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March of the racketeers
David Horowitz
The Democrats are suing Tom DeLay for normal political practices and calling it "racketeering." But the real racketeers in Congress are Democrats and their family name is Kennedy.
Wireless warrior
Wendy M. Grossman
Symbian CEO Colly Myers is partial to his electric knife sharpener -- but he's built an operating system that could radically change your phone.
Bland ambition
Jake Tapper
GOP vice presidential front-runner Tom Ridge ruled Pennsylvania during a time of unprecedented prosperity. His biggest accomplishment? Tom Ridge.
Letters to the editor
Salon Staff
Where have all the sexy movies gone? Plus: Songwriters should share credit; is "three strikes" on its way out?
Flesh and blood and DNA
Arthur Allen
A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots.
“The Fundamentals of Play” by Caitlin Macy
Dan Cryer
The rich have rules but they won't explain them, according to a smart novel about life after the Ivy League.
“Hamlet”
Stephanie Zacharek
There's something rotten in Denmark, but not in this darkly glittering update of Shakespeare's great tragedy.
“Battlefield Earth”
Andrew O'Hehir
L. Ron Hubbard's pulp sci-fi classic comes incomprehensibly to the screen starring Scientologist John Travolta.
Condoms for sale
Jack Boulware
Chinese parents and teachers are not sure they want rubbers sold at colleges.
Shop-happy
Joan Smith
Do Americans shop too much? Maybe, but social critics fail to grasp the delights of stuff and the true causes of our nagging malaise.
“The poor dears!”
Michael Sragow
Director Mike Figgis talks about putting his troupe of actors through the rigors in his four-films-in-one marvel, "Time Code."
Petty striving
Sarah Wildman
It's not easy being a struggling artist when your dad toured with Bob Dylan.
Mourning the loss of Cardinal O'Connor
Stanley Crouch
America's most powerful Catholic was a tough guy, and he was wise to the ways of politics and human beings.
“Hair: Public, Political, Extremely Personal” by Diane Simon
Maggie Jones
Part how-to manual, part cultural history -- what hair means and what the hell to do about yours.
The reeducation of Lauryn Hill
Rodd McLeod
The hip-hop songstress says she wrote and produced her multiplatinum album. A lawsuit contends that's not the whole truth. Behind the case is a bigger question: What is a pop song, anyway?
Cybersex 101
Katharine Mieszkowski
Can't find porn online? Maybe you need a real adult education -- one that brings hardcore scenes and sex chat tips into the classroom.
Letters to the editor
Salon Staff
Are women's magazines dead? Plus: Don't break out the Geritol for NBA players; Cardinal O'Connor was not a hero to all.
Movies in heat
Ray Sawhill
Films used to erotically seduce us; now they tend to sedate instead. First of two parts.
Joel-Peter Witkin
Cintra Wilson
Is his darkly imaginative photography an intellectually camouflaged freak show or high art?
Data dazed
A.M. Homes
The author of "Music for Torching" recommends five books for the information-addled.
Letters to the editor
Salon Staff
Are the cyberrich selfish? Plus: Should women's equality extend to the death penalty? Don't blame Republicans for cops' zealous raids.
Come on, Eileen
Damien Cave
Napster CEO Eileen Richardson is walking on sunshine. But with lawsuits piling up, is she really dancing on a grave?
The gay, the bad and the hottie
Joyce Millman
Season-ending thoughts on "Will & Grace," "The Sopranos" and "Buffy's" sexy geezer.
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