Farewell, Shabby Chic
So long, worn, comfy $5,000 couch. A very upscale home-furnishings chain with a flea-market aesthetic is no more.
Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 10:34 AM UTC 45News
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Torture works sometimes — but it’s always wrong
The "ticking bomb" scenario only happens on TV. Those, like Dick Cheney, who cite it are leading society down a fatal slippery slope of abuse.
Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 10:21 AM UTC 230Politics George W. Bush, Al-Qaida
How I learned to love (and hate) “American Idol”
For seven years I ignored the world's biggest pop culture spectacle. But thanks to my daughter -- and the stunningly original Adam Lambert -- I finally caved.
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 11:24 AM UTC 97Entertainment American Idol, Reality TV
Leonard Cohen’s perfect offering
The great songwriter is old now. But as closing time approaches, his poetic fire burns brighter than ever.
Friday, Apr 17, 2009 10:53 AM UTC 57Entertainment Music
Ward Churchill’s win is scholarship’s loss
The ethnic studies professor should not have been fired for speaking out about 9/11. The problem remains his slanted work on Native American history.
Thursday, Apr 9, 2009 10:38 AM UTC 124Politics Native Americans
They’re coming to take our guns away
Cop killer Richard Poplawski is an extremist. But amid the deafening din of the right wing's anti-government rhetoric, how extreme is he?
Tuesday, Apr 7, 2009 10:36 AM UTC 376Politics Rush Limbaugh, Guns, Gun Control
Jesus is just alright with him
To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith.
Friday, Apr 3, 2009 10:40 AM UTC 280All Salon Atoms and Eden, Science
Oakland mourns
A long blue line of police officers, backed by a grieving city, gather to say goodbye to four cops who died doing their jobs.
Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 9:32 PM UTC 107Politics Crime
Uprising on Main Street
Today's populist rage could regenerate America -- if Obama handles it right.
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 10:51 AM UTC 61Politics U.S. Economy, Barack Obama
Obama’s Middle East moment of truth
His diplomatic moves are a good start. But does he have the will to challenge Israel?
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009 10:19 AM UTC 240Politics Afghanistan
John Yoo is sorry for nothing
Sneering with contempt, the unrepentant Bush attorney has challenged "Obama's antiwar base" to read his infamous memos closely. So I did.
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 10:56 AM UTC 193Politics Department of Justice, Torture
Debating the Iraq exit
The right claims Obama's plan vindicates Bush. The left fears Obama will continue Bush's war. Both are wrong.
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2009 11:37 AM UTC 70Politics Iraq war, Barack Obama
Who is the right calling “loser”?
The GOP is whipping up resentment of Obama and "loafers" who defaulted on home loans. But it crashed the biggest welfare Cadillac in history.
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 11:48 AM UTC 146Politics
The death of the news
If reporting vanishes, the world will get darker and uglier. Subsidizing newspapers may be the only answer.
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 11:30 AM UTC 119Politics
Obama’s Reagan problem
Why did the president make the mistake of thinking he could work with the GOP? His mealy-mouthed support for the Gipper provides a clue.
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 11:35 AM UTC 116Politics Republican Party
The party of prima donnas
Obama is trying to build a country that works together like a great football team. The Republicans want to take their ball and go home.
Tuesday, Feb 3, 2009 11:35 AM UTC 49Politics Football, Republican Party
Obama’s call to arms
By rejecting Bush's torture tactics, the new president is urging Americans to reclaim their principles -- and their courage.
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009 11:35 AM UTC 107Politics George W. Bush, Terrorism
Obama and the spirit of Hawaii
On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America.
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 12:00 PM UTC 26Politics Barack Obama
What “Waltz With Bashir” can teach us about Gaza
The stunning new Israeli film reveals painful parallels between one of Israel's darkest moments and the current conflict.
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009 12:25 PM UTC 208Politics Middle East
The Israel rules
America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.
Tuesday, Jan 6, 2009 11:43 AM UTC 523Politics Middle East
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Before co-founding Salon.com, Gary Kamiya was at the San Francisco Examiner for five years, where he worked with David Talbot as senior editor at the paper's Sunday magazine, Image. He also served as the paper's book editor and critic at large, writing critical essays and reviews of books, movies, music,
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