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Letters
Salon Staff
Salon readers cheer Rep. John Conyers' attempt to get to the bottom of 2004's voting problems, and debate Sen. Russ Feingold's take on why Democrats can't win in rural America.
Eyes wide shut
Charles Taylor
The world looked away when evil swept through Rwanda. Ten years later, a movie demands that we finally open our eyes.
Bad sex or good irony?
Dan Glaister
Tom Wolfe beats some stiff competition to win a prize from the Brits for the year's worst lovemaking in fiction.
Dems debate “big tent” on choice
Geraldine Sealey
Letters
Salon Staff
Salon readers insist that they don't have a vendetta against Christmas and say that Bill O'Reilly and others should just chill.
Lust, revenge and the religious right in 12th century Paris
Priya Jain
The steamy, violent saga of medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise -- and their kinky letters -- uncannily anticipate today's battles over sex and religion.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Are terrorist laser beams the next scourge of the airways? And holiday wishes to our favorite scribe on Syrian musicians.
I dream of Vargas Girls
David Amsden
In these sexually saturated times, with naked celebrities, amateur orgies and live-action Barbie dolls just a click away, I long for the days when a woman's pout was enough to send a man into conniptions.
Libido malfunction
Rebecca Traister
From Janet Jackson's pathetic Nipplegate to Bill O'Reilly's thrusting falafel, 2004 was a year of monumentally bad sex.
The Grinch who saved Christmas
Eric Boehlert
Battling the homosexuals, liberals and Jews, Bill O'Reilly and friends are making America safe for Christmas.
If Betty and Veronica were Latina punk lesbians
Scott Thill
Jaime Hernandez talks about his massive new comics collection "Locas," the 20-year odyssey of two L.A. rock 'n' roll chicks looking for love (and rockets).
Bill O’Reilly hung up on me
Jerome Eric Copulsky
Or I would have explained how in defending Christmas as a national holiday he revealed his -- could it be? -- secular side. And maybe worse.
End of the “big happy family”
Farhad Manjoo
In answer to critics of MoveOn, Wes Boyd says that mobilizing a vibrant opposition to Bush's policies was just the first step. And he doesn't blame Kerry for the Democrats' loss.
Checking it twice
Thomas Bartlett
The best music of the year included some likely suspects (Tom Waits, Madvillain), some underrated greats (Cee-lo), and yes, even a little Britney. Plus: The year's 25 finest free downloads.
How about that Pentagon chain of command?
Mark Follman
Letters
Salon Staff
Why isn't there a DVD of "The Dead"? What's the future of Liverpool lit? And can Nick Hornby really tell us anything about criticism as a whole? Salon readers weigh in.
The revolution that failed — for now
Farhad Manjoo
Groups like ACT and MoveOn promised to remake American politics, but they didn't beat Bush. Is there a future for liberal People Power?
The secret history of black people
Corrie Pikul
Law professor and commentator Patricia Williams talks about passing, choosing her adopted son from a racial menu, and the myth of Condoleezza Rice.
Romania’s orange alert
Simon Tisdall
Traian Basescu's victory signals closer ties between Eastern Europe and the West, and further isolation for Russia.
Goodbye, pimps and hos!
Thomas Bartlett
The year's biggest pop stars dropped the skanky booty-shaking, and -- like much of the country -- chose a conservative path.
Saving a city’s soul
Geraldine Bedell
As waters everywhere rise from global warming, Venetians engage in a passionate debate on how to keep their palaces from sinking into the Adriatic.
Saga of a “sex-crazed, genderless freak”
Priya Jain
Liverpool literary sensation Helen Walsh talks about teen rebellion, prostitution and her debut novel "Brass," the story of a bisexual female predator roaming the Merseyside streets.
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