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Runaway daughters
Katharine Mieszkowski
After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned.
The love that dare not bark its name
Katharine Mieszkowski
Why are we so nuts about our pets? The author of "Made for Each Other" explains why bonding with animals isn't embarrassing, it's natural.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Bailout nation: Will the airlines follow Detroit to the government trough?
Like a phoenix, Orange County rises again
Andrew Leonard
Out of the ashes of the subprime meltdown -- new life: An FDIC headquarters for managing the shutdown of failed financial institutions
Short people got no reason to live
Gary Kamiya
It isn't enough that tall men get all the girls and win all the elections. After Usain Bolt's ridiculous world-record sprint, now we can't even run away from them anymore.
Blacklisted by the Bush government
Tim Shorrock
Spying on Americans without warrants, charges based on secret evidence, a small town divided by fear. Welcome to the world of Bush's "specially designated global terrorists."
Let’s fight: Popular Mechanics says Macs beat PCs in style and speed
Farhad Manjoo
Why does Windows take minutes to start up and shut down?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
As hundreds of planes are grounded, the FAA faces an identity crisis. Plus: What does a rash of airline bankruptcies mean for the future?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Much of what frustrates us about flying doesn't take place during flight at all. It's getting on and off that's really irritating.
Zanan silenced; outcry getting louder
Lynn Harris
Iran's women's magazine: We have not read the last page.
Egypt’s Gaza nightmare
Pierre Heumann
Palestinians have flooded into Egypt en masse since militants blew open a border wall. Is it a blessing in disguise for Israel?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The Six Continent Club, lithium batteries, more defunct airlines: The pilot takes on a grab bag of topics.
Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds warn of “social unraveling” if Obama loses
Glenn Greenwald
The emerging race-tinged attacks on Obama are but a small preview of what would be unleashed if he were the nominee.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Can someone with no flight training safely land an airliner? Plus: Pilotless planes, overpaid pilots and other aviation myths.
The dark truth about Blackwater
P.W. Singer
Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq.
Turn out the lights, Michigan
Edward McClelland
With unemployment the worst in the nation, and the government on the verge of shutdown, it's time for my home state to drive toward a new way of life.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Good for the kids from Georgia, but the Little League World Series has finally lost this customer. Plus: Golden infielders. And: MySpace responds.
China to foreigners: Quote Mao, at your peril
Andrew Leonard
Nick Young's China Development Brief may have understood the Middle Kingdom a bit too well.
What Democrats need to learn about power
Rich Galen
The former communications director for Newt Gingrich compares the Democratic takeover of 2007 to the Republican takeover of 1995.
The power of King George
Garrett Epps
This week Bush made another executive power grab -- and our own Constitution is largely to blame.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
What's the matter with airports? A tour of the loudest, weirdest and ugliest problems on the concourse.
Climate of hope
Kevin Sweeney
Global warming is the worst news of our time. But pessimism saps our will. It's time to embrace the challenge, and call boldly on Americans to win the fight of a lifetime.
Republicans gone wild
Sidney Blumenthal
"Ethics reform" gestures and suddenly hazy memories can't hide the truth: Abramoff is an integral part of the GOP machine that revved up with the '94 "revolution."
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