April 2000

Queen for a week!

(04/30/2000)

Gorgeous masculinity By Damion Matthews
Muscle magazines make guys, straight and gay, feel good about being men. (04/29/2000)

Holy matrimony! By Deb Schwartz
Vermont's new civil unions for gays aren't quite marriage, but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. (04/29/2000)

"Gestapo thuggery" By Daryl Lindsey
Alan Keyes triangulates his thoughts between the Nazi Germany, Waco and Janet Reno on Fox News, while Miami's police chief quits. (04/29/2000)

I want my MTV job By Carina Chocano
Heartbreaking interviews of staggering inanity with wannabe VJs. (04/29/2000)

Will Darva do it ? By Amy Reiter
Who's the movie star that's nasty to all the crew? Samuel L. Jackson! Katie Couric exposes innermost self. Plus: Former TV bride to bare all for Playboy. (04/29/2000)

Enter the Donald By Jesse Drucker
Trump tries to secure key third-party endorsement for Giuliani as Hillary attacks Buchanan and Fulani. (04/29/2000)

McCain's crazy last days in Vietnam By Jake Tapper
He goes out with a bang, while a reporter is left to whimper. (04/29/2000)

Wazzup, Elian! By David Cassel
An AP exec gets a lesson in Net-age protesting and backs down on threats against makers of an Elian parody, which contained photos from the Miami raid and voices from a Budweiser ad. (04/29/2000)

Microsplit By Katharine Mieszkowski
Justice outlines its plan for two post-Microsoft companies: Office with no Windows, Windows with no Office -- and only one of them gets Gates. (04/29/2000)

Breaking down the Skoda By Jay Speiden
A telltale madras golf hat, a '78 Soviet jalopy and the bloodcurdling scream of a Bulgarian named Stipe. (04/29/2000)

The revenge of the Sex Pistols By Bill Wyman
Blood, chaos, hatred and fear: The lads who changed rock history tell the story their way. (04/28/2000)

"Where the Heart Is" By Andrew O'Hehir
With an Oprah-book plot and Hallmark sentimentality, the trailer-park melodrama never lets you forget that Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd are hot babes with perfect complexions. (04/28/2000)

"Set Me Free" By Stephanie Zacharek
A 13-year-old girl falls in love with a glamorous fictional prostitute in this elegiac coming-of-age story. (04/28/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joey Sweeney
The label synonymous with "As Seen on TV" goes after indie rock. Oh, sweet, delicious irony. (04/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 28-30, 2000. (04/28/2000)

MP3.com gets spanked By Eric Boehlert
A federal judge gives the record industry a big win in the battle against the online music pioneer. (04/28/2000)

"Way Out There in the Blue" by Frances FitzGerald By Ian Williams
The definitive account of Star Wars, the military fantasy that's soaked taxpayers for $60 billion -- and counting. (04/28/2000)

The flower of cities all By Maria Russo
In Zadie Smith's remarkable debut novel, London is a merry capital of mismatched lovers. (04/28/2000)

Girl wonder By Maria Russo
The life so far of multiracial literary sensation Zadie Smith. (04/28/2000)

Whining about wine labels By David McGuire
If the government can assert the health benefits of fermented grapes, why can't viticulturists tout them? (04/28/2000)

I'm too sexy for my hijab By Jack Boulware
Lingerie maker to sell underwear to Muslim women. (04/28/2000)

A disease fueled by testosterone By Dawn MacKeen
When a politician announces he has prostate cancer, what does it mean? (04/28/2000)

Letters to the editor
Liberty and Napster for all? Plus: Gore's duplicity on the environment; Tony Rice tops Jerry Garcia on "The Pizza Tapes." (04/28/2000)

Crossing over By Beth Kephart
In her new novel, Jayne Anne Phillips, the princess of literary darkness, plumbs the emotional netherlands of motherhood. (04/28/2000)

Mirabella folds By Sean Elder
After months on life support, the "smart" women's magazine closes its pages. (04/28/2000)

Returning to a place we've never seen By Fiona Morgan
Frances FitzGerald, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Fire in the Lake," says Americans still get Vietnam wrong because we can't stop looking at our collective American navel. (04/28/2000)

"My only regret" By Daryl Lindsey
Daniel Ellsberg reflects on the role the Pentagon Papers played in ending the war, and says he wishes he'd released them years earlier. (04/28/2000)

El Pescador speaks By Daryl Lindsey
The supporting players in the drama talk of love, licking and Kato Kaelin. (04/28/2000)

A close encounter with Chris Carter By Russ Spencer
When the creator of "The X-Files" makes a rare public appearance, things begin to get weird. (04/28/2000)

Tasteless in Jefferson County By Amy Reiter
Sarah McLachlan song used on Columbine video without her permission ... and she wants it off. Also: Another Pamela Anderson Lee sex video? Does she know you don't have to tape it? (04/28/2000)

Giuliani's cancer rocks Senate race By Alicia Montgomery
McCain drops bomb from Vietnam and muddles meeting plans. Bush labors for union votes, crashes the Democrats' party and puts his own on notice. (04/28/2000)

McCain, Bush tensions build By Jake Tapper
Meeting is still on -- for now. (04/28/2000)

Will prostate cancer set back Giuliani's Senate campaign? By Jesse Drucker
Supporters say no, but some observers wonder if it will make him abandon a race he never seemed that keen to wage. (04/28/2000)

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After the fall By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Andrew Leonard
Executives at Women.com, VA Linux, Productopia and others forge a path into post-market correction Silicon Valley. (04/28/2000)

Is it time to buy Microsoft? By Steve Bodow
Wall Street has pummeled Bill Gates' stock price -- and the reasons are more psychological than financial. (04/28/2000)

Avast! By Donald D. Groff
Tips on spotting Alaska's great leviathan, choosing a mileage-earning credit card and renting a car in Europe. (04/28/2000)

Russian bullfighter blunders to victory By J.A. Getzlaff
He gracelessly kills an angry toro -- making the Spanish crowd even angrier. (04/28/2000)

Why to love Brussels By Burt Wolf
What the future capital of United Europe owes to one intense night of opera. (04/28/2000)

The sound of Vietnam By Michael Sragow
How wizard Walter Murch created a soundtrack of horror for Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now." (04/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, April 27, 2000 (04/27/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Bill Werde
At 18, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien had hits, connections and a major record deal. Nine years later, Del the Funky Homosapien has got domino rhymes and severely sore thumbs. (04/27/2000)

"Wanderlust: A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit By Andrew O'Hehir
A delightful and mind-expanding look at one of the activities that makes us human. (04/27/2000)

Espionage and exile By George Packer
Bosnian immigrant Aleksandar Hemon brilliantly mingles grand history and personal story in his debut collection. (04/27/2000)

More spilled spaghetti By Laura Miller
Aleksandar Hemon, author of "The Question of Bruno," talks about his favorite spies and the need for messiness in American fiction. (04/27/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (04/27/2000)

Hell on earth By Albert DiBartolomeo
When a kidney stone taught me the meaning of agony, I also learned the limits of my own weak self. (04/27/2000)

Dying on Ritalin By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
A teenager's fatal heart attack raises troubling questions about the safety of a drug whose popularity is exploding. (04/27/2000)

Girl rubbers By Jack Boulware
Japanese women now have their own condoms. (04/27/2000)

Letters to the editor
Readers scoff at Horowitz's Fidelophobia Plus: Were Columbine cops cowardly? Is testosterone a man's best friend? (04/27/2000)

The virtual bitch slap By Amy Silverman
A new game, Sissyfight 2000, lets me be the playground bully I never was. (04/27/2000)

Out of the closet, into the spotlight By Sean Elder
A small-town high school football captain comes out and the whole world tunes in. (04/27/2000)

The Vietnam debacle By Stanley Karnow
The revisionists who believe that the war was just -- and winnable -- are rewriting a history they don't understand. (04/27/2000)

Today's Elian sound bite By Daryl Lindsey
As the battle of images becomes a war of words, we bring you the quote of the day on the Gonzalez saga. (04/27/2000)

Images of Columbine terror for sale By Dave Cullen
Sheriff's department releases shocking video of massacre scene -- for $25 a tape. (04/27/2000)

Conger line By Amy Reiter
Former TV bride to bare all for Playboy; James Woods on the similarities between cradle robbing and pet owning; and troubled water under the bridge? Art Garfunkel is sounding sort of conciliatory these days ... (04/27/2000)

I have seen the future: It's Tenacious D By Cintra Wilson
If watching these two short, fat, weird guys perform doesn't make you happier than you've been in years, you're withered and dead within. (04/27/2000)

McCain returns to the past By Jake Tapper
From POW to family man: McCain takes his wife and son back to the "Hanoi Hilton" and the site of his plane crash. (04/27/2000)

Hillary hopes Elián's dad defects By Alicia Montgomery
Giuliani's "storm troopers" comment criticized as New York sets debate stage, and Gore strikes back while Bush calls for kindness. (04/27/2000)

McCain calls off meeting with Bush By Jake Tapper
From Vietnam, he moves to cancel one-on-one, though the Bush campaign expects it to go on. (04/27/2000)

Sissyfight By Russ Spencer
The Net's nastiest little game is a girl-vs.-girl showdown. (04/27/2000)

Is Net porn ruining your sex life? By Stacie Stukin
Larry Flynt, Rabbi Schmuley Boteach and Roseanne debate "F'ing and loving." (04/27/2000)

French village takes on Coca-Cola By J.A. Getzlaff
The mayor of Sainte-Marie is taxing the bejesus out of Coke -- but he swears it's not revenge. (04/27/2000)

Bittersweet orange By W. Madrigal
The mysteries of a fleeting romance in Hanoi: He put his chicken in my soup. How should I respond? (04/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, April 26, 2000 (04/26/2000)

The Dixie Chicks, TV Guide and me By Sarah Vowell
America's favorite weirdly schizophrenic magazine comes bound in leather in swanky hotel rooms. (04/26/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Sometimes Jerry Garcia sounded bored playing with the Dead. But on the David Grisman-Tony Rice project "The Pizza Tapes," the old guitarist nearly caught fire. (04/26/2000)

"Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic: The Aesthetics of Consumerism" by Daniel Harris By Greg Villepique
With the malice of a gifted comic, an angry author argues that our "personal" tastes are something we were sold by advertising. (04/26/2000)

It's a theme-park life By Chris Lehmann
In George Saunders' savage, soulful satires, ordinary people face real crises in a disturbingly artificial America. (04/26/2000)

Knuckle-puller makes good By Laura Miller
George Saunders talks about the bumpy road that led to his strange but far-from-implausible fiction. (04/26/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Keith Knight (04/26/2000)

Fishing for smut By Jack Boulware
The Canadian government is cracking down on sex-related Internet surfing. (04/26/2000)

Immunized against addiction By Dawn MacKeen
Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out. (04/26/2000)

Letters to the editor
Did Reno's raid go too far? Plus: Swingers recognize themselves in "The Lifestyle"; DiCaprio is better than some "real" journalists. (04/26/2000)

The other side of the closet By Janet Nicolazzo
After 10 years and two children, my husband told me he is gay. (04/26/2000)

The shame of Zimbabwe By Stanley Crouch
If whites were murdering black farmers, there would be hell to pay. (04/26/2000)

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Elian! Nature trumps politics By Camille Paglia
Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem. (04/26/2000)

Rearview window By Amy Reiter
Katie Couric exposes innermost self, Matt Lauer learns more than he'd like; Gwyneth Paltrow pulls a Halle Berry; Matt Damon and Winona Ryder say bye-bye. (04/26/2000)

The town that haunts Al Gore By Jake Tapper
How an incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio, pollutes the vice president's reputation as a friend of the earth. (04/26/2000)

Still, the dead keep coming By Jake Tapper
John McCain's first order of business: Honor the remains of more American soldiers. (04/26/2000)

Dubya dines for $18 million By Alicia Montgomery
Gore says no free lunch on GOP spending, Dems plot bucks-boosting barbecue and Giuliani won't enter "Vagina" dialogue. (04/26/2000)

Zen and the art of start-ups By Katharine Mieszkowski
A Silicon Valley rebel gets spiritual about making money in "The Monk and the Riddle." (04/26/2000)

Open-source bloatware By Andrew Leonard
The free-software world's version of Microsoft's paper clip describes itself the best: "An inspiring example of form following function -- to Hell." (04/26/2000)

The other beach By Morris Dye
In the unimpressive wake of "The Beach," a local director releases quite a different take on life in Thailand. (04/26/2000)

Giant pandas to be given Viagra By J.A. Getzlaff
Wildlife officials hope it will increase the endangered species' population. (04/26/2000)

Grudge match By Eric Boehlert
After a severe WWF smackdown, Ted Turner's WCW wants to win back wrestling fans. But will more raunch and less paunch be enough to put the league on top? (04/25/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Alex Pappademas
RZA's music "inspired by" Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" lags behind the inspired cuts of the actual film. (04/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, April 25, 2000 (04/25/2000)

"Left for Dead: My Journey Home From Everest" by Beck Weathers By Jonathan Miles
A member of Jon Krakauer's ill-fated Everest expedition gives his version of the spring '96 mountaintop disaster. (04/25/2000)

Painting the eyes of a god By Gary Kamiya
Michael Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient," returns with a shimmering, suspenseful tale of a skeleton with a dreadful secret. (04/25/2000)

Young love By Garrison Keillor
Can a teenage romance survive 18 months of being apart? Plus: How can I let my best friend know my interest is more than friendly? (04/25/2000)

Spring Fiction Fever By the critics and editors of Salon Books
Salon celebrates a season of exceptional books with a weeklong series. (04/25/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Carol Lay (04/25/2000)

Going upstream By Roland Wall
It was lovemaking with the landscape. (04/25/2000)

Healthy wombs By Jack Boulware
Zinc and selenium are better for you than beer and potato chips. (04/25/2000)

Letters to the editor
Recipes for dealing with spam Plus: Who took the surprise out of the Waco raid? Hemlock Society founder weighs in on physician-assisted suicide. (04/25/2000)

Letting go of Thomas By Beth Broeker
The baby's abuser is still uncharged, but the issue of his death -- in surrender or at the end of painful medical heroics -- finally reaches the court. (04/25/2000)

The Elian metaphor By Joe Conason
If we really cared about Cuban children, we'd end the embargo. (04/25/2000)

What did we learn from Vietnam? Part 2 By Fiona Morgan
Author Todd Gitlin, filmmaker Freida Lee Mock and journalist Andrew Lam on the lasting effects of the war. (04/25/2000)

Shame on Janet Reno By David Horowitz
It was Fidel Castro, not the Miami Gonzalez family, who kept Elian from his father. (04/25/2000)

The Elián photo conspiracy By Joan Walsh
Once again, Republicans let their hatred of Clinton cloud their political judgment. (04/25/2000)

Robert Moog By Frank Houston
His invention had an extraordinary impact on how musicians create, and radically changed the way music is made. (04/25/2000)

One bad mutha By Amy Reiter
Who's the movie star that's nasty and abusive to all the crew? Samuel L. Jackson, damn right. Plus: Natalie Portman on trailer-park culture, Sofia Coppola on what's in a name and Hugh Hefner's girlfriend on "Baywatch Hawaii." (04/25/2000)

Gore grabs Manhattan millions By Alicia Montgomery
Dueling bashes planned for campaign cash, Bush crosses the border and rides the third rail, and the Elian battle hurts Gore more. (04/25/2000)

Bill and Al and Hillary, together at a fund-raiser By Jesse Drucker
In dual appearances, President Clinton's star power is a tough act to follow. (04/25/2000)

McCain goes back By Jake Tapper
Of his former captors, he says, "I've been able to go on and have a wonderful life, and they've had to stay in Vietnam." (04/25/2000)

Al Gore's campaign stagnates By Joshua Micah Marshall
Seemingly uncomfortable as a front-runner, the vice president is missing a chance to put the presidency in his back pocket. (04/25/2000)

Dot-com party madness By Damien Cave
Forget about return on investment. Bay Area tech companies spend $1 million a month on food, drink and music in exchange for "buzz." (04/25/2000)

Listmania By Damien Cave
Everybody in the tech world has a list to share these days -- so why are they all the same? (04/25/2000)

Stupid tourist tricks By J.A. Getzlaff
Visitors just seem to lose their reason in Australia. (04/25/2000)

Material world By Gallaudet Howard
Wearing a sari took me deeper into my adopted Indian home than I had ever imagined. (04/25/2000)

Hail, Metallica! By John Perry
In which a British artiste of minor repute salutes his very heavy colleagues for their intrepid bravery in suing Napster. (04/24/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
DJ Dimitri from Paris swings at the Playboy Mansion. (04/24/2000)

Napster will sponsor free summer tour for Limp Bizkit By Eric Boehlert
The battle over the much-maligned software heats up as artists begin to take sides. (04/24/2000)

Life and life only By Charles Taylor
At the top of his form, Philip Roth delivers an astounding novel about three issues that make Americans crazy: Race, sex and Monica. (04/24/2000)

"The Consolations of Philosophy" by Alain de Botton By Virginia Vitzthum
Six great philosophers on six big problems, rendered in terms that even Bart Simpson could follow. (04/24/2000)

The series: An introduction By the editors of Salon Books
(04/24/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (04/24/2000)

Jumping Jack flash By Jack Boulware
A flasher in England was arrested for jumping naked from bushes as trucks drove by. (04/24/2000)

Tales from the emergency room By J.B. Orenstein, M.D.
She was 15 years old and pregnant -- and her mother was 275 pounds of fury. (04/24/2000)

Letters to the editor
White House protest letter draws readers' derision Plus: Do music videos give blacks a bad rap? McCain's anti-Confederate flag talk doesn't fly. (04/24/2000)

Sleeping with the enemy By Lisa Guide
While I'm planning security for the IMF demonstrations, my husband is getting thrown in jail. He better not ask me for bail. (04/24/2000)

Looking back on Vietnam By Fiona Morgan
Salon presents a week-long retrospective on the war and its consequences, at home and abroad. (04/24/2000)

What did we learn from Vietnam? By Fiona Morgan and Daryl Lindsey
Bobbie Ann Mason, Michael Lind, Philip Caputo, Jonathan Schell and others talk about how the war changed the U.S., and the world. (04/24/2000)

The art of crime By Stephen Lemons
Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen. (04/24/2000)

Fighting racism online By Alicia Montgomery
Clinton and Gore's big promise looks like a digital diversion. (04/24/2000)

Clinton takes a beating on Elián By Kerry Lauerman
A kinder, gentler George W. But is he the better New Democrat? (04/24/2000)

Lean, green gene-counting machine By Mark Compton
Incyte CEO Roy Whitfield gives biotech investors and patent critics a few lessons on genomic research. (04/24/2000)

"Work harder in bed" By J.A. Getzlaff
Zambian man ordered to copulate with his wife. (04/24/2000)

Salon recommends By the critics and editors of Salon Books
The pick of recent fiction, from the critics and editors of Salon Books. (04/23/2000)

Make talk, not love By David Bowman
David Allyn talks about his history of the sexual revolution, in which he says talking about sex is sexier than sex. (04/22/2000)

Raid on Little Havana By John Lantigua
Miami Cubans say they will make Clinton pay for taking Elian. [UPDATED] (04/22/2000)

A tale of two photos By Joan Walsh
The latest battle of images proves that the Elian saga had to be resolved by means of law, not propaganda. (04/22/2000)

Reno's redemption By Bruce Shapiro
The attorney general robs Little Havana of its most potent symbol and redeems her last months in office. (04/22/2000)

Living in shimmering disequilibrium By Fred Branfman
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls for spiritualizing the environmental movement as Earth endures the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years. (04/22/2000)

Leo DiCaprio, uncut From staff reports
His Q&A; with President Clinton on ABC was awfully brief, so here's the full unedited transcript. (04/22/2000)

21st Challenge No. 33 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Real-life dialog-box alerts: Are you sure you want to ...? (04/22/2000)

Signs of conflict By Thomas Scoville
Decoded genomes and wired planets trash your solar house. (04/22/2000)

Money for nothing By Janelle Brown
Paul Allen spent $100 million on Interval Research. Now there's nothing left to say about the company that no one could say anything about. (04/22/2000)

"African Ceremonies" By Karen Templer
A photographic masterwork illuminates a continent's life-spanning range of cultural rites. (04/22/2000)

Bearing the smoke By Don George
How photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher captured an Africa no other outsider has seen. (04/22/2000)

"Gossip" By Andrew O'Hehir
It doesn't really matter who sleeps with whom in this sub-"Melrose Place" college fantasy, just that both actors will end up shirtless. (04/21/2000)

"The Virgin Suicides" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sofia Coppola finds the bare-bones poetry of Jeffrey Eugenides' novel. (04/21/2000)

"U-571" By Charles Taylor
Damn the torpedoes! Damn the formulaic modern American action movie! (04/21/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michael Ullman
On a magisterial five-CD reissue, legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins explodes modern jazz. (04/21/2000)

"Pontius Pilate" by Ann Wroe By George Rafael
Who was he? This fascinating study is the closest thing to a biography of the man who sent Jesus to his death that we'll probably ever have. (04/21/2000)

Matriarchy blues By Polly Shulman
Feminist sf grows up and gets wise in the conclusion of Suzy McKee Charnas' Holdfast Chronicles. (04/21/2000)

Twelve steps in the end zone By Mary Roach
Self-help for sports junkies (or the spouses who can't stand it). (04/21/2000)

Bear-naked video! By Jack Boulware
China is worried that its rare pandas aren't interested in sex, so they are showing them panda porn. (04/21/2000)

Letters to the editor
Readers take their best shot at vaccination controversy. Plus: Horowitz needs to learn ABCs of education; baseball seats are for the rich. (04/21/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
You're not supposed to hate anybody, but what am I supposed to feel when Ronnie Delgado pushes me down? (04/21/2000)

All about Vicky By Sean Elder
Tina Brown's Talk may have more than it bargained for in its new executive editor. (04/21/2000)

After Columbine
Read Salon's full coverage of the ongoing debate over gun control, the Internet, music, race and adolescent alienation. (04/21/2000)

A world of their own By Max Castro
The Miami media recognizes and helps perpetuate a separate reality for Cuban exiles. (04/21/2000)

Columbine "coverup" By Dave Cullen
Victim's lawyer charges sheriff's department with hiding details of high school massacre. (04/21/2000)

Swap meat By Carina Chocano
We're told to get married, have children and deny ourselves nothing in terms of sex -- and the conservative suburbanites of "The Lifestyle" have always played by the rules. (04/21/2000)

Green eggs and Jan Joy-Ann Lomena Reid
She would not like him with a mouse, she would not take him from a house. (04/21/2000)

Bush flunks education test By Alicia Montgomery
Schools' record is not quite a winner, and candidates' wallets get thinner. Bush shakes up campaign as Gore does the same, and McCain gets invited to dinner. (04/21/2000)

Post of the Week Post of the Week
Post of the Week (04/21/2000)

Bad company By Simson Garfinkel
Steamy sex spam isn't the half of it. Legitimate businesses threaten our e-mail system with their misguided marketing efforts. (04/21/2000)

How to avoid the evil eye By Simson Garfinkel
There are a few ways to evade spammers, but most will limit your reception of other mail too. (04/21/2000)

Garden gnomes of the world, unite! By J.A. Getzlaff
French group fights to liberate ceramic statues. (04/21/2000)

Fiddling around in Asheville By Burt Wolf
This North Carolina corner of Appalachia offers an unexpected range of traditional riches. (04/21/2000)

Under the veils in Casablanca By Laura Fraser
Public life may be dominated by men, but the worlds of house and hammam belong to women. (04/21/2000)

The story behind the stories By Michael Sragow
Director Mike Hodges of "Croupier" and writer Howard A. Rodman of "Joe Gould's Secret" talk about the ego trips of life, commerce and show biz. (04/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Wendy Mitchell
England's favorite band, Travis, shakes schizophrenia, embraces bummer folk rock. (04/20/2000)

Geek love By Andy Dehnart
Fans rally to save "Freaks and Geeks." (04/20/2000)

"Mr Phillips" by John Lanchester By Tom Shone
It's virtually plotless, but the new novel by the author of "The Debt to Pleasure" makes the life of a randy, unemployed accountant seem touching. (04/20/2000)

Vicious in the ring, vicious on the page By Charles Taylor
In "The Devil and Sonny Liston," ace reporter Nick Tosches pumps dangerous levels of testosterone into his portrait of the fighter Muhammad Ali humiliated. (04/20/2000)

Beowulf vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin By Jim Rasenberger
Who will layeth the smack down? (04/20/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (04/20/2000)

Looking for a God time? By Jack Boulware
Hookers in Chicago are being offered money to listen to the gospel. (04/20/2000)

Manly men take hormones? By Douglas Foster
Testosterone mania has seized the nation, along with bogus gender myths. (04/20/2000)

Letters to the editor
The global impact of the D.C. protests Plus: Are Benetton death penalty ads art? Should organs be for sale? (04/20/2000)

Born to pop pills By Elissa Schappell
I have a well-chosen capsule for every occasion. (04/20/2000)

White House blasts Salon
Drug policy spokesman responds to Daniel Forbes' report on the government's anti-drug messages in American media, and Forbes replies. (04/20/2000)

Stunning new Columbine charges By Dave Cullen
On the eve of the massacre's anniversary, a flurry of lawsuits by victims' families allege that law enforcement killed a student -- and failed to save many more. (04/20/2000)

"I Was a Teenage Dominatrix" By Stephen Lemons
Ooooh! That's gotta hurt! Shawna Kenney cracks the whip and gets paid for the pain of writing a memoir. (04/20/2000)

Nothing compares 2 a big promotion By Amy Reiter
Siniad kicked up the stairway to heaven. No wonder they're divorcing: Montel's wife claims they've been together for 60 lifetimes! Plus: Holy Madonna! Here comes Material Nipper No. 2! (04/20/2000)

Racist remarks doom Bush appointee By Alicia Montgomery
Top training cop in Texas steps down, McCain lowers Confederate flag and conservatives push Bush on choice. (04/20/2000)

Labor's lost love? By Anthony York
Teamsters may break ranks with Gore's union supporters and back Pat Buchanan. (04/20/2000)

Rudy leads funds race By Jesse Drucker
Hillary brings in a glamorous group of givers in New York Senate race. (04/20/2000)

Finland -- the open-source society By Andrew Leonard
In the icy, cellphone-mad birthplace of Linux, networks rule. It's a matter of survival. (04/20/2000)

They know where you live By Katharine Mieszkowski
While you're busy bickering about what happens to personal data online, the post office is selling your new home address to junk mailers. (04/20/2000)

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(04/20/2000)

Where do Peeps come from? By Lisa Gidley
Visiting the birthplace of Easter's innocent marshmallow icons -- and the Web sites that twist and transform them. (04/20/2000)

Rollerblading bobbies! By J.A. Getzlaff
London's Regent's Park to be patrolled by "rollercops." (04/20/2000)

Insiders guides to Prague By Donald D. Groff
Our expert offers tips on visiting the Czech capital, exploring the U.S. Northwest and finding a flat in London. (04/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Philip Booth
Young-lion jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman steps up to roar on "Beyond." (04/19/2000)

"Down the vagina trail" By Pamela Grossman
"The Vagina Monologues" writer Eve Ensler on laughter, desire and reentering her own nether regions. (04/19/2000)

Grief for sale By Ted Gup
A heartbreaking letter bought on the Web led me to a Vermont graveyard. (04/19/2000)

"Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food, and Fortune" by Rob Nixon By Andrew O'Hehir
Solitary, plumed, nasty, flightless and weird: Ladies and gentlemen, the world's most peculiar bird. (04/19/2000)

Sweet-talker to the stars signs book, film deals By Craig Offman
The voice that charmed Hollywood's men goes public. (04/19/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Keith Knight (04/19/2000)

Sex with boys By Jack Boulware
A pedophilia scandal touches Latvia's highest officers. (04/19/2000)

Death without dignity By Jacob Goldstein
When a physician-assisted suicide goes wrong, the end can be brutal. But nobody is teaching doctors how to do it right. (04/19/2000)

Letters to the editor
Fighting for Elian Plus: In Alan Greenspan we trust; medical museum story needs checkup. (04/19/2000)

Our town By Mark Phillips
The place I share with Timothy McVeigh. (04/19/2000)

Stop whining about the media! By Stanley Crouch
On TV shows, commercials and the news, black people are doctors, lawyers and yes, gangbangers -- just like in real life. (04/19/2000)

Who tipped off the media about the Waco raid? By Robert Bryce, Jim Moore and Joe Ellis
The government knows who leaked word of the deadly assault on the Branch Davidian compound, but seven years later, no one's talking. (04/19/2000)

Saving Miranda By Thurston Domina
As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments about the future of arrestees' rights, an IMF protester makes his case. (04/19/2000)

What does a woman want? Season tickets By Joan Walsh
The San Francisco Giants are ensconced in their new ballpark. Now if they could only throw off the hex and win a game there. (04/19/2000)

The making of Ziggy Jr. By Amy Reiter
Christie Brinkley helps Bowie breed! Stranger than fiction: I've got Oprah's phone number -- backwards! Plus: George Bush was, ahem, quite a Bonesman! (04/19/2000)

No second takes for Leonardo DiCaprio By Jonathan V. Last
ABC warns White House to "make sure you have your facts straight," but interview with Clinton will air without refilmed questions. (04/19/2000)

McCain folds Confederate flag By Alicia Montgomery
Straight talk for South Carolina as veep whispers grow. Bush wants the poor homeward-bound and New York wants greedy pols out of town. (04/19/2000)

Can spam be canned? By Damien Cave
ISPs spend millions annually fighting spam; a federal law headed for the House promises scant relief. (04/19/2000)

States outlaw spam By Damien Cave
At least 18 states have enacted or are working on legislation that would impose stiff penalties on commercial e-mailers who engage in unsavory tactics. (04/19/2000)

Ostrich attacks Norwegian farmer By J.A. Getzlaff
Feathered giant mistakes breeder for rival bird. (04/19/2000)

In search of the real Bali By Jack Goldfarb
A little-visited village illuminates the fabled island's mundane treasures. (04/19/2000)

"28 Days" By Charles Taylor
Not even court-ordered rehab could save this stumbling drunk of a picture. (04/18/2000)

"Keeping the Faith" By Andrew O'Hehir
Edward Norton's dopey directorial debut gives interfaith romance a bad name. (04/18/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Geoff Edgers
From "Hanging on the Telephone" to hanging in the old oak tree, Peter Case has left power pop for jilted folk. (04/18/2000)

"Wild Decembers" by Edna O'Brien By Stephanie Zacharek
The great Irish novelist delivers a resoundingly passionate tale of land feuds and illicit love. (04/18/2000)

Marilyn from within By Pam Rosenthal
Joyce Carol Oates dives deep into an icon and comes up with a masterpiece. (04/18/2000)

Bad behavior By Garrison Keillor
My boyfriend says all women like to be knocked around a little and he's sometimes rough physically. It's so hard to keep struggling, but I'm terrified of being alone. What to do? (04/18/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Carol Lay (04/18/2000)

Teenagers storm red-light district By Jack Boulware
Sixty Scottish schoolkids in kilts get lost in Amsterdam; seeking monuments, they find half-naked whores. (04/18/2000)

Dr. Comfort and Mr. Last Night By Virginia Vitzthum
Rereading Alex Comfort's "The Joy of Sex" on the morning after. (04/18/2000)

Letters to the editor
"American Psycho": Trenchant social commentary? Plus: Linking to hate sites; techno-geeks debate libertarianism. (04/18/2000)

My grandfather's seder By Adria Popkin
In our family, food is divine. (04/18/2000)

Adria's Manna Flan By Adria Popkin
So sweet, you'll think it fell from heaven. (04/18/2000)

The Mothers Who Think Tuesday Spotlight kimberly_clark
Kimberly-Clark is the proud sponsor of the Tuesday feature on Mothers Who Think. (04/18/2000)

From Miami streets to the Web By Max Garrone
The battle over the custody of Elian Gonzalez is just as fierce and constant in cyberspace. (04/18/2000)

Cops 1, protesters 0 By Jake Tapper
The P.R. savvy Washington police force scores a major victory at the World Bank/IMF protests. (04/18/2000)

Labor meets the granola crunchers By Daryl Lindsey
"These are very beautiful, idealistic kids," says United Steelworkers boss George Becker. (04/18/2000)

World Bank and IMF: The match continues By Daryl Lindsey
Our experts debate the role of globalism's de facto government against the backdrop of protests in Washington. (04/18/2000)

Martina Navratilova By Steve Kettmann
The most daring player in the history of tennis, her attacking style and superb athleticism revolutionized the sport. (04/18/2000)

Owe ho ho By Amy Reiter
Now play nice! Mariah Carey's sister sells all then tells all. Plus: Dog defiles Jagger's shoe; Easter Bunny slain. (04/18/2000)

Bush named as defendant By Robert Bryce
The funeral home regulator's suit "has no merit," Bush's spokesman says. (04/18/2000)

Ventura wrestles McCain By Alicia Montgomery
But the senator sticks to his script. Hollywood gives a thumbs down to Democratic fund-raising, and the Bush dynasty produces a third act. (04/18/2000)

John McCain to condemn Confederate flag By Jake Tapper
Out of the media spotlight and away from the presidential crucible, the Arizona senator will take a stand on a South Carolina controversy. (04/18/2000)

Damn spam! By Janelle Brown
Not only does it clutter up your in box, but even when you say yes, you'd like to make $20,000 in your spare time, nobody answers. (04/18/2000)

Spam virgin By Lydia Lee
In which we offer up sacrificial e-mail addresses and are spurned by the bulk e-mailing gods. (04/18/2000)

Napster backlash By Eric Boehlert
A once outspoken supporter of the controversial music-swapping software switches his allegiance, as musicians strike back at Napster. (04/18/2000)

A coffin rides the bus By J.A. Getzlaff
Argentine family takes public transport to cemetery. (04/18/2000)

Flying the stinky skies By Elliott Neal Hester
Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor? (04/18/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(04/17/2000)

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk By Joyce Millman
Wanna talk about the Three Stooges? Soitainly! (04/17/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Carrie Havranek
Listening to the sound of deserts and canyons, Beachwood Sparks ride a California dream. (04/17/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, April 17, 2000. (04/17/2000)

Expatriate novels By Lucy Grealy
The author of "Autobiography of a Face" picks five classics about life abroad. (04/17/2000)

Before "The Thin Man" By Dick Lochte
However legendary their romance, Dashiell Hammett did his best work before he met Lillian Hellman. (04/17/2000)

"Horse Heaven" by Jane Smiley By Emily Gordon
A great big novel, jampacked with characters, that brings poetry to the dust and the lust of the racetrack. (04/17/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (04/17/2000)

Online pharmacies evading regulation By Kai Wright
U.S. officials struggle to control prescription drug-dispensing Web sites. (04/17/2000)

Women are suckers for smelly armpits By Jack Boulware
But only at certain times of the month, guys. (04/17/2000)

Letters to the editor
Portrait of young author "makes it dang hard to miss him" Plus: Are concerts worth $200? Implications of Holocaust denier's court loss. (04/17/2000)

Baby barf rules By Jonathan Kronstadt
Take the hit, then reach for the tequila. (04/17/2000)

Live from death row By Craig Offman
When Benetton used convicted killers as models in its ad campaign, it cost more than the firm bargained for. (04/17/2000)

Three cheers for the brave new activism By Bill McKibben
Let's hope the tactics that have rocked free-traders can also change the hearts and minds of SUV-driving, overconsuming Americans. (04/17/2000)

Unlikely jailbirds By Daryl Lindsey
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time gets a duo arrested -- and admired. (04/17/2000)

Screw the kids! By David Horowitz
Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and the Democratic Party want your vote if you care about children and education, but have done nothing to deserve it. (04/17/2000)

Alan Greenspan's nightmare By Ian Williams
His paranoia about inflation helped send world markets into free fall last week. (04/17/2000)

The colorful dissenter of Benetton By Debra Ollivier
Oliviero Toscani of Colors and Talk magazines talks about media hypocrisy, corporate responsibility and why fashion makes us stupid. (04/17/2000)

Au revoir, les taxes By Debra Ollivier
Will lingerie model Laetitia Casta, appointed symbol of the French Republic, decamp to England to flee taxes? (04/17/2000)

A good idea at the time By Amy Reiter
Oh, joy! Dixie Chicks' ode to O.J. pulled from playlists. Britney Spears covers "Satisfaction" ... trust her, she says; and everything you ever wanted to know about panda sex but were afraid to ask. (04/17/2000)

Edward Gorey
The artist-author and jocular creator of a poisonous and poetic world dies at 75. (04/17/2000)

How nosy political reporters measure up By Anna Holmes
After they revealed the presidential candidates' SAT scores, we hit them up for their own. (04/17/2000)

Gore goes to Hollywood By Alicia Montgomery
Buchanan sees red over Bush's pink pandering and Nader's green gains give Gore the blues in the Golden State. (04/17/2000)

Post of the Week Post of the Week
Post of the Week (04/17/2000)

Tasty spam? By Lydia Lee
If companies served up e-mail right, consumers would beg for it, says Hans Peter Brøndmo, founder of Post Communications. (04/17/2000)

Planet Spam
Bulk commercial e-mail: Where does it come from? Where is it going? What can you do to stop it? A Salon Technology special report. (04/17/2000)

Sealand -- too good to be true By J.A. Getzlaff
A Spaniard is arrested for selling passports to a make-believe principality. (04/17/2000)

What I saw at the revolution By Jake Tapper
That is, when the D.C. cops weren't running their motorcycles over me. (04/16/2000)

Camp IMF By Alicia Montgomery
The protests remain peaceful and the chief gets a photo op as decorum dominates the Washington protests. (04/16/2000)

America's greatest sexologist By Daniel Harris
A new biography of Alfred C. Kinsey shows he not only studied many forms of sexual behavior but experimented with them as well. (04/15/2000)

Not just a Seattle sequel By Bruce Shapiro
The protests surrounding this weekend's meetings of the IMF and World Bank are the next step in the backlash to globalization. (04/15/2000)

Prepping for the protests By Harry Jaffe
Washington's mayor and police force get ready to rumble, though they hope they won't have to. (04/15/2000)

On the verge By Jake Tapper
Tensions escalate in Dupont Circle and cops put on riot gear. But savvy protesters wonder where the badges are. (04/15/2000)

Life on disco ball planet By Amy Reiter
Hello, Gonzalezes! Elian's dad and stepmom sure are cute! Boy George: The case of the rapidly descending balls. Plus: Lucy Liu and Bill Murray engage in less-than-angelic on-set behavior! (04/15/2000)

Anthony Powell By John Perry
In his 12-volume masterpiece, "A Dance to the Music of Time," he manipulated hundreds of characters through seven decades, creating a social history of the 20th century. (04/15/2000)

D.C. cops plow through crowds, reporters By Jake Tapper
This is an ongoing notebook of events as police and protesters square off. (04/15/2000)

Meet the Mothers
at the PBWC in San Jose on May 4th, 2000 (04/15/2000)

Blinded by science By Melinda Misuraca
Love and molecules converge in a hot Thai swim one evening. (04/15/2000)

"Erin Brockovich": The real story By Kathleen Sharp
In the movie, the victims in the celebrated lawsuit won big. In reality, many are wondering where the money went -- and they're mad at their lawyers. (04/14/2000)

"Where the Money Is" By Charles Taylor
Credit aging bank robber Paul Newman for almost saving this merely diverting little heist comedy. (04/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 14-16, 2000. (04/14/2000)

"American Psycho" By Stephanie Zacharek
Mary Harron's clinically ironic take on the infamous Bret Easton Ellis novel tastefully avoids showing murderous violence -- and making a point. (04/14/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
The vision of a Valkyrian dominatrix, Ute Lemper steps into a smoky cabaret with songs by Tom Waits, Kurt Weill, Nick Cave and Elvis Costello. (04/14/2000)

"Ravelstein" by Saul Bellow By Lorin Stein
The Nobel laureate offers a fictional portrait of his gay friend Allan Bloom -- and of the erotic fulfillment he himself found late in life. (04/14/2000)

Five poems to make you swoon
For National Poetry Month, selections from new books by Anne Carson, Charles Wright and others. (04/14/2000)

Fools for love By Melanie Rehak
In a new book, some great poets admit their humble, schmaltzy, love-struck poetic beginnings. (04/14/2000)

Who wins, who dies? By David McGuire
Congress must stop fighting about transplant regulations and deal with the real problem: the shortage of donated organs. (04/14/2000)

Coming to religion By Jack Boulware
The Duchess of Hard gets spiritual. (04/14/2000)

Letters to the editor
Is Martha Stewart's move a "good thing"? Plus: Ungrateful bride should send thank yous anyway; why we loathe Hillary Clinton. (04/14/2000)

Of football and flamenco By Kerry Madden-Lunsford
A coach's kids flee sports for the wussy arts. (04/14/2000)

Celeste takes it to The Man By Jake Tapper
Meet one blond, bright-eyed, dreadlocked anarchist ready to take it to the streets. (04/14/2000)

Decaffeinated protests By Alicia Montgomery
Would-be anti-corporate crusaders encounter the unexpected as they take on Starbucks, Gap and the Washington police. (04/14/2000)

World Bank and IMF: Good, evil or irrelevant? By Daryl Lindsey
On the eve of the A16 protests, experts discuss the roles of the international financial organizations and the Seattle protests in this weekend's battle over globalization. (04/14/2000)

A visit from Ricky Martin and Selena By Carlos Amantea
Whoa! That's not you-know-who and you-know-who riding up the beach on a palomino, is it? (04/14/2000)

VIP OD'd By David Goodman
When you're always blown away by the things that happen to you, you get so you start missing being blown away by the things that happen to you. (04/14/2000)

They're no angels By Amy Reiter
Lucy Liu and Bill Murray engage in less-than-angelic on-set behavior; Tom Green and Drew Barrymore make a deposit; and Monica Lewinsky ... coming soon to a theater near you? (04/14/2000)

Bush meets with gay Republicans By Karen Olsson
"We judge people based upon their heart and soul, that's what the campaign's about." (04/14/2000)

Bush woos gays By Alicia Montgomery
Texas governor makes up with McCain, kisses up to press. Environmental hazards for Gore and friendly fire in New York. (04/14/2000)

The insta-business plan re-strategizer! By Scott Kirsner
The market is skittish and IPOs are being postponed: Time to rejigger your B-plan! Our foolproof guide shows you the way. (04/14/2000)

"Don't link to hate sites!" By Donna Ladd
Film critic Roger Ebert takes on Hatewatch founder David Goldman over the practice of cataloging the Web pages of bigots. (04/14/2000)

Reactions to stock carnage: "The bubble has burst" Salon Technology staff report
Believers in a prosperous "new economy" weigh in on the market's relentless decline. (04/14/2000)

Spaghetti and sauerkraut By Burt Wolf
Trieste, Italy's monument to religious freedom, mixes the old with the even older. (04/14/2000)

U.S. stoners buy Canadian By J.A. Getzlaff
Manitoban pot reaches a new high. (04/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, April 13, 2000 (04/13/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
From "Ha!" to "Hallelujah," the Rev. Al Green's gospel hits held onto the earthly sound of sweet salvation. (04/13/2000)

Oh, Susannah! By Michael Sragow
Susannah Grant on writing star roles for Drew Barrymore ("Ever After"), Julia Roberts ("Erin Brockovich") and Sandra Bullock ("28 Days"). (04/13/2000)

"The Custom of the Sea" by Neil Hanson and "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick By Mark Schone
Two new books serve up hair-raising histories of maritime cannibalism with all the gory details. (04/13/2000)

Soul of the suburbs By Andrew O'Hehir
From "American Beauty" to the New York Times, those who satirize and celebrate the burbs seldom understand how they got the way they are. (04/13/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (04/13/2000)

Venezuelans have the best sex By Jack Boulware
And they look good, too! (04/13/2000)

Inoculated into oblivion By Arthur Allen
When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. (04/13/2000)

Courting the uninsured By Dena Bunis
Now that 44 million Americans lack health coverage, suddenly it's an issue that even George W. Bush is concerned about. (04/13/2000)

Letters to the editor
Grand Funk Railroad killed rock 'n' roll?! Plus: Sun Microsystems scientist's doomsaying isn't convincing; white New Yorkers need to protest police brutality. (04/13/2000)

I luv Ruby By Stephen J. Lyons
My love smoldered in the margins of great books. (04/13/2000)

Little girls on the big prairie By Melanie Rehak
Through these classics of childhood, a kid could suffer the privations of starvation in the flashlight-lit privacy of her own imagination -- and live to cherish the memory. (04/13/2000)

Political shootout over Columbine By Dave Cullen
As the anniversary of the high school massacre approaches, President Clinton meets with opponents to see whether everyone can agree to close the gun-show loophole. (04/13/2000)

Showdown in Miami By John Lantigua
Janet Reno's deadline came and went, but Elian stayed put. That didn't stop the city's Cuban-Americans from putting on a Hollywood show. (04/13/2000)

Why they can't all just get along By Myra MacPherson
In the unfolding telenovella over custody of Elian, the Gonzalezes look more disturbed than the Sopranos. (04/13/2000)

Let us now praise famous wankers By Cintra Wilson
The Sex Pistols were one of the 20th century's best bands -- even if they (and we) were too dumb to know it. (04/13/2000)

Outback mistake house By Amy Reiter
Australian paper may face lawsuit for mistaking Natalie Imbruglia's rock star boyfriend for (gasp!) a girl. Plus: Christian Bale puts a sock on it; ABC to run Leo-on-Bill interview. (04/13/2000)

The song that changed New Jersey By Jake Tapper
The GOP is divided over a humiliated Republican's attempt at a comeback. (04/13/2000)

Gore beats up Bush By Alicia Montgomery
The vice president reproves Bush's press pass, while the Texas governor bends budgets for his grand plans. (04/13/2000)

Pat Buchanan courts the Teamsters By Alicia Montgomery
Looking for union support, the "reformed" xenophobe bashes the World Bank and vows to appoint James Hoffa to a cabinet post. (04/13/2000)

Hillary courts the Orthodox vote By Jesse Drucker
Sources say Clinton is soliciting support from Zionist activist Dov Hikind. (04/13/2000)

Frank Burns remembered By Jake Tapper
"M*A*S*H" star saluted from the campaign trail. (04/13/2000)

Twilight of the crypto-geeks By Ellen Ullman
Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas. (04/13/2000)

In other words By Donald D. Groff
The scoop on finding a translator in Egypt, getting a cheap seat on a half-empty plane and planning a cross-country train trek. (04/13/2000)

Cyprus' Greek Orthodox Church speaks out against 666 By J.A. Getzlaff
Citizen I.D. cards carried the "number of the beast." (04/13/2000)

Your goose is cooked By Marjorie Leet Ford
Goose livers the size of breadbaskets: A step-by-step look at expert foie gras preparation. (04/13/2000)

Songs that kill By Sarah Vowell
In the dark comic world of "American Psycho," pop is an essential soundtrack to murder. (04/12/2000)

Giving up By Eric Boehlert
Record labels move to lift the minimum-price rules that kept mom-and-pop stores in business. (04/12/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joey Sweeney
Swedish popsters Cinnamon have the singer, the songs and the sheen. They're like the Cardigans -- for smart people. (04/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, April 12, 2000 (04/12/2000)

Fleece your children By Bill Wyman
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's $200 tickets are just the start of new highs in rock-concert prices. (04/12/2000)

Minds wide shut By Robert S. Boynton
A new book makes the CIA's Cold War skulduggery look upright compared with the self-deceptions of the intellectuals who were on the agency's payroll. (04/12/2000)

"The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living" by Martin Clark By Michael Scott Moore
A wild and weirdly plotted novel by and about a circuit court judge, complete with a hunt for lost loot, a murder and a convoluted trial. (04/12/2000)

Boy wonder By John Freeman
A German novelist who wrote a bestseller at age 16 hits the Big Apple. (04/12/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Keith Knight (04/12/2000)

A faster Viagra By Jack Boulware
Researchers are working on an inhalable version, but don't hold your breath. (04/12/2000)

Football's cattle call By Ron Feemster
In advance of this weekend's NFL draft, doctors inspect the hearts, minds and muscles of top college players. (04/12/2000)

Letters to the editor
Readers welcome Lynda Barry. Plus: Defending ourselves against air rage; are Elian's relatives unfit guardians? (04/12/2000)

Ethan is on the front porch, reading By Virginia Tubeck-Drozd
I turn away, so my dyslexic son won't see my tears. (04/12/2000)

Times change By Sean Elder
For the first time in 15 years, the New York Times fails to win a Pulitzer Prize. (04/12/2000)

Stalking Chunk By Norah Pierson
Long ago, a young girl watched "Goonies" and was smitten with one of the actors. Years later, she hunts him down and they end up ... (04/12/2000)

The stars can't help it By Amy Reiter
Gina Gershon wants to pull your chain. Plus: Billy Bob Thornton's strange compulsions; Chicago alderman's way is not Hugh Hefner's; and Monica Lewinsky and Jenny Craig, still an item? (04/12/2000)

If they can make it here By Jesse Drucker
Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton wrestle with the quirky but pivotal third parties in New York. (04/12/2000)

Bush feels our pain By Alicia Montgomery
Reed seeks forgiveness, Gore follows the money and Clinton staffers check the classifieds. (04/12/2000)

Microsoft's hired gun By Joshua Micah Marshall
Former Christian Coalition frontman Ralph Reed was lobbying for Microsoft while he was serving as a chief advisor to the George W. Bush campaign. (04/12/2000)

The Ralph Reed-Redmond connection By Scott Rosenberg
Microsoft's attempt to play presidential politics lands it in hot water. (04/12/2000)

Rage for the machine By Damien Cave
Techno group Mobius Dick take on Bill Joy and his apocalyptic view of technology's future in a new tune on MP3.com. (04/12/2000)

Saudi Arabia welcomes travelers -- sort of By J.A. Getzlaff
The conservative Muslim kingdom says it will issue tourist visas for the first time. (04/12/2000)

Travel by the book By Megan McNamer
Guidebooks ridiculously chart out a trip's every moment. And on some dark evenings, that's not so bad. (04/12/2000)

Small moments, big nights By Susan Perry
Actor-director Stanley Tucci talks about his new film, "Joe Gould's Secret," his struggle with the Writers' Guild and the importance of ambiguity in art. (04/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (04/11/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Stephanie Zacharek
Like Lolita with a conscience, Catatonia's Cerys Matthews blows and huffs through the beguiling "Equally Cursed and Blessed." (04/11/2000)

"The Blue Bedspread" by Raj Kamal Jha By Sudip Bose
A brother and sister get too close in a gritty first novel (04/11/2000)

Flameout By Samantha Gillison
A friend remembers the short, scary, brilliant life of novelist Robert Bingham. (04/11/2000)

Hey, big spender By Garrison Keillor
My husband's monthly marijuana bills reach $500, and he refuses to save. What am I going to do about this financial disaster I married? (04/11/2000)

"Lightning on the Sun" By Robert Bingham
An excerpt from Robert Bingham's final work. (04/11/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Carol Lay (04/11/2000)

Facts of life By Stephen G. Bloom
One wonderful, confusing, sweaty summer in Miami, I got my first lessons about sex from my pal, my dad and a Jersey girl. (04/11/2000)

Safety in a glass? By Jack Boulware
Study shows some Canadian drunks have safer sex. (04/11/2000)

Letters to the editor
The have-kids vs. the have-nots Plus: Log Cabin Republicans will get what they deserve; David Foster Wallace parody is "viscerally painful." (04/11/2000)

From household saint to social pariah By Kate Moses
In Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Martha Stewart let it slip that the real reason she's leaving Westport, Conn., is because she's lonely. (04/11/2000)

Gift rage By Mary Valle
Damn the silverware, smash the crystal. I can't take the accouterments of middle-class marriage. (04/11/2000)

Setting the record straight By Heather World
Holocaust denier David Irving loses his London libel suit. (04/11/2000)

Double play By Joe Conason
It's bad enough that the New York Times got Hillary Clinton's role in the Madison S&L; case wrong back in 1996, but how do they explain doing it again, four years later? (04/11/2000)

Mixed signals By Eric Boehlert
NPR says it supports low-power FM, but it's joining with industry lobbyists to drive a stake through the heart of grass-roots broadcasting. (04/11/2000)

Don't squish the chameleon By Amy Reiter
Boy George: Dropping disco balls make you feel like you got something real; Matthew McConaughey: Tips on gettin' nekkid with bongos. Plus: The mysterious case of the missing Puff Daddy. (04/11/2000)

Christo By Charles Taylor
He's the world's greatest wrap star; his grand and beautiful public projects transcend the barriers between life and art. (04/11/2000)

Bush busts loose By Alicia Montgomery
Bad medicine in Texas, pandering diagnosis for Gore and Whitewater fever hits Hillary. (04/11/2000)

Can't buy Linux love By Andrew Leonard
The stumbles of a Kleiner Perkins-funded Linux start-up prove that money isn't everything in the world of free software. (04/11/2000)

Clueless in Gotham By Damien Cave
Where did the New York media dig up that Silicon Valley gold-digger story? (04/11/2000)

The baksheesh diaries By Rolf Potts
In Egypt, our correspondent discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag. (04/11/2000)

Japanese firm developing tool to track stray grannies By J.A. Getzlaff
If all goes as planned at Mitsui & Co., satellites and cellular technology will soon be locating wandering seniors. (04/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, April 10, 2000 (04/10/2000)

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury ... By Ira Robbins
There stands before you a murderer -- the band that killed rock 'n' roll. (04/10/2000)

Great girl trash By Janet Fitch
The author of "White Oleander" picks five great trashy reads. (04/10/2000)

"The Requiem Shark" by Nicholas Griffin By Steve McQuiddy
Pillage and murder at sea: There really was a Black Bart, and he really did capture 400 ships in four years. (04/10/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (04/10/2000)

Chunky Chinese By Jack Boulware
A growing number of spoiled only children are obese, and may face diminished future sex lives because of it. (04/10/2000)

Little house of medical horrors By Robert Strauss
The Mütter Museum reveals medicine as the gruesome and inexact art that it is. (04/10/2000)

Letters to the editor
Why shouldn't Leo play journalist with the president? Plus: Thou shalt not covet thy daughter's boyfriend; more world-class fools. (04/10/2000)

Are we not divas? By Jori Finkel
Guys -- at least straight guys -- can't be divas. They don't have the right shoes. (04/10/2000)

Image-conscious
We want your photos -- just the best ones, please -- for our new feature. (04/10/2000)

Do white New Yorkers care about police brutality? By Jill Nelson
The only way Giuliani and the NYPD will be held accountable is if white people join the protest. (04/10/2000)

James Nachtwey's "Inferno" By Douglas Cruickshank
Pictures from an exhibition -- in hell. (04/10/2000)

Come to daddy By Amy Reiter
Hello, Gonzalezes! Elian's dad and stepmom sure are cute! Plus: Sarah Ferguson calls the kettle fat; James Haven can't stop the madness; and Hugh Grant to grant you the pleasure of his presence in "Bridget Jones's Diary." (04/10/2000)

Congress cools to Bush By Alicia Montgomery
Bush warms to California, Hillary frosts New Yorkers and McCain barnstorms for Rudy. (04/10/2000)

Bush's Latino bid By Anthony York
The Republican candidate reaches out to Hispanics and seeks to shed his party's image of intolerance. (04/10/2000)

All Hillary, all day By David Corn
A conservative Washington think tank spends a day focused on Hillary Rodham Clinton. (04/10/2000)

Killjoy By Damien Cave
Technology is changing our world -- and we should be afraid! Sun Microsystems chief scientist Bill Joy envisions a frightening future of self-replicating machines. (04/10/2000)

A vote for Bill is a vote for more (dollar) bills By Lydia Lee
Microsoft is on the campaign trail, hustling for a better public opinion. (04/10/2000)

Lip hair OK in Disneyland By J.A. Getzlaff
In a radical gesture of modernity, the Happiest Place on Earth has lifted the ban on mustached employees. (04/10/2000)

Doing the math on Al Gore By Heather Havrilesky
How Aunt Bea, Big Gay Al and Frankenstein fit together. (04/09/2000)

The man who made gays macho By Michael Alvear
A new book about Tom of Finland says the artist was the first to show homosexual masculinity. (04/08/2000)

All in Elian's family By Myra MacPherson
The media is holding back on the shady past of the young Cuban refugee's Miami relatives. (04/08/2000)

No good can come of this By Bruce Shapiro
Myths and harsh realities in the political sludge match over Elian Gonzalez. (04/08/2000)

This is David on TV By Amy Reiter
Letterman pulls a Farrah; Prince William's disco debacle. Plus: Angelina Jolie's bro, James Haven, tut-tuts the tsk-tsking about their relationship. (04/08/2000)

Bush, GOP gays to meet By Jake Tapper
But national Log Cabin Republican leadership, excluded from meeting, calls it bogus. (04/08/2000)

How George W. Bush adds up By Heather Havrilesky
The Jimmy Swaggart, Howdy Doody, Andy Griffith connection. (04/08/2000)

21st Challenge No. 32 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Within every tech company's name there lurks a hilarious acronym. (04/08/2000)

Cockpit assault By Elliott Neal Hester
Since July 1997, over a dozen passengers have attempted to breach cockpit doors during commercial airline flights. We've been lucky so far. (04/08/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
Loaded with off tunes by Dylan and the Velvet Underground as well as killer songs by Smog, Stereolab and the Beta Band, the "High Fidelity" soundtrack plays like a perfect mix tape. (04/07/2000)

"Return to Me" By Stephanie Zacharek
David Duchovny and Minnie Driver star in a movie that almost seems like a godsend in this age of romantic-comedy schmaltz. (04/07/2000)

"Joe Gould's Secret" By Charles Taylor
Stanley Tucci and Ian Holm face off as a New Yorker writer and the loopy Greenwich Village street character he turned into a celebrity -- with devastating results. (04/07/2000)

"Ready to Rumble" By Andrew O'Hehir
Is it a feature-length commercial for World Championship Wrestling or a juvenile work of deviant genius -- or both? (04/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 7-9, 2000 (04/07/2000)

"Blue Angel" by Francine Prose By Pam Rosenthal
The young and heartless seduce the old and foolish, in a satire of p.c. Puritanism on campus. (04/07/2000)

Swallowing anything By Ann Hodgman
Do you really need a new cookbook to figure out how to make brownies? Are those salmon steaks really better with a packet of Butter Buds? (04/07/2000)

Scam fails for hooker-to-be felled by oil By Jack Boulware
Judge doesn't fall for woman's claim. (04/07/2000)

Disaster drill By Mary Roach
Where's the virile firefighter who's supposed to cut off my clothes? (04/07/2000)

Letters to the editor
Was the ruling too hard on Microsoft? Plus: Is David Duke right about immigration? Housekeepers need jobs, not middle-class guilt. (04/07/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Why do I love creepy things? The debut of her biweekly comic (04/07/2000)

Free Bryant Gumbel! By Sean Elder
As "The Early Show" struggles for an audience, its host may be longing to escape. (04/07/2000)

Meet Miami's Cuban moderates By John Lantigua
The eruption over Elian Gonzalez is eclipsing a newer, tamer politics emerging in South Florida. (04/07/2000)

NYPD blues
Salon's coverage of the conflict over police brutality in Rudy Giuliani's New York (04/07/2000)

The day Annie shot me By Brett Leveridge
When a first-time author has his portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz, it changes his life -- at least while she's clicking the shutter. (04/07/2000)

Bedfellas By Amy Reiter
James Haven tut-tuts the tsk-tsking; the Royal Philharmonic Meat Loafs around; and Cage and Arquette, together again? Plus: Tom Jones takes a panty to the head. (04/07/2000)

Rudy heads south By Anthony York
And so do his poll numbers; Hillary opens up a 10-point lead over the New York mayor. (04/07/2000)

Republicans say hola! By Anthony York
New TV pitch to California Latinos is an "optimistic" soft sell. (04/07/2000)

You gotta have corazsn By Anthony York
Bush puts his heart into education speeches and promises California Republicans he won't desert them. (04/07/2000)

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Creepy-crawly Web things By Katharine Mieszkowski
A British design shop unleashes another utterly engrossing way to while away hours at your computer when you should be working. (04/07/2000)

Missing the point on Microsoft By James Boyle
We could be developing antitrust laws that fit the information age, if Alan Greenspan really understood government regulation. (04/07/2000)

Climbing the coconut tree By Kathryn J. Abajian
These foreign men are beautiful, brazen and as young as my son. I want something they have, but it's not what they think. (04/07/2000)

Belfast businesses sell terrorism to tourists By J.A. Getzlaff
A private bus tour and a T-shirt shop have found a way to squeeze profit from violence. (04/07/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Mac Montandon
Goddamn! Soul-punk R&B; fans the Delta 72 trade sharp angles for shaggy, stoned beats. (04/06/2000)

Is Om Puri our greatest living actor? By Michael Sragow
A wide-ranging chat with the Indian screen superstar. (04/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, April 6, 2000 (04/06/2000)

"Taliban" by Ahmed Rashid By Jonathan Groner
A veteran journalist relates the full horror -- brutality, oppression of women and genocide -- of the new Afghanistan. (04/06/2000)

Shark stories By Ray Sawhill
Bios of David Geffen and Michael Eisner: Stroke books for the power-and-glamour-hungry. (04/06/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (04/06/2000)

In between life and death By Jonathon Keats
The art of medical history shows the precarious position of physicians. (04/06/2000)

Panty raid By Jack Boulware
City manager goes bonkers and defaces billboard. (04/06/2000)

Letters to the editor
Horowitz gives Giuliani too much credit Plus: La Leche League isn't full of boobs; has coach Bob Knight mellowed? (04/06/2000)

Nonparent trap? By Rachel Elson
Elinor Burkett argues that family-friendly policies are racist, regressive and, worst of all, anti-woman. (04/06/2000)

Mothers who don't think By Leslie Lafayette
About anything but their kids. (04/06/2000)

Harlem's un-Sharpton By Rob Mank
Rudy Giuliani finds an ally in Imam Pasha, a black Muslim leader with a pro-Giuliani, pro-police message. (04/06/2000)

Grumpy old men By Max J. Castro
The aging exile leaders who are trying to keep Elian Gonzalez in the United States have a lot in common with their anti-democratic nemesis, Fidel Castro. (04/06/2000)

Spicy Firebites, with a jumbo movie deal on the side By Daniel Kraus
Rob McKittrick was a waiter at T.G.I. Friday's. Then he sold his screenplay. Now he has a six-figure bank account, a classic car and a house in the Hollywood hills. (04/06/2000)

Chevy Chase's pretzel logic By Amy Reiter
Former SNL comedian gets rampaging ego disease! "Barbie Girl" singer gets breast implants, gets "the creeps when I'm compared with that doll"; Plus: Boo-hoo! Darva and Rick officially call it quits! (04/06/2000)

A Log Cabin divided By Jake Tapper
Conservative gays struggle with one another over a burning question: George W. Bush, friend or foe? (04/06/2000)

Guiliani lead shot down By Alicia Montgomery
Gore gets money, women and trouble, newly green Bush gets whacked and the Green Party's Nader gets huffy. (04/06/2000)

Jews for Java By Sarah Coleman
In Israel, ultra-Orthodox rabbis have banned their followers from cruising the Web, but that's not stopping the observant from hacking code. (04/06/2000)

Can hyperlinks be outlawed? By Damien Cave
Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program. (04/06/2000)

Hired sniffers patrol Marseille for odor By J.A. Getzlaff
Police say the French port city will stink no more. (04/06/2000)

Magic beans By Burt Wolf
How the Trieste dukes got the dough and we got espresso. (04/06/2000)

"Black and White" By Charles Taylor
Gangsta meets wigga in James Toback's brutal, hip-hop-driven look at modern-day race relations. (04/05/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joey Sweeney
Fronted by a husband-and-wife team of French psychiatrists, Rinocerose introduce house music to post-rock. Yikes! (04/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Wednesday, April 5, 2000 (04/05/2000)

"Men in the Off Hours" by Anne Carson By Kate Moses
The poet's breathtaking fourth collection takes in the picnic of sex and love and death that time spreads in its wake. (04/05/2000)

Martin the moribund By Kera Bolonik
Why is the New York Times' publishing columnist so lame? (04/05/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Keith Knight (04/05/2000)

U.S. drug policy: Are we doing the right thing?
The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies. (04/05/2000)

Club Med becomes club bore By Jack Boulware
Free love gives way to free day care. (04/05/2000)

Letters to the editor
Readers to drug czar: Busted! Plus: One Nobel does not a macrometeorologist make; cozying up with an e-book. (04/05/2000)

The Blair baby project As told to Elkan Allan
The British prime minister can't decide whether to take paternity leave. His unborn child weighs in. (04/05/2000)

Citizen Gates By Sean Elder
The media played the Microsoft trial as a judgment on the CEO's personality -- and there was no way he could win. (04/05/2000)

"Dead, I can't do anything" By Ana Arana
Francisco Santos, a former kidnap victim of drug lord Pablo Escobar, became a symbol of hope for Colombians weary of violence and fear. But when leftist guerrillas ordered him killed, he had to flee to the U.S. (04/05/2000)

Imagination unleashed in all its perverse glory By Camille Paglia
The Web: Let the Puritans figure out how to jam their mealy corks into the dike! (04/05/2000)

Moneyman's gonna getcha By Amy Reiter
When your financial advisor is partying more than you are, you should start worrying. Plus: Kelly Preston gives Scientological birth to a girl named Bleu. Quel fromage. (04/05/2000)

Leonardo DiCaprio, cub reporter By Jonathan V. Last
Latest Disney role: ABC interviewer who chats up Clinton and enrages news team. (04/05/2000)

What Social Security crisis? By Merrill Goozner
Democrats and Republicans calling for an overhaul of our national retirement system are overlooking the obvious: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. (04/05/2000)

Elián trips up Gore By Alicia Montgomery
Erin Brockovich names her candidate, while Bush and Ridge shack up, Giuliani and McCain team up and the NRA loads up. (04/05/2000)

Back on the bus By Jesse Drucker
Rudy Giuliani gets some campaign style pointers from Sen. John McCain as the two take a tour of Long Island. (04/05/2000)

Throbbing e-mail By Katharine Mieszkowski
It's alive: Can a Zaplet tame your bloated in box? (04/05/2000)

Sco Paulo commuter sets train aflame By J.A. Getzlaff
Rush hour jam proves too much for one rider. (04/05/2000)

Artistes made daily By Donald D. Groff
Our expert directs travelers to French art workshops, Disneyland/Grand Canyon vacations and flight-tracking Web sites. (04/05/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Patrick Giles
The stunning Glenn Gould on Bach boxed set of reissues captures the rare instant when performer, composer and instrument meet in perfection. (04/04/2000)

Did Lester Bangs die in vain? By Ira Robbins
Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore. (04/04/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, April 4, 2000 (04/04/2000)

"Fay" by Larry Brown By Virginia Vitzthum
The heroine of Brown's sixth novel is a Huck Finn navigating the Mississippi lowlife in the body of a 17-year-old femme fatale. (04/04/2000)

Robert Wright gets cosmic By David Bowman
The author of "Nonzero" on God, his feud with Stephen Jay Gould and whether women are good for anything but childbearing. (04/04/2000)

Secure, solid, stable -- boring? By Garrison Keillor
I love books and artsy movies and he's strictly business. I'm a liberal Democrat and he's a Republican. Is there any way my relationship with this dependable man can work? (04/04/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Carol Lay (04/04/2000)

Attack of the flesh-eating bananas! By Stephen Lemons
Latest Web hoax slanders America's most beloved fruit. (04/04/2000)

Blame Canada By Jack Boulware
Canadians are importing U.S. sperm in record amounts. (04/04/2000)

Lighten up, Sandy baby By Virginia Vitzthum
The recent Supreme Court decision on nude dancing had Justice O'Connor ruling on G-strings and pasties. (04/04/2000)

Letters to the editor
Can Dungeons & Dragons regain gamers' trust? Plus: Attachment parenting by any other name; will Chris Columbus ruin Harry Potter? (04/04/2000)

My heart aches for what I can't have By Clea MacAllister
My daughter's boyfriend is the man of my dreams. (04/04/2000)

When David Duke goes marching in By Paul Cuadros
Siler City, N.C., was uneasy about an influx of Latinos, but when the former Klansman joined the fighting, some began to worry about the price of hate. (04/04/2000)

The invisible poor appear By Arianna Huffington
Those who have not yet felt the "permanent boom" of the '90s are starting to emerge on the national radar, just as the economy shows signs of slowing down. (04/04/2000)

Joni Mitchell By Frank Houston
As pure an artist as can be found in the entertainment industry, her confessional lyrics and lilting, soaring soprano have inspired countless musicians. (04/04/2000)

His highness gets down By Amy Reiter
At least he didn't do the funky chicken: Prince William's disco debacle. Plus: Will Woody, Mia and Soon-Yi kiss and make up? (04/04/2000)

Previous presidential polls
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David Foster Wallace: Ain't McCain grand? By Bill Wyman
A postmodern literary lion slobbers all over the former candidate in Rolling Stone. (04/04/2000)

Bush goes green By Alicia Montgomery
Bush hasn't read Gore's book, but plans to see the movie. Gore gets digital, Hillary gets harried and Rudy gets McCain. (04/04/2000)

Teddy Kennedy's unsettling doppelgänger By Nicholas Confessore
Massachusetts Senate challenger has been accused of plagiarism, womanizing and leaving the scene of a car crash. And yet, he remains upbeat. (04/04/2000)

McCain campaigns for Giuliani By LAURIE KELLMAN
(04/04/2000)

Heading for home By Larry Habegger
Sometimes even the simplest things seem impossible to imagine. (04/04/2000)

Mexican congress debates daylight-saving time By J.A. Getzlaff
One senator has complained that "Summer Timetable" gets in the way of the morning quickie. (04/04/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(04/03/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Lisa Gidley
Hook-filled singles and breezy rock songs about the joy of breezy rock songs -- maybe Supergrass are the new Kinks. (04/03/2000)

Men II Boyz By Joyce Millman
The new reality series "Making the Band" exposes the emasculating truth about boy bands. (04/03/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Monday, April 3, 2000 (04/03/2000)

"Red Smith on Baseball" by Red Smith By Gary Kaufman
Nobody captured the game at midcentury like the man whose pen was as mighty as Joltin' Joe's bat. (04/03/2000)

Do not disturb By Jhumpa Lahiri
The author of "Interpreter of Maladies" checks in with great fiction about hotels. (04/03/2000)

Mini-Shakespeares and kitty-cat bookends By Emily Jenkins
What the strange, cutesy world of book kitsch says about our reading lives. (04/03/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (04/03/2000)

The myths and truths of our muscle of love By David Bowman
An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths." (04/03/2000)

Nude for better or worse By Jack Boulware
Kathleen Turner shows all in stage version of "The Graduate." (04/03/2000)

Letters to the editor
The Napster wars continue Plus: Can vegetarians and meat eaters get along? Do you really want to live forever? (04/03/2000)

The hired men By Nancy W. Hall
When it comes to "the help," I need a guilt exorcism. (04/03/2000)

Generations of servitude By Pamela Toutant
Once, my grandmother worked as a domestic servant. Today, I need to hire help -- but I can't take the guilt. (04/03/2000)

What Hillary Clinton won't say By David Horowitz
Rudy Giuliani has dramatically reduced the number of shots fired by police at civilians in New York, as well as the number of people killed by anyone there. (04/03/2000)

From Russia with guns By Ken Silverstein
A glossy weapons catalog offers wimpy nations a chance to buy new respect from their neighbors. (04/03/2000)

Take two of these and call me weird By Amy Reiter
Letterman pulls a Farrah; Clooney disses "ER"; and what's with Hurley's Hustler store spree? (04/03/2000)

Why Bob Knight should bag it By Eric Boehlert
Indiana University's basketball coach is an angry, vulgar, violent creep, but that's not the reason he should resign. (04/03/2000)

If you fold it, they will come By Steve Burgess
Minor league baseball is bittersweet. The players are praying for a ticket out, and it's even worse when the team is looking to move, too. (04/03/2000)

The NRA goes global By Jason Vest
The National Rifle Association uses Australian crime protests and fear of global domination by the United Nations as a fund-raising tool at home. (04/03/2000)

Bush hits the books By Alicia Montgomery
But poll finds his money "excessive." Gore remains under suspicion, they keep coming at Giuliani, and Elian is still in limbo. (04/03/2000)

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We're here, we're queer, we're media moguls By Lydia Lee
Is PlanetOut CEO Megan Smith building the gay and lesbian AOL Time Warner? (04/03/2000)

Software outlaw roams the streets! By Scott Rosenberg
So Microsoft broke the law. But while the judges argue among themselves, the company remains free to stalk new markets. (04/03/2000)

Judge to Microsoft: Guilty! By Lydia Lee
Thomas Penfield Jackson slams Microsoft for abuses of monopoly power. (04/03/2000)

Break up? Make up? Appeal? Salon Technology staff report
Microsoft watchers, company leaders and critics weigh the software giant's future in the wake of the antitrust ruling. (04/03/2000)

Nipple-ring blues By J.A. Getzlaff
A smuggler's body piercing set off airport metal detectors recently in Turkey. (04/03/2000)

The HampsterDance comeback By David Cassel
The dancing hamsters that took the Net by storm are back, and gunning for a career as rappers. (04/01/2000)