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“Idolspize”: When jealousy and envy aren’t enough
Tracy Clark-Flory
Admire her so much that you can barely stand the thought of her!
Who’s afraid of the big bad pimp?
Sarah Goldstein
The Body Shop's Anita Roddick sets off a lively debate about pimps and hos.
The losing generation
Sarah Karnasiewicz
A new book says that minimum-wage jobs and mounting debt are burying America's youth.
The fine art of revenge
Laura Miller
A legal scholar says that "eye for an eye" justice is a lot more humane than you think.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Snowboard cross: Finally, an X Games-style sport that's worth watching. Plus: Figure skating.
All the news stuff that’s fit to print
Farhad Manjoo
Facing a slow death, newspapers are desperately trying to reach young readers with dumbed-down tabloids full of stories about Kobe, Britney and dental bling.
Internationalists
Salon Staff
Saving the Olympics, plus Britain and Britney, all this week in Table Talk.
Ain’t no mountain
Ira Boudway
A passionate book describes how a coal company destroyed an Appalachian mountain -- and exposes the moral and economic bankruptcy of strip mining.
Permanent bases in Iraq?
Tom Engelhardt
The Bush administration claims the U.S. intends to leave Iraq. But its massive military "super-bases" tell a different story.
‘Tooning out humanity
Hani Shukrallah
Triggered by cartoons, the latest round in the bogus "clash of civilizations" reduces complex cultures to empty caricatures.
Happy Valentine’s Day … boss!
Page Rockwell
In Japan, everyone's least favorite Hallmark holiday gets a corporate twist.
Cheney’s old hunting partner fires away at “idiots”
Tim Grieve
In a Federalist Society speech, Antonin Scalia has words to say about those who disagree with him.
Topless bodies found in brainless magazine
Rebecca Traister
Filled with headless nudes, upside-down legs and vast, inflated breasts, Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue is a giant package of artificial cheese.
Missing women: Is nature or culture to blame?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Researchers tackle gender disparities in Asia and North Africa.
Forbidden fruits
Sarah Karnasiewicz
A new book explores the juicy relationship between food and sex.
Are female boomers getting any, or not?
Rebecca Traister
A skeptical Daphne Merkin takes on the upbeat Gail Sheehy.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Just as "Arrested Development" kicks the bucket, here comes a slew of thoroughly zany, painfully forced imitations.
Boehner and boodle
Joe Conason
The new majority leader is a shameless logroller, like fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. But in this corrupted Congress, he's a "reformer."
Coretta and Hillary, not yet free
Diane McWhorter
Both women got under men's skins in a peculiar way. And sadly, both of their legacies are likely to be marred by the actions of their husbands.
The Fix
Salon Staff
U2 cleans up at the Grammys. Naughty pix behind Locklear/Sambora split? Plus: Page Six, the magazine!
All cartoon politics are local
Juan Cole
Muslim outrage reflects specific national conflicts -- most of them exacerbated by Bush's policies.
The baby industrial complex
Lynn Harris
A Harvard economist reveals that the booming fertility industry is shockingly unregulated -- and says it's time for the U.S. government to step in.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A hilarious, shocking mockumentary about slavery. The creepy return of "What the Bleep!?" Plus: "The Fallen Idol" rises again.
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