“Someone should just obliterate my country”
The director of "Afghan Stories" talks about life in the final days of Taliban rule.
Wednesday, May 7, 2003 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Afghanistan, Documentaries
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Entertainment Afghanistan, Documentaries
“It’s a catastrophe for tyranny. It’s a great day”
Pro-war liberal Paul Berman celebrates the fall of Baghdad. But the real fight for Iraqi freedom, he warns, lies ahead -- and will take years.
Thursday, Apr 10, 2003 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Iraq war, Author Interviews
Bush is an idiot, but he was right about Saddam
Paul Berman, one of the most provocative thinkers on the left, has a message for the antiwar movement: Stop marching and start fighting to spread liberal values in the Middle East.
Saturday, Mar 22, 2003 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Iraq war, Author Interviews
Homefront: A new column about life during wartime
Billboards for Saddam, solace from the folks at Apocalypse-R-Us, plus one woman's story of running into enraged war supporters in the Catskills.
Thursday, Mar 20, 2003 11:03 PM UTCLife
The antiwar ad MTV won’t air
Watch it here, and decide if you agree with our ad critics that it's "cool and hip" or "too preachy and self-righteous."
Friday, Mar 14, 2003 8:00 PM UTCAll Salon Advertising
“A Ship Made of Paper” by Scott Spencer
A small-town interracial affair becomes a destructive juggernaut in the latest novel of obsessive passion from the author of "Endless Love."
Thursday, Mar 6, 2003 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Books
Battle of the NBC titans!
In dueling ads for and against war with Iraq, conservative Fred Thompson of "Law and Order" faces down "The West Wing's" Martin Sheen. Who wins? Salon's ad panel decides.
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2003 7:06 PM UTCAll Salon
A drug user’s guide to not writing
Essayist Geoff Dyer on the difference between fiction and nonfiction (none), the usefulness of marijuana, and the importance of doing nothing.
Monday, Feb 24, 2003 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Nonfiction, Author Interviews
Bingeing and learning
Author Betsy Lerner explains why 20 years of therapy wasn't enough to save her from food addiction and manic-depression.
Friday, Feb 21, 2003 7:25 PM UTCLife Eating Disorders
How convincing was Powell?
Sandra Mackey, Peter Bergen, Khidir Hamza, Todd Gitlin and other experts on Iraq, al-Qaida and weapons inspections evaluate the secretary of state's U.N. presentation.
Thursday, Feb 6, 2003 8:00 PM UTCAll Salon
English for Americans
The author of "Brit-think, Ameri-think" explains how our closest ally cherishes our good relations, even though we talk about ourselves too much.
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2003 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Author Interviews, Books
Strange fruit
The true story of the last mass lynching in America is a chilling whodunit, but the legacy of vigilante attacks on blacks continues beyond the history books.
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003 8:05 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Flower power?
Antiwar protesters revive the famous "daisy" ad. We assemble our panel of experts and ask them: Do they love it, or do they not?
Saturday, Jan 18, 2003 10:54 PM UTCAll Salon
“Dancer” by Colum McCann
A novel that captures the wild, glorious life of Rudolf Nureyev -- beautiful, arrogant and brilliant -- and the tragic country he abandoned.
Saturday, Jan 18, 2003 12:28 AM UTCEntertainment Books
“A Memory of War” by Frederick Busch
A troubled psychiatrist sleeps with a young patient, obsesses about his wife and his best friend, and ponders the secret buried in his parents' past.
Friday, Jan 17, 2003 11:02 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Another shade of black
John McWhorter talks about the pitfalls of reparations and affirmative action, why Eminem will never be hip-hop's Elvis, and why the N-word doesn't bother him much.
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003 11:07 PM UTCEntertainment Race, Author Interviews, Books
Highway to heaven
A shy, uptight journalist talks about the months he spent aboard the Playboy Miss Millennium bus, searching the nation for the ultimate Playmate.
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2002 10:51 PM UTCEntertainment Author Interviews, Books
Sex, lies and revolution
Gioconda Belli talks about leaving her marriage for Nicaragua's Sandinistas and a tumultuous life of love affairs, espionage and power struggles.
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002 9:37 PM UTCEntertainment Author Interviews, Books
“Child of My Heart” by Alice McDermott
A remarkably beautiful young girl and her mysteriously bruisable cousin share a last summer of innocence in a town that isn't as safe as it seems.
Thursday, Dec 5, 2002 10:56 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“The Soldier’s Return” by Melvyn Bragg
An English soldier returns from World War II to his wife, son and cozy village, but finds the horror and the glory of his wartime memories hard to shake.
Thursday, Dec 5, 2002 10:38 PM UTCEntertainment Books
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