Meanwhile, we heard a collective groan over the April Fools' gag in our "Money Talks" piece, especially from readers chagrined at being so easily duped.

You love Gwyneth! Or at least you don't hate her. On Tuesday, readers got hopping mad over Michelle Goldberg's hit piece on Gwyneth Paltrow. Still, one reader actually said he found the best reason to dislike Paltrow in our pro-Paltrow piece.

Wednesday, readers blasted Salon for perpetuating homophobic stereotypes with the characterization of a flight attendant in "Honeymoon Turbulence." Outraged S/M practitioners also wrote in to say that sexual abuse at the hand of ballet instructors was just that -- abuse, and not true S/M.

Salon's new "Nothing Personal" gossip column has drawn an onslaught of reader mail, mostly negative. Joyce Millman, meanwhile, got a fan letter from reader Fred Harring, who waxed nostalgic over Millman's profile of rocker Chrissie Hynde.

Friday, Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff and Salon contributing writer Joe Conason face off over Conason's review of "Uncovering Clinton." To get the blow-by-blow, read on below:
By Rachel Elson

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Today's Letters

Isikoff fights back; talk therapy was a waste of my time.
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