Salon: Life

Slide show: Sports Illustrated models baffled by swimwear

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:10:00 PST

Brooklyn Decker is the latest in a series of "oopsie!" cover girls who just can't master their itty-bitty bikinis

Gil Scott-Heron, the baddest musical comeback

Steve Almond — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

The hip-hop pioneer on his Johnny Cash-style reinvention, Rikers Island and why he won't be singing about Fox News

Having cheated death, I feel alive

Cary Tennis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:09:00 PST

Even Ace Hardware and trashy TV marathons feel like small miracles after cancer surgery

"Marry Him's" Lori Gottlieb: Settling and the single girl

Sarah Hepola — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:01:00 PST

Lori Gottlieb talks about her controversial dating book, which has some women fuming and Hollywood courting

How the Super Bowl won me over

Steven Axelrod — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:01:00 PST

I used to be a sports-hating snob. Then I fell for a fan and discovered football is the best reality TV there is

"Bluebird": Lady sings the blues

Amy Benfer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

Author Ariel Gore talks about the subject everyone can disagree on -- women and happiness

The autism-vaccine lie that won't die

Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

The media trumpeted an irresponsible study, ensuring that its nasty legacy thrives

A soldier's plea for gays in the military

Six Foot Skinny — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:00 PST

On the ground in Iraq, I can tell you that "don't ask, don't tell" doesn't protect troops -- it puts them in peril

The Saints are America's team

Billy Sothern — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:01:00 PST

New Orleans' great Super Bowl hope represents everything that's good about this tragedy-stricken city

Slide show: Hair that makes the celebrity

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

A look at the bold-faced names -- like recently arrested Leif Garrett -- whose tresses were their mane attraction

Haiti: A survivor's story

Laura Wagner — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:02:00 PST

I came to Haiti to research. Six months later, I lay under the rubble of a house, my friend crushed to death nearby

I enjoyed my cancer surgery

Cary Tennis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:02:00 PST

Is it weird that I kind of liked my journey to the outer space inside my body?

How to leave a soldier

Courtney Cook — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:01:00 PST

The war on terror may be impossible to resolve. Ending my marriage was easy

Johnny Weir: The Lady Gaga of figure skating

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:35:00 PST

Johnny Weir dresses like a swan, fights with PETA and performs to "Poker Face." But can the glitter take the gold?

Bin Laden blames U.S. for Salinger's death

Con Chapman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:09:00 PST

Suddenly, the al-Qaida leader has an opinion about everything!

Swan thong

Sarah Hepola — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:19:00 PST

Cosmo calls the end for that silky, skimpy triangle of fabric. We speak to the people affected most -- straight men

John Edwards' secret sex tape

Don Aldrete — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:28:00 PST

The politician, as you've never seen him before. (In a Travelodge, seducing to the strains of Dave Matthews)

Behold the miracle doodad!

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:28:00 PST

Hype machine over, the iPad (really? iPad?) is unveiled

Scientology to the rescue

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:27:00 PST

John Travolta is bringing much-needed supplies to Haiti. The problem? He's also bringing L. Ron Hubbard

My cancer journal

Cary Tennis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:26:00 PST

I have been thrust into the darkness of my own body, and I don't know what is happening to me

Outrage fatigue

Elon James White — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:27:00 PST

Whites-only basketball? Unlimited corporate political spending? And it's only Tuesday

Lasik's blurry vision

Abby Ellin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:02:00 PST

Side effects continue to plague patients like me. Now, as the FDA investigates, one expert admits, "We screwed up"

Our daughters should not be cut

Lynn Harris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:59:00 PST

Female genital mutilation isn't just a problem in other countries. It's happening here, and we need to face it

Can we ever win the abortion wars?

Lynn Harris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:22:00 PST

The fanatical fringe has hijacked medicine and wrought terror. But there is hope, says the author of a new book

Bring on the blades of glory!

Thomas Rogers — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:22:00 PST

Russian ice dancing champs wow with a racially tone-deaf "brown-face" routine that's truly unforgettable

Cashing in on crisis

Paul Hiebert — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:21:00 PST

Facebook scams, text-messaging hoaxes and the unscrupulous ways natural disaster gets exploited for profit

Mom's first nude shoot

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:20:00 PST

As a writer, I expose my deepest insecurities all the time. But could I really strip naked for a magazine -- at 44?

You call that a conversation about race?

Elon James White — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:20:00 PST

In "Obama's America," please don't offer us watermelon!

Sanjay Gupta, the good doctor

Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:01:00 PST

The CNN correspondent is changing how we see medical emergencies in Haiti. And he changed how I see cable news

Cat saves couple, dog

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:16:00 PST

Kitty annoys sleeping owner until he wakes up -- and smells smoke