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Life of the Party
Tim Grieve
Brian Schweitzer, the blue governor of the red state of Montana, may just have the answer to the Democrats' woes.
Whitewashing the pope
Arianna Huffington
The media's obsessive coverage of the pope's death does not include a discussion of the tragic failures of his reign.
Size matters
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.
The Salon Interview: Ian McEwan
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.
Standing by their man
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."
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers continue to sound off on Pope John Paul II's legacy and the state of the church.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Lavish service and unapologetic thievery: The pilot discovers a new airline in the far south.
I think I saw my stalker on the railway platform
Cary Tennis
He used to follow me around in high school, but I thought he'd disappeared.
Favorite concerts of 2004 from Ida
Salon Staff
Ida's Dan Littleton writes about Prince, Brian Wilson, Joao Gilberto and more.
“You’re supposed to marry the person you love, Mom”
Ayelet Waldman
My 7-year-old son's best friend is a lesbian and he says he wants to be gay. I hope he is.
On the verge of collapse
Euan Ferguson
Voting out Robert Mugabe would help prevent growing hunger, but as repression tightens, Zimbabweans see little hope for regime change.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NCAA Tournament Day 2: Underdogs hang around, hang around and, finally, a couple of them break through.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A Kazakh "Rebel Without a Cause"; a ruthless mockumentary about a mail-order bride; and the sleeper documentary hit "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill."
“Nothing like this should ever happen”
Duncan Campbell
A year after the train bombings, pain is still etched on the streets of Madrid.
The believer
David Amsden
Dave Eggers talks about production by procrastination, how understanding book-selling can empower a writer, and what it's like to be the head of a publishing empire that everyone has an opinion about.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Farhad! Stephanie! Andrew! Rebecca! Back to your desks! There are real stories out there to deal with!" Readers sound off on Salon's coverage of Martha Stewart's release from prison.
Gannongate: It’s worse than you think
Eric Boehlert
Bush's press office gave Jim Guckert access, even knowing his only credentials were from the blatantly partisan group GOPUSA.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Too weird to live, and too rare to die." Salon readers reflect on Hunter S. Thompson's life, death and legacy.
Grand Death Auto
David Kushner
Two kids, 13 and 15, killed an innocent highway motorist. Was a violent computer game responsible -- or their sad lives?
Hitler’s bodyguard
Ida Hattemer-Higgins
An acclaimed new film dares to present the Fuhrer as more than a cardboard monster. The last man in the bunker, Rochus Misch, talks about the Hitler he knew.
How do I get through this?
Cary Tennis
I'm doing OK now, but I have flashbacks of my scary, painful past.
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