Can Democrats learn to talk about race?
Hillary Clinton's "hardworking Americans" comment seemed to exclude blacks. Donna Brazile's "new" Democratic vision marginalized working-class whites and Latinos. How does the party unite?
Friday, May 09, 2008
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The Hydro 4000: Save 60 percent on gas?
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Whither John Edwards?
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Economics 101: Obama vs. McCain
And then there were two. In a speech delivered by Obama in Oregon, Hillary Clinton is yesterday's news
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Quote of the day
Has Hillary Clinton won over white male voters by transforming from referee to contender?
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Can Democrats learn to talk about race?
Hillary Clinton's "hardworking Americans" comment seemed to exclude blacks. Donna Brazile's "new" Democratic vision marginalized working-class whites and Latinos. How does the party unite?
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If Austin Powers were funny (and French)
He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East
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The check is in the mail
How will you spend your "economic stimulus" payment? Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, reveal their plans
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CNN, the Pentagon's "military analyst program" and Gitmo
A detailed look at the documents produced by the Pentagon reveals just how corrupt the media's behavior was and continues to be
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Spurs hold Paul to 35, win
San Antonio's big three get together to overcome the Hornets' budding superstar and make it a series
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Killing by the numbers
In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
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"Grand Theft Auto IV" is a dark urban masterpiece
With a fictional universe of astonishing cleverness and complexity, this is one of the smartest video games ever created
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Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?
Hillary's reckless exploitation of racial division could split the Democratic Party over race -- a tragic legacy for the Clintons
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"Speed Racer"
You know a movie's heading nowhere fast when even its monkey doesn't make you laugh
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"What Happens in Vegas"
This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters
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Is everything we know about American history wrong?
Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations"
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Since you asked ...
I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink
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Guns and water coolers in Iraq
U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad
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Ask the pilot
What's behind the recent rise in runway near misses?
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TV Daily
Friday/weekend: The creators of "Battlestar Galactica" take the show to a whole new level of uneasiness. Plus: What did you think of "Planet of the Apes" on Thursday?
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WayLay
The Thing Under the Futon grapples with fame
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Bateman: The noncombatant New York Jew
Comedian Seth Herzog explains why he'd be safe entertaining troops in Kuwait
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Clinton: "I am in this race"
Protesters disrupt her fundraiser, money is dwindling -- and undecided superdelegates tell Salon they see the end in sight. But Hillary Clinton powers on
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Since you asked ...
I don't want to go to my college friend's wedding
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Tom the Dancing Bug
Nate the Neoconservative: Give me an inch, I'll take your yard
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Addicted to "Intervention"
Why can't I stop watching the bleakest show on television? Because it's the only way I've found to cope with my mother dying
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What does Hillary want?
What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest
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Obama Veepstakes
The Illinois senator says, "Yes, we can," but he won't make it to the White House without the right running mate. Which veep would you pick?
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Clinton Veepstakes
Should the former presumptive front-runner beat the odds and secure the Democratic nomination, which veep candidate is her key to the Oval Office?
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TV Daily
Thursday: Relive the glory that is "Planet of the Apes." Plus: What did you think of "Top Chef" on Wednesday?
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion
Obama takes North Carolina and only barely loses Indiana, narrowing Hillary's hopes to the 366 phantom delegates from Michigan and Florida
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Helicopter travel in Iraq
Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri
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"The Rabbi's Cat"
A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it
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Since you asked ...
My husband doesn't want to have sex with me
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Why Mother's Day?
Because you entered this cold world causing her more pain than she thought possible and now she won't ever give up on you
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"It looks like the end of the world here"
In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power
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TV Daily
Wednesday: The "Top Chef" cheftestants cater a whopping wedding. Plus: What did you think of "Escape From Suburbia" on Tuesday?
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The K Chronicles
Random observations of a (sorta) new L.A. resident
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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Eight Belles' last run
As a racing fan, I've learned to accept injuries as a consequence of a sport. But I also understand the revulsion at the filly's destruction
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Barbara Walters interviews Barbara Walters
In her new memoir, "Audition," the iconic television journalist plumbs the troubled childhood and love life of her ultimate subject -- herself
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Obama is wrong about the gas tax
Think Clinton's plan to suspend the gas tax temporarily is a bad idea? A similar measure in Illinois -- which Obama backed -- seems to have helped consumers
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Hospital, USA
This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm
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A pivotal day for the Democrats?
As Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls, a couple of predictions: The delegate endgame will change -- and nobody can be sure what's next
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This Modern World
Who's kidding who?
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Since you asked ...
Our friend got drunk and went to a hotel room with a bunch of Marines
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TV Daily
Tuesday: In the mood for a little green viewing? Check out "Escape From Suburbia." Plus: What did you think of "American Experience" on Monday?
Monday, May 05, 2008
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Death and the D.C. Madam
Call girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives
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Back to Baghdad
A reporter flies over the Iraqi capital on her 10th reporting trip, and sees empty swimming pools, kids playing on a grassless field, entire houses buried in trash
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The endless Democratic party
In Indiana, Barack Obama settles back into his change-politics strategy, while Hillary Clinton campaigns as if the race itself is everything
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How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote
Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign
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Che anything
The filmmakers behind "Chevolution" explain how Che Guevara's face ended up on all those T-shirts, posters, beer bottles and bikini bottoms
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Ask Pablo
LED lights are amazing but expensive. By switching to them, will I save energy and money over the long run?
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Since you asked ...
I'm really a self-actualized being, but my family is all messed up
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TV Daily
Tuesday: Learn about the kinder, gentler Daddy Bush on "American Experience." Plus: What did you think of "This American Life" on Sunday?
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