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The passion of Elvis
Charles Taylor
Watching Presley's "'68 Comeback Special" is a total religious experience, proving once and for all that the King was no false idol.
“No one is going through what we are going through”
Phillip Robertson
Sgt. Reggie Butler saw his gunner buddy die inches away from him as they patrolled in Sadr City. "I'll do everything I can to bring all the soldiers back," he says. "Anything."
The king and queen of lower Manhattan
David Bowman
It was the night of the '77 blackout, and Natalie and I found ourselves naked between the twin towers.
“Boy, what an awakening”
Emma Brockes
Lila Lipscomb, the mother at the heart of "Fahrenheit 9/11," talks about becoming radicalized in front of the camera.
“The Master” by Colm Toibin
Laura Miller
What made Henry James a great writer? In Colm Toibin's richly rewarding new novel about the Anglo-American literary giant, it's the same thing that made him miss his best opportunities for happiness.
Perfect Circle: Chapter 1
Salon Staff
Ghosts are all different, like demons, not all the same, like zombies. They all want something. If you've got the sense God gave a cockroach, you stay away from them.
My first time with Brando
Compiled by Dana Cook
Michael Jackson, Kirk Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, Tennessee Williams, Rocky Graziano, Joan Baez, Tony Bennett, Michael Caine, Mario Puzo and many others recall their initial encounters with the acting legend.
I am my own wife
Rebecca Traister
She's still best known as Mrs. Springsteen, but on her new album Patti Scialfa steps out of the Boss's shadow.
Is she really going out with him?
Curtis Sittenfeld
How do our amazingly intelligent and fascinating friends end up dating total duds? Meet the all-too-common "unequally cool couple."
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The summer season is a barren desert, but thank God for "Doggie Day Care" and the encore of "Show Biz Moms & Dads"; plus "Good Girls Don't ..." goes wrong.
Of human bondage
Darius Rejali
The kinds of torture used at Abu Ghraib stem from techniques common to colonial imperialists, Stalin's secret police and the Gestapo.
The accidental soldier
Phillip Robertson
Dr. Sudip Bose joined the Army to help pay his medical school bills. Now he's a surgeon in Iraq, saving the lives of Americans as well as the Iraqis who are trying to kill them.
“Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”
Charles Taylor
One of the biggest Indian movies of all time has finally reached America -- and deserves to translate into a big success here, too.
Box office politics
Geraldine Sealey
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Quick! Detroit police: Distribute marijuana immediately! Plus: Tough times for superstars. And: Ralph Wiley, R.I.P.
What’s wrong with me
Cary Tennis
How can I find someone who will stay with me long enough to marry and have kids?
Rewriting the script
Sidney Blumenthal
Unlike the current occupant of the White House, Reagan was willing to improvise on the far-right script, which is what ultimately saved his presidency.
Antiwar hero
John F. Callahan
He made history by challenging a president who had plunged the nation into a calamitous war. More than three decades later, Gene McCarthy reflects on his legendary race against Lyndon Johnson -- and the current campaign to unseat George W. Bush.
Gothic
Ali Smith
A bookstore clerk confronts corpses, urinators, men with damp handkerchiefs, and a restrictive dress code. And, worst of all, authors. A short story from the author of the Booker-nominated "Hotel World."
Trashing the Hallmark card mom
Katy Read
Weary of saccharine stereotypes, a diverse group of women is demanding that society do more than pay lip service to mothers.
Why don’t we do it in the road?
Linda Baker
A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It sounds insane, but it works.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Lara Flynn Boyle declares herself "100 percent for Bush," Picasso painting goes missing and Sylvester Stallone offers the world ... pudding.
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