Currently in Salon

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  I have Palin fatigue already
  Her rehab tour is about Sarah Palin Inc. not 2012, but her appeal reflects an anti-elite anger Dems can't ignore
  Joan Walsh
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  The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American
  Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the other way around?
  By Michael Lind
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  "Twilight" of our youth
  It isn't just a tween phenomenon. Women in their 30s and beyond are addicted to Stephenie Meyer's vampire saga, too
  By Sarah Hepola
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  Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Caught between two worlds
  After starring in a summer rom-com and kicking ass in "G.I. Joe," the one-time TV teen returns to "Uncertainty"
  Andrew O'Hehir
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  The new Palin campaign commences
  Her publicity blitz begins today -- and all the slings and arrows will only make her stronger
  By Max Blumenthal
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  The honey-baked hams of "Chef Academy"
  Bravo takes one eccentric French chef, mixes in a room full of colorful show-offs and brings it to a rolling boil
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  And may your first child be a feminine child
  People did victory laps when my wife gave birth to a boy. Why was the reaction to our next baby, a girl, so cold?
  By Aaron Traister
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  Camp Lejeune whistle-blower fired
  A psychiatrist who tried to prevent Fort Hood-style violence among Marines about to "lose it" instead loses his job
  By Mark Benjamin
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  How memoirs took over the literary world
  A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography
  By Laura Miller
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  Medical drama smackdown: "Mercy" vs. McDreamy!
  Which do we crave more, NBC's gritty hospital melodrama or the fantastical emotional Mad Libs of "Grey's Anatomy"?
  By Heather Havrilesky