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I married a bin Laden
Suzy Hansen
Osama's former sister-in-law tells all: Secret Saudi lesbian trysts, a husband who ordered her to have abortions, and the magical power of the name bin Laden within the Saudi luxury class.
“Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”
Andrew O'Hehir
A cross between "Spinal Tap" and wrenching psychodrama, this movie has you rooting for the band's success whether you're a metalhead or not.
Letters
Salon Staff
"What a bunch of visionless business-school losers." Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "The Digital Music Renaissance."
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Sports likes and dislikes: Why I love the sports I love, hate the sports I hate, and make exceptions all the time.
Sex and drugs in hell
Suzy Hansen
The authors of "Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures" talk about keeping body and soul together in the killing fields of Cambodia, Somalia and Haiti.J
“King Arthur”
Stephanie Zacharek
The glitter of Camelot has been lost in Antoine Fuqua's valiant quest for historical accuracy, but Keira Knightley does prance around in a leather bikini.
Great big green monster mansions
Linda Baker
Environmentally correct housing has never been more popular. But even the most eco-friendly home may do more harm than good when it is super-sized.
Convention dramas percolate for both parties
Stephen W. Stromberg
Who says theory is dead?
Astra Taylor
Gender-theory superstar Judith Butler takes on 9/11 and its aftermath in a new book -- written in clear English! But the task of postmodern theory, she argues, is more crucial now than ever.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Kobe Bryant trial: "The odds are heavily stacked against the prosecution." Jeff Benedict, author of a new book about the NBA and crime, talks about the case and the league's toxic culture.
What would Abe say?
Mary Jacoby
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo, author of a book on the "wisest" president, speculates about what Lincoln's position would have been on preemptive war, stem cell research, restriction of civil liberties.
Killer companies
Andrew O'Hehir
Post-"Fahrenheit," the stellar documentaries -- including "The Corporation" and "Imelda" -- just keep coming. Plus: A moody meditation on familial love, or homoerotic cologne ad?
“Love has to be about more than commitment”
Stephanie Zacharek
Richard Linklater talks about adult passion and why he, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke know so much more now than they did nine years ago.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Coach K. to the Lakers? Duke basketball potentate Mike Krzyzewski might not take the offer, but he ought to.
Letters
Salon Staff
Most readers agree Pauline Kael wasn't a homophobe -- but dissenters are heard from. Plus: Kansans and moderate Democrats respond to our interview with Thomas Frank.
Now and Zen
Patrick Smith
On the 20th anniversary of its release, Husker Du's landmark album "Zen Arcade" proves there was way more to '80s music than kitsch, camp and bad haircuts.
The Fix
Salon Staff
"Fahrenheit 9/11" may be first U.S. documentary screened in China, Pamela Anderson talks fur with Swedish prime minister, and Glen Campbell says he wasn't drunk, just "over-served."
The horror, the horror
Laura Miller
David Foster Wallace delves into the heart of human darkness in his chilling new story collection.
Escape from Baghdad
Eric Boehlert
The country that U.S. authorities are hastily handing over to the Iraqis is more of a bloody mess than ever.
The girth of a nation
Rebecca Traister
Americans are way too fat -- right? Well, maybe not. A controversial new book claims that our diet-crazed culture is buying into a big lie.
How the Democrats lost the heartland
Andrew O'Hehir
Thomas Frank talks about why Middle America, once a bastion of left-wing populism, has become red-state Republican.
“Think ambitiously”
Cass R. Sunstein
The author of a book about FDR urges Democrats to reclaim his vision of security -- national and international -- as a way to inspire the electorate.
The United States of Texas
Farhad Manjoo
Two new books document the death grip that Bush, Cheney and their corporate cronies have on America.
Take 2 at the Times: McMurtry sets sights on Kakutani
Eric Boehlert
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