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“Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams” by Gary Giddins
Allen Barra
A new biography tries to bring back to life the now-neglected, once absurdly popular crooner.
“Hannibal”
Charles Taylor
Both repugnant and boring, the grisly, disgusting new Hannibal Lecter thriller is likely the worst film of this year -- and quite possibly the next. Where to dig in first?
Pro-choice activism is reactivated
Dawn MacKeen
Donations to Planned Parenthood are flooding in -- in the name of President Bush.
The postmodernist problem
Carina Chocano
George Will advocates turning the NEA into the Ministry of Politprop; the "South Park" duo agrees to excise the Bush twins from a new program. Plus: Free to be you and me except on Nike iD.
Unhappy meals
Maria Russo
"Fast Food Nation," a stomach-churning critique of the health and labor practices of the burger business, argues that Americans should change their dietary habits. Good luck.
Riding shotgun with William Gibson
Andrew Leonard
In a new documentary, the archetypal cyberpunk author displays his new obsession: Media, not technology.
Crying wolf
Camille Paglia
Ashcroft is a Confederate! Bush will outlaw abortion! It's easy to see why the public is tuning out the Democratic Party's tiresome hysteria.
King David was a nebbish
Laura Miller
And Exodus never happened and the walls of Jericho did not come a-tumbling down. How archaeologists are shaking Israel to its biblical foundations.
Save the males!
Amy Benfer
Men are going the way of the dodo in our feminized society, says Warren Farrell. And that's not good for either sex.
Too little, too late
Garrison Keillor
He wants to reconcile after telling me I'm too old and overweight and that he never loved me.
Sluts and teddy bears
Janelle Brown
Dingy divas and their benign boy toys have got new clothes and lots of attitude, but their message is old and in the way.
The disunited states of ecstasy
Janelle Brown
At an all-day conference on MDMA, ravers, researchers and anti-drug crusaders debate its pros and cons. Consensus? Just say maybe.
“Bringing faith to the West Wing” and “Base language”
Salon Staff
Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan.
Don’t try this at home
Dawn MacKeen
Should kids be held responsible when their reenactment of TV shows ends in catastrophe?
Hard-wired for God?
Michael Joseph Gross
A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution.
Bush II: Smells like the ’80s!
Carina Chocano
Who cut the brie in D.C.? Plus: Advertising makes a hard right and an elitist lefty gives rhetoric tips to nonelitist righties.
“Gimme a V-I-C-T-I-M” and “You’re soaking in it”
Salon Staff
Readers respond to our stories about marketing to women.
Can two men make a baby?
Theresa Pinto Sherer
Researchers say it's possible, but lawmakers must pave the way.
Doctor’s orders: Get high
Chris Colin
A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality.
Power and the people
Damien Cave
The electricity industry and the GOP blame NIMBY neighbors for the crisis. Critics say they're trying to turn out the lights on democracy.
Juan in hell
Virginia Vitzthum
A computer geek becomes the whipping boy for a gay S/M porn producer. First of two parts.
You’re soaking in it
Jennifer L. Pozner
Ad critic Jean Kilbourne rips into "toxic" marketing aimed at women. The second of two related articles on advertising.
Brief encounter
Garrison Keillor
Breathless kisses, talking, laughing, making out. Now she won't call me back. Help!
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