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Why we’re losing in Afghanistan
Anand Gopal
Corrupt government and the U.S.'s mismanaged "surge" strategy have led to the Taliban's powerful resurgence in Afghanistan.
Why has it been so long since a black band ruled rock?
James Hannaham
With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band.
Thomas Friedman wants a revolution
Nathalie Gorman
Only an uprising in green technology will revive America and promote world democracy, the New York Times columnist now argues.
Salon Radio: ACLU’s Caroline Frederickson
Glenn Greenwald
Why aren't constitutional issues receiving any campaign attention and what can be done about it? Plus: updates on the FISA lawsuits.
Born to runway
Joy Press
This season's "Project Runway" hopefuls show off their collections -- pastel plaid! flashes of breast! -- at New York Fashion Week.
Fresh blood for the vampire
Camille Paglia
A beady-eyed McCain gets a boost from the charismatic Sarah Palin, a powerful new feminist -- yes, feminist! -- force. Plus: Obama must embrace his dull side.
Confessions of an RNC security guard
Avi Steinberg
From sushi-scarfing Secret Servicemen to drunken Sarah-Palin lust, witness the underside of the Republican shindig.
Liquoring up the Democrats
Mike Madden
Corporations with business pending in Washington spared no expense on Denver parties.
American revolutionary
Walter Shapiro
In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama stood up for Democratic values, took the fight to McCain -- and proved that the United States is still capable of reinventing itself.
The decay of serious journalism and Rachel Maddow’s new show
Glenn Greenwald
The New Republic -- of all places -- laments the loss of "nuance or intellectual rigor" on television as epitomized by MSNBC's troubling decision to give an actual liberal her own show.
Our cupboard was bare
Heather Ryan
I had a master's degree. I had a job. But to feed my three children, I had to swallow my pride and go to a soup kitchen.
The Democrats get religion
Sarah Posner
Will the political mission to fashion an evangelical glow around Barack Obama lead to the White House?
Fear and loafing in the Green Zone
Arnon Grunberg
Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Catch the Shark Week spirit! Plus: Is a "Project Runway" designer more likely to attack if you thrash about, or play dead?
Rendering public opinion irrelevant
Glenn Greenwald
How are views that are held by large majorities of Americans on key policy issues rendered forbidden in our political discourse?
When the bottom line overrides the Hippocratic oath
Rahul K. Parikh
As a naive pediatric resident, I couldn't believe it when the surgeon called back and said we don't treat those kinds of patients.
Charles Atlas will make a man of you!
Todd Levin
Forget Wii Fit and Perfect Pushup suction cups. To get in shape, I went back to the original fitness guru -- "the world's most perfectly developed man."
Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale
Jon B. Eisenberg
U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
Keith Olbermann: Then and now
Glenn Greenwald
In January, the MSNBC star denounced telecom immunity as "textbook fascism" designed to "immunize corporate criminals." Wednesday night, he heaped praise on Obama for supporting it.
Gore Vidal’s inconvenient truths
Louis Bayard
"The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics.
Barack Obama’s epic win
Walter Shapiro
The young senator makes history not only in terms of race, while a determined Hillary Clinton delays the inevitable a bit longer.
Heaven, heartache and the power of deviled eggs
Curtis Sittenfeld
Trisha Yearwood is known for her gorgeous voice and her marriage to Garth Brooks. But, as she told Salon, she can also whip up some mean comfort food.
My brother abused me — now our parents want us all together again!
Cary Tennis
I would like to help them celebrate their 50th anniversary, but I dread being in the same room with that man.
Woody Allen and Mike Tyson, together at last
Andrew O'Hehir
A marriage made in Cannes: Two notorious tabloid-fodder Yanks are showered with love on the Riviera.
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