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She killed her kids, but we must forgive her
Susan Kushner Resnick
Like Andrea Yates, I suffered from postpartum depression -- and it taught me just
how flimsy this thing we call sanity is.
The nightmare of recovery
Laura Miller
A powerful new book on the drug war's trenches argues that treatment is the answer -- but our current system dooms more addicts than it helps.
The Jeffords affair
Arianna Huffington
Had President Bush and Karl Rove heeded the final lesson of the Atwater School of Hardball Politics, Jeffords might still be a Republican.
We believe children aren’t the future
Lori Steele
Infertility makes us snide and courageous and sad.
Letters: Lumpen gangstas, Manilow’s roadie and good parenting
Salon Staff
Readers respond to recent articles about Snoop Dogg and Tom Waits. Plus: Robert W. Firestone on child rearing.
Dog and pony show
King Kaufman
With players straight out of central casting, San Francisco transforms the most gruesome and deadly canine attack in recent memory into a soap opera.
Empathy for the devil
Amy Benfer
In "Facing the Wind," author and journalist Julie Salamon explores the strange case of a family man who murdered his family and went on to have a second family 11 years later.
Protecting us from predators
Virginia Vitzthum
Is it fair to send sex offenders deemed "dangerous" to mental wards after they've served prison time?
Brian Wilson, card-carrying genius
Ira Robbins
After a life custom-made for cable catharsis, the force behind the Beach Boys is now being honored even for things he didn't do. Does that card ever expire?
Regrets, we have a few
George Kelly
From China to Australia, Dan Rather to Grace Slick, the whole dang world is sorry about something.
“Faith in the baby” and “Mommy’s little monster”
Salon Staff
Readers respond to two stories about the agonies and joys of raising kids who don't fit the norm.
“Facing the Wind” by Julie Salamon
Andrew O'Hehir
The author of "The Devil's Candy" tells the true story of the ideal family man who suddenly plunged into homicidal madness.
Baby loves me, baby loves me not
Theresa Pinto Sherer
Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet.
“Psycho factories” and “The business of law and order”
Salon Staff
Readers respond to our review of "Going up the River" and interview with the book's author, Joseph Hallinan.
Will mad cows kill the Big Mac?
Daryl Lindsey
With strict safety measures and new menu options, McDonald's is acting fast to stem losses from disease in Europe, and bracing for a beef scare in the U.S.
Paranoia: Fear for connoisseurs
Douglas Cruickshank
Welcome to a special week's worth of articles on the darkness that strikes deep, takes hold and never lets go.
The virtual reality shrink
Damien Cave
Can computerized 3-D immersion therapy cure you of your fear of flying?
Season of the witch
Garrison Keillor
I'd like to tell my conservative Christian mother-in-law I practice Wicca. Do you think she'd understand?
Life under the hole in the sky
Dawn MacKeen
For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future.
Secret grief
Terry Greene Sterling
Deborah Laake went from arrogance to talk shows to misery after publishing her indictment of Mormon practices, "Secret Ceremonies." And then she killed herself.
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