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The sound of one hand slapping
Betsy Andrews
A new book explores the history of masturbation -- and why the finest minds of the 18th century suddenly freaked out about it.
Mr. Virtue craps out
Joan Walsh
If William Bennett wants to gamble, fine. But he and his fellow clay-footed morality scolds should let the rest of us enjoy our harmless vices.
Ensign Crusher vs. the video-game Borg
Bob Calhoun
Former "Star Trek" star Wil Wheaton was the main attraction on G4, the fast-rising video-game TV network. Until he quit, embroiling the network in a 21st century "Quiz Show" scandal.
God’s whip hand
Sidney Blumenthal
Convinced he is the instrument of the deity, bug killer Tom DeLay uses money and threats of political extermination to flay House Republicans into voting for impeachment. Part 4 of "The Clinton Wars."
The sins of the mother
Suzy Hansen
Lionel Shriver discusses her chilling new novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin," her fears about motherhood and how Columbine monsters are made.
Your TV is watching you
Farhad Manjoo
Advertisers want to use new technology to monitor your every click -- and prevent you from tuning out their ads. And don't even think of trying to escape.
Staying pure
Salon Staff
She was beautiful, sexy and intelligent. Perfect, really, except for that whole cult thing.
An avant-garde phoenix rises out of Baghdad’s ashes
Phillip Robertson
In a ruined theater, in front of a weeping audience, a group of dissident artists stages the capital's first uncensored play in decades.
The Gore-ing of John Kerry
Ben Fritz
They've already made fact-free charges that he's a "phony" with deep "identity" problems. Will a toxic press corps eager for a takedown poison the senator's presidential chances the way it did Al Gore's?
The world press on postwar Iraq
Mark Follman, Compiled by Laura McClure
In Iran, poor villagers say they hope the U.S. will liberate them next. Plus reports from Nigeria, Pakistan, Chile, the Philippines, Egypt, Russia and more.
Thou shalt worship “American Idol”
Heather Havrilesky
How did a competition between amateur pop vocalists -- presided over by a bitchy Brit -- become an addictive delight and ratings juggernaut?
Unjust executions
Dave Lindorff
Sentencing errors send inmates who deserve life to their death, even after the mistakes are discovered and ruled unconstitutional.
Will we ever be geniuses together?
Cary Tennis
I'm so clever, he's such a genius, we're so very special together. But will we ever do it?
Letters to a young heterosexual
Andrew Sullivan
Deconstructing a prominent conservative's thoughts on understanding the poor, wayward homosexual.
To breed or not to breed
Michelle Goldberg
Studies show that couples who choose not to have children are happier than those who do. So quit leaning on me to spawn.
Masters of “Doom”
Wagner James Au
David Kushner's new book about id Software calls the company the "Nirvana" of computer gaming. But did John Romero and John Carmack revolutionize the genre, or ruin it?
The Clinton wars
Sidney Blumenthal
He began his second term with talk of national healing. But Chief Justice Rehnquist knew what the president could expect: "Good luck. You'll need it." Part 1 of an explosive new White House memoir.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Charles Taylor's essay on the Dixie Chicks' interview with Diane Sawyer.
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? The ayatollahs are
Michelle Goldberg
Two dazzling new books take the reader into the hidden spaces of freedom carved out by courageous Iranian women.
Geezers know best
Sheerly Avni
The members of the Elder Wisdom Circle have 4,000 years of collective experience at their disposal, and they're sharing the wealth. Dear Abby, step aside.
Democrats square off
Jake Tapper
And it's Joe Lieberman who stands out in a crowded field without, yet, a breakaway star.
Fighting Bush’s U.N. health cuts — a dollar bill at a time
Michelle Goldberg
When right-wing zealots got $34 million cut from global family-planning funds, two women vowed to raise money from their friends to replace it. A million dollars later, they're just getting started.
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