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Ron Paul is a baby elephant
Michael Scherer
From around the country, Ron Paul's followers are descending on New Hampshire to go door-to-door for their man. But what do they really want?
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Time to leave the major networks behind and wander in the cable wilderness in search of fresh meat! Plus: Why Sundance's "Nimrod Nation" is the best show you're not watching.
India’s cosmopolitan-sipping singles
Tracy Clark-Flory
Chick lit takes on arranged marriages, suffocating saris and fasting rituals.
Should we euthanize the Yorkie?
Cary Tennis
My grandmother is ill and cannot care for her aging Yorkshire terrier.
Bad stenographers
Glenn Greenwald
Referring to the role played by our establishment press as stenography is truly an insult to the work of professional stenographers.
Quote (and debate?) of the day
Catherine Price
Arlie Hochschild on our growing willingness to pay strangers to touch us.
Is race dying?
Gary Kamiya
More than a third of black Americans no longer believe that blacks are a single race. This finding has alarmed some -- but it could help America out of its racial mess.
Is “cyber Monday” real? Turns out, yes
Farhad Manjoo
Retailers want to make the Monday after Thanksgiving an occasion for shopping online. You hate it, but hey, the deals ain't bad.
The Salon Gift Guide
Salon Staff
Perfect presents for everyone on your holiday list, selected by our editors.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
"The Amazing Race" and "Notes From the Underbelly" demonstrate that the joys and perils of family are as countless as the dirty dishes piling up in your sink.
Who are those unmasked men?
Douglas Wolk
Alan Moore's latest "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic gleefully mixes up history, pulp fiction and some surprisingly familiar characters.
The divine sound of silence
Kevin Berger
Britain's No Music Day offers a welcome hush over a noisy world. It can't come to America soon enough.
Conversations: Todd Haynes
Stephanie Zacharek
In this interview and podcast, the director discusses his astonishing new film, "I'm Not There," and that elusive shape-shifter, Bob Dylan.
My mother’s dying words were, “You’ll never be good enough”
Cary Tennis
I have trouble fitting in at work. I excel but I am in conflict with others: Why?
“Proust Was a Neuroscientist”
Jonathon Keats
Did novelist George Eliot anticipate the ability of the brain to grow new cells? Did chef Auguste Escoffier foretell the science of the palate? Jonah Lehrer thinks so.
Stop the New York Times Op-Ed food fight!
Joan Walsh
Krugman and Herbert are right, Reagan used race when he visited Philadelphia, Miss. But if the Times isn't sure, why not assign a reporter to the story?
American empire, going, going …
Andrew O'Hehir
Great empires were extraordinarily pluralistic, argues Amy Chua, until they frayed into xenophobia and decline. Can the U.S. steer another course?
Should I take my husband’s name?
Cary Tennis
I thought I would do the traditional thing, but now that the date is approaching, I'm not sure.
The science of good parenting
Carol Lloyd
A new Web site harnesses positive psychology for kids' happiness.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Is the spectacularly ambitious "Southland Tales" the next "Donnie Darko"? Plus: Noah Baumbach on directing Nicole Kidman in the wrenching "Margot at the Wedding" (an interview and podcast).
Sexiest Man Living 2007
Salon Staff
Because there's more to life than pretty boys ... Salon picks the 26 men who really drive us mad.
The six-pack abs of Shah Rukh Khan
Andrew Leonard
"Om Shanti Om" is Bollywood's latest stab at global box office glory. Take a seat, Tom Cruise.
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