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“Engleby”
Laura Miller
The narrator of Sebastian Faulks' enthralling new novel is a witty, unreliable oddball -- but is he a murderer?
Classic or crud?
Salon Staff
Did you love or hate that cult hit? Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, weigh in with their cinematic picks this week.
Remembrance of tacos past
Mark Dery
I may have grown up to be a foodie, but I still think fondly of Taco Bell and its mushy burritos and fast-food mission facades.
Arthur Waldron responds to HTWW
Andrew Leonard
A note from the China expert who broke the story, in the English-language press, that Lu Xun's works are being censored in Chinese high school textbooks
Irresistible rumors: A touch-screen/radio/WiFi iPod.
Farhad Manjoo
What will Apple release tomorrow? Nobody knows, but nobody can resist guessing, either.
Thomas Sowell offers superb Exhibit of the Right-wing Mind
Glenn Greenwald
Espousing two blatantly contradictory ideas at once is a common device among those devoted to authority.
Psst! Have you heard…?
Lucy Silag
I realized I was addicted to gossiping, so I quit. But after four months, my friends think I'm a narcissistic bore -- and all I want to do is dish some dirt.
Did Chertoff lie to Congress about Guant
Mark Benjamin
He told the Senate that Pentagon interrogation methods were "plain vanilla," but e-mails reveal his top staff met weekly with FBI officials who said they were torture.
“Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
Stephanie Zacharek
Rowan Atkinson's rubbery-limbed naif goes to Cannes in this gentle-spirited, graceful and wholly unpretentious comedy.
It all goes back to trail mix
Catherine Price
A study suggests that when it comes to remembering the location of the Ben and Jerry's, women have a biological advantage over men.
Who says novogenarians can’t have fun?
Catherine Price
A 90-year-old man in India just fathered his 20th or so child -- and wants more.
The next-gen disc format war gets uglier, more ridiculous
Farhad Manjoo
Paramount and Dreamworks announce they're abandoning Blu-ray Discs in favor of HD DVD. One more reason not to buy either.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Leonardo DiCaprio wants you to save the world. Plus: A chat with the man who gave Brad Pitt his start (interview and podcast).
“Smooth as old satin”
Dana Cook
Jay Leno, Della Reese, Mike Douglas, Miles Davis, Betty White and others on their impressions of Merv Griffin, the late talk show host, game show producer and mogul.
“Rocket Science”
Stephanie Zacharek
Self-consciously quirky on the outside, this gentle teenage fable has an affecting, openhearted core.
Ask the Pilot
Patrick Smith
What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air?
Lost in space
Sloane Crosley
You may not be able to read a map but I get lost in the supermarket, due to my severe spatial disability.
His beautiful game
Gary Kamiya
Bill Walsh transformed football into a work of art, and gave San Francisco a boost when the city needed it most.
Conversations: Steven Okazaki
Andrew O'Hehir
The filmmaker behind "White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" shares the survivors' stories he explores in his devastating documentary. An interview and podcast.
“The Bourne Ultimatum”
Stephanie Zacharek
In this exhilarating action threequel, Jason Bourne emerges as the sort of troubled but resolute hero the world needs most.
Mike Allen and Hugh Hewitt on the politicization of the military
Glenn Greenwald
"The military organized the O'Hanlon-Pollack tour."
More voting machine problems: Florida, again
Farhad Manjoo
Officials discover that Diebold optical-scan machines can easily switch votes between candidates.
Requiem for a poker game
Robert Burton
Poker has been spoiled by TV tournaments and players schooled online. In the battle for the big payoff, wit and camaraderie have been trumped by computer logic and greed.
The most dangerous metaphor
Andrew Leonard
Moore's Law inspires runaway techno-utopianism, leaking far beyond the world of semiconductors. What happens if the music stops?
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