Today in Salon: Obama's Cairo mission: Don't be Bush

Today in Salon: Thursday June 4, 2009

Obama's Cairo mission: Don't be Bush Five disastrous Middle East policies that the president must show he's rejected By Gary Kamiya

Open Salon He's My Little B*tch I Knew Johnny Carson. Mr O'Brien, You're No Johnny Carson. Once more into the pay-wall breach: No gravedancing edition I wish my mother-in-law was dead

The triumph of the uncelebrity Jon and Kate! Octo-Mom! Speidi! Stars are out, ordinary people are in -- until we render them as soulless as celebs By Heather Havrilesky

Bernanke's real message about budget deficits Perhaps Obama wants to use the Fed chief to deliver an unwelcome message to Congress: Time to raise taxes. By Robert Reich

What should I read next? Aleksandar Hemon's fictional alter ego drinks and writes his way through exile in these superb coming-of-age tales. By Allen Barra

Sotomayor a "racist"? Really? The elected wing of the GOP knows better. The entertainment wing -- Rush, Coulter et al. -- has a different agenda. By Gene Lyons

My marriage is a prison and I need to bust out I'm being held captive by my husband and my dad. I can't survive as wifey for life. How to escape? By Cary Tennis

Broadsheet The ABCs of antiabortion activism New documentary spotlights Tiller Jailed for her child's own good? Helping the women Tiller can't Fangirl flips over "New Moon" Could Tiller's murder have been prevented?

Tom the Dancing Bug Teachable moments with the adorable Jon and Kate, plus eight! By Ruben Bolling

Tiananmen silence turns 20 Two decades after the massacre in Beijing, the event remains a taboo in China. By Andreas Lorenz

GigaOM Network I Say Broadband Maps, You Say Boondoggle Bing: How Useful Is Microsoft's New Search Offering? Bing Helps Overcome Search Shortcomings, Still No Google-Killer So Long, Dell Mini 9. We Hardly Knew You PHOTOS: Mile's Coda Unveils $45K Electric Sedan for 2010 Create a 3D Wall With Your Photos A Comicbook Orange Returns — Now With More Human! A Typical Twitter User Dealing With Stubborn Applications: Installation and Spring Cleaning Plantronics Voyager PRO Bluetooth Headset Sounds Like a Winner Smartbook- Another Trademark Fight Coming? "Mystery" of the White MacBook Upgrade Unravelled Easy Solar Path for Chip Makers: Chips to Optimize Solar to Hit $6B Market ARM Smartbook Caught on Video at Computex How About a Last.fm for Movies? U.S. Census Data Shows What We Know: Internet Growth Moblin Mediaphone Illustrates Intel's Smartphone Intentions Apple Mulling App-Sharing System for iPhone Users Using the MiFi With Eye-Fi for Camera Connectivity 3D Graphics/Animation App Blender Gets an Upgrade Fun With Skinning Opera Startup Green Energy Tech Installs First Small-Wind Concentrators

War Room Revealed: Obama really is a Muslim! New Hampshire legalizes same-sex marriage Meghan McCain vs. the Daily Kos When empathy's a good thing Limbaugh isn't backing down on Sotomayor The next governor of New Jersey? Gingrich walks back Sotomayor "racist" comment

How the World Works Greenpeace's secret anti-palm oil agenda A bond market paradox How the banks own Congress, part XVI Polysilicon is a harsh mistress

Joan Walsh Gingrich backs off on Sotomayor

Excuse me, do you speak Klingon? A delightful journey through the realm of invented languages and its cast of dreamers, weirdos and obsessives. By Andrew O'Hehir

Obama, Muslim-world rock star They like him, they really like him! Well, maybe not so much in Egypt. But they're willing to give him a chance. By Juan Cole

Don't take me out to the broad game The Dodgers are trying to lure women with radio broadcasts and celebrities. As a sports fan, I'm trying not to gag. By Caitlin Moscatello

Rejected by the world! I've adventured and gotten writing gigs and fallen in love with cities, but failure dogs me! Can I just go home? By Cary Tennis

The heart of Saturday night A young girl borrows Chopin's passion and transforms an evening. Life is good, no matter the disappointments. By Garrison Keillor

Bush is gone, but Halliburton keeps cashing checks The U.S. government continues to pay the company huge sums, despite allegations of overbilling and faulty work. By Pratap Chatterjee

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