Hang up and drive
Think driving while talking on the cellphone is safe as long as you use a headset, as new laws require? Stop yammering and read this article
Friday, July 25, 2008
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Hang up and drive
Think driving while talking on the cellphone is safe as long as you use a headset, as new laws require? Stop yammering and read this article
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Four clueless actors, a dream and a paper bag
Filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass and their cast talk about "Baghead," their delightful and totally unclassifiable indie-satire-horror breakout
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Erica Kane is my guru
I'm an English professor who adores great literature, but when I really need guidance, I turn to "All My Children"
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Vive la Obama différence!
Why the French love Barack Obama -- even if he'd rather not be seen with them in public
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WNBA brawl: Bad, but good?
Tsk tsk and all that, but at least people are talking about the league
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"The X-Files: I Want to Believe"
This suspenseful, intimate movie reminds us why we've always believed in Mulder and Scully
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"Step Brothers"
What's so funny about Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly whacking each other in the head? Everything
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We need another hero
DC? Marvel? Somewhere in between? Members of Salon's community Table Talk reveal their comic obsessions
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Ask the pilot
Seat ploppers, tray slammers, lousy airport terminal design and other pet peeves. Plus: Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama?
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Bateman: "Batman has no limits"
Actual audio from "The Dark Knight"
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Since you asked ...
15 years ago I said something offensive and now I want to apologize
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WayLay
Seeking emotional support after Steve's coma, Jill returns to her psychiatric adversary
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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CNN's "Black in America"
What did you miss in the first installment of the cable program's high-profile series on race?
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McAuliffe's choice for veep not Clinton?
The former chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign seems to say he wants someone else to be Barack Obama's running mate
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Who is doing real journalism?
Because the institutions that are designed to check the government have been failing so profoundly, the ACLU and similar groups have been forced to step into that role
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Knol lacks knowledge
Google's would-be Wikipedia competitor doesn't have the goods to challenge the Free Encyclopedia. Yet
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Obama's political brilliance in Berlin
There are still risks to his big trip, but Obama has plenty of reason to be riding high on the adoring crowds greeting him abroad
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"This city knows the dream of freedom"
In Berlin, Barack Obama recounts the epic struggle of the Cold War and calls for Europe and America to join in tearing down the "new walls" dividing the world
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My family car is an SUB and I love it
On my new "sport utility bicycle" I can cart groceries, take my kids shopping, haul a barbecue grill and make a margarita
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Scully have I loved
Fox Mulder was brilliant and sexy in "The X-Files" -- but it's Dana Scully who has my heart
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Stark, raving mad
In its second season, the smooth-talking cads and resilient ladies of "Mad Men" are emboldened and chastened by the tumultuous '60s
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The Obama show lands in Israel
He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?
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The history boy
The 9-year-old narrator of the heartbreaking "When We Were Romans" flees family chaos through literature
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Since you asked ...
I'm an absent-minded engineer; my mind wanders and so does my wallet
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Tom the Dancing Bug
The free market works! People are driving less!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power
Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate
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McCain: Enough about you, let's talk about me
John McCain tries to pull the media spotlight away from Barack Obama, who he thinks doesn't deserve it
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Obama is saying the wrong things about Afghanistan
He hit the right notes during his swing through Iraq, but his plans for that other war could mean trouble
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George W. Bush: "Awesome!"
The president has used "awesome" to describe everything from dead soldiers to the pope. How did a slang word trickle up to the highest office in the land?
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The K Chronicles
Baby, you look simply scrumptious
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Little-town blues, melting away
Small gestures of civility in America's busiest city speak of the promise of better times
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Since you asked ...
My friend has gone bad
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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A big November ahead for Senate Democrats
Three experts tell Salon that the party may expand its Senate majority by half a dozen seats, but they also think at least one Democratic incumbent is vulnerable
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How to read the James Wood way
The fiercely talented critic takes us on an illuminating tour of fiction -- but there's a hole in his plot
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The thinking man's action hero
Using paper clips, chewing gum, chocolate and down-home ingenuity, MacGyver always saved the day. Let's bring him back -- and give him a girl!
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Roman holiday
The Eternal City is too vast and ancient to grasp, and the harder you try, the more it slips away. So you have to dream your way into it
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Since you asked ...
I was masturbating in my office to kinky Internet porn when another mom walked in
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This Modern World
McCain mania explained
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Recycling the old bicycle
Another entry in the $4-a-gallon consumer behavior modification logbook
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Iraqi prime minister: Obama has "right time frame" for withdrawal
Read the interview with Der Spiegel in which Nouri al-Maliki backs Barack Obama's timetable for leaving Iraq
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Religion is poetry
The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse
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How big will Democratic gains be this fall?
A panel of experts projects the number of seats Democrats will add in the House in November -- and which Democrats are most likely to lose their jobs
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The good humor man
Who invented jokes, and why do we laugh at them? Jim Holt discusses the history of funny
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Why I hate summer
Sweaty thighs sticking to plastic chairs? Miserable barbecues and forced merriment? Thanks, but I'll pass
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Since you asked ...
I bailed on taking the bar exam at the last minute -- twice
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Funny, wacky "Step Brothers." Plus Mulder and Scully are back!
By Stephanie Zacharek
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What is it about Obama that turns French heads?
By Beth Arnold
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When I need guidance, I turn to "All My Children"
By Ann Bauer
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Four clueless actors, a dream and a paper bag
Andrew O'Hehir
- Scully have I loved
By Rebecca Traister - Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power
By Tim Shorrock - My family car is an SUB and I love it
By Mark Benjamin - Stark, raving mad
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