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Thursday, September 30, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Piper Laurie remembers the smoldering genius of George C. Scott By Michael Sragow
We saw his imperial bravado in "Patton" and his majestic cool in "The Hustler." She saw, late in life, a "caring, warm, funny and charming" maverick. (09/30/99)
Musician in a dangerous time By David Bowman
Bruce Cockburn talks about land mines, "adult" entertainment and being an '80s musician in the '90s. (09/30/99)
Sharps & flats By Amanda Nowinski
Genaside II bring hard-ass thuggism to the paranoid visions of dark electronic music. (09/30/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, September 30, 1999. (09/30/99)
Books:
What's ailing men? By Jonathan Miles
In her fat new investigation of male malaise, Susan Faludi finds the culprit in the culture. (09/30/99)
Review: "In the Family Way: An Urban Comedy" By Polly Morrice
A master chronicler of family life considers love and sex at the end of the '90s. (09/30/99)
Log: Reagan biographer bites back By Craig Offman
Edmund Morris answers his critics in an online chat. (09/30/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
A confederacy of pundits! (09/30/99)
Health & Body:
Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: Episode 24 By Tracy Quan
Great Expectations: Nancy learns Jasmine's true motives for going 12-stepping. (09/30/99)
Jonesing for my Coke high By Liz Krieger
Why can't I make it through a day without my diet soda fix? (09/30/99)
Letters:
Abstinence works in theory, not in practice;
debating cable vs. DSL; who's to blame for Columbine feeding frenzy? (09/30/99)
Media:
Death of a journalist By Eve Pell
Reporter Sander Thoenes was touring a neighborhood in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Then soldiers opened fire. (09/30/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Get out of my bedroom! By Peggy O'Mara
The editor of Mothering magazine denounces a new warning against the family bed as the drivel of government terrorists. (09/30/99)
News:
Who said "Yes"? By Dave Cullen
Local reporters have known for months that eyewitnesses disputed the account of Cassie Bernall's "martyrdom." So why did the truth take so long to see print? (09/30/99)
Bauer: I am not a slut! By Jake Tapper
Only God knows why the GOP hopeful called a press conference to deny he's having an affair with a pretty staff member. (09/30/99)
The flood next time By Fetzer Mills Jr.
Hurricanes may be the hand of God, but the disaster in North Carolina is entirely man-made. (09/30/99)
People:
To spy is human, to plagiarize divine By Douglas Cruickshank
Cicciolina, Fembot fer real; John Mackay: I have not yet begun to write! Plus: Mark Twain, eyewitness to a hanging. Gulp. (09/30/99)
Nothing Personal : By Amy Reiter
The celeb-filled ceremony for recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal recalls the old Studio 54. (09/30/99)
Technology:
A worm in the Apple? By Daniel Drew Turner
Quicktime 4.0 is like nothing you've ever seen on a Mac. Has Apple broken its intuitive user interface? (09/30/99)
Log: James Bond's browser By Mark Gimein
The CIA gets a onetime game designer to head its tech effort. Can top-secret data management compete with air-combat simulators? (09/30/99)
Travel:
Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert sends a 70-year-old, a golfer and two 4-year-olds on their way. (09/30/99)
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"Guinevere" By Charles Taylor
Audrey Wells' timid examination of the attraction between older men and younger women yields few surprises. (09/29/99)
Sharps & flats By Robert Wilonsky
"Saturday Night Live" has 24 years of the best acts in rock 'n' roll on tape. Too bad none of that made it onto a new two-CD compilation. (09/29/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, September 29, 1999. (09/29/99)
Log: Jar-Jar Binks unmasked -- for charity! By Ron Feemster
An eclectic crowd offers a little help to friends in Kosovo. (09/29/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: Check your head By Alex Salkever
Untreated concussions could be academic headaches for college football players. (09/29/99)
A tempest around "Isaac's Storm" By Craig Offman
The bestseller's author answers a meteorologist's charges of inaccuracy. (09/29/99)
Review: "Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America" By Katharine Whittemore
A sensational history recounts the face-off that altered the course of the nation. (09/29/99)
Log: Washington Post book critic defends Reagan biographer By Craig Offman
After an attack by the New York Times' Maureen Dowd, Jonathan Yardley comes to the rescue. (09/29/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Pinball lust (09/29/99)
Health & Body:
Death in custody from "excited delirium"? By Christian Parenti
Some coroners say suspects are dying not from police brutality but an obscure medical disorder called "excited delirium". (09/29/99)
Letters:
Camille Paglia misfires on Hillary, McCainand the Romantics!
Plus: Mary Kay backers are pink, positive and pissed off; Stereolab as spiritual experience (09/29/99)
Media:
Why is Madison Avenue gripped by insanity? By Ruth Shalit
After pondering the "cultural meat values" of Peparami, the only question remaining is: What are these guys smoking? (09/29/99)
Who will buy the Village Voice? By David Carr
The Voice, L.A. Weekly and five other weeklies are put up for sale. Who will buy? A daily? A Web company? (09/29/99)
Log: Marty Peretz dumps another New Republic editor By Bill Wyman
The worst boss in journalism strikes again (09/29/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Home is where the revolution is By Cecelie S. Berry
When they forsake the revolution to raise children at home, smart women fear they've made a stupid choice. (09/29/99)
News:
The dying giant By Robert Bryce
With a growing market share and high-level political connections, Service Corporation International is fighting off lawsuits and government regulators.(09/29/99)
Funerals 'R' Us By Thomas Lynch
A small-town funeral director -- and author of "The Undertaking" -- says franchising the "death-care" business hurts consumers. (09/29/99)
Bauer denies adultery reports By Anthony York
The GOP presidential candidate schedules a Wednesday press conference to refute the new rumors swirling around his campaign.(09/29/99)
People:
Giuliani's "Sensation" By Cintra Wilson
It must be time for another egomaniacal rat-patroller to pound his chest over yet another artist's filth-stained image of a religious icon. (09/29/99)
Nothing Personal What a waste it is to lose one's laughingstock: By Amy Reiter
Danny drops out; Shaq backs Gore; Bauerdoth protest too much. Plus! More on Diana Ross' breastly behavior! (09/29/99)
Technology:
Forbidden Romance? By Janelle Brown
Why are electronically published romance novels not receiving the blessings of the traditional steamy-fiction industry? (09/29/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 57: Laurel moves out, Paul moves in and a CEO goes UFO (09/29/99)
Log: Is Alanis top of the Net pops? By Janelle Brown
The "Silicon CD" isn't quite the same as a platinum record. (09/29/99)
Travel:
Navigating Nairobi By Alicia Rebensdorf
For a Western woman, waiting on a rainy day at a matatu stand illuminates some inescapable truths. (09/29/99)
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Being Everything But the Girl By Amanda Nowinski
Ben Watt on spiritual music, moving the dance floor and the subtle variations of house. (09/28/99)
Sharps & flats By Charles Taylor
Everything But the Girl marry the lonely pop romance of Frank Sinatra to the dance-floor sounds of house and drum 'n' bass. (09/28/99)
Log: Foreign cinema By Charles Taylor
The New York Film Festival screens "Beau Travail," a terrific French Foreign Legion movie in need of a distribution deal. (09/28/99)
Log: Family pictures By Andy Battaglia
"Gummo" moviemaker Harmony Korine is not independent film's bastard child after all. (09/28/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, September 28, 1999. (09/28/99)
Books:
Poetry slam By Garrison Keillor
She sent my husband laughable love poems and talked trash about me. He says the affair is finished, but how do I get over it? (09/28/99)
How Dawn Powell can save your life By Gerald Howard
Ground down in a world driven by envy, greed and hypocrisy? America's wittiest satirist can help. (09/28/99)
Review: "Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist" By JoAnn Gutin
An expert offers a sweeping (and unconvincing) theory of violence. (09/28/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Drive, he said! (09/28/99)
Health & Body:
Urge: Cover me By Anna Mantzaris
In a family of exhibitionists, I'm the prude. Now please pass me my towel. (09/28/99)
Letters:
In defense of Elvis Costello
Plus: NBC wimps out on "Will and Grace" decision; ban all school religious holidays! (09/28/99)
Media:
Hypnotizing slackers for Starbucks, and other visionary acts of marketing research By Ruth Shalit
Through hypnosis, deconstructive theory and other advanced techniques, marketing experts have definitively established that champagne is associated with romance. (09/28/99)
Log: "We are going to be their friend!" By Bill Wyman
Fret not, pretty celebrity -- Jann Wenner will comfort you. (09/28/99)
Mothers Who Think:
How do I know I'm really me? By Polly Shulman
Children ask the big questions, and these dreamy books venture to answer. (09/28/99)
News:
McCain steps up attacks on Bush By Jake Tapper
In his official campaign kickoff, the Arizona senator comes out swinging against the Texas governor and GOP presidential front-runner.(09/28/99)
L.A. not so confidential By Marc Cooper
A police informer blows the whistle on some old news -- no one has been able to police the LAPD. (09/28/99)
Let it be me By David Corn
Wherein the author travels back in time to encounter "Morris" as he brushes up against "Reagan" -- and the rest is "history." (09/28/99)
People:
Brilliant Careers: Elmore Leonard By Sean Elder
The world's coolest crime writer has an uncanny ear for wry dialogue and a deep belief in lives with second acts. (09/28/99)
The POTUS who loved me By Amy Reiter
Kennedy squeeze smeared; Ryder Cup bounces Barbara Bush; Melissa Joan Hart bounces bouncer back! Plus: Stephen King on minivan abuse; Sharon Stone on Ellen DeGeneres ... literally. (09/28/99)
Technology:
Do penguins eat apples? By Andrew Leonard
Once upon a time, Apple dreamed of killing giants. Today, that hope belongs to a new generation -- of open-source programmers. (09/28/99)
Log: The Web's newest talking head By Mark Gimein
What's Sam Donaldson up to with his thrice-weekly webcasts? Something very much like an old TV newscast. (09/28/99)
Travel:
Museum of substance By Ron Dicker
From opium-addicted housewives to cocaine cough syrup, the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum traces the history of illegal drugs in America. (09/28/99)
E-mail from a burning mountain By Catherine Shepard
A secluded hermitage and its resident monks are threatened by a devastating fire on California's Big Sur coast. (09/28/99)
Monday, September 27, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E TV By Joyce Millman
Three new dramas look on the bright side of life in Splitsville. (09/27/99)
Sharps & flats By Dave McCoy
Gomez steal from groups like the Beatles, the Band and the Who. But after classic pastiche records like "Paul's Boutique," nicking good riffs just makes you boring. (09/27/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, September 27, 1999. (09/27/99)
Log: Everyone loves the previews By Jeff Stark
Celebrating "Austin Powers," "The Matrix" and "The Blair Witch Project" -- in three minutes or less. (09/27/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: The reeducation of a queer theorist By Maria Russo
Battling cancer, a nice male psychoanalyst and her own sexual demons, the diva of queer theory learned a new way of living. (09/27/99)
Book Bag: Primal loss By Jayne Anne Phillips
The author of "Black Tickets" picks six powerful books on the first wounds of childhood. (09/27/99)
Review: "Lucky" By Sally Eckhoff
A memoir of rape that's just about everything you'd expect it not to be (09/27/99)
Log: Bush campaign cans biographer By Craig Offman
Manuscript haphazard, claims one source; too candid, says another. (09/27/99)
Comics:
Tom Tomorrow
Fiction is stranger than truth! (09/27/99)
Health & Body:
The worried well By Robert Burton, M.D.
Patients who over-research their ailments sometimes do more harm than good. (09/27/99)
Nancy Quan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: Episode 23 By Tracy Quan
Girl trouble: Between good friends and great clients, nobody is as they seem. (09/27/99)
Letters:
How dumb does David Kelley think we are?
Plus: Matt Drudge is a loudmouthed busybody; members of the mile-high club are disgusting. (09/27/99)
Media:
The return of the hidden persuaders By Ruth Shalit
Driven by a booming economy, a corporate obsession with brand-building and a feelgood philosophy, a motley crew of ex-grad students, starry-eyed admen and hypnosis gurus are probing the consumer unconscious to sell soap. (09/27/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Thelma and Louise it wasn't By Mona Gable
When you can't vacation without them, the kids can come too. Just change your expectations and leave your husbands behind. (09/27/99)
News:
The myth weavers By David Horowitz
Three leading leftist figures have been exposed this year as having lied about their backgrounds. Has the failure of their ideology forced them to fictionalize? (09/27/99)
Don't mess with Texas By Robert Bryce
New evidence in the Waco firestorm may have been leaked as a result of a tiff between the FBI and the Texas Rangers. (09/27/99)
People:
The Artist you better not call Prince By David Rubien
After nearly two decades as rock royalty, his inner flame still burns hot purple -- rain or shine. (09/27/99)
Postcards from the Eddie By Lorenzo W. Milam
Who would ever suspect that the man who made so many awful records could create an autobiography that is such a kick in the pants? (09/27/99)
Real superpower in a godless universe By Camille Paglia
Raging tempests: Natural, cultural, political and cinematic. (09/27/99)
Technology:
Circus roboticus By Mark Gimein
A troupe of robots forces audiences to confront the terrors of late 20th century life. (09/27/99)
View from the Top: Thinking outside the cube By Sean Donahue
Philippe Kahn programmed one of the first personal computers, now he's developing wireless Net technology that could unchain people from their PCs. (09/27/99)
Log: Memo to an insta-millionaire By Mark Gimein
Congratulations! As Webvan's new CEO you're a winner at stock-option Monopoly: Just pass "Go" and collect millions! (09/27/99)
Travel:
The lonely crusade of Croatia's riverman By Jon Bowermaster
Zeljko Kelemen is determined to create a river-rafting industry in Croatia -- for the good of his country and his countrymen. (09/25/99)
Weekend, September 25-26, 1999
Health & Body:
Nice married guys By J. M. Fitzroy
For a single gal in New York, a brush with a married man teaches her all she never hoped to know. (09/25/99)
News:
Columbine: We stand behind the story
Although sheriff's officials have downplayed their role in revealing details about the Columbine investigation, no one has challenged a single fact reported. (09/25/99)
Political circus By Micah L. Sifry and Doug Ireland
While other parties talk about the Big Tent, the Reform Party constructs the Big Top. (09/25/99)
Capital crusader By David Moberg
The World Bank's Joseph Stiglitz is articulating a new philosophy for global economic reform, and ruffling feathers at the International Monetary Fund. (09/25/99)
Technology:
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 56: Barry's requiem -- Bill Gates, golf and marijuana (09/25/99)
21st Challenge No. 26 results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
The ultimate high-tech résumé (09/25/99)
Travel:
The lonely crusade of Croatia's riverman By Jon Bowermaster
Zeljko Kelemen is determined to create a river-rafting industry in Croatia -- for the good of his country and his countrymen. (09/25/99)
Friday, September 24, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"Mumford" By Laura Miller
The movies' first sane therapist talks a big game in Lawrence Kasdan's winning comedy.(09/24/99)
"Double Jeopardy" By Andrew O'Hehir
This action thriller bets it all -- and loses. (09/24/99)
In with the out crowd By Joyce Millman
NBC's affectionate "Freaks and Geeks" lets high school nobodys have their day. (09/24/99)
Sharps & flats By Rachel Elson
For "In Spite of Ourselves," John Prine enlisted Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Trisha Yearwood and others for a set of great country love songs. (09/24/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, September 24-26, 1999. (09/24/99)
Log: All about Almodóvar By Stephanie Zacharek
The Spanish director introduces his colorfully garish new film in New York with three actresses and a transvestite. (09/24/99)
Books:
Married, with books By Lindsay Amon
A couple discovers that love includes many trials -- including the unexpected task of merging, and purging, their libraries. (09/24/99)
Ivory Tower: Diary of a teacher's last year By David Alford
Artemio Cruz is just a character in a book. Gen. Obregon really happened! When his students find reality more compelling than fiction, this teacher, a former anarchist, finds it hard to play the authority card. (09/24/99)
Review: "Having Everything" By Stephanie Zacharek
A well-heeled academic takes a walk on the kinky side. (09/24/99)
Comics:
The Dark Hotel
Lust and love in Pristina: Drago sees her in the turbo-rock bar (09/24/99)
Health & Body:
A terrible thing to waste By Mary Roach
You do not need brains to go to the Harvard Brain Bank, only a brain. (09/24/99)
Letters:
"For Love of the Game" review strikes out;
college students should learn to leave the nest; since when is George Bush an "education governor"? (09/24/99)
Media:
It might be news, but it's not a story By Jenn Shreve
Plus: Bob Mould plays for Marlboro Miles; contrary to popular e-spam, Darren does not have liver disease. (09/24/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Where have all the Eddie Haskells gone? By Karen Karbo
The daughter of a cool mom attempts to carry on the tradition, only to find that there are no smarmy, well-groomed takers for her act. (09/24/99)
News:
He vs. she, part 1 By Jake Tapper
Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York. (09/24/99)
Inside the Columbine High investigation By Dave Cullen
Everything you know about the Littleton killings is wrong. But the truth may be scarier than the myths. (09/24/99)
"Kill mankind. No one should survive" By Dave Cullen
The writings of Eric Harris reveal anÊequal-opportunity haterÊwho rails againstÊminorities and racists and can't stand the WB. (09/24/99)
Buchanan, McCain go head-to-head By Jake Tapper
GOP presidential hopefuls debate whether U.S. had any business stopping Hitler. (09/24/99)
Murky future for tax cuts By Sarah Keech
Republicans regroup and plot strategy after President Clinton's veto of their $792 billion tax-cut package. (09/24/99)
People:
My Lunch With Kris Kristofferson By David Bowman
The Great Gravel Voiced One talks of films, beautiful actresses, the importance of Dylan and chillin' with the Sandinistas. (09/24/99)
Nothing Personal Touch me in the morning ... just not there: By Amy Reiter
Diana Ross gets frisky, a strapless dress is risky, and while Kevin shakes the Bacon, the Reform Party's achin'. (09/24/99)
Real superpower in a godless universe By Camille Paglia
Raging tempests: Natural, cultural, political and cinematic. (09/22/99)
Technology:
Pat McGovern's "Technology Publishing for Dummies" By Chris Sandlund
How did IDG's chairman build a $2.35 billion business? (09/24/99)
Log: Internet icons on parade?
By Janelle Brown
Jeeves is the first Net character to get a float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who'll be next? (09/24/99)
Travel:
Wanderlust: Getting over it By Deirdre Guthrie
I fled New York, then I fled Paris. In Italy I stuck around a while, for something called "like love." (09/24/99)
Thursday, September 23, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Ron "The Artist" Shelton By Michael Sragow
With his new boxing movie, "Play It to the Bone," the writer-director continues to work the "radical middle." (09/23/99)
"Black Cat, White Cat" By Andrew O'Hehir
A Felliniesque farce boasts the many talents of Emir Kusturica, a director still making ambitious, individualistic movies like they matter. (09/23/99)
Sharps & flats By Stephanie Zacharek
Sarah Dougher, a collaborator with Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker in Cadallaca, releases her own minor suite of summer songs. (09/23/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, September 23, 1999. (09/23/99)
Books:
Who killed Brooklyn? By Lorin Stein
Novelist Jonathan Lethem returns to his hometown to find it almost as strange as his own fiction. (09/23/99)
Review: "Motherless Brooklyn" By Gary Krist
An author comes up with a new (and brilliant) twist for the detective novel: A narrator with Tourette's syndrome. (09/23/99)
Log: Vocal coaching for the Hanson brothers, Iggy Pop and President Clinton By Craig Offman
Dr. Laura's favorite voice therapist coughs up some tricks of the trade. (09/23/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-man's cartoon tips! (09/23/99)
Health & Body:
Just say no to sex; just say yes to big bucks By Sharon Lerner
Massive government funds pay for abstinence-only sex education -- and beach parties. (09/23/99)
Urge: Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan call girl: Episode 22 By Tracy Quan
Why must she be a hooker in love? (09/23/99)
Letters:
What's the real smell of Eau de Mac?
Plus: For damn sure Ken Starr has regrets; astonished agreement with Arianna (09/23/99)
Media:
Maslin bails, critics rail By Sean Elder
After more than 20 years, the New York Times film reviewer is calling it quits. Others across the country feel her pain -- and some would like to feel her paycheck. (09/23/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Give me a dick or give me death By Kera Bolonik
Today I am a femme with an inner soft butch, but as a child, I failed to meet the demands of either gender. (09/23/99)
News:
Inside the Columbine High investigation By Dave Cullen
Everything you know about the Littleton killings is wrong. But the truth may be scarier than the myths. (09/23/99)
"Kill mankind. No one should survive" By Dave Cullen
The writings ofÊEric Harris reveal anÊequal-opportunity haterÊwho rails againstÊminorities and racists and can't stand the WB. (09/23/99)
People:
The power of positive pinking
By Kristina Robbins
How a three-month assignment became a three-year obsession with Mary Kay and her all-lady army. (09/23/99)
Rogue's Gallery: Men in dresses behaving badly By Douglas Cruickshank
"The RuPaul of Robbers" busted in Baton Rouge; scandal! Boozed-up Amish renegade flips buggy while blotto. Plus: Rupert Pupkin lives! (09/23/99)
Nothing Personal OK Guccione, now you've got Thelma mad: By Amy Reiter
Penthouse exposes Geena -- ungraciously; Douglas marrying Zeta-Jones? Just as soon as he becomes a Muslim; Diana Ross said togrope groping guard; Stephanopoulos just says no to White House intern. (09/23/99)
Real superpower in a godless universe By Camille Paglia
Raging tempests: Natural, cultural, political and cinematic. (09/22/99)
Technology:
Cable modems or DSL: Which is better? By Simson Garfinkel
My Net connection approaches light speed with cable, but that doesn't guarantee a victory over DSL. (09/23/99)
Log: From beta to bonafide By Janelle Brown
Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its $25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the "test" version. (09/23/99)
Travel:
Memphis marathon By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert explains how to kill eight hours in Elvis-town, what to do in Dubai and where to find tourist-office information. (09/23/99)
Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Who needs the NEA, anyway? By Sarah Vowell
Announcing ... the Your Town Here Arts & Lectures fall season, featuring Anglo-Saxon-American jazz puppet theater! (09/22/99)
Surrealist manifesto By Jeff Stark
Stereolab on philosophical systems, the economics of small record labels and why you shouldn't have sex to Barry White. (09/22/99)
Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg
A new record suggests that Tori Amos' power is inversely proportional to the number of instruments involved. (09/22/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, September 22, 1999. (09/22/99)
Log: Chemistry set By Andy Battaglia
Singing along to electronica with the Chemical Brothers and Paul Oakenfold live in New York. (09/22/99)
Books:
Capitalism and cosmos By Matt T. Stover
The new economy marches on, its front lines manned with recruits from the nation's top business schools -- elite training camps for the capitalist army. (09/22/99)
Review: "The Abyssinian" Brigitte Frase
A prize-winning French novel turns out to be a mound of merde. (09/22/99)
Log: Big-money imprint folds; Booker short-list announced By Craig Offman
Publisher Rob Weisbach departs from William Morrow. (09/22/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Nice ass! (09/22/99)
Health & Body:
Can Viagra help save rhinos and tigers? By Susan McCarthy
Traditional Asian medicine practitioners have been at odds with conservationists for years. But that's starting to change. (09/22/99)
Letters:
If Cintra doesn't gamble, why was she in Vegas?
Plus: The problem with patents; you can't expect teens to be grown-ups (09/22/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Shopping online -- for children By Nell Bernstein
For children who have waited years for a family to adopt them, the Internet may be the last hope (09/22/99)
News:
Hog hell in North Carolina By Fetzer Mills Jr.
Environmentalists and state officials clash over the number of dead pigs, but everyone agrees it's a public health disaster in the making. (09/22/99)
Cry for me, Puerto Rico By Susan Crabtree
The next big issue after the clemency controversy is the growing pressure to throw the U.S. Navy off its test bombing range. (09/22/99)
Republican tax cut, R.I.P. By Daryl Lindsey
President Clinton plans to announce his veto of the $792 billion GOP plan Thursday. (09/22/99)
People:
Real superpower in a godless universe By Camille Paglia
Raging tempests: Natural, cultural, political and cinematic. (09/22/99)
Nothing Personal The final word on Gere and the gerbil: By Amy Reiter
The truth about "that rodent"; why Sharon Stone won't do snorkel scenes; Nader endorsing Buchanan? Young Brits blow away the competition in the nookie sweepstakes. (09/22/99)
Technology:
Cool rules By Mark Gimein
Why are some of the best minds of our generation working on a better way to send out party invitations? (09/22/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 55: Barry's Singularity -- ship without a captain (09/22/99)
Log: Snob sites By Mark Gimein
Gucci, diamonds, vintage watches -- with the Web awash in luxury goods sites, the rich needn't leave home to shop for baubles. (09/22/99)
Travel:
In the family way By Don George
As a new anthology shows, traveling en famille delivers its own lessons and rewards; you just have to use a different map. (09/22/99)
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
On the ropes By Charles Taylor
At Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, athletes fight for much more than Golden Gloves titles. (09/21/99)
"To me, talent is being able to fly" By Christine Schomer
British actress Janet McTeer on the importance of training, the difficulty of Southern accents and why, at 39, her movie career is suddenly taking off. (09/21/99)
Sharps & flats By Joe Gross
Cobra Verde find the swaggering essence of glam rock that Todd Haynes and "Velvet Goldmine" missed. (09/21/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, September 21, 1999. (09/21/99)
Books:
Dear Mr. Blue: Raging bull By Garrison Keillor
I've grown weary of my husband's sudden fits of anger. What can I do to help? (09/21/99)
An honorable murderer? By Nan Goldberg
The legendary defense attorney Alan Dershowitz talks about the justice of revenge, the success of genocide and his new ethical thriller. (09/21/99)
Review: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness By Dan Stern
I feel, therefore I am: A scientist asks, What, exactly, is consciousness? (09/21/99)
Log: Ian McEwan fools British shrinks By Laura Miller
The novelist puts one over on a few American critics, too (09/21/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Myriad disasters, narrowly averted. (09/21/99)
Health & Body:
Monkish Secrets By Virginia Vitzthum
A plain-spoken man of the cloth tells how he keeps himself from getting busy. (09/21/99)
Letters:
Michael Jordan is no Muhammad Ali;
Lowell Weicker is a loser; Diana Rigg is a babe! (09/21/99)
Media:
Sheer Drudgery By Sean Elder
He has his Web site, TV show, radio show and soon an autobiography. So why isn't Matt Drudge happy? (09/21/99)
Mothers Who Think:
School's out for Eid By Michael Kress
The battle over school closure for religious holidays heats up as Muslims and Hindus demand equal time off for their children. (09/21/99)
News:
Why Indonesia released Allan Nairn By Bruce Shapiro
A groundswell of international protest gets the Indonesian military to free its toughest critic. (09/21/99)
Reformers from hell By Joe Conason
So it's Pitchfork Pat and the Tiny Texan vs. The Body and The Donald. And they call this is an "alternative"? (09/21/99)
The kickoff to Campaign 2000? By Anthony York
A California congressional primary could be a referendum on gun control, Latino politics, union power -- or on who knows how to turn out 12,000 votes. (09/21/99)
People:
Brilliant Careers: Elvis Costello By Bill Wyman
The king of the unforgiving is the rock star who never was. (09/21/99)
Donny Osmond: We suffer for his art By Steve Burgess
It's a neat trick when Mr. Squeaky-clean produces a flashback more terrifying than any acid reflux. (09/21/99)
Technology:
Domain name dunces By Scott Rosenberg
Network Solutions fumbles its free e-mail scheme. Can we trust it with our Net addresses? (09/21/99)
Log: Pop chart By Janelle Brown
Pamela Anderson? Britney Spears? Who tops the list of celebrity search terms on the new Lycos 50? (09/21/99)
Travel:
Welcome to the Mile-High Club By Elliott Neal Hester
Our flying correspondent relates some true tales of sex in the skies. (09/21/99)
Monday, September 20, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Kelleyvision By Joyce Millman
The creator of "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" owns prime time. How many cat fights, dwarf lawyers and middlebrow sermons can we take? (09/20/99)
Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg
Gay Dad are a controversial sensation in England, proving once again that the only thing that the Brit press likes better than pure pop is overbearing hype. (09/20/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, September 20, 1999. (09/20/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: Thicker than blood By Simon Rodberg
Why does college life teach students to lose the family to find the self? (09/20/99)
Book Bag: The docu-novel By Joyce Carol Oate
The author of "Bellefleur" selects five great "nonfiction novels." (09/20/99)
Review: "Words Fail Me," "Sin and Syntax" & "Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay" By Gary Kaufman
Three new guides to grammar and style approach the rules with a liberal informality and a healthy dash of humor. (09/20/99)
Comics:
Tom Tomorrow
Gun control? What about large rock control? (09/20/99)
Health & Body:
Ask Dr. Bob By Robert Burton, M.D.
It might be the wiring: Don't kill yourself trying to change your behavior. You may just have to learn to apologize. Plus: Is there such a thing as female ejaculate? (09/20/99)
Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: Episode 21 By Tracy Quan
Unweaving April's web: Nancy discovers that their run-of-the-mill blackmailer has contacts in high and low places. (09/20/99)
Letters:
You pay your handyman more than your nanny?!
Plus: The Machiavelli test was just a Cosmo quiz; "broadband warrior" Jermoluk is wrong about wireless. (09/20/99)
Media:
Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(09/20/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The Borrowers By Eve Pell
They're not looking for a lifetime commitment. They're just looking for a kid to come out and play with them. (09/20/99)
News:
How the Rodham girl lost her accent By Suzi Parker
These days, Arkansans might have a thing or two to say to New Yorkers about the woman who would be as one among them. (09/20/99)
People:
All hail the queen By Caroline Sommers
Think watching talk shows is bad? Try making them. (09/20/99)
Nothing Personal The hooker under Lenny Kravitz's bed: By Amy Reiter
A tale from beneath the mattress; Andreessen's dogs' wonder diet; the struggles of Ivanka Trump. Plus: Platform shoes kill!! (09/20/99)
Technology:
View from the Top By Sean Donahue
Mr. Fix-it: After a summer of outages, eBay invited Maynard Webb to be its chief of technologies and shore up the auction site's systems. (09/20/99)
A tournament of apes By Thomas Scoville
"The Gorilla Game" goes out on a limb -- encouraging us to invest in, uh, big companies that dominate rapidly expanding markets. (09/20/99)
Log: Slashdot goes quiet By Andrew Leonard
Can one muzzle the "News for Nerds" site? Probably not -- but its parent company has entered the quiet period, preparing for an IPO. (09/20/99)
Travel:
The tearful secret of Themar By Robert L. Strauss
A grandmother's tale, untold until now, opens a path of understanding and forgiveness. (09/20/99)
Weekend, September 18-19, 1999
Health & Body:
Have vibrator, will travel By Susie Bright
The erotic adventures of a celebrity sexpert on a book tour are surprisingly few, but memorable. (09/18/99)
News:
Free Allan Nairn! By Bruce Shapiro
An American reporter faces 10 years in a brutal Indonesian jail. His crime: Refusing to turn away from acts of inhumanity. The United States must act -- now. (09/18/99)
Who harassed whom? By Susan Crabtree
The former chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus claims he sexually harassed her, then fired her, but the senator tells an entirely different story -- that she was relentlessly abusing his staff. (09/18/99)
People:
The "Blair Witch" itch By Jennifer Kornreich
When couples see scary movies together, pulses race and hearts quicken. The subsequent biological imperative? Fight, flight or spend the night. (09/18/99)
Horror show: The nightmare of making tabloid TV By Caroline Sommers
You think waking up to find a neatly arranged pile of rocks just outside your tent is bad? I've interviewed Joey Buttafuoco -- now that's scary! (09/18/99)
Technology:
Log: Slashdot goes quiet By Andrew Leonard
Can one muzzle the "News for Nerds" site? Probably not -- but its parent company has entered the quiet period, preparing for an IPO. (09/18/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 54: Kiki and Barry reunited by Iridium -- silence at $40 a minute. (09/18/99)
Travel:
My Jewish roots in Germany By Robert L. Strauss
Reluctantly and without a plan, an American uncovers his family's poignant past. (09/18/99)
Friday, September 17, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"Romance" By Ray Sawhill
Director Catherine Breillat and star Caroline Ducey follow the urge wherever it leads. (09/17/99)
Tainted Love By Cynthia Joyce
Romance" director Catherine Breillat explains why women hold more power than men in the bedroom -- and talks about what happens when you bring a porn star onto the set of a "real" movie. (09/17/99)
For Love of the Game By Andrew O'Hehir
If you're not as old as Kevin Costner's aging character at the beginning of this dreary baseball fable, you will be by the end. (09/17/99)
Sugar Town By Daniel Mangin
John Taylor, Michael Des Barres and Martin Kemp play -- what else? -- faded '80s rock titans in this slight L.A. music-biz satire. (09/17/99)
Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg
Four years ago, Leftfield were contenders in the Fatboy Slim-Chemical Brothers-Prodigy poptronica pantheon. Now they're back, but where's the hype? (09/17/99)
Log: Uh, Miss? By Alex Pappademas
By playing a waitress in a video, Britney Spears tries to connect with a great rock tradition. Check, please. (09/17/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, September 16, 1999. (09/17/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: Diary of a teacher's last year By David Alford
Sometimes we just have to stand aside and let our students become the teachers. (09/17/99)
Review: "A Book of Reasons" Dustin Beilke
Looking into the reclusive life of his late brother, a novelist produces an anti-memoir. (09/17/99)
Log: Hollywood greats slag each other's memoirs By Craig Offman
Esther Williams and Gloria Stuart face off. (09/17/99)
Comics:
The Dark Hotel
The death of a great man hits Pristina like an earthquake. (09/17/99)
Health & Body:
A plague on all your boroughs By Christina Valhouli
Mosquito-borne encephalitis is the latest player to hit Broadway. (09/17/99)
Letters:
It's time for action in East Timor;
misunderstanding "Stigmata"; cybercommunism and "free" software (09/17/99)
Media:
Whither George? By Sean Elder
And what's up with Tina's Talk? Hachette wonders what to do with George, post JFK Jr.; the new issue of Tina's mag isn't going to get people talking. (09/17/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Why they never told us By Kate Moses
First novelist Rahna Reiko Rizzuto talks about the silence surrounding the Japanese internment camps, being "stealth Japanese" and writing herself into two children. (09/17/99)
Eric: Hold your breath, 1946 By Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
An excerpt from "Why She Left Us." (09/17/99)
News:
The Teflon governor meets the national media By Jerry Politex
Bush is glib, none-too-smart and quick to anger, but reporters have yet to tell the truth about him. (09/17/99)
Surprise: Bush could be the "education president" By Joan Walsh
A longtime school reformer says the Republican front-runner might be the best hope for low-income and minority students at a time when you can't talk about "poor kids" -- to Democrats. (09/17/99)
Commentary: When will the GOP court blacks? By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
African-Americans like George W. Bush, and they're more conservative than ever, but will Republicans be smart enough to recruit them in 2000? (09/17/99)
People:
Fashion Victim By Carina Chocano
The rise and demise of Halston, America's superstar designer. (09/17/99)
Plus: Mr. Clean A gallery of Halston fashion and celebrity photos. (09/17/99)
Nothing Personal Faster, pussycat ... save me the aisle seat? By Amy Reiter
Meyer and Ebert agree on the big, bouncy issues. Beatty clues in, moves on, drops out. Also: Can it be true? Howard laments dearth of lesbians! (09/17/99)
Technology:
Hollywood snares By Janelle Brown
Online entertainment companies have tangled the Web with bad TV simulations. Now "Digital Babylon" portrays their failures -- but can it help prevent new ones? (09/17/99)
Log: The peacock's hall of mirrors By Mark Gimein
NBC figures out the secret to making money off the Web: Send surfers back to their television sets. (09/17/99)
Travel:
Paris, disguised By Victoria L. Tilney
I flew across an ocean to discover my lover wore a mask. But the city let me see through it. (09/17/99)
Thursday, September 16, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Welcome to ... the Godlight Zone! By Michael Sragow
"Stigmata," "The Sixth Sense" and "Stir of Echoes" give us that New Age religion. (09/16/99)
"Stop Making Sense" By Stephanie Zacharek
Fifteen years later, the delightful Talking Heads concert pic is still the kind of miracle movie that comes about once in a lifetime. (09/16/99)
Sharps & Flats By Jon Dolan
Puff Daddy's audacious "Forever" captures a paranoid success spitting in the face of his own demise. Is the Ebenezer Scrooge of rap losing it? (09/16/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, September 16, 1999. (09/16/99)
Charge it, it's free By Meredith Ochs
A big credit-card company puts on a Sheryl Crow show in Central Park for 25,000 lucky fans. (09/16/99)
Books:
Sells like Teen Spirit By Alissa Quart
Savvy about the media, steeped in pop psychology, today's kids have problems the experts still don't understand. (09/16/99)
Review: "Colony Girl" By Sarah Vowell
A rebellious young Eve stands at the center of a novel about a Midwestern religious cult. (09/16/99)
Merciless reviewer Kirn slams himself -- and Tom Wolfe By Craig Offman
The New York magazine critic agrees that his own book is "narcissistic." (09/16/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
There's one in every elevator. (09/16/99)
Health & Body:
Flaming man By Paul Festa
Queer erotics has its place in the sun at Burning Man's utopia. How fitting that the sun got too hot. (09/16/99)
Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl By Tracy Quan
Episode 20: He knows me, he knows me not: How can Matt know her so well and not at all? (09/16/99)
"Total Memory Workout" By Steve Burgess
Can exercise help you remember where you put your keys? (09/16/99)
Letters:
Taking sides on Waco;
Plus: Salon is as consumerist as the New York Times; how can I see "Yellow Submarine"? (09/16/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The things we carry By Cynthia Gorney
You have 30 minutes and two garbage bags: How do you pack for a disaster? (09/16/99)
News:
Let them eat stock options By Arianna Huffington
The Democrats and Republicans have shamelessly abandoned the poor. (09/16/99)
Regrets, he has a few By Vivienne Walt
In his best sugar-toned, pedagogic style, Kenneth Starr defends his tattered reputation in front of a tony L.A. audience. (09/16/99)
Shays' rebellion takes the House By Jake Tapper
One determined Republican overcomes his own leadership's opposition to pass a bipartisan campaign finance reform bill -- again. (09/15/99)
People:
Counting spies By David Pescovitz
The soundtrack of surveillance is a little girl's voice, broadcast over shortwave, monotonously reciting numbers. (09/16/99)
Nothing Personal Extra! Extra! Monica inhales ... a candy bar: By Amy Reiter
Scottish paper reveals what Lewinsky's swallowing these days; hey! the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines is swallowing the same thing! Plus: Yeoww! Universal Studios cuts Costner's penis. (09/16/99)
Rogue's Gallery By Douglas Cruickshank
The little old lady from the KGB: Grannies will be spies and spies will be grannies. It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world except for Hola! H-0-L-A, Hola! (09/16/99)
Technology:
The art of Don E. Knuth By Mark Wallace
Computing's philosopher king argues for elegance in programming -- and a Pulitzer Prize for the best written. (09/16/99)
Log: URLs 'R' us By Janelle Brown
Knight Ridder New Media maintains 45 separate Web sites -- and it's expanding. Why? (09/16/99)
Travel:
Lost and found and sold By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert directs readers to unclaimed baggage treasures, high-elevation photography tips and that romantic, albeit cozy, freighter vacation. (09/16/99)
Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"American Beauty" By Andrew O'Hehir
Kevin Spacey keeps a biting suburban satire from eating itself alive. (09/15/99)
"The Minus Man" By Jeff Stark
Hampton Francher's directorial debut is a thrill-less psychological thriller. (09/15/99)
Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
On Quasi's "Field Studies," the divorced duo sing about romantic disillusionment like they know what they're talking about. (09/15/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, September 15, 1999. (09/15/99)
Books:
The call of the past By Jennifer Ouellette
The strange echo resembling a bird's call in the Mayan Temple of Kukulkan has two disparate academic fields collaborating. Will acoustical archaeology dig up the next batch of history? (09/15/99)
Review: "Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything" By Edward Neuert
The more efficient we get the less efficient we feel, and other paradoxes of the sped-up world. (09/15/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Nature bites back! (09/15/99)
Health & Body:
Bringing 'em back alive By Eleanor Stacy Parker
How anesthesiologists keep you from drifting away forever. (09/15/99)
Letters:
Is Paglia wrong about Waco?
Plus: R.E.M. on "Automatic" pilot; Luddite gamers should quit moaning and start playing. (09/15/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Backtalk By Lillie Wade
"Ophelia Speaks," a book by teens for teens, talks back to adults who think they know what's up. This teen says it doesn't speak to her. (09/15/99)
News:
The Buchanan triangle By Micah L.Sifry
Most analysts think a run by Buchanan under the Reform Party banner would hurt Bush more than Gore. It's time to think again. (09/15/99)
The Amazon.com primary By Anthony York
Was Buchanan trying to seduce readers, not just voters, with his latest TV splash? (09/15/99)
The real Bush drug scandal By Debra Dickerson
Texas Gov. George W. Bush has presided over a crackdown on first-time drug offenders from poor neighborhoods like Houston's Third Ward Bottoms. (09/15/99)
People:
Entertainment dies bleeding in a Vegas men's room -- Olé! By Cintra Wilson
Happy days of abandon in America's Playground with Dr. Naughty, a chorus line of oversexed rodeo clowns and the horrifying Man of Many Voices. (09/15/99)
Nothing Personal What makes the Donald run? By Amy Reiter
Get ready for Teamster Nation! George W. and Marcus Aurelius ... not the same guy. Also, Mrs. Jagger balks at progeny's lips. (09/15/99)
Technology:
The modest inventor By Scott Kirsner
"Weaving the Web" holds the promise of a facinating tell-all book about how Tim Berners-Lee created the Web -- but it just doesn't tell all that much. (09/15/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 53: Paul flames out; Liz and Laurel cash in. (09/15/99)
Log: Eau de Mac By Janelle Brown
Apple's new G4 has a sleek look -- and a strange scent. (09/15/99)
Travel:
Writers We Love: Pico Iyer By Don George
This world-wanderer masterfully tracks the intricacies of the dance of East and West. (09/15/99)
Tuesday, September 14, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Don't worry baby By Seth Mnookin
Ronnie Spector on her new Kill Rock Stars EP, her ex-husband Phil and why Puff Daddy can't rock 'n' roll. (09/14/99)
Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
After 10 years of indie rock and a semi-hit on the "Kids" soundtrack, Folk Implosion's Lou Barlow changes his tune. (09/14/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, September 14, 1999. (09/14/99)
Books:
Jelly maker By Larry S. Platt
Despite what liberal critics say, Michael Jordan is the true heir to the radical legacy of Muhammad Ali. (09/14/99)
Dear Mr Blue: When I'm 63 By Garrison Keillor
I love sex and I love men, but the only ones who ever ask me out are married. Where can I go to meet interesting, sexy men? (09/14/99)
Review: The "Blood in the Sun trilogy" By Anderson Tepper
In a wild, exuberant trilogy, Africa's greatest novelist sets out on a warping exploration of Somalian life and consciousness. (09/14/99)
Log: Musician publishes book of eavesdropped cell phone calls By Craig Offman
A small press lends an ear to the airwaves. (09/14/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Duelling bimbos. (09/14/99)
Health & Body:
I hate myself By Daniel Reitz
After my marriage fell apart, I learned the culture of gay self-loathing. (09/14/99)
Letters:
Blame the airlines for "air rage";
Plus: Greil Marcus' tasteless swipe at Spin Doctors singer; Mr. Blue's bad advice to single mom (09/14/99)
Mothers Who Think:
The sound of soda By Barbara Field
Last year I attended Rosh Hashanah at a race track -- this year my religious experience is carbonated, thanks to my son. (09/14/99)
News:
Run, Lowell, Run By Bruce Shapiro
The Connecticut Yankee could stop Pat Buchanan from hijacking the Reform Party -- and give that Texas preppy in cowboy boots a run for his money in November. (09/14/99)
Hair-brained politics By Lee Hubbard
Braiding is an age-old tradition in the African-American community, but California cosmetology regulators are cracking down. (09/14/99)
People:
Diana Rigg By Robin Dougherty
As an icon of cool in "The Avengers," she was a good girl who hit back. Three decades later, one of the world's most elegant actresses is still knockin' 'em dead. (09/14/99)
Nothing Personal I want tuna! I want liver! I want cash prizes! By Amy Reiter
Pets sing songs, McCain writes book, Hillary dances around surgery question ... Everybody's an artist! (09/14/99)
What I thought about for my summer vacation By Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera. (09/08/99)
Technology:
Dreaming of Dreamcast By Janelle Brown
Stunning graphics make the gaming console a delight to play -- but it'd be even better if Sega got the Net component working. (09/14/99)
Log: Is the Thinkpad now Linux-friendly? By Andrew Leonard
IBM says its laptops will be "compatible" with Red Hat Linux -- but just what does that mean? (09/14/99)
Log: Is the Oval Office going open source? By Andrew Leonard
Will all candidates in favor of free software please step forward? (09/13/99)
Travel:
Shopping for futures By Rolf Potts
Our wandering correspondent toys with fate in South Korea. (09/14/99)
Monday, September 13, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
An uncivil "Action" By Joyce Millman
Fox's raunchy, risky movie industry sitcom opens big -- and it just might have legs. (09/13/99)
Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Low-fi electronic indie duo Sukpatch release the fall's best summer record. (09/13/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, September 13, 1999. (09/13/99)
Books:
One mean Renaissance man By Annie M. Paul
As Machiavelli becomes the poster prince for a new kind of power-hungry self-help genre, scholars are using the 16th century political philosopher as a litmus test for human behavior. (09/13/99)
Machiavelli personality test By Richard Christie
Are you a cutthroat or a pussycat? Find out, if you dare. (09/13/99)
Guided tours of dystopia By Lorrie Moore
The author of "Birds of America" selects five favorite novels about the future. (09/13/99)
Review "The Great Shame; and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A writer of Irish extraction explores Australia and North America in a quest to uncover Ireland's history. (09/13/99)
Log: Magnuson ribs Plimpton; Merkin waxes neurotic By Maria Russo
An evening dedicated to extemporizing authors is a microcosm of the literary scene. (09/13/99)
Comics:
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Everyone's getting rich -- except all of you! Ha ha ha! (09/13/99)
Health & Body:
Ask Dr. Bob By Robert Burton, M.D.
Sex on the clock, early menopause and obsessive-compulsive disorder. (09/13/99)
Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl By Tracy Quan
Episode 19: Swooning over the messenger: She can't decide what makes the man: brawn, brains, or big brothers. (09/13/99)
Letters:
Why the GOP likes big, bad Pat Buchanan;
Plus: the sex industry needs Susie Bright's enlightenment; e-mail is no place for a secret (09/13/99)
My nanny, myself By Jennifer Bingham Hull
Is it any wonder that some days I love my nanny more than I love my husband? (09/13/99)
News:
The American way of bigotry By David Horowitz
As we divide along racial lines, aren't we surrendering the fundamental idea of what it means to be American? (09/13/99)
The real China scandal By Joshua Micah Marshall
Was whistle-blower Notra Trulock a right-wing ideologue or a bureaucrat caught in the cross-fire between Clinton and Clinton haters? (09/13/99)
People:
Nothing Personal This is Sly's mom on crack: By Amy Reiter
Also, Tarzan is from Mars, Jane has a show on E! What's air traffic control got to do with it, got to do with it? Welcome to Washington -- what are you wearing? (09/13/99)
The not-a-biography of Richie Havens By Lorenzo W. Milam
The man who sang "Freedom" at Woodstock tells his life story, but forgets to include his life. (09/13/99)
What I thought about for my summer vacation By Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera. (09/08/99)
Technology:
Broadband warrior By Mark Gimein
Tom Jermoluk takes on everyone from America Online to the local phone company in his bid to connect with the consumer. (09/13/99)
Log: We value your opinion -- really By Mark Gimein
Epinions launches a ratings site with a twist: Users don't just rate products. They rate each other's opinions. (09/13/99)
Travel:
Borneo to be Wild By Jame DiBiasio
What ever made me think I could climb Mount Kinabalu? (09/11/99)
Weekend, September 11-12, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards By Michael Sragow
What, you expected obscenities, naked butts and rock 'n' roll attitude? You should have been in the press tent. (09/11/99)
Health & Body:
Toy story By Jennifer Parello
Oh, the adventures of a gal's first vibrator. Mr. Stubbies could charm the pants off anyone. Almost anyone. (09/11/99)
News:
Christie's secrets By Fiona Morgan
Rumors continue to swirl around New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman's withdrawal from the Senate race, including hints of a future role with George W. Bush. (09/11/99)
Back from the dead? By Jake Tapper
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio was once the most hated man in the Garden State. Now he's running for the Senate. (09/11/99)
Another U.N. disaster By Ian Williams
United Nations ineptitude has paved the way for the current East Timor crisis. (09/11/99)
People:
A star is born ... prematurely By Jen Banbury
Famous for not being famous? If you act now, you too can have a fawning celebrity profile -- rich in essential adjectives -- at just a fraction of the cost! (09/11/99)
Leo Castelli By Tom DiEgidio
A widely influential figure in the American art world, the legendary gallery owner was always in the right place at the right time. (09/11/99)
What I thought about for my summer vacation By Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera. (09/10/99)
Technology:
Log: Goodbye, Internet poster boy By Mark Gimein
Marc Andreessen steps down from his CTO job at America Online. Is there anything left of Netscape? (09/11/99)
21st Challenge No. 26 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Compose the perfect dot-com résumé. (09/11/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 52: Barry, beaten -- the rich man and the sea. (09/11/99)
Travel:
Borneo to be Wild By Jame DiBiasio
What ever made me think I could climb Mount Kinabalu? (09/11/99)
Friday, September 10, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Kevin Spacey knows our secrets By Michael Sragow
The enigmatic actor's roles embody manipulation and cunning. (09/10/99)
"Stigmata" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A damp, shallow thriller gives that old-time religion the MTV treatment. (09/10/99)
Sharps & Flats By Alex Pappademas
Unable to translate critical success into mainstream sales, Me'Shell Ndegeocello ends up "Bitter." (09/10/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, September 10, 1999. (09/10/99)
Books:
The first day of the last year By David Alford
After poker, sex and forgetting, I face a room full of faces and suddenly remember. (09/10/99)
Grumpy old archetypes By Steve Perry
James Hillman, bestselling author and gadfly to the therapy movement, talks about the fine art of aging gracefully (09/10/99)
Review"Ringing for You" By Stephanie Zacharek
Another post-"Bridget Jones" novel tackles the subject of a single woman's love life. Yawn. (09/10/99)
Said critic blasts back at Hitchens By Craig Offman
A third volley in the controversy over the leading Palestinian intellectual in America. (09/10/99)
Comics:
Dark Hotel
A mission of murder: Drago slips across the border into Kosovo (09/10/99)
Health & Body:
Historically significant tampons By Mary Roach
The Museum of Menstruation sustains the flow of knowledge in a little-known field. (09/10/99)
Letters:
Robin Williams stinks (maybe);
Plus: the WNBA doesn't need The Dunk; attack ads and the First Amendment (09/10/99)
Media:
Gilded ink By David Carr
At the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, conspicuous consumption is a highly profitable commodity. (09/10/99)
Mothers Who Think:
My prom date, the spy By Lisa Zeidner
I thought my Russian boyfriend's parents were journalists. My bureaucrat dad was convinced they were spies. Of course, they did have that wall-size transmission device in the living room ... (09/10/99)
News:
What next for East Timor? By Fiona Morgan
Experts debate what the United States should do to stop the carnage. (09/10/99)
Bloody hands By Peter Dale Scott
The U.S. has backed Indonesia's military thugs for decades. (09/10/99)
People:
A tale of two Sues By Rachel Louise Snyder
Never find anything good because everybody wants it -- especially if it's the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever discovered. (09/10/99)
Nothing Personal More Di of boredom: By Amy Reiter
This just in! Di was way moody! Also, Tori Amos has friends in dark places; Bono burdens child with slew of names; Cybill Shepherd eyes White House -- likes what she sees. (09/10/99)
What I thought about for my summer vacation By Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera. (09/10/99)
Technology:
Network computing returns -- yet again By Scott Rosenberg
Are we ready to hand over all our computing to Sun's network -- or to the Web? (09/10/99)
Log: The Cybercommunist Manifesto By Andrew Leonard
Are free-software hackers undermining capitalism and the free-market economy with their code giveaways? (09/10/99)
Log: Dreamcast chaos! By Moira Muldoon
Rain, long lines and canceled orders: A much-hyped launch for Sega's new gaming console is a little less than dreamy. (09/10/99)
Travel:
Miami thighs By Joann Biondi
Ready or not, big booty rules in Florida's tropical mecca. (09/10/99)
Thursday, September 9, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
"West Beirut" By Andrew O'Hehir
Tarantino cameraman Ziad Doueiri's excellent directorial debut tracks teenagers coming of age in a sophisticated city devastated by war. (09/09/99)
Arabian Knights By Cynthia Joyce
"West Beirut" director Ziad Douieri talks about growing up in the crossfire of a raging civil war and raging hormones. (09/09/99)
Sharps & Flats By Kandia Crazy Horse
The Bottle Rockets trade trad country for classic rock, leaving them with one tire in a ditch, the other on the right track. (09/09/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, September 9, 1999. (09/09/99)
Books:
Disney-planned By Saul Anton
Reviled, praised and mercilessly scrutinized, Celebration is a town that even its journalist residents don't understand. (09/09/99)
Review"Where the Roots Reach for Water" and "In the Jaws of the Black Dogs" By Greg Bottoms
Two brilliant accounts of depression suggest that at century's end memoir may be our most dynamic form. (09/09/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Kids! Turn off that TV, think for yourself and become an American FREAK! (09/09/99)
Health & Body:
A true fish story By Michael Alvear
Fish breath may be the only side effect to the latest antidepressant. (09/09/99)
Urge: Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan call girl By Tracy Quan
Episode 18: Missing women, mysterious men: Nancy wonders who her real friends are. (09/09/99)
Letters:
Should Warren Beatty be our next president?
Plus: Savaging E.B. White; ascent from a Windows hell (09/09/99)
Media:
Great balls of fire By Sean Elder
The press got a little burned at Waco as well. (09/09/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Cool. Dark. Moist. By Beth Kephart
At the height of a drought, when even spiders beg for a drink, thoughts drift to the basement visits of childhood. (09/09/99)
News:
The truth about Waco By David Thibodeau
A survivor says the government still isn't admitting its role in the deaths of 74 Branch Davidians. (09/09/99)
A place called Crystal City By Jake Tapper
Bill Bradley kicks off his presidential campaign with an old-fashioned tug at the heartstrings. (09/09/99)
People:
Bottom-feeder banquet By John F. Murphy
Choking down crab cakes and savoring Beltway dish with the gourmets of gossip. (09/09/99)
Rogues' Gallery: Corporate dark stars By Douglas Cruickshank
The top 100 Bad companies: Payin' the price for not bein' nice. Plus: The sad tale of Sotheby's fake furniture scam and the porno prince who ate his own fortune. (09/09/99)
Nothing Personal Boobs out of hell: By Amy Reiter
Meat Loaf stacked, Dan Quayle whacked, Ricky Martin mocked -- it's just "la vida" as usual. (09/09/99)
Technology:
It's not the end of the "Millennium," after all By Howard Wen
The TV series may have been canceled by Fox, but fans are producing a new season online. (09/09/99)
Log: Hitting the gold ceiling By Janelle Brown
Why aren't young female entrepreneurs making it into the upper echelons of Silicon Valley wealth? (09/09/99)
Travel:
Off-season Europe By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert gets readers to the heart of autumn Europe, finds the perfect Fallingwater stay and directs scuba divers to some great spots outside the United States. (09/09/99)
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Millennial Brigadoon By Michelle Goldberg
The annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert invents a hyper-real space, a republic of drugs, nudity and spectacle. (09/08/99)
Sidekick no more By Sarah Vowell
Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter was the biggest star on "Late Night." So what took him so long to leave? (09/08/99)
Sharps & Flats By David Bowman
A new anthology tries to put the wild career of the deranged Captain Beefheart in perspective -- as if that's even possible. (09/08/99)
"Up" down By Seth Mnookin
Two years ago, R.E.M. lost a drummer -- and a little class. (09/08/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, September 8, 1999. (09/08/99)
Books:
Mightier than the sword By Carlene Bauer
True-crime writer James Tully puts Charlotte Brontë -- survivor of three prematurely passed sisters -- behind the trigger in his new book. (09/08/99)
Falun Gong By Mark Wallace
What the religious leader who made China tremble has to say for himself. (09/08/99)
Review"The Coming of the Night" By Frank Browning
The gay novelist veers toward camp and very nearly touches greatness. (09/08/99)
Log: OED goes online, but you can't afford it By Craig Offman
The newest, most current version of the Oxford English Dictionary will soon be available, for a price. (09/08/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Never take acid at Disneyland, and other rules for modern living (09/08/99)
Health & Body:
Laugh track By Susan McCarthy
Someday doctors might be replaced by Marx Brothers movies. (09/08/99)
Letters:
Is Bush controversy about character or issues?
Plus: Fame and notoriety after 500-man gangbang; ugly Americans in Beirut and Berlin. (09/08/99)
Media:
The CBS-Viacom merger By Sean Elder
Putting the sin back in television synergy. (09/08/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Iron daddy By Kevin Trotter
This stay-at-home dad found that waiting for a call back from La Leche League is tougher than hanging out in an office all day. (09/08/99)
News:
Assume the position, Newt By David Corn
Former House Speaker Gingrich faces embarrassing questions about his sex life and marital fidelity. (09/08/99)
Capital punishment on trial By Charles Elmore
After witnessing a state execution, a Florida reporter says the electric chair is inhumane. (09/08/99)
People:
What I thought about for my summer vacation By Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera. (09/08/99)
Nothing Personal Cuddles in the City: By Amy Reiter
Parker's character says "pussy"; Sobieski's breasts say "hi!"; and the Lord says ... "Let there be pecs!" (09/08/99)
Technology:
Pretty pretty bang bang By Marc Spiegler
Is Quake 3 too beautiful to live up to its promise as the "ultimate death-match game"? (09/08/99)
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 51: Caterers become cable moguls; Barry flies down under (09/08/99)
Travel:
Repast recaptured By David Downie
Feasting in a temple of traditional gastronomy in rural France. (09/08/99)
Tuesday, September 7, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
With a song in their hearts By Charles Taylor
Singers have always made instinctive actors. This fall, a pack of new movies offers further evidence. (09/07/99)
Louisville lips By Jon Dolan
The two women behind Freakwater have a story to get off their chests. (09/07/99)
Sharps & Flats By Stacey Kors
With a new score for the original "Dracula," Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet allow the children of the night to sing once again. (09/07/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, September 7, 1999. (09/07/99)
Books:
Dear Mr. Blue: Still tempted By Garrison Keillor
She's the perfect woman: Gorgeous, intelligent and horny most of the time. Why do I still lust after other beautiful women? (09/07/99)
Bad blood By Charles Taylor
In his new novel, author Roddy Doyle ("The Committments") ventures into the bitter heart of a terrorist. (09/07/99)
Review"For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today " By Caleb Crain
A fresh-faced 24-year-old with a prescription for a better America is way, way out of his depth. (09/07/99)
Comics:
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Star trip (09/07/99)
Health & Body:
Loyalty cocktail By Virginia Vitzthum
Researchers have injected a monogamy gene into promiscuous mice. But will this appeal to male humans? (09/07/99)
Urge: Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl By Tracy Quan
Episode 17: If Allison is still "giving up" the hooker's life, why is she still giving it up? (09/07/99)
Fisticuffs in the cube By Jon Bowen
Stressed-out office workers are succumbing to "desk rage." (09/07/99)
Letters:
Why should Internet millionaires date gold-diggers?
Plus: The Irish still suffer; Horowitz is no conservative! (09/07/99)
Media:
Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(09/07/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Infested! By Jean Hanff Korelitz
What are these tiny black bugs doing in my hair and why can't I get rid of them? (09/07/99)
News:
Get over it, David! By Joe Conason
Where I come from, if you're going to dish it out, you've got to learn to take it, too. (09/07/99)
Commentary's scurrilous attack on Edward Said By Christopher Hitchens
Enemies are calling him "the Palestinian Tawana Brawley," but Said's stories of displacement and diaspora are true. (09/07/99)
People:
Nothing Personal Ling's Immaculate Contraception? By Amy Reiter
Lucy Liu visited by the horny spirit; John Malkovich on being John Malkovich in "Being John Malkovich"; Pat Buchanan's Web master does a really, really good job! (09/07/99)
Brilliant Careers: William Eggleston By Stanley Booth
The man who reinvented color photography is famous for pictures that some banal, and others call extraordinary. He says his subjects are the very stuff of life. (09/07/99)
Everyday things A William Eggleston photo gallery
(09/07/99)
Technology:
Linux laptop lust By Andrew Leonard
Laptop hardware is an unconquered frontier for Linux -- a place where the cutting edge sometimes slices free software to shreds. (09/07/99)
Log: Open-source fiction? By Thomas Claburn
An online writers workshop aims to expose the guts of works in progress to the Internet's hive mind. (09/07/99)
Travel:
Flying in the age of air rage By Elliott Neal Hester
When pilots are stabbed to death and flight attendants are taken to the hospital in ambulances, the skies are out of control. (09/07/99)
Log: Hemingway and me at the Paris Ritz By Gentry Lane
Throwing back a few martinis in memory of Liberation Day. (09/07/99)
Weekend, September 4-6, 1999
Comics:
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
George W.'s evil twin! (09/04/99)
Health & Body:
Urge: Dirty bookstores 101 By Susie Bright
That gigantic dildo is not a toy, and other tips for the timid adventurer. (09/04/99)
News:
Who's afraid of Pat Buchanan? By Jake Tapper
His spineless Republican rivals and the political punditocracy, that's who. (09/04/99)
People:
Bud Cort By Erika Milvy
A quirky black comedy called "Harold and Maude" made him the poster boy of midnight movies. Thirty years later he said,"I've had moments where I wished I'd never done it." (09/04/99)
Technology:
Silicon Follies By Thomas Scoville
Chapter 50: Candy downshifts out of the fast lane -- and into Psychrist's hot tub. (09/04/99)
Travel:
Tempests in a Thai-pot By Morris Dye
Despite sex scandals and overspeculation, Bangkok residents still find reasons to smile. (09/04/99)
Friday, September 3, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
When good actors go bad By Stephanie Zacharek
Robin Williams is a comic genius. So why has he become unbearable? (09/03/99)
"Chill Factor" By Stephanie Zacharek
Chemo-terrorists! Car crashes! Ice cream men! But not even Cuba Gooding Jr. can thaw out this late-summer dud. (09/03/99)
Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
The "Stigmata" soundtrack stars Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan and his experimental art of demonic composition. (09/03/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, September 3, 1999. (09/03/99)
Books:
Ivory Tower: Shooting stars and drinking hemlock By David Alford
What makes sense after 31 years of teaching college? (09/03/99)
Moonstruck By David Bowman
Michael Light, the
photographer who compiled NASA's spectacular lunar photos, talks about how they almost didn't happen, and how they changed his life. (09/03/99)
Review"The Last Life" By Maggie Jones
A novel splendidly evokes the wounds of French-Algerian exiles. (09/03/99)
Books Log: Movie makes "Fight Club" book a contender By Craig Offman
First editions of Chuck Palahniuk's novel have become a hot commodity. (09/03/99)
Comics:
The Dark Hotel A photo of a deadly woman takes Drago back to his Belgrade heroin days (09/03/99)
Health & Body:
Faster Pussycat, Wax! Wax! By Christina Valhouli
A Brazilian bikini wax changed Gwyneth Paltrow's life; it can change yours, too! (09/03/99)
Letters:
Don't let junkie turn misspent youth into profit;
Brazil's "raceless" society; what's the truth about Waco? (09/03/99)
Media:
Alt: Tree girl has spawned! By Jenn Shreve
Young, PR-savvy idealists defend forests, Republicanism and dog food. Plus: Graphic sex writing is soooo 1995; Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish? (09/03/99)
List this By Jake Tapper
See how U.S. News &
World Report's annual ranking of colleges stacks up against other media listings. (09/03/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Female basketball stars don't dunk By Julian Rubinstein
Why is the male press corps so obsessed with that fact? (09/03/99)
News:
Trouble in "Holy City" By Laura Rozen
The man behind the Kansas creationism controversy worries that the flap has awakened his opponents -- and his opponents hope he's right. (09/03/99)
AllThePresidentsWomen.com By Suzi Parker
For Gennifer, Dolly, Paula and Monica, love never has to die, if they take it online. (09/03/99)
People:
William F. Buckley Jr. By Chris Weinkopf
A friend of one of the country's leading conservatives looks at WFB's career as a writer and editor, his public life and the time he spent as an undercover CIA agent. (09/03/99)
Nothing Personal "Harder, faster!": Three Tommys for every Pam! Pamela's placenta swims with the fishes; Love Hewitt joins breast-boasting brigade; "World's Most Exciting Animal" defended by world's least exciting animal. Plus! Good news: Jesus returns ... as clay! (09/03/99)
Technology:
How to empower a couch potato By Mark Gimein
Can
ReplayTV really revolutionize television watching? Well, it can do neat stuff like rewind live broadcasts. (09/03/99)
Log: Hard times for hardcore gamers By Janelle Brown
Total Entertainment Network dumps its first-person shooters to launch Pogo.com. (09/03/99)
Travel:
Belize in the dark By Michael Perry
We take to the dark so that we may buy some time in the light. (09/03/99)
Thursday, September 2, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
A magical, movable feast By Michael Sragow
The Beatles live again in the eye- and ear- popping new print of "Yellow Submarine." (09/02/99)
Sharps & Flats By Jon Dolan
Quite contrary: Mary J. Blige transforms herself into the first diva with both feet on the ground. (09/02/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, September 2, 1999. (09/02/99)
Books:
Polite literature By George Rafael
Strunk and White's much-revered "The Elements of Style" has sapped the life from American writing. (09/02/99)
The clothed city By Charles Taylor
E.B. White's "classic" book on Gotham is downright phony. (09/02/99)
Review"Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murder" By Bill Vourvoulias
A throrough investigation tells a hair-raising story but doesn't go far enough in its indictment of the medical profession. (09/02/99)
Comics:
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix (09/02/99)
Health & Body:
A shot in the dark By Dawn MacKeen
Is a hospital the perfect place for a doctor to kill-- and kill again? (09/02/99)
Frozen with fear By James B. Stewart
IAfter a doctor injected him with a strange substance, the patient couldn't scream or move. (09/02/99)
Urge: Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl By Tracy Quan
Episode 16: Hurried Harry, Melancholy Matt: Nancy weighs the scales of hooker judgment-- but will it matter if Matt doesn't understand? (09/02/99)
Letters:
Is Britney Spears just "lovestruck"?
Plus: Gates' personality quirks conceal real issues in Redmond; selling science with sex appeal (09/02/99)
Media:
Why we should get rid of political advertising -- now By Bob Welke
A veteran adman says that it's time for ads to go back to doing what they do best: Selling kitty litter. (09/02/99)
News:
Run Warren run By David Talbot
A Beatty campaign could force both parties to admit their addiction to special-interest money. (09/02/99)
Life of the party? By Anthony York
Hollywood, Democrats and Reform Party leaders aren't saying much about a possible Beatty candidacy. (09/02/99)
My dinner with Bulworth By Jake Tapper
The Minnesota adman who helped Jesse Ventura become governor advises Warren Beatty on how he might claim the White House. (09/02/99)
Big Willie style By Jake Tapper
Controversial Florida state Rep. Willie Logan is hiring Jesse Ventura's adman to launch his grass-roots Senate campaign. (09/02/99)
People:
The poetry of rural roguery By Douglas Cruickshank
The extra-urban misadventures of "very large for his age" and his ilk. (09/02/99)
Nothing Personal Beating around a Bush: By Amy Reiter
Forbes snaps up rights to Jeb Bush/Steve Forbes domain-name combos; John McCain on Alzheimer's -- so funny you'll forget to laugh; Kevin Spacey won't invite public on "own personal journey"; Lewinsky opens wide for Marie Claire. (09/02/99)
Technology:
Jupiter shoots for the moon By Janelle Brown
The market research firm has always said the Net would be big. Now it's big enough to launch Jupiter on a bid to go public. (09/02/99)
Log: Hacker's remorse By "Lily Black"
When a Hotmail security breach exposed e-mail inboxes, I spied on a rival and learned more than I wanted to know. (09/02/99)
Travel:
Revisiting "Thelma and Louise" By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert offers advice on spotting the filmic outlaws' relics in Utah, getting in position for the next solar eclipse and learning about those European B&Bs. (09/02/99)
Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Arts & Entertainment:
Outside Providence By Stephanie Zacharek
The Farrelly brothers unself-consciously put a class-conscious spin on this wonderfully off-beat coming-of-age story. (09/01/99)
Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Ben Harper is no Bob Dylan -- he's actually not even Robbie Robertson. (09/01/99)
Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, September 1, 1999. (09/01/99)
Books:
The respectable cult By Laura Miller
A new book asks why Christian Science has gotten away with the kind of paranoid, secretive practices that usually push religions into the kook bin. (09/01/99)
Like Jonestown in slow motion By Laura Miller
Caroline Fraser, author of "God's Perfect Child," talks about the casualties of Christian Science's belief in the power of prayer and the media's soft spot for the church. (09/01/99)
Ivory Tower: Fear 101 By Elizabeth Bobrick
Seasonal teaching anxiety reduces the most experienced professors to raw nerves and nightmares. (09/01/99)
Review"Waste and Want; A Social History of Trash" By Peter Kurth
A close look at garbage comes up with gold. (09/01/99)
Log: Crime writer Vachss fights for the little guy By Craig Offman
The bestselling author has founded his own press to treat neglected writers right. (09/01/99)
Comics:
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Does that $7,000 coffin come with a wet bar? (09/01/99)
Health & Body:
Personal-space invaders By Jon Bowen
Research shows that we need room to stay sane. (09/01/99)
Letters:
Demonizing Disney
Plus: There's no such thing as "reverse racism"; couldn't God have created evolution? (09/01/99)
Media:
Good old sex By Sean Elder
Modern Maturity -- the largest-circulation magazine in America -- gets sexier as the baby boomers realize that 50 isn't old after all. (09/01/99)
Mothers Who Think:
Ice, ice, baby By Pippa Gordon
Here I am: Cold to the bone, face smeared with mud, herding horses near the Arctic Circle. Call me "Incredulous in Iceland." (09/01/99)
News:
Is welfare reform sending more kids to foster care? By Nell Bernstein
Despite the success stories, more families at the bottom are falling apart. (09/01/99)
The ugly American embassy By Steve Kettmann and Guy Raz
The U.S. wants to build a new mission in Berlin, and cut into the grounds of a tree-filled park and the new Holocaust museum to do it. (09/01/99)
People:
Briefing for a descent into computer hell By Steve Burgess
The chilling story of a deadline-addled writer's disintegration triggered by the seven words no keyboard jockey wants to hear. (09/01/99)
Nothing Personal Dr. Laura: 20th century fraud? By Amy Reiter
Greatest phonies of last hundred years; Newt no candidate for sainthood; Lucianne Goldberg likens Starr to a lounging lizard. (09/01/99)
Technology:
Holey Hotmail By Scott Rosenberg
If the biggest free e-mail service can't keep our mail private, forget about moving all our data onto the Web. (09/01/99)
Silicon Follies Chapter 49: By Thomas Scoville
Layoff -- Candy gets taken out with the trash. (09/01/99)
Log: Micropublishing comes of age By Mark Gimein
Fatbrain.com offers writers the chance to self-publish -- and take home 50-percent royalties. (09/01/99)
Travel:
Caught in the crossfire By Jessie Deeter and Anne Sengès
Is Beirut ready for tourism? Two journalists hit the ground in Lebanon to find out. (09/01/99)
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