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Amigos
Jake Tapper
In a documentary to appear on HBO, Oliver Stone profiles his new friend Fidel Castro -- and proceeds to whitewash the Cuban despot's brutal reign.
Pot jury rebellion
Tim Grieve
Marney Craig and 11 other jurors convicted a California man on federal drug charges. But Craig says the feds deceived her -- and she's furious.
Confessions of a celebrity lover
Stephanie Zacharek
They're gorgeous and they bring us endless pleasure. So why is bashing movie stars our national sport?
Gore does the white stuff
Amy Reiter
Former veep canoodles with celebs at Sundance; Jerry Springer to trade chair throwing for a Senate seat? Plus: Nicole spotted snogging amid the sushi; J.Lo to be unhitched.
New Jack City
Heather Havrilesky
From "The Bachelorette" to "documentaries" on the Bunny Ranch, America is wallowing in boobs and butts like never before. But just how nasty do we wanna be?
Liberation spectrum
Cory Doctorow
Wi-Fi radio and Indian sovereignty make for a potent mix -- even without antsy venture capitalists mucking things up.
Sex, sin and the gangs of San Francisco
Gary Kamiya
"The Barbary Coast," by the little-known author of "Gangs of New York," remains one of the strangest and most indispensable books about the city by the bay.
Thong or bikini, sir?
Charles Taylor
How to go lingerie shopping for your woman without feeling as though you're 16 and sneaking a peek at Playboy with your Sunday-school teacher standing next to you.
Across the great divide
Cary Tennis
I'm a baby boomer, but I'm not burned out. And I wanted to find out how the next generation is keeping the flame alive. My first stop: The University of Virginia.
Letters
Salon Staff
David Brin doesn't know a damn thing about "Lord of the Rings." Plus: Say what you want about "Adaptation" but lay off Wes Anderson.
Troubled Times
Eric Boehlert
Missteps by Howell Raines, the New York Times' imperious top editor, have left the nation's best newspaper vulnerable to attacks by the right.
Bureaucracy made hilarious
Carina Chocano
Fox's absurd-yet-true office comedy "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" makes other sitcoms look as if they're die-stamped by robots. (Which they are.)
Home decorating and other lies
Andy Dehnart
On the wildly addictive "Trading Spaces," two neighbors remodel bedrooms while producers and designers reinvent something else -- reality.
How mushrooms will save the world
Linda Baker
Cleaning up toxic spills, stopping poison-gas attacks and curing deadly diseases: Fungus king Paul Stamets says there's no limit to what his spores can do.
Big Brother’s big win
Eric Boehlert
This week's closed-door ruling by a secretive court will give the feds unprecedented domestic spying powers, a constitutional expert says.
Bummed out
Joan Walsh
San Francisco is the capital of bohemian liberalism. It's also a homeless horror show. On Tuesday voters will decide the limits of their compassion.
Reel world domination
Damien Cave
If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights.
Plus: What are the scariest airports?
Will the NRA once again shoot down common-sense legislation?
Arianna Huffington
In the wake of the sniper attacks around Washington, the gun lobby remains unmoved by the case for ballistic fingerprinting.
How I destroyed the new economy
John F.X. Sundman
Dot-com visionary David Wetherell could do no wrong -- until he started building a mansion on an ancient Indian burial ground.
Breaking al-Qaida
Raffi Khatchadourian
To no one's surprise, captured members of the terror organization are proving close-mouthed. How far should the U.S. go to get them to talk?
The American way of snacks
Chad Dickerson
Penthouse Pets, Joker rolling papers and frolicking chimpanzees: At the National Association of Convenience Stores show, it all makes a kooky kind of sense.
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