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Letting my brother die
Lori Leibovich
Like Terri Schiavo, Phil was never going to recover. Removing his feeding tube was a devastating decision. But at least my family got to make it privately.
Letters
Salon Staff
"There is now, officially, nothing new left for women to complain about." Salon readers of both sexes sound off about Rebecca Traister's article on wife shopping.
The devil wore J. Crew
Sara Eckel
A new book says that sociopaths aren't just Scott Peterson and BTK. They are your neighbors, bosses -- even therapists.
TV on crack
Heather Havrilesky
Is A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction?
Schiavo: The readers vent
Salon Staff
Salon readers express outrage at this "appalling" and "grotesque" case of "political opportunism" -- with a few dissenters.
“Saturday” by Ian McEwan
Allen Barra
The story of a middle-aged man seeking his moral compass in the post-9/11 world, isn't about fear or dread but the attainment of joy.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Just because society has always had violence, does this mean the present level of violence is acceptable?" Readers respond to "The Myth of Media Violence."
The myth of media violence
Andrew O'Hehir
Contrary to the moralistic claims of Hillary Clinton and others, bloody video games and movies are not a major cause of crime. But they are a powerful drug we don't understand.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A Kazakh "Rebel Without a Cause"; a ruthless mockumentary about a mail-order bride; and the sleeper documentary hit "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill."
Better than green beer
Allen Barra
Flann O'Brien was a curmudgeonly alcoholic failure, Ireland's best kept literary secret, and the perfect way to celebrate the luck o' the Irish.
My boyfriend lives on cheese, flour and salt
Cary Tennis
I'm trying to expand my food horizons, but my boyfriend only eats five things.
Wives’ tales
Michelle Orange
The trumped-up stories of "Wife Swap" and "Trading Spouses" have less to do with reality than with red mom vs. blue mom culture wars.
A woman’s battle for the soul of Islam
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Horrified by the murder of her friend Daniel Pearl, journalist Asra Nomani made the hajj to Mecca. Now she's fighting to reclaim her faith from the men of darkness.
“I’ve had a really long day”
Suzanne Goldenberg
The suspect in the Atlanta murders opens up to a kind and courageous woman who serves him eggs and pancakes, then surrenders peacefully to police.
Adventures in the skin trade
Priya Jain
Whether you love porn or think it's an abomination, "The Other Hollywood" will shake up everything you think you know about the sex film industry.
The money shots
Mark Follman
Congress' anti-porn crusaders take the low road; a new report exposes the dirty funding of the "skin caucus"
Letters
Salon Staff
"Fugliness transcends ugliness. Experiencing it is physical, emotional, spiritual and ontological devastation." Salon readers speak out about the pleasures and the provenance of the word "fugly."
Save TiVo!
Farhad Manjoo
Just when it's on the verge of creating the Perfect Machine -- streaming TV, music, movies and the Web through one stylish box -- TiVo is facing doom. Unless a certain company decides to think different.
Defining terrorism
Jonathan Steele
Alluding to the actions of the U.S. and Britain in Iraq, Kofi Annan attacks the erosion of human rights in the war on terror.
The middle fights backs
Tim Grieve
Howard Dean may be runnning the DNC, but the Democratic Leadership Council isn't going away.
The believer
David Amsden
Dave Eggers talks about production by procrastination, how understanding book-selling can empower a writer, and what it's like to be the head of a publishing empire that everyone has an opinion about.
And the winner is…
Salon Staff
Results of an informal poll to determine (definitively, of course) the most important band in the world
Letters
Salon Staff
"Farhad! Stephanie! Andrew! Rebecca! Back to your desks! There are real stories out there to deal with!" Readers sound off on Salon's coverage of Martha Stewart's release from prison.
The Mafia and the disappearing father
Alessandro Camon
From Michael Corleone to Tony Soprano, mob dads have been increasingly embattled -- and our national obsession with their fall reflects our culture's crisis of fatherhood.
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