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Obama’s grass-roots battalion vs. McCain’s ragtag platoon
Walter Shapiro
In Wisconsin's blue-collar Paper Valley, the Democrats are banking on an outpouring of volunteers while the Republicans are left with fear itself.
Your daily Palin: Debate response edition
Kate Harding
What people are saying about Thursday night's V.P. debate.
A nation of conspiracy theorists can’t be wrong
Louis Bayard
From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation.
Uncurbed enthusiasm
Adam Baer
Veteran "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director Bob Weide talks about bringing his prickly brand of humor to the big screen with "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People."
Indie film’s ultra-realist overdose
Andrew O'Hehir
Sundance critics went wild for the lo-fi, wide-screen, Mississippi bleakness of "Ballast." But has American neorealism turned itself into audience kryptonite?
Why has it been so long since a black band ruled rock?
James Hannaham
With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band.
Obama and McCain face off
Walter Shapiro
Friday's debate was no decisive showdown. But for undecided voters watching, did Obama look too green or McCain too mean?
Another Gilded Age comes to an end
Steve Fraser
With wild speculation wreaking havoc on the American financial system, will Washington recognize the need for regulation?
John McCain’s hot air
Joseph Romm
He may claim to be green, but McCain's environmental record is every bit as dirty as that of Sen. James "global warming is a hoax" Inhofe.
Letters of the week
Salon Staff
Readers reflect on "guyhood," use of the word "retard," smell advertising, and more.
My husband, the invalid
Alix Kates Shulman
I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself?
Now smell this
Suzanne Bopp
Savvy consumer marketers are proving that the way to your pocketbook is through your nose.
His friend groped me, but my boyfriend says it’s no big deal
Cary Tennis
His friends are loud, sexist pigs, but he stands up for them.
Wall Street’s nightmare goes nuclear
Andrew Leonard
Systemic meltdown? You're looking at it. Lehman declares bankruptcy, Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch, and everyone else wonders, what next?
In memory of David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008
Laura Miller
A tribute to the great American novelist who left us all a little less alone.
Tina Fey on “SNL”: Umm, wow
Sarah Hepola
We knew Tina Fey looked like Sarah Palin. We didn't realize she could channel her.
What small-town America is saying about Obama
Dan Hoyle
In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
More evidence of Bush’s spying
Jon B. Eisenberg
Why the White House can no longer hide the truth about its warrantless surveillance of Americans.
Watching like it’s 1985
King Kaufman
ESPN Classic is rolling out old USC-Ohio State games, and it's great to see the -- hey, where's the damn score bug?!
Koch: Giuliani looks like he’d kill old woman in wheelchair
Alex Koppelman
The former mayor of New York City attacks his successor, saying that in his speech at the Republican Convention Rudy Giuliani resembled a killer from an old film.
NFL Week 1 picks
King Kaufman
The season's here! And it can only get better after that dog of an opener Thursday night.
Alone in South Africa with a drunken husband
Cary Tennis
I left the U.S. when I got married and now, with three grown children at home, I feel torn.
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