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The devil and David Carr
Andrew O'Hehir
The veteran newspaperman discusses his alternately horrifying and uplifting memoir about the journey from crackhead to crack New York Times reporter.
David Carr on “The Night of the Gun”
Salon Staff
Andrew O'Hehir interviews the writer about his memoir, drug addiction and memory.
Turn around, Bright Eyes
Judy Berman
Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst was my guilty pleasure for years
Forging the missing case for war
Louis Bayard
In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
Give us a (virtual) kiss
Joe Hutsko
Facebook gift designer Susan Kare on Mac icons, computer kisses and everything in between.
How Kafka-esque is Kafka?
Louis Bayard
The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation.
I thought I could overcome my past, but now it’s dragging me down
Cary Tennis
I've come far from the poverty and dysfunction of my roots, but asking for my family's support is bringing it all back again.
When war goes corporate
Chalmers Johnson
Grave threats to our national security may now include the mass privatization of U.S. intelligence and military operations.
Strained by war, U.S. Army promotes unqualified soldiers
Bill Sasser
A Salon investigation reveals that a shortage of skilled sergeants has led to dubious promotions for inexperienced soldiers -- even jeopardizing some operations in Iraq.
Waving the flag on Iraq — now in rerun!
Gary Kamiya
McCain's attack on Obama as a defeatist is right out of the Karl Rove playbook. But here's why it won't work.
Walking on air
Andrew O'Hehir
Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
“Brideshead Revisited”
Louis Bayard
No expense has been spared in this lavish, streamlined adaptation, but is there such a thing as too much good taste?
Digital disasters friends and family should have prevented
Joe Hutsko
Oops, I was going to back up my computer, but...
“Before I Forget”
Stephanie Zacharek
This movie about a former hustler is a devastating portrait of the aging body.
Forget what he said — McCain’s not against gay adoption
Vincent Rossmeier
A spokeswoman says the senator "could have been clearer" in discussing his stance on gay adoption, and that he really isn't against it after all.
The end of men
Douglas Wolk
The cartoon epic "Y: The Last Man," the most entertaining satire about gender in recent memory, comes to its triumphant conclusion.
Let us now praise Jesse Helms
James Hannaham
Yes, he was hellspawn, but the left owes a great debt to the late, unlamented (racist, homophobic) senator.
Was Obama’s FISA vote “calculated”?
Ed Kilgore
If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Obama hopes to go where JFK went before
Gregor Peter Schmitz
Barack Obama wants to hold a keynote speech on transatlantic relations in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. But don't call him a "European."
Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale
Jon B. Eisenberg
U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
Where have you gone, Marcus Welby?
Robert Burton
Family doctors are a dying breed that is not being revived by medical students. This is the healthcare crisis the candidates should be talking about.
The bitter legacy of Jesse Helms
Ed Kilgore
There's a reason why so many Americans can't feel charitable about the passing of the virulent warrior of the Right.
Barack by the books
Laura Miller
The works that have influenced Obama illustrate that he would be the most literary president in recent memory -- and one likely to govern from the center.
Good men, bad war
Heather Havrilesky
"The Wire" co-creator Ed Burns expresses his admiration for the 1st Recon Marines depicted in his and David Simon's upcoming HBO miniseries, "Generation Kill."
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