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Toronto Film Festival
by Stephanie Zacharek
5 Sep 2008 at 3:00pm
The Venice Film Festival takes risks while Toronto promises gems like Claire Denis' "35 rhums," an intimate movie about the pleasures of home -- and knowing when to leave it.

John McCain, Republican top gun at last
by Walter Shapiro
5 Sep 2008 at 12:37pm
The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party.

McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do
by Mike Madden
5 Sep 2008 at 11:40am
John McCain disapproves of contests of personality and style -- unless he thinks he can win them.

Reality shows we'd like to see
by Sarah Hepola
5 Sep 2008 at 11:00am
Attention, reality-TV programmers: "I'm From Sky Mall" and "Hangover CSI" -- you're gonna love them!

A comedy tonight? Good luck!
by Heather Havrilesky
5 Sep 2008 at 11:00am
Learn more about the fall TV season's new comedies, using this handy clip 'n' save chart!

NFL playoff preview
by King Kaufman
5 Sep 2008 at 11:00am
It's never too early. Plus: Divisional predictions in one place for ease of ridicule.

Sarah Palin's real soul mate
by Jeff Yang
5 Sep 2008 at 10:55am
McCain's veep choice is the reincarnation of George W. Bush, as channeled by Karl Rove.

Quiz: Palin or Bush?
by Jeff Yang
5 Sep 2008 at 10:48am
See if you know your hockey mom from your Dubya.

A Jewish family's hidden shame
by Andrew O'Hehir
5 Sep 2008 at 10:43am
Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story.

So much misery, so little time
by Louis Bayard
5 Sep 2008 at 10:40am
Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it.

Ask the pilot: The gut-churning trials and tribulations of making the grade w...
by Patrick Smith
5 Sep 2008 at 10:25am
When it was finally over, at the end of Day 3, my sense of relief was exceeded only by a renewed resentment for those who believe that flying planes is easy. If I had a dollar for every time some smart-aleck flier or pundit has remarked that pilots are nothing but "glorified bus drivers," or that modern aircraft "basically fly themselves," I wouldn't need to go through this every six months.

Recurrent training, it's called -- a mandatory, biannual rite of study and stress, culminating in a multihour simulator session during which a sadistic instructor dutifully inflicts all manner of potential catastrophe. Assuming it goes OK, you're signed off and sent back to the line.

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Alone in South Africa with a drunken husband
by Cary Tennis
5 Sep 2008 at 10:11am
I left the U.S. when I got married and now, with three grown children at home, I feel torn.

Sarah Palin's choice
by Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
5 Sep 2008 at 10:07am
I greatly admire her decision to have a child with Down syndrome. But she would likely deny other women the right to choose for themselves.

WayLay
by Carol Lay
5 Sep 2008 at 9:17am
In her journey through the afterlife, Jill stops over in the limbo room.

AFC North preview
by King Kaufman
4 Sep 2008 at 10:20pm
The Browns dramatically reversed their fortunes last year. Now, they're ready to overtake the Steelers.

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