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Craven Broadcasting System
Rebecca Traister
TV big shots and politicians blast CBS for its cowardly decision to yank the Ronald Reagan miniseries.
They ban textbooks, don’t they?
Frederick Clarkson
Texas school officials rejected a widely used environmental textbook, claiming it was filled with errors. The author says they're censoring him because they didn't like his green views -- and he's suing.
Piling up the body bags
Robert Scheer
Unless we are willing to trade more lives for the obsessions of empire, we must end the occupation now.
“Passing” and the American dream
Baz Dreisinger
These days we're supposed to think race doesn't matter. But as "The Human Stain" and a raft of recent writing makes clear, we're just as fascinated by its slippery boundaries as ever.
Love letters
Karen Croft
The author of "A Venetian Affair" says we can learn much from the story of 18th century passion between his ancestor and the woman he wasn't allowed to marry.
“The Human Stain”
Charles Taylor
Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman team up for a decent, sincere big-screen fable -- but the scourging fury of Philip Roth's novel is nowhere in sight.
“Shattered Glass”
Stephanie Zacharek
A superbly creepy Hayden Christensen portrays Stephen Glass as a journalistic miscreant who doesn't just soil his profession, but leaves us feeling dirty, too.
The seductress
David Bowman
The author of a new book says if women want to seduce powerful men, their best weapon is brains, not boobs.
Camille speaks!
Kerry Lauerman
Paglia returns to cast a withering eye on Clark ("what a phony!"), Kerry ("the hair!"), Madonna ("a monster"), bloggers -- and the "delusional narcissists" in the White House who led an out-of-his-depth president into a disastrous war.
“All my friends are gay and I feel responsible”
Zoe Trope
An excerpt from "Please Don't Kill the Freshman: A Memoir."
The man who would be king
Scott Thill
In an exclusive interview, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings," talks about his photography, his indie publishing house, and why Bush will go down in history as the Sauron of American presidents.
Letters
Salon Staff
"This nut job would be thrilled to be the last of her kind": Readers respond to John Sundman's "How I Decoded the Human Genome" and "One Vote for the New Eugenics."
In Israel, the doves awaken
Aluf Benn
Since Camp David failed, most Israelis have accepted the slogan "We have no one to talk to." A bold peace initiative has changed that -- and given rise to that rarest of commodities, hope.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to articles about same-sex marriage and the Army's use of hip-hop as a recruitment tool.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
The global spread of nukes keeps conservatives awake at night. Plus: Religion for Kobe, and Howard Dean's "pro-homosexual" agenda.
“Morning Sun”
Charles Taylor
The bizarre and colorful nightmare world of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution comes alive in an extraordinary new documentary. Smash the Old World!
One vote for the new eugenics
John Sundman
Yes, genetics research can alleviate suffering. But in our consumerist, narcissistic society, it's ultimately about producing perfect people. Part 2 of "How I Decoded the Human Genome."
“Men can’t speak in our names”
Christopher Farah
The founder of one of the only shelters for battered women in the Arab world talks about her battle to make female voices heard in the Middle East.
The state of your unions
Salon Staff
Salon readers share tales of romance and grit from the front lines of the institution of marriage.
The world press on the Muslim-bashing U.S. general
Compiled by Laura McClure
Guardian: "Scratch a neo-con and you find an Arabophobe."
Navel-gazing their way through parenthood
Katie Allison Granju
Why do Gen X moms and dads have an insatiable appetite for reading and writing about the experience of raising kids?
The Fix
Karen Croft
Joan Didion talks politics with Dave Eggers, Esquire loses fashion editor to Times, and Russell Crowe says he doesn't trust online journalists. Plus: George Clooney has had sex with more than one person!
Golden State of hypocrisy: An interview with Joan Didion
Andrew O'Hehir
Joan Didion talks about Arnold and Reagan, the triumph of Wal-Mart ugliness, dot-com insanity, and the betrayal at the heart of the California dream.
Sinners in the hands of an angry dad
Dave Gilson
The latest product from O'Reilly's factory is, God help us, a self-help book.
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