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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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• A tale of two campaigns

  Obama had a magical week, McCain had a bad one, but the polls remain remarkably close.

  Joan Walsh

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• Debut of Salon Radio with Glenn Greenwald: An interview with Dan Ellsberg

  We speak with the hero of the Pentagon Papers case about that controversy and what lessons can be drawn for our current political climate.

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• The parade of "shrill, unserious extremists" on display at today's impeachment hearings

  In the Beltway world, those who believe in open government and accountability for lawbreaking by political leaders are demonized and marginalized.

  Glenn Greenwald

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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.

  Glenn Greenwald

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