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Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on the Cooper-Miller case and Iraqi teenage prostitutes. Plus: Is the Senate's apology for lynching too little, too late?
War? What war?
Gary Kamiya
As the Iraq nightmare deepens, Fox News and its cable competitors wallow in shark attacks and Natalee Holloway. If you don't cover a war, does it exist?
A spiritual three-ring circus
Elizabeth Spiers
Billy Graham's last crusade, at Shea Stadium, was a lot tamer than the fire-breathing revivals of my youth -- but the crowd was a lot more interesting.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Sadists savor "Six Feet Under," and Kathy Hilton shows us how to pair a skeazy slut tartlet with a nice chardonnay. Plus: Runaway brides are people, too!
Unveiling Iraq’s teenage prostitutes
Joshua E.S. Phillips
Fleeing their war-torn homes, Iraqi girls are selling their bodies in Syria to support their families.
“Divided Kingdom” by Rupert Thomson
Andrew O'Hehir
Part literary fiction, part social satire, this genre-bender from the author of "The Book of Revelation" offers a unique look at modern Britain.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A breakthrough work from one of today's most important young directors. Plus: Tarantino's camera guy explores "oral sexuality," and Sally Potter delivers hot sex -- in iambic pentameter -- to the NPR set.
Letters
Salon Staff
"I think we need to return to some good old-fashioned boundary drawing." Readers agree with Lynn Harris -- people are rude!
Letters
Salon Staff
"True feminists can change their own damn light bulbs." Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the division of domestic labor.
The man behind the book
Rebecca Traister
What drove an accomplished New York editor to write a salacious new Hillary Clinton bio that has critics calling him a smear artist?
“So, why aren’t you knocked up yet?”
Lynn Harris
Since I got married, everyone and their mailman has asked me this question. Why, suddenly, is my body everyone else's business?
Letters
Salon Staff
More readers sound off on the controversial link between mercury and autism. Plus: High fives for Sen. Durbin's comparison of Gitmo to Soviet gulags.
“Saving Face”
Stephanie Zacharek
This love story about two Asian-American lesbians is a true romantic comedy. But don't worry, it's not "My Big Fat Chinese Wedding."
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
How can the most lopsided NBA Finals ever be tied? Plus: What's with the Rob Thomas video? And: Detroit rules in the P.A. announcer competition.
Letters
Salon Staff
"If Michael Jackson is normal, there really were WMD in Iraq." Readers weigh in on the Jackson trial.
Great bad ideas
Heather Havrilesky
Morgan Spurlock searches for a deeper truth -- by turning a mom into a binge drinker and moving a fundamentalist into a gay enclave -- on his new TV show "30 Days."
A live thriller
Heather Havrilesky
Live coverage of a dazed Jackson and a crestfallen Sneddon (and press corps). But what's the encore?
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NBA boss David Stern says a lockout would be "a mistake of epic proportions." That's an epic understatement. Try this: It would mean the NBA is as dumb as the NHL.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
From fruit cups to "Beauty and the Geek" to "Dancing With the Stars," today's freaks are tomorrow's survivors!
Southern star
Tim Grieve
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has crossover appeal -- he can talk NASCAR without getting laughed out of town. Can he help Democrats win the White House?
Reading “War and Peace”
Laura Miller
Do you really want to spend your summer with Boris and Natasha?
Angelina Jolie’s Hollywood exile
Allen Barra
The most ferocious performer on film today is proof there are still big stars -- it's the pictures that got smaller.
Go, Danica, go!
Kevin Berger
The fastest woman on four wheels has given the auto-racing world -- and pop culture -- a desperately needed break from NASCAR's all-American banalities.
Holy Toledo, it’s Coingate!
Bill Frogameni
An Ohio government scheme to invest public dollars in rare coins loses millions -- and all scandalous roads lead back to a Bush Pioneer.
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