April 2005

The atheist By Gordy Slack
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages. (04/30/2005)

Light club By Amanda Griscom Little
Outspoken enviro Edward Norton talks about the fight to take solar energy mainstream, what makes a good green movie, and "Trippin'" with fellow eco-warrior Cameron Diaz. (04/30/2005)

Daily Download: "Papillon," Radar Bros.
A simple, melancholy waltz that swells with grandeur and drama. (04/29/2005)

The Fix
Court turns deaf ear to Limbaugh's plea. "Idol" finalist has drug rap. Jayson Blair is back. (04/29/2005)

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" By Stephanie Zacharek
Douglas Adams' funny fantasy tale gets gentle, loving treatment on the big screen. (04/29/2005)

"Ladies in Lavender" By Stephanie Zacharek
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench prove beauty is ageless in this sparklingly lively period piece. (04/29/2005)

Rare footage of a legendary bluesman
The great Leadbelly on film. (04/29/2005)

Letters
Absolutely terrifying or no big deal? Readers respond to Laura Miller's essay "Generation Bomb." (04/29/2005)

God? Sure, whatever By Carlene Bauer
A new book says that 80 percent of American teens believe in God -- but their God is a buddy who props up their self-esteem, and many don't even know who Jesus was. (04/30/2005)

I detest my parents, but I'm turning into them! By Cary Tennis
As a student of biology, I fear that genes are destiny. I feel powerless to individuate! (04/29/2005)

Bush's sinking popularity By Farhad Manjoo
With his Social Security plan in a vegetative state and the Iraq war mired in chaos, the president's poll numbers are tanking. Is he pulling the Republican Party down with him? (04/29/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Al Gore's speech on the GOP's anti-filibuster campaign, and size up Al Franken's political prospects for a Senate run in Minnesota. (04/29/2005)

Rogue officialdom By Joe Conason
The exoneration of top brass in the Abu Ghraib scandal makes a mockery of our system. (04/29/2005)

On judges, the compromise that wasn't Page Rockwell
Bill Frist makes noises about meeting Democrats halfway on Bush's judicial nominees, but his offer is all show and no substance. (04/29/2005)

What they really knew before 9/11 Mark Follman
Did the FBI get specific evidence about al-Qaida's plans for the United States months before the planes hit the buildings? (04/29/2005)

An attack on people of faith? Well, no Tim Grieve
In his prime-time press conference, the president rejects his allies' claim that opponents of his judges are filibustering the faithful. (04/29/2005)

Has the tipping point come? Tim Grieve
In every recent presidency, there has come a moment when the mainstream press turns against the occupant of the White House. Has Bush's time come? (04/29/2005)

Bush's headline performance Mark Follman
The reality of the president's TV appearance, as viewed in the light of morning. (04/29/2005)

Ken Doll with a 12-gauge? Julia Scott
Tom DeLay gets a makeover -- but is it a little too extreme? (04/29/2005)

Schwarzenegger's latest action heroes Page Rockwell
The California governor salutes the April deployment of border vigilantes in Arizona. (04/29/2005)

They can't drill fast enough Julia Scott
Alaska's ANWR is getting all the attention, but under Bush & Co., energy companies can hardly keep up with all the drilling opportunities from sea to shining sea. (04/29/2005)

The broken chain of command Mark Follman
A former U.S. soldier who served in Iraq marks the disgraceful one-year anniversary of Abu Ghraib. (04/29/2005)

Read between the lines
What's the hidden message in ultraconservatism? And: Is God really in the details? (04/29/2005)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
The pilot goes domestic -- and it isn't pretty. (04/29/2005)

The Adam and Eve of genetics By Alok Jha
DNA reveals a lot about human evolution, and some family secrets, too. (04/29/2005)

Daily Download: "Brennivin," The Album Leaf
Indie-electronica easy listening, simple-minded but delightful. (04/28/2005)

The Fix
Cruise and Holmes, Roman lovers. Paris Hilton, the new Barbie. Brosnan still Bond? (04/28/2005)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
An Israeli-American director tracks down her Palestinian nanny's family. An Argentine hotshot tells a story of sexual awakening. Plus: French cinema's newest coltish sex symbol. (04/28/2005)

Def touch By Thomas Bartlett
Rapper-actor Mos Def, who stars in the new "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," talks about pursuing two careers without being "Will Smith or Latifah or Sinatra -- or Sammy Davis Jr." (04/28/2005)

"Unlock" the Audioslave song
Members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden come together to create ... a clever marketing gimmick! (04/28/2005)

Lost in space By Emily Biuso
Douglas Adams fans, anxiously awaiting "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie, debate how to express their passion for the sci-fi novelist without looking like nerds. (04/28/2005)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Tales of Boca Raton Barbara. (04/28/2005)

The other side of the "ex on the shelf" problem By Cary Tennis
My girlfriend is jealous of my relationship with my ex. Do I have to choose between them? (04/28/2005)

Senator Franken? By David Paul Kuhn
He's good enough, he's smart enough, but doggone it, will people vote for him? To find out, Al Franken is moving his radio show back home to Minnesota to get ready to run against Sen. Norm Coleman. (04/28/2005)

Blow to Bush and his nominee By Julian Borger
The Senate widens its inquiry on John Bolton, calling two dozen more witnesses to his controversial behavior. (04/28/2005)

The general's revenge By Sidney Blumenthal
Colin Powell, no longer the loyal soldier, rises up to help stop conservative hard-liner John Bolton from becoming U.N. ambassador. (04/28/2005)

Will British voters bury their fury? By Jonathan Freedland
Though new revelations about secret legal advice given to Blair on going to war in Iraq are damaging, they're unlikely to sink his candidacy. (04/28/2005)

Letters
Salon readers sound off on emergency contraception, conservative pharmacists, and why the world needs more condoms. (04/28/2005)

Al Franken makes his move Tim Grieve
The Air America host once said that if he ever decided to run for the Senate he'd move himself and his radio show to Minnesota first. He's moving. (04/28/2005)

Put that in your poll and smoke it Tim Grieve
Don't like what the public thinks of the nuclear option? Blame the pollsters -- then hope that the public doesn't learn about your ties to white supremacists. (04/28/2005)

Unspinning Microsoft Tim Grieve
The mega-church minister who threatened Microsoft over its position on a gay right bill says the company is lying about the reason for its flip-flop. (04/28/2005)

The Terminator takes a fall Tim Grieve
Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval ratings dive below the president's as the Gubernator suffers a series of political setbacks. (04/28/2005)

What would you ask Bush? Tim Grieve
At his last prime-time press conference, the president couldn't remember any mistakes he'd made. Want to help remind him? (04/28/2005)

Fully credentialed for the new Iraqi government Mark Follman
The man who conned the neocons is back in the pipeline. In fact, he's now in charge of it. (04/28/2005)

Frist Center hosts its very own filibuster Page Rockwell
Princeton students stage a pro-filibuster filibuster against the Republicans. They're at two days and counting. (04/28/2005)

Uncovering the cost of war Mark Follman
The Pentagon is forced to release some images of the flag-draped coffins of American soldiers. (04/28/2005)

Just one more question, Mr. President Tim Grieve
George W. Bush appears before the press in prime time tonight. You've got some questions for him. (04/28/2005)

The "do what I say" press conference Farhad Manjoo
Bush holds a press conference to tell us that he can't do anything to help with our problems, but he wants us to know that he's trying. (04/29/2005)

Daily Download: "Born Into the World," Supersystem
Synth pop meets Afro-pop with a killer guitar hook. (04/27/2005)

The Fix
Abdul fights "Idol" allegations. Gyllenhaal defends 9/11 comments. Schwimmer and Cattrall, more than friends? (04/27/2005)

Letters
Readers blast advocate of TV Turnoff Week, ponder the meaning of indie bands on "Gilmore Girls" and "The O.C.," and reject Ashton Kutcher. (04/27/2005)

A new sound from the Congo
Chaotic trance music, perfect for a party. (04/27/2005)

Generation Bomb By Laura Miller
Once again, a clutch of new books on the atomic bomb get the history and intrigue right. But where's the guilt, dread and helplessness of living under the cloud of nuclear annihilation? (04/27/2005)

Bestsellers
Phil Lesh debuts at No. 1, Sarah Vowell takes second with "Assassination Vacation," and Camille Paglia shows up, all on this week's list, courtesy of Powell's. (04/27/2005)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Awaiting the final "Star Wars" film -- with hope, fear and dread. (04/27/2005)

My boyfriend's skulking around the personals on Craig's List By Cary Tennis
I'm a trophy girlfriend; I give it to him three times a day. Wouldn't you think that would keep him in line? (04/27/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the complexities and inadequacies of statutory rape laws. (04/27/2005)

The battle over birth control By Gretchen Cook
The right has moved its war on abortion from the clinic to the pharmacy, where it now seeks to cripple the sale of contraceptives. (04/27/2005)

Dangerous exposure By Paul Brown
Scientists say the protective ozone layer was the thinnest on record this winter, raising concerns about skin cancer. (04/27/2005)

Botched investigation By Julian Borger
A new CIA report offers scathing critcism of U.S. military interrogators' hunt for WMD in Iraq. (04/27/2005)

God doesn't take sides By Anne Lamott
How do I reconcile my faith with that of the spiritual hysterics in the White House? Easy. I don't even try. (04/27/2005)

"An American heresy"
Former Vice President Al Gore says the GOP push to dismantle the filibuster is part of a larger movement to undermine the founding principles of the United States. (04/27/2005)

The numbers Condi doesn't want you to see Tim Grieve
The State Department won't include statistics on global terrorism in its annual report on global terrorism. Wonder why? (04/27/2005)

Advantage: Democrats? Tim Grieve
From Tom DeLay to John Bolton, from Social Security to Bush's judges, Harry Reid and the Democrats are outplaying the Republicans -- for now. (04/27/2005)

More questions about Jeff Gannon Tim Grieve
In the post-9/11 world, how is it possible that the Secret Service doesn't know who's inside the White House? (04/27/2005)

Ethics problems for the ethics committee? Tim Grieve
Dennis Hastert backs down on rule changes passed to protect Tom DeLay, but are Republicans on the ethics committee still too compromised to act? (04/27/2005)

The school of hard knocks Julia Scott
A new generation of illegal immigrants is poised to graduate from U.S. colleges -- but they won't be eligible to get a job. (04/27/2005)

The Pentagon's latest math on Iraq Mark Follman
The top brass says the insurgency has roughly the same strength it did a year ago. They also say "we're definitely winning." Anyone got a calculator? (04/27/2005)

Feingold blogs on the politics of blogging Page Rockwell
Should the Web be a free-for-all when it comes to campaigning? The senator from Wisconsin doesn't think so. (04/27/2005)

Vetting Bush's "volunteer" police squad Mark Follman
The chairman of the Colorado Young Republicans was one of the people involved in forcing three Denver residents out of a Bush event under dubious circumstances last month. (04/27/2005)

Daily Download: "Jules Lost His Jewels," Ariel Pink
Lo-fi goodness from a bedroom-pop oddball. (04/26/2005)

Don't buy it! By Stephanie Zacharek
Mega-buzzed magazines like Lucky, Cargo and the brand-new Domino reduce readers to consumers without brains or a sense of style. (04/26/2005)

CD Review: Bruce Springsteen's "Devils & Dust"
The Boss makes a soggy return to acoustic rock. (04/26/2005)

"Greedy weirdos and good-hearted men" By Christopher Walla
Writer and radio personality Sarah Vowell tells Death Cab for Cutie's Christopher Walla about the ghosts haunting her new book, "Assassination Vacation," and why life is brighter since her turn in "The Incredibles" (04/26/2005)

WayLay By Carol Lay
If only we had weather. (04/27/2005)

Our landlord is a screaming maniac By Cary Tennis
We live above him and his mother, and twice the police have been called. (04/26/2005)

Yoga with thugs By Russell Morse
Can prison inmates and hippies in sweat pants find serenity together? (04/26/2005)

Letters
"When did we become so enthralled with the neuroses of upper-middle-class, white, stay-at-home mothers?" Readers respond to Noelle Howey's essay about overly anxious parents. (04/26/2005)

John Edwards 2.0 By Peter Dizikes
He's honing his stump speech and exhorting Democrats to stay the course. But can the twice-rejected pol hold the limelight until 2008? (04/26/2005)

Wolfowitz's new agenda By Daphne Eviatar
Experts say the war hawk's fealty to the oil industry could derail the World Bank's mission to reduce poverty. (04/26/2005)

Rebellion in Russia's backyard By Simon Tisdall
Although a move by four ex-Soviet republics to form a union has put Moscow on the defensive, Putin still holds a few trump cards. (04/26/2005)

Welcome departure By Brian Whitaker
Lebanese celebrate the end of a 29-year occupation as Syria's last troops and intelligence agents leave early. (04/26/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Juan Cole's article on academic McCarthyism at Columbia, and defend Howard Dean's position on Iraq. Plus: Eli Pariser defends MoveOn's position on the bankruptcy bill. (04/26/2005)

Why it matters Tim Grieve
As Democrats ponder a nuclear option compromise, one of the president's judicial nominees tells of a "war" against people of faith. (04/26/2005)

The search for WMDs? It's over Tim Grieve
The Iraq Survey Group gives up on the hunt, but not without warnings about how the war in Iraq has increased the risk. (04/26/2005)

How low can you go? Tim Grieve
A new poll offers bad news across the board for the president and his party. (04/26/2005)

Will Microsoft make the switch -- again? Tim Grieve
Surprised by the hits his company is taking for abandoning a gay rights measure, Bill Gates says Microsoft may support the bill next time around. (04/26/2005)

Rove spins, falsely, on nuclear compromise Tim Grieve
The president's political advisor says Bush has already compromised on his judicial nominees, but the record suggests otherwise. (04/26/2005)

Frist fingers the button again Mark Follman
The Republican senator says there'll be no deals with the Dems over Bush's judicial nominees. (04/26/2005)

Spitting on Marla Ruzicka's grave Mark Follman
How low can you go? Debbie Schlussel, a right-wing political "commentator" and self-proclaimed heiress to Ann Coulter, digs up the recently buried humanitarian activist and kicks her around. (04/26/2005)

Half the country thinks Bush fibbed on WMDs Julia Scott
A new poll shows that 50 percent of Americans now believe the Bush administration deliberately misled them in the march to war on Iraq. (04/26/2005)

Daily Download: "Paint by Numbers," Danger Mouse and Murs
Danger Mouse and Murs contribute a track to the "Genocide in Sudan" compilation. (04/25/2005)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
It's Heretic Week! Penn & Teller cry "Bullshit" on circumcision, a former commie youth talks dirty, and Dee Dee Ramone resists the urge to bust a tunic! (04/25/2005)

He doesn't like to watch By Julia Scott
It's TV Turnoff Week, and its mastermind explains why thousands of culture jammers might be disrupting a sports bar near you. (04/25/2005)

Around the Web
A useful guide to listening to MP3s at home. Plus: Ratzinger anti-rock. (04/25/2005)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The wacky misadventures of the over-zealous Republican staffer! (04/25/2005)

Raped by statute By Ayelet Waldman
Eighteen-year-old Matthew Limon is serving 17 years for having consensual oral sex with another boy. His case reveals our society's bigotry -- and our inability to think straight about teenage sexuality. (04/25/2005)

My girlfriend is pregnant with another man's child By Cary Tennis
I'd like to stay and raise that child, and have another with her. But she doesn't seem to be interested. (04/25/2005)

Obstruction of justice? By Jamie Doward
In a confidential 2001 letter, the new pope ordered bishops to keep allegations of pedophilia secret. (04/25/2005)

"Forgotten casualties of war" By Jonathan Steele
A new report looks at the problems of girls caught up in armed conflicts, many of whom are forced into sex slavery. (04/25/2005)

Who's at fault in Iraq By Paul Harris and Peter Beaumont
The U.S. blames ordinary troops for Abu Ghraib and Iraqi leaders for the recent increase in violence. (04/25/2005)

The right to impose Christianity By Michelle Goldberg
The religious right worked itself into a righteous fury at "Justice Sunday," using the stalemate over judges to tar Democrats as enemies of God. (04/25/2005)

A "volunteer" police state By Leslie Weise
Why were we forced out of Bush's Social Security talk? And why won't the White House identify that fake Secret Service agent who stopped us? (04/25/2005)

Microsoft: On message, persuading no one Tim Grieve
In explaining away a flip-flop on gay rights, CEO Steve Ballmer repeats the company line. Activist groups aren't amused. (04/25/2005)

Finding Gannon Tim Grieve
New documents reveal that Gannon/Guckert visited the White House more than 200 times in two years -- and that the Secret Service had a hard time keeping track of him. (04/25/2005)

How the Bush brigade "supports" the troops Mark Follman
When it comes to American POWs brutalized by U.S. enemies, the Bush White House -- with some help from the Supreme Court today -- is glad to settle for nothing. (04/25/2005)

An $81 billion "emergency" Tim Grieve
As Marines complain of shortages in the field, the Senate lards war funding with millions in pork. (04/25/2005)

The nuclear option name game Tim Grieve
The Republicans are spinning away from the unsavory shorthand for their plan to end the filibuster -- and at least one network reporter is fully spun. (04/25/2005)

Something fishy about that food pyramid Katharine Mieszkowski
Thanks to Bush administration oversight, it's all the mercury you can eat! (04/25/2005)

Unofficially worried about a quagmire Mark Follman
Why U.S. troops may not be headed for home any time soon. (04/25/2005)

Sexual revolutionaries By Michelle Goldberg
"Persepolis" author Marjane Satrapi talks about why Iranians don't think sex is sinful, the hypocrisy of American saber-rattling over Iran, and why George Bush and the mullahs are "the same." (04/24/2005)

Unveiled By Marjane Satrapi
In an excerpt from her new graphic memoir, "Embroideries," Marjane Satrapi shows us what's really going on under those long skirts (04/24/2005)

Our favorite housewife By Rebecca Traister
Felicity Huffman talks about those rumored "Desperate Housewives" hissy fits, what it's like to have a penis, and why gays may just be the secret to the show's success. (04/23/2005)

Daily Download: "Born," Over the Rhine
A simple, devastating song, recorded in a living room. (04/22/2005)

The Fix
Did Cosby grope 10 women? No Vaseline testimony in Jackson case. Letourneau to wed ex-student on TV. (04/22/2005)

"A Lot Like Love" By Stephanie Zacharek
Why won't small-screen superstar Ashton Kutcher's boyish charm translate to film? (04/22/2005)

"The Interpreter" By Stephanie Zacharek
Serious actors Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman star in this very serious movie, the first ever to be filmed inside the U.N. (04/22/2005)

Death shows for cuties By Hillary Frey
Why can't indie bands stay on the soundtrack -- and off the stage -- of trendy TV teen shows? (04/22/2005)

Chart-topping Norwegian jazz trio
The Tord Gustavsen trio reached the No. 1 spot on the pop charts in their native Norway. (04/22/2005)

Letters
Salon readers weigh in on interviews with Richard Florida and James Atlas. (04/22/2005)

My dad left us because he is gay By Cary Tennis
Why did he spend 18 years with my mom? Did he know all along, or what? (04/22/2005)

Letters
"Good girl or bad girl -- I don't know anyone who isn't a little bit of each." Readers respond to Corrie Pikul's interview with author Karen Stabiner. (04/22/2005)

Is Al-Jazeera ready for prime time? By Corey Pein
The "Fox News of the Arab world" plans to take on Rupert Murdoch and friends with a new English-language service -- unless the Bush administration succeeds in squashing it. (04/22/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NBA playoff preview: For the Mavericks, "Big D" doesn't just mean Dallas anymore. Plus: Why did ESPN pay so much for "Monday Night Football"? (04/22/2005)

Peres on peace By Chris McGreal
The Labor leader reflects on what might happen after Israel pulls out of Gaza, and says he's optimistic about a return to the "road map." (04/22/2005)

In your face, Earth Day By Amanda Griscom Little
The House greenlights an environment-choking energy bill just in time for Earth Day. Why aren't more enviro groups rallying to plant trees and stop Bush? (04/22/2005)

The new McCarthyism By Juan Cole
A witch hunt against a Columbia professor, and the New York Times' disgraceful support for it, represent the gravest threat to academic freedom in decades. (04/22/2005)

Who's playing politics? By Joe Conason
John Bolton's nomination isn't being derailed by Democrats but by dissident Republicans, who reflect even broader discomfort with Bush's choice. (04/22/2005)

Protecting the privacy of Osama bin Laden Tim Grieve
Responding to a FOIA request related to the flights the bin Ladens took in the days after 9/11, the FBI takes pains not to name names. (04/22/2005)

Microsoft: A cave on gay rights, or just busy? Tim Grieve
The software giant withdraws its support from an anti-discrimination bill, but it insists that it didn't succomb to pressure from a mega-church minister. (04/22/2005)

Nervous fingers on the nuclear button Tim Grieve
With even their own internal polls suggesting caution, will Senate Republicans really kill the filibuster? (04/22/2005)

The softer side of Pope Benedict XVI? Tim Grieve
As U.S. cardinals try to soften the new pontiff's image, the Vatican calls on Catholics to disobey a new Spanish law on gay marriage. (04/22/2005)

John Bolton, Colin Powell and Jonah Goldberg Tim Grieve
As the former secretary of state drops a dime or two on the U.N. nominee, the National Review Online columnist asks: What's all the fuss? (04/22/2005)

Not so quiet on the Middle Eastern front Mark Follman
A new surge in violence casts serious doubt on the notion that Iraq has taken a broad turn for the better. (04/22/2005)

Microsoft explains it all for you Tim Grieve
If the company wanted to "focus" on a limited number of legislative issues, why did it go to all the work of changing its position on a gay rights bill? (04/22/2005)

Cheney puts his finger on the button Mark Follman
Bracing for all-out partisan warfare over Bush's judicial nominees. (04/22/2005)

The Dean scream gets softer? Julia Scott
The former presidential candidate turned DNC chairman moderates his stance on the Iraq war. Will his loyal troops desert him? (04/22/2005)

Bush White House turns its back on Gulf War vets Page Rockwell
The Supreme Court represents the last chance for a group of Gulf War POWs to be compensated for their suffering at Saddam's hands. The Bush administration wants the case thrown out. (04/22/2005)

Silence and smoke
TTers speculate on the new pope and the inspiration of the Net. (04/22/2005)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Flying the pope-friendly skies. Also: Why no nonstops to India? (04/22/2005)

Daily Download: "So Begins Our Alabee," Of Montreal
Music from a band with a love of flowery titles and flowery music. (04/21/2005)

"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" By Andrew O'Hehir
This movie about America's biggest corporate collapse is part of a new breed of film, more agitprop than documentary. (04/21/2005)

Coldplay is back with a new single
"The Speed of Sound" was released to digital music stores on Tuesday. (04/21/2005)

The Fix
Fonda gets spit on. O'Reilly accuser gets pricey home. Jackson gets smeared with Vaseline charges. (04/21/2005)

The gay/hipster index By Christopher Dreher
Richard Florida argues that unless America turns its cities into gay-friendly, hip creativity hubs like San Francisco, the best and brightest will opt for foreign climes. (04/21/2005)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
President Bush's culture-of-life blowout sale! (04/21/2005)

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Celebrate four years of fearless, independent, reader-supported journalism by giving two Salon memberships for the price of one! (04/21/2005)

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My stepfather is a fraud! By Cary Tennis
I've loved him like a father, but now his lies are surfacing. I can't confront him, but neither can I live with the truth. (04/21/2005)

Zen mama By Noelle Howey
Judith Warner is making me wonder: Am I stressed out enough to be a good mother? (04/21/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Casey Stengel was more genius than clown, a new book argues, and his brilliance as the Yankees manager was forged through years of losing in Brooklyn and Boston. (04/21/2005)

DeLay's fumes cloud energy bill By Rebecca Sinderbrand
The House majority leader has become the public face of a polluter-friendly provision of the president's energy plan, threatening its long-term prospects. (04/21/2005)

The food pyramid scheme By Katharine Mieszkowski
Nutritionists say the federal government's new guide to healthy eating has no teeth. (04/22/2005)

Iraqi Prime Minister escapes bomb attack By Jamie Tarabay
(04/21/2005)

House ready to pass energy bill By H. Josef Hebert
(04/21/2005)

An insurgency that's losing momentum? By Rory Carroll
With the prime minister just escaping assassination and more than 400 Iraqi police and soldiers killed in the past two months, maybe not. (04/21/2005)

"20th man" ruled competent By Suzanne Goldenberg
An embarrassing case in the war on terror may be wrapping up as Zacarias Moussaoui prepares to plead guilty in the 9/11 attacks. (04/21/2005)

Nailing the Hammer? Not so fast By Arianna Huffington
Tom DeLay's ethical rap sheet is longer than the list of boys who have shared Michael Jackson's bed. But the new GOP line is "He hasn't done anything wrong." (04/21/2005)

Holy warriors By Sidney Blumenthal
Cardinal Ratzinger handed Bush the presidency by tipping the Catholic vote. Can American democracy survive their shared medieval vision? (04/21/2005)

Bolton's woes? The Democrats' fault Tim Grieve
Taking a page from the Tom DeLay Book of Crisis Management, the White House blames the other party for stalling Bolton's nomination -- even though the blow came from one of its own. (04/21/2005)

Is Santorum nervous about going nuclear? Tim Grieve
The Pennsylvania senator, up for re-election in 2006, has checked out the polls, and he doesn't like what he sees. (04/21/2005)

Making nice with the pope Tim Grieve
Although Joseph Ratzinger may have helped fuel Kerry's defeat, the senator says the selection of a new pontiff is always time for hope. (04/21/2005)

Counting the dead Mark Follman
Marla Ruzicka's brave work in Iraq leaves behind a legacy that not even the U.S. military can deny. (04/21/2005)

Rick Santorum's Schiavo woes Page Rockwell
The Pennsylvania senator raked in some cash during his trip to Florida last month, but he's paying a price in political capital. (04/21/2005)

Another reason to switch? Tim Grieve
After Microsoft withdraws its support, Washington's state senate defeats a measure that would have outlawed anti-gay discrimination. (04/21/2005)

More bad news for Bolton Mark Follman
Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador already has a big list of fans. The list of his little lies is catching up. (04/21/2005)

Bush's magic wand Julia Scott
A sustainable energy policy remains nothing but a fairy tale to the oil-friendly White House. (04/21/2005)

Follow the leader
TTers speculate on why, for good or evil, we need to be part of the crowd. (04/21/2005)

"Just kiss your lifestyle goodbye" By John Vidal
Some experts believe that global oil production will peak as early as next year, radically changing the world as we know it. (04/21/2005)

Daily Download: "White Center," Damien Jurado
Wistful Americana from Seattle songsmith (04/20/2005)

Habemus blabbemenum! By Heather Havrilesky
It's white smoke and mirrors, as TV news offers its most boring, useless coverage of the new pope, devoid of issues, agendas -- and even Nazis! (04/20/2005)

Russell Crowe's "Raewyn"
Russell Crowe's new single, with a testimonial from Sting and a 1,000-word explanatory note (04/20/2005)

The Fix
Why Paris and Nicole split up. Salman Rushdie rips into Michael Jackson. (04/20/2005)

Shel games By Lisa Rogak
The great children's poet and adult entertainer Shel Silverstein did it all -- singing jazz songs, hanging with Lenny Bruce, writing plays, drawing cartoons, and living at the Playboy Mansion. (04/20/2005)

Bestsellers
Ruth Reichl debuts at No. 1, "Freakonomics" makes an appearance, and Malcolm Gladwell holds tight with two, all on this week's list, courtesy of Powell's. (04/20/2005)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Playing to a captive audience! (04/20/2005)

A longtime employee is embezzling from our company By Cary Tennis
I have confronted her about it, but do I have to fire her? (04/20/2005)

The girls are all right By Corrie Pikul
A new book says that teen girls aren't the drug-addicted, eating-disordered monsters that the media makes them out to be. (04/20/2005)

Letters
SYA readers give their own advice to the mother who can't leave her kids. (04/20/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Emile Griffith was a champion and one tragic time a literal killer in the ring. Outside of it, he was a charming enigma, possibly gay. USA Network tells his riveting story in "Ring of Fire." (04/20/2005)

"Viva il papa!" By David J. Dent
Amid the cheers in St. Peter's Square, not everyone is wild about Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope. (04/21/2005)

Benedict's first big challenge By Mary Jo McConahay
Cardinal Ratzinger led the Catholic Church's efforts to quell Latin America's liberation theology movement in the 1980s. Now that he's pontiff, will he soften his stance? (04/20/2005)

Talking tough By Tom Parfitt and Suzanne Goldenberg
In her first official visit to Moscow, Condi Rice crusades for democracy and defends the freedom of the press. (04/20/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Salon's new series on Democrats, "The Life of the Party." Plus: Fish eaters' mercury worries. (04/20/2005)

"The church will continue to suffer" Compiled by Emily Schmall, Julia Scott and Page Rockwell
Father Andrew Greeley, Frances Kissling, Michael Lerner, Andrew Sullivan, Matthew Fox, Amy Sullivan, John T. McGreevy and others weigh in on the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI. (04/20/2005)

Letters
Salon readers share their opinions on Pope Benedict XVI. Plus: Time's John Cloud responds to Eric Boehlert's story about Ann Coulter. (04/20/2005)

Bolting from Bolton Tim Grieve
From out of nowhere, Republican Sen. George Voinovich puts Bush's U.N. nominee on the ropes. Will three weeks of delay knock him out? (04/20/2005)

Tom DeLay vs. the World Wide Web Tim Grieve
The Hammer says it's "incredibly outrageous" that Anthony Kennedy does research on the internet. (04/20/2005)

Taking odds on the nuclear option Tim Grieve
Bill Frist could put the nuclear option on the Senate floor as early as next week. Does he have the votes to win? (04/20/2005)

Damage control at State Mark Follman
Condi shows solidarity with John Bolton in more ways than one. (04/20/2005)

Karl Rove, media critic Julia Scott
Karl Rove criticized the press for rushing to judgment on government initiatives -- especially those that originate in the White House. (04/20/2005)

Is Homeland Security watching the McVeighs? Page Rockwell
On the tenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, House Democrats say the Department of Homeland Security is still ignoring threats from right-wing groups. (04/20/2005)

Dean stays in his chair Julia Scott
Howard Dean will not campaign for Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords' seat when it opens in 2006. (04/20/2005)

Daily Download: "Nomad for Love (Cannibal)," Gang Gang Dance
Smudged and glimmery experimental art jam from Brooklyn's Gang Gang Dance. (04/19/2005)

The Fix
Coulter ticked at Time. Wolcott: Limbaugh bitter over lack of oral sex? (04/19/2005)

New Ryan Adams track
The recording debut of Adams' new band, the Cardinals (04/19/2005)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Where straight-laced and boring will get you. (04/19/2005)

At 32, I finally told my father off By Cary Tennis
I spent years being the family confidant. Now that I've asserted my independence, why are they all so mad at me? (04/19/2005)

Letters
Salon readers sound off about chronic pain and childhood obesity. (04/19/2005)

Life of the Party By Tim Grieve
Brian Schweitzer, the blue governor of the red state of Montana, may just have the answer to the Democrats' woes. (04/19/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Sunday night is the new Monday night in the NFL's latest TV deal. We may be in the dying days of NFL games being mostly broadcast for free. (04/19/2005)

Poisoning Iraq's wild east By Rory Carroll
Alarm grows over fishermen's use of chemicals and electric shock in one of the world's greatest wetlands. (04/19/2005)

Japan, deputy sheriff? By Simon Tisdall
Washington's desire to use the country as a command post for operations extending to the Middle East, and tensions with China, have Tokyo rethinking its notions of pacifism. (04/19/2005)

Time hearts Ann Coulter By Eric Boehlert
A contrived, peculiar love letter to the hate-mongering pundit seems designed to prove the magazine doesn't tilt left. (04/19/2005)

Trent Lott calls; Karl Rove answers Tim Grieve
A day after Lott lectures the White House about its lukewarm support for Tom DeLay, Bush's political strategist wraps his arms around a "good man" and "close ally." (04/19/2005)

When $2.50 a gallon just isn't enough Tim Grieve
George W. Bush says oil companies don't need any more incentive to explore; House Republicans, together with some Democrats, apparently disagree. (04/19/2005)

The hackers you haven't heard about Page Rockwell
Here's one weapon in the Defense Department's arsenal you may not have heard much about: its team of cyber warriors. (04/19/2005)

Numbers don't lie -- but they can be hidden Tim Grieve
What do you do when statistics show that you're losing ground in the war on terrorism? Delete the statistics. (04/19/2005)

Farewell to Henry Hyde* Tim Grieve
The "conservative giant" announces his retirement -- and remembers the Salon story about his affair. (04/19/2005)

A peek into the Pentagon's legal black hole Mark Follman
With a new report out on the U.S. military prison in Cuba, it seems the Pentagon is shoring up its case for keeping Gitmo a gulag. (04/19/2005)

A thing of beauty is (now) a joy forever By Andrew Leonard
My new heroes are the Brigham Young researchers whose scanners have unveiled ancient fragments of Sophocles, Euripides and the earliest Gospels. (04/19/2005)

Daily Download: "Walter Reed," Michael Penn
A free download from Michael Penn's upcoming record. (04/18/2005)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
When will zany freaks be as outdated as boxed Chablis? What do con men and burlesque dancers have in common? Should Tyra Banks be on anxiety medication? (04/18/2005)

The Fix
Jackson accuser's mom "state's worst nightmare"? Snyder sick. Nugent: "Shoot 'em!" (04/18/2005)

Andrew Bird's current favorites
A top-five list from violinist, whistler and songsmith extraordinaire Andrew Bird. (04/18/2005)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The secret and duplicitous world of the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy! (04/18/2005)

I can't leave my kids for even an hour! By Cary Tennis
It seems a little crazy, but I just don't want to be separated from them, even to take a shower. (04/18/2005)

Mercury rising By Katharine Mieszkowski
Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble. (04/18/2005)

How I lost my toxic glow By Katharine Mieszkowski
My mercury contamination level is down to a more healthful level. But I had to give up eating fish to get it there. (04/18/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Terrell Owens is a loser, but not because he wants to renegotiate his contract with the Eagles. (04/18/2005)

Showdown at the Vatican By Stephen Bates and John Hooper
As cardinals begin their secret ballot to elect the next pope, some have their bets on conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. (04/18/2005)

No lurid detail spared By Paul Harris
The prosecution has fired most of its guns, and Michael Jackson is still standing. Now money is emerging as the key to his defense. (04/18/2005)

Marla Ruzicka, RIP By Phillip Robertson
While others argued, Marla acted. She gave her young life to help the innocent victims of the Iraq war. At 28, she represented the best of America. (04/18/2005)

Can the vote on Bolton come soon enough? Tim Grieve
With Republican Chuck Hagel beginning to waver, the bads news keeps coming about Bush's nominee for the United Nations. (04/18/2005)

The Tom DeLay loyalty test Tim Grieve
The White House gets a lecture from Trent Lott as new revelations about a DeLay junket raise new concerns about ethical lapses. (04/18/2005)

Tom DeLay, shooting from the lip Tim Grieve
Having apologized -- sort of -- for threatening federal judges involved in the Terri Schiavo case, DeLay raises the specter of an armed defense against ethics allegations. (04/18/2005)

When blogs attack Mark Follman
A few members of the MSM fight back. (04/18/2005)

Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unsolvable? Mark Follman
Why the so-called road map to peace ultimately may lead to a dead end: irreconcilable demographics. (04/18/2005)

Science for sale Katharine Mieszkowski
ExxonMobil's big down payment on debunking global warming. (04/18/2005)

Nailing the hammer Mark Follman
Democracy for America is making Tom DeLay into a new kind of American idol. (04/18/2005)

The haunted 50s By David Bowman
In his new book about being middle-aged, James Atlas explores subjects writers rarely tackle: Limitation and loss. (04/17/2005)

Growing up too fat By Katharine Mieszkowski
Twenty percent of American children are overweight. An expert offers advice on how to talk to your kids about their weight, why diets don't work and what society needs to do. (04/16/2005)

The executioner's swan song By Emily Schmall
Reflecting growing national unease with the ultimate punishment, New York strikes down its death penalty law. (04/16/2005)

Crash and burn By Alex Marshall
Deregulation led airlines to shaft their customers -- and then go out of business! But the airlines that emerge from bankruptcy probably won't be any better. (04/16/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Farhad Manjoo's "Did Clinton Play the Gay Card?" (04/16/2005)

The Fix
Chris Klein gets arrested; Emmanuel Lewis gets off. Plus: Lizzie Grubman, home wrecker? (04/15/2005)

Daily Download: "Sun," Toms
Glorious, sunny power pop. (04/15/2005)

"The Amityville Horror" By Stephanie Zacharek
The horror! The horror! When the dog gets hacked and the kid gets stalked in the first five minutes, you know you're in for it. (04/15/2005)

Being black and British By Carlene Bauer
Long before Zadie Smith and Monica Ali, Andrea Levy was exploring the rich textures of race, class and empire. Her bestselling new book, "Small Island," is her first to be published in America. (04/15/2005)

How do you kick out a disorderly roommate? By Cary Tennis
We all like to party, but she takes it way too far. (04/15/2005)

Head case By Andrew O'Hehir
Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls. (04/15/2005)

Did Clinton play the gay card? By Farhad Manjoo
Bill Clinton's recent strange attack on gay political consultant Arthur Finkelstein raises troubling questions. (04/16/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Americans are confused about gays in sports, but one expert says the first man out of the closet will be cheered. Plus: Yanks-Sox tempest in a Fenway teapot. And: A fabulous farewell. (04/15/2005)

Anti-Arnold By Dan Glaister
A new poll shows that more and more Californians disapprove of their governor. And his wife wants him back home (04/15/2005)

Moans and sirens at rush hour By Rory Carroll
Another bloody day in Baghdad fails to dampen U.S. optimism about how things are going in Iraq. (04/15/2005)

Anarchy in China By Jonathan Watts
Farmers angry at corruption and poverty repel riot police, and sightseers arrive to gawk at the tiny village that rose up against authorities. (04/15/2005)

Hollywood goes green by Amanda Griscom Little
Earth Day is in danger of choking to death under Bush's energy policy. Can the likes of Cameron Diaz make conservation cool enough to save it? (04/15/2005)

Tainted conservative By Joe Conason
Though charity may begin in the House, few have so brazenly blended the altruistic with the self-serving as Tom DeLay. (04/15/2005)

You have been pre-approved Tim Grieve
Amid all the talk about bankruptcy abusers, why are the credit card companies flooding bankrupt Americans with offers for new cards? (04/15/2005)

Going nuclear in the war on the faithful Tim Grieve
With his finger on the button and an eye on his presidential hopes, Bill Frist aligns himself with the religious right. (04/15/2005)

When a WMD isn't a WMD Tim Grieve
The Justice Department indicts three men for conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States. But what's a WMD? (04/15/2005)

DeLay news you might have missed Page Rockwell
The beleagured House Majority Leader had more to say this week than just "I'm sorry." (04/15/2005)

DeLay gets spanked by the old-school GOP Mark Follman
Ten former Republican congressman blast DeLay's dubious changes to House ethics rules -- and fear that he's the party's next Nixon. (04/15/2005)

If at first you don't secede Mark Follman
Vermonters continue exploring the possibility of leaving Bush-governed America -- and taking the Green Mountain state with them. (04/15/2005)

Bush White House won't report on fake news Julia Scott
While Congress and the FCC crack down on government-funded "news releases," the administration keeps stonewalling on the issue. (04/15/2005)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Wandering in the far, far south: Chile makes the pilot get lyrical. (04/15/2005)

The Fix
Paris and Nicole, splitsville? Limbaugh on kids today: "They're out there getting oral sex all day long." (04/14/2005)

Daily Download: "Green Hearts," Luxury
An exclusive free download from a dazzling new compilation of obscure power pop. (04/14/2005)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
The fake story of a deaf DJ in the coke-drenched clubs of Ibiza; the true story of two Spanish softcore film stars. Plus: David Duchovny's winning directorial debut. (04/14/2005)

Carl Lewis' "Break It Up"
The darndest things happen when Olympic medalists make music videos. (04/14/2005)

"Hello Tomorrow" on iTunes
iTunes has posted an exclusive download of the Squeak E. Clean and Karen O song. (04/14/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Laura Miller's essay on Andrea Dworkin. (04/14/2005)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix: The Angelic Innocence of Children, Fun Facts for the Psychotic, and more! (04/14/2005)

He threatened me, so we split. Now he's wooing me back! By Cary Tennis
I'd like to believe he's changed, but I never felt safe around him. (04/14/2005)

Letters
Readers get intimate about penis enlargement and baby lust. (04/14/2005)

Indecency wars By Eric Boehlert
Activists who beat back the FCC on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content. (04/14/2005)

Bankruptcy reform close to OK in Congress By Marcy Gordon
(04/14/2005)

FDA panel backs lifting breast implant ban By Lauran Neergaard
(04/14/2005)

Rudolph pleads guilty in Olympic bombing By Doug Gross
(04/14/2005)

Jackson accuser's mom testifies for hours By Tim Molloy
(04/14/2005)

No need for panic By Sarah Boseley et al.
Much of the deadly flu virus sent to 18 countries by accident has been destroyed, but a small risk remains for young lab workers. (04/14/2005)

"Black hole" in the Balkans By Ian Traynor
A report says that democratic development in the region is a failure and calls for drastic changes in European policy. (04/14/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Readers say Jermaine O'Neal was right: There is an element of race in the NBA's desire for an age limit, and this column missed it. (04/14/2005)

China soups up Internet censoring filters By Anick Jasdanun
(04/14/2005)

A test of cognitive dissonance By Sidney Blumenthal
If Bolton is confirmed, it will be because senators believe that the evidence making him unfit for the U.N. job, unearthed at their own hearings, is false. (04/14/2005)

Letters
Readers share their suggestions for improving organic agriculture. (04/14/2005)

Whitewashing the pope By Arianna Huffington
The media's obsessive coverage of the pope's death does not include a discussion of the tragic failures of his reign. (04/14/2005)

DeLay's still fixated on Schiavo Eric Boehlert
Despite the damage it has done his party, Tom DeLay refuses to drop the political jockeying. (04/14/2005)

FCC: Fake news must be declared Eric Boehlert
The FCC orders broadcasters to inform viewers about government-produced news segments. Will the Bush Justice Department play along? (04/14/2005)

The good, the bad and the ugly Mark Follman
As Tom DeLay continues to get riddled, Trent Lott is shooting from the hip again. (04/14/2005)

Going after the morning-after pill Julia Scott
Illinois has become the latest battleground in the fight over women's reproductive rights. (04/14/2005)

A down payment on political blogging? Page Rockwell
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are battling efforts to regulate online politicking. But are they looking to cash in on freedom of speech? (04/14/2005)

Will Bush get his energy act together? Katharine Mieszkowski
Environmentalists are suing 14 federal agencies in the hopes that he will. (04/14/2005)

The House that Jack bought Mark Follman
Access to a who's who of "superlobbyist" Jack Abramoff's GOP allies in the House. (04/14/2005)

Taking away "a critical safety valve for teens" Julia Scott
The pro-life agenda is gaining traction in Congress -- and underage girls may suffer the results. (04/14/2005)

Daily Download: "I Turn My Camera On," Spoon
Is Prince the stealth ingredient in Spoon's magic concoction? (04/13/2005)

The Fix
Britney's pregnancy: Details, details. Jaoquin gets help. Sharon Stone, adopting again. (04/13/2005)

Must-repent TV By Heather Havrilesky
Aimed at the Bible Belt and piggybacking on Schiavo and the pope, NBC's creepy, pandering "Revelations" miniseries paints nuns as heroes and rationalists as the bad guys. (04/13/2005)

"Palindromes" By Andrew O'Hehir
A palindrome inspired by Todd Solondz's latest: God! A no, sir! Prefer prison. A dog. (04/13/2005)

Shoe tune
Creepy, catchy, strange music for an Adidas commercial with Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O. (04/13/2005)

Bestsellers
"The Kite Runner" takes No. 1, Gladwell keeps two titles on the list, and "Saturday" comes in at No. 8, all on this week's list, courtesy of Powell's. (04/13/2005)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories. (04/13/2005)

If it's really over, why does he keep her photo on his shelf? By Cary Tennis
I just went through hell with a man who couldn't commit. I don't want to be another rebound girlfriend. (04/13/2005)

Land of milk and money By Rebecca Clarren
Critics say Horizon and other mass-production dairies don't deserve the organic label -- and that the USDA needs to come up with a real definition. (04/13/2005)

Grilling Negroponte By Duncan Campbell and Julian Borger
Bush's nominee for director of intelligence comes under fire for his role in covering up U.S. involvement in the war in Nicaragua. (04/13/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Is Jermaine O'Neal right? Is the NBA's proposed minimum age about race? Well, no, it's about money. But it's worth having this conversation. (04/13/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to stories about right-wing attacks on the Constitution, the judiciary and prominent leftists. (04/13/2005)

Right Hook By Mark Follman
John Bolton, king of the world! Plus: Karl Rove bootlegs Michael Moore, and James Dobson sees the Ku Klux Klan in the Supreme Court. (04/13/2005)

Don't be fooled by the spin By Jonathan Steele
After two years of U.S. control, Iraqis' hatred of the occupation is greater than ever. (04/13/2005)

Hypocrisy on nonproliferation By Richard Norton-Taylor
If their ultimate objective truly is complete nuclear disarmament, the U.S. and Britain are sending a dangerous message to nations without weapons. (04/13/2005)

Can Tom DeLay hold on? Tim Grieve
The Hammer seeks support from Senate Republicans, and a House colleague calls Christopher Shays a "jerk" for deserting their leader. (04/13/2005)

To win on Schiavo? Don't play Tim Grieve
Before Republicans attack the judiciary again, they might want to check the poll numbers from Florida. (04/13/2005)

What gay marriage says about men Tim Grieve
Barney Frank says he knows. (04/13/2005)

Will Democrats give up on guns? Tim Grieve
If the South is a lost cause, the road to the White House must run through the West. Will going easy on gun control make it easier to travel? (04/13/2005)

Patriot Act comes to Chicago Mark Follman
Secret Service agents took in an art exhibit in Chicago last week. It was business, not pleasure. (04/13/2005)

The tightening grip on PBS Page Rockwell
A staff shakeup is taking the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the direction of "conservative appeasement," says one watchdog. (04/13/2005)

Will Republicans go for broke? Julia Scott
A congressional staffer tells War Room that at least one Republican is having last-minute doubts about the hard-line bankruptcy bill. (04/13/2005)

Thank you, sir, may I have another Mark Follman
Democratic senators punch away, but John Bolton stays mellow. Is this the same guy who's going to kick ass and take names at the U.N.? (04/13/2005)

"I said something in an inartful way" Page Rockwell
Tom DeLay apologizes. (04/14/2005)

Daily Download: "Woman," Wolfmother
Music from an Australian trio channeling Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. (04/12/2005)

The Fix
Regan goes Hollywood. Martha stays home, wears pants. Oprah digs deep. (04/12/2005)

Free EP from David Garza
Five excellent new songs from rocker Garza. (04/12/2005)

Letters
Defending harajuku girls and condemning trial by TV: Salon readers respond to articles by MiHi Ahn and Heather Havrilesky. (04/12/2005)

Scam I am By Farhad Manjoo
Management consulting is a giant fraud! OK, we knew that. But what Martin Kihn reveals in his entertaining new book is just what miserable lives these know-nothing "experts" lead. (04/12/2005)

The passion of Andrea Dworkin By Laura Miller
To some, she was a holy warrior, fighting to protect women. To others, she was a raging harpy determined to take away their porn -- or maybe their manhood. (04/12/2005)

WayLay By Carol Lay
The things he taught me. (04/12/2005)

Size matters By Peter Rubin
Mike Salvini is an evangelist for natural penis enlargement, a weird and scientifically unproven way of upsizing the male member. And thousands of men are going to great lengths to follow him. (04/12/2005)

Suddenly I'm super hot! I'm a man magnet! What happened? By Cary Tennis
I'm a late bloomer but now, out of nowhere, I've got that certain something. (04/12/2005)

Roger Ebert and Mohammed Atta, partners in crime By John Gorenfeld
David Horowitz has a new project calculated to give the left apoplexy: A Web site that proclaims insidious links between latte liberals and murderous Islamists. (04/12/2005)

How many have gone to war? By Mark Benjamin
Even experts are surprised at the vast numbers of U.S. soldiers who have been deployed after 9/11. Even if troop levels in Iraq are cut next year, the military may be permanently damaged. (04/12/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
It's easy to dislike Mitch Albom and easy to jump on him for his ethical sin. But who among us has never cut a corner? (04/12/2005)

U.N. nomination battle By Julian Borger
Democrats try to block the controversial John Bolton, but hopes that a moderate Republican will join them are dim. (04/12/2005)

Stopping Hillary before she starts By David Teather
Although the senator denies any interest in the presidency, she's becoming the No. 1 target of the right's attack machine. (04/12/2005)

Doing the math on judicial nominees Tim Grieve
The Senate confirms Bush's 205th judge. (04/12/2005)

Cops, lies and videotape Tim Grieve
The protests at the Republican National Convention led to a whole lot of arrests, but videotapes are forcing prosecutors to drop charges in hundreds of cases. (04/12/2005)

"Some sort of self-loathing or something" Tim Grieve
While Hillary Clinton has little to say about her attacker's gay marriage, Sen. Clinton's husband is ready with a diagnosis. (04/12/2005)

MoveOn, moving in after the fact Tim Grieve
After standing on the sidelines when it mattered, MoveOn makes a late play on the bankruptcy bill. (04/12/2005)

Forget Poland Tim Grieve
With an announcement from Warsaw, the Poles officially join the exodus from Iraq. (04/12/2005)

Newt Gingrich in 2008? Tim Grieve
The former speaker's telling travel plans: New Hampshire in April, Iowa in May. (04/12/2005)

Mission reversed Page Rockwell
One purpose of Rumsfeld's surprise visit today with Iraq's new leaders appears to be quite contrary to the Bush administration's initial post-war strategy. (04/12/2005)

Ohio's deathbed filibuster Page Rockwell
The state that was key to Bush's reelection is now leading the charge on post-Schiavo legislation pushing the right-to-life agenda. (04/12/2005)

Support the troops -- all of them Julia Scott
A sizeable group in the House, including some Republicans, wants to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- but don't ask their conservative colleagues in the Senate. (04/12/2005)

Predictions of a tech titan By David Smith
Craig Barrett, stepping down as chief of Intel, is excited about the future of microchips. (04/12/2005)

Daily Download: "Dear John," Aimee Mann
A free track from Aimee Mann's new record, "The Forgotten Arm." (04/11/2005)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
Meet the pragmatic heathens and deluded idealists of "The Shield," plus the latest additions to the list of Most Repugnant Reality Stars Ever! (04/11/2005)

The Fix
"Apprentice" contestant arrested. Jackson's mom pissed about bathroom break. Jenna tape lost. (04/11/2005)

Smithsonian Folkways launches Global Sound
The Smithsonian's new digital music store is the most exciting online music happening in quite some time. (04/11/2005)

This Modern World Bu Tom Tomorrow
Why do you liberals hate life so much? (04/11/2005)

My life has blown up in my face! By Cary Tennis
I got arrested. I've lost my family. I'm on shaky ground at work. How can I find my way back home? (04/11/2005)

Baby lust By Ayelet Waldman
I have four children. Four is plenty. So why can't I stop thinking about having a fifth? (04/11/2005)

Here come the Scalias By Farhad Manjoo
The religious right may have lost its battle over Terri Schiavo, but its war against "liberal judges" has just begun. (04/11/2005)

In theocracy they trust By Michelle Goldberg
Christian right leaders denounced separation of church and state and prayed for a judge's deliverance to Satan. And their Capitol Hill allies were right there with them. (04/11/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
"Three Nights in August": Buzz Bissinger goes inside the mind of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa as he battles the Cubs. A bit too far inside. (04/11/2005)

Power shifts in Asia By Randeep Ramesh
The breathtaking rise of China is prompting Washington to woo India, but will the U.S. go so far as to reverse its stance against providing the nation with nuclear reactors? (04/11/2005)

"We do not take hostages" By Rory Carroll
The U.S. denies that two Iraqi women seized by the Army were to be used as bargaining chips for their fugitive male relatives. (04/11/2005)

Hating Hillary -- and yourself? Tim Grieve
The man behind an upcoming Swift Boat-style campaign against Hillary Clinton reveals his recent marriage -- to another man. (04/11/2005)

A crack in DeLay's armor Tim Grieve
Robert Novak's protestations notwithstanding, a Republican congressman says it's time for the House majority leader to resign. (04/11/2005)

Kow-towing to the blogs Eric Boehlert
When the right-wing bloggers say jump, the mainstream press asks, how high? (04/11/2005)

Hand-to-hand combat over Bolton Tim Grieve
John Kerry advertises in Rhode Island in an effort to swing Lincoln Chafee against Bush's U.N. nominee. (04/11/2005)

The new and improved John Bolton Tim Grieve
Bush's nominee to serve as U.N. ambassador tempers his criticisms to win confirmation. (04/11/2005)

The quiet before the next storm Mark Follman
Is the biggest threat to the peace process, and to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, now from his own people? (04/11/2005)

Relief in sight for the troops? Mark Follman
With relatively good news out of Iraq lately, the Pentagon is talking up some downsizing in the war zone -- but it's baby steps more than big ones. (04/11/2005)

Santorum: the right to life, and to make money Page Rockwell
The Republican senator from Pennsylvania cashed in during the Terri Schiavo mania in more ways than one. (04/11/2005)

The Iraq money pit Julia Scott
Despite hundreds of millions already spent on renovations, much infrastructure is still in shambles. Is Washington, or are Iraqis themselves, to blame? (04/11/2005)

Hidden appetite By Rebecca Traister
Former New York Times food critic Ruth Reichl talks about the disguises she used, the madness of $500 meals and why restaurants are the great levelers. (04/10/2005)

Gwenihana By MiHi Ahn
Gwen Stefani neuters Japanese street fashion to create spring's must-have accessory: Giggling geisha! (04/09/2005)

The Salon Interview: Ian McEwan By Laura Miller
The author of "Saturday" discusses writing after 9/11, the burden of being interesting, and why he's still ambivalent about the Iraq war. (04/09/2005)

Daily Download: "Hold On," Tom Waits
Free music from Tom Waits. (04/08/2005)

"Fever Pitch" By Stephanie Zacharek
Jimmy Fallon and the ever-luminous Drew Barrymore bunt their way through this Farrelly brothers ode to baseball. (04/08/2005)

"Happily Ever After" By Stephanie Zacharek
This French movie about adultery captures the intoxicating -- and terrifyingly complex -- essence of marriage. (04/08/2005)

The Fix
Disturbing Jackson trial testimony: Teeny undies on a hot-tub floor. Plus: Pitt denies Jolie story. (04/08/2005)

Free music at Columbia Music Lab
A Columbia University experiment lets you "find new music, help support emerging artists and help out science -- all at the same time." (04/08/2005)

I hate being wrong! By Cary Tennis
I'm ruining my relationship because I'm too quick to argue. (04/08/2005)

Letters
"Why should wearing appropriate clothing be the privilege of only one body type?" Salon readers respond to Lynn Harris' article about fashion for plus-size teens (04/08/2005)

"Citizen journalists"? Try partisan hacks By Eric Boehlert
Right-wing bloggers shrieked that the GOP Schiavo memo was a "liberal media" fraud. Now that they've been proven wrong, are they apologizing? Why, no! (04/08/2005)

Standing by their man By David Paul Kuhn
Conservatives may worry privately about the scandal-plagued majority leader, but publicly they're denying he did anything wrong and blaming the "liberal media." (04/08/2005)

Broken Hammer? By Lou Dubose
Recent revelations of huge sums paid to family members have stung the GOP majority leader. But Tom DeLay was damaged goods long before that. (04/08/2005)

Tom DeLay's extreme makeover By Page Rockwell and Julia Scott
With DeLay's image sinking toward Gingrich-like depths, we asked professional image consultants and P.R. execs how to dress him for success. (04/09/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
ESPN's new DasherCam offers a whizzzzz!-bang view of the Frozen Four that's almost as dizzying as Barry Melrose's candy-striped suit. (04/08/2005)

Last reflections By Stephen Bates
The pope's will, all 15 pages of it, has some surprises, including the revelation that he mused about resigning. (04/08/2005)

Old, ugly and fired By David Teather
In the latest case against Wall Street sex bias, a woman is awarded $29 million after complaining of a corporate culture hostile to females. (04/08/2005)

"Manifold sins and wickedness" By Laura Smith
Charles and Camilla choose some stern words for their wedding at Windsor Castle. (04/08/2005)

It's still my church By Mary Elizabeth Williams
My faith brings me profound comfort, even though the Catholic Church has failed so many others in grievous ways. (04/08/2005)

The bully pope By Colman McCarthy
John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church as an autocrat, and those who crossed him often suffered greatly for it. (04/08/2005)

Letters
Readers continue to sound off on Pope John Paul II's legacy and the state of the church. (04/08/2005)

It's a family affair By Joe Conason
Tom DeLay's payouts to friends and family are nothing new -- for nearly a decade he's truly been his brother Randy's keeper. (04/08/2005)

Letters
Readers sound off on rising gas prices, the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and the politics of trophy hunting. (04/08/2005)

Will Terri Schiavo kill the nuclear option? Tim Grieve
The Schiavo case makes it both more likely and less likely that Republicans will move to end the filibuster of judicial nominees. (04/08/2005)

That Schiavo memo? Kill the messenger Tim Grieve
Why hold Republican Sen. Mel Martinez responsible for the memo he gave Tom Harkin when you can blame the Democrats and the media instead? (04/08/2005)

GOP jumping ship on private accounts? Tim Grieve
Faced with united Democratic opposition and a public wary of privatization, Senate Republicans are talking about Plan B. (04/08/2005)

The liberal media conspiracy, papal version Eric Boehlert
By ignoring conservative critics of John Paul II, Hugh Hewitt says the mainstream press has revealed its lefty bias once again. (04/08/2005)

Jeff Gannon on "Who's a Journalist" Eric Boehlert
The former White House day-passer offers up his views on Fox News. (04/08/2005)

Bush's tanking approval ratings Tim Grieve
As go gas prices, so goes the president's popularity. Time to fill up the SUV. (04/08/2005)

Bloggers: legit and regulation-free, for now Page Rockwell
San Francisco backs off from proposed legislation that would regulate the activity of political bloggers. (04/08/2005)

Good news for the troops? Mark Follman
The Pentagon is playing up an optimistic forecast for troop reductions and shorter tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the numbers tell a less rosy story. (04/08/2005)

Vigilante posers Page Rockwell
Arizona's Minuteman Project rustles up some more publicity -- this time with a special kind of photo shoot for detainees. (04/08/2005)

DeLay's dwindling defenses Julia Scott
With DeLay on the ropes the media is pulling no punches -- while former supporters appear to be pulling funds. (04/08/2005)

The sacred and the profane
The lure of Catholicism and the mysteries of a toilet, this week in TT. (04/08/2005)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Lavish service and unapologetic thievery: The pilot discovers a new airline in the far south. (04/08/2005)

Daily Download: "Iron Woman," Devin Davis
A ragged, invigorating rock song, delivered with Springsteenian gusto. (04/07/2005)

New songs from Vic Chesnutt
A snazzy new Web site with home-studio tunes from Vic Chesnutt. (04/07/2005)

"Kung Fu Hustle" By Andrew O'Hehir
Stephen Chow, one of Asia's biggest stars, is poised for his U.S. breakthrough. Is he worthy of the hype? (04/07/2005)

The Fix
Jenna Bush's "butt dance"? Pitt and Jolie a couple after all? (04/07/2005)

A poet battles -- and breaks free By Camille Paglia
In an excerpt from her new book, "Break, Blow, Burn," Camille Paglia takes on Wanda Coleman's poem "Wanda Why Aren't You Dead." (04/07/2005)

Warrior for the word By Kerry Lauerman
Camille Paglia slams bloggers and trendy academics for degrading language -- and calls for a passionate revival of the great artistic tradition of the West. (04/07/2005)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The competition heats up for God-Man. (04/07/2005)

Celebrate Tom DeLay's birthday! By Joan Walsh
Join Premium today and get 15 months of independent reporting for the price of 12. (04/08/2005)

What's to live for? By Cary Tennis
I'm 20 and I've seen enough of life. Why shouldn't I just check out? (04/07/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Steve Stone's on ESPN now, and that rocks. Plus: Who you callin' "Lady"? The readers write. (04/07/2005)

Turning neocons green By Amanda Griscom Little
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says that Bush's plan to remake the Middle East will fail unless the U.S. starts guzzling less gas -- and that if asked, Americans will pay $4 a gallon. (04/07/2005)

Violent thunderstorms roll through south By Joedy McCreary
(04/07/2005)

Annan: U.N. needs new human rights body By Bradley S. Klapper
(04/07/2005)

FDA to reconsider breast implant ban By Lauran Neergaard
(04/07/2005)

Stocks are set to open lower
(04/07/2005)

Man who defended self cites incompetence By Trudy Tynan
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Death of the "builder prince" By Steven Morris and Jon Henley
Monaco mourns its ruler, Rainier, who turned a rundown Riviera backwater into a playground of the rich and famous. (04/07/2005)

Symbolic and perilous bus trip By Randeep Ramesh
Defying militant attacks, passengers in divided Kashmir cross a "peace bridge" at the India-Pakistan border, opened for the first time in 58 years. (04/07/2005)

Bush regrets U.S. shooting of Italian By Tom Raum
(04/07/2005)

Iraqi interim president, council sworn in By Antonio Castaneda
(04/07/2005)

New Iraqi leaders take oath of office By Antonio Castaneda
(04/07/2005)

Congress may extend daylight-saving time
(04/07/2005)

Texas high school football coach shot
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Jobless claims post biggest dip in 2 months By Martin Crutsinger
(04/07/2005)

Culture of strife By Sidney Blumenthal
Bush is exploiting the American Catholic Church's polarization to consolidate his conservative social agenda. (04/07/2005)

Boyz on the Hill By Arianna Huffington
The Bush budget-cut gang is gunning for Medicaid and permanent tax cuts, while doing nothing to secure the nation's increasingly dangerous city streets. (04/07/2005)

Clinton beats Bush and Clinton beats Bush Tim Grieve
Hillary vs. Jeb? The former president vs. the incumbent? Either way, it's a W for Democrats in the Democracracy Corps poll. (04/07/2005)

The fake memo that was real Tim Grieve
Crushing the conspiracy theories of the right-wing blogosphere, an aide for a Republican senator admits he crafted a memo calling the Schiavo case a "great political issue" for the GOP. (04/07/2005)

Coming to a close on the Plame case? Tim Grieve
The special counsel says his investigation is almost complete. Will a government official face charges for giving false statements to prosecutors? (04/07/2005)

Republicans turning on their own Tim Grieve
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has sobering numbers for George W. Bush and Republicans in Congress. (04/07/2005)

Bolton: Maybe not a slam dunk? Tim Grieve
With Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee wavering, will Bush's nominee to the U.N. survive the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? (04/07/2005)

A last-ditch effort to avert bankruptcy Julia Scott
Can an 11th-hour effort by grassroots groups prevent the hard-line bankruptcy bill from making it through Congress? (04/07/2005)

The enemy within Mark Follman
Has America's lone superpower status made it an elephantine target in the global spying game? (04/07/2005)

Cashing in on the Pope's funeral? Mark Follman
This week marks an unprecedented display of ceremony by President Bush and other U.S. politicians in Rome. Good faith, or good politics? (04/07/2005)

About that Social Security plan... Mark Follman
There've been a number of reasons in recent weeks to think that President Bush's plan is in serious trouble. Today, there's another. (04/07/2005)

Passport to pry By Katharine Mieszkowski
Civil libertarians are up in arms over government plans to embed new I.D. chips in visas and passports. And isn't it convenient that Tom Ridge is now the I.D. technology's biggest salesman? (04/07/2005)

Daily Download: "Club Foot," Kasabian
Sleazy, swaggering, sweat-dripping dance rock from much-hyped Brit band Kasabian. (04/06/2005)

The Fix
Big Pussy arrested. Jackson slept with chimp. Britney denies marital strife, blames dog. (04/06/2005)

"Major Dundee: The Extended Version" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sam Peckinpah's 1965 western starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris gets the full lost-masterpiece treatment. (04/06/2005)

Feist for free
An iTunes free download worth downloading. (04/06/2005)

"I gave a lot of time to women ..." By Lorin Stein
Our greatest postwar writer, Saul Bellow sent his overeducated bulls stumbling through the china shops of love. (04/07/2005)

Bellow and Me By Dana Cook
Arthur Miller, Gloria Steinem, Frederick Exley, Susan Cheever, Martin Amis, Norman Mailer and others recall their encounters with the Nobel laureate. (04/06/2005)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Like a piece of meat. (04/06/2005)

I think I saw my stalker on the railway platform By Cary Tennis
He used to follow me around in high school, but I thought he'd disappeared. (04/06/2005)

Living large By Lynn Harris
Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity? (04/06/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Why Baylor's NCAA title is so shocking. Plus: Why do women's teams still use "Lady"? And: Dominique not in the Hall? Close it. And: God is a Red. (04/06/2005)

Unsolved mystery By Luke Harding
A U.S. treasure hunter gets the go-ahead from Austria to search for the Third Reich's fabled gold buried in a lake. (04/06/2005)

Mad scramble By Ian Traynor and Stephen Bates
Poles -- at least 2 million of them -- are on their way to Rome to attend the funeral of their native son. (04/06/2005)

Letters
Do we expect too much from the church, or too little? Readers debate the legacy of John Paul II. (04/06/2005)

The roof collapses on Tom DeLay Eric Boehlert
Articles in the Washington Post and New York Times raise yet more ethical questions about the Hammer. (04/06/2005)

More polling woes for Bush Eric Boehlert
A new USA Today/CNN poll brings more bad news for the White House. (04/06/2005)

The right-wing version of reporting Eric Boehlert
The right continues to chase a novel conspiracy theory about a Schiavo talking points memo for Republicans. (04/06/2005)

The AP in cahoots with terrorists? Try again Mark Follman
A blogger debunks fellow right-wingers' conspiracy theory that an AP photographer -- now a Pulitzer Prize-winnning one -- colluded with terrorists in Iraq. (04/06/2005)

Banking on illegal labor Julia Scott
Undocumented workers in the U.S. generate billions of dollars in payroll taxes each year -- and don't see a single benefit from it. (04/06/2005)

"Stumbling to the scene with no real plan" Page Rockwell
Nearly four years after the postal anthrax attacks, the U.S. still looks alarmingly exposed to bioterrorism. (04/06/2005)

Daily Download: "The Way," Mia Doi Todd
A dark and doomful song. (04/05/2005)

The Fix
Jackson's ticklefest, Turner's "nooner" and Bacall's rant. Plus: Lindsay Lohan "hooking up" with Christian Slater? (04/05/2005)

The sounds of "South Park"
Wing, the Chinese singer featured on a recent episode of "South Park," is all too real. (04/05/2005)

WayLay By Carol Lay
You can never escape your past! (04/05/2005)

Why can't my boyfriend say, "I love you"? By Cary Tennis
It's just three little words, but they won't come out of his mouth. (04/05/2005)

Lady Jane By Rebecca Traister
Actress, activist, sex kitten, entrepreneur, Christian, mogul's wife, lightning rod, for almost 70 years Jane Fonda has lived out the history of American women. (04/05/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA Championship: North Carolina's Sean May is too much for Illinois on a night when the shots don't fall. (04/05/2005)

Battle of wits at the border By Julian Borger
Homeland Security diverts some attention from terrorists to stop the more than 2 million pounds of marijuana that enters the U.S. from Canada each year. (04/05/2005)

"Without Jerusalem, there will be no peace" By Chris McGreal
Arabs decry Israel's plan to build a ring of Jewish neighborhoods around the Old City, saying Sharon wants to keep it from becoming the Palestinian capital. (04/05/2005)

John Paul II Superstar By Richard Rodriguez
The pope and his made-for-TV papacy did more for the world at large than for his own church. But the cameras loved him to his final act. (04/05/2005)

Letters
Readers respond to Juan Cole's "In Gods We Trust" and Eric Boehlert's "A Tale Told by an Idiot." (04/05/2005)

Why I can't mourn the pope By Joan Walsh
Dying of cancer, my mother was driven away from the church she loved by its doctrinal rigidity. That I can't forgive. (04/05/2005)

GOP justifies attacks on judges? Eric Boehlert
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ups the judge-hating rhetoric for the GOP (04/05/2005)

GoreTV is coming Eric Boehlert
Al Gore's new TV channel launches in August, but it's not targeting Fox News (04/05/2005)

The Jeff Gannon myth continues to spread Eric Boehlert
Bloggers try to link the phony White House correspondent with an Iowa missing persons case. (04/05/2005)

It's lock 'n' load at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Julia Scott
Is it really the best idea for the Bush administration to appoint a former trophy-hunting advocate as acting director of the department? (04/05/2005)

Red-taping political bloggers Page Rockwell
Is San Francisco, of all places, poised to crack down on Web politicking? (04/05/2005)

Trophy hunting by remote control Mark Follman
Interested in picking off a wild boar or gazelle from the comfort of your own home office? (04/05/2005)

A right-wing run on the border Page Rockwell
Arizona's "Minuteman" group of border vigilantes is small potatoes, but has cooked up some big hype. (04/05/2005)

Hit Mann By Thomas Bartlett
Aimee Mann explains her eagerly awaited new concept album, her distrust of major labels and why she's spoiling for a good fight. (04/04/2005)

Daily Download: "Greenery," Quasimoto
A rocking song from Madlib's helium-voiced alter ego Quasimoto (04/04/2005)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
Jack treasures the sacredness of life on "24"! Kyra cherishes the divinity of dog life on "Showdog Moms & Dads." Plus: The godless whores of ABC's "Eyes." (04/05/2005)

Favorite concerts of 2004 from Ida
Ida's Dan Littleton writes about Prince, Brian Wilson, Joao Gilberto and more. (04/04/2005)

Bold no more By Elizabeth Spiers
A fond farewell to the gossip who exposed the choreographed-hype machine behind every boldface name. (04/04/2005)

"Good in my skin" By Emma Brockes
After decades of eating disorders, bad marriages and low self-esteem, Jane Fonda has found her true identity; she fleshes it out in her new memoir. (04/04/2005)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Visit Mr. Sun in Florida, Cauldron of Craziness! (04/04/2005)

My boyfriend freezes up when I talk about my depression By Cary Tennis
I can handle my psychological state, but I'm not sure I can handle the way his eyes glaze over. (04/05/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
It's baseball season. First winning pitcher: Randy Johnson. First home run: Hideki Matsui. First steroid perp: Alex Sanchez? Plus: The Final Four. (04/04/2005)

Debate over the soul of the church By John Hooper and Stephen Bates
As the cardinals begin their deliberations, they are likely to consider a black or tan pope, but not a progressive one. (04/04/2005)

Out of Lebanon By Brian Whitaker
Bowing to U.N. and U.S. pressure, Syria agrees to withdraw all its troops by the end of the month. (04/04/2005)

A divider, not a uniter By Frances Kissling
The charismatic Pope John Paul II chose not to engage all Catholics, and so leaves a tragic legacy of missed opportunity that has ultimately damaged the church. (04/04/2005)

All pope, all the time Eric Boehlert
With the media's pope marathon in full swing, the White House might want to release any bits of bad news. (04/04/2005)

More Bad News for DeLay Eric Boehlert
Houston Chronicle poll shows support slipping for Rep. Tom DeLay at home. (04/04/2005)

How close were Bush and John Paul II? Eric Boehlert
Reporters note how Bush adopted some of the pope's teachings, but there were diffrences between the men as well. (04/04/2005)

Be all you can be Mark Follman
Lawmakers are anxious to beef up the overburdened, all-volunteer U.S. military. They might start with the 10,000 people who've been kicked out due to their sexual orientation. (04/04/2005)

Who pays for the news Julia Scott
Fallout from the exposure of propaganda videos used by the Bush administration has tarred journalists on both ends of the political spectrum. (04/04/2005)

Truly tortured over Terri Schiavo Mark Follman
Turns out that one protester battling the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube was a former military intelligence officer who served in Iraq -- and who defended torture at Abu Ghraib. (04/04/2005)

A homerun for privatizing Social Security? Page Rockwell
Tommy Lasorda has come out of retirement to go to bat for President Bush's humdinger of a plan. (04/05/2005)

Letters
Passionate hoo-ha about intellectual property: Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Music Rules." (04/04/2005)

The other Peterson trial By Heather Havrilesky
Oscar-winning director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade turns unparalleled access to a murder trial into an unforgettable documentary series. (04/03/2005)

Daddy's girl By Rebecca Flint Marx
What happens when you cross sexual abuse, racism, the first Gulf War and a pubescent narrator? Alicia Erian's surprisingly hilarious and deeply unsettling first novel. (04/02/2005)

Compassionate conservative By Amy Sullivan
John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs. (04/02/2005)

Pope John Paul II's mixed legacy By Julia Scott
Catholic scholar Mary Segers discusses Pope John Paul II's important role in Eastern Europe, failure to acknowledge women's independence, and belief that real Christianity thrived only in poor countries. (04/02/2005)

It's all the CIA's fault By Joe Conason
What a surprise -- Bush's Iraq commission absolves his administration of rushing to war on false pretenses that Saddam Hussein had WMD. (04/02/2005)

Daily Download: "Reflections After Jane," the Clientele
Foggy, cozy, quintessentially English music, perfect for tea and crumpets by the fireplace. (04/01/2005)

The Fix
Fonda on "Hanoi Jane" regrets, three-way sex. DeGeneres to replace Koppel? (04/01/2005)

Album Review: Moby's "Hotel"
Moby hits a new low. (04/01/2005)

"Sin City" By Stephanie Zacharek
Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Mickey Rourke star in this brash, sick-as-hell comic-book noir. (04/01/2005)

The life of a female spy By Suzanne Goldenberg
In her book "Denial and Deception," former CIA agent Melissa Mahle talks about giving birth in the morning and, with no maternity leave, returning to work the same evening. (04/01/2005)

Should I be better friends with my ex-husband? By Cary Tennis
After six years there's still a lot of tension. (04/01/2005)

Letters
"I cannot believe how uptight and shrill Salon's readers can be." As the debate over Ayelet Waldman's column continues, many readers come to her defense. (04/01/2005)

Carnage on ice By Paul Brown
A booming skin trade prompts Canada to allow its biggest cull of harp seal cubs in more than 50 years, and animal rights activists are outraged. (04/01/2005)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
American League preview: The Red Sox will win again, and this time it won't take a miracle. Plus: Can Final Four predictions always be wrong? (04/01/2005)

In gods we trust By Juan Cole
Evangelicals insist that the U.S. is a Christian country. An increasing number of Americans beg to differ. (So does the Constitution.) (04/01/2005)

Abstinence pledges suck -- literally By Bill Maher
As news spreads that teens who pledge chastity have lots more kinky sex, millions of aging boomers ask: Where was Bush when I was in high school? (04/01/2005)

Vindication on Iraq? Not exactly Tim Grieve
The commission assigned to investigate intelligence failures on Iraq says that political pressures from the White House didn't change analysts' views. But that's only half of the story -- or less. (04/01/2005)

Tom DeLay's threat Tim Grieve
If the House majority leader wasn't calling for vigilante justice in the Schiavo case, Ted Kennedy says he'd better say so. (04/01/2005)

The price of ignoring dissent Tim Grieve
The Bush administration has little tolerance for opposing views. Two new reports show the consequences of not listening. (04/01/2005)

Salvation for Bush? Not in the jobs report Tim Grieve
New employment numbers are the worst in eight months. (04/01/2005)

Was DeLay's threat a crime? Tim Grieve
Sen. Frank Lautenberg says DeLay may have committed a felony when he theatened judges in the Schiavo case. (04/01/2005)

A military draft in 2006? Mark Follman
One reason you may soon hear the words "Iraq" and "Vietnam" again being uttered in the same breath: the return of the draft. (04/01/2005)

Pentagon bans casket photos Julia Scott
When Karen Meredith lost her son to a sniper in Iraq, she wanted a photo of his casket at Dover Air Force Base, but was not permitted to take one. (04/01/2005)

Hawks for hybrids Page Rockwell
Environmentalists get a big boost from an unlikely source: national security hawks, who say a thirst for foreign oil puts America at risk. (04/01/2005)

Mistaken identity
Who's kidding themselves? TTers sound off on Michael Jackson, Terri Schiavo and the illusions their cases create. (04/01/2005)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Singing the temp worker, furloughed pilot, punk-rock blues. Snapshots from a life aimed aloft. (04/01/2005)

China's fantasy craze By Jonathan Watts
Online role-playing games played by millions have led to a spate of suicides, deaths by exhaustion and even an attempt at self-immolation. (04/01/2005)