SPECULATION continues to run wild about whether Salon magazine is even a mere shadow of what it used to be in the good ol' days:

Speculation continues to run wild about President Bush's mystery bulge. Since Friday, when Salon first raised questions about the rectangular bulge that was visible under Bush's suit coat during the presidential debates, many observers in the press and on the Internet have wondered aloud whether the verbally and factually challenged president might be receiving coaching via a hidden electronic device.

You have to sit through an obnoxious ad to read it all; do it at your own peril.