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Touched by a vampire
Laura Miller
Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling.
Can Cuil kill Google? Not yet
Joe Hutsko
The new search engine has its perks, but so far, it falls short.
How safe is safe?
Joe Hutsko
Security expert Doug Camplejohn on building a smarter firewall to outsmart cyber slimeballs.
Welcome Tom Schaller
Alex Koppelman
Frequent Salon contributor Tom Schaller will be blogging in War Room a couple of days each week.
Rove map shows Obama beating McCain
Alex Koppelman
A series of Electoral College maps produced by the company run by the man once known as "Bush's Brain" has Barack Obama narrowly winning the presidency.
Debut of Salon Radio with Glenn Greenwald: An interview with Dan Ellsberg
Glenn Greenwald
We speak with the hero of the Pentagon Papers case about that controversy and what lessons can be drawn for our current political climate.
Many women have a low sex drive. Or not
Kate Harding
A new study shows that 36.2 percent have flagging libidos. Never mind that it was funded by a company aiming to fix that.
Rollins: “McCain is having a disastrous week”
Alex Koppelman
Some assessments of the week in politics are in, and the consensus is that John McCain fared poorly.
Everybody out for a long one!
King Kaufman
A California high school coach has created an offense that's a sensation before its second year in action. Everyone's eligible.
Not just a box score
King Kaufman
Dirk Hayhurst, Padres farmhand and aspiring writer, talks about pitching -- and being a human being -- in the minor leagues.
VoteVets targets McCain with new ad
Alex Koppelman
In the spot, a veteran of the Iraq war says, "'freedom' means when the Iraqi people and their Prime Minister ask us to make a plan to leave, we do."
“WTF” of the day
Tracy Clark-Flory
China Shrink cream is an ancient cure for a "loose vagina due to multiple childbirth and frigidity."
More bad news for McCain on Iraq
Alex Koppelman
A new poll shows Americans favor a timeline for withdrawal, which McCain's campaign has argued against.
Klein questions McCain’s temperament
Alex Koppelman
Time's Joe Klein says John McCain's remarks about his opponent's Iraq policy weren't presidential.
The saga of George W. Batman
Andrew O'Hehir
"Dark Knight" backlash, counterbacklash and so on. Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home.
Bush’s economic analysis: “Wall Street got drunk,” now hungover
Alex Koppelman
President Bush had thought the cameras were off at a fundraiser in Houston, so he gave his candid -- and alcohol-related -- view of the economy. Oops.
National Review writer compares Obama to Hitler
Alex Koppelman
Lisa Schiffren sees dark clouds over Barack Obama's plans for his speech at the Democratic convention.
How much did Clinton donors give Obama?
Alex Koppelman
Contrary to an early report, it looks as if Hillary Clinton's supporters ponied up for Barack Obama's campaign in June.
Right calls foul on rejection of McCain’s Op-Ed
Vincent Rossmeier
Conservative bloggers are outraged by the New York Times' rejection of John McCain's piece and, unsurprisingly, decry the media's liberal bias.
Obama campaign taking revenge?
Justin Jouvenal
There was no space for a New Yorker reporter on the press plane for Obama's overseas trip; some observers believe that may be related to the magazine's controversial cover image.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn return; Beck's back, too, and in great form.
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