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Abject failure means never having to say you’re sorry
Jane Smiley
Why Bush and Blair can't admit their colossal mistake in Iraq.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
For Gallup, polling is a religion. Plus: Sullivan and Steyn trade blows over Iraq, Levin and Limbaugh trash the U.N.
“The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth
Laura Miller
In his most believable novel in years, Philip Roth imagines a 1940s America where Charles Lindbergh unseats FDR and the nation descends into vicious anti-Semitism.
Yes, I’ve had tarry bowel movements! So what?
Katy Read
A new book says that bizarre personality tests like the Myers-Briggs, the MMPI and the Rorschach are overused, potentially damaging and an utter sham.
Man bites lap dogs!
Kerry Lauerman
Vanity Fair critic and new blogger James Wolcott sinks his fangs into the plush hindquarters of Fox, CNN and the media elite.
You always meet a man just when you’re ready to leave
Cary Tennis
I'm finally done with Tokyo. So why is this man suddenly being so nice to me?
The genius next door
Laura Miller
In Stephen Greenblatt's marvelous new study, William Shakespeare emerges as a drab and conventional burgher who somehow became the greatest writer the world has ever known.
Laura Bush, stealth weapon
Suzanne Goldenberg
Campaigning in five battleground states this week, the first lady, with an approval rating much higher than her husband's, tries to soften the president's image.
The randy rhymer
Rebecca Traister
Fabulously rich roue Felix Dennis made his money touting ta-tas in magazines like Maxim and Stuff. Now he's peddling poetry.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
How confirmed airliner geeks express their terminal love of travel in a world of "destinations," but no borders.
The Fix
Salon Staff
"Miranda" switches teams, Dan Rather receives some love, and Elton John contrite about "rude, vile pigs!" outburst. Plus: Tony Danza rips into Dr. Phil.
Just say Yes
Shana Ting Lipton
Gold bodysuits, giant inflatable phalluses and an orangutan mascot for gay divorce. With a new book and movie, the Yes Men prepare to take their activist performance art to a whole new level.
Cool hand Lau
Lesley Chow
Will American moviegoers fall for the the slyly seductive Hong Kong star of "Infernal Affairs"?
Forgotten casualties
Lynn Harris
Mentally scarred by the horrors they've endured in Iraq, many returning U.S. soldiers say the military isn't giving them the help they deserve.
The slow-motion wreck of American values
James Carroll
How George W. Bush and his circle used the 9/11 crisis to reshape politics and culture and to launch a religious war against the entire world. An exclusive excerpt from "Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War."
Old prejudices reemerge
Ian Traynor, John Henley
As the decision to admit Turkey to the European Union nears, some Europeans can't forget what happened more than three centuries ago.
Last Female Muslim Comic Standing
Priya Jain
Controversial stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza isnt afraid to joke about 9/11, sexist Muslim men, or the fact that she's a 28-year-old virgin. But not everyone is laughing.
“Voter terrorism”
Farhad Manjoo
For decades, Republicans have mounted highly organized operations to discourage minorities from voting. Experts say there's no reason to believe this year's presidential campaign will be any different.
Lenny’s children
Dan Kois
40 years after Lenny Bruce began his dark descent, here are the top 10 true heirs to his outlaw legacy.
Britain scales back
Jason Burke
Its main combat force in Iraq is to be reduced by about a third during a routine troop rotation in October.
Kinky sex secrets of the lobster
Christopher Dreher
They're stupid, hyper-aggressive, and they turn each other on by urinating out of bladders in their heads. And David Foster Wallace got everything about them wrong.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
A ballplayer throws a chair into the stands, breaking a woman's nose, and outraged typists agree: Must be the fans' fault. Plus: Barry Bonds for MVP Stat of the Day.
The “war is lost”
Sidney Blumenthal
Military experts say they see no exit from the Iraq debacle -- and that the war is helping al-Qaida.
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