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My Arab street
Michelle Goldberg
I live blocks away from the Brooklyn mosque accused of funding al-Qaida, where angry Muslim men rage against John Ashcroft, blame 9/11 on the Jews, and ask me out for coffee.
What’s the opposite of denial?
Jeff Stark
"Laurel Canyon" director Lisa Cholodenko on casting the "awesome" Frances McDormand, the influence of D.H. Lawrence (whom she hasn't read) and the sexuality of her interviewer.
The new pinup?
Charles Taylor
The sexy rapper Eve is like a classic cheesecake model or Rita Hayworth -- but with tattoos.
“Bringing Down the House”
Charles Taylor
Why are white guys who can't dance still funny? In this shameful Steve Martin bomb, they're not.
White House vs. whitehouse
Farhad Manjoo
Doesn't the vice president have better things to do than trample the First Amendment rights of a Web satirist? An interview with whitehouse.org's John Wooden.
Michael Savage’s long, strange trip
David Gilson
How a Jewish kid from the Bronx went from swimming naked with Allen Ginsberg to spewing the ugliest bile on talk radio.
The Salon interview: Stanley Crouch
Laura McClure
The career provocateur says an Iraq attack could provoke Saddam to use nuclear weapons and trigger more terror -- but won't say whether he's for or against the war.
I’m a TV viewer — get me out of here!
Heather Havrilesky
Watching faux-celebrities marinate in the Australian rain forest for 15 painful hours proves that even in the alternate universe of reality TV, less is more.
Letters
Salon Staff
A primer in artificial intelligence: Smart readers respond to John Sundman's "Artificial Stupidity."
Custom jeans for every butt
Sarah Lidgus
Levi's promises individualized denim for every fancy. But one explorer discovers that mass customization is trickier than it looks.
Innocence abroad
David Bowman
Anti-irony crusader Jedediah Purdy, back from the Middle East, talks about terrorism, violence, the Calvinist heritage of Las Vegas and his new book about America's role in the world.
Toys were us
Andrew Leonard
The best book yet about the dot-com years shows how the battle between etoy and eToys.com encapsulated the idiocy -- and the idealism -- of that weird era.
Senate report: FBI still unprepared
Jake Tapper
A bipartisan report says the agency is still too cautious in dealing with terror suspects -- and has promoted the agents who bungled the Moussaoui case.
Digging their way out
Heather Havrilesky
Back from the dead, the characters on "Six Feet Under" are finally learning how to live, and the effect is more devastating than ever.
Little Osama
Claudia Kolker
How the murder of a Muslim boy in Houston fanned the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan.
Self-absorbed and silent
King Kaufman
You'd think that a few thousand wealthy 20-somethings would have opinions on the looming war. Not in professional sports, though.
“The Lawless Heart”
Stephanie Zacharek
One death disorders many lives in a charming, understated comedy-drama from the lovely English coast.
The case of the frozen penis
Lynn Harris
Most young feminists just talk about deconstructing the phallus. But when two undergrads saw a white willy rising above Harvard Yard, they reached for their shovels.
All conservative, all the time
David Talbot
It's time to bury the myth of the "liberal media," writes Eric Alterman in his new book. How can progressives find their voice?
But did he do it?
Aaron Kinney
Actor Robert Blake sings songs to his 2-year-old and makes a teary appeal to Barbara Walters. The verdict: He's still totally freaky.
Man behaving badly
Jake Tapper
In his new memoir, "Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor,"
Rick Marin gives womanizing a bad name.
Capt. Kirk’s bulging trousers
Mark Simpson
A touring exhibition of genuine "Star Trek" gimcracks reminds us of the virile greatness of the original Shatner/Nimoy series -- and the p.c. limpness of all the spinoffs.
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