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Don’t hate David Amsden because he’s brilliant, celebrated and 23
Elizabeth Spiers
Yes, the New York Times gushed over his hipster lifestyle. But the author of "Important Things That Don't Matter" is entering the literary fast lane with more than style going for him.
The sound of one hand slapping
Betsy Andrews
A new book explores the history of masturbation -- and why the finest minds of the 18th century suddenly freaked out about it.
Mr. Virtue craps out
Joan Walsh
If William Bennett wants to gamble, fine. But he and his fellow clay-footed morality scolds should let the rest of us enjoy our harmless vices.
How the GOP struck gold with its permanent “war on terrorism”
Eric Boehlert
Demos are hoping that a collapsing economy will doom Bush like it did his father. But his dad didn't have Osama bin Laden in his corner -- or Karl Rove.
Salon readers explode
Salon Staff
From "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" to "What a bunch of snobbish elitists!" -- here's what they have to say about our first two installments of "To Breed or Not to Breed."
Ensign Crusher vs. the video-game Borg
Bob Calhoun
Former "Star Trek" star Wil Wheaton was the main attraction on G4, the fast-rising video-game TV network. Until he quit, embroiling the network in a 21st century "Quiz Show" scandal.
Letters
Salon Staff
Id Software is NOT the Dokken of computer gaming! Readers respond to Wagner James Au's "Masters of 'Doom.'"
The sins of the mother
Suzy Hansen
Lionel Shriver discusses her chilling new novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin," her fears about motherhood and how Columbine monsters are made.
“Someone should just obliterate my country”
Suzy Hansen
The director of "Afghan Stories" talks about life in the final days of Taliban rule.
Eve of deconstruction
Roberta Cruger
At Seattle's Pop Conference, 500 academics and journalists swap theories on Springsteen's ass, racism in indie rock and Blue Oyster Cult's use of the cowbell as a "party signifier."
Masters of “Doom”
Wagner James Au
David Kushner's new book about id Software calls the company the "Nirvana" of computer gaming. But did John Romero and John Carmack revolutionize the genre, or ruin it?
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? The ayatollahs are
Michelle Goldberg
Two dazzling new books take the reader into the hidden spaces of freedom carved out by courageous Iranian women.
The Bush economy doesn’t play in Peoria
Patrick Arden
The president says a big tax cut for the rich will create jobs for the hard-hit middle class. In this city of faded glory, few believe him.
Why doesn’t America love Robbie Williams?
Mark Simpson
Especially when he love-hates himself so much? EMI's $120 million wannabe-Bowie megaflop symbolizes the desolate state of 21st century British pop culture, a realm of "wankers" and second-rate imitation Americans.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers repond to Charles Taylor's review of "Better Luck Tomorrow" and Heather Havrilesky on "The Real Cancun."
“The Italian American Reader”
Michael J. Agovino
This scintillating collection, featuring great writing by Don DeLillo, Frank Lentricchia, Kim Addonizio and many others, gives this minstrelized group intellectual props.
This is tripe about tripe!
Salon Staff
Readers respond to an interview with Laura Weisberger, author of "The Devil Wears Prada," and to Stephanie Zacharek's "A Nation of Fashion Sheep."
Bad information
Jake Tapper
Veterans of U.S. foreign information campaigns of both parties critique the administration's current efforts and bemoan the "one-liners coming out of Washington."
Upstairs, downstairs, in the bedroom
Heather Havrilesky
The PBS reality series "Manor House" re-creates the Edwardian era's sadomasochistic social hierarchy -- but there's still plenty of time for petty bickering and heavy petting.
The dead rise from the earth
Phillip Robertson
Mass graves are discovered every day in northern Iraq. And in Mosul, an old friend of Uday Hussein is taking charge. The resonance is eerie.
Beach blanket bimbology
Heather Havrilesky
If "The Real Cancun" is a modern version of the beach-party flick, these are troubled times indeed. Here's hoping, for your sake, that you don't enjoy this smutty, shallow "reality movie" nearly as much as I did.
Would you buy a U.S. foreign policy from this man?
Jake Tapper
Why the State Department's propaganda campaign to win the hearts and minds of Arabs and Muslims is a mess.
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