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The press’s warped priorities
Joe Conason
It cares more about Mary Cheney's gayness than it does about the dangerous actions of Dick Cheney's son-in-law, Philip Perry.
STD e-cards, sex beats romance and more
Tracy Clark-Flory, Catherine Price
V-day greeting: "I got screwed while screwing, you might have too."
Camille’s back!
Camille Paglia
After a six-year absence, our cultural high priestess and pioneering Web proto-blogger has returned! And nobody -- not Hillary, Obama, McCain nor Anna Nicole -- can escape her level gaze.
Bill Donohue vs. the world (especially women)
Rebecca Traister
Frances Kissling, head of Catholics for a Free Choice, talks about the right-wing activist who forced the John Edwards campaign to part with one of its bloggers.
History that hurts
Gary Kamiya
Fueled by obscenity, HBO's series "Rome" shocks us back 2,000 years -- and reflects the horror show in Iraq today.
What was so great about Catherine?
Laura Miller
The Russian empress remains fascinating not because she attempted sex with a horse, but for expanding her empire, squashing her enemies and acting like, well, a man.
Uncircumcised students suspended, potty parity for Pelosi and more
Tracy Clark-Flory
A Kenyan high school tries to protect boys from ridicule. Also, congresswomen without a toilet?
Taking it to the streets
Helaine Olen
Rene Denfeld, author of a new book on the violent subculture of street families, talks about why these young nomads are every bit as dangerous as the Bloods and the Crips.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The dreams of aspiring Broadway stars and white rappers are crushed while a nation looks on, delighted! Plus: "24" gives shark jumping a good name!
Statement of the Edwards campaign
Salon Staff
The Edwards campaign, with an assist from the blogosphere, refuses to capitulate to right-wing scandal-mongering.
Eric Schaeffer wants to marry you
Rebecca Traister
Meet the filmmaker, online dater and blogosphere punching bag who is searching for women under 36 willing to bear him three children.
Long way home
Meredith Maran
San Francisco-born William Poy Lee went through college, law school and a high-powered job before he discovered the wealth of his Toisan heritage.
Feminine wiles in the workplace
Catherine Price
If women flirt to get ahead, does it reflect badly on them or on their work environments?
Rudy Giuliani’s compatibility with the Republican Christian base
Glenn Greenwald
Kevin Drum voices what seems to be the prevailing sentiment regarding Rudy Giuliani
Girls gone wild, again!
Tracy Clark-Flory
Britney Spears isn't wearing underwear and Lindsay Lohan's taking pole-dancing lessons. Will our children survive?
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Ryan O'Neal arrested. The latest word on Stoppard, Prince, and Mac vs. PC. Plus: Britney on singlehood: "It's awesome!"
“Sacred Games”
Laura Miller
Vikram Chandra's exquisite cops and robbers tale breaks the mold of the contemporary Indian novel, bringing Mumbai -- in all its chaos -- gloriously to life.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Sarah Silverman fans, cheesy housewives and goo-covered clairvoyants agree: Disappointment awaits the already disappointed among us!
Molly lives
Joe Conason
Like Mark Twain, Molly Ivins treated us to the sound of America in her prose and style. She was the rare, gifted journalist whose work transcended the news that inspired it.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Federline not ready to settle? Brandy hit with wrongful-death suit. Plus: Paris sues to block exposure.
God and gorillas
Steve Paulson
Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it's OK for scientists to believe in God.
Cover girl no more
David Marchese
Norah Jones on writing on her own, her Page Six-free lifestyle, and her new movie turn.
Women shouldn’t be stoned, but is that really the point?
Catherine Price
A rural Canadian town's declaration of "norms" may border on xenophobia.
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