Currently in Salon

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  Father of public option backs healthcare bill
  Jacob Hacker breaks with fellow progressives, comes out in favor of the Senate's proposal
  Alex Koppelman
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  DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't
  Special ho-ho-ho-infused, not-quite-gift-guide edition: MST3K, Wenders, film noir, wine snobs and more
  By Andrew O'Hehir
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  Is sex addiction real?
  It's spawned a VH1 show and an excuse for Tiger Woods. But some experts balk at the idea of being hooked on nooky
  By Tracy Clark-Flory
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  Brittany Murphy's sad, sudden end
  She never became Hollywood's It girl, but she was as daffy and heartbreaking as her A-list contemporaries
  By Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  The freshman had a stroke
  An extraordinary new memoir by a college jock whose brain began to bleed
  By Laura Miller
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  "Men of a Certain Age," "Community": The meek inherit your TV
  Lovable losers make a prime-time comeback, thanks to Ray Romano and some community college misfits
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  Films of the decade: "Forty Shades of Blue"
  Ira Sachs' brilliant meditation on sex, resentment and American darkness was overlooked but unforgettable
  Lisa Rosman
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  Female athletes: Hotness required
  A Google search is an epic fail. Sorry, Venus and Serena
  Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  Films of the decade: The "Infernal Affairs" trilogy
  Seductive gangster fables of false freedom -- with noir roots and a Buddhist subtext
  Martha P. Nochimson
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  Philippine volcano could erupt soon
  Tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated
  BULLIT MARQUEZ