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Currently in Salon: Friday July 30, 2010

"Hugh Hefner" and the creation of American manhood An intriguing new film sings the praises of Playboy's revolutionary -- but only hints at the real story By Andrew O'Hehir

Open Salon Solo Flight Why San Diego Law Professor Shaun Martin Scares Me Marriage Equality Fairy Tale number 2 This is the saddest thing ever

War Room Hostile senators unload on ex-Arlington chiefs Mike Huckabee, TV host Nevada candidate lies about Arizona law comment Maybe a good day for Rangel after all? Rand Paul unsure why Harlan County, Kentucky is famous Reid's sad "Clean Energy" probably doomed Angle spends more than $600,000 on shady firm What Newt's really running for (Hint: It's not president) Why we ignored two huge stories Obama caught in Snooki lie

Arlington Cemetery ex-official accepts blame The former superintendent of the scandal-wracked military burial site offers "sincere regrets to the families" ANNE FLAHERTY

What makes Paul Rudd laugh Comedy's leading straight man talks about his Shakespearean past and the genius of Steve Carell By Sam Adams

Should my 90-year-old mom refuse medical tests? My brother thinks we should force her to undergo procedures, but she's tired of being poked and prodded By Cary Tennis

Broadsheet Taxpayer-funded "revirginization"? Obama on "The View": The end of civilization! "Rape by fraud" sentence appealed A tough sell: The female condom Chelsea Clinton's big fat leaked wedding

Joan Walsh The wrong lessons of the Sherrod story

Panel hits Charles Rangel with 13 ethics charges Veteran New York Democrat accused of failure to report income, accepting favors and gifts LARRY MARGASAK and LAURIE KELLMAN

Shirley Sherrod's revenge Andrew Breitbart should be held accountable for his deceptions, but is there a libel case here? By Dan Gillmor

Fred Barnes not on a team? Why did GOP pay him? The Weekly Standard editor claimed political purity in bashing Journolist, but he's on the Republican payroll By Joe Conason

How the World Works The Supreme Court's present for Rand Paul Goldman Sachs' dumb ban on curse words

Army report: Service is failing suicidal soldiers Record number of deaths the result of brass not seeing or doing nothing about signs of stress such as drug abuse ANNE GEARAN

Time's brutal, brutally effective new cover image The shocking picture of a mutilated Afghan woman may be a struggling magazine's plea for attention -- but it works By Mary Elizabeth Williams

Shirley Sherrod says she'll sue Andrew Breitbart Ousted USDA official "doesn't want an apology" for edited video, says she doesn't know yet if she wants job back

French woman admits to suffocating her 8 newborns Dominique Cottrez, a 46-year-old nurse's aide is charged with manslaughter CATHERINE GASCHKA

The end of (military) history? Recent armed conflicts involving Israel and America show that the Western way of war has failed By Andrew Bacevich

What the ruling against Arizona's immigration law means A breakdown of what parts of the law Judge Bolton enjoined and why Jenn Kepka

At least 80 dead after Congo boat disaster Rescuers search for dozens of missing people after a vessel ferrying 200 people to the capital capsizes PATRICE CITERA

How Twitter is changing old age Ivy Bean, "the world's oldest Twitter user," dies at 104 -- and reminds us of the Internet's power to connect By Mary Elizabeth Williams

FAA: Chelsea Clinton's wedding is a no-fly zone The Federal Aviation Administration says local airspace will be restricted from 3 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday

Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling Gov. Jan Brewer calls the federal government's injunction a "bump in the road" BOB CHRISTIE

2nd US sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan NATO officials refused to explain why the two deceased service members were in such a dangerous part of Afghanistan AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANN

Glenn Greenwald This week in Change

"Dinner for Schmucks": Steve Carell's greatest nerd role? This mismatched buddy comedy may be fake Apatow, but Carell and its dazzling cast get close to the real thing By Andrew O'Hehir

Obama: America needs to hear Sherrod's full story President tells the National Urban League she "deserves better than what happened last week"

Jose's got no swagger and Billy's homeless on "SYTYCD" We finally get to see all of the dancers perform, with nary an injury in sight. Minus Billy's knee brace Christine Mathias

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