DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

Please don’t send me your robot music

Generative AI can churn out endless songs. Its evangelists miss why we hit play

Salon · Oct 4

I grew up next door to Ted Kaczynski

Netflix's "Unabomber" wants to know what "made" him. I was his neighbor. There was no single moment

Salon · Oct 4

The dark love affair with Richard Nixon

MAGA needs to maintain its grip on the GOP after Donald Trump — and the 37th president is key

Salon · Oct 4

Hegseth puts on the "full armor of God"

His religious affairs office reports directly to him, allowing for "spiritual readiness" of the military

Salon · Oct 3

Christa Pike needed competent doctors

Lethal injection is a cruel procedure. If it's going to be done, doctors should be allowed to administer it

Salon · Oct 3

Get in, loser! We're going to Oklahoma

President Trump’s motorcade approached 100 mph on wet roads between two rallies after storms grounded his aircraft

Salon · Oct 3

Maybe we've misread "East of Eden"

Zoe Kazan's adaptation of Steinbeck's classic asks us to rethink what leads to evil

Salon · Oct 3

We’re over restaurant slop

From ghost kitchens to AI menus and PE slop, diners are hungry for food that feels like somebody meant it

Salon · Oct 3

Cornell case exposes a legal gap

Voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person attacked chose to drink

Salon · Oct 3

A magical comedy for a mad world

Produced by Lilly Wachowski, this show is a darkly funny delight for occult history buffs

Salon · Oct 2