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The sweetest dream
Christine Smallwood
A disinherited grandchild of the man who created Sweet'N Low dissects his screwy family -- and the history of fake sugar -- in a winning new book.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
"Bettie Page" director Mary Harron talks about why Bettie's topless shots were more joyous than erotic. Plus: Four movies kinda, sorta about sex.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Boxing shoots itself in the head again. Hey, that's corpse abuse! Plus: Wisconsin wins the Frozen Four.
“Gray Horses”
Douglas Wolk
A French exchange student experiences a sensory wonderland in this new graphic novel that's perfect for you or your kids.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Barry Bonds' television "reality": Just a nice guy everybody hates for some reason. Plus: Maryland wins the Tournament.
Uncertainty and horror in Baghdad
Riverbend
Things are so bad here now, the TV warns us not to trust the police. And more and more people, like my cousin, must pay terrible visits to the morgue.
Not just another dead black man
Meredith Maran
The Keith Stephens I knew was a joyful, charismatic kid working hard to become a responsible adult. Then he was murdered. He can't become just another statistic.
“Showzen” people
Matt Haber
MTV2's "Wonder Showzen" aims to do for childhood innocence what "Chappelle's Show" did for racial sensitivity. Just don't call it "'Sesame Street' on acid."
The wrong man
Michael Scherer
A week after the New York Times identified a human rights advocate as the iconic hooded figure at Abu Ghraib, the paper admits it made a mistake.
In the Twilight Zone
Orville Schell
In Part 2 of his report on the press in Baghdad, Orville Schell attends a pathetic "party" at Fox News and endures surreal Bush spin in the Green Zone.
Putting out for women
Rebecca Traister
Martha Stewart played nice at this year's glittery, bipartisan Women's Campaign Fund benefit -- but Al Franken couldn't resist tormenting the GOP.
SXSW starts to swing
Andrew O'Hehir
The festival premieres films about Al Franken, the Pixies and the music biz. Plus: Did Andy Dick really hump an audience member's head?
“Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”
Stephanie Zacharek
Forget the red-state, blue-state divide. In Chappelle's world, there's only one America, and it's big enough to include everybody.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A talk with the director of an Oscar favorite. Plus: Arty Mexican porn and a quirky movie about an eccentric family starring ... Will Ferrell.
Missing school in the Big Easy
Michelle Goldberg
As kids in New Orleans are turned away from filled schools, the city gambles its future on charter schools.
Right-wing party animals
Michael Scherer
At this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, Boone, Cheney, Coulter and other luminaries of the far right gathered to glory in their victories over liberal America.
In search of answers
Tim Grieve
Where's the bounce? Who's in Cheney's sights? And what was Michael Steele thinking?
King’s lost dream
Charles Taylor
The final volume of Taylor Branch's magisterial biography shows how Martin Luther King Jr. reached out to his enemies. His example should shame the shrill partisans on both sides of our poisonous cultural divide.
Should I give up on having a life in the theater?
Cary Tennis
I've let go of my acting career, but it won't let go of me.
A marriage cemented by terror
Nathan Guttman
Bush and Sharon's strong relationship was based on mutual self-interest -- and a shared good-and-evil ideology.
“Fidelity is a personality trait”
Ayelet Waldman
In an excerpt from Ayelet Waldman's new novel, sparks fly between heroine Emilia Greenleaf and her older, married lover.
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