Today in Salon: Confessions of an RNC security guard

Today in Salon: Saturday September 6, 2008

Confessions of an RNC security guard From sushi-scarfing Secret Servicemen to drunken Sarah-Palin lust, witness the underside of the Republican shindig By Avi Steinberg

And the Buffy goes to ... Our fifth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. By Heather Havrilesky

Critics' Picks What you need to see, read, do this week: A sexpert's look at Sarah Palin, the exhilarating return of "Entourage," and a bad-cake blog.

Joan Walsh Mean Old Party

Beyond the Multiplex A lovable pervert at your window A Jewish family's hidden shame

Video Dog We need to be tough on Palin Cheating's in the genes? Bateman: McCain makes his big speech Bateman: Sarah Palin makes her big speech

Broadsheet Britain to ban sexist ads? What do we want? Firepits! Your daily Palin DNA testing your fiancé? The Sarah Palin rap

Letters of the week Readers reflect on Cindy McCain's wardrobe, genre snobbery, human suffering and more.

War Room Sarah Palin's pastor problem McCain knocks Obama as "celebrity" again More dirt on Palin on the way? Woodward: Don't credit surge for Iraq turnaround Quote of the day: Oprah on Palin It's the economy, stupid Poll: Half say Palin isn't experienced enough to be president

Republicans, stop calling Obama elitist Because the real reason you don't like him is that he's smarter than you. By Bill Maher

How the World Works A Chinese conspiracy theory LPGA to Korean golfers: Never mind! A condom ringtone to die for Unemployment: 6.1 percent and rising

NFL Week 1 picks The season's here! And it can only get better after that dog of an opener Thursday night. King Kaufman

John McCain's empty speech Simply saying the word "change" a lot isn't enough. What did McCain offer people that was really new? By Joe Conason

Toronto Film Festival The Venice Film Festival takes risks while Toronto promises gems like Claire Denis' "35 rhums," an intimate movie about the pleasures of home -- and knowing when to leave it. By Stephanie Zacharek

Glenn Greenwald Will the GOP's negativity produce a backlash?

John McCain, Republican top gun at last The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party. By Walter Shapiro

McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do John McCain disapproves of contests of personality and style -- unless he thinks he can win them. By Mike Madden

A comedy tonight? Good luck! Learn more about the fall TV season's new comedies, using this handy clip 'n' save chart! By Heather Havrilesky

Reality shows we'd like to see Attention, reality-TV programmers: "I'm From Sky Mall" and "Hangover CSI" -- you're gonna love them! By Sarah Hepola

NFL playoff preview It's never too early. Plus: Divisional predictions in one place for ease of ridicule. King Kaufman

Sarah Palin's real soul mate McCain's veep choice is the reincarnation of George W. Bush, as channeled by Karl Rove. By Jeff Yang

Quiz: Palin or Bush? See if you know your hockey mom from your Dubya. By Jeff Yang

So much misery, so little time 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 Louis Bayard

Ask the pilot The gut-churning trials and tribulations of making the grade with an airline. By Patrick Smith

Alone in South Africa with a drunken husband I left the U.S. when I got married and now, with three grown children at home, I feel torn. By Cary Tennis

Sarah Palin's choice I greatly admire her decision to have a child with Down syndrome. But she would likely deny other women the right to choose for themselves. By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.

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