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Letters
Salon Staff
Salon readers weigh in on new torture allegations in Iraq, and the future of the DNC. Plus: When will America be ready for real gay characters on TV?
I got trashed in a job interview, and now my self-esteem is gone!
Cary Tennis
The V.P. seemed to take personal delight in tearing me apart.
Holiday values
Salon Staff
The allure of tyrants, the ethics of hunting, and the madness of the season, this week in TT.
Christian party animals
Kimberley Sevcik
Evangelizing to the young and wasted in party centers around the globe, members of the 24-7 Prayer team hope to bring Jesus to the raving, godless masses.
“The Polysyllabic Spree” by Nick Hornby
Charles Taylor
From the author of "High Fidelity," a delightful celebration of the joys of reading that reminds us why most literary criticism is so bad.
The Shlemiel way of software
Scott Rosenberg
Author Joel Spolsky talks about what Microsoft has in common with his grandparents and what Isaac Bashevis Singer has to do with code-generating schemes.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Andrew Sullivan says Republicans like "Will & Grace" because its characters are sexless and unthreatening. Meanwhile, Christian activist Joe Glover demands gays be driven from Washington.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers discuss Rebecca Traister's "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" and come up with a few relationship mantras of their own.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Lindsay Lohan, lousy lip-syncer? "The Simpsons" tweaks Fox News. Princess Diana's "biggest blow."
“All my heroes were dope fiends”
Christopher Dreher
Jerry Stahl, the cult author of "Permanent Midnight" and "I, Fatty," faces sudden respectability, and ponders the drug rumors swirling around Ann Coulter and George W. Bush.
Letters
Salon Staff
High tech workers getting screwed? It's called g-l-o-b-a-l-i-z-a-t-i-o-n. Readers respond to Katharine Mieszkowski's "Santa's Sweatshop."
The two catastrophes
Baruch Kimmerling
Israelis and Palestinians have both been marked by inconceivable
tragedy. For both sides, understanding the other's memories is the
first step toward moving beyond the past.
Hot and horny for Hitler
Jana Prikryl
What drew German teens by the millions to the Hitler Youth? The uniforms, the camaraderie, the cultish adoration of Der Fuhrer -- and lots of Aryan sex.
Continental divide
John Hooper, Ian Traynor
A battle is brewing over God's place in the new E.U. Constitution as secularists gain the upper hand in much of Europe.
Letters
Salon Staff
"What prolonged Plath's life wasn't psychoanalysis. It was poetry." Readers weigh in on Sylvia Plath and her psychiatrist. Plus: The archivist of Don DeLillo's papers shames us for our blue-state jokes.
The new Pentagon Paper
Sidney Blumenthal
A scathing top-level report, intended for internal consumption, says that Bush's "war on terrorism" is an unmitigated disaster. Of course, the administration is ignoring it.
My hands are lethal weapons and I’m tempted to use them
Cary Tennis
Lately I have zero tolerance for crap, and that scares me.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Terrorism expert says Bush's reelection gave bin Laden a "kosher stamp from the Islamic world" to use nukes on U.S. -- and a major attack is "inevitable." Plus: A karate champion says CIA must play dirty.
The story of O
Priya Jain
How could something that most of us only experience for 12 minutes a year be the driving force of humanity? A new book explores the rich, strange history of the orgasm.
Can Bush deliver for conservatives?
Matthew Dallek
Lacking Reagan's pragmatic streak, the president may find it impossible to unite a party deeply divided on social, foreign policy and budget issues.
Bad medicine
Arianna Huffington
There ought to be a special place in hell for companies like drug giant Merck, whose painkiller Vioxx may have killed 55,000 people.
Scrooge’s nightmare
Leonard Steinhorn
Despite Bush's election, the cranky old conservatives' days are numbered. The future belongs to middle-aged boomers and their kids, who embrace the tolerant values of the '60s.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Rush Limbaugh blames NBA brawl on hip-hop culture, calls Detroit "New Fallujah," while a black minister dubs black celebrities "anti-American." Plus: Heritage analyst applauds Porter Goss' bloodletting at the CIA.
A nation of little princesses
Christopher Healy
The wild success of the Disney Princess brand means that my daughter is obsessed with all things pink and sparkly. What's an enlightened father to do?
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