http://dir.salon.com/topics/louis_bayard/?source=rss&aim=louis_bayard en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT Articles and book reviews by Louis Bayard. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/29/martina_navratilova/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/29/martina_navratilova/index.html?source=rss The tennis star's legal woes remind us that even gay icons have some growing up to do about same-sex marriage By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/17/gladwell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/17/gladwell/index.html?source=rss Bill Gates and the Beatles owe their genius to nurture not nature, argues the acclaimed "Tipping Point" author. It's a nice theory. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/13/scarface/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/13/scarface/index.html?source=rss De Palma's '80s cult classic is trash, many scoff. But the lowdown, seedy movie with Al Pacino as a Cuban thug influenced pop culture from gangsta rap to "Miami Vice." By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/11/03/black_presidents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/11/03/black_presidents/index.html?source=rss What does it look like to have an African-American in the White House? Pop culture has offered versions awful and great, from Sammy Davis Jr. to Chris Rock. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 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 Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/08/bondurant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/08/bondurant/index.html?source=rss Bootlegging brothers, get-rich-quick schemes and a sensational murder trial make "The Wettest County in the World" a riveting read. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/02/counterknowledge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/02/counterknowledge/index.html?source=rss From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/16/roth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/16/roth/index.html?source=rss In his affecting new book, Roth's young hero abandons his Jewish upbringing for life in small town Ohio. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/05/trachtenberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/05/trachtenberg/index.html?source=rss Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it. By Salon staff Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/03/fix_these_shows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/03/fix_these_shows/index.html?source=rss There are shows we love even when they don't love themselves. For them, Salon staffers stage an intervention. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/14/forgery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/14/forgery/index.html?source=rss Can great art spring from a lie? Two new books about forgers raise provocative questions about the links between authenticity and genius. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/08/12/wild_wild_west/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/08/12/wild_wild_west/index.html?source=rss As a kid, "The Wild Wild West" taught me about sexiness and desire -- and how two men could live together and love each other. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/01/kafka/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/01/kafka/index.html?source=rss The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/25/brideshead_revisited/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/25/brideshead_revisited/index.html?source=rss No expense has been spared in this lavish, streamlined adaptation, but is there such a thing as too much good taste? By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/22/james_wood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/22/james_wood/index.html?source=rss The fiercely talented critic takes us on an illuminating tour of fiction -- but there's a hole in his plot. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/15/jane_mayer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/15/jane_mayer/index.html?source=rss In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/08/sex_in_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/08/sex_in_crisis/index.html?source=rss The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/23/gore_vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/23/gore_vidal/index.html?source=rss "The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/12/eskridge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/12/eskridge/index.html?source=rss For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of? By Salon staff Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/09/summer_reads3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/09/summer_reads3/index.html?source=rss True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/05/shenkman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/05/shenkman/index.html?source=rss Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it. By Salon staff Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/02/summer_reads2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/02/summer_reads2/index.html?source=rss Chick chat: From a black-humored romantic romp to the tale of a single woman flirting her way around the world, these novels make perfect beach companions. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/30/scott_mcclellan_press_secretary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/30/scott_mcclellan_press_secretary/index.html?source=rss Of course the White House couldn't see the revealing "What Happened" coming. It was McClellan's job as press secretary to conceal himself.