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One minute from abnormal
James C. Moore
A Texas reporter explores Karen Hughes' cultlike devotion to George W. Bush.
American idle
Lee Soult
I had nothing better to do than watch the taping of Simon Cowell's amateur-hour schlockfest. Here's my shocking story.
Thursday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Wednesday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
The mighty windbags
David Brock
Thirty years ago, conservatives embarked on a plan to subvert journalism and skew America to the right. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
“Sometimes they pretended to kill me”
Phillip Robertson
An Al-Jazeera cameraman detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib recalls beatings, threats and photos of torture victims used as screen savers on military PCs.
Rumsfeld’s big day
Geraldine Sealey
The Fix
Salon Staff
Joe Wilson names names, Ben Affleck bonds with Ted Kennedy, and The Donald gets his own radio show.
Brave new jobs
Claudia O'Keefe
My menial job at a world-famous Washington resort was a crash course in today's screw-the-worker zeitgeist -- and the charming, monied guests who thrust bloody bandages into my hands and made my dignified old co-worker perform like a seal.
Wednesday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
To bleach his own
David Amsden
The media-fed obsession with the perfect smile has helped create an army of chalky, Tic Tac-like teeth so blindingly white they appear to be ... blue.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Lakers? Pacers? What are you smoking? The readers write on the playoffs, Barry Bonds and the Battle of Ontario.
The Salon Interview: Neal Stephenson
Laura Miller
The author of "Cryptonomicon" and the "Baroque Cycle" talks about the brighter side of Puritanism, the feud between Newton and Leibniz, and the literary world's grudge against science fiction.
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re married. Yawn.
Meredith Maran
While my friends lined up in the rain to get married in San Francisco, I wondered: If this is what we've been fighting for, why do I feel so ambivalent?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Lives of the not so rich and famous: What do pilots do when they're not in the air?
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
"Bachelor" fumbles first big play, and Nick and Jessica revive variety kitsch -- but who asked them to? Plus: "The Sopranos" just keeps getting darker.
Missing in action
Tim Grieve
As the war in Iraq spins out of control, why isn't John Kerry launching a frontal assault on Bush's failed policies?
Meeting my daughter
Laura Stevens
In my fantasies, I'd embrace the Romanian toddler I was about to adopt and we would gaze lovingly into each other's eyes. But I didn't love her when we met. In fact, I didn't even like her.
Departure of a native son
Amy Kroin
Longtime activist Randall Robinson tells his story of the U.S. "coup" against Haiti's Aristide, calls Colin Powell the most dangerous black man alive, and explains why he quit the U.S. for St. Kitts.
The new face of the Democratic Party — and America
Scott Turow
Barack Obama has come to graceful terms with his mixed-race heritage. Now, as he runs for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, he's connecting with voters across the color spectrum.
A tale of two miseries
Gary Kamiya
It was my first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. But, coming after the killing of Sheikh Yassin, it was a kind of sped-up course in fear and loathing.
“Dogville”
Charles Taylor
Lars von Trier's Depression-era fable has been labeled "anti-American," but it's even worse: It's anti-human.
Thursday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Miscarriage of justice
Robert J. Howe
Imagine a future where the punishment for not having your baby is a life sentence of hard labor.
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