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“24”: Split screen’s big comeback
Julie Talen
From Fox's "24" to Destiny's Child videos to Hollywood, the splintered aesthetic of multichannel storytelling -- once the province of the '60s avant-garde -- is suddenly everywhere.
Death rattle?
Laura Miller
Sept. 11 may have been the last gasp of militant Islam -- but while it's dying, it could strike again and again.
Hey, mister — wanna buy a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet for $10?
Katharine Mieszkowski
Iraq's economic collapse means the oldest writing in the world can be bought for a song on eBay -- and has scholars racing to digitize Sumerian artifacts before they become paperweights.
Much ado about blogging
Scott Rosenberg
Is it the end of journalism as we know it? Or just 6 zillion writers in search of an editor? Neither.
Free willies!
Glen Helfand
Photographer Mel Roberts, once called the "Hugh Hefner of the gay world," liked to pose cute little surfie boys flopping out of their flower-power hip-huggers and cutoff jeans.
Thy tight buns are like a red, red rose
Carina Chocano
Vicariously thrilling, coldly pragmatic and wildly popular, TV's new dating shows are the 21st century equivalent of medieval courtly love -- in a hot tub.
The art of office e-mail war
David Miller
They don't call it a "killer app" for nothing. E-mail is corporate culture's favorite new weapon.
Lighten up
Salon Staff
Readers respond to articles on feminism and the dinner bill, Bush's healthcare insanity and America's love of dysfunction.
The smearing of Pim Fortuyn
Diederik van Hoogstraten
American media mislabeled the slain leader a fascist, when he really represented a threat to an antiquated European political elite.
What matters
Kate Convissor
After a year and a half on the road, we're two states from home. Time to figure out whether it was worth it.
“Invisible Man” at 50
Greg Thomas
African-American intellectuals are still criticizing Ralph Ellison for his refusal to make art serve politics. And they're still wrong.
Another tale of corporate greed
Arianna Huffington
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer says Merrill Lynch, like Enron, intentionally peddled bad investments to boost its bottom line.
On campus, nobody’s right
David Horowitz
At U.S. colleges, Angela Davis, James Carville and the "Boondocks" creator get the red-carpet treatment -- while conservatives, like me, get the shaft.
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
Miriam Pace
Thirty years before "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" the scruffy hippies of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band persuaded skeptical country legends to join them in the studio -- and created bluegrass' greatest moment.
Real Life Rock Top 10
Greil Marcus
Wilco signify something, the Grateful Dead cover Dylan and weird, old Harry Smith's collection pops up in Buenos Aires.
Check, please
Ann Marlowe
Some argue that the convention of men paying for women is a harmless gallantry, like holding a door open. I beg to differ.
Equal opportunity at the Kentucky Derby
King Kaufman
Where billionaires and Arab sheiks mingle with lesser Backstreet Boys and B-movie actresses with three names, and all that stuff about how every horse can win turns out to be sorta true.
Working-class (super)hero
Ros Davidson
Like Spider-Man himself -- the first superhero to use a laundromat -- longtime Spidey artists John Romita Sr. and Jr. are regular New Yorkers who dreamed big.
Crazy for dysfunction
Douglas Cruickshank
Somewhere along the line, we traded the Cleavers for the Osbournes. Family angst and social stigma are new tickets to fame and fortune.
Why we signed up
Salon Staff
Readers who've become Salon Premium subscribers talk about their decision.
“Fast Food Nation”
Read by Rick Adamson
Eric Schlosser uncovers the beef industry's schemes as he reports from the dark side of the All-American meal.
Spyware vs. anti-spyware and more
Salon Staff
Readers sound off on spyware, Blizzard Entertainment and Martha Stewart's ass.
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