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“The Cheating Culture”
Heather Havrilesky
David Callahan explains why Americans lie more now than they did in the '50s, '60s or '70s.
The Year of the Liar
Heather Havrilesky
From weapons of mass destruction to Jayson Blair, we trusted them -- and they punk'd us. Why do we keep coming back for more?
The greatest week in rock history
Eric Boehlert
Thirty-four years ago this week, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Temptations, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Creedence Clearwater
all shared top billing on the Billboard album chart. There's never been another lineup quite like it -- and there will never be again.
American gothic
Rebecca Traister
The revelation that Strom Thurmond fathered a child with his 16-year-old black maid raises a host of thorny questions about race, sex, power -- and media silence.
Little people
Lisa A. Hedley
In a new book, author Dan Kennedy explores dwarfism -- and the emotional and practical consequences of having a child who is different.
I like dresses!
Tracy Quan
I've been a straight cross-dresser my whole life, but how many women will accept this about me?
When an Arab is also a Jew
Christopher Farah
As the powerful new documentary "Forget Baghdad" makes clear, life is complicated for Israeli Jews haunted by their memories of a secular, multicultural Iraq.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Idiot! Balderdash! Poppycock! Rrrrgh!" Readers get aggressive about Christopher Healy's story on yelling, "psychological aggession" and child rearing.
Janeane Garofalo responds
Salon Staff
The actor/activist says Damien Cave unfairly trashed the "Tell Us the Truth" tour.
The queen of Jerusalem
Christopher Farah
In the wake of the Six-Day War, a young Palestinian woman won an Israeli-sponsored beauty pageant. Organizers promised her glamour, international fame and modeling contracts. Instead, she wound up in Flint, Mich. -- bitter and cynical.
He’s a lover — and also a hater
Virginia Vitzthum
Dale Peck, the madman critic famous for his trash jobs on Moody, Eggers and Franzen, talks about forgiving his abusive father in his new "fictional memoir" and wonders why we can't all get along.
Out of the shadows
Jen Banbury
Armed only with ancient film, scraps of paper, broken buildings and an irrepressible passion to create, Baghdad's artists are emerging from the long darkness of Saddam.
The quiet fall of an American terrorist
Frederick Clarkson
In late 2001, antiabortion fanatic Clayton Waagner used packets of bogus anthrax to shut down scores of clinics nationwide. When he was convicted last week, the press was notably absent.
Letters
Salon Staff
Movie fans protest: Stephanie Zacharek is wrong about "The Last Samurai"! Beatles fans protest: Thomas Bartlett is wrong about "Let It Be ... Naked"!
Letters
Salon Staff
"Judy Steinberg Dean is irrelevant to her husband's campaign." Plus: Readers respond to "Mommy Mail" and Salon's marriage series.
Vegans vs. Atkins
Katharine Mieszkowski
Animal-rights activists claim that low-carb, meat-heavy diets are killing people. Are they raising legitimate health concerns -- or are they just rabid anti-carnivores?
Wish upon a star
Damien Cave
Bush-bashers are hoping that entertainment celebrities will turn out crucial first-time voters. But the audiences aren't sold.
“Honey”
Charles Taylor
This hackneyed hip-hop dance flick boasts some flashes of inspiration -- and a smokin' Missy Elliott. But we're still waiting for the great rap musical.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
How JetBlue will save Eero Saarinen's wonderful JFK legacy. And just how does a jet engine work?
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
What qualifies as Pretty Damn Funny? "South Park" -- but, sadly, not "Arrested Development." Plus: The most demonic behavior ever captured on reality TV.
Asian fetish?
Tracy Quan
I'm attracted to Japanese women but I feel like a sex offender walking down the street holding hands with my girlfriend.
Night raid in Baghdad
Jen Banbury
"Twenty-three hours of boredom and a minute of hell": Our reporter joins U.S. troops on a mission to find guerrillas.
Letters
Salon Staff
Don't assume free trade really means free: A response to critics of the Miami FTAA protesters.
Roll over, Confucius
Lisa Movius
As the sexual floodgates open in China, the biggest taboo left is talking about sex.
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