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Coburn: U.S. attorneys scandal sort of like Anna Nicole Smith
Alex Koppelman
At a hearing yesterday, Sen. Tom Coburn said the U.S. attorneys flap has been overblown -- and compared it to the media coverage of Anna Nicole Smith.
My best girlfriend and I are competing for men
Cary Tennis
We're playing the Man Game. I'm concerned about the implications -- and I'm concerned about losing!
He spanks in anger
Cary Tennis
I've seen my brother-in-law strike his kid, and I no longer want him as guardian.
What a difference four years makes
Joan Walsh
On the Iraq war anniversary, it's worth remembering the climate of bullying and intimidation that abetted the Bush administration's case for war.
Killing Jared
Vanessa Grigoriadis
Matt Baker was a restless teenager in suburban Las Vegas who loved gangster movies and acting cool. Nobody could imagine he wanted to murder his best friend and bury him in the desert.
Will global warming slow down the Autobahn?
Andrew Leonard
Ecofascists get blamed for ruining the fun on "Adolf Hitler's roads."
“The Namesake”
Stephanie Zacharek
This sweet, but not cloying, adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's delicate novel brings us some wonderful moments.
Think you know how to read, do you?
Tom Lutz
A new throng of authors wants to save literature from our nefarious English departments and teach us how to read their way. Now, class, pay attention.
Libby and the White House book club
Sidney Blumenthal
While Cheney's former aide prays for a presidential pardon, Bush and Rove hold forth in their neocon salon, and the coverup continues.
Save Oscar
Salon Staff
More streaking, less speeching and other ways to improve the broadcast -- courtesy of Salon's reader community, Table Talk.
Regarding Oscar
Salon Staff
Salon critics and special guests weigh in on the Academy Awards -- the wins, the dresses, the absence of Anna Nicole!
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Move over, Clint! Out of the way, Marty! On Sunday night, the Academy will also honor some amazing documentary and foreign films. Here's a look at them.
Libby’s last disinformation campaign
Sidney Blumenthal
Not only did Scooter's defense rely on emotion over facts, but it appealed to the jury to dismiss the craft of journalism as false by nature.
The modern Muslim
Steve Paulson
Controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan explains why Mohammed had progressive views of women, why the Quran is a prescription for peace -- and why he is banned from Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
Fighting words
Joan Walsh
Can liberal bloggers be both partisan kingmakers and independent journalists? The blogstorm over the John Edwards campaign points to some tough lessons.
Libby’s cynical defense
Sidney Blumenthal
In the courtroom, I watched Libby's lawyers grill Bob Woodward and Robert Novak, trying and failing to obscure the charges against the vice president's man.
Our Valentine’s Day playlist contest winner!
Salon Staff
Seduce your ear buds with the songs from the winning playlist.
“Music and Lyrics”
Stephanie Zacharek
Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore make beautiful music together in this pleasingly hummable romantic comedy.
The Libby trial, or “anticlimax” defined
Tim Grieve
Libby's lawyer says neither Libby nor Cheney will take the stand.
Fear factors
Christine Smallwood
Allen Shawn -- son of William, brother of Wallace -- is afraid of almost everything, but not of writing a memoir of his phobic life.
All aboard “the Bangalore Express”
Andrew Leonard
Get your tickets punched for irony on a Lufthansa flight to India.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Flight attendant, stewardess, trolley dolly. Whatever you call her, she was once a high-fashion sex symbol. At some airlines, the image lives on.
The Gavin Newsom sex scandal: Why did his lover tell?
Cary Tennis
Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
Long way home
Meredith Maran
San Francisco-born William Poy Lee went through college, law school and a high-powered job before he discovered the wealth of his Toisan heritage.
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