Currently in Salon

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  Did doctor shopping kill Brittany Murphy?
  The star may have had a lethal collection of legal drugs from many sources, all of whom were powerless to stop her
  By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
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  The best TV of the decade
  The show of the '00s was like a great novel. Plus: Gangsters, vampire slayers and Jon Stewart
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  All I want for Christmas is quotation marks
  Too many authors shun this humble form of punctuation
  By Laura Miller
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  Why Democrats must pass healthcare reform
  I side with kill-the-bill progressives for the long term, but I say pass the bill in the short term. Let me explain
  Joan Walsh
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  Films of the decade: "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
  A debut feature from a little-known conceptual artist became one of the decade's Amerindie surprises
  By Jonathan Kiefer
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  Balloon boy's parents sentenced
  Jail time and more for the hoaxers of the year
  Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  Films of the decade: "Idiocracy"
  Let's be clear: Mike Judge's movie isn't that good. But its hilarious indictment is all too accurate
  By Erik Nelson
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  Films of the decade: "Still Life"
  Amid the spectacular wreckage caused by China's Three Gorges Dam, Jia Zhangke finds a human scale
  By Howard Feinstein
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  My Christmas vision
  In a 10th Avenue deli, an elegant girl from the prairie manages a herd of damaged boys with grace and good humor
  By Garrison Keillor
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  Another old man rant
  When did sleds become so wimpy?
  By Keith Knight