Currently in Salon

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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
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  Pedro Almodóvar: An "irrational passion" for movies
  The Spanish director on his delirious new movie-movie with Penelope Cruz, and how the New York Dolls fought Franco
  Andrew O'Hehir
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  The real deficit hawks
  Critics decry the healthcare bill as fiscally irresponsible. Where's the outrage over the defense budget?
  By David Sirota
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  The Army opens a broad new probe into Arlington
  The move comes in the wake of a Salon investigation, but results so far are mixed
  Mark Benjamin
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  Huffington Post's LIVE! NUDE! GIRLS!
  The site's skeezy "Celebrity Skin" page touts nipples, scandal -- and did we mention nipples?
  Mary Elizabeth Williams