Salon

Spurs hold Paul to 35, win

King Kaufman — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT

San Antonio's big three get together to overcome the Hornets' budding superstar and make it a series.

Killing by the numbers

Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:10:00 PDT

In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?

Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?

Joe Conason — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:55:00 PDT

Hillary's reckless exploitation of racial division could split the Democratic Party over race -- a tragic legacy for the Clintons.

"Speed Racer"

Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:01:00 PDT

You know a movie's heading nowhere fast when even its monkey doesn't make you laugh.

"What Happens in Vegas"

Mary Elizabeth WIlliams — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT

This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters.

Is everything we know about American history wrong?

Louis Bayard — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:43:00 PDT

Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primoridal slime of false starts and mutations."

I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink

Cary Tennis — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:38:00 PDT

I feel trapped in wifehood and motherhood and sisterhood; I lash out; I become a monster.

Guns and water coolers in Iraq

Anna Badkhen — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:30:00 PDT

U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad.

TV Daily

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Friday/weekend: The creators of "Battlestar Galactica" take the show to a whole new level of uneasiness. Plus: What did you think of "Planet of the Apes" on Thursday?

Ask the pilot: What's behind the recent rise in runway near misses?

Patrick Smith — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Chances are you've come across one or more recent stories about the marked rise in so-called runway incursions at airports across America. That's a euphemism for when a plane or other vehicle erroneously enters or crosses a runway without permission from air traffic control, setting up a potential collision hazard. In FAA-speak, it is "any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take off of aircraft."

Not every incursion is the proverbial "near miss." The vast majority are in fact harmless. But the numbers are rising and a handful of incidents were indeed close calls. In some respects, the uptick is no real surprise. After all, there are twice as many airplanes flying today as there were 25 years ago. But the numbers don't match -- incursions have been rising well out of proportion with traffic growth. (In 2007, commercial air carriers were involved in eight separate incursions deemed by the FAA to be "serious.") The problem isn't the volume of planes, per se, but the congested environments in which many of them operate. LaGuardia, Reagan National, Boston and JFK are among airports that were laid out decades ago for a fraction of today's capacity. Their crisscrossing runways and lacework taxiways are inherently more hazardous than the parallel and staggered layouts seen at newer airports. That does not imply these locations are unsafe, but they are more challenging for both crews and air traffic controllers, particularly during spells of bad weather and low visibility.

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WayLay

Carol Lay — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:29:00 PDT

The Thing Under the Futon grapples with fame.

Double shot of gloom for indie fans

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:00 PDT

Leading film-blogger Glenn Kenny is out at Premiere; Warner Bros. to fold its Picturehouse and Warner Independent subsidiaries.

Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:00 PDT

How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.

A star is born (at age 51)

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:23:00 PDT

As a married woman meeting her ex-lover 25 years later, Juliet Stevenson transforms a Lifetime-level middle-aged rom-com into delirious comic magic.

NCAA academic penalties flunk sniff test

King Kaufman — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:30:00 PDT

The big sports money's in the big conferences and the big classroom underachievers aren't?

Clinton: "I am in this race"

Mike Madden — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:53:00 PDT

Protesters disrupt her fundraiser, money is dwindling -- and undecided superdelegates tell Salon they see the end in sight. But Hillary Clinton powers on.

I don't want to go to my college friend's wedding

Cary Tennis — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:50:00 PDT

Can't we just send a gift? It's seven hours away and we really dread going.

The Iraq movie we've been waiting for

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:43:00 PDT

Nick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war.

Tom the Dancing Bug

Ruben Bolling — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:24:00 PDT

Nate the Neoconservative: Give me an inch, I'll take your yard.

Addicted to "Intervention"

James Hannaham — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:22:00 PDT

Why can't I stop watching the bleakest show on television? Because it's the only way I've found to cope with my mother dying.

What does Hillary want?

Dan Conley — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:18:00 PDT

What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest.

Obama Veepstakes

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:04:00 PDT

The Illinois senator says, "Yes, we can," but he won't make it to the White House without the right running mate. Which veep would you pick?

TV Daily

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Thursday: Relive the glory that is "Planet of the Apes." Plus: What did you think of "Top Chef" on Wednesday?

Clinton Veepstakes

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Should the former presumptive front-runner beat the odds and secure the Democratic nomination, which veep candidate is her key to the Oval Office?

NBA coach caught coaching

King Kaufman — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:30:00 PDT

Mike those guys up long enough, they just might say something interesting.

Who jinxed Gavin Floyd?

King Kaufman — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:15:00 PDT

Loose lips -- or a corner outfielder playing center -- sink his no-hitter in the ninth.

Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion

Walter Shapiro — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:31:00 PDT

Obama takes North Carolina and only barely loses Indiana, narrowing Hillary's hopes to the 366 phantom delegates from Michigan and Florida.

Helicopter travel in Iraq

Anna Badkhen — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:55:00 PDT

Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri.

"The Rabbi's Cat"

Douglas Wolk — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:53:00 PDT

A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it.

Indie box office: "Mister Lonely" finds friends

Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:39:00 PDT

Harmony Korine's latest thrives in the shadow of "Iron Man," but this year's indie failures include some of the year's best films.