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Drug buster
Larry Smith
A powerful new book details how a pharmaceutical company's billion dollar "wonder drug" became "hillbilly heroin" for thousands of OxyContin abusers.
“Along Came Polly”
Charles Taylor
Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston have absolutely no chemistry in this romantic comedy about an uptight germophobe who falls for a peasant-blouse-wearing ditz.
“Call Me the Breeze” by Patrick McCabe
Salon Staff
A brilliant, hallucinatory fable of LSD, pies, "psychobilly" rock, IRA violence and Travis Bickle-style love in the sinister country-and-western Ireland of the '70s.
I don’t
Dan Savage
I'd love to satisfy my mother and annoy Rick Santorum by getting married to my boyfriend. But I care for him -- and our son -- too much to risk it.
Hackers on Atkins
Katharine Mieszkowski
Geeks who go low-carb see it as more than just taking off pounds -- they're reengineering the human organism, overclocking their own bodies.
The Fix
Karen Croft
Ozzy Osbourne is cured of his tremors, George Bush Sr. cries on TV, and Angelina says she wants casual sex. Plus: Did Princess Di know she was going to be killed?
The Fix
Salon Staff
Diane Sawyer and Madonna talk about kissing, Gwyneth worries about the sex scenes, and Dr. Laura and 50 Cent disagree about women. Plus: The Farrelly Brothers meet the Three Stooges!
Arnold’s body issues
David Gilson
Should California voters worry about Schwarzenegger's past steroid use? Depends on whether you believe scientists -- or tales of 'roid rage.
Geek reads
Adrienne Crew
Growing up, all the kids -- black and white -- exiled me for being an obsessive reader. This year, I finally found three books that capture the black nerd experience.
“To have freedom or to die”
Mark Follman
An Iranian dissident leader says a week of protests has set the stage for regime change. He welcomes President Bush's support, but warns against U.S. military action.
Pillaging the cartoon universe
Scott Thill
Fred Flintstone as a mob boss! Yogi's pal BooBoo as a terrorist! Jonny Quest as the subject of a gay child-custody battle! All these outrages and more can be found on Cartoon Network's hilarious, hallucinatory "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law."
The heaviest burden is great potential
Cary Tennis
I have severe performance anxiety and fear of failure -- or is it fear of success?
Are dictators mad geniuses?
Laura Miller
Two new books suggest that demented world leaders like Saddam, Idi Amin and Baby Doc Duvalier might be more like that cranky guy in the next cubicle than Hannibal Lecter.
The Fix
Karen Croft
Jack Nicholson talks about his LSD trip with Cary Grant, Sharon Bush talks to Kitty Kelley, and Tony Blair talks to Homer Simpson! Plus: Can Paula fill Connie's Jimmy Choos?
This week on DVD
Salon Staff
Giant grasshoppers, Christopher Walken sees aliens and J.Lo dons a maid's uniform.
Goodbye, Evan and Zora! (We mean it this time)
Sheerly Avni
An unfortunate final "Joe Millionaire" offers one last opportunity to marvel at our heroes and their remarkable lack of chemistry.
Viagra for gals coming soon
Trisha Posner
But what if female "dysfunction" is the result of attempting to couple with an overweight, no-foreplay husband whose breath reeks of beer and pizza?
A “Fellowship” for fanatics
Laura Miller
Why the Eye of Sauron was the bane of Peter Jackson's life, and other knowledge I gleaned from the extended DVD of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
Same old mish-“M*A*S*H”! Stat!
Carina Chocano
On "MDs" and "Presidio Med," rogue, renegade and maverick doctors search for a cure for HMOs.
The first pro football player
Allen Barra
Before Johnny Unitas, college stars were the only famous football players. The great No. 19 changed that forever -- and took the NFL to the top.
Fall’s tube of plenty
Carina Chocano
Saintly small-town doctors, Lynchian mysteries and repeating your teen years, twice: The new prime-time season lurches out of the gate this week.
“Barbershop”
Charles Taylor
Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer trade jabs in a cheerfully old-fashioned comedy about a South Side Chicago haircut joint and the community it anchors.
Chasing Steinbeck … with children
Rachel F. Elson
Andromeda Romano-Lax set out to retrace the writer's path to the Sea of Cortez. But while Steinbeck's book bears little mention of his wife, Romano-Lax's is driven by the presence of her own family.
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