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Playing it straight
Heather Havrilesky
"Straight Plan for the Gay Man" asks: What's worse than an overplayed concept that was past its prime four months ago? Answer: An offensive joke that's not even funny.
AIDS: The black plague
Christopher Farah
Jacob Levenson talks about his new book, "The Secret Epidemic," which reveals a truth America has refused to confront.
Florida, again
Tim Grieve
The 2004 presidential race could turn on the Sunshine State, just as it did in 2000. And the early evidence suggests Bush is in big trouble.
Do straight guys want to read a men’s shopping magazine?
Larry Smith
Do gay men? Does anyone? A close encounter with Cargo, the new Lucky for men.
Monday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Is “The Sopranos” a chick show?
Rebecca Traister
Why an ultraviolent drama about a New Jersey mafioso paints a more nuanced portrait of women than anything you'll find on Lifetime.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on Clear Channel's crucifixion of Howard Stern, and the rising battle against Bush over same-sex marriage.
“Starsky & Hutch”
Stephanie Zacharek
The puffy hairstyles, bad nylon shirts and leather-thong necklaces are there, but the big laughs, alas, are not.
The passion of Howard Stern
Eric Boehlert
The shock jock says radio colossus Clear Channel fired him because he criticized George Bush -- and he's sure as hell not going to go quietly.
14th century video games
Andrew Leonard
In Lev Grossman's "Codex," an investment banker manages the neat trick of simultaneously getting lost in medieval England and a 21st century computer game.
Theocons vs. neocons
Sidney Blumenthal
With Mad Mel scaring the Jewish vote and Bush pandering to his theocratic base, the Republicans are quickly losing their secular swing voters.
Bracing for the backlash
Jennifer Buckendorff
In Massachusetts, some advocates of same-sex marriage are asking whether the cost of progress may be too high.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Howard Stern declares war on Bush's "religious agenda"; Gary Bauer claims gay sex is deadlier than smoking. Plus: Presidential Prayer Team prays for the CIA to nab Osama.
“We stood by while this happened”
Suzy Hansen
Author Steve Coll discusses "Ghost Wars," his new book about how the U.S. abandoned Afghanistan, tried to work with the Taliban, and failed to stop Osama bin Laden -- even though terrified CIA agents knew he was about to strike.
Fighting words
Geraldine Sealey
Nups and nips
Baz Dreisinger
"Carmen & Dave," "My Big Fat" and "Newlyweds" lead the way as reality TV finds fertile new ground to exploit: Weddings.
Don’t worry, be sexy
Scott Rosenberg
The government tells the Supreme Court that Web publishers should relax -- a Web censorship law only applies to the "worst" porn peddlers. But why should we trust it?
Branding Kerry with the L-word
Joe Conason
The Bush team and the pliant media are already hitting him as a Massachusetts liberal. Can Kerry counterpunch?
Bush’s backfire
Richard J. Rosendall
Twelve years ago, the far right's culture war helped defeat a President Bush -- and it's about to happen again.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
The BCS is repaired at last! Its inability to crown an undisputed champ remains, but you'll be happy to know the profit-sharing plan among Division I schools will improve.
Who’s Sauron — bin Laden or Bush?
Steven Hart
The success of "The Lord of the Rings" has launched a war over Tolkien's politics, pitting pundit against pundit, and Viggo Mortensen against John Rhys-Davies.
Letters
Salon Staff
Is America a sociopathic child? Readers respond to Ann Marlowe's review of "Civilization and Its Enemies" by proclaiming "get stuffed!" and encouraging a New Zealand empire.
Letters
Salon Staff
"That is outside our support parameters." Readers clamor to respond to Kyle Killen's "We Don't Support That."
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