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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.
McCain’s economic plan looks DOA
Ed Kilgore
John McCain's latest economic policy package appears to be a dressed up re-hash of proposals that are unlikely to pass Congress anyway.
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."
Them walls, them walls, them dry walls
Salon Staff
Are you in home improvement Hades? This week, members of Salon's community, Table Talk, remind you you're not alone.
A dream of Russian dandelions
Andrew Leonard
The rising price of natural rubber is puncturing tire manufacturer profitability. But a weed grows in Uzbekistan...
Obama advisor Greg Craig: Adding insult to injury
Glenn Greenwald
The campaign's claim that Obama supported the FISA compromise to avoid "expiration of FISA" is factually false and, even when corrected, makes no sense.
Women watch porn to please men?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Read on for more inane explanations of why some ladies like X-rated fare!
How to get ahead at the office — in 1976
Kate Harding
"Not unlike a geisha, leave your flip-flops at the door and step into those Jimmy Choos." Mmmkay.
NBA draft
King Kaufman
Rose goes first, Riley takes Beasley after all, and the New York fans boo the Knicks' choice, as always.
Bad news for 27-year-old virgins
Catherine Price
The FDA is delaying its decision on whether to approve Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine, for women over 26.
Republicans won’t run anti-voter-fraud campaign this year
Alex Koppelman
One report says that some have decided that their traditional efforts, seen as voter suppression by Democrats and others, might cause a backlash.
Young ballers: See the world
King Kaufman
The N.Y. Times profiles a high school basketball star on the verge of a smart response to the NBA age limit.
Time magazine uncritically prints Nancy Pelosi’s “justifications” for the FISA “compromise”
Glenn Greenwald
The congressional Democratic leadership explains that sacrificing the Fourth Amendment and the rule of law is necessary to win some more swing seats.
Bissinger contrite, but still bashing blogs
King Kaufman
The world's foremost defender of quality writing makes a fool of himself again.
A new form of birth control
Catherine Price
If homosexuality is determined by prenatal hormones, is there a way to force your fetus to be straight?
Volunteers blocked Muslims from being seen with Obama
Alex Koppelman
Two Muslim women were told they could not sit behind the candidate at a recent appearance unless they removed their head scarves.
Monday roundup: Hulk vs. Shakespeare
Andrew O'Hehir
"Hulk" director says superhero flicks are boring! So I'm off to a 10-hour Japanese film. Also: A.P.'s wacky war against the blogosphere.
Supreme Court restores habeas corpus, strikes down key part of Military Commissions Act
Glenn Greenwald
"Security subsists, too, in fidelity to freedom's first principles. Chief among these are freedom from arbitrary and unlawful restraint."
Longtime reporter: “Bloggers have taught me a lesson” about dependency on sources
Glenn Greenwald
"The problem with all that, I've come to realize, is that I got too close to the people I covered."
Clinton news roundup
Sarah Hepola
What does the end of her historic presidential campaign mean for women?
Single women should be ashamed of themselves!
Rachel Shukert
A sex therapist says that if you're unmarried, and you say you're happy, then you must be lying.
NYT front page reports on McCain’s reversal on spying, executive power
Glenn Greenwald
McCain's behavior on these vital issues completely negates the two attributes the media uses to define him -- his "moderate" ideology and principled independence.
Clinton camp damping down veep talk
Alex Koppelman
Some of her supporters are still making overt efforts to get Clinton on the ticket, but her campaign says it's Obama's choice.
Vanity Fair piece about Bill Clinton sparks controversy
Alex Koppelman, Justin Jouvenal
An article about the former president, which features some harsh criticism about him and suggestions of possibly indiscreet behavior by him, inspired a negative reaction and discussion about journalistic ethics.
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