In this week's Critics' Picks, Salon pays tribute to the "Medium" star's unique talent.

Gervais took on Felicity Huffman and the college admissions scandal, the #MeToo movement and claims of hypocrisy

Readers respond to Patricia Chui's "Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader" and an interview with author Dan Simmons.

Just look at the president's record, Bartlett says. This is no progressive

Upgrade your kitchen with this ultra-sharp German stainless steel blade.

Romance writers, given their uptick in income, clearly know something other authors don't

As advertisers flee the right-wing talk show host, Mr. Sugar Daddy wants to buy airtime

Puff puffin marijuana to the nearest marathon

Hari Nef is frustrated with the way she's been talked about — but don't journalists have a duty to identify?

We can beat this lying bastard if we get angry and stay angry — thousands of bodies should be reason enough

Monday: Learn about the kinder, gentler Daddy Bush on "American Experience." Plus: What did you think of "This American Life" on Sunday?

When the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster decides to write a book about the horsey lifestyles of the super-rich, nobody's powerful enough to stop him.

Critic David Orr explains the mysteries and marvels of contemporary verse and the people who write it