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New York takes back 9/11
Michelle Goldberg
The city comes alive with art and music and sadness, as New Yorkers rescue the anniversary from kitsch and voyeurism and political opportunism.
The troubles we’ve seen
Salon Staff
9/11 thoughts from Mark Crispin Miller, David Thomson, Richard Stallman and more.
One nation under a groove
Brendan Costello Jr.
Let's face it, our national anthem blows. And "God Bless America" isn't working either. Here's a modest proposal: Curtis Mayfield's "Don't Worry (If There's a Hell Below We're All Going To Go)."
Anniversaries
David Alford
Like all the other blazoned dates of our lives, private and public, Sept. 11, too, will fade away.
Literary daybook, Sept. 11
the Salon Books Editors
Real and imaginary events of interest to readers.
Was Hitler human?
David Talbot
John Cusack talks about his new movie, "Max," which is sparking a firestorm even before its opening.
The selling of 9/11
Heather Havrilesky
We're buying schlock because we want to remember. But the more we stock up on canned memorabilia, the faster we'll forget.
Is Osama winning?
Edward W. Lempinen
Playing into al-Qaida's hands: Will invading Iraq inflame the Arab and Muslim world and "open the gates of hell"?
Mr. Spock’s nudes
David Bowman
Leonard Nimoy talks about religion, Vulcans, sexuality, getting up at 5 a.m. and his love of photographing naked women.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review of "Satin Rouge," ponder Christian films and discuss female directors.
“In Praise of Love”
Charles Taylor
The critics are wrong: Jean-Luc Godard has absolutely nothing left to say -- and this passionless phony comeback proves it.
Tribal Area dance
Phillip Robertson
Getting into Pakistan's autonomous region isn't so easy, but once you're there you can't go far without stumbling on the jihadis.
Climate of terror
Glenn Scherer
Global warming could devastate the poorest and most strife-ridden regions of the world -- leading to a violent uprising against the nation that uses the most resources.
The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie
Brendan Nyhan
How the conservative Washington Times helped create a myth about the teachers' union and Sept. 11 that has become conventional wisdom.
Music preview: Mecca Normal
Murray Jason
The Canadian avant-garde folk duo's tenth album, "The Family Swan," pairs deliriously intense vocals with sublime guitar work. Listen in.
Libertine or prude?
Charles Taylor
Erotica writer Zane delivers the damnedest mix of explicit, raucous, profane sexual descriptions alongside bromides on infidelity and homosexuality.
My argument with white nationalists
David Horowitz
They're wrong, but they're the natural outgrowth of left-wing multiculturalism. We are all prisoners of identity politics now.
Lights! Camera! Apocalypse!
John Gorenfeld
Washed-up Hollywood stars battle the antichrist, and his smooth-talking liberal minions, in the wacky parallel universe of "end-times" Christian movies.
Andrew Cuomo’s attitude problem
Jake Tapper
He was supposed to be the Democrats' best chance to defeat New York Gov. George Pataki in November, except for one small problem -- people just didn't like him.
Imaginary infants as beacons of hope
Damien Cave
Once again, Americans have conjured a baby boom out of a national tragedy. What better way to create a happy ending?
“Satin Rouge”
Stephanie Zacharek
Middle-aged mom turns belly dancer in this Tunisian delight, a sweet and sexy celebration of real women's real bodies.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog?
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