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The swing states of 2008
Thomas F. Schaller
Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore.
Gore Vidal’s inconvenient truths
Louis Bayard
"The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics.
McClellan takes the stand
Alex Koppelman
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.
A new form of birth control
Catherine Price
If homosexuality is determined by prenatal hormones, is there a way to force your fetus to be straight?
What color are Chinese South Africans?
Andrew Leonard
According to the country's High Court, they are now considered "black"
The bogus baby bust nightmare
Andrew Leonard
A declining population doesn't automatically result in declining prosperity. Even the Black Death had a silver lining.
How my vendetta against the Benetton family was born
Andrew Leonard
Another cashier reads from a script; another rent is torn in the fabric of civilized society. There is no escape. But we can bitch.
Outrage of the day: Children’s salon boom
Kate Harding
The feminist in me hates the trend, but as a little girl, I would have eaten this up.
U.S. aircraft carrier “propa-manga”
Andrew Leonard
As the nuclear-powered George Washington sails toward Japan, the Navy attempts to win Japanese hearts and minds with a comic book.
Summer reads
Salon Staff
Past perfect: From a sinister Victorian thriller to the lush life of Louis XIV's mistress, these historical novels will take you back in time.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Happiness is a whoring sea donkey! "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" and "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" usher in the summer of the sensitive slut.
“She had her mouth on my dad’s penis!”
Kate Harding
The controversial case of the nursing-home lovers.
Baby mama drama
Miles Marshall Lewis
How did an urban slang insult cross over into the political mainstream, and why is it so offensive?
The joys of being a friend of Angelo Mozilo
Andrew Leonard
Portfolio Magazine has the scoop on exactly how Washington insiders benefited from Countrywide's care and affection
Hard drive
Tracy Clark-Flory
Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today.
Are all women a little bit bi?
Sarah Hepola
A new documentary looks at the complicated nature of female sexuality.
Dancing with the New Tsars
Clare Foges
With their tricked-out yachts, trained servants and diamond-frosted toys, newly rich Russians have invaded London -- and thrown Britain's elite into a royal tizzy.
The real high-school musical
Mark Schone
Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation.
“Virginity is more important to me than life”
Judy Berman
The disturbing increase in hymenoplasty surgery among European Muslim women.
Obama’s best veep choice
Camille Paglia
Here's a hint: She's not Hillary! Plus: Talk radio's paranoid delusions and a Brazilian diva Madonna could aspire to.
Strange but true
James Hannaham
Composer Stew bares all about his raucous Broadway hit "Passing Strange" -- and why his song "We Just Had Sex" won't be on TV on Tony night.
He’s a young black guy, and that’s a problem for some folks
Garrison Keillor
But Barack Obama has gifts that transcend race and his own slim r
Relax, liberals. You’ve already won
Michael Lind
No matter who prevails at the ballot box in November, John McCain or Barack Obama, the four-decade-long conservative counterrevolution is over.
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