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Currently in Salon: Tuesday March 2, 2010

Bringing subprime sexy back "Liar's Poker," Part II. In Michael Lewis' "The Big Short," the financial crisis finds the chronicler it deserves Andrew Leonard

Open Salon Play it Forward: Keeping the Music Alive Olympics: Hey America, time to hug it out. Some Favorite Female Voices From the Punk/New Wave Era Old Stereoscopic Views of Manhattan, circa 1925

Slide show: "The Bachelor's" chances at love As Jake Pavelka makes his choice, we look at the show's tangled history of breakups, romance and domestic dispute SALON STAFF

Why Republicans want gridlock Groups in decline, such as the white working class that controls the GOP, tend to focus on blocking change By Michael Lind

War Room Harold Ford not running for Senate in N.Y. Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office GOP on Bunning: Blame Harry Reid! MoveOn backing challenger to Sen. Blanche Lincoln Word war: "Nuclear option" vs. "majority vote" Brantley on the Halter-Lincoln race Obama in Vegas: Snake eyes for Reid Sen. Blanche Lincoln gets primary challenger Sen. Jim Bunning gives reporter the finger

The ultimate deficit hawk says spend more -- on jobs! The Republican noise machine, from Beck to McCain, loves David Walker. But now he is rejecting their rigid ideology By Joe Conason

Oscar 2010: Carey Mulligan's charm offensive With dimples like weapons, the star of "An Education" plays a stronger, wiser kind of ingenue By Stephanie Zacharek

Winner: Peking duck cassoulet This week's champ creates a "fusion" cuisine the honest way: Through memory and old-fashioned making-do By Mamie Chen

Yellow split peas with cauliflower and yam Despite my illness, I don't want to settle for bland, uninspiring diets. Bring on the cancer-fighting spices! By Beth Fortune

Haitian adoptions: Why race matters The mainstream media celebrates "white saviors" but avoids a necessary discussion about transracial parenting By Martha Nichols

Olympic highlight reel The most memorable moments of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver Salon Staff

Box office report: Is "Shutter Island" Scorsese's biggest? Marty's latest may outdo "The Departed." Kevin Smith's "Cop Out," horror remake "Crazies" also open strong By Scott Mendelson

Tsunami sweeps away entire towns on Chilean coast In the wake of the earthquake, waves pillory Chilean villages MICHAEL WARREN and ROBERTO CANDIA

Broadsheet Muslims protest sexism with prayer Baby lust: Not just for the ladies Clay Aiken comes out for gay rights

Depression's latest victim: Marie Osmond's son Eighteen-year-old Michael Blosil may have leapt to his own death, but the real killer was his disease By Mary Elizabeth Williams

How the World Works Warren Buffett: The risk stops here

How "The Bachelor" hooked us -- again Recession-era America gives a forgotten reality show -- and its demure, soft-core thrills -- a second chance By Sarah Hepola

Author Barry Hannah dies at 67 in Mississippi Writer of "Geronimo Rex" died of natural causes

Two charged in alleged $75 million healthcare fraud Executives of bankrupt healthcare company Canopy Financial Inc. have been charged with fraud MIKE ROBINSON

U.C. students protest budget cuts, fee hikes Students are traveling to Sacramento to protest new tuition fees ROBIN HINDERY

The enthusiasm gap Why the Democratic base just can't get excited about the midterm elections By Robert Reich

UK's Prudential buys AIG Asian unit for $35.5B Sale of life insurance unit would allow AIG to make large repayment toward $180 billion bailout ROBERT BARR

Lil Wayne set to test how jails handle celebs Grammy-winning rapper expected to start year-long sentence for gun possession JENNIFER PELTZ

Canada wins! A game of smash mouth, and the country with the most at stake saves face By Allen Barra

Europe storm death toll at 59; France hardest hit Storm batters Western Europe, leaving 1 million French households without electricity JENNY BARCHFIELD

Go crazy, Canada: Hockey win triggers big party After winning 14th gold medal, Canada erupts in celebration GREG BEACHAM

Farrakhan predicts 'white right' trouble for Obama Nation of Islam leader, boasting of divine stature, blames far right for stalling healthcare SOPHIA TAREEN

Olympic torch is passed Sarcasm! Shatner! A parade of giant beavers! Vancouver closes the Winter Olympics in appropriate style By Allen Barra

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