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Money talks, Barack. Are you listening?
Walter Shapiro
With the fall of the Dow, Obama has the chance to change the national conversation to something more important than moose hunting.
The “retarded” renaissance
Lynn Harris
"Never go full retard" was the catchphrase of the summer. Activist groups aren't laughing. Should you be?
Obama speaks on economy in two-minute ad
Alex Koppelman
In the spot, Barack Obama talks directly to the camera and lays out part of his plan to deal with the economic crisis.
Dude, where’s my manhood?
James Hannaham
A new book looks at American masculinity and the dangers posed by disgruntled guys.
Now smell this
Suzanne Bopp
Savvy consumer marketers are proving that the way to your pocketbook is through your nose.
Save Bitch
Judy Berman
Need your quarterly "Feminist Response to Pop Culture"? Then it's time to get out your wallet.
Amy Poehler, how will we quit you?
Rebecca Traister
The hilarious feminist comedian to exit "Saturday Night Live." Broadsheet to mourn.
The pastor who clashed with Palin
David Talbot
Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.
Teens’ mass (make-out) rebellion in Chile
Tracy Clark-Flory
At underage events, they grind, grope and compete to swap the most spit.
The culture war: It’s back!
Gary Kamiya
Democrats may have thought that the disastrous Bush years killed the GOP's favorite tactic. The Palin effect shows they were wrong.
Big Think: Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart on being a cultural engineer
Salon Staff
The musician discusses his use of technology in "Sweet Dreams" and collaborating with musicians worldwide.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: A YouTube survey of Sarah Palin; the ordeal of a lost kayaker; lessons about love and marriage.
Sex, drugs, oil, and an ethics award
Andrew Leonard
Earlier this week, the Department of Interior received a commendation for promoting a "stronger ethical culture"
Salon Radio: Matthew Yglesias
Glenn Greenwald
What are the most glaring deficiencies in media coverage of the campaign and what can be done to combat them? Plus: Is the Obama campaign excessively minimizing foreign policy differences with the GOP?
“I fear for my country”
David Talbot
Former Gov. Tony Knowles and other Alaska Democrats warn not to underestimate Sarah Palin's political skills -- or how unsuited she is for the vice presidency.
What small-town America is saying about Obama
Dan Hoyle
In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
It's becoming downright commonplace to share the cockpit with a female pilot.
Drill, baby, drill
Alex Koppelman
The "culture of ethical failure" in one Interior Department agency has serious implications for the Republicans' offshore-drilling plans, so why aren't Democrats making it an issue?
Where she was saved
Sarah Posner
The church where Sarah Palin grew up and was baptized preaches some of the most extreme religious views in the nation.
Sex, drugs, corruption and oil
Andrew Leonard
It's a Bush administration bonanza -- "a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" at the Department of Interior
When kids become mass murderers
Laura Miller
What turns an angry, alienated teen into a school shooter -- and what can we do it about it?
Pissed about Palin
Cintra Wilson
McCain's running mate is a Christian Stepford wife in a sexy librarian costume. Women, it's time to get furious.
George Bush with big hair
Garrison Keillor
The hustling Evangelical with ethics issues and a chip on her shoulder could be our first woman president.
Nature vs. nurture, like you’ve never seen them before
Catherine Price
New research suggests that the more egalitarian and prosperous a society is, the more its men and women live up to gender stereotypes.
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