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King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Olympics: Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting for the USA. Plus: More announcers, good and bad. And: Weird women's water polo coverage.
Letters
Salon Staff
Britney: Manipulated doll or dedicated young professional? Readers discuss Rebecca Traister's article about the soon-to-be Mrs. Federline.
Madame Cheney’s cultural revolution
Mary Jacoby
How the vice president's powerful wife makes sure that historians and other scholars follow the right path.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Bernadette Malone rips New York Mayor Bloomberg for coddling "mice-releasing, AIDS-spreading junior terrorists." Mark Steyn deems Elton John and Hollywood Dems "deranged." Plus: Why Buchanan loves Nader.
“How to Make Love Like a Porn Star” by Jenna Jameson
Charles Taylor
World's biggest porn star tells all: Bad childhood, bad men, bad drugs -- but don't shed any tears for Jenna Jameson.
Cliff’s notes
Thomas Bartlett
Reggae master Jimmy Cliff discusses his new album, his eternal optimism, and the challenges of making music during wartime.
Great white runner
Gary Kamiya
In the land of the gods, the Acropolis towering above, Jeremy Wariner sprints into history -- and racial stereotypes vanish in a flash.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers debate author Laura Walters decision to terminate her pregnancy during the breakup of her marriage.
Father knows best
Karin L. Stanford
Bill Cosby's tough-love attack on blacks who neglect education is still causing shock waves. And it might even help the kids who need it.
Don’t do it, Britney!
Rebecca Traister
Some day her prince will come, but it's not sleazy fiance Kevin Federline. The virginal pop tart is finally making her own decisions -- and it ain't pretty.
The Bull’s-eye state
Lisa Chamberlain
Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen and an army of lesser-known door-knockers converge on Ohio to swing it Democratic blue.
“End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones”
Stephanie Zacharek
A heartfelt look at the four misfits from Queens who saved post-'60s American culture.
Vogue photo-shoot puts Spain’s new women ministers in spotlight
Ben Sills
By posing for Vogue Espana the female cabinet members have set off a controversy on the left.
Letters
Salon Staff
Are little-girl gymnasts at the Olympics a measure of glory or sick exploitation? Readers respond to King Kaufman's "Women's Gymnastics Should Grow Up."
Female trouble
Rebecca Walker
Spike Lee talks about porn, sperm donors, baby-hungry lesbians, and how male sex fantasies can become nightmares.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Is Iran next? Pundits are long on hawkish bluster, but short on a plan. Plus: Even Bill O'Reilly blasts Swift Boat Vets' "bitter personal attacks" on John Kerry -- and defends Kerry's war record.
Amish out of water
Heather Havrilesky
Can reality TV shows be documentaries for the masses? Producer Jon Kroll certainly thinks so and claims that "Amish in the City" is only the beginning.
When the personal is political
Arianna Huffington
Jim McGreevey's hiring his lover was the height of recklessness, but his plummet from political grace is also a profound indictment of America's culture wars.
Down low blues
Adam Phillips
All I want is a boyfriend. But as a black gay man, I keep hooking up with men who not only shun commitment -- they don't even want to come out of the closet.
Sex, lies and the “down low”
Whitney Joiner
Bestselling author J.L. King is the new public face of a not-so-new phenomenon -- "straight" black men who secretly sleep with men. Is he a savior to black women worried about HIV -- or a self-promoter fanning fears of a bisexual black bogeyman?
Monday’s Must Reads
Tim Grieve
King of the bootlegs
Charles Taylor
The great director Zhang Yimou made the highest grossing Chinese film -- and possibly most-bootlegged DVD -- in history, "Hero." He spoke to Salon as it was finally about to be released in theaters.
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