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A Brazilian Linux let-down
Andrew Leonard
The government subsidizes free software. But does anyone use it?
The souls of young Muslim folk
Justin Jouvenal
What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
“What to expect when you’re aborting”
Judy Berman
A young woman blogs about terminating her pregnancy.
Scoring the Beijing Olympics
John Krich
They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
If we must discuss plagiarism, let’s talk exorcism too
Joe Conason
Republicans and the press love revisiting Joe Biden's past, but everybody -- including the possible GOP vice-presidential candidates -- has one.
What’s up with black names, anyway?
David Zax
From Tayshaun to Rau'shee, Olympic athletes have been a reminder of distinctive African-American names. Before you poke fun, here's a history lesson.
Get me girl-drink drunk!
Sarah Hepola
Top mixologists update the classic summer concoction for a sophisticated craft cocktail age.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: Hypnotic novels, riveting movies and sexy "Sesame Street" guests.
Letters of the week
Salon Staff
Readers reflect on education, air-conditioning politics and feminism.
GOP: Here’s to Hillary’s big party!
Walter Shapiro
Nothing would delight Republicans more than for the Clintons to upstage Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
The man who rocks sexy Jesus
Andrew O'Hehir
A superstar in Britain, comedian Steve Coogan hopes to ramp up his mojo with the high-school-drama farce "Hamlet 2."
The decay of serious journalism and Rachel Maddow’s new show
Glenn Greenwald
The New Republic -- of all places -- laments the loss of "nuance or intellectual rigor" on television as epitomized by MSNBC's troubling decision to give an actual liberal her own show.
Is the semicolon girlie?
Salon Staff
Broadsheet writers and Salon book critics debate the idea that some punctuation marks are more feminine than others.
Portrait of the artist as a fallen angel
Andrew O'Hehir
Indie hero Azazel Jacobs talks about casting his own parents -- and their eccentric, amazing New York apartment -- in his entrancing breakthrough film "Momma's Man."
In defense of race-based rooting
Gary Kamiya
At the Olympics, you sometimes find yourself rooting for athletes because of their race. And that's OK.
Debunking anti-Obama e-mails
Mike Madden
Error-filled chain e-mails designed to scare voters away from Barack Obama are circulating widely on the Internet. Salon deconstructs a pair, one smearing the candidate, the other his wife.
High School Bollywood Musical
Andrew Leonard
After marketing the gold-minting franchise in India, Disney brings it all back home.
Dare to struggle, dare to win!
John Krich
Nike darling Liu Xiang let down his nation. Shouldn't the poster boy for the new China have crawled across the finish line -- no matter what?
Sunday morning at Saddleback Church
Mike Madden
Most of Rick Warren's churchgoers still back McCain, but praised Obama's "values." The weekend's big winner was Warren.
Awesome or awful? Fat camp scholarships
Judy Berman
Essay contests invite children to win a summer of free weight loss.
Where have you gone, Allen Iverson?
King Kaufman
The U.S. men's return to basketball dominance is a lot less interesting than those fascinating days of dysfunction in Athens.
The Newer Deal: The path to a Democratic supermajority
Michael Lind
How Democrats can win big in 2010 and beyond -- by doing the opposite of what they're doing now. Think FDR-style liberalism, not McGovern.
My marriage was a mistake
Cary Tennis
I wanted to be the bride but I don't like being the wife. Now I face the toughest decision of my life.
Johnny, I hardly knew ye
Walter Shapiro
After covering John Edwards -- and liking him -- for years, what I thought I knew about him was wrong. But reporters often misjudge candidates.
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