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Their misspent youth
Ayelet Waldman
Why is it so hard for politicians to understand that kids in juvenile detention need treatment not punishment?
Giving “chick flicks” flack
Rebecca Traister
An L.A. Times story tackles the problematic labeling of "chick flicks."
Earle’s last stand
Rob Patterson
He postponed retirement to prosecute Tom DeLay -- only to be hounded by the right as a crazy zealot. Does the Gary Cooper of D.A.'s have the goods to bring down the Hammer?
The White House plan on prewar intelligence: Discredit the Democrats
Tim Grieve
When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Has Paris been crank-calling Nicole? America won't have Michael Jackson to kick around anymore. Plus: Well-hung wild boar shocks Jane Austen fans!
Oil executives testify about profits and prices — but not under oath
Tim Grieve
Did Senate Republicans learn something from the Scooter Libby indictment after all?
Niger forgeries: The Italian connection
Samuel Loewenberg
Did Italian spooks collude with American neocons to trump up evidence for war?
Love in the time of viagra
Allen Barra
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcma Marquez's new book follows an aging man who seeks out illicit sex -- but finds something else.
Meet the Beatles (again)
David Amsden
At the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, a handful of writers attempt to tell us something we don't already know about the Fab Four.
Yes, Maureen Dowd is necessary
Rebecca Traister
You can love her or hate her, but you can't dismiss her -- or her inflammatory new book on gender politics.
Robot jungle gyms and the New Work
Cory Doctorow
Rat-Toothed Freddy is up to no good, while Lester is a man transformed. Chapter 9 of "Themepunks."
When ex-wives attack
Page Rockwell
The New Jersey governor's race hits new lows with an attack ad featuring a candidate's angry ex-wife.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Anderson's coup, K-Fed's lyrics and TomKat's version of "Mustang Sally" before thousands of Scientologists. Plus: A catfight between ... two ex-Bonds.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Wallace vs. Rather! Bono vs. Eminem! Plus: The unbearably racy fiction of Scooter Libby.
Teach a man to replicate
Cory Doctorow
In the midst of death and mayhem, Perry thinks up the ultimate killer app. Chapter 8 of "Themepunks."
NYT: Libby indictment likely, Rove indictment not — maybe
Tim Grieve
The special prosecutor in the Plame case is expected to make his decision known Friday.
Soul man
Charles Taylor
In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke.
Always a bride
Rebecca Traister
A polygamy-centered religious sect in Utah and Arizona forces women to marry against their will. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
“The Truth (With Jokes)”
Lynn Harris
Al Franken pukes into his wastebasket in Chapter 4 of his new book, then spends Chapter 5 in "Rove-induced septic shock."
Homework hell
Ayelet Waldman
Today's 7-year-olds must do interviews, look through thousands of words, and answer 60 math questions in four minutes. This homework mania doesn't teach kids anything except that life is full of pain.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Dream feud: Olsens vs. Hiltons. Yoko and Paul, still swiping at each other. Plus: Richard Lewis on sex after 50
He lost his mind
Oliver Broudy
Jonathan Cott forgot 15 years of his life after electroshock for depression. Now he's picking up the pieces.
A lost house, a lost life
Ann Bauer
A blogger's words took me back to that rainy day when everything began to fall apart.
Judy Miller and the neocons
Juan Cole
Arrogance, poor editing, and getting too close to her sources -- not ideology -- led to her fall.
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