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Can the Dems make 2006 their 1994?
Arianna Huffington
Republicans seized control of both houses of Congress in 1994, just two years after Bill Clinton handed them a devastating defeat. Can Dems pull off the same feat?
Dems jump on Frist fund losses
Geraldine Sealey
Sylvia and Ruth
Karen Maroda
Ruth Tiffany Barnhouse was therapist for the most famous, and famously troubled, poet of our time. Shortly before her own death, she agreed to speak about her treatment of Sylvia Plath, and the regrets that still haunted her decades after Plath's suicide.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Lauer, the new Rather? Martha, very popular in the clink; new mom Roberts ready to disappear.
Mr. Misery
Joshua D. Fischer
A year after his death, a biography of Elliott Smith proves he was that greatest of all musician archetypes: The Tragic Rock Star.
Dark side of a sea dog
Peter L'Official
Legendary rogue John Hawkyns roamed the high seas for Queen Elizabeth, defeating the Spanish Armada, adventuring in the West Indies -- and pioneering the nefarious trade that would send millions of Africans into slavery.
William Safire’s dubious legacy
Eric Boehlert
The departing Times columnist says he's proudest of his reporting. Looking over decades of his false accusations and erroneous assertions, it's hard to see why.
Losing my religion
ZZ Packer
My mother is a black evangelical Christian -- and a staunch Democrat. The party failed her and millions of other religious folk, and that has to change.
Method madness
Charles Taylor
Barriers are breaking down between British and American acting styles as stars like Johnny Depp, Claire Danes, and Samantha Morton embrace a dynamic naturalism.
Love is red, death is blue
Charles Taylor
Greil Marcus and Sean Wilentz discuss their amazing new anthology of writing about the American ballad -- and wonder whether Republicans sing better songs of passion and murder than Democrats do.
If at first you don’t secede
Michelle Goldberg
Feeling they've lost any say in how the nation is run, liberals are turning to an unfamiliar philosophy: States' rights.
Welcome to the new cold war
Andrew O'Hehir
It's Chirac vs. Cheney, SUVs vs. minicars, and pommes frites vs. freedom fries in the new transatlantic culture war. But here's what you don't know: In the global conflict for moral and economic supremacy, Europe is winning.
How Yasser Arafat will go down in history
Gary Kamiya
The PLO leader's legacy is rife with violence and failure. Yet his central achievement is undeniable: He kept alive the idea that a Palestinian people existed.
Get your post-election rage on
Andrew O'Hehir
David Rees' second collection of his scabrous, minimalist "Get Your War On" comic is the perfect tonic for this unbearable week.
Kerry surges in Minnesota
Eric Boehlert
The Fix
Salon Staff
Zeta-Jones sues strip club; Star Jones' fiance parties in a Speedo; Ashlee Simspon mystified by hoopla, says, "My boob didn't pop out."
A Bush win? Lefty journos contemplate the unthinkable
Michelle Goldberg
The Fix
Salon Staff
Eminem "undecided"; New Yorker endorses for first time; Kravitz commode causes contretemps; and is Usher the latest home-video star?
“Wolf! Wolf!”
Salon Staff
Our readers are not suckered in by the empty cries of the big bad Bush-Cheney wolf TV ad -- and so write their own smart, savvy and much better scripts.
“The Distance Between Us”
Masha Hamilton
Caddie has covered the Middle East for years -- but this trip into the Lebanese desert with a driver who never speaks is starting to feel ominous.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Stewart and Burnett seal deal, Judd condemned for lesbian cruise, and voters scorn Paris Hilton. Plus: Tommy Lee's foot fetish!
Time to target Teresa?
Michelle Goldberg
Letters
Salon Staff
Responding to Michelle Goldberg's "Homosexuals Are Hellbound!" Salon readers wonder worry about the future of gay rights in America -- and the future of religion.
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