John McCain, Republican top gun at last
The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party
Friday, Sept. 05, 2008
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John McCain, Republican top gun at last
The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party
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NFL playoff preview
It's never too early. Plus: Divisional predictions in one place for ease of ridicule
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McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do
John McCain disapproves of contests of personality and style -- unless he thinks he can win them
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A comedy tonight? Good luck!
Learn more about the fall TV season's new comedies, using this handy clip 'n' save chart!
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Reality shows we'd like to see
Attention, reality-TV programmers: "I'm From Sky Mall" and "Hangover CSI" -- you're gonna love them!
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Bateman: Sarah Palin makes her big speech
The V.P. candidate takes center stage and excites her devoted followers
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A Jewish family's hidden shame
Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story
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So much misery, so little time
Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it
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Ask the pilot
The gut-churning trials and tribulations of making the grade with an airline
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Since you asked ...
Alone in South Africa with a drunken husband
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Sarah Palin's choice
I greatly admire her decision to have a child with Down syndrome. But she would likely deny other women the right to choose for themselves
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WayLay
In her journey through the afterlife, Jill stops over in the limbo room
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Sarah Palin's real soul mate
McCain's veep choice is the reincarnation of George W. Bush, as channeled by Karl Rove
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Quiz: Palin or Bush?
See if you know your hockey mom from your Dubya
Thursday, Sept. 04, 2008
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No home run for McCain
On his big night, John McCain gave at best an uneven speech; even a moving segment about his time as a prisoner of war may not have saved it for him
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Sex for sale: $26
A report finds that London brothels have shockingly low rates
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Wall Street gets the jitters, again
A bond manager warns of a "tsunami"; a Fed official labels future economic health "subpar." What do Republicans have to say? Nothing, again
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Kwame Kilpatrick exits, with Barack Obama holding the door
With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job
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The GOP's cheerful viciousness
Yet again, the GOP launches brutal personality and cultural attacks on the Democratic candidate. Yet again, Democrats seem determined to allow it to do so
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McCain's big running-mate rollout
Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney
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A pit bull in lipstick?
A snarling Sarah Palin savages Barack Obama while her defenders deride sexism and "liberal media" bias
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Democrats behind enemy lines in Minnesota
The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself
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How to build a vast left-wing conspiracy
The man behind Daily Kos talks about Obama's chances, his new book and why Palin is the gift that keeps on giving
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Television's foreign affair
Shows based on international hits are flooding the fall lineup. Has the U.S. TV industry run out of fresh ideas?
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Since you asked ...
My husband cannot handle all my traveling -- it makes him jealous
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Making "The Fly" sing
Hollywood composer Howard Shore talks about turning a cult horror film into a highbrow opera -- a Salon podcast
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TV without borders
A guide to classic American shows born overseas
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Tom the Dancing Bug
More in the saga of Doug, an unremarkable character
Wednesday, Sept. 03, 2008
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My convention is bigger than your convention
Ron Paul draws more people and more excitement than John McCain's show across town -- but he also attracts some scary "old friends"
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Welcome to John McCain's party
President Bush is beamed in from afar and Joe Lieberman cheerleads for Sarah Palin, as the Republicans press ahead with a baffling convention
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McCain: No, really, we vetted her!
As revelations about Sarah Palin mount, the McCain team scrambles to dispel reports that they didn't know what they were getting into
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Vampires that don't suck
Alan Ball explains that the undead in his new HBO series don't just embody our deepest sexual yearnings -- they represent both gays and the Bush administration
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TV rehab
There are shows we love even when they don't love themselves. For them, Salon staffers stage an intervention
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Eye of the storm
As Gustav approached, New Orleans hospital workers swore they wouldn't repeat the mistakes of Katrina -- and they were right
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Since you asked ...
I can't get to work on time no matter what
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Who wants to see Sarah Palin as the next president?
The Republicans are meeting down the hill from my house. What are they trying to say?
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The K Chronicles
If gym equipment can be used to generate electricity, just think what L.A. could contribute!
Tuesday, Sept. 02, 2008
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Gustav, global warming and Sarah Palin
A leading environmentalist counsels progressives to censor themselves over hurricanes and climate change. But that plays into the hands of deniers like Palin
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This Modern World
Iraq: A brief parable
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New Orleans dodges disaster
A milder than predicted Gustav spares the city, but the region's hurricane response remains in tatters
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All-Americana girl
The author of "It Still Moves" discusses her road trip through America's musical past and future -- and why we still yearn for the music of yore
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Of magic, madness and motorcycles
Learn more about the fall TV season's new dramas, using this handy clip 'n' save chart!
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Above the law
On TV this fall, motorcycle outlaws, vampires and superpowered misfits roar past good and evil, reflecting the wishful thinking of a nation in decline
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Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota
Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop
Monday, Sept. 01, 2008
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New Orleans worried about levees
Locals are jazzed by the swift emergency response to Hurricane Gustav. But doubts about post-Katrina repairs to the flood-control system have the city shaking
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Bush, McCain and the GOP try to dodge Katrina 2.0
The Republicans cancel most of the start of their convention as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans, three years after Katrina wrecked it
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Staycation Nation
This summer's buzzword implies that sitting on your couch can be an adventure. But even the smarmiest euphemism can't turn Paris Hilton into Paris, France
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- Cheney to meet with Ukrainian president
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- Hurricane Ike weakens to Category 3 storm
- Angolans voting for first time since 1992
- Honda bringing back Insight nameplate for hybrid
- Asian markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
- McCain campaign courts critical Catholic vote
- India vows to avoid new arms race as talks resume
- Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback
- Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards
- Pakistan intel officials report missile strike
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- Analysis: McCain talks unity while allies attack
- Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified
- US naval flagship to arrive in Georgian port
- ESA spacecraft set for flyby of Steins asteroid
- It's GOP's world; elitists just live in it
- Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
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