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A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing
Glenn Greenwald
Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Missouri “abortifacient” bill both wrong and wrong
Lynn Harris
Disingenuous proposal reinforces misconceptions about women, contraception and abortion.
Dive-bar dharma
Whitney Joiner
To attract a new generation of Buddhists, two teachers are replacing the old hippie trappings with a tattooed aesthetic and references to Jay-Z.
Memo from U.S. Christian conservatives to Europeans: Have more babies!
Catherine Price
That is, of course, only if you're white.
The courts and Congress affirmatively conceal and protect lawbreaking
Glenn Greenwald
The Supreme Court's refusal today to rule on the NSA spying program means that the telecom lawsuits are the last remaining hope for finding out what happened and determining its legality.
Bowling for votes in Wisconsin
Edward McClelland
All the remaining 2008 contenders -- except Barack Obama -- indulge in an artery-busting blue-collar orgy of fried fish, bratwurst and cheese.
Rock vs. jazz
Gary Kamiya
For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
Zombies eat YouTube!
Andrew O'Hehir
George Romero's "Diary of the Dead" uploads the undead onto the Web. But wait -- aren't they here already?
America closes the book on intelligence
Laura Miller
Our country is barely smarter than a fifth grader -- no wonder it's drowning in religious fundamentalism and political ideologues on both sides, argues Susan Jacoby.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Clemens and McNamee: Before it all went wrong, why was a superstar trusting his career to a guy like that? Plus: Jesse Barfield on kids these days.
Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is about women’s rights
Carol Lloyd
It may be a lame Hallmark holiday, but Feb. 14 is still a time when the fissures in gender relations get exposed in uncomfortable ways.
John McCain is running for sissy in chief
Vincent Rossmeier
In his new book, John Strausbaugh claims everyone in America has been "sissified," including the 2008 presidential contenders.
Zanan silenced; outcry getting louder
Lynn Harris
Iran's women's magazine: We have not read the last page.
Susan Sontag’s final wish
Steve Paulson
She wanted hope, a reason to believe she would survive cancer. In a candid interview, her son, David Rieff, discusses his mother's battle to live and his struggle to hide the truth.
A mistake that should last a lifetime
Jessanne Collins
Removable tattoo ink makes it easy to erase romantic failings and youthful indiscretions. Why would I want to do that?
DVDs you definitely don’t have
Andrew O'Hehir
An almost forgotten silent-comedy genius, ground-breaking British docs of the '50s and the Eurosleaze wonders of "Black Emanuelle's Box."
Your presidential candidate: Hot or not?
Farhad Manjoo
The best way to make American elections fair, according to a new book, is to use a voting method known for ranking drunk sorority girls.
Tween bees
Mary Elizabeth Williams
First "High School Musical," now "Hannah Montana." Are preteen girls staging a complete cultural coup? Totally!
“Condoms and pills … disappeared”
Tracy Clark-Flory
A lesson in what happens when contraception is condemned as a method of family planning.
The blind giant of the Middle East
David Grossman
Israel's disastrous Second Lebanon War showed we've become an existential danger to ourselves. Our future depends on fundamental change.
In the military we trust
William J. Astore
Progressives who want to disarm U.S. militarism must first understand the nation's faith in the military -- one of our least elitist, most diverse institutions.
Sexualizing girls for a good cause
Carol Lloyd
A public service announcement about statutory rape features adolescent girls with buxom bodies.
Requiem for a right-wing dream
Mike Madden
Mitt Romney preached about a degraded America -- then quit the '08 race. Now hardcore conservatives have to cozy up to John McCain.
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