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The war against J-Lo
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Critics who bash Jennifer Lopez for using the "N" word should aim
their anger at blacks who made the ugly
word trendy again.
Defusing the explosive child
Lawrence H. Diller
Prescribing drugs, not discipline, will only escalate conflict, lead to more
difficult kids and weaken our already-lax culture of parenting.
Thank God for the Internet
Katharine Mieszkowski
"Next" author Michael Lewis says that the Net makes lawyers look foolish and Wall Street analysts irrelevant. And that's a good thing.
Summer reading
Salon's critics
Our critics spotlight the season's cheap (and not so cheap) thrills and single out a few bestselling stinkers (paging Jackie Collins!).
Real Life Rock Top 10
Greil Marcus
Why can’t Johnny respect copyrights?
Alan Docherty
In Britain, elementary school classrooms prepare to preach reverence for intellectual property -- and to denounce the evils of file-sharing.
Letters of the week
Salon Staff
Readers call Jason D. Hill a eugenicist, provide testimonials on the joy of antidepressants and tell the parents of cyberbullies to rein in their kids.
Joe Queenan
Josh Karp
The former Spy writer and well-paid bastard hates baby boomers (their legacy: the male ponytail) with all his funny guts.
“The Day the Brands Died” and “CueCatastrophe”
Salon Staff
Readers respond to two stories on the failure of dot-com businesses such as Webvan, CueCat and Kozmo.
Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles
Lauren Sandler
Christian authors are staking their claim on pop culture's steamiest preserve: Romance novels.
Extreme porn crackdown
Susannah Breslin
The LAPD is targeting a new wave of kinky XXX films. But if porn legends like Seymore Butts have their way, "bukkake" will become a household name.
A history of failure
Amy Benfer
Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates.
Save lives! Defy nature!
Jason D. Hill
Parents who kill their kids prove that we shouldn't have an automatic right to reproduce.
Lose the ads, keep the quality
Joe Conason
Columnist Joe Conason explains why you should subscribe to Salon Premium.
Juicy “Fruits” is sexy, tasty and good for you
Janelle Brown
A new portfolio of Japanese street chic puts our bland fashion to shame.
A Pee-wee by any other name …
Joyce Millman
There's something oddly familiar about the impish host of ABC's "You Don't Know Jack." Plus: Martin Short in "Primetime Glick."
Illusory passions
Cynthia Gralla
The demon temptress in me was hard to kill, but in the end the bad outweighed the good and I had to say goodbye. Last in a series.
“National Private Radio” and “Who are you calling a corporate shill?”
Salon Staff
by Lorenzo Milam and Jim Russell
Priit P
Chris Robinson
The Lenny Bruce of animation comes from Estonia, but his influence is felt all the way to "Rugrats" and "Duckman."
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
A sexual reawakening on a trip to Italy, an introductory guide to graphic novels and more.
We’ve got company
Suzy Hansen
Astronomer David Darling talks about the controversial science of astrobiology and the near-certainty that extraterrestrial life forms exist in our solar system.
On the custody circuit
Rebecca Land Soodak
My sister and I were lawless in transit, silent upon arrival.
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