http://dir.salon.com/topics/america/?source=rss&aim=america en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/28/mad_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/28/mad_men/index.html?source=rss Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal By Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss A sports columnist questions the American bona fides of Meb Keflezighi. Anger erupts, followed by abject groveling By Laura Miller Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments By Garrison Keillor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/11/12/obama_victory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/11/12/obama_victory/index.html?source=rss We are being admired by Swedes! We don't have to pretend we're Canadians. We elected Barack Obama! By Cary Tennis Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/29/the_european/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/29/the_european/index.html?source=rss I'm full of ideas, and my company headquarters is there. By Sarah Hepola Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/29/talk_to_me/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/29/talk_to_me/index.html?source=rss In the first installment of a new series, "Talk to Me Like I'm 5," expert Ilyce Glink explains what all Americans should be doing with their finances. By Louis Bayard Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/28/payback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/28/payback/index.html?source=rss Margaret Atwood talks about the perils of debt -- and imagines a utopian future without greed. By Cary Tennis Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/10/canada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/10/canada/index.html?source=rss I used to think America was just weird; now it's feeling a lot like 1932. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/30/savage_bbq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/30/savage_bbq/index.html?source=rss Drop those spareribs, imperialist pig-eaters! A new book argues that the great American barbecue smolders on the coals of genocidal racism. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it. By William J. Astore Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/american_military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/american_military/index.html?source=rss Progressives who want to disarm U.S. militarism must first understand the nation's faith in the military -- one of our least elitist, most diverse institutions. By Dilip Hiro Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/22/american_decline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/22/american_decline/index.html?source=rss Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/02/survey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/02/survey/index.html?source=rss Some say survey spells disaster for parenthood and matrimony. By Garrison Keillor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/06/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/06/keillor/index.html?source=rss If we don't figure out what to do with our greenhouse gases, our great-grandchilden may end up learning to live the subsistence life. By Garrison Keillor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss Dishonesty has gutted the last patriotic holiday that means something. By Joe Conason Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/19/conason/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/19/conason/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from his new book, Salon's columnist explains why, for the first time since the resignation of Richard M. Nixon, Americans have reason to doubt the future of their democracy. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/01/16/new_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/01/16/new_music/index.html?source=rss Releases from Diana Ross, the Holmes Brothers, America and the Autumn Defense. By Rebecca Clarren Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/26/visas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/26/visas/index.html?source=rss The Microsoft mogul says America needs more foreign engineers and programmers to compete. Critics say it's all about cheap labor. By Nir Rosen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/03/muqtada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/03/muqtada/index.html?source=rss Recently, the U.S. was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr's head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq's Sunni-Shiite conflict. By Juan Cole Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/05/hitchens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/05/hitchens/index.html?source=rss The British hawk gives 10 reasons why Americans should be proud of the Iraq war. He goes 0 for 10. By Edgar Rivera Colsn Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/04/religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/04/religion/index.html?source=rss This country isn't secular or rational. And if the Dems want to win, they can't be either. By Mark Hertsgaard Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/22/world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/22/world/index.html?source=rss But if we reelect the least popular man on the planet, we could find ourselves being despised, too. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2004/06/02/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2004/06/02/post/index.html?source=rss What Table Talkers are saying about Bush, "American Idol" and eight-legged freaks. By Jen Banbury Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/20/conquerors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/20/conquerors/index.html?source=rss Hunkered down in their weird security zone, the Americans who run Iraq have almost no contact with the country or its people. By Jen Banbury Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/05/shiite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/05/shiite/index.html?source=rss In Sadr City, a friendly young Shiite shopkeeper buys me a 7 Up, then says he wants his ayatollah to call for jihad. And he's not alone.