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Anyone but Bush
Laura McClure
Veteran activist Todd Gitlin speaks out about MoveOn, ANSWER, the Greens -- and how progressives need to emulate the self-discipline of the right to win in 2004.
Beckham, the virus
Mark Simpson
He's one of the most famous humans who has ever lived -- even though he's not that
cute, not that smart and not that great a soccer player.
The Fix
Amy Reiter, Karen Croft
Larry Flynt says he's got the goods on Amber Frey, Will Ferrell says jobs are scarcer than WMDs and Drudge says abortions cause storms. Plus: Wal-Mart says "Don't Look!"
What to read in May
Salon's critics
The latest from Margaret Atwood and Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, a comic portrait of male narcissism and more in the month's best fiction.
“Best Friends” by Thomas Berger
Andrew O'Hehir
Broke, overweight Sam and rich, studly Roy have been pals for 20 years, even if they don't have much in common anymore. Then the wife gets involved.
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.
Why doesn’t America love Robbie Williams?
Mark Simpson
Especially when he love-hates himself so much? EMI's $120 million wannabe-Bowie megaflop symbolizes the desolate state of 21st century British pop culture, a realm of "wankers" and second-rate imitation Americans.
Endless love
Virginia Vitzthum
The men are deeper, and the sex can be sweet as well as hot. But dating at
41 is no less exquisitely confusing than it is at 21.
Jcofnanazareth.com
Salon Staff
Online he dazzled me with his mastery of biblical history. But over dinner, he pressed me to sleep with him no fewer than a dozen times, once for each apostle.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Hard Rain" by Anne Lamott and "Through a Glass, Darkly" by Dr. Lynn Ponton.
“The Seven Sisters” by Margaret Drabble
Charles Taylor
A newly divorced woman casts a cold, clear eye on life in contemporary London and the idyllic potential of a trip to Italy.
Forty movies every film fan should see
Andrew O'Hehir
Are you cinematically literate? Salon's A&E editor picks the best and most influential movies of all time.
Primeval terror (since 1929)
Laura Miller
You think Halloween has pagan roots? Guess again. Two new histories of America's second favorite holiday reveal the truth.
Love in the age of irony, Part 5
"Since You Asked" readers
Young readers tell us that real sex is when you don't use a condom, that real love is always hard to find -- and that they don't hate baby boomers that much. Really.
“How many copies will I sell in Wal-Mart?”
Ken Foster
Aimee Mann talks about addiction, depression, compulsion, her new album "Lost in Space" -- and freedom from major-label tyranny.
But enough about you
Nell Casey
From Britney Spears to Angelina Jolie to robber CEOs, narcissists are selfish and maddening -- and yet we just can't get enough of them.
Meet the metrosexual
Mark Simpson
He's well dressed, narcissistic and obsessed with butts. But don't call him gay.
Flag-draped voyeurism
Michelle Goldberg
At ground zero, Americans suck the last morsel of flavor from the most exciting day they will ever know.
“CQ”
Stephanie Zacharek
This debut film by Roman Coppola (son of Francis) is a frothy, sexy, '60s delight with a movie lover's heart.
Sensual dreams
Glen Helfand
Photographer Paul Jasmin captures the stylized, constructed allure of long-ago Hollywood, with an overlay of lush eroticism.
Anti-Semitism and the left, Jews and the right
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Dennis Fox and Michelle Goldberg.
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