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Don’t look back
Allen Barra
Two new books make it clear why Bob Dylan had to ditch the phony, self-righteous Greenwich Village folk scene.
Botched!
Fiona Morgan, Alicia Montgomery
"If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder.
“Startup.com”
Jeff Stark
An engrossing documentary follows two friends as they soar and crash with the dot-com wave.
When we were kings
Jeff Stark
Filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim talk about their unblinking look at ill-fated GovWorks.com.
Gloom at the top
Maria Russo
Get a bunch of bestselling authors together and what do they talk about? The agonies of success.
Voluptuous curves
Debra Ollivier
The curator of the "Erotic Picasso" show in Paris talks about why the artist's most ribald work probably won't come to the U.S.
It’s all good: The appeal of Deepak Chopra
David Beers
What pulls people like Michael Jackson, Demi Moore and Bill Clinton to this spiritual tycoon? Is it a hunger for wonders or lack of sense?
The pigeon protocol
Peter Meyers
How the Talmud, hacker whimsy and a love of Linux inspired a group of Norwegian programmers to attach packets of computer code to birds' legs.
A conversation with Robert Christgau
Barbara O'Dair
The self-styled dean of American rock criticism talks about rock's past, its future and why he hit Ellen Willis in the face with a piece of pie.
Sumo’s setting sun
Gabrielle Kennedy
Japan's heaviest tradition had a glimmer of hope on its way out. But as the Waka-Taka Boom learned, the sport needs a big shake-up if it's going to survive.
Kids on the road
Kate Convissor
They have exchanged hair gel and television for playing blindman's buff and swimming with manta rays.
Where have all the lap dancers gone?
Laurel Rosen
Sex workers are surviving the dot-com bust, but they too mourn the days of easy venture capital and IPO-inspired lust.
Neve Campbell
Stephen Lemons
The star of "Party of Five," "Scream" and "Wild Things" talks about making out with strangers, taking risks and the pitfalls of being beautiful.
Culture of death
Charles Taylor
A historian's view of 20th century Russia shows the traumatic legacy of totalitarian terror.
Colby’s choice
Bill Wyman
Who would have thought that a dumb reality TV show would have produced a moral exemplar for our times?
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Jay Belsky doesn't play well with others" by Jennifer Foote Sweeney and "The wrong kind of black" by Cecelie Berry.
“Eureka”
Andrew O'Hehir
Indie movies go global with a four-hour Japanese film that, like life, keeps going -- even if you sneak off to the bathroom.
Secrets and lies
Cathy Young
The most pernicious thing about racial preferences is the culture of concealment that they spawn.
Built on the buzz
Maria Russo
Drugs like alcohol and tobacco created the modern world, argues one historian, but caffeine still rules it.
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