Currently in Salon

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  Joaquin Phoenix's fascinating performance art
  People are debating whether his "I'm Still Here" meltdown is fact or fiction -- but they're missing the point
  Matt Zoller Seitz
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  Abusing the word "rape"
  The use of it as a punchline and lazy shorthand for awful experiences is a reminder that language matters
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  Why are Democrats terrified of taxing the rich?
  Broadly popular ideas continue to be abandoned because they're just not "moderate" enough
  Alex Pareene
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  GOP leaders to share stage with anti-Muslim bigot
  Fresh from condemning Quran burning, Gingrich, Romney, others to appear with racist Islamophobe Bryan Fischer
  Justin Elliott
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  Copilots are not potted plants
  TV "experts" who suggest the second person in the cockpit is an easily eliminated helper are dangerously wrong
  Patrick Smith
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  New York Post, Fox News promote macabre 9/11 human remains map
  News Corp. physically expands its definition of "ground zero" to include a quarter of lower Manhattan
  Alex Pareene
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  How do I teach my son about 9/11?
  As a mom, I've been honest about everything from divorce to sex. But one topic makes me stumble: Terrorism
  Melissa Rayworth
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  Obama to GOP: Stop playing games with the economy
  The president presses his attack on his partisan opposition, but holds off firing a big gun: Elizabeth Warren
  Andrew Leonard
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  The trouble with being Jerry Brown
  This week illustrated perfectly why his gubernatorial comeback bid is in such peril
  Steve Kornacki
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  Meghan McCain: I'm a problem? What about Bristol?
  On "The Daily Show," she says it was tough being criticized for looking "like a stripper" next to a "pregnant teen"
  Tracy Clark-Flory