Farhad Manjoo is a Salon staff writer and the author of True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society.

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Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 03:40 PDT

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!
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 16:02 PDT

Goodbye to Machinist

Yo, I'm out.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 13:36 PDT

"True Enough" at Google, and in San Francisco

A YouTubey presentation of my book. Video
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 10:59 PDT

The iPhone 3G reviews are in: It's pretty good

But battery life suffers, and the GPS isn't as great as you hoped. Video
Thursday, Jul 3, 2008 13:16 PDT

Scary! YouTube ordered to hand your viewing history to Viacom

But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times.
Wednesday, Jul 2, 2008 04:00 PDT

Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city. Video
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008 04:54 PST

Your presidential candidate: Hot or not?

The best way to make American elections fair, according to a new book, is to use a voting method known for ranking drunk sorority girls.
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 04:39 PST

Who won Super Tuesday?

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both claiming victory. But given the way delegates are awarded, the only clear victors are the spin doctors.
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008 19:05 PST

Exits: Latinos, Catholics for Clinton, youth for Obama

Do the numbers suggest bad news for Obama in California?
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 10:50 PDT

The case of the angry colonel

The Iraq war's top spokesman loves to dash off fiery complaints to bloggers -- unless someone's impersonating him. Do Col. Steven Boylan's claims of identity theft hold water?
Friday, Oct 26, 2007 04:15 PDT

Go ask Alice

Are Alice Waters' gastronomic principles -- shop locally, eat organically -- too hard to live by? A frank talk with the renowned guru of fresh food.
Monday, Jul 30, 2007 04:24 PDT

Should national security depend on Michael Chertoff's gut?

"Gut Feelings" author Gerd Gigerenzer talks about the Bush administration's hunches, how to make good decisions and why you should listen to your doctor.
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 04:20 PDT

News you can abuse

As the man behind Fark.com, Drew Curtis sifts through the wackiest stories online, from sex scandals to freak accidents. Is this master of the bizarro now turning his back on dumb fun?
Friday, Apr 6, 2007 06:42 PDT

What was Charlie Crist thinking?

Why did a Republican governor just add tens of thousands of Democrats to the voter rolls in Florida?
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 09:30 PDT

MoveOn moves in with Pelosi

The netroots group's support proved crucial to passage of the Democrats' Iraq spending plan. But antiwar activists say MoveOn has been co-opted by its access to power.
Monday, Feb 5, 2007 03:56 PST

How to fix campaign financing forever for $50

A radical proposal by two Yale professors goes far beyond any reform envisaged by Feingold or McCain.
Wednesday, Jan 10, 2007 05:05 PST

Going mobile

With his usual rock 'n' roll swagger, Steve Jobs introduced Apple's new iPhone. But is the $500 phone more than another cell job?
Saturday, Nov 11, 2006 05:09 PST

The video game bullies

U.S. senators and conservative groups want to ban "Bully," citing fears it could cause another Columbine. But research on kids and violence -- and the game's own merits -- expose just another round of political gamesmanship.
Thursday, Nov 2, 2006 05:00 PST

"Hacking Democracy"

On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you're not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.
Monday, Oct 23, 2006 05:30 PDT

iPod: I love you, you're perfect, now change

Apple's ingenious music player is 5 years old -- gorgeous, exciting, tempting. So why do I often wish it had never been invented?
Tuesday, Sep 5, 2006 05:37 PDT

"This Is Your Brain on Music"

Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin's wonderful new book explains why music is a critical step in human evolution and why the songs we loved as teens remain stuck on "play" in our heads.
Tuesday, Aug 22, 2006 07:00 PDT

Cityscape of fear

American architecture is still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. Critics and architects say that security now trumps design, as barricades and mall-like plazas are sucking the soul out of urban life.
Wednesday, Aug 9, 2006 04:05 PDT

Chasing tail

New-business geeks are hailing Wired editor Chris Anderson for his sexy "long tail" theory of cultural consumption. But is his book for us or CEOs?
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 04:15 PDT

Don Berlusconi

An excellent political biography of the former prime minister exposes the evil genius of the man who practically owns Italy.
Tuesday, Jun 27, 2006 06:00 PDT

The 9/11 deniers

The success of the documentary "Loose Change" spotlights the thousands of online sleuths who believe the U.S. government was behind the terror attacks -- to get gold, justify war, or serve Satan.
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