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Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Get out your hankies: Here are three don't-miss documentaries that will break your heart -- and renew your hope in humanity.
The Big Idea
David Pescovitz
Robugs, biologically based software, the GeoWeb, transgenic art and other hot frontiers in technological innovation.
Today in “Scary screeds about Maureen Dowd, written by threatened men”
Rebecca Traister
Dowd gets blamed for fatherless homes and crime. Plus: Crones and covens and twaddle, oh my!
Meet the drama kings
Lori Leibovich
Dalma Heyn's new book explains why "drama kings" are afraid of smart women.
Whatsizface
David Rakoff
Two Beverly Hills plastic surgeons showed me the promise of a perfect face. So why am I keeping this shabby old one?
He asked me to marry him in the gardens at Versailles
Cary Tennis
My Spanish boyfriend is nearly perfect in every way, so why am I balking?
Jews and the Christian right: Is the honeymoon over?
Michelle Goldberg
Worried by increasingly strident evangelical rhetoric, Jewish leaders have finally dared to criticize conservative Christians. Will an alliance held together only by a shared support for Israel survive?
Longer listens: Following Jeff Tweedy
Salon Staff
“The Warriors” fights on
Allen Barra
Twenty-six years after being shunned by the mainstream, the cult classic rises again (and again, and again).
Prayin’ hard for better dayz
Camille Peri
While I battled cancer, I also had to deal with my teenage son's embrace of hip-hop culture.
Self-mutilation on the rise in Britain
Rebecca Traister
The Guardian publishes a report on the alarmingly high rate of teenagers who harm themselves.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Give thanks for these purloined lands, and for the
fact that you're not a soulless plastic surgeon, an undercover agent posing as a terrorist, or the mother of a 2-year-old.
Life: The disorder
David Amsden
More and more adults and teens are popping pills for ADD, "generalized anxiety disorder" and other quasi-societal conditions. Is it time to retire our moralistic distinction between "recreational" and "medical" drugs?
The devil’s music
Daniel Radosh
Does it matter that David Ludwig -- the 18-year-old alleged killer of his 14-year-old girlfriend's parents -- was a huge fan of hardcore Christian rock?
Debate intensifies over HPV vaccine
Lynn Harris
Conservative groups are divided over whether fighting cancer is such a good idea.
“CSI: Miami” vs. “Grand Theft Auto”
Andrew Leonard
A violent crime TV show tries to skewer a violent crime video game, but only manages to assault its audience.
Pakistani women sentenced with rape
Rebecca Traister
Women are punished with abduction, rape and murder for resisting childhood marriages.
America’s tipping point
Tom Engelhardt
Overnight, Bush's ability to scare us has vanished. And his Iraq disaster has destroyed the GOP's dreams of permanent domination.
How the secular humanist grinch didn’t steal Christmas
Michelle Goldberg
The right-wing crusade against the liberal "war on Christmas" is great for rallying the troops. Too bad the war doesn't exist.
Lewis Libby’s “some other dude did it” defense
Elizabeth de la Vega
Bob Woodward's revelation won't help Libby -- and it only plunges the Bush administration deeper into the ethical mud.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Cruise and Holmes halt P.R. train wreck. Martha's daughter admits to sleeping around, dabbling in lesbianism. Plus: Dead British people's favorite songs!
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Neil Jordan explains why his psychedelic new film, "Breakfast on Pluto," about an Irish transvestite, is nothing like his hit "The Crying Game."
Top-secret cronies
Robert Bryce
Bush has stacked his foreign advisory board with his Texas business pals, who stand to profit from access to CIA and military intelligence.
Neo-bohemian rhapsody
Andrew O'Hehir
Neighborhoods like Chicago's Wicker Park and San Francisco's Mission District -- where I lived in the '80s -- once teemed with hipsters living cheaply and making art. But should we be nostalgic for a life we ourselves transformed?
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