Today in Salon: Why Chicago doesn't want the Olympics

Today in Salon: Friday October 2, 2009

Why Chicago doesn't want the Olympics The city's 2016 bid would have more support if it benefited everyone, not just Mayor Daley and his cronies By Edward McClelland

Open Salon Twittering a Miscarriage: Full Disclosure or Overexposure? Illinois Steps Up to Same-sex Marriage Equality Would You Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a Witch Already Elizabeth Smart Tells Ordeal of Abduction in Utah Courtroom

The truth about jobs that no one wants to tell If the feds don't spend money to put people back to work, the economy won't recover and politics will get uglier By Robert Reich

Let's make it all Obama's fault Republicans know whom to blame for the problems in the world -- no matter when they started By Mike Madden

Three cheers for the red, white and goo The horror-comedy "Zombieland" bridges the American divide By Stephanie Zacharek

All your questions about in-flight horrors Plus: What happened to "The Simpsons"? And REM? The weird phenomenon of pop-culture tailspin By Patrick Smith

"The Invention of Lying" tells it straight The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy By Stephanie Zacharek

"Whip It" wobbles, but it doesn't fall down With her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore gets by on a skate and a smile By Stephanie Zacharek

My condo neighbor yelled at me He freaked out because I parked in "his" parking space By Cary Tennis

War Room Reid says final reform bill will include public option White House lukewarm on climate change? Obama trumpets progress in Iran nuke talks Right fears secret abortions for 13-year-olds in reform Is the end of "don't ask, don't tell"? in sight? Oh, those wacky Democrats Specter now trailing Republican rival A new public option plan?

GigaOM Network Twitter's Follow Lists Will Make It a Better Professional Tool The Hills With Puppets? Well-Played, Heart Felt WiMAX Found in City of Brotherly Wireless Love? Colloquy Brings IRC to the iPhone Snow Leopard Leaps in Market Share Apple Purchase of Placebase Confirmed: Goodbye Google Maps? Will an Exclusive Best Buy Deal Help or Hurt Nokia's Booklet 3G Netbook? Quickbooks 2010 Preview Fantasy Football's Very Real Digital Opportunities Android 1.6 Rolling Out Now? Donuts for Everyone

Broadsheet Brooke Shields: Victim of child porn? Elizabeth Edwards: Divorce, finally? A "sex jab" didn't kill Natalie Morton Surprise! The "opt-out revolution" was a myth The Polanski backlash

How the World Works Cash for Clunkers fizzles out Michele Bachmann's insecurity complex Judd Gregg's "for it before I was against it" moment The return of the American consumer?

The top ten things you didn't know about Iran The assumptions most Americans hold about Iran and its policies are wrong By Juan Cole

Glenn Greenwald Salon Radio: Patriot Act and FISA reforms Georgia/Russia: how our political discourse works

Joan Walsh Reading "The Clinton Tapes," thinking about Obama

Critic's Picks: The tragic twilight of Leon Trotsky A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) Andrew O'Hehir

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