Currently in Salon

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  "Avatar": Dances with aliens
  Canny bonehead James Cameron makes a flashy bid for filmmaking history
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  Baby toys and national security
  Plus: The 787 takes to the air, and gift ideas for frequent fliers
  By Patrick Smith
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  Creating the world of James Cameron's "Avatar"
  Producer Jon Landau talks about making the impossible possible in the $200 million-plus spectacle
  By Andrew O'Hehir
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  Thank you, Sen. Franken
  Senate Dems are saying he stifled Joe Lieberman to keep debate on track. Liberals are happy, whatever the reason
  Joan Walsh
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  Wrong, Keith
  Olbermann's prescription for protesting the insurance mandate -- don't buy insurance -- is nuts
  Mike Madden
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  The White House is friendly to its enemies, patronizing to its friends
  The president's base won't easily forget being talked down to
  By Darren Hutchinson
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  Dumbing down the first lady
  Michelle Obama finally won the public over -- by becoming a caricature of traditional femininity
  Kate Harding
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  Films of the decade: "Gosford Park"
  Robert Altman's aristocratic murder mystery became an unlikely triumph of the ensemble-movie master's late career
  Molly Haskell
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  Directors of the decade: No. 8: Robert Zemeckis and Wes Anderson
  Robert Zemeckis and Wes Anderson are boys playing with their train sets -- and facing the limits of control
  By Matt Zoller Seitz
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  "Nine": Not quite a 10
  A voluptuous Fergie and a suave Daniel Day-Lewis give Rob Marshall's uneven, Fellini-esque musical some class
  By Stephanie Zacharek