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Destination: Vancouver
Jeff MacIntyre
This livable, futuristic, far West outpost of our continent has been a home for writers from Alice Munro to Douglas Coupland.
History as written by a “SimCity” freak
Scott Rosenberg
Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror.
I’m an info-dazzled surf-addicted Internet scatterbrain
Cary Tennis
I'm Googling in public! This has gone too far!
Veil vitriol hits Italy
Carol Lloyd
Muslim leaders debate the niqab's legality, an imam calls an Italian M.P. an infidel and the government weighs its options.
Sex and suicide attacks
Adrienne So
Are suicide bombers motivated by the promise of virgins in heaven? A provocative new film says yes.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
O'Reilly and Letterman mix it up. Angelina adopting again? Plus: Nicole Richie seeks help.
Salon Interview: Camille Paglia
David Talbot
Our fave pop intellectual weighs in on the Dems' gift to Ann Coulter (Foley), why Condi's success matters to feminists, and Bob Woodward (yawn).
“Sexploitative” journalism?
Carol Lloyd
Korean community leaders chastise the San Francisco Chronicle over its breathless "Diary of a Sex Slave" series.
When Big Brother tackles domestic violence
Carol Lloyd
India has a progressive new law protecting women from rape, battery and ... name-calling?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The Bush-assassination mockumentary "Death of a President" may change your take on our nation's misunderestimated leader. Plus: Robert Wilson explained. Miami's coke economy explored.
“The Return of the Player”
Allen Barra
In Michael Tolkin's follow-up to "The Player," Griffin Mill leaves the movie business behind -- but he's still out for blood.
Man of steel — and ink
T.J. Stiles
A new biography shows Andrew Carnegie as a wily deal-maker and zealous correspondent who used his desire to give away his fortune to justify his drive to get rich.
“Lisey’s Story”
Laura Miller
Judging from his latest, Stephen King may have to completely abandon horror if he's ever going to write a great literary novel.
The cherry on top
Josh Sens
Like love and alcohol, the maraschino cherry possesses the rare power to make a kid feel like an adult, and an adult feel like a kid. A sweet history.
iPod: I love you, you’re perfect, now change
Farhad Manjoo
Apple's ingenious music player is 5 years old -- gorgeous, exciting, tempting. So why do I often wish it had never been invented?
The ones who weren’t
Joyce Maynard
Fertility was never a problem for me -- I have three wonderful children. But I've never stopped thinking I am two babies short.
Where have you gone, Edward Abbey?
Philip Connors
His best work celebrated the natural world, free and clear of "the caterwauling of commerce." More than ever, America needs the ornery writer today.
The original monkey wrencher
Christopher Ketcham
Ken Sleight inspired renegade writer Edward Abbey to create his most legendary character. Today, with sprawl and tourism devouring the West, the grand old man of environmental activism is still facing down the bulldozers.
Atlanta’s underage sex trade
Page Rockwell
Prostitutes are getting younger every year, especially in the A-T-L; Bob Herbert tries to find out why.
Reclaiming hip-hop
Adrienne So
While some fans abandon the genre, a few organizations hope to help women change the culture from within.
No easy tradeoffs
Salon Staff
What does each side "get" in a breakup? What's the real price of immigration? Table Talkers sound off this week.
Globalization and the blue agave
Andrew Leonard
Tequila in 14th century China? What will the WTO think?
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