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“A Whistling Woman” by A.S. Byatt
Laura Miller
From the author of "Possession," a novel of intellectual life in the 1960s and the dangerous allure of utopian and revolutionary dreams.
“The Seven Sisters” by Margaret Drabble
Charles Taylor
A newly divorced woman casts a cold, clear eye on life in contemporary London and the idyllic potential of a trip to Italy.
Yes, I bid on Abe Lincoln’s hair
Keith Olbermann
When I collected baseball cards, you had to buy them from other humans. Now you can get almost anything you want, anonymously, on the Internet -- and people want ever-stranger things.
“The Matrix and Philosophy” by William Irwin, ed.
Laura Miller
Philosophers tackle the mind-bending questions posed by the science-fiction hit "The Matrix," and come up with some surprisingly deep thoughts.
Day of the dead
Max Blumenthal
More than 325 women have been murdered in the free-trade boomtown of Ciudad Juarez in the past decade. Faced with government incompetence and corruption, people are rebelling.
Bad Asian girl
Cary Tennis
I'm dating a non-Asian man who sleeps over, I almost didn't go to medical school, and I'm a liberal. How can I get my parents to accept me as I am?
What would Mohammed do?
Laura McClure
Geraldine Brooks, an expert on the role of women in Islam, says the "haters of beauty" behind the Miss World riots misrepresent what is a "pro-sexuality" religion.
Why do books cost so much?
Christopher Dreher
Thirty bucks for a new hardcover! How book prices got so out of hand, who's responsible and what it will take to make reading more affordable in the future.
The decline and fall of the American empire
Suzy Hansen
An expert on geopolitics says forget Islamic terrorism -- the real future threat to America's supremacy will come from Europe.
Did Timothy McVeigh have Iraqi helpers?
Eric Boehlert
The Justice Department says no, but an Oklahoma City TV reporter says yes. With war against Iraq looming, her conspiracy theory has new support among right-wingers and hawks.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
A rare, unvarnished look at the Rove spin machine. Plus: The press goes soft on Kissinger.
Osama broadens his pitch
Michelle Goldberg
Bin Laden's alleged plea to the American people tries to co-opt every anti-U.S. complaint on the globe.
Who is Allen Iverson — and why should we care?
Allen Barra
A new book reveals that he's neither a thug nor a racial savior. But beyond that, he's a mystery -- and not a very interesting one.
Beauties and the beasts
Andrew Sullivan
Islamic fundamentalists opened another front in their war on liberal culture with their bloody Miss World riots in Nigeria. But many feminists and progressives still don't want to hurt their feelings.
Sitting Bull
James Hagengruber
Bush-hating Germans might not sing "Hail to the Chief," but they're infatuated with the first Americans.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to the most mean-spirited and unkind piece of film criticism ever, another U2 gaffe and Greil "Dawg" Marcus.
“Solaris”
Andrew O'Hehir
Sure, it might not have a plot, but Steven Soderbergh's sci-fi reverie floats through space on a cloud of pure cinema.
BAP like me
Adrienne Crew
A wayward black American princess sees an unnerving reflection of herself in Condi Rice's efficient soldiering for the Bush administration.
The booger man and friends
Amy Reiter
Nose picking in the news. Plus: a "Free Pee Wee" movement gains steam.
High on war
Gary Kamiya
A foreign correspondent and eyewitness to horror argues that war and patriotism are lethal addictive drugs and America should go cold turkey.
How mushrooms will save the world
Linda Baker
Cleaning up toxic spills, stopping poison-gas attacks and curing deadly diseases: Fungus king Paul Stamets says there's no limit to what his spores can do.
Letters
Salon Staff
Donna Minkowitz responds to letters about an American nun tortured in Guatemala, and readers respond to "Oriana Fallaci Declares War on Radical Islam."
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