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GQ rope Nazis can’t rain on War Room’s party
Joan Walsh
Dark victory
Christopher Dreher
Jim Knipfel has lost almost all his vision, suffered life-threatening seizures, attempted suicide and spent time in a mental hospital. He's also one of the driest, funniest memoirists working today.
“Isn’t she a little young?”
Corrie Pikul
A new public service ad campaign in Virginia uses billboards and bar coasters to remind men that sex with a minor is against the law. But will it work?
Martyrs for the cause of journalism
Charles Taylor
They outraged an advertiser, pissed off the publisher or fell afoul of right- or left-wing political correctness. Now these articles killed by major magazines and newspapers have found new life.
How should John Kerry talk about values?
Compiled by Salon staff
Rep. Barney Frank, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Alan Wolfe, Thomas Frank, Andrew Greeley and others weigh in on how Kerry should define America -- and defeat Bush's morality crusade.
Letters
Salon Staff
Terror in the letters pages! Readers respond to Patrick Smith's "The Hysterical Skies."
No more showgirls?
Sophie Arie
Silvio Berlusconi is losing popularity in Italy, and so are his television networks' outdated gameshows, skimpily dressed hostesses and all.
Friday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
In praise of unruly women
Arianna Huffington
Why is it so difficult for the media to accept a strong, smart and opinionated prospective first lady?
The man who invented the future
Scott Thill
Alan Moore, who reinvented the comic book as the cutting-edge literary medium of our day, talks about beheading, the diabolical power of the media, the Bush dynasty and the fall of Tony Blair.
Rage and danger in Kurdistan
Jen Banbury
Angry with the U.S. for betraying their dream of independence, the Kurds could ignite an Iraqi civil war.
Get up, stand up, social network
Paul Lamb
Can online networking offer a leg up to the disadvantaged? The founder of Street Tech aims to find out.
“How Israel Lost” by Richard Ben Cramer
Baruch Kimmerling
This startling new book asks brave, naive and absolutely necessary questions. They must be answered if Israel is to save itself from destruction.
Can Israel be saved?
Gary Kamiya
Richard Ben Cramer talks about "How Israel Lost," his exploration of how the occupation of Palestinian land has corrupted the soul of the Jewish state he loves.
G spot
Heather Havrilesky
In a crowded field of candid cameras -- from Moore to Kutcher, "Jackass" to "Joe Schmo" -- Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G) works it like no one else.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Gay baseball players, NBA criminals, Gagne's streak vs. DiMaggio's and my favorite sport vs. yours vs. that guy's over there: The readers write.
The war for the soul of literature
Laura Miller
Two critics, one revered and the other almost universally reviled, protest that the literary world has been taken over by big, bad, "ambitious" novels.
Ride my pimp
Baz Dreisinger
How yesterday's gun-totin' gangsta rapper turned into today's cartoonish mack daddy -- cuddly and cute enough for even the white kids from the burbs.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
With same-sex marriage under fire again, Drudge and the Freepers declare Kerry-Edwards the homoerotic ticket. Plus: Will Michael "Muqtada al" Moore sink the Dems?
Let’s save literature from the literati
Charles Taylor
Despite more gloom and doom on the Op-Ed pages, books have not been killed off by the "visual culture."
Latter-day singers
Thomas Bartlett
New music from Rufus Wainwright and his little sister, Martha. Plus: A free post-"Grey Album" remix from Danger Mouse.
On the phone with Ralph Nader
Salon Staff
Salon editor David Talbot and the presidential contender have a frank and honest exchange of views.
The “Fahrenheit” boiling point
Andrew Exum
Since returning home from the war, I've begun to worry that antiwar fervor may turn into anger at U.S. troops.
Does online love come only in shades of red and blue?
Jeff Nachtigal
Niche political dating sites are the latest rage in online romance. But aren't we already polarized enough?
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