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Letters
Salon Staff
Writers, editors, publishers and, yes, even readers respond to "The Confessions of a Semi-successful Author."
Blood-thirsty Arabs, vigilante Jews
John Gorenfeld
What makes ex-USA Today reporter/fabulist Jack Kelley worse than other disgraced journalists is that he peddled the most divisive stereotypes imaginable -- and people believed him.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Princess the porn dog, Gasping Moron Motel, and Creepy Kiddie Hospital. Plus: Sue has PTSD from her encounter with Richard's flaccid wiener.
Stopping al-Qaida, a quarter at a time
Mitch Borgeson
Eugene Jarvis, legendary creator of "Defender" and "Robotron," is still making computer games for arcades. But his new bad guys aren't aliens -- they're terrorists who want to crash a plane into the White House.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Tina schmoozes the power elite, "Survivor" assumes we're stupid, and an anti-Bush documentary makes us feel like conservatives. Plus: All hail Tyra Banks!
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
The NBA All-Star Game: It's not ready for prime time-tastic! Plus: Barry Bonds, in the new streamlined format.
Dance pop grows up
Charles Taylor
Kylie Minogue's teasingly tantric "Body Language" and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's icily elegant "Shoot From the Hip" make Britney and Christina's over-the-top gyrations look like child's play.
One strike and you’re out of school
Whitney Joiner
Youthful suicides, financial ruin, families torn apart for minor infractions: How post-Columbine hysteria is wrecking lives.
“Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!”
Stephanie Zacharek
Tad may be dreamy, but there's little to swoon over in this too-gentle -- and alarmingly chaste -- teen-crush movie.
The state of your unions
Salon Staff
Salon's female readers tell tales of extramarital temptation, emotional and physical abuse, and cowboy dreams that went awry.
Video gaming and its discontents
Jane Pinckard
Was 2003 the year of the great online multiplayer gaming flameout, or the year when a whole new approach to computer games finally gained real momentum?
The greatest week in rock history
Eric Boehlert
Thirty-four years ago this week, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Temptations, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Creedence Clearwater
all shared top billing on the Billboard album chart. There's never been another lineup quite like it -- and there will never be again.
The queen of Jerusalem
Christopher Farah
In the wake of the Six-Day War, a young Palestinian woman won an Israeli-sponsored beauty pageant. Organizers promised her glamour, international fame and modeling contracts. Instead, she wound up in Flint, Mich. -- bitter and cynical.
The Fix
Karen Croft
Are Jack and Diane fools for love? Is J.Lo going to star in the next Jackie Collins bodice ripper? How does Tom Cruise look in mud? Plus: How much beer can Colin Farrell drink?
Hollywood searches for a Democratic star
Tim Grieve
Howard Dean took an early lead in entertainment-industry fundraising, but Wes Clark is making a run among the moguls and stars who backed Bill Clinton.
Selling Pvt. Lynch
Eric Boehlert
From the White House to Random House, the plucky ex-POW has been badly used. But even as the right turned on her, she handled her week in the spotlight like a hero.
Letters
Salon Staff
Responding to Ian R. Williams' "Twilight of the Dork?" readers say: The fires of dork creativity will never be quenched!
“Parents screw up — just about every day”
Meredith Maran
An excerpt from "Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic."
Right Hook
Mark Follman
The global spread of nukes keeps conservatives awake at night. Plus: Religion for Kobe, and Howard Dean's "pro-homosexual" agenda.
One vote for the new eugenics
John Sundman
Yes, genetics research can alleviate suffering. But in our consumerist, narcissistic society, it's ultimately about producing perfect people. Part 2 of "How I Decoded the Human Genome."
Bad grades for a voting-machine exam
Farhad Manjoo
Riverside County, Calif., invited citizens to observe a test of its computerized voting systems. One participant was not impressed.
Dating deal breakers revealed!
Salon Staff
Dentures, skid marks, knit ties and other things to avoid if you want to hook up.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Cubs win! Marlins win! Yanks? Well, of course. And the A's and Red Sox fight for their right to party.
We are all paparazzi now
Katharine Mieszkowski
In an age of increasing corporate and government surveillance, publicly accessible webcams give us a chance to do some watching of our own.
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