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Pete explains
David Marchese
The Who's legendary guitarist talks about the band's first album in a quarter-century and the role of the Internet in the age of Mark Foley.
Neoconservatism — RIP
Gary Kamiya
The moralistic ideology has utterly failed. But as long as Bush still abides by it, his disastrous "war on terror" will drag on.
Welcome to the city of Los Angeles
Andrew Leonard
Counting car dealerships and contemplating doom at the world's largest auto mall.
CREW opposes Murtha
Alex Koppelman
Citing ethics issues, the watchdog group opposes Jack Murtha's run for House majority leader.
Bye-bye, bullies!
Joan Walsh
From Allen to Santorum, Rummy to Rush, last week's big losers personified a GOP culture of scorn and intimidation rejected by voters.
Old school
Debra J. Dickerson
I'm supposed to be inspired by women my age who run marathons and go back to college, but I'm too tired to be young. It's too much work.
The original riot grrrl
Salon Staff
Ellen Willis, the New Yorker's first pop critic and a pro-sex feminist, was a literary Janis Joplin to generations of women. In tribute, we present her 1976 essay on the singer.
Destination: Alaska
Seth Kantner
Put aside stories of a freezing, exotic locale full of igloos and kooks in favor of these portraits of the hardscrabble -- and magical -- Northern state.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Ready to retch? ABC's cloying "Brothers & Sisters" serves up Sally Field, Calista Flockhart and a heaping helping of hugging and learning.
The video game bullies
Farhad Manjoo
U.S. senators and conservative groups want to ban "Bully," citing fears it could cause another Columbine. But research on kids and violence -- and the game's own merits -- expose just another round of political gamesmanship.
What else we’re reading
Chris Colin
Western publishers veil Muslim women, a girl gang rocks Chile, a New York doctor plots the nation's first womb transplant and more.
Is it dangerous for a woman to wear party clothes on a bus at night?
Cary Tennis
My friend's boyfriend doesn't want her riding city transit in going-out clothes. Is he abusive and controlling? Or just protective?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A documentary masterpiece that shows us Iraq as it truly is. Plus: Ed Harris as Beethoven, and an exegesis on the word "fuck."
Fall of the house of kitsch
Sidney Blumenthal
Like Haggard and other GOP cultural warriors, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were empty historical characters -- faux "war heroes" who trafficked in style over substance.
The people vs. Courtney Love
Lisa Levy
Courtney Love -- rock star, publicity whore, feminist -- has scrapbooked her life in the spotlight. Has the self-proclaimed fame junkie lasted past her expiration date?
Where have all the booties gone?
Melissa Lafsky
Celebrity culture seems to have abandoned the "healthy butt" trend.
The GOP’s dwindling anti-gay parade
Michael Scherer
Polls show Americans turning their backs on the divisive politics of homosexuality. Will hard-liners in the heartland, like Colorado's Marilyn Musgrave, be forced to follow?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A restored version of one of the best movies ever made, "Rules of the Game." Plus: A transsexual romance and a "Memento" rip-off.
Big shows on campus
Stephanie Zacharek
Can TV favorites like "The O.C." and "Veronica Mars" survive when their lead characters trade high school angst for college woes?
Mind over matter
JC Hallman
It wasn't the promise of saving lives that kept me attending an EMT class, but my will to witness the mystery of life in a bifurcated head.
Never too good nor too thin
Page Rockwell
A Girls Inc. survey finds girls stressing over looks, weight, sex and achievements.
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