How John McCain could still win
The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around
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Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
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Foley’s successor has scandal of his own
Florida Democratic Rep. Tim Mahoney apparently paid more than $120,000 to a former mistress, who he hired for his Congressional staff but fired after she broke off the affair
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Company gives computers to its employees — for keeps
Florida-based Citrix Systems offers a $2,100 stipend
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Bears squib themselves
Lovie Smith opts for the old “Let’s give them great field position” play, and the Falcons get a win at the gun
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The Obama middle-class rescue plan
While McCain dithers, Obama swoops in with a multi-pronged bailout for Main Street
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Friends don’t let friends talk fat
The Tri Delta sorority is sponsoring a five-day awareness effort to help women understand the damaging impact of “fat talk”
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“Great American Hypocrites”: The paperback
The GOP has only one tactic it uses to win elections — tribal warfare combined with character smears — and one sees that this year as vividly as ever
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Blood in the water in North Carolina
Republican Sen. Liddy Dole may be a goner, and John McCain is in trouble in a state the GOP hasn’t lost since 1976. What happened?
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Hard times at the bottom of the Bush economy
From a tent city in Reno to a drug dealer’s block in Detroit, I saw how Republican rule has hit those living on the American fringe
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How John McCain could still win
The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around
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Dirt cheap
Step one in the battle against soaring food prices: Start your own recession garden
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Since you asked …
Gambling debts and talk of ending it all: Should I intervene?
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Big Think: “I hope that we can restore our image”
Lawyer and author Mahvish Khan discusses her experiences at Guantánamo
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
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I Like to Watch
He’s got Bette Davis eyes! CBS’s “Eleventh Hour,” NBC’s “My Own Worst Enemy” and ABC’s “Life on Mars” bring us soulful-eyed leading men who kick ass and take names as the world falls apart!
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Opus
Where will Opus’ final paradise be?
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
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John McCain’s dishonorable campaign
Finally, he kinda sorta challenges supporters who are sliming Barack Obama
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Critics’ Picks
What you need to see, read, do this week: Indie rock for Barack, a time capsule of late-’80s bohemia, a peek at other people’s diaries
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Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska
Amid “Troopergate” and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state
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Mumblecore grows up — and gets naked
In the wrenching, erotic relationship drama “Nights and Weekends,” Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig leave the clichés of 20-something indie film behind
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
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The federal government should go on a spending spree
Nothing expresses McCain’s ignorance of basic economics like his call to freeze expenditures. Only massive government investment can help us now
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Salon Radio: ACLU’s Jonathan Hafetz on Guantánamo cases
Why is the Bush administration continuing to imprison 17 detainees in Guantánamo who it acknowledges are innocent? And what is the latest on the president’s power to imprison U.S. citizens as “enemy combatants”?
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“Happy-Go-Lucky”
Sally Hawkins gives the finest performance of the year in Mike Leigh’s intimate masterpiece
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“The Wrestler”
Mickey Rourke gives a knockout performance as a nearly washed-up wrestling star
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Why we’re losing in Afghanistan
Corrupt government and the U.S.’s mismanaged “surge” strategy have led to the Taliban’s powerful resurgence in Afghanistan
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“Body of Lies”
Russell and Leo team up in this overly intricate indictment of the war on terror
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Meet Sarah Palin’s radical right-wing pals
Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin’s political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. “Her door was open,” says Chryson — and still is
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Since you asked …
I believe in UFOs. Am I crazy?
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WayLay
Jill wonders if her trip to rescue Steve has been for nothing
Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008
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Todd Palin’s testimony
In a sworn statement, Sarah Palin’s husband declares his innocence in Troopergate, while admitting repeated efforts to get the state trooper at the heart of the scandal
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How the election ate daytime television
Why talk shows like “The View” are showcasing some of the most sophisticated (and mind-numbingly stupid) conversations about the presidential race
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Going for broke in Pennsylvania
McCain is redoubling efforts against Obama in this key electoral battleground, where the Philly factor could be decisive
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Google’s Vulcan death grip
Is Google the Mr. Spock of the Internet — all head, no heart? A new book wonders if the very things that made the company great will bring it down
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Tom the Dancing Bug
The Grapes of Wrath, 2008: How will our generation handle a Great Depression?
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Since you asked …
I’m bored with beer pong, ’80s playlists and Judd Apatow. So what’s next?
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