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Wigginess
Kelly Wilkinson
The rapidly growing demand for wigs, hairpieces and crotch topiary keeps tons of sheared locks moving around the world in an $800 million industry.
In Gaza, blame turns toward Arafat
Ferry Biedermann
Economic chaos -- and a looming humanitarian crisis -- undermine both the Palestinian Authority and the intifada.
“K-19: The Widowmaker”
Andrew O'Hehir
Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson face off in a gripping and complex yarn about the 1961 nuclear accident aboard a Soviet sub that could have ignited World War III.
Washington’s oilpolitik
Michael T. Klare
It's not just Saddam's doomsday arsenal that haunts the Bush White House -- it's the thought of his oil falling into the hands of Russia, China and Europe.
A legal war without victory
Dave Lindorff
After months of bold posturing and fierce infighting, both sides in the case of American Taliban John Walker Lindh decided to cut their risks.
“Koba the Dread,” by Martin Amis
Charles Taylor
Martin Amis calls out Christopher Hitchens and other friends on the left for not giving full weight to the 20 million victims of Stalin's terror.
The calm before the storm
Aluf Benn
With terror attacks thwarted and President Bush on his side, Ariel Sharon is riding high -- but what will happen when Israel pulls its troops out of the West Bank cities?
The new gilded age and its discontents
Damien Cave
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about the corporate looting spree and Bush's woeful mismanagement of the economy.
Foul cry
Ben Fritz
When media watchdogs like FAIR and MRC complain about bias, they often only reveal their own.
Fired for being Israeli
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Two noted Israeli scholars have been sacked from European journals, victims of a boycott against Israel. Why are progressive intellectuals descending to such bankrupt tactics?
Outside the law
Robert Capps
Pending lawsuits allege that U.S. military contractors on duty in Bosnia bought and "owned" young women. But the accused men have never been -- and will never be -- brought to justice.
Welcome to the world
Gary Kamiya
In defeat, the U.S. soccer team won an epic victory: It brought America into the world of sports.
Letters
Salon Staff
Don't dis "The Sopranos," cut the homophobic trash and give Clancy a break -- readers respond to recent A&E stories
“The Fall of Berlin 1945” by Antony Beevor
Allen Barra
A historian describes Germany's fall to the Soviets in 1945, when civilians suffered the full fury and horror of war.
Communists and creative capitals
Salon Staff
Dave Wagner responds to a review of his book "Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies," and readers weigh in on whether the "creative class" saves cities.
Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil pipeline
Jean-Charles Brisard
A memo by military chief Mohammed Atef raises new questions about whether failed U.S. efforts to reform Afghanistan's radical regime -- and build the pipeline -- set the stage for Sept. 11.
“Radical Hollywood” by Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner
Michelle Goldberg
Two academics are so eager to find socialist themes in classic Hollywood films that they wind up lending credence to McCarthyism.
Bombs away! Sort of
Cartoon by Mark Fiore
A two-step guide to understanding our latest arms treaty with Russia.
Tom Clancy’s bogus big-bang theory
Charles Taylor
"The Sum of All Fears" pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism, but it's really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia.
Get your World Cup scorecard!
Andrew O'Hehir
Everything you need to know about the players and teams.
The greatest show on earth
Andrew O'Hehir
It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer.
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