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During the blizzard, I refused to shelter my friend
Cary Tennis
There were other places he could go, and I wanted to be alone with my boyfriend.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Spears leashes "Spenderline." Clooney calls Hatcher "courageous" -- and rips into Democrats. Plus: Michael Douglas questions Brad Pitt's taste in women.
One spends, the other doesn’t
Ann Marlowe
Two new books promise to help women come to terms with money but instead sink into hysterical left-wing cliches about the gender gap and consumerism.
When Keillor met Altman
Andrew O'Hehir
Two greats join forces for "A Prairie Home Companion" the film -- with a little help from Streep, Tomlin, Reilly and an enthusiastic Texas crowd.
It’s the pictures that got small
Salon Staff
Is Hollywood not letting actresses age gracefully? Or are fading ingenues to blame for their own declining careers? TTers debate it this week.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A Mexican teen comedy of sexual awakening is the richest film of 2006. Plus: Don DeLillo's first film and an unsavory JT Leroy.
I, Nanobot
Alan H. Goldstein
Scientists are on the verge of breaking the carbon barrier -- creating artificial life and changing forever what it means to be human. And we're not ready.
What’s the matter with Buffalo?
Lynn Harris
The son of an abortion doctor uses his dad's story -- he faced death threats -- to show how his hometown became ground zero for clinic violence.
Once more unto the breach
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush's latest visit to New Orleans was a hollow pose, bringing nothing that will actually help rebuild the ruined city.
A message — or many — from the Democrats
Tim Grieve
Does the party need a national message for 2006?
Singles going steady
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
To avoid marrying a jerk, singles educators say you should stay out of bed on the first date and cross-examine your partner. Critics say their advice is hokum.
What else we’re reading
Rebecca Traister
A feminist take on the Oscars, moms in prison and bundles of twins.
What we need here is a signing statement
Tim Grieve
South Dakota enacts its abortion ban. Will it be the right's turn to squirm?
The revolution will be blogged
Sean Kenny
Ignoring the mullahs, Iranian youth are speaking out about everything from Danish-cartoon mobs to nukes to their sex lives.
The gold standard
Salon Staff
What makes a good role model, or a bad personal credit rating? Table Talkers answer this week.
When facts fail
Tom Engelhardt
Journalist Mark Danner says that the Bush administration's wrongdoing, from greenlighting torture to lies about Iraq to illegal spying, has been exposed again and again. But when there are never any consequences, the scandals simply cease to exist.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
David Mamet brings us tough-as-nails soldiers fighting terrorism (and their even tougher wives) in CBS's "The Unit," while FX presents an insufferably "colorblind" white couple in "Black. White."
Getting over happiness
Rebecca Traister
Psychologist Steven Hayes says the American obsession with feeling good is preventing us from living good -- and that living life to the fullest means a lot of pain.
Reviewed: Arctic Monkeys
Salon Staff
Them damn pictures
Doug Marlette
By caving in to fanatics over the Danish cartoons, the West has shown that it is not only gutless but brainless.
Our house
Sarah Goldstein
Journalist Winifred Gallagher talks about the urge to nest, suburban sprawl, and whether George Washington owned the first McMansion.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
An explosive Oscar hopeful from Soweto that's worthy of its hype. Plus: James Carville does Bolivia, and Robin Wright Penn stars in an art-house B-movie.
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