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Roberts is confirmed. Now, who’s next?
Tim Grieve
Bush's chief justice nominee gets more "yes" votes than either of his two most recent predecessors.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Star booted off red carpet? Will new Bond be an unknown? Plus: "Goodfella" heads back to jail.
After the deluge, what next?
Joan Walsh
New Orleans will be rebuilt. But how? Should its slums be replaced by mixed-income housing? And if the city can't attract investors, should we just let it wither? Six experts cross swords in a Salon roundtable.
What really caused Katrina?
Tim Grieve
Al-Qaida says it's God's revenge for homosexuality. Louis Farrakhan says it's punishment for Iraq -- and that the government intentionally made it worse.
My kids would make a better president than him!
Ayelet Waldman
Like so many other people's children, mine gave up their savings to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. But Bush says we can rebuild the Gulf without making any sacrifices.
“Make levees, not war”
Jeff Horwitz
Rita and infighting among organizers threatened to make the day a washout, but Saturday's massive antiwar protest took Washington by storm.
What really happened in Basra?
Aaron Kinney
Outrage grows over an incident involving British troops and Iraqi police.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
The New Orleans-Oklahoma City Hornets: Like the sound of that? How about this: OKC might not get screwed in this deal. Plus: Salon vs. Top Ramen.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
David Cronenberg on whether his new movie is an allegory for George W. Bush's America. Plus: Controversial Lars von Trier's latest, and if you don't see "Forty Shades of Blue," shame on you!
Afghanistan: Mission not yet accomplished
Mitchell Prothero
Despite successful elections, warlords, drug cartels and growing disenchantment with the West could still derail the fledgling democracy.
Desperately seeking peace
Mark Sorkin
Jennifer Miller, the daughter of a top Middle East diplomat, went on "a search for hope" among young Israelis and Palestinians. But her journey is too self-centered and sentimental to be illuminating.
Letters
Salon Staff
The war of the sexes rages on. Readers go another round on Rebecca Traister's "Attack of the Listless Lads."
Funny money
Tim Grieve
Will the Republicans be left to fight among themselves over the way to pay for Katrina?
Did John Bolton have a hand in outing Valerie Plame?
Tim Grieve
Arianna Huffington says she's got sources who say that Bolton's chief of staff was a source.
Attack of the listless lads
Rebecca Traister
Passionless and confused, they swim torpidly about in the dating pool, driving me and my single girlfriends to despair. I asked Benjamin Kunkel, author of the hit novel "Indecision," to explain to me what's wrong with young American men.
Letters
Salon Staff
A crowd of readers -- both the listless and the angry -- respond to Rebecca Traister's "Attack of the Listless Lads."
No papers, no help
Amanda Kludt, Caitlin Miner-Le Grand
Ignored by federal agencies, thousands of illegal immigrants made homeless by Katrina are struggling to survive.
I’m concerned about my 14-year-old daughter’s friend
Cary Tennis
Should I tell the parents what their daughter told my daughter?
Longer listens: George Saunders
Salon Staff
Clinton on Bush
T.g.
After making nice in the immediate aftermath of Katrina, the former president has a few words of advice for his successor.
Let them eat cake — sometimes
Katharine Mieszkowski
Not everyone believes that fat kids should greatly restrict calories to slim down, or even that it's healthy for them to try.
Gut check
Katharine Mieszkowski
Wellspring, a camp for overweight teens, trains kids to have a "healthy obsession" with food and exercise. Sure, they shed pounds on the 1,200-calorie daily diet, but what happens when they get home?
The crony who prospered
Mark Benjamin
Joe Allbaugh was George W. Bush's good ol' boy in Texas. He hired his good friend Mike Brown to run FEMA. Now Brownie's gone and Allbaugh is living large.
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