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Nobody’s dummy
Camille Paglia
Liberals underestimate Sarah Palin's vitality and -- yes -- smarts at their own peril. Plus: Obama's presidential air, Biden's condescending mugging, feminism's lost sisters.
How McCain could tilt the Supreme Court
Erwin Chemerinsky
If elected, McCain might well push the court far to the right -- with dramatic consequences for abortion rights, sexual privacy, diversity in schools and more.
The Word from Wasilla
Deirdre English, Gail Sheehy
Sarah Palin's Pentecostal supporters in Alaska hail her debate performance and her rise to the national stage as the work of God.
McCain, Palin differ on privacy
Alex Koppelman
When Sarah Palin flubbed her answer on a question about a right to privacy, she wasn't just breaking with the conservative movement but with her running mate as well.
The truth about that “liberal” against gay marriage
Jon B. Eisenberg
Posing as a "liberal Democrat" in the L.A. Times, David Blankenhorn endorsed a California initiative to ban gay marriage. His right-wing funders must be pleased.
Another Palin-Couric debacle
Alex Koppelman
Katie Couric interviews Sarah Palin yet again, and once again ends up with evasion and one truly puzzling answer.
McCain’s Republic of Gilead
Tracy Clark-Flory
If he's elected, we'll live in a dystopian "Handmaid's Tale" world, says Linda Hirshman.
Can you be both pro-life and a feminist?
Catherine Price
It's a controversial question raised by Jennifer Baumgardner in her new book, "Abortion & Life."
Obama’s big bet on Nevada
Dan Hoyle
Latino voters in this economically pummeled swing state harbor fears, hopes -- and rising electoral power. They could help deliver Obama to the White House.
Who is the real John McCain?
Edward McClelland
From David Foster Wallace to Paul Begala, four authors trace the politician's journey from the liberal's conservative to flip-flopping hack.
The bailout blues
Salon Staff
Members of Salon's Table Talk community give their take on the week's Wall Street madness.
Paying for sterilization
Kate Harding
Louisiana state Rep. John LaBruzzo wants to offer poor women $1,000 to have their tubes tied.
Don’t leave it to Leavitt
Lynn Harris
Tell HHS -- by tomorrow -- that the health of millions of women should be on its "conscience."
Mean girl
David Talbot
Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
An open letter to independent and undecided voters
Gary Kamiya
You're sick of politics as usual and just want results. Should you pick Obama or McCain?
Whither the wedge issues
Thomas Schaller
If the National Rifle Association fires a gun in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Roe plaintiff speaks out for choice
Kate Harding
Although "Jane Roe" is now an anti-choice activist, another plaintiff in the case has no regrets.
First dude
Thomas Schaller
The Washington Posts leads its front page with a story on Sarah Palin's hubby.
The battle for votes in Pennsylvania’s Clinton country
Walter Shapiro
This year, the economy trumps social issues in blue-collar Scranton. That should mean advantage, Democrat. But what does it really mean when local voters say they don't "know" Obama?
Inside the vaccine-and-autism scare
Rahul K. Parikh
A pediatrician traces the rise of the anti-vaccine movement that falsely linked thimerosal with autism and turned parents away from the most lifesaving medicine in history.
What small-town America thinks of Sarah Palin
Dan Hoyle
From Minnesota to Mount Rushmore, the coffee shops and bars are buzzing with talk of whether the moose-hunting mom is fit to be vice president.
Wayne Wang isn’t missing
Andrew O'Hehir
Peripatetic Asian-American indie-film hero is back from J.Lo exile with a double bill of intriguing new low-budget films -- and YouTube distribution. (A podcast and interview.)
Google abandons antiabortion-ad policy after U.K. legal battle
Cyrus Farivar
The company now allows such ads globally.
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