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TV’s greatest westerns

Slide show: As "Justified" returns for Season 3, a look back at the classics that defined the genre

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Roger Catlin 5
J.D. Salinger J.D. Salinger

What was J.D. Salinger working on?

The reclusive author died two years ago. We've learned lots about his life since, but one big question remains

Kenneth Slawenski 0
alex and jen revised Sustainable food

Escape to the red states

We were tired of Portland's yuppie brunch culture. Volunteer farming could challenge our thinking, and way of life

Alex Gallo Brown 50
John F. Cook Occupy Wall Street

From abolitionism to OccupyDC

The forgotten civil rights leader who started the movement in McPherson Square

Jefferson Morley 1
Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Harry Johnson, Sasha obama, Michelle Obama, Martin Luther King, III Endless War

King's whitewashed warning on war and rights

Policies aimed at marginalized, easily demonizable minorities are much easier to shield from political challenge

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Glenn Greenwald 344
Jon Huntsman Opening Shot

Jon Huntsman is no martyr

The media’s favorite Republican was a more conservative candidate with a more cynical strategy than most realized

Steve Kornacki 34

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Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GL_Slide_01_8601

The genius behind “Genius Lunches”

By Matthew Harrigan, Imprint

One innovative strategy firm incorporates biweekly meetings that feature fascinating outsiders as speakers

Topics:, 0Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:40 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Evangelicals fight amongst themselves

By Joan Walsh

Gingrich backers claim Tony Perkins and friends rigged an endorsement for Santorum. Did these good Christians lie?

Topics:, , 14Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Eugene Ivanov via Shutterstock

Get used to living with Mom and Dad

By Alice Karekezi

The era of empty nests may be over unless we change our work culture and our economy. An expert explains

Topics:, , 60Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask The Pilot

You wouldn’t believe how long my flight was!

By Patrick Smith

No, I wouldn't. And you probably didn't climb at 45 degrees or drop hundreds of feet either. We love to exaggerate

Topics: 30Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Robert Redford in "The Candidate" (recommended by Gwen Ifill).

Your election entertainment playlist

By Emma Mustich

Journalists and commentators, including Gwen Ifill and Pat Buchanan, nominate their favorite campaign-related fare

Topics:, , 7Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
mlk1

The music of the King holiday

By Gil Scott-Heron

The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK

Topics:, 2Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:47 PM UTC2012-01-16T13:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Character gaining

Reviled no more

By Gary Kamiya

The end of Tebow! The resurrection of Alex Smith! And more amazing-yet-true tales from the NFL division playoffs

Topics: 13Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-16T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mother with baby

Attachment parenting dropout

By JJ Keith

I was eager to be a crunchy mom who swaddled her baby and breastfed. But even I couldn't take this much sanctimony

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Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-16T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lee design

The new artistic force behind Brooklyn Brewery

By Aaron Kenedi, Imprint

An up-and-coming designer talks about collaborating with two graphic legends and the importance of pro-bono work

Topics:, 1Comment

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Adam Johnson

“The Orphan Master’s Son”: Love in the kingdom of lies

By Laura Miller

A kidnapper, spy and impostor seeks dangerous truths in this epic novel set in totalitarian North Korea

Topics:, , , 6Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
shonen_jump_final

When the Internet ate my son’s manga magazine

By Andrew Leonard

Even the digital generation can sing the disappearing print publication blues

Topics: 7Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
whale1

Swallowed by a whale — a true tale?

By Ben Shattuck

Everyone knows the story of Jonah. But my quest was to find evidence that man, gulped whole, had really survived

Topics:, , 34Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 7:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T19:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus: Human beings are making a comeback

By Ross Simonini

The acclaimed writer tells Salon conquering a fear of sentimentality was key to his new novel, "The Flame Alphabet"

Topics:, 2Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Agoodman_AF

A devastating account of the Old West

By Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review

The brilliant conclusion of a trilogy reimagines the aftermath of Custer's Last Stand

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Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
baby_cooperation

The science of getting along

By Richard Sennett

Research shows that our first years of life shape our ability to play well with others. Here's how

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Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-15T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
tear

Slut-shaming 2.0

By Tracy Clark-Flory

TheDirty.com publicly names and sexually shames women. Is this the future of sex scandals?

Topics: 89Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
DengXiaopingBiopic-3

Playing Margaret Thatcher in China

By Melissa Rayworth

I hoped my acting gig would be a history lesson for the Chinese. But it was a lesson for me in government control

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Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Shooting puppies is a guaranteed way to get people riled up

The secret lives of feral dogs

By Will Doig

A Pennsylvania city instructs police to shoot strays, opening a sad window on animal care in the age of austerity

Topics:, 111Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Detail of snake walking stick. Unknown Maker, Massasauga. Minnesota, mid-19th century.

Fantastic folk art walking sticks

By Emma Mustich

An exhibition at Ohio's Columbus Museum of Art spotlights a striking chapter in the history of American crafts

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Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Tom Harrell.

Quick Hits: Jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell

By Salon Staff

For this remarkable musician, even severe paranoid schizophrenia has not stood in the way of success

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Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 4:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T16:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jan's grandparents, Opal and Paul, with her father, Jerry

The recipe for security

By Felisa Rogers

A friend tells me about a doughnut tradition that's held her family together through tough times for generations

Topics:, 4Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan: “The tide of war is receding”

By Justin Elliott

The reporter who cost Gen. McChrystal his job talks about al-Qaida myths, Karzai's weirdness, and endless war

Topics:, , 77Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
pledge_AF

Surviving the dystopian future

By Amy Benfer, Barnes & Noble Review

In a new young adult novel, the protagonist's unique ability threatens to destabilize a new class-driven America

Topics: 13Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
personal_debt

The evolution of American debt

By Hannah Tepper

Over the last century, over-borrowing has gone from shameful to commonly accepted. An expert explains what changed

Topics:, , , 17Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 AM UTC2012-01-14T02:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Picture 12

Naked models offer a body image reality check

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

A plus-size campaign stumbles but makes a crucial point on our crazy beauty standards

Topics:, 116Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 10:47 PM UTC2012-01-13T22:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Tucson Schools ban Mexican-American history books

Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”?

By Jeff Biggers

Arizona's ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare

Topics:, 223Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Does God exist and other NFL playoff questions

NFL pre-game question: Does God exist?

By Gary Kamiya

As the playoffs begin, Tim Tebow may be divine but he's also beatable

Topics:, 46Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 8:15 PM UTC2012-01-13T20:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Donna Edwards and Glenn Ivey

A win for progressives on Israel

By Justin Elliott

Hardline activists sought to unseat Rep. Donna Edwards over her Mideast views, but failed to raise enough money

Topics:, , 136Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney

Romney and the pathology of Bain

By Gary Weiss

The private equity business appeals to personalities lacking in conscience and empathy. Need Mitt apply?

Topics:, 118Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 6:25 PM UTC2012-01-13T18:25:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Clockwise, top left: Kirsten Dunst ("Melancholia"), Michael Shannon ("Take Shelter"), Christopher Plummer ("Beginners"), Ellen Barkin ("Another Happy Day")

The Oscar nominations we’re hoping for

By Andrew O'Hehir

As the first round of voting closes, a final push for Kirsten Dunst, Vanessa Redgrave and other deserving nominees

Topics:, , 22Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T18:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
David Brooks and Paul Krugman

A Romney showdown: Krugman versus Brooks

By Andrew Leonard

Will Mitt's CEO experience make him a good president? The New York Times Op-Ed columnists go to war

Topics: 98Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 5:15 PM UTC2012-01-13T17:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
do we need a bald barbie?

Why Barbie should go bald

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

A campaign for a chemo-themed doll catches fire

Topics:, 23Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 4:45 PM UTC2012-01-13T16:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Caitlin Flanagan

Girl, uninterrupted

By Irin Carmon

Facts and the real world hardly exist in Caitlin Flanagan's"Girl Land," where gauzy, phony nostalgia reigns

Topics:, , , , 67Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 4:30 PM UTC2012-01-13T16:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs

Edging toward intervention in Syria

By Paul Mutter

As the crackdown continues, Obama policymakers cite "responsibility to protect," while neocons seek regime change

Topics:, 13Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 3:53 PM UTC2012-01-13T15:53:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie, more relevant than ever

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

When conservative Oklahoma finally accepts its lefty prodigal son, it bodes well for a nation steeped in inequality

Topics:, 38Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 2:06 PM UTC2012-01-13T14:06:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Screen shot 2012-01-13 at 8.45.04 AM

The scandal that isn’t on the video

By Saree Makdisi

Is it worse to desecrate a few corpses than to mass produce a lot of them?

Topics:, 95Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 1:42 PM UTC2012-01-13T13:42:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Stewart Colbert Super PAC

Colbert for president?

By Peter Finocchiaro

The Comedy Central host hands his super PAC over to Jon Stewart, forms an exploratory committee

Topics:, , 20Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

How not to market a top 1 percent agenda

By Steve Kornacki

It’s hard to combat the charge that you’re protecting a pampered elite when you are the pampered elite

Topics: 39Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
America's removed elite

America’s dangerously removed elite

By David Sirota

It's easy to cut public education funding when your kids go to private school. Just ask Christie and Emanuel

Topics:, 176Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 9:58 AM UTC2012-01-13T09:58:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Arthur_Brisbane

Arthur Brisbane and selective stenography

By Glenn Greenwald

The real media sin is not uncritical printing of false claims: it's extending that license only to the powerful

768Comments

Politics
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:40 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Evangelicals fight amongst themselves

By Joan Walsh

Gingrich backers claim Tony Perkins and friends rigged an endorsement for Santorum. Did these good Christians lie?

Topics:, , 14Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan: “The tide of war is receding”

By Justin Elliott

The reporter who cost Gen. McChrystal his job talks about al-Qaida myths, Karzai's weirdness, and endless war

Topics:, , 77Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 8:15 PM UTC2012-01-13T20:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Donna Edwards and Glenn Ivey

A win for progressives on Israel

By Justin Elliott

Hardline activists sought to unseat Rep. Donna Edwards over her Mideast views, but failed to raise enough money

Topics:, , 136Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney

Romney and the pathology of Bain

By Gary Weiss

The private equity business appeals to personalities lacking in conscience and empathy. Need Mitt apply?

Topics:, 118Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 4:30 PM UTC2012-01-13T16:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs

Edging toward intervention in Syria

By Paul Mutter

As the crackdown continues, Obama policymakers cite "responsibility to protect," while neocons seek regime change

Topics:, 13Comments

News
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:40 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Evangelicals fight amongst themselves

By Joan Walsh

Gingrich backers claim Tony Perkins and friends rigged an endorsement for Santorum. Did these good Christians lie?

Topics:, , 14Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan: “The tide of war is receding”

By Justin Elliott

The reporter who cost Gen. McChrystal his job talks about al-Qaida myths, Karzai's weirdness, and endless war

Topics:, , 77Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 10:47 PM UTC2012-01-13T22:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Tucson Schools ban Mexican-American history books

Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”?

By Jeff Biggers

Arizona's ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare

Topics:, 223Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 8:15 PM UTC2012-01-13T20:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Donna Edwards and Glenn Ivey

A win for progressives on Israel

By Justin Elliott

Hardline activists sought to unseat Rep. Donna Edwards over her Mideast views, but failed to raise enough money

Topics:, , 136Comments

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTC2012-01-13T18:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
David Brooks and Paul Krugman

A Romney showdown: Krugman versus Brooks

By Andrew Leonard

Will Mitt's CEO experience make him a good president? The New York Times Op-Ed columnists go to war

Topics: 98Comments

Entertainment
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Robert Redford in "The Candidate" (recommended by Gwen Ifill).

Your election entertainment playlist

By Emma Mustich

Journalists and commentators, including Gwen Ifill and Pat Buchanan, nominate their favorite campaign-related fare

Topics:, , 7Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
mlk1

The music of the King holiday

By Gil Scott-Heron

The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK

Topics:, 2Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:47 PM UTC2012-01-16T13:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Character gaining

Reviled no more

By Gary Kamiya

The end of Tebow! The resurrection of Alex Smith! And more amazing-yet-true tales from the NFL division playoffs

Topics: 13Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Adam Johnson

“The Orphan Master’s Son”: Love in the kingdom of lies

By Laura Miller

A kidnapper, spy and impostor seeks dangerous truths in this epic novel set in totalitarian North Korea

Topics:, , , 6Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 7:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T19:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus: Human beings are making a comeback

By Ross Simonini

The acclaimed writer tells Salon conquering a fear of sentimentality was key to his new novel, "The Flame Alphabet"

Topics:, 2Comments

Life
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GL_Slide_01_8601

The genius behind “Genius Lunches”

By Matthew Harrigan, Imprint

One innovative strategy firm incorporates biweekly meetings that feature fascinating outsiders as speakers

Topics:, 0Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask The Pilot

You wouldn’t believe how long my flight was!

By Patrick Smith

No, I wouldn't. And you probably didn't climb at 45 degrees or drop hundreds of feet either. We love to exaggerate

Topics: 30Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Eugene Ivanov via Shutterstock

Get used to living with Mom and Dad

By Alice Karekezi

The era of empty nests may be over unless we change our work culture and our economy. An expert explains

Topics:, , 60Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
mlk1

The music of the King holiday

By Gil Scott-Heron

The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK

Topics:, 2Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-16T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lee design

The new artistic force behind Brooklyn Brewery

By Aaron Kenedi, Imprint

An up-and-coming designer talks about collaborating with two graphic legends and the importance of pro-bono work

Topics:, 1Comment

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