Salon Home
Warwick Davis and Ricky Gervias in "Life's Too Short" Interviews

Gervais: My conscience never takes a day off

In a Salon exclusive, the comedian answers critics, explains his hilarious new HBO show, and talks "Office" sequels

Obit Whitney Houston Whitney Houston

A voice that touched us all

Like Michael Jackson, another icon lost to addiction and fame, Whitney was an awe-inspiring, genre-crossing pioneer

Whitney Houston Whitney Houston

Whitney: Didn't she almost have it all?

Whitney Houston died Saturday at 48. As Salon wrote six years ago, it's a tragedy too many people saw coming

Will Doig Dream City

Taking sex out of the city

We lead R-rated lives. So why are so many cities -- even New York -- declaring war on adult entertainment?

eyepatch Life stories

Lessons of a very sexy pirate costume

When I took the job at the bar, I looked down on it -- and the women who worked there. But I had so much to learn

jefferson_lincoln_99 The 99 Percent Plan

America’s failed promise of equal opportunity

To achieve a truly fair society, we need to look to Lincoln, not Jefferson

Recent Stories

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-12T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Gore Vidal, Tony Kushner and James Baldwin

Is gay literature over?

In an era of same-sex marriage and "Modern Family," the role of gay writers is changing. An expert explains how

Topics:, , 37Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 3:15 AM UTC2012-02-12T03:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Singer Whitney Houston is shown during the Whitney Houston "I Look To You" CD Listening Party held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday July 23, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.

Whitney Houston dies at 48

A look back at the glorious career and biggest hits of the troubled pop diva

Topics:, , 19Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-12T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Transsexuals in porn

Porn’s taboo transsexual stars

"T-girls" are fighting for respect in the adult biz. What does it mean for the general acceptance of trans women?

Topics: 31Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 10:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T22:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
internet_magic

The Internet makes magic disappear

YouTube has killed the magician's art, and threatens the stores where tricks have been passed down for generations

Topics:, , 41Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 9:05 PM UTC2012-02-11T21:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Book event with Noam Chomsky

Talking American Justice with the MIT Professor and political activist

141Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
currency

The case for a global currency

Would it make more sense to have one currency for the entire world?

Topics:, , 94Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 6:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T18:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Clockwise from left: Aunt Sissy, Uncle Frank, Aunt Jonie and Aunt Rosie

Bridging the Irish-Italian divide

A Jersey transplant shares the chicken Parmesan recipe his outcast aunt brought to the family

Topics:, 4Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Paul Gauguin, "Arearea no Varua ino (Words of the Devil, or Reclining Tahitian Women)," 1894.

Paul Gauguin’s Polynesian “paradise”

An innovative new exhibition seeks to put the French artist's exotic voyages into greater context

Topics:, 4Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
The Walking Dead

“Walking Dead” creator: Get ready for breakneck pace

Robert Kirkman heard fans' howls about Season 2 being dull, and promises to bring the action starting Sunday

Topics:, , , 24Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-11T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Esasha LeBlanc, left, an Army drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, S.C., works with Pvt. Daniel Ladd, 17, of Darlington, S.C.

Female soldiers fight the brass ceiling

While relenting on gay soldiers, the Pentagon still excludes women from combat

Topics: 76Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC2012-02-11T00:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Santorum and Boies

Catholic tribalism and the contraceptive flap

Watching liberals defend a church they disagree with showed us that even Catholic insiders can feel like outsiders

Topics:, 223Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:45 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Writer Salman Rushdie attends an event in the Joan Fuster state library in Barcelona

Salman Rushdie fears nothing

The famed author opens up to Salon about new threats, his just-finished memoir and his forthcoming TV show

Topics:, , 12Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:27 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:27:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Confronting CPAC

The two Americas clash at CPAC

Union demonstrators march on the conservative enclave

Topics: 46Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:40 PM UTC2012-02-10T20:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Glamour magazine

Making the perfect cover girl

After polling its readers about retouching, Glamour vows to back off Photoshop

Topics:, 17Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:31 PM UTC2012-02-10T20:31:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy

A birth-control compromise could divide the right

Obama's birth control move may have satisfied most sides -- and revealed the truth about the bishops' opposition

Topics:, 152Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:15 PM UTC2012-02-10T19:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:57 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:57:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

The answer that’s been staring them in the face

Rick Santorum's CPAC performance demonstrates what separates him from previous Romney foes: Competence

Topics: 79Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:10 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:10:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
And the oscar goes to

And the Oscar goes to … “Twilight”!

What if the Academy honored movies that people really liked? The "Twilight" vs. "Melancholia" showdown, at last

Topics:, , , 49Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:10 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:10:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Karl Lagerfeld and British singer Adele

Adele: Too fat for fashion designer

Karl Lagerfeld backpedals on his insulting comments about the pop star's weight -- only to blunder again

Topics:, , 126Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask the pilot

Mexico City does it right

Bleachers in the arrivals lobby -- brilliant. Plus: The funniest thing ever written

Topics: 47Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 3:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T15:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
This Oct. 12, 2011 file photo shows the J.P. Morgan Chase logo at the base of one of the bank's larger Lower Manhattan buildings in New York

The big banks win again

Foreclosure victims get little help in a mortgage-settlement plan that only benefits the banks' bottom line

Topics:, , 37Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 2:34 PM UTC2012-02-10T14:34:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Henrique Capriles Radonsk

The man who could beat Chavez

A charismatic governor has emerged as the first legitimate threat to the Venezuelan president's 13-year tenure

Topics:, 24Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:59 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:59:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Howard Dean and Rudy Giuliani

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups

A new report claims that MEK is behind the assassination of Iran's scientists, and Israel funds them

457Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hawks who ignore the miltary on Iran

The neocons’ big Iran lie

The right-wing hawks who thought Iraq would be a cakewalk think it'd be easy to attack Iran. Real soldiers say no.

Topics: 125Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Occupy Wall street demonstrators near the New York Stock Exchange during what organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York, November 17, 2011.

Can the 1 percent accept “enough”?

The rich can't stop trying to justify exorbitant salaries for everyone from Wall Street bankers to college coaches

Topics: 164Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
jimmyd

How you know Obama is winning

Against the backdrop of good economic news, the annual CPAC hysteria and insults don’t have quite the same sting

Topics: 83Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
DueEastOverShadequarterMountain-large

The beautiful evolution of maps

From ancient Egypt to modern America, these artifacts are a hallmark of civilization

Topics:, 5Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

I’m the worst person ever!

I come on like I'm something special, then I flame out

Topics:, 66Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
People waiting in line at a job fair in Portland, Ore.

When my job stopped paying

After a year of unemployment, I landed a contract gig. Then the paychecks stopped coming -- but the work didn't

Topics:, , , 42Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "Chico & Rita"

Pick of the week: A spectacular Cuban-jazz love story

Pick of the week: Surprise Oscar nominee "Chico & Rita" is a smoldering animated romance, with killer music

Topics:, , , , 6Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Am I normal

She called me a “manwhore”

When he dumped his ex, she told everyone that he was easy. Now he wants to know: Can a man be "slut-shamed"?

Topics: 43Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 9:41 PM UTC2012-02-09T21:41:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GOP brokered convention scenario

The deadlock scenario

Mitt Romney’s week from hell has revived the most enduring fantasy of political junkies

Topics: 24Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 9:20 PM UTC2012-02-09T21:20:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, February 9, 2012.

CPAC welcomes white nationalists

Three noted white supremacy enthusiasts to host anti-diversity panel at conservative conference

Topics:, , , , 184Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 8:30 PM UTC2012-02-09T20:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
is the mortgage settlement a sell out?

The foreclosure deal: Every little bit counts

The banks don't get the punishment they deserve, but the White House finally gets some traction on housing woes

Topics: 46Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 7:38 PM UTC2012-02-09T19:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Santorum and Boies

Reason vs. hysteria in the birth control debate

David Boies explains the issue in terms of labor law, while Santorum says Obama may lead us to the "guillotine"

Topics:, , 146Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 5:22 PM UTC2012-02-09T17:22:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
facebookipo_500x279 L

Facebook’s threat to a poor Silicon Valley city

As the social media giant opens a new campus nearby, East Palo Alto residents fear for their community's future

Topics:, 31Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 4:55 PM UTC2012-02-09T16:55:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
fm3

The right’s Shepard Fairey

Jon McNaughton's painting of Obama trampling the Constitution has made him conservatives' favorite new artist

Topics:, 407Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 4:05 PM UTC2012-02-09T16:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou and Bradley Manning

Obama’s unprecedented war on whistleblowers

From Manning to Kiriakou, critics are aggressively targeted as the White House turns a blind eye to abuses

Topics:, , 77Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 3:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T15:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Sheldon Adelson

Adelson’s other pet project: The Israeli right

Newt's billionaire backer poured tens of millions into a media campaign to get Netanyahu elected prime minister

Topics:, , 11Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A special deal for the churches?

Obama’s winning hand on religion

Policies based on science and reason are the best way to protect free exercise of religious belief

Topics:, , 120Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 9:05 PM UTC2012-02-11T21:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Book event with Noam Chomsky

Talking American Justice with the MIT Professor and political activist

141Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
currency

The case for a global currency

Would it make more sense to have one currency for the entire world?

Topics:, , 94Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC2012-02-11T00:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Santorum and Boies

Catholic tribalism and the contraceptive flap

Watching liberals defend a church they disagree with showed us that even Catholic insiders can feel like outsiders

Topics:, 223Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:57 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:57:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

The answer that’s been staring them in the face

Rick Santorum's CPAC performance demonstrates what separates him from previous Romney foes: Competence

Topics: 79Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:59 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:59:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Howard Dean and Rudy Giuliani

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups

A new report claims that MEK is behind the assassination of Iran's scientists, and Israel funds them

457Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
currency

The case for a global currency

Would it make more sense to have one currency for the entire world?

Topics:, , 94Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-11T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Esasha LeBlanc, left, an Army drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, S.C., works with Pvt. Daniel Ladd, 17, of Darlington, S.C.

Female soldiers fight the brass ceiling

While relenting on gay soldiers, the Pentagon still excludes women from combat

Topics: 76Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC2012-02-11T00:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Santorum and Boies

Catholic tribalism and the contraceptive flap

Watching liberals defend a church they disagree with showed us that even Catholic insiders can feel like outsiders

Topics:, 223Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:27 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:27:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Confronting CPAC

The two Americas clash at CPAC

Union demonstrators march on the conservative enclave

Topics: 46Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:31 PM UTC2012-02-10T20:31:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy

A birth-control compromise could divide the right

Obama's birth control move may have satisfied most sides -- and revealed the truth about the bishops' opposition

Topics:, 152Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-12T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Gore Vidal, Tony Kushner and James Baldwin

Is gay literature over?

In an era of same-sex marriage and "Modern Family," the role of gay writers is changing. An expert explains how

Topics:, , 37Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 3:15 AM UTC2012-02-12T03:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Singer Whitney Houston is shown during the Whitney Houston "I Look To You" CD Listening Party held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday July 23, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.

Whitney Houston dies at 48

A look back at the glorious career and biggest hits of the troubled pop diva

Topics:, , 19Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Paul Gauguin, "Arearea no Varua ino (Words of the Devil, or Reclining Tahitian Women)," 1894.

Paul Gauguin’s Polynesian “paradise”

An innovative new exhibition seeks to put the French artist's exotic voyages into greater context

Topics:, 4Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
The Walking Dead

“Walking Dead” creator: Get ready for breakneck pace

Robert Kirkman heard fans' howls about Season 2 being dull, and promises to bring the action starting Sunday

Topics:, , , 24Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:45 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Writer Salman Rushdie attends an event in the Joan Fuster state library in Barcelona

Salman Rushdie fears nothing

The famed author opens up to Salon about new threats, his just-finished memoir and his forthcoming TV show

Topics:, , 12Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-12T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Gore Vidal, Tony Kushner and James Baldwin

Is gay literature over?

In an era of same-sex marriage and "Modern Family," the role of gay writers is changing. An expert explains how

Topics:, , 37Comments

Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-12T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Transsexuals in porn

Porn’s taboo transsexual stars

"T-girls" are fighting for respect in the adult biz. What does it mean for the general acceptance of trans women?

Topics: 31Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 10:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T22:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
internet_magic

The Internet makes magic disappear

YouTube has killed the magician's art, and threatens the stores where tricks have been passed down for generations

Topics:, , 41Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
currency

The case for a global currency

Would it make more sense to have one currency for the entire world?

Topics:, , 94Comments

Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 6:00 PM UTC2012-02-11T18:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Clockwise from left: Aunt Sissy, Uncle Frank, Aunt Jonie and Aunt Rosie

Bridging the Irish-Italian divide

A Jersey transplant shares the chicken Parmesan recipe his outcast aunt brought to the family

Topics:, 4Comments

Other News