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Destination: Brazil
Anderson Tepper
After Carnival, soccer and samba, go deeper into this South American nation via its seductive novels and gritty true-life stories.
The bunny vs. the blue box
Anastacia Marx de Salcedo
Annie's Homegrown Macaroni & Cheese is the pantry staple of harried, organo-hipster parents everywhere. But is it any healthier than the day-glo noodles of our white-bread childhoods?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Parsing the movies that took the prizes. Plus: Ten festival premieres that ought to make some noise!
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Bring the pain! From "Knights of Prosperity" to "Rules of Engagement" to "The Winner," how much agony will the midseason sitcoms bring you?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Christina Ricci wows opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Justin Timberlake in the exhilarating "Black Snake Moan." Plus: The film stubborn Bush supporters need to see.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Pro-Duke conspiracy alert: Timing error helps the Blue Devils. Why can't anybody get the clock right? Plus: A decade in the books.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Powder-blue seats, mauve curtains and golfing in Siberia. It's the strange, sometimes beautiful language of airliner cabins.
Tales from the melting pot
Salon Staff
What does it mean to be American? Members of Salon.com's reader community, Table Talk, share their versions of the American dream this week.
Herbivore vs. carnivore
Laura Miller
Are vegetarians the moral, peace-loving, cruelty-free enemies of the meat eater? Or a bunch of kooks living in la-la land?
Deconstructing Oscar: Safe, sunshiny choices
Stephanie Zacharek
The Academy's nominations this year are more memorable for what isn't nominated than what is.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A terrifying, sexy thriller from an Oscar winner. Plus: Sarah Polley directs -- and Anna Faris delivers one of the greatest stoner monologues of all time.
Black vs. “black”
Gary Kamiya
Barack Obama is black -- he just isn't "black." And if his candidacy helps take the quotation marks off race in America, it's a good thing.
The anxiety of appetite
Tracie McMillan
Barry Glassner, author of "The Gospel of Food," takes aim at foodies' sacred cows and explains why many of our menu choices are motivated by fear as much as hunger.
Happy anniversary
Page Rockwell
The landmark Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade was 34 years ago today.
Can China stop the Back-Dorm Boys?
Andrew Leonard
No more unapproved online lip-syncing, declares the Ministry of Culture. Good luck with that.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The festival offers up films about dead rock stars, undead Angelenos, man-horse sex and teeth in strange places. Plus: Dick Gephardt made me cry!
DLC to Ford: Don’t drop dead
Ed Kilgore
Tom Schaller's Salon piece attacking the DLC and Harold Ford reveals that he understands neither the organization nor its chairman-to-be.
Surge of danger for U.S. troops
Robert Bryce
Despite billions spent to combat it, the threat from roadside bombs in Iraq has gone from bad to worse, according to a Pentagon source.
The same old song and dance
Eilene Zimmerman
Disney's "High School Musical" DVD has hijacked my children's lives. Its shallow plot and saccharine songs should inspire cynicism. So why can't I stop singing along?
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
All work and no play make Jack Bauer a mean boy. Plus: Cliff takes on the Heat Miser (and pays for it) on "Top Chef"!
How the left caused 9/11, by Dinesh D’Souza
Alex Koppelman
An interview with the conservative polemicist, who accuses the cultural left of provoking al-Qaida's attack in his new book, "The Enemy at Home."
Embracing a “culture of life”
Tracy Clark-Flory
The anniversary of Roe v. Wade is a reminder of lawmakers' failure to support pregnancy and parenthood.
Running in hijabs
Carol Lloyd
Muslim women athletes get creative to observe cultural dress codes while competing.
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