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Of war and cancer: Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.; By Gary Kamiya Mar 18, 2008
Our favorite murderer: We may try to hate Tony, but our love for the careworn killer wins out. It's that moral perversity, in the age of Bush, that I'll miss most about "The Sopranos."; By Gary Kamiya Jun 9, 2007
The undersecretary's dangerous trip: Karen Hughes takes her "Innocents Abroad" tour to the Middle East -- and plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden.; By Sidney Blumenthal Sep 29, 2005
Big two-hearted Mark: "Mark Twain," Ken Burns' new documentary, brings to feisty, heartbreaking life the most beloved -- and American -- of American writers.; By Gary Kamiya Jan 14, 2002
Twainmania: The sleepy town of Hannibal, Mo., braces itself for a deluge of Twain devotees inspired by a forthcoming Ken Burns documentary.; By King Kaufman Oct 25, 2001
"Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln" by Richard Slotkin: A splendid piece of mythmaking views the young hero's coming of age through the lens of Huckleberry Finn.; By Laura Miller Feb 11, 2000
The 7 vices of highly creative people: If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it.; By D.A. Blyler Feb 9, 2000
Going for the perfect high: Choosing a high school was a lot easier when you didn't get to choose.; By Merle Kessler Jan 27, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000; By Joyce Millman Jan 26, 2000
Dept. of slight exaggerations: Mark Twain's recently rediscovered account of an 1868 hanging turns out to be not all that rediscovered.; By Douglas Cruickshank Oct 4, 1999
To spy is human, to plagiarize divine: Cicciolina, Fembot fer real; John Mackay: I have not yet begun to write! Plus: Mark Twain, eyewitness to a hanging. Gulp.; By Douglas Cruickshank Sep 30, 1999
Run, Lowell, Run: The Connecticut Yankee could stop Pat Buchanan from hijacking the Reform Party -- and give that Texas preppy in cowboy boots a run for his money in November.; By Bruce Shapiro Sep 14, 1999
Sharps & flats: Utah Phillips tells Old West tales and hardscrabble anecdotes. But don't call him a folk singer.; By Simon Rodberg Aug 25, 1999
The adventures of Sir Peter Ustinov: The actor, novelist, playwright and director talks about what it was like to follow in Mark Twain's footsteps -- literally.; By Daniel Mangin Aug 24, 1999
Mr. Smith flips off Washington: Sen. Bob Smith deserts the GOP in the middle of his long-shot bid for the presidency.; By Jake Tapper Jul 14, 1999
A lucky break in Paklay: In which our correspondent gets drunk on rice whiskey one night and finds himself invited onto a boat the morning after.; By Rolf Potts Jul 8, 1999
Lotus-eating in Luang Prabang: Buddhist temples, watermelon shakes and crazed speedboat racers meet in the ancient Lao capital.; By Rolf Potts Jul 7, 1999
Guns, muskmelon breasts and the Laotian Gandhi: An American takes a Mark Twain-like journey by riverboat down the Mekong.; By Rolf Potts Jul 6, 1999
A kinder, gentler cowboy: Ric Lynden Hardman revives the cowboy genre with "Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western" -- a picaresque, cocky, playful coming-of-age novel.; By Polly Shulman Jun 4, 1998
Personal Best: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain; By Gary Kamiya Sep 30, 1996

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