Today in Salon: Rambo's origin story -- made for $96

Today in Salon: Friday January 8, 2010

Rambo's origin story -- made for $96 Zachary Oberzan's homemade epic channels ancient storytelling magic. Plus: the best low-budget movies ever By Andrew O'Hehir

Open Salon To vasect or not to vasect? That is a weird question. Open Call response: I am a Man and I don't apologize for it. The Faith Healer The Blank Slate Hypothesis

"Leap Year": One giant leap backward for romantic comedy Amy Adams gets cow poo on her shoes. Then she falls in the mud. What ever happened to the genre's wit and charm? By Stephanie Zacharek

Joan Walsh A sharp contrast with Bush

Scenes from a codfish klatch Sure, everyone claims their mom is the greatest cook. But there's only one person you have to take seriously By Francis Lam

War Room Hume complains of "double standard" on Woods comments Read White House Christmas attack review here Obama: "When the system fails, it is my responsibility" McCain: Standing in Obama's way every day Salazar won't run for governor in Colorado Steele to critics: "I've had enough of it" Poll: Lieberman approval rating just 25 percent Report: Officials planned to question Christmas bomber upon landing

How the World Works Jay Leno: Too awful to watch, now or later General Motors: Who needs America? "Avatar" as a Chinese metaphor Geithner and AIG: The mess gets messier

The Clinton boom was real -- then Bush happened Historians, economists and revisionists battle over the legacy of Bill Clinton's economic memory By Will Marshall

GOP Senate tsunami? Not yet Some recent polls in competitive Senate races -- by a GOP-friendly pollster -- belie a relentless Republican trend By Joe Conason

Glenn Greenwald More cause and effect in our ever-expanding "war"

Broadsheet The "pro-life" parable Lady Gaga shakes it for Polaroid Love makes you fat Wait till they get their Hanes off Charlie Sheen Stupak's game of chicken OMG! VF discovers "tweethearts"!

Study: Calorie counts off at chains, frozen meals Ruby Tuesday, Wendy's calorie counts listed as 18 percent less than they really are? MICHAEL HILL

Behind the food truck divide A new gourmet parking lot captures the media's attention -- but where does it leave traditional vendors? By Thomas Rogers

Yemen says Nigerian may have met radical cleric Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has ties to al-Qaida, Fort Hood shooter LEE KEATH

U.S. readies new Mideast peace push Obama administration will try to get Israelis and Palestinians back at the negotiating table MATTHEW LEE

2 films pulled from festival over Dalai Lama doc

Wife says CIA bomber hated U.S. SELCAN HACAOGLU

EPA replacing Bush smog limit Bush-era limit ran counter to scientific recommendations DINA CAPPIELLO

China kept tainted milk secret Concerns about a Shanghai dairy remained under wraps for nearly a year GILLIAN WONG

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