Currently in Salon

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  Stephanie Zacharek's best movies of 2009
  George Clooney's real performance of the year wasn't "Up in the Air." Plus: Jane Campion, "Star Trek" and madness!
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  "Deep shock and regret"
  Bomb suspect's teacher, family react to news of the violent plot
  JON GAMBRELL
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  The best viral video of the decade
  We came, we saw, we LOL'ed and WTF'ed
  By Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  The imaginarium of Terry Gilliam
  The visionary filmmaker talks about the strange, sad, spooky resonance of directing Heath Ledger's last movie
  By Andrew O'Hehir
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  Beef, pork and love, but most of all love
  A woman's trip back to her family farm, for cousins, cookies and steaming carcasses
  By Kristen Zeiber
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  Slow scrambled eggs
  A dish that's a real gift, and everything you've ever wanted to know about your breakfast scramble
  By Francis Lam
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  What's next for healthcare reform
  Informal talks to reconcile more progressive House bill with Senate's; affordability will be a focus
  Mike Madden
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  What happens when we can't trust the verifiers?
  Are we making the same mistakes with the banks that we did leading up to war in Iraq?
  By David Sirota
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  Obama hails Senate passage of health bill
  "These are not small reforms; these are big reforms," the president says
  Alex Koppelman
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  Directors of the decade: No. 5: Steven Spielberg
  Love him or hate him, no American director has been so popular for so long and inspired so much debate
  By Matt Zoller Seitz