http://dir.salon.com/topics/james_hannaham/?source=rss&aim=james_hannaham en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad? By Sarah Hepola Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/07/01/god_says_no/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/07/01/god_says_no/index.html?source=rss "God Says No" author James Hannaham talks about religious repression, life in the closet -- and sex in the bathroom By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/11/25/an_wilson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/11/25/an_wilson/index.html?source=rss What if Hitler had a love child? A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale of a clandestine affair. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/06/biracial_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/06/biracial_obama/index.html?source=rss When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/03/racists_for_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/03/racists_for_obama/index.html?source=rss Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/27/palin_confidence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/27/palin_confidence/index.html?source=rss Overconfident, smug, convinced of her superiority -- the vice-presidential candidate doesn't belong in the White House; she belongs on basic cable. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/21/huston/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/21/huston/index.html?source=rss The masterful and ambitious "Fault Lines" reveals how history gets erased and reinvented, and hints at how it might repeat itself. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/10/15/chocolate_news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/10/15/chocolate_news/index.html?source=rss Is David Alan Grier's flava-ful new sketch comedy show a black version of "The Daily Show"? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/09/30/tvotr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/09/30/tvotr/index.html?source=rss With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/09/30/kring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/09/30/kring/index.html?source=rss A messed-up Midwestern family grapples with buried secrets in Sandra's Kring's gripping saga "Thank You for All Things." By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/25/spike_lee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/25/spike_lee/index.html?source=rss The cinema icon talks about reshaping American mythology with his WWII epic, "Miracle at St. Anna," and what Hollywood would look like if he were in charge. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/18/angry_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/18/angry_obama/index.html?source=rss Why does Barack Obama have to be Virgil Tibbs? Or Denzel Washington in "Crimson Tide"? Or any other angry black archetype? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/17/guyland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/17/guyland/index.html?source=rss A new book looks at American masculinity and the dangers posed by disgruntled guys. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/08/isis_banks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/08/isis_banks/index.html?source=rss "America's Next Top Model" introduces a preoperative transsexual. But is this a step toward enlightenment -- or just another excuse to throw stones? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/08/25/blackface/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/08/25/blackface/index.html?source=rss "Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/08/20/rocker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/08/20/rocker/index.html?source=rss Is this comedy about a heavy-metal wannabe a Gen X rock 'n' roll fantasy? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/08/04/gs_to_gents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/08/04/gs_to_gents/index.html?source=rss MTV's "From G's to Gents" pits thugs against one another to see who can become the most refined. But what does it take to be a gentleman, anyway? By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/30/fat_study/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/30/fat_study/index.html?source=rss Today in annoying studies: Overweight women who want to lose weight should exercise longer. Duh. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/07/28/nine_inch_nails/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/07/28/nine_inch_nails/index.html?source=rss Trent Reznor doesn't just want you to steal his new songs, he wants you to tear them up. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/07/21/jokes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/07/21/jokes/index.html?source=rss Who invented jokes, and why do we laugh at them? Jim Holt discusses the history of funny. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_hannaham/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_hannaham/index.html?source=rss Yes, he was hellspawn, but the left owes a great debt to the late, unlamented (racist, homophobic) senator. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/stew/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/stew/index.html?source=rss Composer Stew bares all about his raucous Broadway hit "Passing Strange" -- and why his song "We Just Had Sex" won't be on TV on Tony night. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/23/manimony/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/23/manimony/index.html?source=rss More women are paying alimony to their ex-husbands. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/2008/05/14/rap_supreme/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/2008/05/14/rap_supreme/index.html?source=rss Want to watch tough female rappers shake their booties in a lesbian bar? VH1's "Miss Rap Supreme" proves no one is immune to reality TV's degradations. By James Hannaham Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/08/intervention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/08/intervention/index.html?source=rss Why can't I stop watching the bleakest show on television? Because it's the only way I've found to cope with my mother dying.