Today in Salon: Princess Leia's wild, bipolar adventures

Today in Salon: Wednesday December 3, 2008

Princess Leia's wild, bipolar adventures Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry By Rebecca Traister

Open Salon The Unseen World - Part One : Things That Crawl A Company Man Gets Canned Get Out of My Mailbox AARP! Cleveland? really?

How the World Works The further adventures of Yacouba Sawadogo Message to Peggy Noonan: Open your eyes! Uncle Sam needs to go shopping. Not us

Impeach Bush for Christmas The White House censored her subversive Christmas tree ornament -- only to spread its anti-Bush cheer. By Jeremy Olshan

Elvis lives! Elvis Costello chats up everyone from Lou Reed to Bill Clinton on his eclectic Sundance talk show, "Spectacle." By Heather Havrilesky

FDR's bold brain trust versus Obama's timid wonks Roosevelt came into office with a brain trust ready to enact change. Are Obama's brainiacs up to that task -- or are they too beholden to the Clintonian, neoliberal past? By Steve Fraser

Get rich slow! Everything you ever wanted to know about your 401K -- but didn't know how to ask. By Amy Reiter

What were you thinking? Midwesterners usually go south to misbehave, not to the handicapped stall in a Minneapolis men's room at halftime. By Garrison Keillor

Bargain gifts for the dog lover Let your pooch chase squirrels indoors and exact revenge on Michael Vick. Heather Havrilesky

Pirates don't like loud noises Nick Davis says he can scare off the pirates plaguing the coast of Africa without firing a shot. So far, so good -- except for that little incident last week. By Vincent Rossmeier

The K Chronicles Observations of a new parent. By Keith Knight

Video Dog Bateman: Gen. Barry McCaffrey on "Hardball"

War Room AP calls it: Chambliss re-elected Results trickling in from Georgia Low turnout in Georgia run-off Joe who? Clinton still raising money Florida Sen. Martinez won't run again Fox's Chris Wallace: Bush is not a crook Report: David Gregory to host "Meet the Press" Palin still eyeing Senate?

Broadsheet Doctors: Making your repro choices for you! Let's beat up on Britney Spears! Sister, can you spare a womb? The sexing up of Tina Fey

Luxury gifts for the house proud Transform a memento into a work of art and dine underneath silverware for a change. Joy Press

Midrange gifts for the house proud An Oscar Wilde-inspired mirror boasts style and humor, and graceful LEDs light your way to a lower electricity bill. Joy Press

Bargain gifts for the house proud Add quick panache to a dresser, give your walls a thrifty makeover and play with your food -- in a sophisticated way. Joy Press

Glenn Greenwald Salon Radio: Cato's Gene Healy on domestic troop deployments Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon

Beyond the Multiplex A raunchy gay fantasia from Tel Aviv

Tourists from Hell The terrorists who attacked Mumbai struck the heart of city life. By Gary Kamiya

So what's in this for Hillary? Taking charge of the State Department will give Clinton more power than hanging around the Senate -- even if she does have a history with her new boss. By Mike Madden

What should Bill Clinton do now? Critics worry he'll get in Hillary's way. But the new secretary of state's husband is a great international ambassador for America. By Joe Conason

Luxury gifts for kids Learning to ride a bike sure has come a long way from ye olde training wheels. Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter

Midrange gifts for kids Something for the budding rock star and the pint-size design aficionado. Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter

Should I stay in Ireland because my boyfriend's mother has lung cancer? Things were getting rocky before this news, and now he says maybe I should go. By Cary Tennis

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