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King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Gymnastics gets interesting in a loud, hooting hurry. Plus: A white American sprint champion? Shh! And: More.
Prairie fire
David Talbot
Garrison Keillor talks about why he is flamingly anti-Bush and pro-Democrat.
Shadows of late summer
Charles Taylor
Out of the past come the noir-ish entries for our latest mystery roundup: A "fallen woman" solves crime in Regency England, a French Resistance fighter hides out in Manhattan, and a respectable bourgeois ditches it all.
New York lockdown
Michelle Goldberg
Cops plan zero tolerance for violent protests at the GOP Convention. Militant groups plan to disrupt the city like never before. Welcome, delegates!
Lost at the movies
Charles Taylor
An unsettled age has given birth to a rootless cinema -- "Lost in Translation," "Before Sunrise" and the new "Code 46" among its films -- that shows confused characters moving through a comfortless world.
World bank of ideas
Eric Weiner
While the U.S. is busy exporting democracy to Iraq, it should be importing some best democratic practices from the rest of the world, too.
Laura Bush hits Broadway
Rebecca Traister
A fight breaks out at a new Tony Kushner play as celebrity, political activism and the first lady collide at an antiwar benefit.
Perfect Circle: Chapter 4
Sean Stewart
Life is a firework, a burst of light in the sky.
When you die, it's like the rocket is falling.
But for a ghost, like the girl Hanlon killed, death is a bad photograph, transfixing you.
The Democrats’ anger-management platform
Arianna Huffington
Kerry and Co. are so damn civil and happy, it's almost scary. But will the disciplined new party be able to summon the passion?
Everything you were afraid to ask about “Donnie Darko”
Dan Kois
With the release of the new director's cut, there are even more questions about the 2001 cult fave. Who's the fat guy in the track suit? What's with the 6-foot rabbit? We answer them all.
Bush’s bungled Saudi deal-making
Charles Tiefer
President Bush and his lawyer, the former U.S. ambassador in Riyadh, wasted a golden opportunity to pressure the Saudis to crack down on terrorism.
Perfect Circle: Chapter 3
Sean Stewart
"Look, this chick, she is after you. I mean, your car is the last thing she ever saw. The dead are like that. They get fixated." The third excerpt from Sean Stewart's ghostly page-turner.
The mightier Penn
Cintra Wilson
He transformed before us from a Caravaggio-like dancing teen to a love-handled bad guy. While Chris Penn has never received the attention of his older brother, he's deserved it -- and oh, so much more.
Rage and danger in Kurdistan
Jen Banbury
Angry with the U.S. for betraying their dream of independence, the Kurds could ignite an Iraqi civil war.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Emmy nominations, "Jeopardy" dominations and "Amazing Race" abominations. Plus: On "Six Feet Under," God discovers that torturing David is at least good for a laugh.
Can Israel be saved?
Gary Kamiya
Richard Ben Cramer talks about "How Israel Lost," his exploration of how the occupation of Palestinian land has corrupted the soul of the Jewish state he loves.
Get over it
Arturo Valenzuela
In his meeting with Chilean President Lagos, Bush should show some maturity by forgiving a country that refused to send troops to Iraq; restoring U.S. credibility in Latin America requires it.
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.
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