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“Alexander”
Stephanie Zacharek
A snake-happy Angelina Jolie for a mother, a one-eyed, misogynistic father, Jared Leto in heavy eyeliner -- Oliver Stone flexes his brain to unriddle the great, bisexual conquerer.
The day I almost led the Iraqi army
Richard Leiby
Right after the fall of Baghdad, hundreds of desperate disbanded troops asked me -- a middle-aged journalist -- to give them jobs. That's when I knew everything was going terribly wrong.
Letters
Salon Staff
Where is the passion of the Dems? Readers respond to ZZ Packer's "Losing My Religion."
Mr. Misery
Joshua D. Fischer
A year after his death, a biography of Elliott Smith proves he was that greatest of all musician archetypes: The Tragic Rock Star.
Women vs. Wal-Mart
Corrie Pikul
Just in time for holiday shopping, a new book portrays the world's largest retailer as greedy, sanctimonious and grossly unfair to its female employees.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
All hail Adventure Week! Featuring hair-raising
encounters with crappy, overpriced appliances, whiny 30-something women, devil-may-care mountain climbers, and squabbling married couples!
America is so wrong — again
Peter Beaumont
Left to its own devices, the Bush administration is likely to worsen the crisis over Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Losing my religion
ZZ Packer
My mother is a black evangelical Christian -- and a staunch Democrat. The party failed her and millions of other religious folk, and that has to change.
Bill Frist exposed
Joe Conason
A newly declassified document vindicates counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke from the slander of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Method madness
Charles Taylor
Barriers are breaking down between British and American acting styles as stars like Johnny Depp, Claire Danes, and Samantha Morton embrace a dynamic naturalism.
Third World democracy
Farhad Manjoo
The real problem with the American election system isn't fraud, it's good old-fashioned incompetence. And that's something we can fix -- if we have the will.
It was the national security, stupid
Mark Follman
If at first you don’t secede
Michelle Goldberg
Feeling they've lost any say in how the nation is run, liberals are turning to an unfamiliar philosophy: States' rights.
The good soldier takes his leave
Compiled by Jeff Horwitz
Policy experts and former U.S. diplomats weigh in on Colin Powell's resignation.
Ode to an Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Pete L'Official
He left behind a violent legacy and possibly a dozen children. But the Wu-Tang Clan rapper also helped forge an irresistible pan-Asian-ghetto-gangsta style.
My roommate thinks he’s Japanese
Cary Tennis
He eats ramen with lacquered chopsticks, but he's just an American joe!
Breed all about it
Lynn Harris
The new niche magazine "Conceive" has a lot of useful information for women struggling to get pregnant. So why did I feel like hiding it on the subway?
Welcome to Canada!
David Beers
We've got same-sex marriage, medical marijuana -- and, hey, 80 percent of us think Bush runs a rogue nation! But I'd better warn you -- we're not as blue as you think.
Welcome to the new cold war
Andrew O'Hehir
It's Chirac vs. Cheney, SUVs vs. minicars, and pommes frites vs. freedom fries in the new transatlantic culture war. But here's what you don't know: In the global conflict for moral and economic supremacy, Europe is winning.
The grassroots war on Arlen Specter
Jeff Horwitz
“Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason”
Charles Taylor
Yes, Renee Zellweger looks like a pathetic porker in this sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary," but it's not her fault.
Letters
Salon Staff
Salon readers weigh in on how to strengthen an independent, post-election media.
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