Currently in Salon

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  GOP dusts off Bush playbook
  The fear-mongering that worked so well for Republicans in the early part of last decade is back with a vengeance
  Gabriel Winant
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  Gil Scott-Heron, the baddest musical comeback
  The hip-hop pioneer on his Johnny Cash-style reinvention, Rikers Island and why he won't be singing about Fox News
  By Steve Almond
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  Can you turn us on with chocolate and chili peppers?
  Whether Valentine's or Schmalentine's, we're sure you can whip up something hot and sexy. Plus, last week's winners
  By Francis Lam
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  The GOP's bad old ideas
  Bomb Iran and privatize Social Security. Really? That's all you've got?
  By Michael Lind
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  Salinger: "Recluse" with an ugly history of women
  How we've all found a convenient way of avoiding the truth about his troubled past
  By Mikki Halpin
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  Tea party genius: Sen. Larry Kudlow
  The CNBC talk show host has been spectacularly wrong on the economy for years. He obviously belongs in Congress
  Andrew Leonard
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  Yes, the 9/11 trial should be held in New York
  Mayor Bloomberg's flip-flop embarrassed the Obama administration and himself. He was right the first time
  By Joe Conason
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  Having cheated death, I feel alive
  Even Ace Hardware and trashy TV marathons feel like small miracles after cancer surgery
  By Cary Tennis
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  Oscar duel: Is Quentin Tarantino a great director?
  Great American auteur or hack recycler? Bloggers debate the "Inglourious Basterds" creator's legacy
  By Anne Thompson
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  Baristas gone wild: meet fourth-wave coffee
  Thanks to a new machine, the future of espresso is here -- whatever that means
  By Thomas Rogers