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Get over it, Clinton haters

Joe Conason — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:12:00 PST

Obama's choice of rival Hillary Clinton for secretary of state shows his political wisdom. And the vetting suggests the Clintons -- surprise! -- have little to hide.

Tuning out the brain-dead megaphone

David Sirota — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

Pundits claim we're a center-right nation -- but polls show voters elected Obama to enact his progressive agenda.

NFL Week 12: Big-game picks

King Kaufman — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:25:00 PST

It's rivalry week on campus, but as great as Auburn-Alabama might be, how can it compete with Texans-Browns? Wait, let us rephrase that ...

The bad mom bench

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:00 PST

You try and try, but sometimes, you just may have to give up your Parent of the Year tiara. Members of Salon's Table Talk community explain.

Mussina's magic number

King Kaufman — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

If the retiring Yankee doesn't make the Hall of Fame, it shouldn't be because he failed to win 300 games.

Strangers in a strange land

Andrew O'Hehir — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:55:00 PST

Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey.

Bauer power

Heather Havrilesky — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:42:00 PST

Insurgents! Hand grenades! Torture! Fox's two-hour special "24: Redemption" offers a quick fix of Jack to hold us until the show's January premiere.

"Bolt"

Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:30:00 PST

This 3-D animated tale about a canine superhero is clever and action-packed -- but is it too culturally savvy for its own good?

"Twilight"

Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:30:00 PST

Catherine Hardwicke's erotic vampire blockbuster finds the sweet spot where Gothic literature and the iPod meet.

Ask the pilot: Winding up the safest seven years in modern aviation history. Plus: A federal task force weighs in on tarmac delays

Patrick Smith — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:26:00 PST

Before getting on to the bigger stuff, let's talk about doors for a minute -- cockpit doors. "One point that never gets made in discussions about post-9/11 air safety," posted a reader in response to last week's column about Sept. 11 and security, "is that of secure cockpit doors."

As most fliers are aware, cockpit entry doors, once flimsy and relatively easy to breach, were redesigned in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks. I’m not at liberty to discuss the specs of this redesign, but everybody knows they are heavily armored. "Even if a terrorist somehow manages to bring a sharp object on board," the reader continued, "or fashions one in flight, he will not be able to gain access to the cockpit."

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Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?

Michael Lind — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:16:00 PST

Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.

I stole my lover's pot while he was sleeping

Cary Tennis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:10:00 PST

Oh my God, why did I do that? Do I have to confess?

Rescue schools and hospitals first, then build light rail

Mike Davis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:01:00 PST

New infrastructure will become so many bridges to nowhere unless Obama saves human-needs budgets and public-sector jobs.

WayLay

Carol Lay — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:48:00 PST

The mystery of the chili rellenos.

Ocho Cinco and you

King Kaufman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:00 PST

Finally, some good news about the NFL Network: You don't have it so you'll miss the Bengals-Steelers game, just like Chad Johnson.

Tough times: Do you need to jet-pool?

King Kaufman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:00 PST

Sports are fertile ground for making that brilliant coinage a part of everyday speech.

New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers

Mark Benjamin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:20:00 PST

Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men.

The Sexiest Man Living 2008

Salon staff — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:02:00 PST

He is a rogue, a gentleman and a brilliant actor. We loved him through good times and (very) bad, and we're so glad he's back.

The commander in chief

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:01:00 PST

The compassionate and surprisingly funny politician who won our hearts -- and our votes.

The high-school boyfriend

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

He's the brainy, tongue-tied movie star who's cleaning up as his generation's John Cusack.

Welcome to the playoffs: Bye

King Kaufman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff has an idea for shortening the baseball postseason. A bad one.

The Latin lover

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:59:00 PST

A powerhouse actor who happens to be off-the-charts attractive, not to mention real.

The activist

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:58:00 PST

A do-gooder who fights for civil rights and the environment -- and looks like he wandered straight off a Ralph Lauren shoot.

The Chinese superstar

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:57:00 PST

A badminton bad boy who is a demon with a shuttlecock -- but has the smile of an angel.

The coed dreamboat

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:56:00 PST

He's America's first bona-fide Indian-American movie star -- and a darn hot one at that.

The rugged intellectual

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:00 PST

A leading man with smarts, toughness and true versatility.

The debonair novelist

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:54:00 PST

He's an award-winning writer who wrings humor from chaos. His dreamy eyes don't hurt.

The Olympic diver

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:53:00 PST

An astonishing athlete with his priorities (and his Speedo) in the right place.

The entrepreneur

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:52:00 PST

The swaggering MC every woman wants to bang and every man wants to be.

The top chef

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:51:00 PST

A Renaissance man with a tireless work ethic, an aesthetic in the kitchen and piercing blue eyes.