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Hypocrite environmentalists?
Andrew Leonard
Reason magazine wants to know why believers in the science of global warming won't accept that genetically modified crops are safe. Easy: Follow the money.
Iraq: Why the media failed
Gary Kamiya
Afraid to challenge America's leaders or conventional wisdom about the Middle East, a toothless press collapsed.
Memo to Bill O’Reilly: More immigrants equals less crime
Alex Koppelman
Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera got into a screaming match about an illegal alien accused of manslaughter. Is there a link between illegal aliens and crime?
The greatest living critic
Allen Barra
If a team of scientists crossed the DNA of Edmund Wilson with Pauline Kael, and added a dash of Wilfrid Sheed, they would come up with Clive James.
How Taiwan became Chinese
Andrew Leonard
Once upon a time, the "beautiful island" was mainly populated by warlike aborigines. Then along came the Dutch
Three questions for Tayannah Lee McQuillar
Salon Staff
A new book looks back at the "golden age of rap" while lamenting the music's current state.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
China gets its first gay TV show. The Wal-Mart spy story. Plus: McGraw tops the charts, J.Lo in at No. 10.
Judge: Most males attracted to 1-year-olds
Tracy Clark-Flory
Ruling in a child porn case, a judge calls sex with kids a "normal impulse."
“American Idol” hits its dog days
Salon Staff
As long as it's still separating the wheat from the chaff, the show is a bore.
I’m a princess in love with a troll
Cary Tennis
I hate to admit it, but on a fashionable street I dropped my boyfriend's hand.
Your modern-day Republican Party
Glenn Greenwald
Leading GOP presidential candidates believe in the power of imprisoning American citizens with no charges or review.
Presidential candidates and “substance”
Glenn Greenwald
Whether a presidential campaign is "substantive" is determined far more by its relationship to the Beltway culture than by any specific legislative plan it issues.
Men who hate women on the Web
Joan Walsh
And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair.
Sanjaya, “American Idol,” and the dancing girl of Mohenjo-Daro
Andrew Leonard
Worst singer in talent-show history, or proud inheritor of 5000 years of divinely inspired musical tradition?
Observations about John Harris’ replies
Glenn Greenwald
An exchange with the Politico's editor in chief highlights some interesting points about what really motivates our nation's journalistic elite.
Should a burgeoning pop star come out?
Salon Staff
Fast-rising pop star Mika faces questions about his sexuality -- will his answers matter?
Will the sun ever set on the English language?
Andrew Leonard
For two centuries, English mastery has equaled power. Will Chinglish, Spanglish and Hinglish topple that great linguistic empire?
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
The DOJ's prosecution priorities; the indifference of Time's Stengel to false statements; more on the Politico.
Death threats dog female blogger
Lynn Harris
Evidence of rampant misogyny, or the price of doing business in the blogosphere?
Does Joss Stone sound too black?
Salon Staff
Criticism of the blue-eyed soul singer's new album raises old questions about cultural appropriation.
A modest price for a modest ride
Catherine Price
After forbidding women from riding motorcycle taxis in Kano, Nigeria, the government has come up with a more modest alternative.
Tastes like hell
Ann Bauer
For Mitch Omer, the brilliant -- and bipolar -- chef behind the hit Minneapolis restaurant Hell's Kitchen, food has been both a dark obsession and a lifesaving blessing.
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