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Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Why is the CNN News I watch overseas so much better than the watery slobber they show in America?
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
AFC preview: Anyone can win this thing except the Bengals, the Texans, and teams whose stars get shot in the butt.
Would you let your sister vote for this man?
Tim Grieve
From groping the breasts of TV hosts to making crudely sexist comments, Arnold Schwarzenegger has given machismo a bad name.
Will Bush save the dying Middle East peace plan?
Aluf Benn
The road map is on life support, and only the U.S. can save it. But as the election looms, a weakened Bush is unlikely to risk confronting Israel and its U.S. supporters.
Baghdad’s shame
Brandon Sprague, Adam Shemper
Babies die daily of treatable diseases while their doctors search for black-market drugs, because the U.S can't fix Iraq's corrupt, crime-plagued health system.
The fall of John Walker Lindh
Mark Kukis
He met bin Laden and carried arms for the Taliban. And when he was finally captured, he faced the fury of Americans -- U.S. soldiers in particular. Part 2 of an exclusive excerpt.
Arianna’s campaign diary
Arianna Huffington
I knew when I ran for governor my critics would throw mud at me, but I never expected to be called a bad mother. What year is this, anyway?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Why not build airports on hilltops, so planes can save fuel by taking off or landing at an incline? The pilot gives the idea all the consideration it deserves.
Casualties of victory
Stephanie Booth
The Griffin family talk about their suspicions about the media, devotion to the military and why their son Kyle did not die in vain.
The toxic fallout of 9/11
Abrahm Lustgarten
Despite early assurances from the Bush administration, new studies show alarming health problems and risks related to the cloud of debris that enveloped lower Manhattan.
George Bush’s Terminator problem
Tim Grieve
Arnold Schwarzenegger may be the GOP's best shot yet at a California comeback. But his playboy ways and pro-choice politics make him anathema to the president's allies on the Christian right.
My big fat mea culpa
Joan Walsh
I haven't decided to vote for Howard Dean, but after 10 days watching his campaign, I promise never to say he's unelectable again.
A huge and terrible mess
Salon Staff
In a speech to MoveOn.org, former Vice President Al Gore admonishes Bush and says "something basic has gone wrong in our country."
Traci talks
David Bowman
Former underage porn queen Traci Lords chats about how Ronald Reagan saved her life, dressing like a pony for a Japanese spanking party, and how she's helping teen girls out of the kind of life she led.
Brentwood bombshell
David Talbot
At a meeting of Hollywood and progressive supporters in her West L.A. home, Arianna Huffington gets ready to run for governor. Her goal: Take Sacramento and shake Washington.
Arianna vs. the Terminator?
Tim Grieve
By most accounts, California Gov. Gray Davis' days are numbered. Beyond that, pundits say, the October recall vote is totally unpredictable.
Homage to Blogalonia
Eric Weinberger
George Orwell's wartime columns have much in common with today's blogs: They were often trivial and idiosyncratic, but bore within them the seeds of something greater.
Living with death in Mozambique
Diana Reiss-Koncar
As AIDS blights the future of one of the world's poorest countries, ordinary people -- including sex workers -- are fighting back.
Gods and monsters
Marion Winik
To my 3-year-old daughter, I am love incarnate. To my teenage sons, I'm nothing but a servant-jailer. Is it any wonder I feel schizophrenic?
GOTO considered joyful
Rachel Chalmers
On his proto-blog archive, the words and spirit of the late computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra live on, inspiring new generations of geeks.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
What would happen if you handed all the legends of the airline industry a cocktail and stuffed them into one hotel room? Also: Are regional jets unsafe?
How do you compete with a man named Enrique?
Salon Staff
I could play Radiohead on the guitar. He spoke fluent Spanish. Guess who got the girl.
The “Sex Woman”
David Bowman
Erica Jong talks about being married to a schizophrenic, the invention of naked women, Henry Miller's erotic fantasies, what's wrong with Bush and -- of course -- the zipless you-know-what.
Bend it like Robo-Beckham
Lee Gutkind
Roboticists want to field a team of automatons in the 2050 World Cup that can win it all. Are they nuts? Or is this how progress is made?
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