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The haunted 50s
David Bowman
In his new book about being middle-aged, James Atlas explores subjects writers rarely tackle: Limitation and loss.
Growing up too fat
Katharine Mieszkowski
Twenty percent of American children are overweight. An expert offers advice on how to talk to your kids about their weight, why diets don't work and what society needs to do.
Head case
Andrew O'Hehir
Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls.
How do you kick out a disorderly roommate?
Cary Tennis
We all like to party, but she takes it way too far.
DeLay news you might have missed
Page Rockwell
The beleagured House Majority Leader had more to say this week than just "I'm sorry."
Hollywood goes green
Amanda Griscom Little
Earth Day is in danger of choking to death under Bush's energy policy. Can the likes of Cameron Diaz make conservation cool enough to save it?
Whitewashing the pope
Arianna Huffington
The media's obsessive coverage of the pope's death does not include a discussion of the tragic failures of his reign.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Paris and Nicole, splitsville? Limbaugh on kids today: "They're out there getting oral sex all day long."
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The fake story of a deaf DJ in the coke-drenched clubs of Ibiza; the true story of two Spanish softcore film stars. Plus: David Duchovny's winning directorial debut.
Indecency wars
Eric Boehlert
Activists who beat back the FCC on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content.
Letters
Salon Staff
Defending harajuku girls and condemning trial by TV: Salon readers respond to articles by MiHi Ahn and Heather Havrilesky.
Scam I am
Farhad Manjoo
Management consulting is a giant fraud! OK, we knew that. But what Martin Kihn reveals in his entertaining new book is just what miserable lives these know-nothing "experts" lead.
Gwenihana
MiHi Ahn
Gwen Stefani neuters Japanese street fashion to create spring's must-have accessory: Giggling geisha!
Letters
Salon Staff
"Why should wearing appropriate clothing be the privilege of only one body type?" Salon readers respond to Lynn Harris' article about fashion for plus-size teens
Old, ugly and fired
David Teather
In the latest case against Wall Street sex bias, a woman is awarded $29 million after complaining of a corporate culture hostile to females.
Warrior for the word
Kerry Lauerman
Camille Paglia slams bloggers and trendy academics for degrading language -- and calls for a passionate revival of the great artistic tradition of the West.
Culture of strife
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush is exploiting the American Catholic Church's polarization to consolidate his conservative social agenda.
“I gave a lot of time to women …”
Lorin Stein
Our greatest postwar writer, Saul Bellow sent his overeducated bulls stumbling through the china shops of love.
“Major Dundee: The Extended Version”
Stephanie Zacharek
Sam Peckinpah's 1965 western starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris gets the full lost-masterpiece treatment.
Living large
Lynn Harris
Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity?
Letters
Salon Staff
Do we expect too much from the church, or too little? Readers debate the legacy of John Paul II.
Bellow and Me
Dana Cook
Arthur Miller, Gloria Steinem, Frederick Exley, Susan Cheever, Martin Amis, Norman Mailer and others recall their encounters with the Nobel laureate.
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