“Game of Thrones,” season 3, episode 8: A salon
Last night, we moved closer to the season's epic conclusion -- and Salon writers are discussing it all now!
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Game of Thrones
Noonan hears a dog whistle
How desperate is GOP? It now fantasizes that Obama’s campaign was a coded order to the IRS to target the Tea Party
Entertainment Game of Thrones
Marijuana opponents’ new plan: Kill First Amendment
After failing to stop Colorado from legalizing it, pot foes now want to criminalize drug images and media content
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTCPolitics marijuana, Colorado, Pot
“Mad Men” recap: Love, acid and whores. Lots of whores
Don fails an electric Kool-Aid acid test, as his mommy issues climb through every open doorway
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:45 PM UTCEntertainment Mad Men, don draper, LSD
Three scandals, Beltway style
Sorry, AP phone logs. In DC's game of scandal, you lose to the IRS and Benghazi!
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:40 PM UTCPolitics Opening Shot, Sunday shows
Meet GOP’s fringy new star, E. W. Jackson
10 deep, crazy thoughts from the minister -- and Virginia Lt. Gov. nominee -- who has lots to say on gays and KKK
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 15Politics Virginia, E.W. Jackson, GOP
DOJ tracked movements, phone records of Fox reporter
Probing leaks over North Korea, the government surveilled James Rosen's every contact with State Department
Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM UTCMedia james rosen, North Korea
“Game of Thrones” recap: “We must do our duty”
Duty gets perverted while innocents try to avoid terrible fates
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 11Entertainment Game of Thrones, TV, Television
Chinese hackers resume attacks against U.S.
After three quiet months, cyberattacks traceable to a military unit have resumed, despite U.S. warnings
Monday, May 20, 2013 1:45 PM UTCTechnology China, Unit 61398
Poll shows Bachmann trailing in 2014 reelection race
A new PPP poll shows her Dem challenger with a slight lead
Monday, May 20, 2013 1:27 PM UTCPolitics Michele Bachmann
White House lawyer reportedly knew of IRS findings in April
Weeks before an audit went public, the chief attorney knew about conservative targeting by the agency
Monday, May 20, 2013 1:20 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama, White House, IRS
Must-see morning clip: Facial recognition software identifies “faceprints”
The FBI is working on expanding its database of faces, but big business may be more aggressive VIDEO
Monday, May 20, 2013 1:15 PM UTCTechnology Video, faceprint
There’s hope for progressivism yet
Ten years after America invaded Iraq, we're finally emerging from the dark shadow cast by the neocon movement
Monday, May 20, 2013 1:00 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Barack Obama
McConnell: Obamacare will dominate 2014 midterms
“I think it’s coming back big-time," he said
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:57 PM UTCPolitics Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Georgian police slow to react to mob violence at gay rights march
No arrests have been made in a Friday attack that saw thousands hurl rocks and assault participants at a gay rally VIDEO
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:55 PM UTCLife Video, anti-gay violence
Bieber booed, Miguel falls on fan at Billboard Awards
Sunday's music ceremony was entertaining for all the wrong reasons VIDEO
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:54 PM UTCEntertainment Video, billboard music awards
Xenophobia only benefits the 1 percent
"Giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom" as they squabble with each other
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:48 PM UTCBusiness Robert Reich, Xenophobia
Syrian troops move into strategic, rebel-held town
The latest advance could complicate U.S. and Russian efforts to persuade Assad to end the 26-month-old conflict
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:12 PM UTCNews Associated Press, Syria
1 killed in Oklahoma tornado
The twister reduced portions of a mobile home park to rubble
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:52 AM UTCLife Associated Press, Oklahoma
Thousands treated for sexual abuse-related injuries in military
In 2012 alone, as many as 4,000 veterans sought disability benefits
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:49 AM UTCLife Associated Press, U.S. Military
Taylor Swift leads Billboard winners
The pop singer won eight of a possible 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red"
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:25 AM UTCEntertainment Associated Press, Taylor Swift
Punk, dance music and drugs
The lures of ecstatic communion are strong, but so are the dangers of addiction
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife Since You Asked, Music, Drugs
My open relationship went awry
Sophia wanted to experiment, so I tried to be game. But it ended badly, with a twist I never saw coming
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 49Life Love and Sex, Life stories
“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America
A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"
Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 18Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
Michael J. Fox wins: The best and worst of the new fall shows
Turns out, yes. Michael J. Fox's new sitcom is going to be much buzzed about. Here's what you'll be watching next VIDEO
Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Video, TV, Television, pilots
Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo
The President will reportedly address White House counterterrorism policy on Thursday
Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:44 PM UTC 13Politics Barack Obama, Benghazi
First look: The Coens’ marvelous folk-music odyssey
Cannes: Oscar Isaac's breakout performance drives the Coens' arch, magical portrait of pre-Dylan Greenwich Village
Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:30 PM UTCEntertainment Movies, Film Festivals
New York’s most persecuted subway artist?
Enrico Miguel Thomas is taking legal action against the city after routine harassment at the hands of the MTA
Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:00 PM UTCSocial Hyperallergic, Art
Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills
Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it
Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 175Business Austerity, Books, New Deal
Poll: Obama approval at 53 percent amid IRS, Benghazi controversies
The same poll showed Obama's approval at 51 percent in early April
Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:14 PM UTC 28Politics Barack Obama, Benghazi, Polling
Sunday shows round-up: All about the IRS and Benghazi
This week's Sunday shows were unsurprisingly dominated by the IRS and Benghazi controversies VIDEO
Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:16 PM UTC 10Politics Video, Dan Pfeiffer, White House
Colin Quinn’s “Unconstitutional” history lesson
In his new off-Broadway show, the SNL alumnus schools audiences with his irreverent take on the Founding Fathers
Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:00 PM UTCSocial History, Theater, colin quinn
Paul Ryan: “I don’t know” if there was a Benghazi cover-up
"We just need to investigate this for the sake of good government," he added
Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:37 PM UTCPolitics Paul Ryan, Benghazi, Libya
Jon Karl makes things worse
He regrets “inaccurate” Benghazi email but says his story based on it “still entirely stands.” Really. ABC News?
Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:04 PM UTC 62News Jon Karl, ABC news, Benghazi
James Franco: “I really felt I was in conversation with Faulkner”
The writer, actor and filmmaker discusses the challenges and subtle pleasures of adapting "As I Lay Dying"
Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
FBI reportedly joins Bachmann campaign finance probe
The agency is investigating alleged violations by Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:09 PM UTC 15Politics Michele Bachmann, Minnesota
How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies
The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 19Business China, Guantanamo, Cold War
Facebook “like” on trial in Virginia
A federal appeals court is revisiting a case that asks if a digital thumbs-up qualifies as protected speech
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTCSocial the daily dot, Facebook, Internet
Jindal: IRS officials should “go to jail” for targeting
"You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans...and keep your own freedom"
Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:46 PM UTC 14Politics Bobby Jindal, Louisiana
Dem Congressman slams GOP for “doctored” Benghazi emails
Rep. Adam Schiff also called for answers as to who allegedly leaked and altered the emails
Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:20 PM UTCPolitics Benghazi, Darrell Issa
Will you marry me — once you’re done peeing?
From popping the question while peeing to getting engaged for real estate, some proposals are charmingly unromantic
Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:00 AM UTCLife Love and Sex, Same-sex marriage
