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WEDNESDAY
March 31, 1999

Today in 21st:

Melissa envy By James Poniewozik
The virus hasn't landed on my desktop yet. I'm mortified (03/31/99)

21st Log How much is that Web site in the window?
(03/31/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
"An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England" By Venetia Murray and "Prince Of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency" By Saul David: Two new histories shed dazzling light on extravagantly eccentric Regency England (03/31/99)

Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Elizabeth Dole is not man enough to be president (03/31/99)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
"Gravestones and Nightsticks" slays 'em in Riverside and NYC! (03/31/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Silly loved songs By Bill Wyman
"Band on the Run" may have aged badly, but 25 years later, it still sings (03/31/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Drew Carey's April Fools' prank; a century of country music (03/31/99)

Ivory Tower Brotherly love By L.E. Wilson
I lived in the fraternity closet and loved it (03/31/99)

Letters Older women: Having kids and dating barely legal men; Milosevic must go! (03/31/99)

Media Swing Nation RIP By Steve Erickson
Rat Pack Sinatra, khaki pants and frosty martinis may have been vapid, but just wait for the next horror on the cultural horizon (03/31/99)

Today in Mothers Who Think:

This sorcery isn't just for kids By Charles Taylor
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," like all great escapist reading, takes you happily back to where you already were (03/31/99)

Of magic and single motherhood By Margaret Weir
An interview with "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling (03/03/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Beginner's guide to the Balkans By Laura Rozen
A week ago, few Americans could find Kosovo on a map. What's behind the crisis Clinton's committed to solve (03/31/99)

Kosovo update By Laura Rozen
Macedonian officials leave hundreds of Kosovo Albanian refugees stranded (03/31/99)

Bombing the baby with the bath water By Veran Matic
Each missile worsens the humanitarian disaster that NATO is supposed to be preventing (03/31/99)

Wanderlust Honeymoon turbulence By Rosemary Berkeley
For really getting to know someone, there's nothing like a 10-hour flight where everything that can go wrong, does (03/31/99)

TUESDAY
March 30, 1999

Today in 21st:

Why Bill Gates still doesn't get the Net By Scott Rosenberg
While his new book peddles PCs as the ultimate corporate intelligence system, the industry is mutating right under his nose (03/30/99)

21st Log
Melissa virus panic attack (03/30/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Polly Morrice
"The Sabbathday River" By Jean Hanff Korelitz: In this engrossing latter-day 'Scarlet Letter' a self-righteous district attorney battles an adulteress accused of killing two infants (03/30/99)

Brilliant Careers All-American diva By Jamie James
Equally at home with Mozart and Gershwin, Dawn Upshaw is a rarity among classical singers (03/30/99)

Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
We may have to wait six or seven years to have sex -- is that OK? (03/30/99)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
lass reunion from hell (03/30/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Sharps & Flats Reviews of new albums by Blur, Friends of Dean Martinez, Nixon's Head and Ladybug Transistor (03/30/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Bill Moyers in South Africa; Craig Kilborn takes over "Late, Late Show" (03/30/99)

Letters A non-paranoid childhood is still possible; Kosovo, Freud and the Meat Puppets (03/30/99)

Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
I can't get arrested in this town! A tale of the thin blue rope line (03/30/99)

Mothers Who Think Conned by a Jewish mother By Inda Schaenen
I thought if I cooked like Molly Goldberg, I could land myself and my family in her warm, loving, safe world (03/30/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Endgame? By Jeff Stein
As the crisis spirals out of control, everybody scrambles for a quick solution. Everybody but Milosevic (03/30/99)

Postcards from Yugoslavia E-mail lets ordinary citizens get their story out to the world (03/30/99)

Wanderlust Going without at Ramadan By Emily Zuzik
At the beginning of the Muslim fast, a traveler decides to do as the Marrakeshans do (03/30/99)

MONDAY
March 29, 1999

Today in 21st:

Cloning the pooch By R.U. Sirius
A rich couple sets out to copy a pet named Missy -- and chronicle the project online (03/29/99)

Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 5: Addressed for success (03/29/99)

21st Log
Slate slags Linux (03/29/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Norah Vincent
"Betty Friedan: Her Life" by Judith Hennessee: Broken crockery and catfights: A new biography of the feminist matriarch may make you want to take out a contract on her life (03/29/99)

Right On! By David Horowitz
Kazan: Who betrayed whom? Those who condemn the betrayals of the witch-hunt era need to look now at their own (03/29/99)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
This new hi-tech economy is awesome! Got a dime? (03/29/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Home Movies By Charles Taylor
Barfly romances ingenue in Steve Buscemi's directorial debut, "Trees Lounge" (03/29/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
NCAA championship game; Peter Jennings' "Century" (03/29/99)

Ivory Tower Escaping the crumbling tower By Jennifer Stone Gonzalez
A former academic offers lessons in joining the "real world" (03/29/99)

Letters Are unions to blame for their own decline?; U.S. world domination; Paglia and Harvard rape, racist Christians (03/29/99)

Mothers Who Think One big dysfunctional family By Fiona Morgan
Former cult member can laugh about it now
(03/29/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Calling Kosovo By Laura Rozen
Serbs and ethnic Albanians are united -- in misery -- as the bombing and the terror continue 03/29/99)

The empires strike back By Jeff Stein
As the world focuses on the Balkans, the return of Germany and Japan to military action barely made news (03/29/99)

¡Play beísbol! By Steve Kettmann
Baseball and Cuba get a public relations boost from an extra inning game in the Havana sunshine (03/29/99)

Wanderlust Mediterranean reverie By Anne Dowie
Nestled in the rugged mountains overlooking the Ligurian Sea, Cinque Terre is the source of endless scenic and culinary delights
(03/29/99)

FRIDAY
March 26, 1999

Today in 21st:

Kosovo's "cyber-monk" and his mailing list By Don North
E-mails from an ancient monastery offer rare independent news from a region under siege (03/26/99)

The 21st Challenge No. 20 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Luddite testimonials (03/26/99)

21st Log
Invasion of the dancing hamsters! (03/26/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Alex Abramovich
"Berryman's Shakespeare: Essays, Letters, and Other Writings" By John Berryman: A fearless modern poet conjures Shakespeare, including an essay based on a famous lecture that enraptured audiences, and reveals himself (03/26/99)

Dark Hotel Nora meets the horny prof; the fruitiest pirates in Munich (03/26/99)

Today in Entertainment:

"Futurama" That 31st century show Reviewed by Joyce Millman
Matt Groening's spectacular "Futurama" satirizes where we're headed -- and where we are (03/26/99)

"EDtv" And now, a world from our sponsor Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
Despite the "Truman Show" comparisons, it's a genial -- and almost plausible -- media satire (03/26/99)

"Mod Squad" Post-"Mod" Blues Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
A retro-cool look can't disguise an acid-washed feel (03/26/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Navy's WWII shame in Morgan Freeman-produced "Mutiny"; "Futurama" blasts off (03/26/99)

Ivory Tower Spanking the theory By Danya Ruttenberg
Is the study of the autoerotic more than just mental masturbation? (03/26/99)

Letters The raging debate over Elia Kazan's Oscar; readers second defense of financial journalist James Cramer (03/26/99)

Mothers Who Think Remembering Carole Sund By Wendy J. Williams
A community of mothers mourns the death of Carole Sund (03/26/99)

Today in Newsreal:

The unhappiest allies By Gabriel Kahn
Italians question NATO moves in Kosovo as the country braces for more refugees (03/26/99)

Finally, the Flynt Report By Carol Lloyd
Are these smutty tales true? Let the reader beware (03/26/99)

Outlaw nation? By Laura Rozen
Even Serbs who hate Milosevic are outraged at NATO bombing (03/26/99)

Verdict on Starr's witness By Murray S. Waas and Suzi Parker
Whitewater figure David Hale is found guilty on Arkansas state criminal charges (03/26/99)

Wanderlust Ring in the loser By Mark Schatzker
What you do on New Year's Eve 1999 says more about your economic -- and social -- status than anything else (03/26/99)

THURSDAY
March 25, 1999

Today in 21st:

Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 4: The claw and the classifieds (03/25/99)

Bringing mailing lists to the masses By Janelle Brown
We'll make running your list easier, new companies say -- just take our ads (03/25/99)

21st Log "Bug's Life" games for Mac users? Sorry
(03/25/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Nathan Englander
"For the Relief of Unbearable Urges" By Nathan Englander: A young writer offers spare, often brilliant tales of Orthodox and Hasidic Jews displaced from their physical, moral and spiritual lives (03/25/99)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Pud Reilly hit .627 with tertiary syphilis! (03/25/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Screen Savers PROSPERITY® can be yours! By Philip Morton
Introducing the new industry standard in scriptwriting software (03/25/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Men on ice:"World Figure Skating Championship"; a baby for Jesse and Diego? (03/25/99)

Letters Salon's hypocritical smear-job on George Stephanopoulos; the decision to forgo having children (03/25/99)

Media Circus $400,000 misunderstanding By Susan Lehman
So maybe Vanity Fair writers don't actually make 400 grand. Who needs it, when editor Graydon Carter is constantly sending them sweet personal notes on blue stationery? (03/25/99)

Mothers Who Think Second Thoughts By Sally Tisdale
Tell me the truth: Or if you're going to lie, at least do it truthfully. (03/25/99)

Today in Newsreal:

The bombing begins By Jeff Stein
Will NATO strikes push the Serbs to peace talks, or engulf the region in bloody chaos? (03/25/99)

The Kosovo myth By Christopher Ott
A battle fought 600 years ago animates the Serbian lust for a province now populated by Albanians (03/25/99)

Banned in Belgrade By Janelle Brown
The Web provides links to Serbian diatribes, Albanian liberation dispatches and Yugoslav radio you can't get in Yugoslavia (03/25/99)

Urge Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson By Gentry Lane
Why is it taboo for women to date younger men? (03/25/99)

Wanderlust Night of the living kava By Eric Hansen
A traveler trips out on a magical root in the South Pacific (03/25/99)

WEDNESDAY
March 24, 1999

Today in 21st:

The king of computer labs Andrew Leonard
Xerox PARC invented the modern PC but couldn't sell it. A definitive new history explores why (03/24/99)

21st Log Starcraft invades Amazing Stories
(03/24/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Craig Seligman
"Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World" By Mark Fritz: A book about refugees that's as intimate and moving as a masterful short story collection and surprisingly hard to put down (03/24/99)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Underaged girls, wah-wah pedals and road kill -- touring with the Marginal Prophets (03/24/99)

Today in Entertainment:

American Sqiurm By Sarah Vowell
Crime and punishment: Thanks to "creative sentencing," bad art finally has some redeeming social value (03/24/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Norm Macdonald: Ready for prime time?; "It's like ..." premieres (03/24/99)

Ivory Tower Strange bedfellows By Christina Boufis
Does academic life lead to divorce? (03/24/99)

Letters The Scaife-Microsoft connection; guilty, white liberal man's burden; an argument against sanctions in Iraq (03/24/99)

Mothers Who Think Breed old, die late and leave a beautiful brain By Michele Y. Pridmore-Brown
Why old mothers live longer and have boosted brain power (03/24/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Where does Elizabeth Dole really stand on abortion? By Daryl Lindsey
The question won't go away (03/24/99)

Susan McDougal's moment of truth By Suzi Parker
Bad day for Starr as she says Clinton told the truth about the Whitewater loan (03/24/99)

Bombing Kosovo NATO launched its first airstrikes against Yugoslavia today, ushering in a new era of the Kosovo crisis (03/24/99)

Thunder from Yeltsin Dissed by NATO over Kosovo, Moscow pulls out of the alliance's peace partnership and cancels a date with the White House (03/24/99)

Wanderlust May I help you? by Jack Goldfarb
May I help you? From saffron to leather to edible silver paper, Johnny the market boy knew where to find it in the teeming Calcutta marketplace (03/24/99)

TUESDAY
March 23, 1999

Today in 21st:

Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Readers fill us in on personal information software -- the good, the bad and the discontinued (03/23/99)

21st Log
The newest online consumers -- kids (03/23/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Tim Cavanaugh
"The Ultimate Terrorists" By Alice Echols: Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of fringe groups? Don't panic, a new study advises (03/23/99)

Brilliant Careers If she could talk to the animals By Douglas Cruickshank
Before Jane Goodall went to Africa, almost nothing was known about chimpanzees. Sitting alone in the wilds day in and day out, she won their trust -- and taught mankind about its closest relatives (03/23/99)

Left Hook The GOP's spying scandal By Joe Conason
The Los Alamos spy mess occurred on Bush's watch and grew directly out of the wave of "privatization" launched by Reagan (03/23/99)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Total Makeover Inc. (03/23/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Sharps & Flats Reviews of new albums by TLC, Ben Lee, Dusty Springfield, Hugues Cuénod (03/23/99)

It's not the meat, it's the motion By David Bowman
Thanks to eight Rykodisc re-releases, this spring is Meat Puppets season (03/23/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
"King of the Hill": A boy with gout; "Lateline," "Strange World" axed (03/23/99)

Letters Harvardites attack Paglia's date-rape article; Silicon stereotypes; Hitchens' "armchair leftist" detractors (03/23/99)

Mothers Who Think Jungle Book fever By Peter Mattiessen
How a childhood spent reading Kipling's wondrous tales gave a writer his spots -- India, Siberia, Africa (03/23/99)

Newsreal Jesse Ventura Inc. By G.R. Anderson Jr.
The marketing of Minnesota's leader raises the question: Who owns the governor? (03/23/99)

Wanderlust Transylvanian nightmare By Jeffrey Tayler
A young man bears the lasting burden of Romania's depraved dictator with a dignity that transcends his grim surroundings (03/23/99)

MONDAY
March 22, 1999

Today in 21st:

Coming soon to computer games -- advertising By Janelle Brown
Before you splatter that alien, a word from our sponsor! (03/22/99)

Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 3: Hacked in Seattle (03/22/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Theodore Spencer
"A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam" by Mary Anne Weaver: In a jolting new book, the New Yorker writer predicts that an Islamic regime will soon topple Egypt's secular government (03/22/99)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Clinton is not a Republican! Let's party! (03/22/99)

Today in Entertainment:

And the frumps are ... By Camille Paglia
The 71st Academy Awards are a parade of pomaded pretty boys and washed-out drag queens from lame movies. Where is the glamour? (03/22/99)

Not abhorrent! By Cintra Wilson
Just when you're ready to give up on awards shows altogether, the Oscars turn out to be halfway entertaining (03/22/99)

And the Oscar goes to... A complete list of 71st Academy Award Winners (03/22/99)

L.A. without guilt By Joyce Millman
ABC's new sitcom "It's like, you know ..." is a West Coast remake of "Seinfeld" -- not that there's anything wrong with that (03/22/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Eriq LaSalle: From doc to cop; Dilbert in the Promised Land (03/22/99)

Ivory Tower Who killed Meriwether Lewis? By Leighton Woodhouse
A forensic scientist has stirred controversy by proposing to dig up the famous explorer's bones to find out (03/22/99)

Letters Choice words for Boston College's Mary Daly; how to be a good expat; Salon misses point of Chinese missile scandal (03/22/99)

Mothers Who Think A life without play dates By Yona Zeldis McDonough
Arthur the aardvark's parent-free life
(03/22/99)

Newsreal Go home, Kenneth Starr By Suzi Parker
The independent counsel has shone a surreal spotlight on Little Rock (03/22/99)

Wanderlust The camel market of Daraw By Kristan Schiller
In Egypt, a centuries-old business thrives at the end of the 40 Days Road (03/22/99)

FRIDAY
March 19, 1999

Today in 21st:

A Vincent Foster for Usenet liberals? By Andrew Leonard
The mysterious death of an online debater sparks a flurry of suspicions and theories (03/19/99)

21st Log
Webby acceptance speeches: Five-word wonders
also
Purple Moon and Barbie -- together at last (03/19/99)

Today in Books:

Spurious George: A geek tragedy By Jake Tapper
In yet another tell-all book about President Clinton, former aide Stephanopoulos offers a tour de force of betrayal, self-loathing and self-promotion (03/19/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Alexander Chee
"The Funnies" By J. Robert Lennon: A new novel ferrets out the torment behind the funny little drawings in a family comic strip (03/19/99)

Sexpert Opinion Shave the world! By Susie Bright
Pubic hair offers a wealth of styling opportunities (03/19/99)

Dark Hotel Gay sex, blackmail and murder: The Hitler Party rises to power (03/19/99)

Today in Entertainment:

"Forces of Nature" Road awakening Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock star in a comedy that packs plenty of scenery, but forgets about chemistry (03/19/99)

"Ravenous" Dark meat Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
Though it definitely requires a strong stomach, this may be the best cannibal tragicomedy ever made (03/19/99)

"True Crime" True prime Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
He may be pushing 70, but Clint Eastwood just hit his stride (03/19/99)

"The Rage: Carrie 2" Grr Power Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
A supernatural sequel tries a little tenderness, but still goes for gross (03/19/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Super Sunday for the Oscars; a boss is betrayed on "The Sopranos" (03/19/99)

Ivory Tower Raging against "the Machine" By Julekha Dash
Congolese student alleges death threats when he campaigned against white establishment for U of Alabama's student presidency (03/19/99)

Letters Horowitz's take on the Christian right is right on, almost; Hitchens: The left's least favorite journalist (03/19/99)

Money Singing the union blues By Heather Chaplin
Singing the union blues: Why do Americans distrust organized labor more than the fat cats of Wall Street? (03/19/99)

Mothers Who Think The nurture assumption By Jennifer Kahn
Some women just don't want to have kids. So why does that make us abnormal? (03/19/99)

Today in Newsreal:

When white means "weak" By Russell Morse
It's no fun being the newest minority in California today (03/19/99)

Chaos in Colombia By Matthew Yeomans
The killing of three American environmentalists won't stop the struggle between the U'wa tribe and big oil companies (03/19/99)

Wanderlust Helen of Troy is in my taxi By Rolf Potts
A wanderer discovers the ambiguity of language and love in the Philippines (03/19/99)

THURSDAY
March 18, 1999

Today in 21st:

Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 1: Adrift among the cubicles
Chapter 2: The disinhibition of market leaders (03/18/99)

21st Log New Gates book -- buzzword bonanza
(03/18/99)

Today in Books:

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Dante Ramos
"The Cost of Rights" by Stephen Holmes and Cass Sunstein, "The Power to Destroy" by Sen. William V. Roth Jr. and William H. Nixon and "The Greedy Hand" by Amity Shlaes: The mad, the vain and the obsessive: Three books grapple with America's tortuous tax policies, the high price of property rights and the sins of the IRS (03/18/99)

Remembering Andre Dubus By Richard Ravin
A friend recalls the generosity of a big writer and a big man (03/18/99)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
White folks ask blacks -- How're we doin'? (03/18/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Screen Savers Harvey Keitel and the Sundance Kid By Jennie Yabroff
An interview with "Three Seasons" director Tony Bui (03/18/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Arrivaderci, Benigni: Historians rate accuracy of best picture nominees (03/18/99)

Letters Animals are gay? Like we care! Plus: Giant grocery store blues; a vanilla gay man defends his sex life (03/18/99)

Mothers Who Think Is that all there is? By Anne Lamott
Explaining death and the hereafter to a kid who wants to be cryogenically frozen (03/18/99)

Newsreal Star Wars lite? By Joshua Micah Marshall
The Democrats cave on building a missile defense system (03/18/99)

Urge Will the real Jeff Stryker please rise? By Reed Hearne
Jeff Stryker on Jeff Stryker: My doppelänger is a sex god (03/18/99)

Wanderlust "Don't shoot -- we're Americans!" By Daniel Becker
A hike across the Macedonia-Albania border goes wrong (03/18/99)

WEDNESDAY
March 17, 1999

Today in 21st:

Tipping the antitrust scales Andrew Leonard
How the right helped make the federal courts safe for Microsoft (03/17/99)

21st Log Steve Holtzman, R.I.P.
(03/17/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Bill Franzen
"Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein" By Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn: A selectively argued new book opens fire on American Gulf War policy toward Iraq and charges the U.S. with letting Saddam off easy (03/17/99)

Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Harvard's date-rape idiocy (03/17/99)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
A, B, C, come on tour with me (03/17/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Been there By Joshua Green
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage (03/17/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Jamming and mourning at the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" bash (03/17/99)

Today in Ivory Tower:

Battling stag/nation By Jill Priluck
Radical hag Mary Daly sues Boston College for forcing coed classes (03/17/99)

Pimps and Ho's By Isaac Zaur
One college's theme party is another man's ethical dilemma (03/17/99)

Letters Silicon sexism; Larry Matthews should do hard time; sick to #@%*&! death of Monica (03/17/99)

Media Why Elia Kazan should not receive an Oscar By Steve Erickson
By bestowing a special honor on the director, who already has won two Oscars, the Academy is glossing over history (03/17/99)

Mothers Who Think Blarney for bairns By Polly Shulman
How the Irish saved children's literature (03/17/99)

Today in Newsreal:

A death foretold By Margaret Spillane
Despite Rosemary Nelson's murder, the Northern Irish peace process will survive (03/17/99)

"You start to think that he's dead" By Jeff Stein
Federal agents wonder if Eric Rudolph has survived his year in the wilderness (03/17/99)

Wanderlust Original sin by Janis Cooke Newman
A culinary pilgrim in Italy succumbs to temptations far more wicked than ripe produce. (03/17/99)

TUESDAY
March 16, 1999

21st Repurposing Ada By Michael Mattis
A Victorian countess is widely credited today as the first programmer -- but historians say that doesn't compute (03/16/99)

Today in Books:

The case of the brokenhearted father By David Bowman
The real-life tragedy that haunted Ross Macdonald (03/16/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mark Athitakis
"Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin" By Alice Echols: A new biography of the singer tries to find the person behind the avatar of sex and smack (03/16/99)

Brilliant Careers The madness of love By Sean Elder
Richard Thompson's songs reflect the dark passion of an unclassifiable musical genius (03/16/99)

Dear Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
Should I worry about my boyfriend's pornography habit? (03/16/99)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
A marriage made in hell (03/16/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999 By Paul Festa
The century's most beloved violinist brought to his life the brilliance he lost in his music (03/16/99)

Sharps & Flats
Reviews of new CDs by Imperial Teen, Damien Jurado, Don Byron and others (03/16/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
"Buffy": Slayer vs. Slayer; spring break with Hank Hill (03/16/99)

Letters Amazon vs. a vicious army of ants; pedophilia in advertising; memories of modern-day Vietnam (03/16/99)

Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
Strange fruit: Garden Escape is a new publication grown from the fertile soil of Garden.com. You might call it a catalog; they call it the ultimate service magazine. What if they're right? (03/16/99)

Mothers Who Think Baby on board By Katherine Ellison
A seasoned foreign reporter suddenly finds she can't compete on equal terms with men (03/16/99)

Newsreal The question that won't go away By Christopher Hitchens
Is Clinton a stone-cold rapist or isn't he? (03/16/99)

Wanderlust Where the wild things are By John Fox
An archaeologist explores the Galapagos on an expedition run by school kids (03/16/99)

MONDAY
March 15, 1999

Today in 21st:

"E-mail is a real revolution" By Kyra Dupont and Eric Pape
For a Cambodian opposition leader, the Net is a lifeline (03/15/99)

21st Log
This Web site wants your spam (03/15/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Entertainment Economy: How Mega Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives" by Michael J. Wolf: The Shopping News: Move over, Adam Smith -- make way for Mickey Mouse (03/15/99)

Right On! Walking the walk By David Horowitz
The moral majority exits stage right (03/15/99)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Effective emotional interaction (03/15/99)

Today in Entertainment:

"That Thing You Do!" Pure pop By Charles Taylor
Tom Hanks' directorial debut is a confectionary tribute to the white-bread tunes of a lost America (03/15/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Kings and queens of yuks on "American Comedy Awards"; Aaron Spelling's latest (03/15/99)

Ivory Tower The fabulous kingdom of gay animals By Susan McCarthy
A biologists offers the first vision of a tantalizingly diverse natural world: Not all animals are straight arrows (03/15/99)

Letters Readers say that women, Broaddrick included, lie about rape; Salon's hack job on Annie Dillard (03/15/99)

Mothers Who Think Bring in 'da noise, bring in 'da rat killers By Jill Wolfson
After preaching respect for animals to my kids, how could I finesse my death wish for the rats in our walls?
(03/15/99)

Newsreal The China syndrome By Joshua Micah Marshall
GOP outrage over Chinese nuclear espionage is mostly politics (03/08/99)

Wanderlust Going native By Chris Colin
For American college students living abroad, the question is: How local can you get?
(03/15/99)

FRIDAY
March 12, 1999

Today in 21st:

"Wing Commander" creator takes the director's chair By Howard Wen
Chris Roberts talks about his passage from the little screen to the big screen (03/12/99)

The 21st Challenge No. 19 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Mottoes for Silicon Valley (03/12/99)

21st Log
"South Park" spoof: Oh my God, they killed "Star Wars"! (03/12/99)

Today in Books:

The big baby By Joan Walsh
Forget "The Death of Outrage." If the right really wants to win the Culture War, it should pass out copies of "Monica's Story" (03/12/99)

Monica's nightmare By Charles Taylor
There's nothing balanced or objective about Andrew Morton's book That's why it rings so true (03/12/99)

Starring Monica Lewinsky, as herself By Liesl Schillinger
She was universally reviled -- until the public got a chance to hear her speak and, now, to read her version of events (03/12/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Ruth Henrich
"The Handyman" By Carolyn See: In this L.A. novel, an unassuming handyman muddles his way to artistic genius while repairing the lives of lonely wives and other lost souls (03/12/99)

Dark Hotel Orgy on the Peninsula; Uncle Bill raises his skirts and screams (03/12/99)

Today in Entertainment:

"Wing Commander" Space opera invaders Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
If you absolutely, positively can't wait for "Star Wars," this works as frivolous filler (03/12/99)

"The Deep End of the Ocean" Waiting to exhale Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
A family drowning in grief resurfaces and doesn't know how to cope (03/12/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
All "Behind the Music," all the time; "SNL" loves Raymond (03/12/99)

Ivory Tower To sir, with love? By Susanna Stromberg
The last thing my professor taught me was that he was only human (03/12/99)

Letters Microsoft, Microsoft, why have you forsaken me? Plus: "Millennium' kicks "X-File" butt; mailing list terrorism (03/12/99)

Money In defense of James Cramer By Ken Kurson
The big mouth of stock market punditry deserves more praise than punishment (03/12/99)

Mothers Who Think Kiddie pants or kiddie porn? By Deborah A. Lott
Nothing comes between kids and their Calvins -- except charges of pedophilia (03/12/99)

Newsreal The danceable tragedy By Herbert Gold
Just past Carnival, dozens die off the Florida coast, and still Haiti waits for a savior (03/12/99)

Wanderlust Family sanity By Phaedra Hise
A mother reveals her secret on how to travel with children -- and still feel like you're on vacation (03/12/99)

THURSDAY
Mar. 11, 1999

Today in 21st:

Beauty and the geeks By Janelle Brown
Female technology execs face cruel choices about selling their own sex appeal (03/11/99)

21st Log For sale: One wizard and 2 million pieces of gold
(03/11/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mark Schone
"Black Hawk Down" By Mark Bowden: A hair-raising account re-creates the firefight in Mogadishu, the U.S. Army's bloodiest battle since Vietnam (03/11/99)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Louis makes a deal in study hall (03/11/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Screen Savers Return to sender By Liza Bear
Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles talks about the inspiration behind "Central Station," his award-winning film about letters never sent (03/11/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Mister Rogers in the "TV Academy Hall of Fame"; NCAA hoopfest begins (03/11/99)

Letters The brilliant careers of Stanley Kubrick and Paul Newman; Christian crusaders on campus; Amway goes online (03/11/99)

Media Circus Kiddie-porn trafficker -- or crusading undercover reporter? By Susan Lehman
Larry Matthews' 18-month sentence for receiving and transmitting kiddie porn raises difficult First Amendment issues (03/11/99)

Today in Mothers Who Think:

Lost in the supermarket By Sallie Tisdale
Appalling moments in the world of too much and nothing good enough (03/11/99)

Drama Queen Winners
Slim and grim: Drama Queen's favorite terrible diets (03/11/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Can Amtrak survive? By David Fine
Despite its impressive new Boston-Washington bullet train, the national rail service faces daunting problems (03/11/99)

Gun smoke By Daryl Lindsey
Can the unprecedented legal challenge to gun manufacturers withstand the counterattack of the NRA and Bob Barr? (03/11/99)

Urge Enchanted forest By Reed Hearne
A man takes us behind the tropical bushes into the world of gay cruising, where two worlds coexist without ever touching (03/11/99)

Wanderlust Michelin madness By David Downie
An exclusive club of upper-crust chefs waits patiently each year to see who is added to -- or booted out of -- the fold (03/11/99)

WEDNESDAY
March 10, 1999

21st Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Sure, David can beat Goliath on the Web -- if he's got a New York Times columnist in his corner (03/10/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Trumpet" By Jackie Kay: A multivoiced debut novel offers a fact-based drama of gender, race and all that jazz (03/10/99)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Hostel, not hostile (03/10/99)

Today in Entertainment:

American Squirm By Sarah Vowell
At home in a crowd: In search of the perfect audience (03/10/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Dawson is depressed; "Party of Five" gang tries to rescue abused Julia (03/10/99)

Today in Ivory Tower:

The monk, the philosopher and the cynic By Chris Colin
Philosopher Jean-François Revel and his son, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, set out to have a spiritual dialogue -- but the cosmic harmony was shattered when Christopher Hitchens showed up (03/10/99)

Camille on Campus By Camille Paglia
Revisiting the Golden Bough: Out-of-fashion James Frazer offers a dazzling, near-psychedelic vision of ritual in human history (03/10/99)

Letters Frotteurism not a victimless crime; Lamott is sick; self-absorbed Monica deserves no pity (03/10/99)

Mothers Who Think By Jenn Shreve
Why I didn't report my rape: I believe Juanita Broaddrick because I know why women keep silent (03/10/99)

Newsreal Who says women never lie about rape? By Cathy Young
The "believe the woman" zealotry promoted by Juanita Broaddrick's defenders is bad for feminism (03/10/99)

Wanderlust The new North Vietnam by Jeff Greenwald
A visit to Hanoi and environs reveals the complicated legacy of the war (03/10/99)

TUESDAY
March 9, 1999

Today in 21st:

How can they patent that? By Peter Wayner
The torrent of patents for e-commerce schemes raises new questions about an old-fashioned system (03/09/99)

21st Log
Intel eludes the antitrust maelstrom (03/09/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek
"Flesh Guitar" By Geoff Nicholson: A British satirist piles craziness on craziness in the tale of a reincarnated guitar (03/09/99)

Brilliant Careers Nature girl By David Bowman
For all her words about shrews and muskrats, at heart Annie Dillard's work is a record of her search for God (03/09/99)

Left Hook By Joe Conason
Honor thy geezers: The era of big government may be over, but the World War II generation knows something about big government: It works (03/09/99)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
No time off (03/09/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Paths to glory By Michael Sragow
From "Lolita" to "2001," Stanley Kubrick embodied the director as hero (03/09/99)

Sharps & Flats
A singer named Elvis; Sleater-Kinney live (03/09/99)

Viva "Buena Vista Social Club" By Art Levine
New Wim Wenders doc wins over Miami (03/09/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
"Sports Night": Who's dating who?; "Felicity": Why is Noel so afraid of Hanna? (03/09/99)

Letters Readers stand up for the three "M's": Mothers Who Think, Ho Chi Minh and Microsoft (03/09/99)

Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
The anti-Marthas: The Discovery Channel's daytime shelter shows decorate down-market souls in six cheerful shades of Play-Doh (03/09/99)

Mothers Who Think Small massacres By Patrick Chamoiseau
A child in Martinique reaches into the dark corners of imagination with the miraculous force of fire (03/09/99)

Newsreal Where have we gone? By Steve Kettmann
In an era of noisy sports superstars, the nation will miss the private dignity of Joe DiMaggio (03/09/99)

Wanderlust Clash of the camels! By Laurie Udesky
On Turkey's Aegean coast, wrestling beasts relieve winter's monotony (03/09/99)

MONDAY
March 8, 1999

Today in 21st:

Fortress Microsoft By Tony Seideman
Redmond's scorched-earth spin strategy has turned into a PR nightmare (03/08/99)

21st Log
Where are the Pathfinders of yesteryear? (03/08/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
"The Amateur: An Independent Life of Letters" by Wendy Lesser: A first-rate West Coast critic looks at herself looking at art (03/08/99)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Elite Teletubbies seize control of key U.S. infrastructure! (03/08/99)

Today in Entertainment:

The Xerox Files By Joyce Millman
Two new "X-Files" clones prove the original is still the best (03/08/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Teens under a microscope; history of female athletes (03/08/99)

Today in Ivory Tower:

The end of student activity groups? By Kenneth Rapoza
Christian student groups are using the courts to attack the legality of student fees and changing the free speech debate on campus (03/08/99)

Thong wars By Jon Bowen
When asked not to go bare-assed at the campus pool, a professor makes it a constitutional issue (03/08/99)

Letters Amazon reader reviews beat out Salon, Times Book Review any day; Paglia should rip right-wingers, not feminists (03/08/99)

Mothers Who Think The walls around the garden By Fiona Morgan
Tara Bahrampour, the author of "To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America," talks about balancing between two cultures and glimpsing the crumbling boundaries and lush center of Iranian life
(03/08/99)

Newsreal $400 million and a mule? By Jeff Stein
Black farmers say settlement won't end racism at the Department of Agriculture (03/08/99)

Wanderlust The wizard of Oise By David Downie
Vincent van Gogh still draws painters and pilgrims to the Parisian suburb of Auvers-sur-Oise
(03/08/99)

FRIDAY
March 5, 1999

Today in 21st:

Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Why hasn't the software industry given us more tools to get our lives in order? (03/05/99)

21st Log
Monica's digital story (03/05/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Elizabeth Judd
"The Return Of Little Big Man" By Thomas Berger: The novelist brings back one of his funniest creations, the con artist Jack Crabb, who at 112 is as ornery and as slippery as ever (03/05/99)

Sexpert Opinion Erotic wasteland By Susie Bright
With bad sex at home and pseudosex on TV, America is one frustrated nation (03/05/99)

Dark Hotel Nora Smudge's coke-cutting neighbors; Buttons' Munich youth (03/05/99)

Today in Entertainment:

"Analyze This" The king of comedy Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek
Robert De Niro gets the lion's share of laughs in Harold Ramis' mob comedy (03/05/99)

"Cruel Intentions" Keeping bad company Reviewed by Charles Taylor
The retro morality of "Cruel Intentions" makes for a pleasurably nasty update of "Les liaisons dangereuses" (03/05/99)

"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" Bad lads Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
A hit English crime caper arrives in America jetlagged (03/05/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Mulder and Scully play house; "Screen Actors' Guild Awards" (03/05/99)

Ivory Tower Pop culture studies turns 25 By David Jacobson
When Ray Browne founded the first department to study "Star Trek" semiotics and cartoon aesthetics, he expanded the boundaries of academic study forever. (03/05/99)

Letters Susan Faludi may believe Juanita Broaddrick, but scandal-weary Salon readers are skeptical (03/05/99)

Money Big apple pickpocket By Heather Chaplin
Big apple pickpocket: For newcomers, New York City is a glittering, thieving con artist that we only notice after we get home and realize we're broke (03/05/99)

Mothers Who Think Shy By Caroline Knapp
After years of thinking my shyness affected only me, I realize the social impact of hiding in my living room with the shades drawn (03/05/99)

Newsreal Genocide, and drug-trafficking too By Frank Smyth
The Guatemalan military's war against the Mayans has finally been documented, but the story of its role in the cocaine trade has yet to be fully told (03/05/99)

Wanderlust Siberian dawn By Jeffrey Tayler
An overland journey exposes a traveler to the hazards of radiation, desolation and snowstorms (03/05/99)

THURSDAY
March 4, 1999

Today in 21st:

Gathering of the Linux tribes By Andrew Leonard
Hackers and suits eye each other warily amid LinuxWorld hoopla (03/04/99)

21st Log Amway joins the online multi-level marketing melee
(03/04/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Andrew Ross
"Single & Single" By John le Carré: The British master's latest thriller takes the Cold War novel beyond the Cold War (03/04/99)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Jerry Falwell's stridently heterosexual comics! (03/04/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Screen Savers Full "Steam" ahead By Dakota Smith
Alessandro Gassman, the Italian star of last year's award-winning film "Steam," is poised to become the next European heartthrob to find an American audience (03/04/99)

American bandstand By Joe Heim
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein talks about politics, the president and simple pop songs (03/04/99)

Dusty Springfield, 1939-1999 By Joyce Millman
Remembering "the Queen of White Soul," a one-of-a-kind singer (03/04/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Will Smith is the man on the "NAACP Awards"; more reruns than you can stand (03/04/99)

Letters Cockburn, Pollitt and Gitlin: faux fellow travellers. PLUS: A "pathetic" tribute to booze; Bloodgate; Larry Flynt (03/04/99)

Media Circus Conservative pinup battles "arm candy" canard By Susan Lehman
Ann Coulter will write for George. Plus: N.Y. cops get tough on the New Yorker; doubloon-or-nothing for Wenner (03/04/99)

Mothers Who Think Didgeridoo By Anne Lamott
A new member of the big, comfy underpants set ponders why women are ostracized for "letting themselves go" (03/04/99)

Today in Newsreal:

Let the sexual healing begin By James Poniewozik
With impeachment over -- and Juanita Broaddrick making her seem like an innocent memory -- Monica gives us the soap opera we wanted all along (03/04/99)

The war at home By Andrew Lam
While Vietnamese in California battle over Ho Chi Minh's photo, and legacy, a younger generation on both sides of the Pacific manages to live in two worlds (03/04/99)

Urge Rub me tender By Jon Bowen
A reformed frotteurist explores the roots of his long-lost fetish (03/04/99)

Wanderlust The mystic-barber of Selçuk By Gary Mex Glazner
How a tonsorial teen in Turkey helped me understand the revelations of Rumi (03/04/99)

WEDNESDAY
March 3, 1999

Today in 21st:

Molotovs and mailing lists By Austin Bunn
When bomb-throwers target e-mail discussions, no one can escape the carnage (03/03/99)

21st Log Can the Pentium III bring the Net to life?
(03/03/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Laura Miller
"Intimacy" By Hanif Kureishi: The author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" offers a crushing tale about a writer who can't figure out how to grow up (03/03/99)

Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Broaddrick charges are 21 years too late: But Bill's a louse -- and hypocrite Hillary deserves to have a solipsistic Beverly Hills brat tied to her tail for all eternity (03/03/99)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Steal this paper clip (03/03/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Blondie: Behind the music By Michelle Goldberg
The members of the reborn band discuss their past, their reunion and their first recording in 17 years, "No Exit." (03/03/99)

Blondie: Where are they now? By Johnny Angel
The reunion is a love-fest. So why are two ex- members of New Wave's biggest band hopping mad? (03/03/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Monica Lewinsky talks to Barbara Walters: Has anybody invented a drinking game for this? (03/03/99)

Ivory Tower Vices of the mind By C.K. McCabe
Sometimes the biggest transgression of college life happens in a classroom (03/03/99)

Letters Sobriety vs. boozing; Mothers Who Stink?; thank God for Cintra Wilson's return! (03/03/99)

Media The Teen Millennium .By Steve Erickson
From "Buffy" to "Jawbreaker," today's culture makes teenagers the battlegrounds of cosmic forces (03/03/99)

Mothers Who Think We believe you, Juanita (we think) By Camille Peri, Fiona Morgan And Dawn MacKeen
Susan Faludi, Susan Brownmiller, Katie Roiphe, Gloria Allred and others respond to Juanita Broaddrick's explosive charges (03/03/99)

Newsreal Burn, baby, burn By Jake Tapper
Congress returns to the nation's business by reintroducing the divisive, perennial flag burning amendment -- but this time it just might pass the Senate (03/03/99)

Wanderlust Special delivery by Lindsy van Gelder
Hand delivering a postcard from the Galapagos to Italy starts a string of delightful surprises (03/03/99)

TUESDAY
March. 2, 1999

Today in 21st:

21st Terrors of the Amazon By Lev Grossman
A writer journeys into the strange, savage land of his readers and finds himself performing unspeakable acts (03/02/99)

21st Log
It's Linux show time! (03/02/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Stephen J. Lyons
"Running to the Mountain: A Journey of Faith and Change" By Jon Katz: A writer heads for the wilderness to seek his soul, armed with a monk's writings, a laptop and, after a while, a satellite dish (03/02/99)

Brilliant Careers Confidence man By Charles Taylor
From gorgeous smartass to dependable old pro, Paul Newman has always known the score (03/02/99)

Dear Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
Is seven years without sex grounds for divorce? (03/02/99)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Sisterly love (03/02/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Sharps & Flats
Reviews of CDs by Chuck E. Weiss, the Roots, the Avengers and Kristin Hersh, and a live show by Chavez (03/02/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
Mummy's boy: Maury Povich, live from inside a pyramid, on Fox's "Opening the Lost Tombs" (03/02/99)

Letters A roster of anti-racist Republicans; vibrators in Alabama (03/02/99)

Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
Bill lettres: Write about screwing your father? Ho-hum. Admit a youthful murder? Been there, done that. But confess in print how much money you make, and all hell breaks loose (03/02/99)

Mothers Who Think The road to hell was paved with handbags By Susan McCarthy
An innocuous response to the key-stowage dilemma, or the first step on the slippery slope of obsessiveness? Carry a purse and find out (03/02/99)

Newsreal California Republicans: "Circular firing squad" By Anthony York
Abortion foes win big as state GOP tries -- and fails -- to regroup after impeachment (03/02/99)

Wanderlust Strangers in paradise By Douglas A. Konecky
Batam, Indonesia, was a lot less than the brochure promised -- until two traveling musicians found the Nagoya ice cream shop (03/02/99)

MONDAY
March 1, 1999

Today in 21st:

In defense of day traders By Paul Kedrosky
Don't blame them for Net-stock volatility -- they're just doing their job, making the market more efficient (03/01/99)

21st Log
New legion in the Net music standard war (03/01/99)

Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mark Luce
"Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt" by Tristan Egolf: A tornado of a first novel tells the brilliantly cracked tale of a hellion outcast who takes on his redneck hometown (03/01/99)

Right On! Hats off to a condemned man By David Horowitz
Christopher Hitchens' only crime was to speak the truth about Sidney Blumenthal to a community that hates the truth (03/01/99)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Clinton's in hot tub, uh, water now! (03/01/99)

Today in Entertainment:

Wrapped By Charles Taylor
Boris Karloff mesmerizes in "The Mummy," Karl Freund's eerie, hypnotic tale of a love that wouldn't die. (03/01/99)

Television By Joyce Millman
"Dateline" and People magazine: A perfect match; double dose of Ray Romano (03/01/99)

Today in Features:

Sober truths By Caroline Knapp
Clinton's in hot tub, uh, water now! (03/01/99)

The beauty of alcohol By David Bowman
When I quit drinking, the feeling of victory lasted two years. How was I to know the hardest part was yet to come? (03/01/99)

Ivory Tower Beyond the bottom line By Alec Appelbaum
Faced with the unpredictable world of global business, some MBA programs are searching for a new way to teach ethics. But the question remains, can it be done at all? (03/01/99)

Letters Chuck Berry's son on watching Buck Owens wail; plus: Juanita Broaddrick, Yahoo and America's bacteria obsession (03/01/99)

Mothers Who Think In the tub with Leadbelly By Sarah Seager
A punk rocker turned mother contemplates her latest musical passion: children's folk music
(03/01/99)

Wanderlust Mardi Gras unmasked By Zachary Karabell
New Orleans' biggest bash features days of flesh, booze and flashy costumes. But what happened to the festival?
(03/01/99)






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