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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT "Obama is average" By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures A large majority of Americans once again stand with the terrorists By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/22/tactics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/22/tactics/index.html?source=rss 61 percent say Obama didn't deserve the Peace Prize, a view the DNC depicted as unpatriotic and terrorist-like An economics Nobel for nuance and complexity By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/12/a_nobel_in_nuance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/12/a_nobel_in_nuance/index.html?source=rss Two researchers who study how people and corporations organize themselves win. The loser? Efficient markets theory The Nobel Prize for literature went to who? By Amy Benfer Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/herta_muller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/herta_muller/index.html?source=rss Meet Herta Mueller, the best German writer you've never heard of ... until now Paul Krugman's depression economics By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/feature/2008/12/08/paul_krugman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/feature/2008/12/08/paul_krugman/index.html?source=rss On his way to Stockholm, the Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist takes time to explain the "awful" economy that looms ahead of us. Accusing Obama critics of "standing with the terrorists" By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/10/prize_reaction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/10/prize_reaction/index.html?source=rss Is there a patriotic duty to join a "national celebration" over Obama? The great crash of the "Chicago school" of economics By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/28/downfall_of_the_chicago_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/28/downfall_of_the_chicago_school/index.html?source=rss The heirs of Milton Friedman used to win all the big prizes. But the last six months have been a serious bummer for the prophets of free market fundamentalism. A Nobel Prize for Paul Krugman By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/13/paul_krugman_nobel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/13/paul_krugman_nobel/index.html?source=rss The Al Gore of partisan economics? Pshaw. He deserved this award, whether or not he was right about Republican economics. Let's hear it for Harald zur Hausen! Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/06/nobel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/06/nobel/index.html?source=rss Virologist who discovered HPV shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. "We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency" Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/12/10/al_gore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/12/10/al_gore/index.html?source=rss On Monday, former Vice President Al Gore accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. Read his acceptance speech here. Salon's guide to Nobel winner Doris Lessing By Laura Morgan Green Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/12/doris_lessing_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/12/doris_lessing_guide/index.html?source=rss Novelist, memoirist, activist, fantasist -- this entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes you on a guided tour of the celebrated writer's long literary career. "You don't have to get snippy about this" By Tim Grieve Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/12/call/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/12/call/index.html?source=rss Will Bush congratulate Gore for his Nobel win? The ignoble prize By George Rafael Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/11/nobel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/11/nobel/index.html?source=rss The Nobel Prize in literature has come to symbolize greatness in life, as in art -- but Günter Grass isn't the only laureate with a questionable past. The outsider By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/10/03/coetzee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/10/03/coetzee/index.html?source=rss J.M. Coetzee is a teller of mysterious and universal tales in the tradition of Kafka. The redemption of Gov. Ryan By Patrick Arden Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/16/ryan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/16/ryan/index.html?source=rss Facing a possible indictment for corruption, the veteran political deal-maker shut down death row in Illinois. Is he trying to save lives -- or his own legacy? Lance and Serena: The sequel By King Kaufman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2003/01/13/sequel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2003/01/13/sequel/index.html?source=rss When we disparaged the idea that Lance Armstrong could be named Athlete of the Year, many of you got very, very upset. Well, get over it. The black sheep By Gavin McNett Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/10/14/naipaul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/10/14/naipaul/index.html?source=rss A critic of Islam and the Third World, cranky, controversial and politically incorrect V.S. Naipaul is the most daring choice for the Nobel Prize in literature in years. Aung San Suu Kyi By David Rubien Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/02/27/suu_kyi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/02/27/suu_kyi/index.html?source=rss Even when she's under house arrest, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning resistance leader is a symbol of hope in the struggle for democracy in Burma. And the winner is ... By Laura Miller Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/16/prizes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/16/prizes/index.html?source=rss The drama and the dish behind the literary prizes that shape what America reads. My perversion By Carlos Amantea Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/05/06/geezer5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/05/06/geezer5/index.html?source=rss The love that dare not cluck its name; a few words about dirty words in Mexico; and the prize that is Consuela. Letters to the editor Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/05/forbes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/05/forbes/index.html?source=rss Readers to drug czar: Busted! Plus: One Nobel does not a macrometeorologist make; cozying up with an e-book. Nobel dude By William Speed Weed Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/29/mullis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/29/mullis/index.html?source=rss Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back. "My Century" by G|nter Grass By Michael Scott Moore Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/12/14/grass/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/12/14/grass/index.html?source=rss In a new novel, the cantankerous 1999 Nobel laureate takes on his times, year by year. The mysteries of Bill Clinton By Gabriel Garcma Marquez Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/02/01/cov_02news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/02/01/cov_02news/index.html?source=rss Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcma Marquez compares the president's fate to that of Hester Prynne. The mysteries of Bill Clinton By Gabriel Garcma Marquez Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/01/30/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/01/30/news/index.html?source=rss Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez compares the president's fate to that of Hester Prynne.