Currently in Salon

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  Coburn, Vitter plan to ridicule public option backfires
  When GOP senators wrote an amendment designed to embarrass Democrats, they got a little surprise
  Emily Holleman
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  I survived Glenn Beck's Christmas spectacular
  The preposterous showman brings his holiday book, and waterworks, to the stage and screen. Lights! Camera! Jesus!
  By Mike Madden
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  "Everybody's Fine": Dysfunctional for the holidays
  Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell hash it out in this modestly pleasing drama
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  The best-case Afghanistan scenario
  Obama's plan may try to force rapid reconciliation among the country's warring factions
  By Joe Conason
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  Do Obama officials know what his Afghanistan plan is?
  Why are key aides contradicting each other on a central point? Plus: My TV debate with Christopher Hitchens
  Glenn Greenwald
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  Palin: Birthers have "fair question" about Obama
  Of Obama birth, the ex-governor says, "the public is still, rightfully, making it an issue" (Updated)
  Alex Koppelman
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  "Up in the Air": Take the next flight
  George Clooney sells a slick line of goods in this sort-of comedy about disconnection and economic instability
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  "Tea Party: The Documentary Film"
  Conservatives turn out in Washington to celebrate a new movie about their rowdy anti-government rallies
  By Mike Madden
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  Pakistan, Taliban say bin Laden may be in Afghanistan
  Where should the U.S. even be looking for the terrorist leader?
  By Juan Cole
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  Without smart investments, high unemployment will be permanent
  It's going to take more than a White House jobs summit to revive the labor market
  By Robert Reich