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Hope amid tragedy
Andrew Exum
A huge crowd mourns Lebanon's assassinated former leader, while a few dare to wonder whether his death will somehow lead to long-awaited independence from Syria.
The righty blogger “revolution”
Mark Follman
The one who got away
Salon Staff
Curtis Sittenfeld, Rebecca Traister, Geraldine Sealey, Andrew Leonard and others reflect on their lost loves.
Pay attention!
Christopher Dreher
Dr. Edward Hallowell talks about adult ADD and why the neurochemical imbalance that causes you to space out may actually be a blessing in disguise.
Fake news, fake reporter
Eric Boehlert
Why was a partisan hack, using an alias and with no journalism background, given repeated access to daily White House press briefings?
Hot couture
Bruce Stone
How the aspiring designers and models on "Project Runway" are giving fashion -- and reality TV -- a brand new look.
The most liberal president of the 20th century
Charles Taylor
Nick Kotz's new book about the civil right years argues convincingly that the true hero of the American left is LBJ.
The mystery of a feminist icon
Priya Jain
Nancy Drew taught me everything I needed to know about being a tough, independent woman. Too bad today's girls don't have the same role model.
The Kurds take Kirkuk
Quil Lawrence
Election Day was jubilant for Kurds returning to the oil-rich city. But if rivals question the vote, they might call in reinforcements.
The view from Morocco
Mark MacNamara
An American writer abroad looks at Iraq through the lens of the Middle East and sees a kaleidoscope of hope and failure, promise and despair.
Welcome to the NyQuil VIP Room
Heather Havrilesky
To catch everything at Sundance, you need a corporate sponsor, a bulletproof immune system and the ability to bend the laws of time and space.
A full moon over Sri Lanka
Jeff Greenwald
Inside Buddhist and Muslim temples, I discover how Sri Lankans are coping spiritually with the disaster. Nothing has been more moving during my entire trip.
Letters
Salon Staff
Progressives debate the merits of sealing blue-state borders during Bush's second term, and protest Salon's rough handling of "Not One Damn Dime Day."
Tea with the Tamil Tigers
Jeff Greenwald
Inside a camp controlled by Sri Lanka's militant rebels, I investigate rumors that the Tamil people are being shortchanged in tsunami aid.
Park City meets Paris
Heather Havrilesky
Robert Redford's worries be damned, Sundance continues to ape Hollywood, from the velvet ropes to its trash glamour.
“If he liked you, America liked you”
Dana Cook
How his famous guests and peers -- some in awe, some in anger -- remembered Johnny Carson, including Cavett, Warhol, Cher, Gabor, Rivers, Reynolds and Leno.
Master of the ordinary
Charles Taylor
Haruki Murakami's latest novel unveils a world in which the fantastic is trite and the everyday profound.
This girl’s life
Curtis Sittenfeld
Lee Fiora enrolls in a New England boarding school and finds herself in a strange and uncomfortable world. Read an excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld's hilarious first novel, "Prep."
Israel’s security fence, dividing lives
Carolin Emcke, Annette Grossbongardt
The wall that slices deep into Palestinian land has made Israelis feel safer, but left Palestinians bitter.
Tsunami, ground zero
Jeff Greenwald
After the waves hit, I dared myself to do something. Now I'm in Sri Lanka, where nothing will ever be the same again.
“Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”
Stephanie Zacharek
Bathroom humor and stoner jokes aside, this teen-pleasing, stereotype-challenging road movie has a lot to say about race in America today.
I seem to be repeating patterns of abuse
Cary Tennis
I'm a well-educated and intelligent woman, but childhood trauma has brought me to the edge of madness.
Who needs a spanky?
Louis Bayard
The exploitative "Who's Your Daddy?" is too stupid to get worked up over. But Americans might want to question the Fox idea of family.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Of asterisks, outrage and enlarged breasts: The readers write about Barry Bonds and steroids.
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