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History is bunk after all
Laura Miller
Much of what we're taught has been twisted to suit someone's needs
The poison of celebrity
Gary Kamiya
While the ersatz mourning for Michael Jackson was merely annoying, the fame of lightweight Sarah Palin is dangerous
The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal
Thomas Rogers, Sarah Hepola
Ewan McGregor! Jason Segel! Vincent Gallo! The men who dared to put the penis in pop culture
Can Palin ever come back?
Camille Paglia
A closer look at the words of Obama, Depeche Mode and U2. Plus: Why do straight actresses make the best lesbo porn?
Can it!
Sarah Karnasiewicz
I leapt on the new craze for pickling and preserving. Is it a money saver in a busted economy -- or a luxury craft?
Michael Jackson’s sad exit
Joan Walsh
A huge talent, a racial pioneer and a very sad, strange man gets a surreal celebrity send-off. Why did I watch?
“I don’t kill people. I kill boys“
Andrew O'Hehir
"Juno" scribe and "Transformers" hottie together at last, in dueling trailers for demon-cheerleader flick
Watching Michael Jackson’s last show
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon live-blogs the King of Pop's televised memorial -- with streaming video
The culture war comes for Michael Jackson
Gabriel Winant
The House of Representatives is consumed with racially fraught bickering over Michael Jackson
Ruth Madoff: Guilty of being a woman?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Gloria Steinem says our hatred for Bernie's better half is fundamentally sexist
Dan Froomkin hired by The Huffington Post
Glenn Greenwald
It is not journalism that is dying -- only the staid, establishment-serving, stenography model of the WashPost.
We’re all intersex
Thomas Rogers
The author of "Between XX and XY" on people born neither male nor female -- and why everyone's a little bit of both
Disco dancin’ with the dictator
Andrew O'Hehir
And also killing people. The Pinochet-era ultra-dark comedy "Tony Manero" is the feel-bad movie of the year
“The Daily Show” on the burqa ban
Sarah Hepola
Senior women's correspondent Kristen Schaal on Islamic garb, the torture of high heels and the joys of mayonnaise
Women I dated, when I was a man
Jennifer Finney Boylan
I kept hoping love would transform me. But, secretly, I longed to be female
Sex scandals are bipartisan
Gene Lyons
But it's Republicans who are prone to preaching about other people's intimate lives
Iran: “The guest is God’s friend”
Sandy Tolan
The detention of journalist Iason Athanasiadis is a legal abomination -- and a breach of Iranian hospitality
Karl Malden 1912-2009
Andrew O'Hehir
The tough-guy character actor leaves behind a memorable career in movies and TV -- and then there's "Sekulovich"
Gay men go to hell
Sarah Hepola
"God Says No" author James Hannaham talks about religious repression, life in the closet -- and sex in the bathroom
Horses to the slaughter
Megan Wilde
U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend?
Deliver a baby, collect $1,000!
Amy Benfer
Beliefnet's Steve Waldman suggests the difference between abortion and adoption is a cheap cash payment
Don’t stop ’til you get enough
Various
Critics and Salon staffers remember Michael Jackson's legacy, his racial impact and the brilliance of "Billie Jean"
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