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  • I don't believe in atheists

    Foreign correspondent and intellectual provocateur Chris Hedges explains why New Atheists like Christopher Hitchens are as dangerous as Christian fundamentalists.
    By Charly Wilder March 13, 2008

  • How to turn white evangelicals into Democrats

    According to author Amy Sullivan, liberals don't have to sell their souls to convert Christian Republicans.
    By Vincent Rossmeier February 26, 2008

  • Are you going to hell?

    Former born-again Christian John Marks journeyed back into the evangelical America he'd left behind and discovered the promise -- and limitations -- of faith.
    By Louis Bayard February 25, 2008

  • John McCain is running for sissy in chief

    In his new book, John Strausbaugh claims everyone in America has been "sissified," including the 2008 presidential contenders.
    By Vincent Rossmeier February 14, 2008

  • Why Wall Street should be more like a cockroach

    Finance whiz Richard Bookstaber, one of the first to predict the subprime meltdown, says that today's financial system is dangerously complex.
    By Andrew Leonard December 20, 2007

  • "My Colombian War"

    A kidnapping target in her native Colombia, journalist Silvana Paternostro returned there to document life beyond the drug war.
    By Matthew Fishbane December 3, 2007

  • The man who sold the war

    "Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD.
    By Alex Koppelman October 16, 2007

  • Katrina, 9/11 and disaster capitalism

    Naomi Klein talks about how governments and corporations take advantage of floods, wars and other crises to implement "shock and awe" economics.
    By Lenora Todaro September 21, 2007

  • Teachers: Be subversive

    Jonathan Kozol, author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," talks with Salon about why No Child Left Behind squelches learning and about reading Rilke's sonnets to first graders.
    By Matthew Fishbane August 30, 2007

  • Now romancer

    William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
    By Dennis Lim August 11, 2007

  • Should national security depend on Michael Chertoff's gut?

    "Gut Feelings" author Gerd Gigerenzer talks about the Bush administration's hunches, how to make good decisions and why you should listen to your doctor.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 30, 2007

  • Stormy weather

    Are hurricanes getting stronger? Has Al Gore vanquished the climate change skeptics? "Storm World" author Chris Mooney discusses the heated scientific debates about global warming.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 16, 2007

  • Harry Potter and the prediction pool

    Who will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Steve Almond -- and Stephen Amidon's children -- join Salon staff and place their bets.
    By Thomas Rogers and Matthew Fishbane July 6, 2007

  • The lives of others

    Biographer Meryle Secrest shares her secrets: Don't fall in love with Stephen Sondheim, and watch out for Salvador Dali's hit men.
    By Rachel Aviv June 27, 2007

  • Portrait of a princess, interrupted

    Tina Brown talks with Salon about Princess Diana's not-so-enchanted life, her rebellious streak and her transformation into a humanitarian heroine.
    By Joan Walsh June 12, 2007

  • Delight in disorder

    Now that the Web has made everything miscellaneous, as David Weinberger argues in his new book, we're free to remix the world.
    By Scott Rosenberg May 23, 2007

  • Jews on ice

    Michael Chabon talks about Jewish identity, Chassids as hobbits, his love of Barack Obama and the joys of writing a Yiddish-Alaskan detective novel.
    By Sarah Goldstein May 4, 2007

  • Who gets to use the N word?

    Author Jabari Asim talks about the history of the loaded term, when its use is valid and why Don Imus' firing was justified.
    By Mark Anthony Neal April 25, 2007

  • An international affair

    Pamela Druckerman, author of the new book "Lust in Translation," talks about the global allure of illicit sex, the problem with couples therapy, and the universal rules of infidelity.
    By Yael Kohen April 23, 2007

  • Bill McKibben says we're stuffed

    We've eaten, developed and drilled to near oblivion, says the environmental writer. It's time to realize that having more stuff is not the road to paradise. Oh, really?
    By Ira Boudway March 23, 2007

  • Are we playing dice with the biosphere?

    Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 12, 2007

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    In "Paddy on the Hardwood," former Division I assistant coach Rus Bradburd writes about going to Ireland to play music and escape hoops. It didn't work.
    March 6, 2007

  • The modern Muslim

    Controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan explains why Mohammed had progressive views of women, why the Quran is a prescription for peace -- and why he is banned from Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
    By Steve Paulson February 20, 2007

  • Software is hard

    Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law."
    By Andrew Leonard February 3, 2007

  • God and gorillas

    Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it's OK for scientists to believe in God.
    By Steve Paulson January 31, 2007
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