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Is it time to give up on confirmation hearings?

Tim Grieve

They're good TV, but what have we learned?

01/12/2006 14:15 EST

Meaningless charade

Michael Scherer

The moribund hearings have been as predictable as a Kabuki drama. Barring a major miscue, Alito's inscrutability will carry him to the Supreme Court.

01/12/2006 12:39 EST

The jailer

Juan Cole

Ariel Sharon is lauded for breaking with his hard-line past. But the truth is that he simply embraced a smarter way of locking up the Palestinians.

01/12/2006 12:10 EST

A concerned alumna of Princeton on Alito

Michal Keeley

Is the Supreme Court nominee lying, or is his memory really just that shot?

01/11/2006 18:16 EST

Alito falters on CAP, and Specter and Kennedy explode

Tim Grieve

The senators engage in an angry exchange after intense questioning on Alito's hazy memory.

01/11/2006 18:10 EST

A million bogus fabrications

Laura Miller

Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir?

01/10/2006 12:03 EST

Alito, you’re no John Roberts

Michael Scherer

In the first day of his confirmation hearings, Samuel Alito displayed none of the dexterity and charm of Bush's newly minted chief justice -- and may face a rougher ride later this week.

01/10/2006 11:46 EST

We shall overcome … liberals

Michelle Goldberg

At a black church in Philadelphia, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece joined Jerry Falwell and Rick Santorum to denounce critics of Samuel Alito.

01/09/2006 20:45 EST

Dividing the man from his mother

Ayelet Waldman

Once, I chafed at any hour my husband spent with his mother, somehow viewing it as time stolen from me. Now I realize it's not a competition.

01/09/2006 11:16 EST

I Like to Watch

Heather Havrilesky

In a genre switcheroo, "The L Word" offers fantastical tales of pretentious little girls from outer space, while "Battlestar Galatica" tugs at our heartstrings -- and knocks our fracking socks off!

01/08/2006 21:00 EST

Beyond the Multiplex

Andrew O'Hehir

A new release that ranks among the greatest of all Holocaust films. Plus: Horror king Eli Roth defends his excess.

01/05/2006 12:00 EST

More U.S. soldiers than ever are sustaining serious brain injuries in Iraq. But a significant number of them are being misdiagnosed, forced to wait for treatment or even being called liars by the Army.

01/05/2006 10:50 EST

Farewell from Asbury Park, N.J.

Rebecca Traister

In 1968, a skinny teenager named Bruce Springsteen started jamming at an all-ages club on the Jersey Shore. Now, as the Upstage faces demolition, fans remember better days.

01/03/2006 12:05 EST

The joy of sex writing

David Amsden

Two bold collections of essays about the most intimate of acts prove that good sex makes a great memory, but bad sex makes a great story.

01/01/2006 15:58 EST

The 10 best movies of 2005

Stephanie Zacharek

Salon critic Stephanie Zacharek picks her favorite films of the year, from the complicated, fascinating French film "Kings and Queen" to the rousing crowd-pleaser "King Kong."

12/28/2005 12:00 EST

The best and worst in television

Heather Havrilesky

Use the holidays to give your TiVo new marching orders! Here's an overview of what to watch, and what to banish from your TV forever.

12/27/2005 12:35 EST

The year in sports

King Kaufman

In a no-nonsense 2005, Terrell Owens and BALCO fizzled, while the hard-working Pats, Spurs, White Sox and Colts sizzled.

12/26/2005 12:46 EST

Christmas past

Ann Patchett

My parents divorced and we moved across the country. My sister told me Santa was a fake, and a plague of mice destroyed our tree. No wonder I longed to return to sunny California.

12/25/2005 12:51 EST

Blood and betrayal

Gary Kamiya

After four years of the badly botched "war on terror," are we ready to hear the hard words of Robert Fisk -- a gutsy war correspondent who says the West has wronged the Middle East?

12/16/2005 11:36 EST