Today in Salon: Can Obama be deprogrammed?

Today in Salon: Tuesday August 4, 2009

Can Obama be deprogrammed? The president is a prisoner of the cult of neoliberalism By Michael Lind

Open Salon The Real News in the O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud Dear Baby Mama... More Public Broadcasting; Fewer Public Broadcaster Fights When Biologists Learn to Knit

Let the military commissions die A lawyer for Guantanamo detainees explains why Obama and Congress shouldn't try to revive the failed system By David Frakt

Harry and Louise must die We could save billions in healthcare if we could accept death and say goodbye outside the hospital By Anne Moore

Slumdog comedian "SNL" alum Chris Kattan exports his desperation in IFC's sweet summer miniseries "Bollywood Hero" By Heather Havrilesky

I told my sister's deep, dark secret First she informed me, then she asked for confidentiality. By then, I was trapped! By Cary Tennis

Critics' Picks: Witness protectiveness program On "In Plain Sight," Fred Weller is more than a nerdy sidekick. He's one of the show's great pleasures By Stephanie Zacharek

Broadsheet Girls gone Wilder Christina Hendricks of "Mad Men": Joan got raped! Remembering Corazon Aquino Britain's battle of the sexists Creep of the day: Ryan O'Neal Stand by your man, redux "This is my no, no square!"

"We will not be brought to our knees" Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, discusses the coup that brought him down Jens Glüsing

This Modern World A clear and compelling vision: Hope for eventual change By Tom Tomorrow

War Room Birther leader Orly Taitz loses it, live on MSNBC Conservatives organize to shout down congressmen at town halls Who wouldn't want to spend their birthday with Senate Dems? Liz Cheney: U.S. needs commander, not community organizer Sestak ready to officially announce run against Specter Birthers release forged Kenyan birth certificate for Obama

GigaOM Network Google Launches Bookmarks Syncing With Chrome, After Killing It on Firefox How to Set Up a Teleworking Expansion Fund Wind Turbine Syndrome: Living Near Wind Farms May Be Hazardous to Your Health Web Worker Rx: Take a Mental Health Day Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board Touch Book From Always Innovating Now Shipping OS X Market Share Jumps, iPhone Bumped, Safari 4 Trumps in July

How the World Works McCain's lament: There was so much pressure! Will Cash for Clunkers hurt poor people? Why does the GOP want to stop Cash for Clunkers? In defense of Krugman defending Summers

No sex in the city Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic By Carlene Bauer

Glenn Greenwald The scope -- and dangers -- of GE's control of NBC and MSNBC

Critics' Picks: Suicide boys "Boy Interrupted" tells the story of an emotionally unstable kid whose parents loved him -- but it wasn't enough By Heather Havrilesky

Sometimes abortion is the better choice Should the U.S. government really be in the business of encouraging women to have babies? By Frances Kissling

A vendor sent me a racist cartoon I was shocked and appalled at the ugliness of the image: Should I tell my boss? By Cary Tennis

Video Dog Big Think: Bill Scheft on writing for Letterman

Sarah Palin, meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad You two right-wing populists have a surprising amount in common By Juan Cole

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