The Fix
Geffen gives up on making money, Halle in a Limp-lock and Bennifer buys a new truck. Plus: New play has Martha dining with Tom Clancy and Christopher Hitchens
By Amy Reiter

California recall smackdown
With the vote to oust Gov. Gray Davis less than two weeks away, Arianna uses a prime-time debate to stage a relentless attack on the Terminator
By Tim Grieve

I Like to Watch
"Survivor" and Rob Lowe return -- as does the late, great "Dynasty." Jessica Simpson stumped by "Buffalo wings." Plus: The hopelessly ethical "West Wing" staff finally gets its comeuppance
By Heather Havrilesky

Howard Dean's Israel problem When he said the U.S. must be "evenhanded" in the Middle East, rivals accused him of selling out the Jewish state -- even though his position is similar to Bush's and his campaign co-chair used to run AIPAC
By Michelle Goldberg

Right Hook New York Post's Ralph Peters tags Wesley Clark a softy on terror, while Coulter sees a devious Hillary plot
By Mark Follman

Robert Scheer Republican women rationalize that Arnold Schwarzenegger "supports family." Mark that endorsement the death knell of GOP claims to represent traditional family values

Black helicopters over 43rd Street! The New York Times' chief conspiracy theorist unloads a corker: Wes Clark as pawn of Hillary
By Charles Taylor

Hip-hop's odd couple gets odder OutKast's new double album is a critic's dream -- a self-indulgent but thrilling mixture of Southern funk, indie rock and art music
By Baz Dreisinger

Going for baroque Neal Stephenson's new "Quicksilver" takes a fantastical, circuitous tour of the 17th century in search of the roots of science and the nature of the universe
By Andrew Leonard

"Just another flavor of meat" Author David Quammen talks about what the human race will lose if we don't allow the big alpha predators -- tigers, bears and crocodiles -- to survive. And OK, maybe they need to eat one of us once in a while
By Katharine Mieszkowski

Bathroom confidential I went to a strip club with my boyfriend, but I got more of a thrill hanging with the girls in the ladies' room than he did out front
By Saara Dutton

Match Made in Heaven, Match Made in Hell I really dug her, but when I lifted the toilet lid, love was asphyxiated: Fatal dating moments from Kenny G albums to red Porsches
By Michael Kessler

An open invitation to election fraud Not only is the country's leading touch-screen voting system so badly designed that votes can be easily changed, but its manufacturer is run by a die-hard GOP donor who vowed to deliver his state for Bush next year
By Farhad Manjoo

The world press on the U.N. in Iraq Should the U.N. bail out the U.S. in Iraq? A Guardian writer says not if it helps Bush win reelection
Compiled by Laura McClure

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