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“We Were Soldiers”
Stephanie Zacharek
Mel Gibson fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency.
Writers and wannabes
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Patricia Chui's "Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader" and an interview with author Dan Simmons.
His master’s voice
Eric Boehlert
This just in: President Bush dishes out overblown al-Qaida threats -- and the press laps them up.
Ten years as a willing Microsoftie
Andrew Leonard
A programmer's account of life at the evil empire is surprisingly un-Borg-like.
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
Daily afflictions for the existentially inclined and more of our favorite new books
Noam Chomsky replies
Noam Chomsky
The MIT professor responds after Human Rights Watch accuses him of manufacturing facts.
Neil Bush says Arab P.R. machine not as good as Israel’s
Jake Tapper
In a controversial speech, the president's younger brother tells Saudi audience Arabs must play U.S. media game better.
The N word
Charles Taylor
From Mark Twain to Chris Rock, it provokes book banning and nervous giggles. A black scholar asks if it's ever OK to say "nigger."
Julia Phillips, queen of the night
Tim Appelo
She'll never eat lunch on this planet again, but while she was here the Oscar-winning producer outdid Truman Capote in shrieking truth to decadent power.
The (non-)confessions of St. Ralph
Joan Walsh
Ralph Nader's new book makes it painfully clear that he has no idea how to build a left-wing alternative to the Democrats. But when you're pure of heart and unsullied by politics, who cares?
Don’t blame Clinton
Joe Conason
Conservatives who once ridiculed and obstructed the former president's aggressive efforts to fight terrorism are now trying to pin Sept. 11 on him. They have a lot of nerve. Part 2 of a debate.
And here’s to you, Mrs. Johnson!
Jeff Stark
"Survivor" surprises again! Big Tom blows it; Lex takes a walk; and Brandon snarls one last time for the cameras.
They all settle down eventually
Amy Reiter
Charlie Sheen to wed Denise Richards; Backstreet's Carter: "I ain't a bad person." Plus: Sarah Jessica Parker on her troublemaking babies; Yasmine Bleeth gets off.
Our favorite books
Laura Miller
From a gripping novel about terrorism to the memoir of a cross-country stripteaser, we pick the best -- that is, the most pleasurable -- reading experiences of 2001.
A serial killer analyzes serial killing
Stephen Lemons
The 1960s "Moors Murderer," Ian Brady, still haunts the British psyche. His recently published book
shows why.
Time’s Person of the Year punt
Eric Boehlert
Choosing Giuliani instead of bin Laden was a clear cave-in to the magazine's business priorities. But the rest of the U.S. press isn't setting a much better example.
Last-minute gift ideas
Salon's critics
From Victorian erotic drawings to toy spaceships to eloquent animal portraits, there's a sumptuous gift book to please even the most persnickety person on your list.
Out of the blue
King Kaufman
It jolted America out of its complacency and showed us our enemies were smarter than we thought. The author of "Sputnik" compares the days of that shocking satellite to our own.
The fellowship of the ravenous movie press
Andrew O'Hehir
I went to the "Lord of the Rings" junket and all I got was this lousy Gandalf goblet.
Executioner’s song
Paul Festa
The ravaged lives of two men hired to pull the switch testify to the hidden costs of America's death penalty.
My Britney problem — and yours
Jim DeRogatis
The father of a 5-year-old gets lost in a world of slutty virgins, massive makeup cases and frighteningly accurate anatomically correct dolls.
The journalist and the provocateur
Nan Goldberg
Janet Malcolm talks about her new book on Chekhov, the perils of offending journalists and the long shadow of her libel lawsuit.
Are anthrax letters OK for abortion-rights groups?
Anthony York
Activists concerned about a second wave of threats fear the attorney general's antiabortion beliefs are the reason he won't meet with them.
A failure to communicate
Eric Boehlert
The U.S. finally found a senior diplomat who could answer bin Laden in Arabic. But did he bomb on Al-Jazeera?
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