Street Journal's profile of Foxconn, Taiwan's manufacturing goliath, leaves out just one thing: The company's attitude toward the press. (08/13/2007)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
When the infinite TV universe feels cold and unkind, "Weeds" and "Flight of the Conchords" remind you it's a small world after all. Plus: "The Company" treads over well-trodden ground. (08/12/2007)

Opus By Berkeley Breathed
Who are these people in these polls? (08/12/2007)

The truth behind the Pollack-O'Hanlon trip to Iraq Glenn Greenwald
An interview with Michael O'Hanlon highlights the scope and breadth of this P.R. fraud. (08/12/2007)

Now romancer By Dennis Lim
William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006. (08/11/2007)

Various items Glenn Greenwald
The numbers tell the story of the Iraq War. Which is the least liked institution in America? Putting Gen. Petraeus' claims of Progress into perspective. (08/11/2007)

Big upset for Huckabee in Iowa Michael Scherer
The numbers tell the story of a come-from-behind grass-roots success for the former Arkansas governor. (08/12/2007)

The problem with plastic By Caitlin Shamberg
Salon tours a San Francisco recycling center and finds that plastic bags are getting in the way of a clean operation. (08/10/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch: "Survivorman" makes staying alive in the wilderness look like a day at the spa. (08/10/2007)

"Rush Hour 3" By Stephanie Zacharek
Silly and crude, sure -- but this third movie in the Chris Tucker/Jackie Chan franchise is also strangely brilliant. (08/10/2007)

"Stardust" By Stephanie Zacharek
This luminous, magical movie, based on the Neil Gaiman novel, will dazzle even the fantasy-film phobic. (08/10/2007)

"Rocket Science" By Stephanie Zacharek
Self-consciously quirky on the outside, this gentle teenage fable has an affecting, openhearted core. (08/10/2007)

Rabbit Bites: Finding "The Secret"
Buns and Chou Chou visualize success. (08/10/2007)

Mike Huckabee: Watermelon for votes Michael Scherer & Caitlin Shamberg
Mike Huckabee chats with voters before Saturday's straw poll. (08/10/2007)

How can I comfort my boyfriend about losing his hair? By Cary Tennis
He's approaching 30 and I know it's tearing him up. (08/10/2007)

Baby branding Carol Lloyd
Why the current cultural obsession with unique -- and sometimes bizarre -- baby names? (08/10/2007)

Feminist author attacked in India Tracy Clark-Flory
A mob of Muslim extremists assail writer Taslima Nasreen and call for her murder. (08/10/2007)

Roundup: Virtual wives, non-ironic feminism and more Tracy Clark-Flory
Including: Psychologists tackle insults as a strategy for keeping women around. (08/10/2007)

The Democrats' "gay debate" dance By Alex Koppelman
At a forum on LGBT rights, the issue of same-sex marriage left the Democratic presidential front-runners looking like they had two left feet. (08/10/2007)

In Iowa, the Republicans fight for second -- and survival By Michael Scherer
Mitt Romney will almost certainly win Saturday's straw poll, but Huckabee, Tancredo and Brownback are locked in a bare-knuckle battle for runner-up. (08/10/2007)

Plastic bags are killing us By Katharine Mieszkowski
The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none other, sapping the life out of our oceans and thwarting our attempts to recycle it. (08/10/2007)

If you think they hate us now By Joe Conason
A Republican victory in 2008 could sink America's reputation in the world even lower. (08/10/2007)

Chris Matthews skewers Mitt Romney Joan Walsh
The "Hardball" host was unimpressed by Romney's claim that while his five sons avoided the military, they're serving the country by getting him elected instead. (08/10/2007)

The brutal, uncivilized Libyans Glenn Greenwald
Nothing would be more ridiculous or laughable than condemnation of Libya from the U.S. over Libya's mistreatment of its detainees. (08/10/2007)

Zimbabwe passes warrantless eavesdropping law, cites U.S. Glenn Greenwald
New eavesdropping powers seized by Robert Mugabe are justified by citing the new powers vested by the Democratic Congress in President Bush. (08/10/2007)

Don't ask, don't tell Tim Grieve
At a forum on gay rights, Obama, Edwards and Clinton struggle to explain why they don't support same-sex marriage. (08/10/2007)

Yeah, but did he drive a Winnebago there? Tim Grieve
Giuliani lays claim to 9/11. (08/10/2007)

"We are in the land of the blood feuds" Tim Grieve
A report from Iraq's Triangle of Death. (08/10/2007)

The short-straw prognosis Tim Grieve
What happens after Iowa? (08/10/2007)

Number of the day Tim Grieve
Our well-rested president. (08/10/2007)

Iraq vet confronts Mitt Michael Scherer
At the Iowa State Fair Friday, an Iraq war veteran asks for some answers on the war, and Mitt Romney has somewhere else to be. (08/10/2007)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
As one of several championships is contested this weekend, women's pro football is still trying to find its footing. (08/10/2007)

Ask the Pilot By Patrick Smith
What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air? (08/10/2007)

Universal decides to unlock its music (except on iTunes) By Farhad Manjoo
The world's largest music company will launch an experiment to sell digital music without copy-protection software (08/10/2007)

Stronger government equals more freedom Andrew Leonard
Dani Rodrik, industrial policy's No. 1 fan, shares some thoughts on libertarianism. (08/10/2007)

ABC, CNN and NBC free their debate clips. But not Fox By Farhad Manjoo
News networks now explicitly allow bloggers to download, edit and post clips of presidential primary debates -- except for one holdout. (08/10/2007)

Liquidate Goldman Sachs! Andrew Leonard
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned global financial crisis to get the fiery rhetoric flowing. (08/10/2007)

For a fee, Google lets you increase the size of your in box By Farhad Manjoo
For $20 a year, you can buy 6 GB more space for your mail and photos. Finally, relief for folks with bulging mailboxes. (08/10/2007)

Biggest. Corn harvest. Ever Andrew Leonard
But Monsanto says we can do much, much better. So how exactly will the company repeal the laws of corn physics? (08/10/2007)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
Julie Delpy on her film "2 Days in Paris" -- and why people are calling her the new Woody Allen (an interview and podcast). Plus: Rosario Dawson lights up a dark thriller. (08/09/2007)

TV Daily
Salon's guide to what to watch: The moving Oscar-nominated documentary "Rehearsing a Dream" -- and more. (08/09/2007)

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