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Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon, and has been a writer and editor at the pioneering online news site since 1997, including many years as a film and cultural critic. He was previously an editor at SPIN magazine and was editor of the award-winning SF Weekly in the mid-1990s. He has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Nautilus, Sight and Sound, Elle China, the Times (U.K.) and other publications.

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A scene at the Playwright Irish Pub in Manhattan after the 2022 St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Hey, Irish Americans: Your “Celtic” tattoo isn’t Celtic — because that whole idea was made up

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Leon Trotsky, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What’s the deal in Ukraine after a year of war? Let Leon Trotsky explain

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Kevin McCarthy, Elon Musk and Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democracy and fascism: Empty words on the edge of the abyss

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Salon's Favorite Books of 2022 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Harper Collins/Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster/Stanford University Press)

Salon’s favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction

Erin Keane, Troy Farah, Matthew Rozsa, Ashlie D. Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Amanda Marcotte, D. Watkins, Kelly McClure, Alison Stine, Hanh Nguyen, Andrew O'Hehir, Chauncey DeVega
A mosaic made of thousands of photographs of the workers who built the World Cup stadium in Lusail, Qatar, decorates the stadium’s exterior. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Qatar 2022 WTF: How the World Cup got lost in the desert of the real

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"My Son Hunter" (Unreported Story Society Production)

“My Son Hunter”: There’s barely even a movie inside this deep-state right-wing grift

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New Prime Minister Liz Truss outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting Queen Elizabeth II and accepting her invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday September 6, 2022 (James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)

So who the hell is Liz Truss, anyway? Even the Brits aren’t exactly sure

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Boris Johnson and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson only wishes he were Donald Trump: But his comeback dreams won’t come true

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Trump, the pandemic, and the compression of time and memory (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I can’t forget — but I can’t remember what: Trump, the pandemic and memory

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Former US Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch leaves after her testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment enquiry into US President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill on November 15, 2019 in Washington DC. - Public impeachment hearings resumed Friday with the testimony of former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who says she was ousted because the Trump administration believed she would not go along with plans to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden, a potential Trump White House rival in 2020. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Marie Yovanovitch on Trump, Putin, Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s courage and the future of democracy

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Revellers line the streets during the St Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Fintan O’Toole on Ireland’s transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America

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US journalist Carl Bernstein (Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein on journalism, Trump and history: “The truth is not neutral”

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US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

So what the hell happened to Boris Johnson — and can it happen to Donald Trump?

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Demonstrators including New York City public school teachers and school staff attend a rally demanding increased COVID-19 safety measures and a remote learning option on January 10, 2022 in New York City. Educators have denounced Mayor Eric Adams, Department of Education Chancellor David Banks, and other city leaders for keeping schools open with no remote learning option amidst the city's surge of positive cases. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Everything sucks here: Liberal parents are losing their minds over COVID-related school closures

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Ron DeSantis, Lauren Boebert and Mike Lindell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A year of dubious characters and dark drama: Salon’s best News & Politics stories of 2021

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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. | The Russian Revolution: Peasants plundering the properties of the rural rich (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democracy vs. fascism, part 1: What do those words mean — and do they describe this moment?

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Donald Trump Jr, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Text-gate fallout: Hannity, Ingraham and Don Jr. unveiled as whiny MAGA wimps!

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City Councilor Michelle Wu celebrates winning the election to become Mayor of the City of Boston on November 2, 2021 in , BOSTON, MA. (Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

Democrats and the dark road ahead: There’s hope — if we look past 2022 (and maybe 2024 too)

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Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Nany Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No exit for Democrats: Mitch has them trapped, and the path ahead is darker than ever

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Smoke Pours From The World Trade Center After Being Hit By Two Planes September 11, 2001 In New York City. (Craig Allen/Getty Images)

Too soon, or too late? Who got canceled after 9/11, and why

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John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Hulton Archive/National Archive/Alex Wong)

Beyond the crisis of democracy: Does anyone still believe in liberalism?

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally on July 3, 2021 in Sarasota, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

Trump’s Big Lie gets an intellectual defense at last — as a Twitter thread, of course

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Witch trial in Salem, Massachusetts. Undated. (Getty Images/Lithograph by George H. Walker)

My witch-hunt history, and America’s: A personal journey to 1692

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Michael Flynn, Sydney Powell, Mike Lindell and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Is the Trump “reinstatement” fanfic actually dangerous, or just hilarious? (Spoiler: Yes)

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