Salon

• Tehran dispatch: Basijis hang around, do nothing...
  As the capital returns to a normal routine, I see people in green and wonder, what were you doing th...
• The thriller is gone
  A member of Salon's Table Talk community shares his perspective on the Michael myth
• The un-American way of life
  A controversial new history of Communism suggests that most everything we think we know about it is ...
• Rush Limbaugh is still a big fat idiot...
  And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
• Disco dancin' with the dictator...
  And also killing people. The Pinochet-era ultra-dark comedy "Tony Manero" is the feel-bad movie of t...

Slate Magazine

• Slate V: When Fireworks Go Wrong...
  As Americans mark another Independence Day, Slate V celebrates by mining YouTube for amateur firewo...
• Sarah Palin picked the wrong day to resign as governor of Alaska....
  If Sarah Palin wanted to avoid the speculation and attacks that drove her crazy as governor, she sho...
• The Political Gabfest for July 3, 2009....
  Become a fan of the Political Gabfest on Facebook. We will be updating the Facebook page more freque...
• What are Fourth of July celebrations like abroad?...
  Hillary Clinton announced in June that, for the first time since 1979, Iranian diplomats could be in...
• Back to the Futurists: Italy's first avant-garde turns 100....
  "It is not by chance this work is published during a world economic crisis, which has clearly inspir...