March 2006

Exclusive Daily Download: "Clip 10," Mugison
(04/01/2006)

"The Devil and Daniel Johnston" By Stephanie Zacharek
This sprawling, affectionate documentary captures the fragile spirit of a folk phenomenon who inspired performers like Sonic Youth and Kurt Cobain. (03/31/2006)

"Basic Instinct 2" By Stephanie Zacharek
This long-awaited sequel starts with a bang, then goes limp -- but Sharon Stone is as sexy as ever! (03/31/2006)

The Fix
Sharon Stone reveals herself. Clooney plots Gawker revenge. Naomi Campbell arrested for chucking phone at underling (yes, again!) (03/31/2006)

Around the Web: Fresh tracks from Billy Bragg. Plus, the worst albums ever
(03/31/2006)

Aw Eds.
The grandest doggy in the Easter parade. (03/31/2006)

Congresswoman vs. cops K.L.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney confronts Capitol police. (03/31/2006)

DriveTime K.L.
The only talk show worth watching -- and it's not on TV. (03/31/2006)

Newly separated and dating: What do I say? By Cary Tennis
Now that I'm a single man again, I have no idea where to begin. (03/31/2006)

9 out of 10 women in U.K. study call one-night stands "immoral" Page Rockwell
Ever-so-slightly fishy-sounding report says women are judgmental about casual sex. (03/31/2006)

Why Bradsheet?
Because it's all about Brad. (03/31/2006)

Panhandler begs for Brangelina baby gift Katharine Mieszkowski
The trickledown economics of Brad and Angelina's love. (03/31/2006)

Is Brad necessary? Rebecca Traister
Brad may like his women independent ... but is his adoration overkill? (03/31/2006)

Is Angelina flying too high? Lynn Harris
Doctors, husband fret about risk to mini-Pitt. (03/31/2006)

Brad dresses for success Page Rockwell
Copying his girlfriends' personal styles doesn't make Brad a girly man. It makes him a Bradsheet man. (03/31/2006)

Bradulation Rebecca Traister
Katie and Diane bare talons ... over Brad. (03/31/2006)

If the pants don't fit ... Katharine Mieszkowski
... blame the screwy sizing. (03/31/2006)

C-section controversy Page Rockwell
The NIH says there's "insufficient evidence" to recommend for or against elective cesareans. Unsurprisingly, the debate intensifies. (03/31/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Marriage, ice picks, diets, baseball bats and so much more. (03/31/2006)

Stephen Colbert on Women's History Month Page Rockwell
Or, a quick joke about CNN's Soledad O'Brien. (03/31/2006)

Why the "opt-out revolution" is a comforting lie Tracy Clark-Flory
Family-studies professor takes on the myth of mothers forsaking the workforce in droves. (03/31/2006)

Tuvalu is drowning By Alexandra Berzon
The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"? (03/31/2006)

"Big Steve" and Abu Ghraib By Mark Benjamin and Michael Scherer
Salon has uncovered more allegations against a civilian interrogator accused of abuse at the prison. Why has he never been prosecuted? (03/31/2006)

Israel's uncertain revolution By Aluf Benn
Tuesday's general election was one of the most momentous in Israel's 58-year history. So why didn't the voters care? (03/31/2006)

"Saddam chose to deny inspectors" By Joe Conason
Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled. (03/31/2006)

Above the law By Michael Ratner, with Sara Miles
Bush claims the right to spy on everything -- including attorney-client conversations. When will Americans have the decency to be shocked? (03/31/2006)

Immigration demagogues Michael Scherer
There is a dangerous subtext to the national debate over borders and green cards. (03/31/2006)

Senators take up censure of the president Michael Scherer
But Bush isn't likely to get a wrist slap for his decision to trump federal wiretap law. (03/31/2006)

The political score card Michael Scherer
A partisan analysis of chin flips, punched cops and a proposed memorial to the fallen. (03/31/2006)

Another DeLay aide pleads guilty Michael Scherer
The Jack Abramoff perp walk just keeps on coming. (03/31/2006)

What we mean when we say "genocide" Michael Scherer
America stands by as the rape and the murder continue. (03/31/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Baseball's new drug probe: A weak swing in hopes of hitting a P.R. single. Plus: George Mason, America's sweetheart. (03/31/2006)

Bad heirs, bad hair
How do you instill values? And the horrors of a haircut gone wrong, this week in Table Talk. (03/31/2006)

Don't blame China for Delphi's woes Andrew Leonard
Charity for America's automotive industry should start at home. (03/31/2006)

Neo-neo tribes in an imaginary post-affluent China Andrew Leonard
Punks, fatsos, cellphone stickers and bourgeois bohemians. In Beijing. (03/31/2006)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
The Beastie Boys' fan-shot concert film: For frat guys only? Plus: Matthew Barney's latest ... starring Bjork and a whole lot of Vaseline. (03/30/2006)

The Fix
Whitney's "really broke." Hasselhoff divorce gets nasty. Plus: Lindsay Lohan's dad speaks out from prison. (03/30/2006)

Another funny foreign ad K.L.
An amusing, self-deprecating German ad. (03/30/2006)

And yet another. Happy Easter! K.L.
Another foreign ad to get you in the Easter spirit. (03/30/2006)

Gene Hackman, Cold Warrior J.D.
Gene Hackman's Cold War filmography (03/30/2006)

Mooning over my hammy H.H.
"Daily Show" examines the quest for healthier bacon. (03/30/2006)

Driving people crazy K.L.
A creative way to test the speed limit -- and other drivers' patience (03/30/2006)

"Explorers of the New Century" By Laura Miller
Magnus Mills' mysterious novel pits brave adventurers against each other in a race to the furthest point from civilization. (03/30/2006)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
News of the times: Beached lobbyists confound experts. (03/30/2006)

For some reason I feel I must move to France By Cary Tennis
I'm a restless person and now I feel the curious tug of a foreign land. (03/30/2006)

Journalist Jill Carroll is free Katharine Mieszkowski
The American reporter kidnapped in Iraq has been released unharmed. (03/30/2006)

A woman's place is in the home section Page Rockwell
The New York Times gets cozy with Phyllis Schlafly. (03/30/2006)

Crackdown on aborting female fetuses Sarah Goldstein
A doctor in India goes to jail for performing sex-selective tests and abortions. (03/30/2006)

Laugh for choice in South Dakota Page Rockwell
Cool cartoonist auctions off her strip for charity. (03/30/2006)

Boys and girls gone wild! Katharine Mieszkowski
A reader wonders why we never see that headline (03/30/2006)

A (very) little more on the "pro-life" Britney sculpture Page Rockwell
Wherein the media goes wild, the artist gets famous, and I regret having taken an interest in the thing in the first place. (03/30/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Onion takes on Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, and more. (03/30/2006)

The war Lieberman didn't want By Walter Shapiro
Despised by Democratic liberals for his unrepentant support of the Iraq war, Joe Lieberman is facing a tough fight from antiwar newcomer Ned Lamont. (03/30/2006)

Bush's Card trick By Sidney Blumenthal
Forget his meaningless staff switch. Bush is the most blinkered and rigid president since Depression-denying Herbert Hoover. (03/30/2006)

The "you hate America" defense Michael Scherer
Lie, cheat and steal ... as long as you love your country. (03/30/2006)

Will Charles Taylor sing? Michael Scherer
The evil warlord, who also allegedly worked as a U.S. informant, prepares to take the stand. (03/30/2006)

Who needs ethics laws? We have real-estate records Michael Scherer
First there was a senior Air Force official, then came the "Duke," now it's Rep. Jim Ryun. When will they learn? (03/30/2006)

This week in blog fights Michael Scherer
When you can be mean, catty and humiliating, why argue on the merits? (03/30/2006)

What Bush knew, when he knew it Michael Scherer
A Rove-led coverup of Bush's role in the aluminum tube scandal is revealed. (03/30/2006)

The "coalition of the willing" expands Michael Scherer
Can lions and tigers and bears help defeat the insurgents? (03/30/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
National League preview: This will be the year the Braves won't win. And it'll be the year they'll finally win. (03/30/2006)

Miracle rice to the rescue, again? Andrew Leonard
Do we need genetically modified crops to survive global warming? (03/30/2006)

Austin vs. Zhuhai: Round 1 goes to Texas Andrew Leonard
Winning the patent battle, but losing the MP3 chip war? (03/30/2006)

The Nation takes on globalization Andrew Leonard
With Joseph Stiglitz leading the way, progressives try to tame the global beast. (03/30/2006)

Daily Download: "Can't Ever Sleep," Saturday Looks Good to Me
(03/29/2006)

Daily Download: "Beautiful Close Double," Damon and Naomi
(03/30/2006)

Reviewed: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ghostface Killah
(03/29/2006)

Secret Jesus H.H.
Is the son of God hiding out in your cupboard? (03/29/2006)

The Fix
Britney sued. Whitney "hooked on crack"? Brad and Angelina, feuding big-time? Plus: Gandolfini's licking spree! (03/29/2006)

Brown 'n serve H.H.
Colbert grills former FEMA director Michael Brown. (03/29/2006)

Aw Eds.
Kitties from Down Under. (03/29/2006)

Scarface  the short version J.D.
"Scarface" -- boiled down to less than a minute. (03/29/2006)

War of the blogs By Scott Rosenberg
New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground. (03/29/2006)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Bush is da bomb!! (03/29/2006)

My next-door neighbor died and I didn't do a thing By Cary Tennis
Am I a terrible person, or just a normal American? (03/29/2006)

Let's have a revolution! Does July 14 work for you? By Anne Lamott
Leave your cellphone, bring some fruit, and protest -- with kindness -- what has happened to our country. (03/29/2006)

Race, class, rape Lynn Harris
Mainstream press picks up full story of allegations against members of Duke's lacrosse team. (03/29/2006)

Free Katie Holmes! Lynn Harris
Confirmed: Bride of Scientology expected to give birth in silence. (03/29/2006)

Two pills show great promise Lynn Harris
... for opposition from those who would rather prevent sex than death. (03/29/2006)

Married off at the age of 4 Lynn Harris
Afghan girl, now 12, offers story of horror and hope. (03/29/2006)

What else we're reading Lynn Harris
Gay adoption, girls in school, grody laws, and more. (03/29/2006)

Katie Couric grabs her gravitas Tracy Clark-Flory
Is the g-word what it takes to anchor the nightly news, and does any woman have it? (03/29/2006)

U.S. agrees to release Abu Ghraib photos By Mark Benjamin and Michael Scherer
Citing Salon's publication, government abandons its fight to keep images of abuse secret. (03/29/2006)

Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP By Michelle Goldberg
At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame." (03/29/2006)

Where's the brunet babe with the O.J.? By Garrison Keillor
I'm exhausted and just want my doc to send me to a posh hospital with a terrace. But noooo! (03/29/2006)

The real reason for Andy Card's departure? Tim Grieve
The Wall Street Journal says he may have his eye on a governor's race. (03/29/2006)

DeLay: Threatened judges still don't "get it" Tim Grieve
Christians are persecuted; judges are just dense. (03/29/2006)

Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
The president on democracy, or at least someone else's. (03/29/2006)

A picture is worth a thousand words. Too bad they're in Turkish Tim Grieve
Boasting of peace in Baghdad, a GOP candidate cites evidence from ... Istanbul? (03/29/2006)

Abramoff sentenced in Florida fraud case Tim Grieve
The lobbyist gets nearly six years in prison; sentencing still to come for Washington case. (03/29/2006)

The "W" Republicans Tim Grieve
A GOP pollster has two words for Republican candidates who would distance themselves from Bush: You can't. (03/29/2006)

No, really, this is the Quote of the Day Tim Grieve
John Cornyn and that pesky democracy thing. (03/29/2006)

Bush unplugs, Democrats talk tough Michael Scherer
How can the Democrats compete with President Bush in a Speedo? (03/29/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
American League preview: The return of the A's, Jim Thome and the Eastern Division prediction of "not Yankees." (03/29/2006)

Who blinked in China? Andrew Leonard
No trade war for now. Did the U.S. cave? (03/29/2006)

Imagine no more borders Andrew Leonard
A lesson on immigration from the European Union. (03/29/2006)

A sad day for climate-change corporate stooges Andrew Leonard
Senate hearing shocker: Global warming skeptics muzzled! (03/29/2006)

Pure Bliss, take 2 J.D.
Amazing juggling one-upmanship (03/28/2006)

Daily Download: "Emergency," Wilderness
(03/28/2006)

Stealing booty H.H.
"Daily Show" highlights Fox News creepy serial rapist coverage. (03/28/2006)

The Fix
Penn "violates" Coulter voodoo doll. Valderrama rates sex with Moore and Love Hewitt. Plus: Star Jones discusses "boob lift." (03/28/2006)

Aw Eds.
Spring weather nears -- which means it's time for fluffy rodents! (03/28/2006)

"24" hour news K.L.
Local news station tackles the burning issue: Why is "24" so great? (03/28/2006)

An STD fantasia J.D.
Disney's fascinating, strangely progressive 1973 film about VD. (03/29/2006)

. . . with the Stars! K.L.
The latest hot trend in celebreality TV. (03/28/2006)

Longer listens: Immigration protests and the legacy of Cesar Chavez
(03/28/2006)

The moviegoers By Laura Miller
Film critics let us know what's worth seeing on the big screen, but they've also been fighting our fiercest cultural battles for nearly a century (03/28/2006)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Fixing the remote. (03/28/2006)

Dropping shopping By Melena Ryzik
I tried to kick my retail addiction (I have 200 pairs of shoes) for 12 days. It wasn't pretty -- but I did have a drink with Norman Mailer. (03/28/2006)

I want to quit my boring, soul-destroying job By Cary Tennis
But I'm a middle-aged woman and my husband works. Am I being juvenile and selfish? (03/28/2006)

Good news for Aisha Parveen Sarah Elizabeth Richards
The publicity generated by Nicholas Kristof's column may save her life, but she's just "one of thousands." (03/28/2006)

Boys skipping school Sarah Elizabeth Richards
British study finds that male students do worse because they ditch class more often. (03/28/2006)

Pornography on campus Sarah Elizabeth Richards
More colleges are offering courses on the effect of porn on our lives. (03/28/2006)

Angry pro-choice Republicans Sarah Goldstein
What happens when you're pro-choice and your party goes all "no exception for rape and incest" on you? (03/28/2006)

Who's the sexiest 6-year-old? Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Kid makeover chain Club Libby Lu dresses girls like rocks stars, teaches them to work a catwalk. (03/28/2006)

Bringing up the boys Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Times columnist John Tierney criticizes the Education Department for focusing on girls' educational opportunities. (03/28/2006)

What else we're reading Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Abortion rights under attack in Italy, child support skirmish in Michigan, and more. (03/28/2006)

Andy card resigns; Bolten to become chief of staff Tim Grieve
Bush looks for help weathering his storms. (03/28/2006)

Our moment with Andy Card Tim Grieve
The president's man on the president's bulge. (03/28/2006)

Bush meets with reporters -- but it's a secret, OK? Tim Grieve
The president goes on a private charm offensive, and the White House press corps (mostly) plays along. (03/28/2006)

Josh Bolten, a promotion or just falling upward? Tim Grieve
He has presided over massive growth in the federal debt -- but he also checked Cheney on 9/11. (03/28/2006)

The White House shake-up that wasn't Tim Grieve
What, exactly, was Bush hoping to accomplish? (03/28/2006)

McCain's embrace, Halliburton's profits and Tom DeLay's gun Tim Grieve
News that doesn't involve shuffling Card. (03/28/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
When sports niches clash: Radio host Colin Cowherd's use of a blog's material highlighted a cultural gap. Plus: Women's Tournament. (03/28/2006)

Immigration's race card Andrew Leonard
Are civil rights for blacks and immigrant rights on opposite sides of the border? (03/28/2006)

The biosolid bonanza Andrew Leonard
Looking for a really crappy investment opportunity? (03/28/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "New England," Billy Bragg
(03/27/2006)

The Fix
Strange sculpture celebrates Spears pregnancy. Spurlock and Smith spark school scandals. Plus: How many lovers has Streisand had, anyway? (03/27/2006)

Chasing love J.D.
One last "Brokeback" parody. (Honest! We swear!) (03/27/2006)

Aw Eds.
Speck the Chihuahua. (03/27/2006)

"Who says things aren't falling apart in Iraq?" K.L.
A bewitching response to the Bush administration's blame-the-media strategy. (03/27/2006)

Love, loss and loss of lunch K.L.
A gut-wrenching parody of a foreign film about love, loss and lunch. (03/27/2006)

3 Questions for: Karen O
(03/27/2006)

Harrison, Harrison, Harrison K.L.
Get deja vu when you watch a Harrison Ford movie? So does he. (03/27/2006)

Mr. Ruckus By Bill Katovsky
John Sellers climbed the Sears Tower to protest nukes and unfurled an anti-logging banner over the Golden Gate. The left's Merry Prankster talks. (03/27/2006)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
It's all the media's fault! (03/27/2006)

Not just another dead black man By Meredith Maran
The Keith Stephens I knew was a joyful, charismatic kid working hard to become a responsible adult. Then he was murdered. He can't become just another statistic. (03/27/2006)

If my wife dressed better, would gay guys stop hitting on me? By Cary Tennis
I'm a snappy dresser, and the other night, my wife and I were hanging out in this gay bar ... (03/27/2006)

Nicholas Kristof on a "worthless" woman Sarah Karnasiewicz
The Times columnist ponders the fate of a Pakistani sex slave. (03/27/2006)

Mom's love, prechopped and wrapped to go Sarah Elizabeth Richards
In new "meal assembly centers," mothers put together dinners for families and work off their takeout guilt. (03/27/2006)

Conservative "abortion services" Sarah Goldstein
NARAL joins the fight against antiabortion and pregnancy crisis centers' false advertising. (03/27/2006)

Lara Logan, Broadsheet's role model of the day Page Rockwell
The Iraq correspondent for CBS kicks ass and takes names on CNN. (03/27/2006)

Lifetime gets a face-lift Tracy Clark-Flory
No worries -- it's still oozing with cheese. (03/27/2006)

What else we're reading Tracy Clark-Flory
Erica Jong chooses intimacy over a "zipless" tryst and more. (03/27/2006)

On Iraq, a reminder the White House doesn't need Tim Grieve
Meeting memo shows that Bush was determined to go to war, no matter what. (03/27/2006)

Reason for hope -- and a word of advice -- for the Democrats Tim Grieve
Newt Gingrich proposes a campaign slogan: "Had enough?" (03/27/2006)

Scalia on detainee rights: "Give me a break" Tim Grieve
The justice announces his views before oral arguments begin. (03/27/2006)

"The element of surprise is everything" Tim Grieve
Democrats hoped to surprise Republicans with their national security rollout. They failed. (03/27/2006)

Wait, isn't Clarence Thomas the raunchy one? Tim Grieve
Antonin Scalia has a message for his critics, and he delivers it with an obscene hand gesture. (03/27/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Best NCAA Tournament ever? Top seeds ousted one by one by one, and No. 11 George Mason goes to the Final Four. (03/27/2006)

Technology: The bane of the middle class Andrew Leonard
Productivity up; wages down. Blame the computer. (03/27/2006)

The politics of unemployment Andrew Leonard
A new must-read: Louis Uchitelle's "The Disposable American." (03/27/2006)

A Democratic reconquista? Andrew Leonard
An earthquake in L.A. brings home the politics of illegal immigration. (03/27/2006)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
From "Doctor Who" to "Veronica Mars" to "The Shield," rugged individualists subvert the dominant paradigm -- and are rewarded with angst, guilt and hard time in the big house. (03/26/2006)

Confessions of a utility actor By Peter Birkenhead
I'm not a star. I'm not even a "name." I'm just a workaday actor trying to make a living. And after 20 years of waiting for that big break, I'm ready to move on. (03/25/2006)

Ethanol farm By Amanda Griscom Little
Biofuels have prompted an uneasy pact between enviros and the agricultural lobby. Is Big Ag drawn by idealism -- or the smell of pork? (03/25/2006)

Domenech apologizes for plagiarism -- and for "obfuscation" in defense Tim Grieve
After downplaying charges and lashing out at his critics, the Washingtonpost.com short-timer is all apologies. His conservative colleagues aren't. (03/25/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "Remains of the Day," Mono
(03/24/2006)

"Stoned" By Stephanie Zacharek
Is the Stones' Brian Jones, a temperamental rocker who met a tawdry end, the perfect subject for a biopic? Or is he a rotten one? (03/24/2006)

The Fix
Quaid sues "Brokeback" producers. "South Park" takes revenge on Chef. Plus: Sarandon mulls career, bra size. (03/24/2006)

"Inside Man" By Stephanie Zacharek
Spike Lee evokes New York's grittier, edgier days -- and gives Jodie Foster her best role in years -- with this crisply made heist movie. (03/24/2006)

Southern fried culture K.L.
Mullets and trailers and hound dogs, oh my! (03/24/2006)

68 degrees of separation H.H.
"Daily Show" highlights Vice President Dick Cheney's special hotel requirements. (03/24/2006)

I was a 9-year-old lesbian ... or so I thought By Cary Tennis
My mom scared me to death when I said I might be gay. (03/24/2006)

Our Alice By Rebecca Traister
In this week's New Yorker, Calvin Trillin writes an astoundingly beautiful portrait of his marriage to his late wife, Alice. Read it and learn. (03/24/2006)

Revenge of the mommy party? Katharine Mieszkowski
Democratic women to the rescue! (03/24/2006)

Desperate headline writers Katharine Mieszkowski
Enough already with the lazy desperate wives quips. (03/24/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Sex columnist Dan Savage's straight rights update, and more. (03/24/2006)

Where sex trafficking meets masturbation jokes Tracy Clark-Flory
This weekend's Girl Fest in San Francisco has it all. (03/24/2006)

No rest for mommy? Amy Reiter
U.S. doctors may be overprescribing bed rest for expectant mothers. (03/24/2006)

Attack on S.D. abortion ban launched Tracy Clark-Flory
Petition drive hopes to put abortion ban before state's voters. (03/24/2006)

Britney Spears gives birth in Brooklyn Page Rockwell
What's the deal with this sexualized sculpture? (03/25/2006)

Anti-sex-trafficking event held in venue connected to trafficker Tracy Clark-Flory
Protesters say organizers have contradicted the festival's main aim. (03/25/2006)

The disappearing sardines By Jori Lewis
As Lake Tanganyika in Africa grows warmer, its massive schools of silvery fish get smaller. And nearby villagers say goodbye to their way of life. (03/24/2006)

What hath Domenech done?
Examples of the blogger's plagiarisms from Salon and other media. (03/24/2006)

Washington Post on Domenech: "We did plenty of background checks" By Farhad Manjoo
The Web site's executive editor denies it hired the disgraced blogger because of right-wing pressure. (03/24/2006)

A portrait of the blogger as a young plagiarist By Joe Conason
As a college student Ben Domenech lifted arts criticism; as a GOP henchman, he was accused of fabricating a Tim Russert quote. What was the Washington Post thinking? (03/24/2006)

What Dick wants, Dick gets Tim Grieve
If the vice president is coming to town, here's what he'll be expecting. (03/24/2006)

Signing away the Patriot Act Tim Grieve
The president is all for renewing the Patriot Act. But that doesn't mean he plans to obey it. (03/24/2006)

WashingtonPost.com blogger: Maybe it's my editor's fault Tim Grieve
Ben Domenech says he's never lifted anyone else's work without attribution. Oh, really? (03/24/2006)

The right's response to Ben Domenech Tim Grieve
Michelle Malkin says he should step down. Red State offers a full-throated defense. (03/24/2006)

Domenech resigns Tim Grieve
WashingtonPost.com blogger calls it quits amid allegations of plagiarism. (03/24/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Gonzaga's choke for the ages, LSU's upset of Duke highlight a stellar night at the Sweet 16. (03/24/2006)

Nightmare friends, dream friends
How did you know it was the end of the friendship? And is someone sending you a message in your sleep? Table Talkers tell all. (03/24/2006)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
No time to shine the Bentley -- the real truth about a pilot's life. (03/24/2006)

The housing bubble blog bubble Andrew Leonard
"Real Estate Death Plunge of Doom Continues." (03/24/2006)

Jobs to where the need is greatest Andrew Leonard
A letter on offshoring reeking of hope. (03/24/2006)

Daily Download: "Inexplicata," Apollo Nove
(03/23/2006)

Reviewed: New Brit imports, the return of Prince and Ben Harper keeps on truckin'
(03/23/2006)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
Was the Stones' Brian Jones murdered? Plus: A Belgian film about a man who sells his baby is one of the greatest films in recent years. (03/23/2006)

The Fix
Pitt and Clooney feuding? Howard Stern's mane a hairpiece? Plus: The truth about those Sting orgy rumors. (03/23/2006)

If there be porn H.H.
Colbert confronts San Fernando Valley congressman on existence of porn industry. (03/23/2006)

Lepre-con! J.D.
Some provocative St. Patrick's Day programming from your local news station. (03/23/2006)

Goodbye to Chef! H.H.
New episode of "South Park" addresses Isaac Hayes' departure. (03/23/2006)

"Junior" By Sarah Goldstein
Armed with crayons, Macaulay Culkin makes his literary debut -- and tries to work out his daddy issues. (03/23/2006)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Uncle Sam in "Around the World in 4 1/2 Years" (03/23/2006)

People love me but I can't feel it By Cary Tennis
Since childhood, I feel only a great emptiness. (03/23/2006)

Scoring feminism Tracy Clark-Flory
A writer argues that the true feminists are those who are fighting against intolerance in Islam. (03/23/2006)

Dear college applicant, So sorry to hear you're a girl ... Sarah Karnasiewicz
An admissions officer apologizes to all the qualified girls she's had to reject in favor of boys. (03/23/2006)

Chinese adoptions raise questions of identity Sarah Goldstein
More and more girls are adopted from China each year. Now, questions of cultural identity are finally coming to the fore. (03/23/2006)

What's lost when women aren't on the Op-Ed page? Garance Franke-Ruta
An American Prospect editor on why it matters who writes editorials. (03/23/2006)

We are a family Sarah Goldstein
Black Jack, Mo., says no marriage certificate, no home. The Shelltrack-Lovings are fighting back. (03/23/2006)

An abortion cartoon that's actually funny Page Rockwell
South Dakota strip lampoons the state's special approach to women's health. (03/23/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
The Onion on women's suffrage, and more. (03/23/2006)

Enough about your work -- how's your hot husband? Page Rockwell
CNN's Kyra Phillips dumbs down an interview with Geena Davis. (03/23/2006)

Tell it on the mountain By Sarah Karnasiewicz
A powerful new book of photos and oral histories documents the ravaged lives of West Virginia's coal miners. (03/23/2006)

The Hillary juggernaut By Walter Shapiro
The rank and file may be against her, but numbers (and dollars) don't lie. Why Clinton may already be unstoppable. (03/23/2006)

In Bush we trust By Sidney Blumenthal
By pandering to Christian zealots, Bush has come close to establishing a national religious party. But reality is crashing in. (03/23/2006)

Civil war? What civil war? By Juan Cole
Desperate to convince voters we're winning, Bush is denying that Iraq is having a civil war. But the facts contradict him. (03/23/2006)

Two senators, two approaches Tim Grieve
Republican Arlen Specter pushes back against the White House. Democrat Joe Lieberman doesn't. (03/23/2006)

Whatever it is, we didn't do it Tim Grieve
The Times on Karl Rove: The Bush administraiton is suffering from external events -- like Iraq -- rather than anything the White House did wrong. (03/23/2006)

From "To Hell With Them" hawks to "Christians for Torture" Tim Grieve
There's plenty of room in the big tent. (03/23/2006)

Charity begins at home Tim Grieve
Barbara Bush donates money for Katrina relief -- but insists that it be spent with a company owned by her son. (03/23/2006)

George W. Bush, 2.0 Tim Grieve
We have found the enemy, and it's the Democrats, again. (03/23/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA Sweet 16: Underdogs, overdogs, in-betweens. You want it? It's here. (03/23/2006)

The 27.5 percent solution Andrew Leonard
A trade war with China inches closer. Oh goody. (03/23/2006)

Surviving American capitalism Andrew Leonard
If climate change and peak oil don't get us, offshoring will. (03/23/2006)

Daily Download: "The Revolution Will Be Streaming," Saxon Shore
(03/22/2006)

"Showzen" people By Matt Haber
MTV2's "Wonder Showzen" aims to do for childhood innocence what "Chappelle's Show" did for racial sensitivity. Just don't call it "'Sesame Street' on acid." (03/22/2006)

Invade Italy! J.D.
What country should the U.S. invade next? (03/22/2006)

The Fix
Mr. Britney tells media to "kiss a d---." Frey flees to France. Plus: "George Clooney for President!" (03/22/2006)

Concert Review: "Bring 'Em Home Now"
(03/22/2006)

Aw Eds.
The mellowest cat in all the world. (03/22/2006)

Supermodel bleeped K.L.
A supermodel gets bleeped. (03/22/2006)

The Ballad of John McClane J.D.
Die Hard, the silent movie. (03/22/2006)

Put me in, life coach! H.H.
"Daily Show" report spotlights life coaches and the wussies who need them. (03/22/2006)

"The Amalgamation Polka" By Andrew O'Hehir
In this sweeping Civil War novel, Stephen Wright's understanding of America trumps DeLillo's or Pynchon's, and his writing rivals Toni Morrison's. (03/22/2006)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
How much denial can one man wade in... (03/22/2006)

What is my role in my boyfriend's recovery? By Cary Tennis
Should I drink and get high in front of him? And why won't he talk about the meetings he attends? (03/22/2006)

What we're reading this morning Lynn Harris
Bush as batterer, Napoli as perv, "la pilule" as success -- and more. (03/22/2006)

Should you tell your infant how to get to "Sesame Street"? Lynn Harris
New DVDs for the under-2 set spark debate about tots and the tube. (03/22/2006)

Good Manly America Lynn Harris
Morning show says women want "a Humphrey Bogart who cuddles," but doesn't ask actual women. (03/22/2006)

To hell with Caitlin Flanagan Lynn Harris
A profile in Elle is both fair and unflattering. (03/22/2006)

Sexual assault victim sues defense attorney Cecelie S. Berry
How far can lawyers go in questioning a victim's character? (03/22/2006)

Breast, ovarian cancer screening flawed Sarah Goldstein
New study reveals that a genetic test misses certain mutations. (03/22/2006)

Sioux leader vows to bring Planned Parenthood to S.D. reservation Lynn Harris
Cecelia Fire Thunder: Abortion ban "is now a question of sovereignty." (03/22/2006)

What else we're reading Lynn Harris
Alaska, Malaysia, Viagra, and more. (03/22/2006)

The oil is going, the oil is going! By Katharine Mieszkowski
Today's Paul Reveres of "peak oil" aren't waiting for Washington to save us from apocalypse. They're already planting gardens and drafting city plans for the days when oil is gone. (03/22/2006)

W's Ohio humiliation By Garrison Keillor
No president in our lifetime has seen his fundamental competence so doubted in public as has Bush. If he were slick, he'd sacrifice Cheney. (03/22/2006)

Is it 2008 yet? Tim Grieve
A Fox News poll does the handicapping. (03/22/2006)

From the Bush administration, a timely change in torture rule Tim Grieve
On the eve of oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the administration decides that military tribunals can't consider evidence obtained through torture. (03/22/2006)

Why Cheney won't go Tim Grieve
Is it his obligation to serve -- or the margaritas and Fritos? (03/22/2006)

The things he said today Tim Grieve
George W. Bush, in his own words. (03/22/2006)

What ever happened to the "Pottery Barn" rule? Tim Grieve
Words of wisdom from a "To Hell With Them" hawk. (03/22/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Pool o' Experts once again shows experts have no idea about NCAA Tournament. Plus: A fantasy geek is born? Maybe. (03/22/2006)

Don't wait for cheap biodiesel Andrew Leonard
Inexpensive biofuels are not the answer: They're part of the problem. (03/22/2006)

The new African queen: China Andrew Leonard
China props up dictators and blocks sanctions in Africa. Is there a good side? (03/22/2006)

Biosafety breakdown Andrew Leonard
A game Africa can't play: Name that GMO. (03/22/2006)

Daily Download: "Railroad Man," Eels
(03/21/2006)

Tough cookies By Sarah Karnasiewicz
The director of a PBS documentary about a Girl Scout troop whose moms are behind bars says our obsession with locking up women is harming their kids. (03/21/2006)

The Fix
The Donald has a new baby. Prince sued for painting house purple. Plus: Colbert's writing a book! (03/21/2006)

3 Questions for: Billy Bragg
(03/21/2006)

Chungle fever H.H.
Does Connie Chung have a crush on Stephen Colbert? (03/21/2006)

How to listen and subscribe to Salon's podcasts
How to listen and subscribe to Salon's podcasts (03/21/2006)

"Religious belief itself is an adaptation" By Steve Paulson
Sociobiology founder Edward O. Wilson explains why we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions, denies that "evolutionism" is a faith, and says that heaven, if it existed, would be hell. (03/21/2006)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Is there no return from Money Mountain? (03/21/2006)

How do I overcome the inertia? By Cary Tennis
I have so much potential I can't decide what to do! (03/21/2006)

Dangerous liaisons By Lynn Harris
Can a program pioneered by young women who were victims of dating violence teach teens to end the abuse? (03/21/2006)

Polygamy loves company Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Polygamy activists attempt to attach to the gay marriage movement to promote decriminalizing the practice. (03/21/2006)

The cost of childcare Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Working couples take advantage of opposite shifts to spend time with kids but see each other only between midnight and dawn. (03/21/2006)

Facing your abuser Sarah Elizabeth Richards
The Supreme Court considers whether 911 calls or police reports can be used in court if a victim doesn't show up for questioning. (03/21/2006)

Saudi underwear overhaul Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Saudi Arabia's Labor Ministry will conduct inspections to put lingerie back in the hands of women. (03/21/2006)

What else we're reading Sarah Elizabeth Richards
British women out-booze men, and more. (03/21/2006)

Who you calling a home wrecker? Katharine Mieszkowski
Barbara Ehrenreich thinks employers, not feminists, are undermining American families. (03/21/2006)

Women writers silent on abortion in the New York Times Sarah Elizabeth Richards
90 percent of the writers who discussed abortion in the Times' Op-Ed pages in the past two years were male. (03/21/2006)

All hail the SAT snafu! By Dalton Conley
The latest scoring screw-up offers a golden opportunity to find out just how predictive -- or biased -- the controversial test really is. (03/21/2006)

From Tal Afar to Cleveland, a reality check Tim Grieve
Bush holds up the city in Northern Iraq as a prototypical success story. Is it really? (03/21/2006)

Al Gore in 2008? Tim Grieve
Not ruling it in, not ruling it out. (03/21/2006)

"Killers can destroy innocent life" -- but what are we doing about it? Tim Grieve
Nearly five years after 9/11, many FBI agents still don't have e-mail accounts. (03/21/2006)

The president's greatest hits Tim Grieve
In an early-morning news conference, George W. Bush says everything that he's said before. (03/21/2006)

The president and the straw man Tim Grieve
Bush sets him up and knocks him down. (03/21/2006)

What war can do Tim Grieve
The president asks Americans to "imagine an enemy" who kills innocent people in the name of democracy. (03/21/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Japan wins the world baseball championship of the whole wide world, so take that, Chicago. Plus: Alfonso Soriano, refusenik. (03/21/2006)

Keeping up with the Danes Andrew Leonard
A no-brainer for Democrats: Go on the warpath for wage insurance. (03/21/2006)

Tilting at Goldman-Sachs' windmills Andrew Leonard
The Free Enterprise Action Fund strikes again. Be very afraid. (03/21/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "You're So Pretty," Field Music
(03/20/2006)

The Fix
New twist in "South Park"/Scientology scuffle. Paris back with Paris. Plus: Is Laura Bush trying to kill the president? (03/20/2006)

Aw Eds.
Cuddling doggies. (03/20/2006)

Flashdance dogs K.L.
"Birds" -- a strange music video of flying dogs. (03/20/2006)

The ultimate Video Dog K.L.
Tyson, the greatest Video Dog ever. (03/20/2006)

Longer listens: Daniel Dennett vs. Leon Wieseltier (with an assist from Wendell Berry)
(03/20/2006)

Voice over (and over and over) J.D.
The most recognizable voices in America. (03/20/2006)

Little Jacko J.D.
The best Michael Jackson impersonator ever. (03/20/2006)

Jack sees red H.H.
Hen and Bunny take on the subtle dialogue of "24." (03/20/2006)

"The Night Watch" By Laura Miller
Sarah Waters' grand new novel chronicles love, sex and obsession among four Britons in crumbling World War II London. (03/20/2006)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Can we have a rational adult conversation? (03/20/2006)

The battle to ban birth control By Priya Jain
Using bogus health facts to scare women about the "dangers" of contraception, a fledgling movement fights for a culture in which sex = procreation. (03/20/2006)

My mother acts like a child -- and looks like one too By Cary Tennis
She competes with me in everything and demands constant attention. (03/20/2006)

Mommies on the tenure track Rebecca Traister
How does motherhood affect scholarship at an Ivy League college? (03/20/2006)

Betting on Ann Richards Rebecca Traister
At a bash for Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards picks her mother in the fight against cancer. (03/20/2006)

To all the girls whose husbands she has loved before ... Rebecca Traister
Writer Nuala O'Faolain issues a public apology to the wives whose spouses she has bedded. (03/20/2006)

Lawyers and chick lit and sperm, oh my! Rebecca Traister
The Sunday New York Times: Now with more chicks. (03/20/2006)

Guns, girls and steel Rebecca Traister
This season, more women are baring arms! Er, bearing arms. (03/20/2006)

Truly desperate housewives Rebecca Traister
Trophy wifing can make you a star! (03/20/2006)

The Divine Miss F Rebecca Traister
Bette Midler on feminism and diva boot camp. (03/20/2006)

Be a patriot, support gay parents! Katharine Mieszkowski
American Family Association undermines country's most cherished values. (03/20/2006)

Spiking taboos in Kenya Tracy Clark-Flory
Somali refugees stay true to tradition while challenging taboos. (03/20/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Billie Jean King, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and Rosie O'Donnell to fund women's radio, and more. (03/20/2006)

Cheney: On Iraq, I'm "basically accurate" Tim Grieve
On the third anniversary of the war, the vice president defends his rosy predictions. (03/20/2006)

What a 36 percent approval rating gets you Tim Grieve
Bush visits Ohio. Where are all the Republicans? (03/20/2006)

A "verbal reprimand" for Fox impersonators Tim Grieve
The White House acknowledges that advance team officials posed as journalists. (03/20/2006)

Forget that I asked Tim Grieve
The president, weary of questions, throws out one he shouldn't have. (03/20/2006)

Scooter Libby's conspiracy theory Tim Grieve
In a court filing, Libby's lawyers suggest that everyone's out to get him. (03/20/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Bradley leads an underdog brigade that says, "Believe the hype!" Plus: A Sweet 16 thoughts on the NCAA Tournament's first four days. (03/20/2006)

The tripwires of globalization Andrew Leonard
Many lose, few benefit, people get angry. What's so hard to understand? (03/20/2006)

Made (expensively) in China Andrew Leonard
Reason to cheer: More reports of a Chinese labor crunch. (03/20/2006)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
Pushy therapists, bickering models and corrupt cops may keep you riveted, but be honest: Has your favorite show outlived its premise? (03/19/2006)

Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet K.L.
The "South Park" episode that is driving Tom Cruise and other Scientologists mad. (03/18/2006)

"A Million Nightingales" By Susan Straight
In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors. (03/18/2006)

The wrong man By Michael Scherer
A week after the New York Times identified a human rights advocate as the iconic hooded figure at Abu Ghraib, the paper admits it made a mistake. (03/18/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "Absentminded," Spanova
(03/17/2006)

"V for Vendetta" By Stephanie Zacharek
Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving battle a totalitarian state and its Bill O'Reilly-like mouthpieces in this simplistic adaptation of the pessimistic comic series. (03/17/2006)

The Fix
Did Cruise get "South Park" episode yanked? Are Brad and Angelina getting hitched at Clooney's place? Plus: Neverland never more. (03/17/2006)

Restraining ourselves K.L.
A very exciting clip for the upcoming Barney/Bjork collaboration. (03/17/2006)

Pierce Bush in 2024? J.D.
The president's nephew speaks out, dude. (03/17/2006)

Copy Shop K.L.
An Oscar-nominated short online, but very low-tech. (03/17/2006)

Around the Web: The sounds of South by Southwest, Part 3
(03/17/2006)

"Thank You for Smoking" By Stephanie Zacharek
This satirical film about a conscience-challenged tobacco lobbyist has a few glimmers of inspiration but never quite catches fire. (03/17/2006)

Remembering Octavia Butler By Karen Joy Fowler
The great African-American science fiction writer saw herself as a reclusive outsider, but to her peers she was a beloved insider. (03/17/2006)

My parents disowned me because I'm a lesbian By Cary Tennis
Now that they're aging, should I just let it go? (03/17/2006)

My car is antiabortion too! Katharine Mieszkowski
Federal appeals court rules Tennessee can issue "Choose Life" license plates. (03/17/2006)

Husbands heart Charles Schwab Katharine Mieszkowski
New Money magazine survey finds gender divide in managing family finances. (03/17/2006)

Period pain in Zimbabwe Page Rockwell
Women in Zimbabwe are suffering due to a shortage of sanitary pads, but their government denies the problem. (03/17/2006)

Two more RU-486 deaths Tracy Clark-Flory
The FDA reports the deaths of two women who took the abortion-inducing drug. (03/17/2006)

Does feminism make women happy? Tracy Clark-Flory
One blogger says that's a really stupid question. (03/17/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Too smokin' hot to be a virgin, and more. (03/17/2006)

We're Irish! We're queer! Get used to it! Page Rockwell
Gays and lesbians aren't welcome at NYC's St. Patrick's Day parade. (03/17/2006)

Kansas' wise new sex-ed policy Farhad Manjoo
The state board of education says children must get their parents' permission to learn about sex. (03/17/2006)

The bears of Churchill By Jon Mooallem
In the "Polar Bear Capital of the World," vanishing ice is threatening to wipe out the polar bears -- and the town's livelihood. But Churchill's inhabitants say they'll survive. (03/17/2006)

In the Twilight Zone By Orville Schell
In Part 2 of his report on the press in Baghdad, Orville Schell attends a pathetic "party" at Fox News and endures surreal Bush spin in the Green Zone. (03/17/2006)

For folly, billions; for survival, pennies By Joe Conason
Bush bankrupts the nation paying for a needless war -- while cutting budgets that could protect us against catastrophes like bird flu. (03/17/2006)

Interior decorating By Amanda Griscom Little
The Department of the Interior may get a flashy new figurehead, but that won't change its drill-and-dig agenda. (03/17/2006)

Early signs: Reports from a warming planet By Sandy Tolan
U.C. Berkeley journalists traveled the world to report on the front lines of climate change. (03/17/2006)

Censure a sop to the lefty fringe? A poll says no Tim Grieve
Pollster: 46 percent of Americans -- and 70 percent of Democrats -- support a resolution. (03/17/2006)

The third anniversary of war Tim Grieve
It probably isn't what Bush had in mind. Will the sixth be any better? (03/17/2006)

Would you buy a used car from this man? Tim Grieve
George W. Bush explains automotive pricing. (03/17/2006)

This just in Tim Grieve
Americans don't much like their president. Why is Chris Matthews so surprised? (03/17/2006)

Funny, they didn't look like Hannity and Colmes Tim Grieve
Government agents doing advance work for Bush pose as members of the press. (03/17/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA Tournament Day 1: Two upsets make it seem like pandemonium's broken out, and we got three. (03/17/2006)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
The pilot goes home again and uncovers the deeper meaning of airports. (03/17/2006)

The liquid forest Andrew Leonard
A biorefinery next to every paper mill. (03/17/2006)

Daily Download: "Now That You've Gone," Delta 5
(03/16/2006)

Smoked out By Joe DiMento
Aaron Eckhart, who stars as a tobacco lobbyist in "Thank You for Smoking," discusses playing bad, being good -- and what really happened to that Katie Holmes sex scene. (03/16/2006)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
Questions from SXSW: Will we be destroyed by an oil crisis or the credit card companies? And why is that cellphone in Parker Posey's panties? (03/16/2006)

The Fix
Clooney to Huffington: "Screw you!" Simpson disses president. Plus: Nipplegate fallout still falling out. (03/16/2006)

Aw Eds.
The tragic pose of a lonely kitty. (03/16/2006)

Balls out K.L.
San Francisco overcome by thousands upon thousands of rubber balls. (03/16/2006)

"A Guy Walks Into a Bar" J.D.
A story of a surreptitious wingman. (03/16/2006)

Around the Web: South by Southwest, Part 2
(03/16/2006)

Fire your publicist! K.L.
In our first ever Fire Your Publicist! feature, "extreme combover" faces off against "clown tie" on O'Reilly. (03/16/2006)

Bad bounce K.L.
Flash: A brutal parody of the pretty bouncing superbowl Sony ad. (03/16/2006)

Decline and fall By Michelle Goldberg
Kevin Phillips, no lefty, says that America -- addicted to oil, strangled by debt and maniacally religious -- is headed for doom. (03/16/2006)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
"Damn Yankees" -- the smash musical sensation starring Barry Bonds! (03/16/2006)

I'm 28. How do I grow up? By Cary Tennis
Certain choices seem safe but boring. Others seem cool but dumb. What to do? (03/16/2006)

Putting out for women By Rebecca Traister
Martha Stewart played nice at this year's glittery, bipartisan Women's Campaign Fund benefit -- but Al Franken couldn't resist tormenting the GOP. (03/16/2006)

The hooker with the bedpan of gold Page Rockwell
A new program in Germany turns prostitutes into nurses. (03/16/2006)

Nigerian woman confronts fierce taboos Tracy Clark-Flory
Longtime activist fights for women's rights in the Niger Delta. (03/16/2006)

Anorexia determined by genes, Take 2 Sarah Goldstein
More on interpreting that eating disorder study. (03/16/2006)

Wisconsin retreats from South Dakota Katharine Mieszkowski
Abortion-rights group won't lead charge to challenge S.D. ban after all. (03/16/2006)

Making the workplace work for women Sarah Goldstein
Why do we remain so economically disadvantaged? (03/16/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
"Fatherhood," the magazine, and more! (03/16/2006)

Need stem cells? Just menstruate! Page Rockwell
That's right: Scientists are harvesting stem cells from menstrual blood. (03/16/2006)

Baghdad: The besieged press By Orville Schell
Holed up in fortified compounds, at constant risk of death when they venture out, reporters in Iraq are increasingly cut off from the hideous reality outside. (03/16/2006)

Iraq: The big lie By Sidney Blumenthal
Bush and Rumsfeld robotically repeat their Iraq talking points, ignoring the fact that their ambassador and generals are contradicting them. (03/16/2006)

Tell us again about red-state self-reliance Tim Grieve
A new study confirms that a lot of red states live off the largess of their fellow citizens. (03/16/2006)

Have Americans given up on their president? Tim Grieve
Two polls put the president at all-time lows. (03/16/2006)

Well begun is half-done Tim Grieve
The Iraqi Parliament convenes for the first time. The session lasts half an hour, and there's nothing further scheduled. (03/16/2006)

The Democrats' "impeachment agenda" Tim Grieve
When all you've got is fear, everything had better look like a monster. (03/16/2006)

Miller and Libby: Not done yet Tim Grieve
Scooter Libby's lawyers serve subpoenas on reporters. (03/16/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA Tournament: 16 seeds think upset, UConn reaches for the switch, alma mater loyalty clouds bracket judgment. (03/16/2006)

All hail the Chinese consumer Andrew Leonard
Stop the coming trade war! Chinese imports surged in February. (03/16/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "Eternal Life," Shira Small
(03/15/2006)

Around the Web: A guide to South by Southwest sounds
(03/15/2006)

The Fix
Are Tom and Katie already married? Mike Wallace stops the clock. Plus: Scott Stapp says sex tape is hot ... as in stolen. (03/15/2006)

Aw Eds.
Keeping Wishbone clean. (03/15/2006)

Hayes goes South K.L.
The "South Park" that made Scientologist Isaac Hayes jump ship. (03/15/2006)

Idol hands K.L.
An "Idol" contender holds his hand out for a blind man. (03/15/2006)

Mickey do's and don'ts J.D.
Learn to make a Big Mac! (03/15/2006)

Gushing tribute J.D.
Water rocks! (03/15/2006)

The neutered donkey H.H.
"The Daily Show" targets the Democratic party's habit of learned helplessness. (03/15/2006)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
A step back in time with ... Thomas Dolby! (03/15/2006)

It looks like my niece is autistic By Cary Tennis
Could you offer some words of advice to her mother? (03/15/2006)

A truce in the "Mommy Wars" By Helaine Olen
Politicians, the media -- and women themselves -- hype the work vs. stay-home issue as a catfight. But a new book says the real war is within each woman. (03/15/2006)

Clearing up "opting out" Lynn Harris
A Harvard economist does the math: Most women are not trading career for family. (03/15/2006)

"One sick child away from being fired" Lynn Harris
Think Wall Street's family unfriendly? Try Main Street. (03/15/2006)

Connecticut contraceptive clash, Take 2 Sarah Elizabeth Richards
More information on how Plan B actually works. (03/15/2006)

Wisconsin invades South Dakota Lynn Harris
Wisconsin abortion rights group tries to bring S.D. ban to a referendum. (03/15/2006)

What else we're reading Lynn Harris
"Brokeback High," sex toy ban, men's bill of rights and more. (03/15/2006)

Anorexia determined by genes Sarah Goldstein
A new study finds more than half the risk for developing anorexia is genetic. (03/15/2006)

Only the GOP can save us By Garrison Keillor
It's time for honorable Republicans to save us all from George W. Bush, a man who does not represent the best that is our country. (03/15/2006)

The latest images from Iraq are hard to stomach, too Tim Grieve
As sectarian violence, insurgent attacks and a military raid claim more lives, administration officials warn of a long road ahead. (03/15/2006)

Democrats run and hide -- literally -- from censure resolution Tim Grieve
Russ Feingold wonders what it will take for his colleagues to stand up to the president. (03/15/2006)

Forget the leakers, let's crack down on the gays Tim Grieve
The White House quietly rewrites the rules on security clearances. (03/15/2006)

Even lobbyists need a little love Tim Grieve
Jack Abramoff asks friends to write letters of support before he faces sentencing. (03/15/2006)

Feingold gets a second Tim Grieve
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says he'll support a resolution censuring the president. (03/15/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The real culprit behind all that lost productivity at Tournament time. Plus: How USA baseball's failure is different from basketball's. (03/15/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "Maybe in Another Year," Jennie Pearl
(03/14/2006)

SXSW starts to swing By Andrew O'Hehir
The festival premieres films about Al Franken, the Pixies and the music biz. Plus: Did Andy Dick really hump an audience member's head? (03/14/2006)

The Fix
Isaac Hayes quits "South Park." Village Voice fabulist keeps his job. And Jennifer Aniston begs the world, "Don't make me your victim." (03/14/2006)

Aw Eds.
A very bad dog hair day. (03/14/2006)

Food photographer K.L.
Ever wonder who shoots those delicious entrees for the IHOP menus? (03/14/2006)

The littlest giant K.L.
The littlest They Might Be Giants fan sings her heart out. (03/14/2006)

May the dorks be with you J.D.
Two "Star Wars" fanatics battle it out (03/14/2006)

Reviewed: Willie returns to his roots, plus Devo for kids, by kids
(03/14/2006)

A swiftly crumbling planet By Matt Steinglass
Doomsayer Mike Davis offers a new reason to panic: Earth is turning into a giant slum. (03/14/2006)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Things could always be worse. (03/14/2006)

During the blizzard, I refused to shelter my friend By Cary Tennis
There were other places he could go, and I wanted to be alone with my boyfriend. (03/14/2006)

Girlie science Sarah Elizabeth Richards
A study shows the sexes like different science topics. Should that lead to segregated school curricula? (03/14/2006)

Oprah gets some rich company Sarah Elizabeth Richards
More women join the annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires. (03/14/2006)

The queen of the pointed question Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Journalist Edith Evans Asbury, bullied her way into mens newsrooms, got the interview and reminds us why were here. (03/14/2006)

Desperate Army wives Sarah Elizabeth Richards
As military men serve repeated tours in Iraq, military wives back home are getting burned out. (03/14/2006)

Connecticut contraceptive clash Sarah Elizabeth Richards
A big fight's brewing over Plan B in the state's Roman Catholic hospitals. (03/14/2006)

Fetal food fight Sarah Elizabeth Richards
An evolutionary biologist claims mother and fetus battle over nutrients. (03/14/2006)

What else we're reading Sarah Elizabeth Richards
"Little House on the Prairie," gay adoption and pensions for caregivers. (03/14/2006)

"Standard operating procedure"
Chapter 1: Oct. 17-22, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Dehumanization"
Chapter 2: Oct. 24-25, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Sexual exploitation"
Chapter 3: Oct. 28-29, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Electrical wires"
Chapter 4: Nov. 1-4, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Other government agencies"
Chapter 5: Nov. 4-5, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Dog pile"
Chapter 6: Nov. 7-9, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Lacerations"
Chapter 7: Nov. 17-Dec. 9, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Working dogs"
Chapter 8: Dec. 12-30, 2003 (03/14/2006)

"Mentally deranged"
Chapter 9: Nov. 4-Dec. 2, 2003 (03/14/2006)

Prosecutions and convictions
A look at accountability to date for abuses at Abu Ghraib and in the broader "war on terror." (03/14/2006)

Video from Abu Ghraib
Chapter 10: 19 digital video clips depicting possible detainee abuse. (03/14/2006)

The Abu Ghraib files By Joan Walsh
279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable. (03/14/2006)

Note on methodology
How Salon produced "The Abu Ghraib Files." (03/14/2006)

Investigations and other resources
A look at investigations into Abu Ghraib; plus, other reports, legal documents and further reading about prisoner abuse and torture. (03/14/2006)

Sisterhood of Hamas By Helena Cobban
Women fueled the rise of the Islamist party through their work in schools and hospitals that serve the Palestinian people. (03/14/2006)

Identifying a torture icon By Michael Scherer
The New York Times tried to tell the story of the man behind the infamous Abu Ghraib photo. But the paper may have had the wrong prisoner. (03/14/2006)

Playing games with breaking the law Tim Grieve
Frist tries to embarrass Democrats on Feingold resolution. Do they really need the help? (03/14/2006)

A thief in the first lady's box? Tim Grieve
Claude Allen got a choice seat for the State of the Union speech even after telling White House officials that he'd been charged with a crime. (03/14/2006)

Did Bradlee spill the beans on Plame source? Tim Grieve
The former Post editor steps back from comments attributed to him in Vanity Fair. (03/14/2006)

Terrorism prosecutions: Nowhere to go but up? Tim Grieve
Alberto Gonzales promises better efforts. The track record isn't exactly inspiring. (03/14/2006)

Bush, Iraq and the credibility gap Tim Grieve
The president offers his vision of Iraq. Most Americans see things differently. (03/14/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA women's Tournament: Tennessee fumes over seed, ESPN wisely promotes Doris Burke. Plus: World Baseball Classic. (03/14/2006)

Biofuel republics? Andrew Leonard
Brazil's ethanol example could lead to a new round of Northern colonization. (03/14/2006)

Daily Download: "Don't Know Why (You Stay)," Essex Green
(03/13/2006)

The Fix
Spears leashes "Spenderline." Clooney calls Hatcher "courageous" -- and rips into Democrats. Plus: Michael Douglas questions Brad Pitt's taste in women. (03/13/2006)

Aw Eds.
Boone, the narcoleptic kitty. (03/13/2006)

More use of the "I" word K.L.
Feingold explains his call for a Bush censure. (03/13/2006)

Longer listens: "The Ricky Gervais Show"
(03/13/2006)

I'll tumble for you K.L.
Amazing acrobatic acts of derring-do. (03/13/2006)

"The black Jesse Helms" K.L.
The worst campaign ad you'll see this year (let's hope). (03/13/2006)

Caffeine-fueled J.D.
A venti latté to go. Really. (03/13/2006)

Rich chocolatey weirdness K.L.
A very strange candy bar commercial. (03/13/2006)

One spends, the other doesn't By Ann Marlowe
Two new books promise to help women come to terms with money but instead sink into hysterical left-wing cliches about the gender gap and consumerism. (03/13/2006)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
When the facts turn against you, it's time to call ... the Nitpicking Squad! (03/13/2006)

I'm going in for a colonoscopy By Cary Tennis
My doctor says not to worry yet, but that doesn't help. (03/13/2006)

Roe for men? By Rebecca Traister
The National Center for Men filed suit to establish reproductive rights for men. Is a father's right to choose an idea worth debating, or just a distraction? (03/13/2006)

Morning-after poll Rebecca Traister
The language wars over contraception find their way into a Zogby poll. (03/13/2006)

It's official: Chile is run by a girl Rebecca Traister
... Meanwhile, will the person who most resembles a Republican please step forward to save us from Hillary? (03/13/2006)

Babes in blue Rebecca Traister
A DVD review of 1970s jiggle-cop show "Police Woman" turns into a discourse on televised feminism. (03/13/2006)

Holla back, India Rebecca Traister
India's female bloggers protest daily sexual harassment. (03/13/2006)

Susie Bright to S.D. paper: You suck! Rebecca Traister
Fury at the South Dakota paper that refuses to take a stand on the state's abortion ban. (03/13/2006)

The manliest of manly men, man Rebecca Traister
A Harvard prof thinks chicks need to be educated about manliness. (03/13/2006)

Designer vaginas Tracy Clark-Flory
Plastic surgeons are performing genital surgery to mimic porn-star chic. (03/13/2006)

The Cockpit gets catty Rebecca Traister
The New York Observer has a new mascot for Broadsheet! (03/13/2006)

NBC's Ann Curry sets foot where Bill O'Reilly doesn't dare Katharine Mieszkowski
She'll be covering the genocide in Darfur on the "Today" show this week. (03/13/2006)

GOP product launch By Walter Shapiro
Preening presidential hopefuls gather in a very early test of the best man to defeat the dreaded Hillary Clinton in 2008. (03/13/2006)

Bush is vindicated on Iraq -- or not Tim Grieve
Tapes suggest Iraqi regime had WMD factories "in the mind." (03/13/2006)

Censuring Bush: Not enough or way too much? Tim Grieve
Feingold to introduce resolution on warrantless spying. (03/13/2006)

A window into the Abramoff investigation? Tim Grieve
The Justice Department has pulled financial reports on nine members of Congress. Roll Call names names. (03/13/2006)

If you liked Iraq, you're gonna love the avian flu Tim Grieve
Bush administration to Americans: Stock up on tuna. (03/13/2006)

Scott McClellan and the straw man Tim Grive
The White House press secretary responds to Russ Feingold's censure resolution. (03/13/2006)

Look who's "fancy" now Tim Grieve
The Democrats turn the tables on a Republican attack. (03/13/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Stop whining about the Tournament! Cincy got shafted, Air Force got lucky, and that's good. Plus: Blown call helps U.S. (03/13/2006)

No cannibals in the suburbs. Yet Andrew Leonard
An apology to James Kunstler. He's bleak, but not that bleak. (03/13/2006)

Swiss Re-scue Andrew Leonard
We're sorry Exxon, but your insurance doesn't cover that. (03/13/2006)

When Keillor met Altman By Andrew O'Hehir
Two greats join forces for "A Prairie Home Companion" the film -- with a little help from Streep, Tomlin, Reilly and an enthusiastic Texas crowd. (03/12/2006)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
Best Week of TV Ever! "Project Runway" finale, "Battlestar Galactica" finale and "The Sopranos" premiere, all in the same week? Somebody pinch me. (03/12/2006)

A marked woman By Ann Bauer
When I decided to get a tattoo with a man I'd only known for two weeks, my children worried I'd lost my mind. But I knew that whether it was in ink or emotions, love would always leave me scarred. (03/11/2006)

"I'm not Bobby Fischer" By David Kushner
Don't call the 18-year-old boy king of chess -- defending his title this weekend -- a geek. He rules a new generation of champs raised on hip-hop and video games. (03/11/2006)

There's right, there's wrong, and then there's shoplifting from Target Michelle Goldberg
The president's $161,000-a-year chief domestic policy advisor is charged in a theft scheme. (03/11/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "Chase the Feeling," Kris Kristofferson
(03/10/2006)

"Failure to Launch" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey remain woefully earthbound in this listless romantic comedy. (03/10/2006)

America's Next Top Racist H.H.
Do you agree with this aspiring model's lifestyle? (03/10/2006)

Farrell dog By Stephanie Zacharek
Ignore his penchant for prostitutes, those "Alexander" wigs and that ubiquitous sex tape: Colin Farrell is more than the sum of his headlines. (03/10/2006)

The Fix
Paris turns pariah. Neverland closes; Jackson returns. Plus: Is Clooney behind Hatcher revelations? (03/10/2006)

Folie à deux in the Hamptons By Cintra Wilson
The cult film "Grey Gardens" followed the descent of mother-daughter socialites into feral living. Can the new musical version re-create the magic? (03/10/2006)

The inactive activist J.D.
Because it's not about caring. (03/10/2006)

Thanks for the memories! H.H.
"The Daily Show's" Ed Helms says goodbye to Abu Ghraib. (03/10/2006)

What a gas! H.H.
CTU is hit by a nerve gas attack on "24"! (03/10/2006)

Who was John Fante? By Allen Barra
The Italian American author of "Ask the Dust" was the quintessential L.A. writer, a big brother to the Beats and the voice of immigrant America. (03/10/2006)

My boyfriend's family has money, but I have none By Cary Tennis
Our different spending habits are putting a strain on our relationship. (03/10/2006)

My Ambien lover By Tessa Blake
By day, my boyfriend acted cold and distant. But at night, after popping his pill, he transformed into the affectionate man of my dreams. (03/10/2006)

Meet the Cindy Sheehan of El Salvador Cecelie S. Berry
She's another grieving mother who opposes the war in Iraq. (03/10/2006)

Annie Lennox look-alike takes over Planned Parenthood Katharine Mieszkowski
The New York Times reports that the group's new platinum president will fight for abortion rights with pluck. (03/10/2006)

Is the glass half-full for pro-choice women? Tracy Clark-Flory
Female leaders see recent setbacks as powerful ammo. (03/10/2006)

Can we save Roe by ignoring South Dakota? Farhad Manjoo
A pro-choice blogger says the best way to fight the South Dakota abortion ban is to ignore it. (03/10/2006)

Charity's dilemma: Better aborted than parented by gays? Tracy Clark-Flory
Boston's Catholic Charities will no longer provide adoption services. (03/10/2006)

No more "no means no"? Page Rockwell
Three writers wonder whether we need a better definition of rape. (03/10/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
The latest from North Dakota, Chechnya and eBay. (03/10/2006)

Abu Ghraib officer fights reprimand By Mark Benjamin and Michael Scherer
An Army Reserve captain who supervised Charles Graner says higher-ups were to blame for prison abuse. (03/10/2006)

Shark and awe By Tom Engelhardt
The Pentagon plans to put neural implants in sharks to have them serve as underwater spies -- another example of a defense budget gone mad. (03/10/2006)

Broken Hammer By Joe Conason
Despite his primary victory -- and his enduring ability to shake down GOP donors -- a DeLay victory in November is far from assured. (03/10/2006)

Intertwined branches on the Abramoff tree Tim Grieve
The lobbyist's tribal clients got into meetings with Bush after making contribution's to Grover Norquist's anti-tax group. (03/10/2006)

The president -- "more albatross than advantage"? Tim Grieve
It's a bad day to be Bush. (03/10/2006)

Spinning away the Payne Tim Grieve
Bush withdraws a judicial nomination, but it had nothing to do with conflict-of-interest allegations, OK? (03/10/2006)

Ken Mehlman: Democrats don't have a leader (either) Tim Grieve
When a good offense is your only defense. (03/10/2006)

Interior secretary to resign Tim Grieve
Are Abramoff connections an issue? (03/10/2006)

Marching with Cheney Tim Grieve
The vice president finds inspiration in the words of Walid Jumblatt. Here's what else the Lebanese politician has said. (03/10/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Conference tournament upsets are fun, but the top teams should either try hard or stay home. Plus: World Baseball Classic ticket sales. (03/10/2006)

It's the pictures that got small
Is Hollywood not letting actresses age gracefully? Or are fading ingenues to blame for their own declining careers? TTers debate it this week. (03/10/2006)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Ah, the airline amenities of yesteryear. Where did they go? (03/10/2006)

Daily Download: "We're From Barcelona," I'm From Barcelona
(03/09/2006)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
A Mexican teen comedy of sexual awakening is the richest film of 2006. Plus: Don DeLillo's first film and an unsavory JT Leroy. (03/09/2006)

The Fix
Bill Paxton explodes over oral-sex chatter. Diane Sawyer anchor rumors ramp up. Plus: Why Uma left Andre. (03/09/2006)

Aw Eds.
A cat's stupid Man tricks. (03/09/2006)

Need glasses? K.L.
Why aren't American commercials this good (No. 456)? (03/09/2006)

Project Bummer By Heather Havrilesky
The most inventive, original reality show on television unravels in its eleventh hour by crowning a bland, conventional winner. (03/09/2006)

Speedy Pinata K.L.
The riveting life of a pinata deliveryman. (03/09/2006)

Spawn of Chucky J.D.
A Japanese noodle ad scarier than "Children of the Corn." (03/09/2006)

Boardroom games H.H
Colbert cheers on the country's finest monopolies. (03/09/2006)

Condi heckled K.L.
A heckler gets in some jabs at Condi as she testifies before Congress. (03/09/2006)

What's the matter with Buffalo? By Lynn Harris
The son of an abortion doctor uses his dad's story -- he faced death threats -- to show how his hometown became ground zero for clinic violence. (03/09/2006)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
An Ode to Bagel Bites. (03/09/2006)

I enjoy men until we get to the bedroom By Cary Tennis
All the things that lead to sex I love, but the sex itself I could do without. (03/09/2006)

Ann Richards is diagnosed with esophageal cancer Katharine Mieszkowski
Long may the former governor of Texas' wicked wit reign! (03/09/2006)

Don't let South Dakota get you down! Katharine Mieszkowski
Pro-choice rallies are being held in 33 states on March 9. (03/09/2006)

Can women stop the war in Iraq? Sarah Goldstein
Eleanor Smeal and other feminist activists are asking the wrong question. (03/09/2006)

Should men have to support children they father but don't want? Katharine Mieszkowski
Men's rights group files suit to opt out of child support. (03/09/2006)

A plea for pregnant rape victims in Mexico Sarah Goldstein
Human Rights Watch documents government negligence in granting survivors access to legal abortions. (03/09/2006)

Scent of a ... vulva? Page Rockwell
A new perfume promises to smell like the very essence of woman. (03/09/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
"Brokeback" marriages, inflatable sex dolls, machismo and feminist consciousness-raising. (03/09/2006)

Once more unto the breach By Sidney Blumenthal
Bush's latest visit to New Orleans was a hollow pose, bringing nothing that will actually help rebuild the ruined city. (03/09/2006)

Report: Shiites are suppressing death count Tim Grieve
The Washington Post says that Iraq's Health Ministry isn't reporting execution-style killings. (03/09/2006)

Katherine Harris: I've got Joementum Tim Grieve
The former Florida secretary of state says she's staying in the race for the U.S. Senate. (03/09/2006)

The Senate having caved, a court gets a shot at warrantless spying Tim Grieve
The Center for Constitutional Rights files a motion seeking an end to the program. (03/09/2006)

Another front in the abortion war Tim Grieve
Indiana legislators want women to be told that life begins at conception. (03/09/2006)

U.S. to stop using Abu Ghraib Tim Grieve
Control of the prison will be handed over to Iraqis. (03/09/2006)

Staring into the storm, Dubai Ports World seems to blink Tim Grieve
The company says it will put control of U.S. port operations in the hands of a "United States entity." (03/09/2006)

And who says we don't have a plan for victory? Tim Grieve
Donald Rumsfeld explains it all for you. (03/09/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The NFL avoids a labor disaster, proving that you don't get to be the NFL by acting like the NHL or MLB. (03/09/2006)

I, Nanobot By Alan H. Goldstein
Scientists are on the verge of breaking the carbon barrier -- creating artificial life and changing forever what it means to be human. And we're not ready. (03/09/2006)

Stone age coming, or just some belt-tightening? Andrew Leonard
A peak oil expert eats his apocalyptic words. He was just funnin' around. (03/09/2006)

Daily Download: "One for the Catholic Girls," Simon Joyner
(03/08/2006)

Reviewed: Neko Case's dark vision, David Gilmour's warm sonic bath and Matisyahu's faux reggae
(03/08/2006)

The Fix
Paris' public persona a put-on? Uma heads back to splitsville. Plus: Trump says he'd date his own daughter! (03/08/2006)

Aw Eds.
Kitty's all wet. (03/08/2006)

No more lies! H.H.
Craig Ferguson addresses New Jersey's attempt to govern the Internet. (03/08/2006)

The big C eats "The L Word"
A "Very Special" season of "The L Word" lands Dana Fairbanks in the hospital. (03/08/2006)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Between the sheets: A lingering pleasure of middle age. (03/08/2006)

Open adoption, broken heart By Dawn Friedman
I knew it would be hard for my daughter's birth mother to give her up. I just didn't expect to feel so guilty for taking her. (03/08/2006)

I'm so vegan it hurts By Cary Tennis
I'm becoming increasingly militant in my vegetarian activism, and it's causing me to isolate and be depressed. (03/08/2006)

Repeat after me: Plan B is not abortion Lynn Harris
Plan B is not abortion, Plan B is not abortion ... (03/08/2006)

If abortions are murder, should women who have them go to prison? Lynn Harris
Antiabortion advocates: "Uhhhh ..." (03/08/2006)

What else we're reading: International Women's Day edition Lynn Harris
(03/08/2006)

Mexico pays up after denying a woman an abortion Sarah Goldstein
The Mexican government settles with a woman who should have received an abortion. (03/08/2006)

The PTSD defense for rape Lynn Harris
An Italian court reduces U.S. soldier's sentence on the grounds that war made him "less sensitive to the suffering of others." (03/08/2006)

Think your birth control will always be covered? Think again Lynn Harris
The Senate discusses a bill that would wreak havoc on women's insurance coverage. (03/08/2006)

What else we're reading, Vol. 2 Lynn Harris
More Republican sex weirdness! And ... more! (03/08/2006)

She is JT LeRoy By Jack Boulware
How did a 40-year-old woman fool the world into thinking she was teenage prostitute and wunderkind author JT LeRoy? As a punk rocker, porn writer and phone sex operator, Laura Albert had been inventing herself for years. (03/08/2006)

Bush withdraws nominee By Will Evans
With Judge James Payne under an ethics cloud, the White House has "honored" his "request" to bow out from a top federal court appointment. (03/08/2006)

My mattress, myself By Garrison Keillor
Distant cities may beckon, but nothing beats the soothing routine of domestic life. (03/08/2006)

From Republican senators, an "accommodation" on spying Tim Grieve
The White House avoids an investigation. (03/08/2006)

Abramoff speaks, and Republicans have some explaining to do Tim Grieve
Drudge says that the disgraced lobbyist is dishing to Vanity Fair. (03/08/2006)

The "very, very well" report, continued Tim Grieve
As officials discover bodies around Baghdad, gunmen in police uniforms take as many as 50 security employees hostage. (03/08/2006)

Abramoff: They all knew Jack Tim Grieve
"I had to deal with my records, and others will have to deal with theirs." (03/08/2006)

The end of the road for Katherine Harris? Tim Grieve
Will she pull out of her Senate race amid questions about campaign contributions? (03/08/2006)

The baby and the petri dish Tim Grieve
A discussion with Andrew Wilkow about that "trick question" on abortion. (03/08/2006)

Remember the "axis of evil"? It's getting harder and harder to forget Tim Grieve
A warning from Iran. Missile shots from North Korea. And then there's Iraq. (03/08/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
"Game of Shadows": The Barry Bonds steroid book fills us in on what we already knew, and it's still explosive. What's shocking is how far ahead the cheaters are. (03/08/2006)

Exajoules of hope Andrew Leonard
How many solar panels does it take to make Big Oil obsolete? (03/08/2006)

Daily Download: "Army Bound," Ted Leo/Pharmacists
(03/07/2006)

Longer listens: Fred Armisen (aka Fericito, Chip Douglas and Father Fred)
(03/07/2006)

The Fix
"Project Runway" shows revealed. Sawyer "obsessed" with Couric? Plus: Which pop star demands "new toilet seat" in every dressing room? (03/07/2006)

Know your demographic H.H.
Bob Schieffer charms and alarms Stephen Colbert. (03/07/2006)

Aw Eds.
Another way of saying "cute": min-pins (03/07/2006)

Natalie Portman, rap star K.L.
The Natalie Portman "SNL" rap video (03/07/2006)

Ellen, top Gun K.L.
Ellen DeGeneres' amazing performance as "Gunnar Nelson." (03/07/2006)

Comic failure By Douglas Wolk
A collection of comics inspired by dreamy Belle & Sebastian shows young artists with talent to burn. Too bad they can't tell a story. (03/07/2006)

WayLay By Carol Lay
Be careful what you wish for... (03/07/2006)

I want to go home By Cary Tennis
I am in America against my will, alone, unhappy and scorned. (03/07/2006)

Singles going steady By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
To avoid marrying a jerk, singles educators say you should stay out of bed on the first date and cross-examine your partner. Critics say their advice is hokum. (03/07/2006)

In Michigan, birth control for all Sarah Goldstein
The state will allot $183 million from Medicaid to provide family planning services to the uninsured. (03/07/2006)

Dana Reeve loses her battle with lung cancer Sarah Karnasiewicz
The crusading wife of the late Christopher Reeve dies at age 44. (03/07/2006)

State-sponsored fertility treatments for British singles Cecelie S. Berry
Britain's National Health Service begins offering free fertility treatments, including sperm donation and IVF. (03/07/2006)

Clinton angry for all the right reasons Sarah Goldstein
Sen. Clinton points out gender bias in Republican claims that she's "too angry" to be president. (03/07/2006)

On the ground in South Dakota Rebecca Traister
The head of South Dakota's only abortion facility describes what the past two days have been like. (03/07/2006)

A custody battle over frozen embryos Sarah Karnasiewicz
A British woman sues for legal control over the embryos she created with her former fiancé. (03/07/2006)

Abortions available to sodomized virgins only Rebecca Traister
S.D. state Sen. Bill Napoli describes in loving detail the circumstances under which a woman could qualify for an abortion in his state. (03/08/2006)

What else we're reading Sarah Karnasiewicz
Abducted journalists, Iraqi abuse and an abortion ban loophole. (03/08/2006)

Not so fast, General By Mark Benjamin
A bipartisan call by senators to halt the retirement of the major general at the heart of the Abu Ghraib scandal suggests the abuse inquiry finally has a pulse. (03/07/2006)

A long day for DeLay -- but he'll be among friends Tim Grieve
The ousted House majority leader faces a primary challenge in Texas, but he'll be in Washington at a fundraiser with lobbyists. (03/07/2006)

A smiley face or a single shot to the head? Tim Grieve
The top Iraqi commander in Baghdad is killed amid concerns that Iraq's army has been infiltrated. (03/07/2006)

Garbage in, garbage out Tim Grieve
Is the military preventing troops in Iraq from seeing liberal Web sites? (03/07/2006)

A message -- or many -- from the Democrats Tim Grieve
Does the party need a national message for 2006? (03/07/2006)

A "trick question" on abortion? Tim Grieve
If you believe life begins at conception and you're forced to choose, do you rescue a 2-year-old child or five blastulas in a petri dish? (03/07/2006)

Rumsfeld: Al-Qaida may be behind media reports on Iraq Tim Grieve
The secretary of defense says Americans are getting an unduly negative view of the war. (03/07/2006)

DeLay survives primary challenge Tim Grieve
The ousted House majority leader wins the right to fight for his seat in November. (03/08/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
World Baseball Classic: Interested? Tickets available. Plus: Bob Costas on the "first African-American" and NBC's Olympics coverage. And: Kirby Puckett. (03/07/2006)

Free-market environmentalism Andrew Leonard
We're doomed, Chapter XXIV: The dark side of carbon trading. (03/07/2006)

Exclusive Daily Download: "It's Over," Milosh
(03/06/2006)

Oscar castrates himself By Cintra Wilson
The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart? (03/06/2006)

Salon Podcast: Camille and Cintra savage Oscar
(03/06/2006)

The Fix
Everything you need to know about the Oscars: Red-carpet secrets, backstage chatter and smart analysis. Plus: An Oprah and Ludacris feud? (03/06/2006)

Built to shill H.H.
M. Night Shyamalan and Naomi Watts trade humiliation for payola. (03/06/2006)

As good as it gets H.H.
Oprah's friend Gayle King interviews an apparently tipsy Jack Nicholson. (03/07/2006)

Secrets of the cosmos By Laura Miller
Could the universe be a giant computer? A new book argues just that, and unlocks some great scientific mysteries along the way. (03/06/2006)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Once again it's time to ask: How far is too far? (03/06/2006)

What's the best method for a painless suicide? By Cary Tennis
I am done with life, but don't want to suffer when I go. (03/06/2006)

Money troubles Rebecca Traister
A new book explores the sticky place where women and money meet. (03/06/2006)

"Madea" box-office shocker! Rebecca Traister
Hollywood discovers that older black women exist, sometimes go to movies. (03/06/2006)

South Dakota governor does the deed Rebecca Traister
Gov. Mike Rounds today signed a bill that will ban nearly all abortions in the state. (03/06/2006)

NARAL's day of action Rebecca Traister
The day after South Dakota's governor signs the abortion ban, NARAL devotes a day to working for the prevention of unintended pregnancies. (03/06/2006)

What else we're reading Rebecca Traister
A feminist take on the Oscars, moms in prison and bundles of twins. (03/06/2006)

The revolution will be blogged By Sean Kenny
Ignoring the mullahs, Iranian youth are speaking out about everything from Danish-cartoon mobs to nukes to their sex lives. (03/06/2006)

More power to you By Amanda Griscom Little
President Bush talks tough about curbing America's oil addiction, but his renewed push for offshore drilling tells a different story. (03/06/2006)

A smiley face for Iraq Tim Grieve
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says things are going "very, very well." Does anyone still believe him? (03/06/2006)

Impeachment then and now Tim Grieve
The Wall Street Journal says Democrats fear a 1998-style backlash from impeachment talk. Things were different then. (03/06/2006)

A question of competence -- or, rather, three of them Tim Grieve
Even conservatives who agree with the president's policy goals are worried about their execution. (03/06/2006)

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it Tim Grieve
A day in the life of the intelligence czar: A massage, a swim, a cigar. (03/06/2006)

Keep peddling Tim Grieve
House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas is retiring, but he says his "influence" will continue. (03/06/2006)

What we need here is a signing statement Tim Grieve
South Dakota enacts its abortion ban. Will it be the right's turn to squirm? (03/06/2006)

Fox in charge of peak oil henhouse Andrew Leonard
Ex-Exxon CEO Lee Raymond and peak oil? Right problem, wrong person. (03/06/2006)

Can we fix world trade? Yes we can. Andrew Leonard
Protectionism for the weak, free trade for the strong. (03/06/2006)

The heart of patent litigation darkness Andrew Leonard
Sh-boom, sh-boom, computer industry goes ka-boom. (03/06/2006)

I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky
Would you rather be a depressed thief, a polygamist or a drunk slacker? The TV gods explore strange new microcosms in search of the next "Sopranos" -- or the next "Jackass." (03/05/2006)

Oscar's best shot K.L.
The best two minutes -- oy, by far -- of the entire Academy Awards. (03/06/2006)

Red (stained, moth-eaten) carpet K.L.
The braindead charm of the Independent Spirit Awards pre-show. (03/06/2006)

Did Sarah Silverman get bleeped? K.L.
Did Silverman get bleeped at the Independent Spirit Awards? (03/06/2006)

Warsaw contention Rebecca Traister
Polish women rally in support of equal rights and better work opportunities. (03/06/2006)

Good night and good frock? Rebecca Traister
Clooney and Witherspoon face different kinds of grilling backstage at the Oscars. (03/06/2006)

Progressive genocide By Farhad Manjoo
Less than 100 years ago, America's finest minds were convinced the nation was threatened by sexually insatiable female morons. A new history of the eugenics movement sheds light on a bizarre chapter in U.S. history. (03/04/2006)

Daily Download: "Stay" (Field Music mix), Maximo Park
(03/03/2006)

Around the Web: Neko Case, the Soledad Brothers and an angry Jack White
(03/03/2006)

"Dave Chappelle's Block Party" By Stephanie Zacharek
Forget the red-state, blue-state divide. In Chappelle's world, there's only one America, and it's big enough to include everybody. (03/03/2006)

Fans of "Point Break," beware! J.D.
Just how serious a crime is Internet piracy? (03/03/2006)

"16 Blocks" By Stephanie Zacharek
Bruce Willis may be the star of this sturdy cop thriller, but it's Mos Def who runs off with the film. (03/03/2006)

The Fix By Scott Lamb
Why should Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise be "very worried"? Alba vs. Playboy. Plus: Kid Rock on sex-tape costar Stapp: "He's the idiot." (03/03/2006)

Aw Eds.
Two cats -- or one? (03/03/2006)

I/O Brush K.L.
The only way to paint a realistic picture. (03/03/2006)

"Crash" takes top Oscar
Your picks, our favorites and the official list of winners. (03/03/2006)

Why does an ex suddenly call out of the blue? By Cary Tennis
We're broken up, it's over -- so what is he thinking? (03/03/2006)

Ladies, are your breasts too bouncy? Page Rockwell
What's the best way to sell sports bras? Show breasts with no sports bra! (03/03/2006)

Next abortion ban in Missouri? Katharine Mieszkowski
That new restrictive state legislation just keeps on coming. (03/03/2006)

Pill, IUD or elephant dung! Katharine Mieszkowski
Some ancient alternatives that make today's contraception look pretty good. (03/03/2006)

In search of the fat and fabulous Katharine Mieszkowski
Oxygen's Mo'Nique looks for larger-than-life beauty queens. (03/03/2006)

Pope: It's right to question women's role Tracy Clark-Flory
Pope Benedict hints that there may be "more space" for women in the Roman Catholic Church. (03/03/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
FOX News goes wild, Condi works out and Cinderella's ball canceled. (03/03/2006)

The I-word goes public By Michelle Goldberg
At a forum in New York, pundits and politicians called for the impeachment of George W. Bush. (03/03/2006)

McCain in 2008? By Joe Conason
From Rove to DeLay to Ralph Reed, the Arizona senator's enemies have stumbled, clearing the way for his likely run. (03/03/2006)

The sixth-year swoon By Walter Shapiro
Bush's job approval vs. likability ratings are the opposite of Clinton's at this time in his presidency, but being a great guy has its limits. (03/03/2006)

"We do not torture" -- except when we do Tim Grieve
Justice Department lawyers say the McCain torture ban doesn't apply at Guantanamo -- and they may be right. (03/03/2006)

How low can he go? Tim Grieve
That CBS poll wasn't a fluke. (03/03/2006)

Maxed out Tim Grieve
If Bush is so good at cutting deficits, why do we need to raise the debt limit again? (03/03/2006)

Has the crisis passed in Iraq? Tim Grieve
Bush will discuss troop levels with military commanders next week. (03/03/2006)

Bribery at the CIA? Tim Grieve
The inspector general opens an investigation into a CIA official linked to an unindicted co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham case. (03/03/2006)

The gold standard
What makes a good role model, or a bad personal credit rating? Table Talkers answer this week. (03/03/2006)

Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith
Peak oil threatens the airline industry, but Ryanair's CEO says tickets should be free. (03/03/2006)

Debunking the peak oil apocalypse Andrew Leonard
Civilization collapses. Billions die. Film at 11. (03/03/2006)

Daily Download: "Waves of Grain," Two Gallants
(03/02/2006)

Camille and Cintra call the Oscars
Listen in as our dynamic duo critique the Oscars. (03/02/2006)

Happily ever, ever, ever after H.H.
Flavor Flav meets Demon Mom. (03/02/2006)

Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir
The nominees for best foreign language film and best documentary feature are ... a quirky mixed bag. And we handicap them all for you here. (03/02/2006)

The Fix
"Brokeback" star rebuked by school. Stapp calls sex tape sabotage. Plus: Britney goes ballistic! (03/02/2006)

Aw Eds.
Tanzen sleeps in a pretzel. (03/02/2006)

"Jen" Doe By Cintra Wilson
Nancy Balbirer, the actress who kicked off the latest Jennifer Aniston scandal, shares her ex-best friend's secrets -- from pert nipples and plastic surgery to chicken cutlets in the bra. (03/02/2006)

Tyra flips out K.L.
Tyra Banks comes clean about her deep, dark fears. (03/02/2006)

Lions and tigers and chairs, oh my! H.H.
Craig Ferguson ponders the lion's fear of chairs. (03/02/2006)

Dancing under the influence K.L.
Is it possible to find inspiration in a DUI arrest? (03/02/2006)

God to Margaret: Always with wings! By Rebecca Traister
In updated editions of Judy Blume's classic, Margaret's famous pink belt is replaced with self-adhesive pads. But something has been lost. (03/02/2006)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Hollywood Tales: Jude Law starring in "But Jude Law Wasn't Even in a Movie Last Year..." (03/02/2006)

My dad is filled with regret for things in the past By Cary Tennis
I wish he could just let go and enjoy his retirement. (03/02/2006)

Large pie, no abortion Lori Leibovich
Domino's magnate wants new Florida town to be governed by strict Roman Catholic principles. (03/02/2006)

Giving birth in shackles Sarah Goldstein
Prisons often force female inmates to remain shackled while in labor. (03/02/2006)

Breast breakthrough Cecelie Berry
A Harvard researcher grows a fully-functioning breast from stem cells. (03/02/2006)

Does winning an Oscar lead to divorce? Lori Leibovich
Carrie Fisher says that women who win Oscars can't keep their husbands. (03/02/2006)

Jessica Alba vs. Playboy Rebecca Traister
The actress didn't pose nude for the girlie magazine, but you wouldn't know that from its March cover. (03/02/2006)

Abortion by shooting Sarah Goldstein
A pregnant woman in Virginia shot herself in the stomach to induce an abortion. (03/02/2006)

What else we're reading Katharine Mieszkowski
Girdles for men, low-mercury fish for moms and gay marriage on trial. (03/02/2006)

Who is the real Hamas? By Helena Cobban
Now that it's in power, will the militant Palestinian group accept Israel's legitimacy in exchange for land? Or is it hiding a dedication to the Jewish state's destruction behind media-savvy spin? (03/02/2006)

A deluded king and his court lickspittles By Sidney Blumenthal
Cut off from reality and surrounded by flatterers like Rice and Cheney, Bush clings to grandiose illusions of heroism. (03/02/2006)

On 9/11, on Iraq, on Katrina: Bush was warned Tim Grieve
Videotape shows Bush was briefed on the levee breach that he said no one had anticipated. (03/02/2006)

Poll: Wiretapping is OK -- but get a warrant first Tim Grieve
Americans reject Bush's false-choice argument. (03/02/2006)

A note is nice, but how about overturning Roe? Tim Grieve
Alito expresses his gratitude to the religious right. (03/02/2006)

Better off under Saddam? Former U.N. rights chief says so Tim Grieve
Violence is widespread and unavoidable now, John Pace says. (03/02/2006)

What Bush knew: This time, it's Iraq Tim Grieve
The National Journal says Bush received briefings that contradicted key assertions his administration made in an effort to justify war. (03/02/2006)

A Bush nominee gets downgraded Tim Grieve
The ABA withdraws its "well qualified" rating for a judicial nominee amid questions about conflicts of interest. (03/02/2006)

Handicapping 2008, or the Frist-Kerry buzz kill Tim Grieve
If it's McCain vs. Clinton, Democrats may have a big hill to climb. (03/02/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA gets tough on academics -- for the smaller programs, at least. Plus: World Baseball Classic to begin. And: Oscar nominee "Murderball." (03/02/2006)

You've got good mail By Farhad Manjoo
Businesses are fuming over AOL's plan to charge for sending e-mail to its users. But if it cuts spam and guarantees delivery, what's the problem? (03/02/2006)

Exxon: We've got plenty of oil! Andrew Leonard
Everybody go back to bed. Exxon says peak oil is bogus. (03/02/2006)

Peak copper? Andrew Leonard
Forget about oil. Copper is getting pretty pricey, too. (03/02/2006)

Daily Download: "New English," Ambulance Ltd.
(03/01/2006)

A true title sequence J.D.
The busy person's guide to every major movie ever made. (03/01/2006)

Man of clay By Joe DiMento
"Wallace and Gromit" creator Nick Park talks about his Oscar nomination, nutty inventions and jokes that Yanks don't get. (03/01/2006)

Shopper 13 K.L.
An exclusive Wallace & Gromit short. (03/01/2006)

The Fix
A Jane Fonda/Ted Turner sex tape? "Brokeback" named Hollywood word of the year. Plus: A close look at the Oscar bump. (03/01/2006)

What Iraq needs now
Colbert suggests an end to Iraqi woes. (03/01/2006)

Dancing toward divinity H.H.
Who knew "Dancing with the Stars" could evoke such powerful emotions? (03/01/2006)

Burning Bush J.D.
The best Bush impersonator ever! (03/01/2006)

God's demagogue By Andrew O'Hehir
Rabble-rousing Christian, harsh critic of Big Money, champion of the working man, William Jennings Bryan was the original American populist -- and politicians from Wallace to Clinton to George W. Bush are his grandchildren. (03/01/2006)

The K Chronicles by Keith Knight
A flash from the past... (03/01/2006)

I'm an artist going crazy in a dysfunctional magazine! By Cary Tennis
There's no editor, the staff sleep at their desks, and we steal copyrighted material off the Internet! (03/01/2006)

The happiest wives ... Lynn Harris
Are those who didn't bother reading the latest column by John Tierney. (03/01/2006)

Do-it-yourself surgical abortions? Lynn Harris
It has come to this: A blogger posts actual instructions. (03/01/2006)

Rape on tape Lynn Harris
Judge threatens to jail accuser for refusing to watch video of her own alleged assault. (03/01/2006)

What else we're reading Lynn Harris
Teacher's sex change, the men of South Dakota, incest as a family value, proposed ban on Republican adoptions and more. (03/01/2006)

Over-the-counter E.C. in New York? Sarah Goldstein
Gov. Pataki has a chance to redeem himself by signing a bill that would make emergency contraception available without prescription. (03/01/2006)

Rape tape judge backs down Sarah Goldstein
Woman will no longer go to jail for refusing to watch a video of her alleged rape. (03/01/2006)

Another day, another abortion ban Sarah Goldstein
A committee in Mississippi's House passes a bill greatly restricting abortions. (03/01/2006)

Sisterhood of sperm Katharine Mieszkowski
Meet 11 women who have one sperm donor in common. (03/01/2006)

Iraq's worst week -- and Bush's By Juan Cole
As Americans finally begin to grasp the magnitude of the Iraq catastrophe, Bush's popularity hits a new low. (03/01/2006)

Impeach Bush By Garrison Keillor
The man was lost and then he was found and now he's more lost than ever -- and he's taking us into the darkness with him. It's time to remove him. (03/01/2006)

For Bush, a panic play -- in Afghanistan Tim Grieve
In search of higher ground, the president makes a surprise stop on the way to India. (03/01/2006)

Bush: Osama bin Laden helped me get reelected Tim Grieve
The president says a videotape from the al-Qaida leader may have persuaded voters to cast their lot with him. (03/01/2006)

Gonzales: I didn't mean what I said when I said what I said Tim Grieve
The attorney general backtracks on assurances he gave the Senate on warrantless spying. (03/01/2006)

Hopeless Tim Grieve
Americans know more about "The Simpsons" than the First Amendment. (03/01/2006)

No one could have predicted it Tim Grieve
Iraq totters on the brink of civil war. Who knew? (03/01/2006)

King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Barry Bonds in drag: Is this what it takes to create "team chemistry"? We'll see. Plus: A Buck O'Neil petition. (03/01/2006)

Not made in China Andrew Leonard
Is a new anti-China trademark clever marketing or "barbaric discourtesy"? (03/01/2006)

Obama's Manhattan Project Andrew Leonard
Want a real energy independence plan? Try Barack Obama's. (03/01/2006)

It's a small, unhappy world, after all Andrew Leonard
Going to globalization grad school with Morgan-Stanley economist Stephen Roach. (03/01/2006)