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“The Hunger Games” vs. “Twilight”
Laura Miller
Which young-adult crossover hit series has the most empowered heroine? You'd be surprised
Paste magazine: Inside the death of a music indie
Rachael Maddux
The mag folded its print edition Tuesday. For some, it's good riddance to the overly pious. For me, it's heartbreak
Is Don Draper to blame for the male makeup boom?
Steve Almond
Sales of male vanity products -- from concealer to men's breast reductions -- are surging. Thanks a lot, "Mad Men"
“Going the Distance”: Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com?
Andrew O'Hehir
In "Going the Distance," the star shines as a loud, ballsy broad opposite real-life beau Justin Long
E-reader revolt: I’m leaving youth culture behind
Emma Silvers
At 26, I'm part of a generation raised on gadgets, but actual books are something I just refuse to give up
Discovery Channel gunman James J. Lee’s manifesto
Salon Staff
The pro-nature, anti-population growth writings of the Silver Springs, Md., hostage-taker
How Malthus drove the Discovery Channel gunman crazy
Andrew Leonard
The greatest pessimist in economic history has been wrong for 200 years, but he's still freaking people out
Maureen Dowd phones in world’s worst Obama speech reaction column
Alex Pareene
The New York Times columnist talks about the new Oval Office carpet, and makes ancient Al Gore jokes
“How to Become a Scandal”: Why America can’t get enough scandal
Thomas Rogers
Mel Gibson, Dr. Laura, Tiger Woods: What our fascination with public downfall really says about us
STD testing meets social networking
Tracy Clark-Flory
MTV launches a campaign encouraging young people to get tested and check in on Foursquare while they're at it
Washington Post’s faulty error correction
Dan Gillmor
The newspaper's ombudsman decries "lesser" errors, but a big one remains uncorrected, too
We came so close to never meeting Sarah Palin
Steve Kornacki
Two years ago this week, a 72-year-old man's arbitrary impulses made Sarah Palin a star
Pop princesses in drag
Tracy Clark-Flory
Some say today's chart-toppers dress like female impersonators -- but have Ke$ha and her ilk earned the comparison?
Green Sangria, a tribute to Portugal
Linda Shiue
Say yes to sangria's American hybrid: Portuguese vinho verde, fizzy ginger ale and chunks of citrus
Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom”: Brilliant portrait of our times
Heather Havrilesky
The author takes us on a dark, epic, funny tour of modern life with a family of conflicted idealists
Obama just doesn’t get it
Joan Walsh
Unemployment is a catastrophe, the recovery is stalling, but the president says his priority is "debt and deficits"
Cheating is no joke!
Cary Tennis
In celebrity circles infidelity may seem funny, but it's no laughing matter when you've been the victim of it
Why my kids are pop-culture illiterate
Andrew O'Hehir
As parents who home-school, my wife and I shield our twins from mainstream kids' fare: No Dora, no Barney
At Glenn Beck rally, strong but vague feelings
Mark Benjamin
Some came from several time zones away to be at the "Restoring Honor" rally. But they didn't seem to know why
What’s with all the “divorce porn”?
Tracy Clark-Flory
We are being inundated by stories about marital splits at the same time that the actual divorce rate is declining
Lessons from a low-impact week
David Sirota
What I learned from a week spent incorporating environmentally friendly habits into my daily life
Fidel Castro: Osama bin Laden is a U.S. agent
Paul Haven
The former president says documents posted on WikiLeaks prove the al-Qaida leader works for the CIA
Meet MLK’s Glenn Beck-loving niece
Daniel Denvir
Pro-life, anti-gay Alveda King talks to Salon about her uncle, beliefs and planned speech at Saturday's big rally
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