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Right Hook
Mark Follman
National Review pundits do battle over Bush's Iraq speech; Podhoretz says soldiers like Sivits and England deserve their own torture. Plus: Hitchens tags Michael Moore the ultimate ugly American.
Marching off the cliff
Michal Keeley, Compiled by Mark Follman, Jeff Horwitz
Free-falling in the polls, Bush stayed with the same tough-guy message. But Michael Lind, Karen Kwiatkowski, Ruy Teixeira and others say he landed with a splat, while AEI's Michael Rubin says the speech was "a good start."
Like sands through the hourglass
Rebecca Traister
Even if you don't spend your afternoons watching "Days of Our Lives," you probably know about the Salem Serial Killer, thanks to those ultra-campy ads.
How free is free will?
Farhad Manjoo
Lauren Slater's new book about 10 landmark psychological experiments has ignited a firestorm in the psychological establishment. But whatever her shortcomings as a reporter, Slater is asking profound questions about human nature and its limitations
The prisoner-abuse scandal at home
Michelle Goldberg
The stories sound familiar: Muslim prisoners beaten and sexually humiliated by American guards. But it happened in Brooklyn, not Baghdad.
Ode to Billy Joe
Brad Reagan
Billy Joe Shaver lost his wife and his mom the same year his beloved son died of an overdose. He never made any money, and he lives in obscurity in Waco, Texas. But the man Willie Nelson says "may be the best songwriter alive today" is still keeping on.
“Strayed” (“Les
Charles Taylor
In this French import, a Parisian family fleeing the Nazis learns the brutal lessons of surviving a war.
“Coffee and Cigarettes”
Stephanie Zacharek
Cate Blanchett, Roberto Benigni, Bill Murray, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits are just a few of the familiar faces that pop up in Jim Jarmusch's 11 vignettes in search of a movie.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
The Lakers, Lightning and Sharks all tell hostile crowds to shut their yaps. Plus: NBA climaxes -- they're timeout-tastic!
Writing in the Margins
Scott Thill
Our monthly roundup of indie publishing: DC Comics terrifies with Lovecraft; Lethem and Denis Johnson do avant-cabaret; a harrowing tale of the 1997 Red River flood.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Pat Tillman: Hero, victim or mere disposable celebrity? The readers write.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Kobe Bryant is breathtaking as the Lakers beat the Spurs to tie their series, but there's no way to know if we're marveling at the exploits of a rapist.
Signs and wonders
Laura Miller
A journalist's investigation of holy Christian visions turns into a tortured spiritual quest.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
When your television is your guru, everyone seems crazy or sad -- from teens who go under the knife to the "winners" on "Antiques Roadshow."
Irresistible force
Thomas Bartlett
Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields may be the best writer of love songs around today. But that doesn't mean he has to be nice.
Anti-Semitic — or anti-Sharon?
Alix Christie
When Western leaders met in Berlin this week to confront an ugly upsurge in European anti-Semitism, they pointed fingers not just at neo-Nazis and militant Muslims -- but also at the European left.
The passion of the Bush
Charles Taylor
"The Jesus Factor" showed how the president has failed to serve either the Gospel or the Constitution.
Why Kerry threw his ribbons
Douglas Brinkley
The veterans who tossed their medals at the steps of the U.S. Capitol in 1971 just wanted to wake up their country to the disastrous tragedy of Vietnam.
Bush’s flight from the Guard
James C. Moore
Why was he abruptly grounded from flying? Why did he leave the Texas Guard two years early? A key report answering those questions is still missing from George W. Bush's records.
Nothing was revealed
Steven Hart
A new book about Bob Dylan's masterpiece, "Blood on the Tracks," fusses over the details while missing the story.
Memogate update
Geraldine Sealey
Friday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
The Fix
Salon Staff
Omarosa storms off set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Quincy Jones organizes show for children in need, and Howard Stern is No. 1 in NYC.
Clarke’s vindication
David Sirota
Just weeks ago, Bush officials were solemnly accusing former counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke of being a liar and a self-promoter. But Bob Woodward's book proves that Clarke was right -- and that it was his opponents who were the liars.
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