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“Loser Goes First” by Dan Kennedy
Heather Havrilesky
This hilarious memoir by a McSweeney's contributor chronicles a lifetime of false starts and big mistakes with honesty, wit
and lots of appalling details.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers debate "Enterprise" and mourn the Man in Black. And female horror fans say yes to nudity -- but wonder what's so sacred about the penis!
Letters
Salon Staff
Much ado about copying: Readers respond to Scott Matthews' "Copying Isn't Cool" and other recent Salon stories on file sharing.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
New, improved theories on football bloggers, Rush Limbaugh's racism and the power of insults: The readers write.
An American in Paris
Cary Tennis
I moved to France to be with my boyfriend, but how do I exist in a place where I'll never fully assimilate?
“Once Upon a Time in Mexico”
Andrew O'Hehir
Robert Rodriguez's gun-slingin', car-chasin' joyous mess of a movie -- featuring Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and more -- is also a political allegory on an epic scale.
G.I. George, action president!
David Hyde
The forthcoming President Bush aviator doll is a satirist's dream. But are Americans still too frightened to laugh at their leader?
Fall books preview
Laura Miller
The hot new titles to look for in the coming months, from fiction to biography to politics.
Dean’s army goes offline
Farhad Manjoo
Aware that the computer-geek vote will not be enough to elect Howard Dean, the front-runner's supporters are fanning out to organize minorities, blue-collar workers and retirees.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Rush Limbaugh debates a trio of ex-jocks and gets smoked. Who said he'd be no fun as a football commentator?
All hail the ice queen
Thomas Bartlett
As Bjork releases an extraordinary career retrospective, it's time to crown her as the most important pop musician of her generation.
“Melodramatic representations of teenagers always bother me”
Whitney Joiner
Three girls talk about the riveting, angsty movie "Thirteen" -- how they related to it, what seemed realistic, and what made them mad.
“Party Monster”
Charles Taylor
This lazy, lurid saga starring Macaulay Culkin as '90s club kid-turned-killer Michael Alig is horrible, all right. But not for the reasons its creators think.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Why is the CNN News I watch overseas so much better than the watery slobber they show in America?
Sanitized for our protection
Charles Taylor
Teenage movie fans can watch the stars of the execrable "Bad Boys II" leer over a corpse's breasts, but the all-powerful movie ratings board probably won't allow Americans to see the Italian master Bertolucci's new film intact.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Elvis Costello goes all mushy, Nigella ties the knot, and "Queer Eye" reject sues for big bucks. Plus: "Boy Meets Boy's" Franklin did it for Middle America!
The exterminator
Nicholas Thompson
Tom DeLay -- a former pest killer who has turned his ire on Democrats -- has helped build a huge Republican money juggernaut. But did his engineering of a Texas GOP landslide break the law?
Adultery as an act of cultural rebellion
David Bowman
Laura Kipnis, author of "Against Love," talks about Newt Gingrich's wanderings and the absurd dream of monogamy.
“Some sliver of authenticity from the truckloads of stinking garbage”
Andrew Leonard
After reading Lester Bangs' collection, you have to wonder: What would the legendary critic, who believed that music mattered, make of today's Britney and P.Diddy ludicrousness?
“Lift” and the failure of indie cinema
Charles Taylor
Why did one of the smartest American movies of recent years go straight to Showtime?
Crazy in New York
Cary Tennis
I went online looking for casual sex and ended up falling for the guy. But I already have a boyfriend. Now what?
Letters
Salon Staff
I hate indie rock, too! Readers respond to Tom Bissell's essay "Freddy, Jason, Megadeth and me."
Dude, where’s my star?
Heather Havrilesky
As America's celebrity worship becomes increasingly indistinguishable from celebrity loathing, the unreadable Ashton Kutcher is running the best scam of all.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to a review of "The Essential Difference: The Truth About the Male and Female Brain."
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