Today in Salon: The voters are angry -- and don't know why

Today in Salon: Wednesday October 1, 2008

The voters are angry -- and don't know why What happens when the messy thing called democracy collides with the financial markets in full panic By Walter Shapiro

Open Salon Bloomberg Wants 3rd Term: Good, Term Limits Anti-Democratic There's No Palin There Disconnect and the Ladies of "The View" My breakfast with Salman

How the World Works Cheap latte drinkers feel the pain Bailout remorse World to U.S.: You suck Bailout or no bailout, taxpayers will pay Black bailout Monday

More blowback from the war on terror The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" -- including pregnant women and children -- and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa. By Jennifer Daskal

Beyond the Multiplex Indie film's ultra-realist overdose

Uncurbed enthusiasm Veteran "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director Bob Weide talks about bringing his prickly brand of humor to the big screen with "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People." By Adam Baer

Can the Chicago Cubs lose for winning? For a century, the Cubs have based their identity on disappointment and defeat. So what happens if they actually win it all this year? By Edward McClelland

Why am I crying all the time? Grief has come over me in heavy, relentless waves. By Cary Tennis

Crash A day in which you've witnessed death takes on an aura of fragile loveliness. By Garrison Keillor

Video Dog Bateman: George W. Bush on the troubled economy

The K Chronicles Why would we reward the GOP for doing such a bad job? By Keith Knight

Glenn Greenwald The people in urgent need of long-term banishment The simultaneous rejection of the bailout and a corrupt ruling class

Broadsheet Quote of the day Hey, sister, empower yourself through submission I am not a hockey mom McCain's Republic of Gilead The Palin problem Can you be both pro-life and a feminist?

War Room Southern states in play? Obama asserts himself on bailout McCain, the missing moderate Debate tips from Mike Murphy McCain invokes Clinton (Bill, this time) again GOP bailout ad at odds with McCain's position Time for a party-line vote? Racism, the Bradley effect and Obama Rising doubts on the right about Palin The beginning of the end for McCain

New Yorkers write: "&$#! you!" Long-suffering Mets fans don't like being lumped in with Yankees fans. By King Kaufman

Machinist Palin rocks the Internet Webcaster Settlement Act passes House, poised to pass Senate

Joan Walsh Could Palin possibly leave the ticket?

Remember Iraq? The drop in violence has made the war an afterthought -- and allowed McCain to claim we're "winning." Here's why we're not -- and we can't. By Gary Kamiya

The White Sox's wild, wild, wild win The Tigers uncorking a week's worth of wild pitches in one inning shows why there's no predicting in postseason baseball. King Kaufman

Why has it been so long since a black band ruled rock? With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band. By James Hannaham

The Sarah Palin pity party Everyone seems to be oozing sympathy for the fumbling vice-presidential nominee. Please. Cry me a freaking river. By Rebecca Traister

"Thank You for All Things" A messed-up Midwestern family grapples with buried secrets in Sandra's Kring's gripping saga "Thank You for All Things." By James Hannaham

Obama's big bet on Nevada Latino voters in this economically pummeled swing state harbor fears, hopes -- and rising electoral power. They could help deliver Obama to the White House. By Dan Hoyle

I get distracted by the Internet when I try to write Every time I start to do my assignment, I find myself surfing the Web instead! By Cary Tennis

Isn't it romantic? "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" director Peter Sollett talks about young people looking for love on the streets of New York. By Stephanie Zacharek

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