June 2003

Ain't that America? By Eric Boehlert
Denounced as un-American after he blasted Bush on his 21st album, John Mellencamp talks about the rise of Fox News, pay-for-play, what's wrong with the Rolling Stones and why most Republicans aren't rich enough to be Republicans. (06/30/2003)

The Fix
Dennis Miller booed by his new friends, Pam Anderson meets her blond match, and Eminem gets a poet's nod. Plus: The great Kate takes her last curtain call. (06/30/2003)

Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003 By Stephanie Zacharek
An appreciation of Hollywood's smartest, tartest star, who began her career as "box office poison" and became one of the silver screen's most beloved and memorable figures. (06/30/2003)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
When is a lie not really a lie? (06/30/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Jim Rome wasn't so tough vs. "Chris" Everett! Plus: The NBA, interleague ball and Neifi -- the readers write. (06/30/2003)

Why the U.S. must invade Canada -- now By Steve Burgess
It didn't support the war, it's soft on pot and gays, its economy is rolling and U.S. troops are bored. Anyway, reasons to invade countries are no longer needed! (06/30/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Why do conservatives permit George W. Bush such latitude in pursuing policies that should make them scream in protest? (06/30/2003)

My lips are sealed By Cary Tennis
I like other aspects of sex a lot, but I hate kissing! (06/30/2003)

Toward a salary-free America By Joyce McGreevy
Winning the war on wage addiction, one paycheck at a time. (06/30/2003)

Letters
Spam, Net porn, file-sharing: It's all a "smokescreen": Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Filter Mojo." (06/30/2003)

Beckham, the virus By 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. (06/28/2003)

Most likely to succeed By Michelle Goldberg
Howard Dean won MoveOn.org's online primary, but he didn't get enough votes to take the spoils -- a MoveOn endorsement and contributions galore. (06/28/2003)

Averting judicial "Armageddon"
With a vacancy expected on the Supreme Court, Sen. Patrick Leahy warns President Bush not to wage ideological war over nominees. (06/28/2003)

"On_Line" By Andrew O'Hehir
Yeah, this low-budget tale of heartbreak and horniness in the Internet age is kinda trashy. It's also a sweeter romantic comedy than anything made in Hollywood this year. (06/27/2003)

"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" By Stephanie Zacharek
McG's sequel -- starring those crime-fighting hotties in all their stripteasing glory -- will probably be huge. Nobody said it actually had to be good. (06/27/2003)

"28 Days Later" By Andrew O'Hehir
This apocalypse flick from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland offers astonishing images of Britain devastated by plague-ridden zombies. But it lacks the maniacal airlessness of the "Living Dead" series it rips off. (06/27/2003)

The Fix By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter
Hillary chats about brides, Simon and Garfunkel chat about a reunion and Cameron and Drew guzzle champers like they're on "Ab Fab"! (06/27/2003)

Geek reads By Adrienne Crew
Growing up, all the kids -- black and white -- exiled me for being an obsessive reader. This year, I finally found three books that capture the black nerd experience. (06/27/2003)

The next war: Bush and the Supreme Court By Tim Grieve
With William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor considering retirement, activists on all sides are preparing for a firefight over Bush's next high-court nominee. (06/27/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
LeBron James wears white, the Pistons go Darko and Carmelo Anthony may top 'em all: 29 thoughts on the NBA draft. (06/27/2003)

EZ-Kleen: The extra-strength politicizer Cartoon by Mark Fiore
Everyone knows it works on intelligence reports -- but it works on history too! (06/27/2003)

Caving in to the "homosexual agenda"
Justice Antonin Scalia blasts the sodomy ruling, saying the Court improperly ventured into the legislative domain. (06/27/2003)

A great day for liberty By Andrew Sullivan
In his dissent from the Supreme Court's historic decision in the Texas sodomy case, angry Antonin Scalia was right about one thing: The next step is gay marriage. (06/27/2003)

Protecting "the most private human conduct"
Justice Anthony Kennedy reverses Texas antisodomy law, citing constitutional protection from "unwarranted government intrusions." (06/28/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
MoveOn.org's online presidential poll offers good news to Dean and Kucinich -- and a silver lining for Kerry. (06/27/2003)

I need a road map By Cary Tennis
I just want to be with him and make sure he doesn't leave, but how do I learn how to love in a more adult way? (06/27/2003)

Naked vinyl By Glen Helfand
Bachelor-bait record cover art of the 1950s and '60s focused on the essentials: Boobs, drinking and stag parties! (06/27/2003)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
What would happen if you handed all the legends of the airline industry a cocktail and stuffed them into one hotel room? Also: Are regional jets unsafe? (06/27/2003)

My so-called death By Heather Havrilesky
Showtime's new "Dead Like Me" teaches its whiny misfit characters hard life lessons, even though they're not technically alive. But what happens to its undead heroine next? (06/26/2003)

The Fix By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter
Jude Law and Edward Norton party with "The Kid," MTV-ers party with the law and Prince Charles gets down with veggies. Plus: Lou Reed isn't perfect! (06/26/2003)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Bush's new strategy of celebrity prosecution. (06/26/2003)

Get round-heeled
Subscribe to Salon Premium today and get a free copy of Jane Juska's "A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance." (06/26/2003)

The fish oil salesman By Lynn Harris
The diet guru who brought us "the Zone" now promises that omega-3 fatty acids will save our lives, our souls and our butts. (06/26/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Neifi Index: Baseball finally has something you could lead the league in, if only they'd let you play. (06/26/2003)

The war off drugs By Nell Bernstein
The success of a California measure that offers drug offenders treatment before prison points a way out of the drug-war stalemate. (06/26/2003)

Is Tony Blair the Hulk? By Tina Brown
An insider account of the buildup to war with Iraq shows the British prime minister didn't kowtow to Bush -- but it won't reassure critics who opposed the rush to Baghdad. (06/26/2003)

Letters
Readers react to articles on Monday's Supreme Court decision and the ever contentious debate over affirmative action. (06/26/2003)

John Derbyshire's poisonous paranoia about gays By Andrew Sullivan
The National Review columnist says homosexuals corrupt any institution in which they have power. I try to ignore right-wing bigots, but this deserves an answer. (06/26/2003)

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" in pink Jimmy Choos By Arianna Huffington
"Legally Blonde 2" reminds us that we can find the next generation of leaders by just looking in the mirror. (06/26/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
A number of MoveOn members have written in to defend their online preference poll. Here's a sample. (06/26/2003)

I kissed her By Cary Tennis
She's married with kids, I'm married without kids. Should I fall down the rabbit hole or run away now? (06/26/2003)

"We distort. You comply" By Katharine Mieszkowski
Even in a down economy, there are some business models that still work -- selling T-shirts comparing Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly to Hitler, for example. (06/26/2003)

"From Justin to Kelly" By Heather Havrilesky
This criminally misguided musical for last year's processed-cheese American idols might be the worst movie you ever see -- but it's still not worth seeing. (06/25/2003)

"Friday Night" By Stephanie Zacharek
A nearly wordless symphony capturing an anonymous sexual encounter in the Parisian night, Claire Denis' latest film is a rare and tender delight. (06/25/2003)

The Fix
Students say Bush not inspirational, McCartney kids say stepmom not their cup of tea, and Mariah Carey says golf should be sexy! Plus: Hot summer recipes from the New Yorker. (06/25/2003)

Bestsellers
Harry Potter and more in this week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com. (06/25/2003)

The logic of illogic By Charles Taylor
In "Stasiland," writer Anna Funder talks to former members of the Stasi -- the communist East German security apparatus -- and to the people whose lives they destroyed. (06/25/2003)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
New York, New York (06/25/2003)

How do you compete with a man named Enrique?
I could play Radiohead on the guitar. He spoke fluent Spanish. Guess who got the girl. (06/25/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Forget Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, even Jose Canseco. A new online exhibit is what the Hall of Fame is all about. Plus: OK, we can't forget Canseco. (06/25/2003)

The world press on Iraq Compiled by Laura McClure
Guardian: Relief groups have been told they must be an "arm of the U.S. government" in Iraq. (06/25/2003)

Machiavellis running amok By Robert Scheer
This administration's behavior is an affront to our nation's founders and the democracy they crafted. (06/25/2003)

Letters
Readers respond to recent articles on the Gray Davis recall campaign, MoveOn.org's virtual vote, and the influence of Iranian dissident groups from abroad. (06/25/2003)

Chaos in the Iraqi media By Anthony Borden
The United States risks losing a crucial opportunity to forge free, democratic news operations in the Middle East. (06/25/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
MoveOn.org's Internet presidential poll isn't a true primary. But is it important? Absolutely. (06/25/2003)

Diary of a college girl, Part 1: Lying about sex By Jessica Grose
I must be an ugly, heinous freak to still be a virgin, so I tell Kate I had sex when I was 17. (06/25/2003)

Dire straits By Cary Tennis
I view affection as a remedy for stress. My wife views the removal of all stress as a prerequisite to affection. (06/25/2003)

The Google backlash By Farhad Manjoo
The king of search rules the Web -- but now some of the natives are growing restless. (06/25/2003)

Letters
NPR listeners defend "The Hulk" -- and themselves -- in response to Charles Taylor's review. (06/24/2003)

Blood and asphalt By Paul Matwychuk
A new documentary pays tribute to "Signal 30," "Highways of Agony" and the other ghoulish, crudely made yet unforgettable driver-training films of the '60s and '70s. (06/24/2003)

The Fix
Married people aren't having sex! Dictators aren't apologizing! Bangs are back! Plus: The real question raised by "Sex and the City." (06/24/2003)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Will the real revisionists please stand up. (06/24/2003)

The neuropsychology of the playground By Fred Branfman
Psychiatrist Dan Siegel explains how understanding the complexities of your own brain chemistry can make you a better parent. (06/24/2003)

Skate free or die By Soo Young Lee
On the board, I could be the kind of girl I wanted to be -- fearless, gnarly and completely myself. (06/24/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Jim Rome is so tough he's burning. Dare to watch his new TV show! See how tough he is! Ooh, he's so tough. (06/24/2003)

Progressive popularity contest By Michelle Goldberg
The winner of MoveOn.org's online "primary" could rake in millions of dollars and command an army of volunteers. (06/24/2003)

A difficult, divisive issue Compiled by Laura McClure and Mark Follman
Top thinkers on race relations say Monday's Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action herald another generation of opportunity and another generation of conflict. (06/24/2003)

Right ruling, wrong reasons By Joan Walsh
The Supreme Court did the right thing by upholding affirmative action -- but by pretending that racial preferences don't harm anyone, it showed that America still can't talk straight about race. (06/24/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
When the Wall Street Journal embraces Howard Dean, what does it really mean? Plus: Washington, madness and the Clinton years. (06/24/2003)

Jumping categories By Cary Tennis
Can a man ever go from being "just a friend" to being "a romantic possibility"? (06/24/2003)

Filter mojo By Andrew Leonard
The institutions struggling to rid the Internet of porn and spam may have found the one weapon that works: The Net itself. (06/24/2003)

The Fix
Pamela Anderson gets animated, Demi Moore gets shy, and Tucker Carlson gets ready to eat his shoes! Plus: Will it be Hillary vs. Rudy after all? (06/23/2003)

Harry Potter, teen rebel By Laura Miller
No, Hogwarts isn't a hotbed of drugs, smoking and sex (at least not yet). But J.K. Rowling's rich and huge new installment unmistakably brings our bespectacled hero into adolescence. (06/23/2003)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The GOP: Making hay out of tragedy 'n' trauma since 2001! (06/23/2003)

The beard, the breasts and the bulge By Whitney Joiner
Kingdom Come, a touring troupe of five of America's most famous drag kings -- complete with strap-ons, leather and one hell of an homage to George Michael -- are taking their act down South. (06/23/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Greed comes out of the closet: At least the ACC is honest about its cash-grab expansion plans. (06/23/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
For the Republican Party, Tom DeLay's daily venality and sleaze serves a higher purpose. (06/23/2003)

Second time around By Cary Tennis
Should I start a new relationship, knowing that if my ex wanted me back I'd run to her in a minute? (06/23/2003)

Deathmatch, Julia Roberts-style By Wagner James Au
America's most bankable female movie star confesses that she is a hardcore shoot-'em-up gamer. What does this mean? (06/23/2003)

The real Henry Jenkins By Wagner James Au
Julia Roberts was my student, and I had to send her to the principal's office. (06/23/2003)

Letters
Spam will be the death of e-mail. Readers respond to Laura Miller's "When Spam Filters Go Bad." (06/23/2003)

One more round of cosmos, girls By Heather Havrilesky
For six years, they made expensive shoes, pretty cocktails and cheap sex look like basic essentials. Now it's last call for the women of "Sex and the City." (06/21/2003)

Letters
"Do you give a tie to someone who abused and neglected you?" Readers take each other on over Salon's Father's Day feature. Plus: SARS in China. (06/21/2003)

Gray Davis and the vast right-wing conspiracy By Tim Grieve
The effort to recall California's Democratic governor shows again that the GOP will stop at nothing to win more power. (06/21/2003)

"The Hulk" By Charles Taylor
Are comic books art? Maybe, but this leaden, pretentious flick about Marvel Comics' big green id, from the overrated Ang Lee, is just schlock art for the NPR set. (06/20/2003)

The trouble with Carrie By Stephanie Zacharek
Sarah Jessica Parker has spoiled the delicate chemistry of "Sex and the City" by turning her once-flawed character into a boring uptown bombshell -- and by refusing to get naked. (06/20/2003)

"Alex and Emma" By Stephanie Zacharek
The charming Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson end up doing little more than crossword puzzles in this drab Rob Reiner romantic comedy based on Dostoevski lore. (06/20/2003)

The Fix
Ozzy invites Prince William home, Norwegians invited to do it outdoors, and fat people invited to let it all hang out. Plus: Renee as Janis? (06/20/2003)

Letters
Hillary in 2008? Plus, readers respond to an interview with Danny Goldberg about why the Democrats lost the youth vote. (06/20/2003)

One hand clapping By Anne Lamott
My friend waved her stump for emphasis, or testimony. She waved it when she sang. She was like your craziest aunt, the religious one, with funny eyes, who drinks. (06/20/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Lennox Lewis' title defense imitates a Humphrey Bogart movie, sort of. Plus: Can we vote Tonya Harding onto the island? (06/20/2003)

Bush's empty rhetoric on AmeriCorps By Ben Fritz
The president says he wants the program to expand. But his silence about GOP efforts to cut its funding speaks volumes. (06/20/2003)

The skeletons and suits in Sharpton's closet By Jake Tapper
The controversial political leader and Democratic presidential candidate delivers a pointed warning: If you attack me, you risk being sued. (06/21/2003)

"To have freedom or to die" By Mark Follman
An Iranian dissident leader says a week of protests has set the stage for regime change. He welcomes President Bush's support, but warns against U.S. military action. (06/20/2003)

Total Recall Cartoon by Mark Fiore
Now it's your turn to play the game! (06/20/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Why doesn't Nancy Pelosi talk about the Westar case? Plus: Kenneth Pollack may regret the headline on his New York Times Op-Ed. (06/20/2003)

Soul searching By Cary Tennis
My girlfriend has new spiritual beliefs that don't allow her to have sex with me unless it's for procreation. (06/20/2003)

France vs. America: The sex front By Debra Ollivier
A cross-cultural study finds that Americans go more for one-night stands, the French favor long-term affairs -- and French women over 50 have a lot more sex. (06/20/2003)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
The raging battle over Southwest Airlines, a brief history of no-frills airlines, and bad Hooters Air jokes. (06/20/2003)

Letters
iTunes will save the music industry, not destroy it. Readers respond to Sahar Akhtar's "iTunes -- The 'i' Doesn't Stand for Innovation." (06/20/2003)

Video killed the game-show star By Heather Havrilesky
As cheerful Chuck Woolery and loony Gary Busey leap into the celeb-reality fray, it becomes clear that stars' lives may be as boring as our own. (06/19/2003)

The Hulk speaks! By Amy Reiter
Lou Ferrigno, TV's original "Incredible Hulk," on the new film, being Michael Jackson's personal trainer and expressing inner rage through pounds of green makeup. (06/19/2003)

The Fix
Is Al Gore going to be the next Phil Donahue? Is the Hulk the hero we all need? And what is all the fuss about bellybuttons on Capitol Hill? (06/19/2003)

A mind of their own By Kurt Kleiner
In his compelling book "Nature via Nurture," Matt Ridley explains how genes don't serve as blueprints for behavior, but instead interact with the environment to create who we are. (06/19/2003)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-Man and the Real Estate of the Righteous. (06/19/2003)

Mrs. Li is watching me By Lisa Movius
In China, SARS isn't just threatening public health -- it's bringing back the Orwellian neighborhood committees of the Cultural Revolution. (06/19/2003)

Letters
"I'm black, and I do hate my nose." Readers respond to stories on plastic surgery for African-Americans and Father's Day cards from juvy. (06/19/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Me and Roger Clemens' mom. Plus: Michael Jordan's about to make a bad hire, and the Ole Miss mascot's date with ... Destiny? (06/19/2003)

Why don't we care about the WMD? By Michelle Goldberg
So far, Americans are giving Bush a pass about the lies used to justify the Iraq war. But will fear, ignorance, and faith in the president's integrity keep him Teflon-coated forever? (06/19/2003)

Shamed -- and ready for redemption By Tina Brown
Martha, Hillary and the death of the "gotcha" moment. (06/19/2003)

Letters
Readers respond to "Bush's 9/11 Coverup?" by Eric Boehlert, and "Shocking Silence," by Andrew Sullivan. (06/19/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Rove's fingerprints are all over a spiked report on global warming. Plus: The real story of the looting of Baghdad's national museum. (06/19/2003)

Bad behavior By Cary Tennis
I did a terrible thing: I read my boyfriend's journal and it wasn't flattering! (06/19/2003)

When spam filters go bad By Laura Miller
Trying to block junk mail, my cable modem company installed a system that prevented me from getting my REAL mail -- and when I complained, insisted it was all for the good of the System. (06/19/2003)

The fish are OK By Katharine Mieszkowski
Never mind the appalling state of the world's overfished oceans, say U.S. fishery managers. They're doing the best they can, and they don't need more regulation. (06/19/2003)

Hail to the geeks By Joey Sweeney
Most of Radiohead's new album is pretentious jive. But by fighting their fans' expectations, the dork-rock gods continue to do important things with music -- even if those things aren't musical. (06/18/2003)

The Fix
Oprah plays English teacher, Gwyneth in trouble with Coldplay, and -- is it possible -- more cleavage on "Sex and the City"! Plus: Which senator wants to destroy your computer? (06/18/2003)

Bestsellers
Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Living History" and more in this week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com. (06/18/2003)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
No. 1 rule for great BBQ: Only hit places with exceptionally large people workin' the back! (06/18/2003)

Wired and unwired
Get a one-year subscription to Wired magazine and access to Salon through your PDA and cellphone when you subscribe to Salon Premium. (06/18/2003)

To tell or not to tell
If you realize that you've already hooked up with your blind date's friend -- in your blind date's apartment, no less -- do you 'fess up? (06/18/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The buzz of interleague baseball contains the seeds of its own buzz-kill. (06/18/2003)

Bush's 9/11 coverup? By Eric Boehlert
Family members of victims of the terror attacks say the White House has smothered every attempt to get to the bottom of the outrageous intelligence failures that took place on its watch. (06/18/2003)

The hyping of Saddam's WMD By Jake Tapper
Last August, Bush said Saddam merely "desired" weapons of mass destruction. A month later, as he began selling the Iraq war, his tone suddenly changed. (06/18/2003)

Shocking silence By Andrew Sullivan
In Iran, a grass-roots, student-run, anti-theocracy movement has reached critical mass. So why doesn't the U.S. left care more about it? (06/18/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
The once and current New York Times editor struggles to defend his own scandal: His paper's outrageous Whitewater coverage. (06/18/2003)

The White House diagnosis By Arianna Huffington
Wonder why the WMD are MIA? The answer may lie in the DSM -- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (06/18/2003)

From the halls of Montezuma to the whores who give for free By Jason Feifer
A Nevada brothel is offering free sex to U.S. troops who fought in Afghanistan or Iraq. (06/18/2003)

Let's try it again By Cary Tennis
A response to what yesterday's reader was really asking. (06/18/2003)

iTunes -- the "i" doesn't stand for innovation By Sahar Akhtar
As songs are increasingly sold one by one online, the musical creativity and risk-taking associated with the album format will decline. (06/18/2003)

What we're listening to
Nick Cave, Radiohead, Sly Stone and more of Salon's favorite music. (06/17/2003)

The Fix
Russell Crowe plays gladiator indoors, Bill helps Hill work her party, and the Dems create "Bushenstein." Plus: Girls go wild over Playboy! (06/17/2003)

"Dispatches From the Culture Wars"
What the tone-deaf Democrats are missing. An excerpt from Danny Goldberg's new book. (06/17/2003)

How the left lost teen spirit By Andrew O'Hehir
Bill Clinton won the youth vote. Al Gore split it with George Bush. Will Democrats realize they must embrace pop culture, not demonize it, to win back the White House? (06/18/2003)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Which is sexier: War or peace? (06/17/2003)

Target: Boobs, guns and Coke By Brian Montopoli
A new advocacy group called Common Sense Media is starting to rate the "kid friendliness" of movies, TV shows, CDs and video games. Will their services be a godsend for parents -- or just another V-chip? (06/18/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
"The Boss" is back, and that's great news for Yankee-haters everywhere. Even Bud Selig. (06/17/2003)

Letters
Readers weigh in on the future of the Supreme Court and the Greens' role in the '04 presidential campaign. Plus, Rep. Tom Tancredo responds to allegations in "Vigilante Injustice." (06/17/2003)

The world press on Iran Compiled by Laura McClure and Mark Follman
The only American battleships left in Iran are 1970s Chevrolet Impalas. (06/17/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Yes, Sen. Warner, they still eat French fries in Kabul, because the French are helping to rebuild Afghanistan. (06/17/2003)

Chemistry test By Cary Tennis
She says she loves the "literary" me not the "me" me. What does that mean? (06/17/2003)

Sen. Brownback's proposed bill
A draft version of the Republican congressman's legislation. (06/17/2003)

Can anyone stop the music cops? By Farhad Manjoo
As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies. (06/17/2003)

Exile gone mainstream By Hillary Frey
With her fourth album, titled simply "Liz Phair," the erstwhile queen of nasty indie rock grows up (sort of) and plays radio-friendly pop (mostly). She says that's always where she was headed. (06/16/2003)

The Fix
Is Nicole Kidman the next Catherine Deneuve? Is Bob Geldof losing his cred? What to watch on TV this summer? Plus: Bruce speaks out on Demi-Ashton! (06/16/2003)

She's off and running By Joan Walsh
Hillary Clinton's new memoir is her opening bid for the White House. No wonder it's driving her enemies crazy (06/17/2003)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Eric Rudolph, Christian terrorist. (06/16/2003)

Rock 'n' roll fantasy By Elana Berkowitz
I've got the guts, the grit and the fishnet stockings, but now, minutes away from the Air Guitar Championship, do I have that elusive quality of "airness"? (06/16/2003)

Bush is no JFK By Mark Follman
Historian Robert Dallek talks about the murky designs of the Bush White House, the lusty impulses of Kennedy and Clinton, and where Bush's aggressive moralism may leave his own legacy. (06/16/2003)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Are the NBA's good times really over for good, or were this year's hideous Finals just the darkness before a LeBron dawn? (06/16/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
British reports debunk mobile "biological laboratories" described by the White House. Plus: A Bush counterterrorism assistant resigns -- and signs up with John Kerry. (06/16/2003)

Will he grow on me? By Cary Tennis
He's crazy about me, but he's the opposite of "my type." Should I kiss him and see what happens? (06/16/2003)

The Dow is up By Joyce McGreevy
Who cares if everything else is down? (06/16/2003)

The "Sex Woman" By David Bowman
Erica Jong talks about being married to a schizophrenic, the invention of naked women, Henry Miller's erotic fantasies, what's wrong with Bush and -- of course -- the zipless you-know-what. (06/14/2003)

"Trouble in Paradise" By Charles Taylor
Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 masterpiece, the most sophisticated of all American romantic comedies, resurfaces at last, both on DVD and (yes!) on the big screen. (06/13/2003)

"Hollywood Homicide" By Stephanie Zacharek
Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett team up -- and fight the bad guys on kiddie bikes! -- in this amusing cop movie about the murder of two rappers. (06/13/2003)

"The Eye" By Andrew O'Hehir
In this sentimental, supernatural saga, a blind woman regains her sight only to see vengeful ghosts, mysterious villages and, well, something you'll never forget. (06/13/2003)

The Fix By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter
The Dems tell Rupert he's not fair, Mayor Bloomberg tells Bill Clinton to back off and Dave Eggers is just "Dave." Plus: P.Diddy says he started it all. (06/13/2003)

"Man, Dad, you call yourself a man?"
Heartbreaking Father's Day cards from kids in juvenile hall. (06/13/2003)

Can Bush be toppled? By Joan Walsh, Laura McClure and Mark Follman
In Part 3 of our series, Tom Hayden, Paul Berman and Ross Mirkarimi say yes -- but they disagree about whether the Green Party should be accommodated or destroyed. (06/13/2003)

Defining judicial deviancy down By Michelle Goldberg
Bush's nomination of right-wing caricature William Pryor to the 11th Circuit takes his court-packing efforts to new depths. (06/13/2003)

The WMD Finder Cartoon by Mark Fiore
Help George and Tony locate the weapons! (06/13/2003)

The future face of American justice By Joseph M. Birkenstock
If the Supreme Court justices who handed Bush the presidency retire during his term, not only will they spark a virtual civil war, they'll destroy the integrity of the high court. (06/13/2003)

Letters
Readers respond to recent articles about missing WMD, toppling Bush in '04, and Andrew Sullivan on how the liberal media stole Iraqi looting. (06/13/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Another Bush weapons myth, dismantled. (06/13/2003)

Dick Morris vs. Joe Conason
Did Morris make up a story, or didn't he? (06/13/2003)

Female erotica By Charles Taylor
Pictures of women, taken by women, are different from those taken by men -- or are they? (06/13/2003)

Am I gay? By Cary Tennis
I'm a 50-year-old married man and when I have sex with my wife I fantasize about men. (06/13/2003)

Letters
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" Readers respond to Jack Brown's "Mexico's Music Business Meltdown." (06/13/2003)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
The ugly skies: Readers' letters have made me even more depressed about the state of American flying. Plus: A Hooters Air sighting! (06/13/2003)

Reality rapture By Heather Havrilesky
Want the dimwitted fun of reality TV without wasting hours of your life watching crap? VH1's "Reality Wrap-Up" is here to save your day! (06/12/2003)

The Fix
David Brinkley and Gregory Peck leave us, but the Sex Pistols are alive and well and coming to the U.S. Plus: Where in the world is Dennis Miller? (06/12/2003)

What to read By Salon's critics
A contagious Bangkok murder mystery, a real-life Alabama gang war, the plight of the modern American male from a master of fantasy, and more in the summer's best fiction. (06/12/2003)

"Bangkok 8" by John Burdett By Laura Miller
A contagious murder mystery with sex, violence and a beguiling take on the Thai way of looking at the world. (06/12/2003)

"Hell at the Breech" by Tom Franklin By Laura Miller
Based on a real-life gang conflict in 1890s Alabama, a riveting story of freedom fighting, extralegal violence and secret alliances. (06/12/2003)

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon By Laura Miller
A 15-year old autistic savant sets off on a brave journey to London to investigate the bizarre death of the dog across the street. (06/12/2003)

"The War of the Flowers" by Tad Williams By Andrew Leonard
This stand-alone fantasy adds the plight of the modern American man to its mix of heroic goblins, marauding dragons and evil fairy lords. (06/12/2003)

"P" by Andrew Lewis Conn By Charles Taylor
A maddening and ambitious debut novel that owes as much to "Boogie Nights" as it does to "Ulysses." (06/12/2003)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Freeloading paupers were about to gorge themselves on the child tax credit -- until Lucky Ducky came to the rescue! (06/12/2003)

Black like me -- but not too black By Erin Aubry Kaplan
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is promoting nose jobs for African-Americans that won't make their noses European -- just narrower, more refined, and without the flared nostrils. I'm not buying it. (06/13/2003)

Can Bush be toppled? By Joan Walsh, Laura McClure and Mark Follman
In Part 2 of our series, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway and author Steven Brill say yes -- but Brown insists the media's been "pimped." (06/12/2003)

Absolute power corrupts By King Kaufman
The personal foibles that are costing college coaches their jobs at an alarming rate are only symptoms of a sick system. (06/12/2003)

McCain calls for hearings By Jake Tapper
He still believes weapons of mass destruction will be found -- but says Congress should investigate whether intelligence was cooked. (06/13/2003)

The bookworm and the Viking By Tina Brown
The defiantly dowdy Hillary met a handsome rube from Arkansas named Bill. The rest became a history that still enthralls us. (06/12/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Should we believe Dick Morris' claim that Bill Clinton tackled and almost punched him? Depends on which Dick Morris you choose to believe. (06/12/2003)

Open and shut By Cary Tennis
My wife wants to have sex with another man and says that I shouldn't feel hurt or betrayed -- but I do. (06/12/2003)

Letters
Readers respond to "Do the Clintons Have an Open Marriage?" (06/12/2003)

The plot to kill Social Security By Farhad Manjoo
Bush's tax cuts won't do much to create jobs or boost economic growth, but they will bankrupt the nation's retirement program. That's the plan, anyway. (06/12/2003)

An artistic orphan in the big city By David Ng
Amir Naderi, who brought Iranian cinema to the world's attention in the '80s with the international hit "The Runner," has been making films in New York since 1993. Who knew? (06/11/2003)

The Fix
Katie plays word games with Hillary -- and two of them are "Monica" and "Lewinsky," Renee Zellweger is stuffing the doughnuts as we speak, and Bob Evans' girl is outta the picture. (06/11/2003)

Letters
Was the Civil War a gentlemanly affair? Are men necessary? Readers respond to reviews of "Robert E. Lee" and "Y: The Descent of Men." (06/11/2003)

Bestsellers
"The Da Vinci Code," "Holes" and more in this week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com. (06/11/2003)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Add diversity to your party, barbeque or corporate function: Rent a black person! (06/11/2003)

In memory of Angel Nicole Gallagher (July 10, 1992 - July 10, 1992)
Readers write in with their own stories of late-term abortion. Plus: Letters on the Clinton marriage. (06/11/2003)

No room for love
That's what we told each other. Two nights later, with the A.C. on full-blast, we were voraciously coupling in every way imaginable. (06/11/2003)

Can Bush be toppled? By Joan Walsh, Laura McClure and Mark Follman
"Yes, but ..." says a Salon panel of political fortunetellers including Robert Dallek, John Fund, Sherman Alexie, Donna Brazile and Pat Caddell. (06/11/2003)

Should Democrats get mad -- or get even? By Michelle Goldberg
The very mention of George W. Bush's name sends progressives into paroxysms of rage. But political veterans warn that anger has to be channeled into a winning campaign. (06/11/2003)

How Ashcroft beats a full House By Jake Tapper
Critics deride his appearances before Congress as "carefully orchestrated," but he manages to come away from every face-off stronger than before. (06/11/2003)

What the definition of "WMD" is By Jake Tapper
The White House helpfully explains what the president meant when he claimed weapons of mass destruction had already been found. (06/11/2003)

Bush plunges into the Middle East quagmire By Aluf Benn
The president's sudden, passionate intervention surprised everyone. But Israeli officials doubt he's in it for the long haul. (06/11/2003)

Letters
Readers respond -- at times identically -- to Gary Kamiya's "A Faint Sliver of Mideast Hope." (06/11/2003)

Worse than Watergate By John W. Dean
If Bush lied about the reasons for war it could be an impeachable offense. (06/11/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Hillary scores a hit -- and her antagonists are left to pull their hair out. (06/11/2003)

The Karl Rove Diaries By Arianna Huffington
"8:06-8:07: Walk to Oval Office (feel the awe and fear of those I pass)." (06/11/2003)

G-strings and Ph.D.s By Virginia Vitzthum
Katherine Frank stripped, interviewed her customers and then wrote a thesis about male desire. (06/12/2003)

Man-boy problems By Cary Tennis
We have great sex and he is my friend, but why won't he fall in love and be my boyfriend? (06/11/2003)

Bend it like Robo-Beckham By Lee Gutkind
Roboticists want to field a team of automatons in the 2050 World Cup that can win it all. Are they nuts? Or is this how progress is made? (06/11/2003)

"I'm a voting adult and it's my job to fix it" By Joy Lanzendorfer
DIY goddess Ani DiFranco on political responsibility in the Bush era, the "lying, whoring media," life in New Orleans and her bottomless pit of self-loathing. (06/10/2003)

The Fix
Bill Clinton goes to bat for Howell Raines? Spike Lee slams Pam Anderson. Martha's fans speak out. Plus: Rosie O'Donnell's crude charms. (06/10/2003)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The world's most advanced lie detector. (06/10/2003)

Show Papa he didn't raise no fool
Show your dad he's raised a smart kid -- give him a Salon Premium subscription for Father's Day. (06/10/2003)

Healing waters By Liz Leyden
My mother taught my little brother to swallow bitter medicine, she practiced giving shots to oranges, she drove him to chemo. And she took us swimming. (06/10/2003)

Bush's do-nothing plan for airline security By Paul J. Caffera
When it comes to protecting passenger jets from a terrorist's shoulder-launched missile, the White House is taking a bargain-basement approach. (06/10/2003)

Save the Stanley Cup By King Kaufman
The triumphant Devils skating with it was a sight to behold, as always. Just thinking: What if Brooke Burke skated with it? (06/10/2003)

The world press on the missing WMDs Compiled by Laura McClure
Arab News: Whether or not WMDs are found is irrelevant to the Iraqi people. (06/10/2003)

Idiocy of the week By Andrew Sullivan
It was originally reported that 170,000 priceless artifacts were looted from Iraq's national museum. That number now stands at 33. Will overeager Bush critics issue corrections? (06/10/2003)

The real reason we went to war By Gary Kamiya
It wasn't WMDs, it was about teaching our enemies a lesson. But in a democracy, leaders shouldn't lie about issues of life and death. (06/10/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Another hawk turns: Kristol suddenly "very skeptical" we'll ever find those WMD. (06/10/2003)

Free at last? By Cary Tennis
Now that I'm finally free to leave my drag of a husband, he's cleaning up his act. Should I leave him anyway? (06/10/2003)

Freak show By Katharine Mieszkowski
From a man with pig cells in his brain to an orphaned child with five parents, the new documentary "Bloodlines" explores how genetic engineering is already changing us. (06/10/2003)

The Fix
GOP pranksters plan a "Gilligan" attack on Kerry, Bono gives Turlington away, and Beckham is batted about like a football. Plus: Who will play Ronald Reagan in the miniseries? (06/09/2003)

The gentleman general By Allen Barra
Humorist Roy Blount Jr.'s slim biography of Robert E. Lee is touching and comprehensive, but he misses the boat on the Southern warrior's military genius. Most historians do. (06/09/2003)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The (revised) official Bush administration history of the war in Iraq. (06/09/2003)

Mystery marriage By Stephanie Zacharek
Hillary's new book is sparking another round of that favorite national pastime -- solve the puzzle of the Clinton union. Here's one clue: Loyalty between a man and a woman is not always the same as sexual fidelity. (06/09/2003)

The media gets impeachment wrong again By Sean Wilentz
Even as journalists admit "The Clinton Wars" reveals the insanity of the right-wing crusade against the president, they're dismissing the book as "history." (06/09/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
The only thing protecting the White House? Its timid Democratic opposition. (06/09/2003)

I'm utterly preoccupied By Cary Tennis
I'm so in love that I can't get any work done and I'm mooning over him all the time! (06/09/2003)

Do the Clintons have an open marriage? By Michael Alvear
The Bill and Hillary saga could be a catalyst for a mature discussion of sexuality and love instead of a rehash of the tired woman-scorned melodrama. (06/09/2003)

Mexico's music business meltdown By Jack Brown
Pirates armed with CD burners and cheap discs are bringing the industry to its knees. The U.S. could be next. (06/09/2003)

When terrorism was cool By Andrew O'Hehir
As a new film about the Weather Underground opens, former '60s revolutionary Mark Rudd wonders whatever possessed him -- and America. (06/07/2003)

Real women, agonizing choices By Stephanie Booth
Lost amid the political and moral posturing over late-term abortions are the actual women who make the painful decision to undergo the procedure. (06/07/2003)

"Finding Nemo" By Stephanie Zacharek
Pixar's latest animation wonder -- a shimmery, velvety undersea coming-of-age story -- sure is beautiful. But why should we spend two hours looking at it? (06/06/2003)

"2 Fast 2 Furious" By Charles Taylor
John Singleton's sequel to the brainless but exciting "The Fast and the Furious" is utterly indefensible -- and no fun either. (06/06/2003)

The Fix By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter
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!" (06/06/2003)

Letters
Readers respond to Farhad Manjoo's review of "Isaac Newton." (06/06/2003)

Let us commence By Anne Lamott
At the Berkeley graduation I told the students that the secret to success was simple -- ignore your parents' expectations, give money to the ACLU, and find out the truth about who you are. (06/06/2003)

Behind the fall of Raines By Eric Boehlert
Scandal-scarred and resented by a newsroom fed up with his arrogant style, the top New York Times editor finally pays the price. (06/06/2003)

Weapons of mass deception By Jake Tapper
The Bush administration goes into full spin mode and Tony Blair battles to save his political life, as charges mount that they lied their way into war. (06/06/2003)

"We don't need a second Republican Party" By Michelle Goldberg
Kerry and Dean rouse the Democratic Party's left wing at a "Take Back America" conference -- but Kucinich's Bush roasting gets the biggest cheers. (06/07/2003)

The truth, new and improved Cartoon by Mark Fiore
If you liked the Iraqi Information Minister, you'll love the new FCC Minister of Information. (06/06/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
An apparent crude attempt to bribe the GOP House leadership by a crumbling utility firm is exposed. Will the House investigate? (06/06/2003)

Drama queen By Cary Tennis
My boyfriend walked out because I didn't hug and kiss him when I came to bed. But I thought he was asleep! (06/06/2003)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Why are American airlines famous for the worst passenger service in the world? (06/06/2003)

The Fix
Madeleine Albright says Kim Jong Il has puffy hair, Puff Daddy says Ben and Jen need better cars, and Madonna wants to make a movie about Viagra. Plus: Thom Yorke thinks he's going crazy! (06/05/2003)

Y are men necessary? By Gavin McNett
Two new books on genetics explore how the Y-chromosome divides males from females -- and ask whether male humans are headed for the biological dustbin. (06/05/2003)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
News of the Times: Corrections (06/05/2003)

twotimingpunk.com
We jumped straight into serious rutting, the kind that makes you forget your own name. And sometimes, your judgment. (06/05/2003)

"What a pile of codswallop!"
Salon readers on rabid conservatives, randy senior citizens and impoverished 20-somethings. (06/05/2003)

Sammy Sosa's sanity By King Kaufman
How corking your bat is a lot like a Martha Stewart stock deal, but nothing like throwing a spitball. (06/05/2003)

The Times' self-consuming rage By Eric Boehlert
A month after Jayson Blair, the nation's greatest newspaper remains mired in controversy. (06/05/2003)

When gearheads go gray By Tina Brown
Our iconic whiz kids -- Gates, Case and Jobs -- debut new, mellower versions. Plus: What Hillary really didn't know. (06/05/2003)

A faint sliver of Mideast hope By Gary Kamiya
Revelations that Bush talked tough to Sharon and feels for the Palestinians may signal his willingness to pressure the Israeli leader to make peace. Or they could be another disappointment in a long history of betrayals. (06/06/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Will the Times right itself? Plus: Defending (believe it or not) Paul Wolfowitz. (06/05/2003)

Bad behavior By Cary Tennis
I found my son looking at online porn and he said, "Dad does it, and he says, don't tell Mom we do it." (06/05/2003)

Only the flat survive By Katharine Mieszkowski
The mighty Pacific halibut is thriving, even as dozens of other big fish species are being commercially harvested out of existence. How is this googly-eyed monster defying the odds? (06/05/2003)

A Greek tragedy starring the Osbournes By Daniel Kraus
Director Andrew Jarecki talks about his explosive documentary "Capturing the Friedmans," in which a family's home videos follow its own destruction in a bizarre child-abuse case. (06/04/2003)

The Fix
Barry Manilow breaks his beak, Geraldo breaks the rules, and Princess Stephanie bonks the gardener. Plus: David Beckham takes off his pants! (06/04/2003)

Bestsellers
Sue Monk Kidd, Augusten Burroughs and more in this week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com. (06/04/2003)

The man who saw God's plan By Farhad Manjoo
In his fascinating biography of the strange, secretive Isaac Newton, author James Gleick attempts to understand the father of physics' genius -- and comes up with a mystery. (06/04/2003)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Nothing beats seeing that first sundress of the summer! (06/04/2003)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Coal comfort. (06/04/2003)

Salon wants to eliminate your big but
Get more from Salon Premium, pay less: A letter from the publisher. (06/04/2003)

For poorer and for poorer By Suzy Hansen
For young couples trying to start a new life together, the dismal economy means more fighting, postponed weddings -- and less sex. (06/04/2003)

Abuse and neglect By David Tuller
Domestic violence occurs as often among gay couples as among hetereosexuals, according to a new study, but victims of same-sex battering do not have equal protection under the law. (06/04/2003)

How the big lie about Iraq came to be By Robert Scheer
Did our spy operations blow the call on WMDs, or did Bush distort the truth? (06/04/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Bill O'Reilly enters a real no-spin zone -- and loses. (06/04/2003)

The Enronization of Washington By Arianna Huffington
The White House is playing fast and loose with the numbers in order to mislead its "shareholders" -- the American people. (06/04/2003)

Seven-month itch By Cary Tennis
I'm a good catch on paper, but I've never really learned to socialize and I need to know how to find a long-term lover and mate. (06/04/2003)

Adventures in smog trading By Linda Baker
A world market for buying and selling pollution credits is poised to take off and could be our best chance to stop global warming. Too bad George Bush won't let it happen. (06/04/2003)

Letters
Are the '50s dead? Readers respond to Laura Miller's essay about "Far From Heaven" and "Down With Love." (06/03/2003)

The Fix
Lara Croft wants to be more than just a girl in tiny shorts, Martha Stewart wants to stay out of jail, and Demi Moore wants the world to know who she's dating. Plus: Liz and Dick are still hot! (06/03/2003)

The computer or the cradle By Dani Shapiro
As a novelist and new mother I despaired: How could my book be a serious work of literary fiction and contain the word "poopy"? (06/03/2003)

Crime and punishment (and sports) By King Kaufman
Chicago is ready to come down hard on the next jerk who runs onto a playing field. Good idea. Now, who else deserves some discipline? (06/03/2003)

"1:30-1:45: Rewind Ace Ventura" By Jake Tapper
Democratic hopeful Sen. Bob Graham keeps an incredibly detailed daily log. His rivals say it's weird, and they plan to use it against him. (06/03/2003)

Simmons says By Michelle Goldberg
Weary opponents of New York's draconian drug laws just got reinforcements -- some of hip-hop's biggest stars. (06/03/2003)

The world press on the missing WMDs Compiled by Laura McClure
Pravda: "If people are killed in a war which is unjustifiable under international law, the act is a war crime." (06/03/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Even U.S. war supporters begin to ask: Where are the weapons of mass destruction? (06/03/2003)

I want more By Cary Tennis
My husband and I have had sex like adolescents for years, and now I want to be sexual in a grown-up way, with depth. How can I get there? (06/03/2003)

Letters
Readers react to "The Twins Thing." (06/03/2003)

Lawyers against Linux By Farhad Manjoo
A software company launches a billion-dollar suit against the open-source operating system's biggest backer, IBM -- and only succeeds in underscoring Linux's strength. (06/03/2003)

The Fix
Eminem wins ugly at MTV awards. Barbra wants sky-high privacy. Plus: A Canned filmmaker takes a crack at Ebert, Jews and gays. (06/02/2003)

One wedding and two funerals By Heather Havrilesky
The third brilliant season of "Six Feet Under" comes to a messy close, resisting easy narrative "closure," as all the characters must face the weight of the decisions they've made. (06/02/2003)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Who will the Democrats nominate in 2004: Rude and aggressive Goofus or considerate, well-mannered Gallant? (06/02/2003)

Bad blood in Egypt By Dawn MacKeen
In one of the great medical tragedies in modern history, well-meaning Egyptian authorities are believed to have infected millions of people with hepatitis C. (06/02/2003)

Joe Conason's Journal
Will Powell be able to explain how further deregulating the media helps the public? We may soon find out. (06/02/2003)

Jilted by Jesus By Cary Tennis
My girlfriend is a Christian and she'll do everything with me except have intercourse. Plus, she wants to convert me! (06/02/2003)

Resistance really was futile By Andrew Leonard
Microsoft and AOL announce an unholy $750 million alliance. Where does that leave Mozilla, Netscape's open-source rebel child? (06/02/2003)