[spald]

"It began as an exciting experiment in online publishing: an intelligent, quality magazine that could be read for free on your computer screen."

This in itself was enough reason for a "Hurl Alert" but the writer somewhat redeemed himself for actually stating the obvious: this issue is about to get flushed. Perhaps a "Lie Alert" was in order. Hard to pinpoint the liberal position, one based upon deceit and lies.

[Calvin Coolidge]

It is quite disingenuous to blame 9/11 for their decline in readership. A highly newsworthy and overtly political event should cause INCREASED interest in a political web site. As an above poster noted, it is Salon's fringe politics that are the cause of the trouble. People want to read about and discuss politics even more in the aftermath of the attacks. What they dont want are Robert Scheer and Joe Conason continuing their personal crusades to defecate all over the political landscape.