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Sex, violence and “The Arab Mind”
Ann Marlowe
I still support the war in Iraq, but we need to rid ourselves of our perverse myths about Middle Eastern men and women.
The Reagan legacy
Rick Perlstein
He was a true believer who moved the country divisively to the right. But compared to the current president, Ronald Reagan looks like a moderate.
American torture, American porn
Alessandro Camon
Abu Ghraib and "The Passion of the Christ" are connected in a dark basement of the American psyche.
Not “The Day After Tomorrow”
Amanda Griscom
Did the Bush White House try to block a new Web site devoted to educating the public about climate change?
The military’s hazing hell
Suzy Hansen
Carol Burke, author of "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane and the High and Tight," talks to Salon about the military's frat-boy culture, how torture and initiation rites are used to transform civilians into soldiers -- and how Abu Ghraib is just a drop in the bucket.
The secret history of American literature
Suzy Hansen
Mark Twain, meet Ulysses S. Grant! Hart Crane, meet Charlie Chaplin! Rachel Cohen talks about the most intriguing encounters in U.S. history.
Shrek and the “transgender agenda”
Geraldine Sealey
Go down, young men!
Corrie Pikul
Sexologist Ian Kerner talks to Salon about his new book, "She Comes First," and why the well-trained tongue is mightier than the "sword."
My so-called famous classmate
Salon Staff
An exclusive excerpt from former Salon editor Chris Colin's acclaimed new book on being young in the '90s, "What Really Happened to the Class of '93: Start-ups, Dropouts, and Other Navigations Through an Untidy Decade."
Ask the Pilot takes off
Andrew Leonard
In honor of the publication of his first book, the pilot answers a few more questions ... from his editor.
Tuesday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Blahbusters
Charles Taylor
Don't buy the frantic pleadings of the Hollywood media machine -- summer blockbusters have become a colossal bore.
What little boys are made of
Meredith Maran
Rebecca Walker, the editor of a new collection of essays about the meaning of "masculinity," talks about her anthology -- and how her identity as a black, white and Jewish bisexual affects her work.
“The most dishonest president since Nixon”
Salon Staff
Former Vice President Al Gore blasts George W. Bush for dangerously inept leadership and a foreign policy that has "brought deep dishonor" to the country.
Silicon Valley is the best place ever in the whole world
Farhad Manjoo
Inspired by Google, the high-tech capital's boosters have decided that it's boring to be pessimistic.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
National Review pundits do battle over Bush's Iraq speech; Podhoretz says soldiers like Sivits and England deserve their own torture. Plus: Hitchens tags Michael Moore the ultimate ugly American.
Flying their freak flag
Thomas Bartlett
Dylanesque rhymes from an "outsider," a free song from a potential Next Big Thing and the shiny, happy sounds of I Am the World Trade Center.
The 10 mistakes
Salon Staff
Gen. Anthony Zinni, former CentCom commander, lists the catastrophic blunders made by the Bush team that led to the Iraq nightmare.
Letters
Salon Staff
So many smarmy roles, so little time. Christopher McDonald fans come out of the woodwork to praise their unsung hero's performances in movies like "Quiz Show" and "SLC Punk."
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Should you waste your time analyzing Tony Soprano's dreams or fearing for Donna Moss' life? The boss of you weighs in. Plus: How will "The Sopranos"
and "24" end? Place your bets here.
Trashing the Hallmark card mom
Katy Read
Weary of saccharine stereotypes, a diverse group of women is demanding that society do more than pay lip service to mothers.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on Michael Savage's invective against Arabs, why "shock and awe" goes to the heart of the Iraq torture disaster, and prisoner abuse inside the U.S. Plus: The Pentagon responds to Joe Conason.
Why don’t we do it in the road?
Linda Baker
A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It sounds insane, but it works.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Steyn slams Bush for torture apology, Hagelin blames abuses on American porn culture; Savage calls for U.S. to kill "thousands" of Iraqi prisoners and drop an H-bomb on an Arab capital. Plus: Heartland hard-liners dub same-sex marriage licenses "death certificates."
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