June 2000

"The Perfect Storm" By Stephanie Zacharek
Loaded with dumb dialogue and blubbery melodrama, Wolfgang Petersen's ocean epic still shakes. (06/30/2000)

"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" By Charles Taylor
Robert De Niro's whip-fast Fearless Leader blurs the line between humans and cartoons, but the rest of this clunky TV remake is stiffer than an iron curtain. (06/30/2000)

"Trixie" Andrew O'Hehir
Emily Watson is a malaprop-spouting security guard in Alan Rudolph's latest not-quite-a-movie. (06/30/2000)

"Shakespeare in Love" By Stephanie Zacharek
A historical romance made up out of whole cloth -- as if that mattered. (06/30/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Independence Day holiday, June 30-July 4, 2000 (06/30/2000)

How the moose was made By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A fact-crammed history of the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" show and its gleefully prankish creators. (06/30/2000)

Chicken soup for the marketer's soul By Steven M. Zeitchik
Our reporter ventures inside a think tank for the most successful book publisher you've never heard of. (06/30/2000)

The $1 Oahu epiphany By Don George
Circling the heart of Hawaii by bus was something I'd wanted to do for years. (06/30/2000)

The ferret in first class By Elliott Neal Hester
It's a zoo up there! You never know what hairy critter you might meet on your next flight. (06/30/2000)

Circumcision may cut AIDS risk By Sabin Russell
Researchers have routinely dismissed the idea that the procedure can stem the spread of HIV. That may be about to change. (06/30/2000)

Salon's coverage of the human genome breakthrough
(06/30/2000)

Joe Conason vs. David Horowitz on the Gore scandals
(06/30/2000)

Partial healing
By Viki Wilson (06/30/2000)

One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry
Resilience: When you put something out of your mind, where does it go? (06/30/2000)

Chopper wars By Arianna Huffington
Coupon-cutting cronies in the Senate care more about helicopters for Colombia than the drug problem at home. (06/30/2000)

Any given Monday night By Allen Barra
Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. (06/30/2000)

No out Scouts
By Daryl Lindsey and Fiona Morgan (06/30/2000)

John Rocker says he's sorry By Gary Kaufman
On his first trip to New York since his inflammatory comments last year, the Braves reliever issues another apology, then retires the side. (06/30/2000)

Twinkle, twinkle, little health club By David Goodman
Who should walk into the men's locker and glimpse me in all my glory? None other than Kramer himself, Michael Richards. (06/30/2000)

Sharon Stone: Pantyless power monger? By Amy Reiter
Actress laughs off screenwriter's version of her naked ambition; Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid split the sheets -- enter the gladiator? Plus: Eminem's mom sues him for $10 million! (06/30/2000)

Happy Fourth of July, soldier By Cary Tennis
Independence Day is a national holiday, but personal associations -- from heroism to heroin -- are what give it meaning. (06/30/2000)

Nader's raiders seek government gold By Alicia Montgomery
The Green Party reaches for a fundraising loophole and for undecided voters. (06/30/2000)

Where's Perot's big mouth? By Anthony York
As his boosters prepare to nominate him, he's keeping quiet on his plans. (06/30/2000)

Campaign reform chic By Jake Tapper
What made 33 Republicans suddenly change their minds about a bill that cracks down on stealth PACs? (06/30/2000)

Whose lie is it, anyway? By Jake Tapper
When it comes to George W. Bush's record on people with disabilities, Gore and Bush each say the other is truth-challenged. (06/30/2000)

Perot won't run By Anthony York
The Texas billionaire cites "ethical concerns" in declining to seek the Reform Party presidential nomination. (06/30/2000)

Veep show By Anthony York
Is Oklahoma's Frank Keating small enough to be Bush's man? (06/30/2000)

Political calendar
The goings-on for July. (06/30/2000)

Brilliant Careers Essay Contest Brilliant Careers Essay Contest
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31 Ejaculations: No. 22 By Eric Bogosian
It's so much like coming, you don't have to come anymore. (06/30/2000)

Look now By David Thomson
Nicolas Roeg's "Don't Look Now" gave us beautifully sad, tender, creepy sex, not to mention a full-frontal Donald Sutherland. (06/30/2000)

Shotgun wedding, AK-47-style By Jack Boulware
Armed to the teeth, a Cambodian man forces his sweetheart to say yes. (06/30/2000)

21st Challenge No. 34 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Dot-com rise-and-fall haiku. (06/30/2000)

Microsoft's .Net: Visionary or vaporware? By Scott Rosenberg
Having trouble reading Gates' latest road map to the future? You're not alone. Here's some help. (06/30/2000)

Surf naked By Katharine Mieszkowski
At San Francisco's Dot-Cum Lounge, the future of online porn is a group experience. (06/30/2000)

Paulina Borsook to Eric Raymond: Don't you Kakutani me! By Paulina Borsook
The author of "Cyberselfish" takes issue with Raymond's screed defending libertarian geek culture. (06/30/2000)

This dame was a lady By Michael Sragow
Janet Leigh rebuffed Howard Hughes, made movies with Orson Welles and collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock. But don't call her an actor. (06/29/2000)

"Bull Durham" By Michael Sragow
On the DVD of this baseball classic, director Ron Shelton reveals why he thinks that famous "long, slow, deep, wet kisses" speech he wrote is baloney. (06/29/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 29, 2000 (06/29/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michael J. Kramer
King Sunny Ade earns universality not through casual musical tourism but through an effort grounded in turmoil, sadness and bitterness. (06/29/2000)

Working-class monster By Graham Joyce
Relatives say Martin Amis' new memoir exploits his murdered cousin, and they're right -- but not in the way they think. (06/29/2000)

"Emotionally Weird" by Kate Atkinson By Greg Villepique
Stories proliferate in a giddy, madcap novel crammed with stoner students, crazy professors and long-kept family secrets. (06/29/2000)

The perfect star By Gregg Kilday
As "The Perfect Storm" bears down on the box office, George Clooney tries to prove -- yet again -- that he's an A-list star (06/29/2000)

Amazon Agonistes By Diane Seo
With its stock down 66 percent, is Amazon.com still worth the trouble? (06/29/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
All you see is an illusion. Corporations are not real. (06/29/2000)

Partial healing By Viki Wilson
Thankfully, the Supreme Court has struck down a law banning the procedure that saved my life and ended my daughter's suffering. (06/29/2000)

Salon's coverage of the Central Park attacks
(06/29/2000)

Al Gore's missile-defense dodge
By David Horowitz (06/29/2000)

Sex as an extreme sport
By Zachary Karabell (06/29/2000)

Game of the week: Love vs. Gay Pride
By Gary Kaufman (06/29/2000)

Deranged marriage By Sridhar Pappu
When the match didn't take, I wound up with Merle Haggard. (06/29/2000)

Adiss, Elian By Myra MacPherson
Now that your telenovela is over, perhaps your normal childhood can begin again. (06/29/2000)

Abortion in the spotlight By Bruce Shapiro
A narrow ruling upholding late-term abortions makes reproductive rights -- and the Supreme Court itself -- a hot issue this election year. (06/29/2000)

No out Scouts By Daryl Lindsey and Fiona Morgan
Plaintiff James Dale, the Boy Scouts, Andrew Sullivan and others react to the ruling that the organization can exclude gays. (06/29/2000)

Start spreading the news By Gary Kaufman
John Rocker, the lefty with the big mouth and no control, hits Broadway. Or at least Flushing. (06/29/2000)

How U.S. stars sell Japan to the Japanese By Malena Watrous
In the Land of the Rising Sun, Schwarzenegger sells elixir, DiCaprio does car commercials, Harrison hawks brewskis, Willis sells coffee -- and they all want to keep it a secret. (06/29/2000)

Darva: Milking it! By Amy Reiter
No more nursing for Conger after nude photos; cameras rolling on new "Star Wars"; Hurley chompin' at the bit for post-Hugh horseplay. Plus: How Warren Beatty consoles Halle Berry. (06/29/2000)

Elian has left the building By Alicia Montgomery
Bush saddened, Gore relieved as the Cuban boy flies home. (06/29/2000)

Gore's houseguest from hell By Jake Tapper
Democrats allege that the investigator who interviewed Gore at home is playing partisan. (06/29/2000)

Spying on Microsoft By Joshua Micah Marshall
Oracle's sleuthing doesn't seem so bad when you consider the results. (06/30/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 21 By Eric Bogosian
The film of sweat makes the electricity between us tingle. (06/29/2000)

?Quiin es mas macho? By Jack Boulware
Mexico's presidential candidates call each other "cross-dressing sissy" and "impotent bachelor." (06/29/2000)

The science of invention By Mark Wallace
Can a theory cooked up by a Soviet labor camp survivor solve today's thorniest engineering problems -- and make the world a better place? (06/29/2000)

Who's the real voyeur? By Damien Cave
An adult Web site claims CBS's "Big Brother" TV program steers too close to its own online "reality show." (06/29/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michael Ullman
Bossa nova veteran Joco Gilberto -- with just guitar, voice and the songs of Brazil -- still swings harder than most. (06/28/2000)

"Survivor," complete By Joyce Millman, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Barfing! Backbiting! Richard's big white ass! An episode-by-episode guide to the Darwinian high jinks of CBS's island castaways -- right up to the surprising conclusion. (06/28/2000)

"My Ramona" By Alanis Smithee
A song for the rejected castaway, sung to the tune of "My Sharona." (06/28/2000)

"The Patriot" By Andrew O'Hehir
Forgive the big, messy, flag-waving folly of the men who made "Independence Day" and "Braveheart" -- this bloody celebration finally gives the American Revolution the epic it deserves. (06/28/2000)

"The Limey" By Stephanie Zacharek
Steven Soderbergh talks about the innate decency of the title character in his fractured art-house crime thriller. (06/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 28, 2000 (06/28/2000)

"Gig" By Ann Marlowe
In an update of Studs Terkel's "Working," Americans tell all about the jobs they hate and love. (06/28/2000)

False goddess By Lawrence Osborne
Despite what believers in prehistoric matriarchy proclaim, women never ruled the Earth. (06/28/2000)

My wife brings home the bacon By Mr. Dot-Mom
After she became a paper millionaire, I gave up on the workforce. (06/28/2000)

Can't anyone around here edit? By Sean Elder
As long-form narrative pieces go the way of Diogenes, magazines search for that rarity: An editor who knows how to edit. (06/28/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories. (06/28/2000)

In hangover hell By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I drank too much last night and don't know what to do -- pop Tylenol or Advil? (06/28/2000)

When God and football collide
Readers back the Supreme Court on its decision to ban prayer at school events. (06/28/2000)

Is sexism to blame for the Central Park maulings?
"Obnoxious bumper stickers are only symptoms." (06/28/2000)

Branding consultants' games make asses out of clients
"The spirit of P.T. Barnum lives." (06/28/2000)

Summer of infestation By Deborah Friedell
At camp that year, all I wanted was to be loved. Instead, I learned the meaning of humiliation. (06/28/2000)

Race has everything to do with it By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
In the wake of the Central Park assaults, it's time to pay attention to black violence against women -- and a murder rate that's still seven times that of whites. (06/28/2000)

Waco on trial By Robert Bryce
Testimony in the civil case focuses on an alleged helicopter attack on the Branch Davidian compound. (06/28/2000)

A wrench in the "ruling party machine" By Fiona Morgan
One frustrated journalist in Mexico City speaks out about the censorship imposed by his publisher's quid pro quo relationship with the PRI. (06/28/2000)

"I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah" By Anthony York
Mike Tyson is happy to be your sociopath. (06/28/2000)

After Hurricane Elian By Max J. Castro
Miami is a city asunder, divided by race, but the Cuban exiles' stranglehold on local and national power has unmistakably eased. (06/28/2000)

Bump and rind By Amy Reiter
Seedy sex scene sliced from new Jim Carrey movie? Liv Tyler stars in the erotic dreams of Rebecca Romijn-Stamos; Darva doffs her duds. Plus: Did former "Survivor" contestant reveal show's winner? (06/28/2000)

The sushi mogul By Susan Emerling
He invented a singular cuisine that blends Japanese, Peruvian and European ingredients. He owns successful restaurants worldwide. What's left for Nobu to do? (06/28/2000)

Reno hangs tough on Gore probe By Alicia Montgomery
The attorney general just says "no comment" on a new investigation. (06/28/2000)

Perot may run By Anthony York
By Saturday, it could be Ross vs. Pat Buchanan for the Reform Party nomination. (06/28/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 20 By Eric Bogosian
It's not that long, only about 6 or so inches, but it's got the dimensions of a Pepsi can. (06/28/2000)

Horseplay By Jack Boulware
New Zealand's Olympics-bound equestrian is accused of snorting coke and having unprotected gay sex. (06/28/2000)

This toy is not a toy By Annie Auguste
With help from the Internet, new medical thinking and a maturing sex consciousness, the huge sex-toy industry is getting huger. (06/28/2000)

Adding up the funny numbers By Janelle Brown
Media Metrix's merger with Jupiter Communications creates an intimidating one-stop shop for Web analysis. (06/28/2000)

Don't tweak the geeks! By Eric Raymond
A hacker historian parries a wrongheaded New York Times assault on digital culture. (06/28/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Carlene Bauer
Wry, sweet and fresh Belle & Sebastian trade mannered music-box melodies for ... an issue song. (06/27/2000)

"Blue Velvet" By Charles Taylor
As disturbing and sensuous on DVD as it was in 1986 -- with a great sick joke to boot. (06/27/2000)

A movie called "Nashville" By Ray Sawhill
Twenty-five years ago, it looked like Robert Altman's freewheeling cinematic tapestry would change movies forever. What happened? (06/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 27, 2000 (06/27/2000)

"Abyssinian Chronicles" by Moses Isegawa By Anderson Tepper
A first-time novelist summons up the violence and terror of Uganda under Idi Amin. (06/27/2000)

Living dangerously By Garrison Keillor
The graduate student my friend is dating has the body of a porn star, but he's her professor. Should I warn him that he's risking everything he's worked for? (06/27/2000)

Name, covers of Harry Potter IV leaked By Laura Miller
U.S. publisher is forced to confirm title. "It was going to be a surprise, like a birthday or a Christmas present, for the kids," says a spokeswoman. (06/27/2000)

The summer of (slightly less expensive) love By Eric Boehlert
Thanks to the likes of Limp Bizkit, Pearl Jam and Britney Spears, concert prices are coming down. So why are those damn ticket fees still going through the roof? (06/27/2000)

The new power players By Steve Bodow
Sticker-shocked Americans, reeling from rising gas prices, have boosted the stock of companies producing alternative fuels. (06/27/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
He had never loved anyone, ever. (06/27/2000)

Book of life? By Tabitha M. Powledge
Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not. (06/27/2000)

Building better humans By Ralph Brave
The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them. (06/27/2000)

Space invaders By Martha Ackmann
Bounced from astronaut training because of their gender, the Mercury 13 get no respect. (06/27/2000)

Haiti's battered faith By Michael Deibert
Impoverished, terrorized, their elections corrupted, the country's people still believe in their hero, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (06/27/2000)

What's race got to do with it? By Kathy Dobie
Some men behaved badly in Central Park, but others tried to help the women under attack -- and they were black and Latino, too. (06/27/2000)

Anna Kournikova: Winless superstar By Kerry Lauerman
With nary a victory and not much of a game, she's the hottest ticket at Wimbledon. And she deserves to be. (06/27/2000)

Game of the week: Love vs. Gay Pride By Gary Kaufman
PETA says the Green Bay Packers should change their blood-drenched name. The Packers aren't the only ones. (06/27/2000)

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas By Susan McCarthy
Her books on dogs have made her a bestselling author, but her fascinating life as a writer began over 40 years ago in the Kalahari Desert. (06/27/2000)

If these Wahlbergs could talk By Amy Reiter
Boogie nights or lonely nights for Marky Mark? Mike Tyson: And give me some fava beans and merlot! Plus: Finally, some culture -- Britney Spears Museum opens! (06/27/2000)

Poll puts pressure on Gore By Alicia Montgomery
A new survey shows the vice president sinking fast. And Clinton stalls while Lazio stumbles. (06/27/2000)

The George W. minority outreach tour By Jake Tapper
Bush reaches out to Latino and black voters in his latest campaign swing. (06/27/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 19 By Eric Bogosian
I know the woman across the way sits in the darkness of her place and watches me. (06/27/2000)

The story of a young prostitute By Virginia Vitzthum
A teenage call girl gets her "parenting" wherever she can find it. Part 1 in a series. (06/27/2000)

French nuns shun Viagra By Jack Boulware
They're investing like never before, but not in Pfizer. (06/27/2000)

Thoroughly modern Medicis By Janelle Brown
Will new-economy millionaires bankroll needy artists? Several Web companies are promoting the idea. (06/27/2000)

ICANN's double jeopardy By Damien Cave
Two more missteps by the agency watching over domain-name registration send critics into convulsions. (06/27/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Chris Isaak, 'N Sync and the favorite albums of Minnesota Senate candidates: Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted author and critic. (06/26/2000)

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" By Bill Wyman
Upon the DVD release of the classic high school comedy, Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling talk about the X rating its teenage nudity earned. (06/26/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold star on a comp for rave newbies, while the two-CD "Trance Nation America" thins the strong pulse of early-'90s dance music. (06/26/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 26, 2000 (06/26/2000)

The Salon A&E department
A complete list of staff members and contact info. (06/26/2000)

"Vertigo" by W.G. Sebald By Brigitte Frase
The tale of a strange quest, haunted by the ghost of Kafka, from one of the oddest great writers around. (06/26/2000)

Far-out By Mark Bowden
The author of "Black Hawk Down" picks five great books about the U.S. space program. (06/26/2000)

The new New Jersey By Diane Seo and Suzy Hansen
Manhattan transfer: Meet America's latest financial epicenter. (06/26/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
D.N.C. scientists make crucial adjustments to the Gorebot. (06/26/2000)

Mad scientist By Arthur Allen
A grand jury is looking into the double life of Larry C. Ford, a brilliant doctor who killed himself before others learned about his dark side. (06/26/2000)

Vaginal detergent By Arthur Allen
Can a germ-killing suppository like Biofem's Inner Confidence protect women against HIV? (06/26/2000)

The great gene race By Ralph Brave
A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won. (06/26/2000)

Will higher gas prices help the environment?
"I was beginning to think I was alone in welcoming higher gas prices" (06/26/2000)

Nina Simone fans praise her Brilliant Career
"Her artistry will always be appreciated" (06/26/2000)

Leave Microsoft's Clippit alone!
"The best thing of all is the humor" (06/26/2000)

Sex as an extreme sport By Zachary Karabell
I wanted emotional exploration -- only monogamy stood in my way. (06/26/2000)

Al Gore's missile-defense dodge By David Horowitz
The vice president cares more about reassuring the Russians than protecting Americans, and that's why George W. Bush should be president. (06/26/2000)

Your money or your hockey team By Gary Kaufman
The Calgary Flames' owners said they had to sell 14,000 season tickets by June 30 or the team might leave town. It looks like the ploy is working. (06/26/2000)

Ivana sue you, dahlink! By Amy Reiter
The Donald's ex gets litigious after a TV stunt drowns her dress; Britney shocked: U.K. tabloid got the sex-for-millions story all wrong! Plus: Hot mama! Sharon Stone to do "Basic Instinct 2"! (06/26/2000)

The lady is a pornographer By Marisa Kakoulas
Abby Ehmann, editrix in chief of Extreme Fetish magazine, is also a feminist, a champion of free expression and "just really normal." (06/26/2000)

Nader's "hotter than high school love" By Alicia Montgomery
The Green Party candidate moves out of the gates. Gore tries to clear the air as he ties up the race. (06/26/2000)

Court nixes 'blanket' primaries By Laurie Asseo
(06/26/2000)

David Horowitz: Yes By David Horowitz
More questions about Gore's role deepen the campaign fundraising scandal for the most corrupt administration ever. (06/26/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 18 By Eric Bogosian
I just get hard the minute they screw the metal clamps around my penis. (06/26/2000)

Wonderbra of Wimbledon By Jack Boulware
Anna Kournikova billboards proclaim the utility and beauty of the sports bra. (06/26/2000)

Easy coder By Damien Cave
Martin Tobias' film about a cross-country Harley ride prompted another journey -- into multimedia encoding. (06/26/2000)

Out of the womb, onto the Web By Gina Shaw
Make baby's first Internet connection in the maternity ward. (06/26/2000)

Bigger than both of us By Sean Elder
Time Warner and AOL shareholders bless the marriage. But will Europe and the U.S. government throw rice? (06/24/2000)

You've got money! By Diane Seo
Shareholders at AOL's and Time Warner's merger meetings demand assurances that the companies will continue to rake it in. (06/24/2000)

Bright site, two cities By Andrew Essex and Daryl Lindsey
Live from New York and Virginia: On-site coverage of the "truly historic" AOL-Time Warner shareholders vote. (06/24/2000)

Another Republican hatchet job By Joe Conason
The latest leaked charges against Al Gore are more the product of partisan politics than any new hard evidence. (06/24/2000)

Gore gambles on truth By Alicia Montgomery
The vice president tells all in a fundraising investigation transcript. (06/24/2000)

A Gore scandal guide for dummies By Anthony York
From the Buddhist nuns to the "iced tea defense" (06/24/2000)

Girls in heat By Anna Holmes
The third season of HBO's "Sex and the City" is going for the groin as well as the brain. (06/24/2000)

"Hard Boiled" By Bill Wyman
John Woo's knockout cops-and-gangsters classic, plus a master class in Hong Kong action filmmaking. (06/23/2000)

"Me, Myself & Irene" By Stephanie Zacharek
Jim Carrey's manic acting skills shine in the latest from |ber-booger geniuses Peter and Bobby Farrelly. (06/23/2000)

"Fantasia 2000" By Charles Taylor
Beethoven, Gershwin, Respighi and Stravinsky meet Disney kitsch in this sequel to the not-quite-classic animated feature. (06/23/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, June 23-25, 2000 (06/23/2000)

"The Married Man" and "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side" By Etelka Lehoczky
Another autobiographical novel from the esteemed chronicler of gay male America -- and from his nephew, family dish. (06/23/2000)

King Leer By Charles Taylor
Two new books plumb the troubled life and inimitable genius of Groucho Marx. (06/23/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking. (06/23/2000)

Everyone's a critic By Caren Weiner Campbell
Consumer Reports faces down a handful of online upstarts. (06/23/2000)

Tiga after television By Don George
When the last of the "Survivor" contestants leaves, what happens to the little island the competitive castaways called home? (06/23/2000)

Attack of the killer nasties? By Leah Kohlenberg
The American Medical Association recently urged the FDA to tighten its control over antibacterial products. So what's stopping it? (06/23/2000)

Suggestions for making NBA games less crushingly boring
"Curling is electrifying in comparison" (06/23/2000)

Duran Duran album review leaves out the music
"The record contains a lot of interesting musical tidbits" (06/23/2000)

Do movie trailers spoil the fun?
"Many's the time I have sat humming with my fingers in my ears" (06/23/2000)

Don't forget these rock 'n' roll books
"A trashy classic" (06/23/2000)

The crying gene By Amy Brill
I wanted to inherit the flawless skin; instead I got the sobbing reflex. (06/23/2000)

Don't believe the Tiger hype By Allen Barra
Until golf as a spectator sport means as much to America as baseball and basketball, let's hold those comparisons to Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan. (06/23/2000)

Bird flies the coop By Anthony York
There's nothing sweeter to a Lakers fan than watching the former Celtic once again denied a career-capping championship. (06/23/2000)

Drug cookies By Daryl Lindsey
Why was the White House drug office monitoring your computer behavior? (06/23/2000)

Race and silence in Central Park By Jonathan Foreman
The media's refusal to acknowledge the incident's ethnic dimension keeps hidden the kind of behavior many black and Latin women must confront all the time. (06/23/2000)

It's Miller time! By Gary Kamiya
In a weird, yet slick, move to boost ratings saggier than Howard Cosell's rug, "Monday Night Football" plays the smart-aleck card. (06/23/2000)

Live, from New York, it's Monday Night! By Jake Tapper
Dennis Miller's biting wit should win over even the dumbest jock straps -- as long as he doesn't give us Miller Lite. (06/23/2000)

Did Mount Tyson erupt again? By Amy Reiter
Report: Boxer clocks promoter over heavyweight jewelry bill; Rosie Perez: "When Spike Lee puts ice on my nipples ..." Plus: Kate Winslet death threat scare. (06/23/2000)

What's to blame for the Central Park maulings? By Cintra Wilson
What nobody's asking is where those men ever got the idea that enjoying the power to sexually terrify women is OK. (06/23/2000)

Bush oversees 135th execution By Alicia Montgomery
Texas executes death row inmate Gary Graham for a 1981 killing as last-minute appeals fail. (06/23/2000)

Bush and big oil By Anthony York
Did George W. Bush get it wrong when he blamed high gas prices on OPEC? (06/23/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 17 By Eric Bogosian
Of course my stoned little dirty mind is fibrillating with the naughtiness of the whole thing. (06/23/2000)

Sex and soccer By Jack Boulware
Dutch hookers lose out as the Euro2000 tournament hits town. (06/23/2000)

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright By David Thomson
Mr. Woods is magnificent as he overpowers all opponents. (06/23/2000)

Microsoft's brave new dot-net world By Katharine Mieszkowski
You'd expect Gates and Ballmer to gloat about their plans for a Net-based platform teeming with complex features -- but Marc Andreessen? (06/23/2000)

Another defeat for "kiddie porn" law By Janelle Brown
Free speech wins again as the COPA is struck down by a court of appeals. (06/23/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 22, 2000 (06/22/2000)

"Buena Vista Social Club" By Jeff Stark
Wim Wenders gave the world an affecting documentary about terrific musicians. Now if he'd only stop talking. (06/22/2000)

Great escapists By Michael Sragow
"Chicken Run" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord talk about animating with emotion, Mel Gibson's patriotic rooster and finding an idea with legs, er, drumsticks. (06/22/2000)

"The Confirmation" by Thomas Powers By Neil Gordon
The truly bizarre inner workings of the CIA are exposed in a thriller by an intelligence expert. (06/22/2000)

Virginia Woolf: The quiet revolutionary By Michael Cunningham
The author of "The Hours" celebrates the writer who inspired his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. (06/22/2000)

Parlez-vous Universal? By Gregg Kilday
French media giant Vivendi takes over Universal Pictures. Cue the Jerry Lewis flicks? (06/22/2000)

Letter from France By Mark Hunter
Le Grand Fromage: What the French think of Jean-Marie Messier, Frances new king of content. (06/22/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Let's play Free a Death Row Inmate! It's fun and surprisingly easy! (06/22/2000)

Constipation = civilization By Andreas Killen
In "Inner Hygiene," professor James C. Whorton reminds us that some of our great thinkers, from Martin Luther to Ben Franklin and beyond, have been afflicted with clogged bowels. (06/22/2000)

Readers sound off on Dr. Laura's anti-homosexual message
"A small-minded worldview" (06/22/2000)

Why some computers are noisier than others
"Nothing beats getting it right" (06/22/2000)

Nick Drake's music moves more than Volkswagens
"Like potent narcotics" (06/23/2000)

Cruel and unusual punishment By Fiona Morgan
The Supreme Court has gone too far by banning prayer from school football games. (06/22/2000)

Israel, up against the wall By Samuel G. Freedman
The Jewish nation must decide who's in charge: The religion, the state or all of the above. (06/22/2000)

The police blotter By Gary Kaufman
Some of our wholesome heroes in the world of sport have been getting into some unwholesome trouble. And that's just this week. (06/22/2000)

Andre the Giant bombs the world! By Stephen Lemons
From London to L.A., Tokyo to Philly, guerrilla artist Shepard Fairey's ironic, iconic postering blitz featuring the long-dead WWF star has become a global phenomenon. (06/22/2000)

Basic instinct By Amy Reiter
Immaculate inception: Parenthood begins for Sharon Stone and husband; Playboy's readers vote on Roseanne nude pix. Plus: Ben Affleck bummed by too much nookie! (06/22/2000)

"This is a shaky death case" By Anthony York
The Northwestern professor whose students helped free four death row prisoners talks about Gary Graham, George W. Bush and why Al Gore is silent on Graham's pending execution. (06/22/2000)

No thirds allowed By Jake Tapper
Will Nader and Buchanan be shut out of the presidential debates? Ask the Democrat and the Republican in charge of the process. (06/22/2000)

Guilty plea in Clinton coffee scandal By Alicia Montgomery
A new brew of corruption chatter clouds Gore's race. (06/22/2000)

The gutless executioners By Bruce Shapiro
Public outrage over the scheduled execution of Texas death-row inmate Gary Graham shows just how far behind our dimly lit politicians lag. (06/22/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 16 By Eric Bogosian
I knew she was wearing a thong. And she knew I knew it. (06/22/2000)

Man kills dog By Jack Boulware
A homophobic man beats his pet to death for "homosexual" behavior. (06/22/2000)

Necking By D.A. Blyler
A clavicle man waxes poetic about the virtues of a woman's collarbone. (06/22/2000)

Do-it-yourself giant brains! By Andrew Leonard
From punch cards to Linux, hackers love to tinker and share. Even Bill Gates can't stop them. (06/22/2000)

Kill Mister Paperclip! By Kaitlin Quistgaard
As Microsoft prepares to unveil its next-generation software, we offer a few gentle suggestions. (06/22/2000)

"Run Lola Run" By Stephanie Zacharek
A bracing meditation on chaos, chance and the more mysterious qualities of time, from a German filmmaker who's like a restless kid. (06/21/2000)

"Chicken Run" By Michael Sragow
The first feature from the creators of "Wallace and Gromit" is a plucking good time. (06/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 21, 2000 (06/21/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Versatile country and blues player Doug Sahm goes out with an album of songs dedicated to love -- and Texas. (06/21/2000)

The uncomfortable reader By Beth Kephart
How do you arrange your body so you can lose yourself in a book? (06/21/2000)

"Virtual Tibet" and "The Search for the Panchen Lama" By Gavin McNett
Even the experts fail to grasp the banality of Tibet. (06/21/2000)

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Send in the clowns By Ruth Shalit
In a quest to define its brand, a dot-com start-up turns to that old standby of corporate America: The Bunny Game. (06/21/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Let's get physical. (06/21/2000)

Dazed and unused By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
In the debut of a new column on drugs, our expert pharmacologists advise a woman on what to do with her stoned boyfriend's lack of interest in sex. (06/21/2000)

Children's software programmer: "It doesn't spy on you"
"Exactly where is information about anyone being collected?" (06/21/2000)

Kudos to the Gap, if not Salon's journalist, for embracing larger sizes
"It's about time" (06/21/2000)

Wacky airline adventures are "first class"
"Flight attendants should get hazardous duty pay" (06/21/2000)

It's payback time By Cathy Young
In "The War Against Boys," author Christina Hoff Sommers claims that unfair programs to empower girls have taken a toll on boys. (06/21/2000)

Lost and found By Alysia Abbott
A moment of before recovered long after. (06/21/2000)

We want our SUVs By Jacques Leslie
Al Gore and the Democrats' attacks aside, rising gas prices could be the only thing that forces the U.S. to stop hogging the world's energy. (06/21/2000)

"A machine-gun toting, child-molesting Jesus freak"
Readers respond to Robert Bryce's critique of the left's hypocrisy on Waco and David Koresh. (06/21/2000)

Hooligans calm as England loses By Gary Kaufman
The English, nearly bounced from Euro2000 because of their violent fans, instead bow out because of a loss to Romania. (06/21/2000)

The prince currently known as randy By Amy Reiter
Video of Prince William: A boy, a girl and the royal nether regions? Coming: Leo and Gisele's getaway, live Webcast. Plus: Ahnuld says "Terminator 3" on the way. (06/21/2000)

Deadly prose By Porter Shreve
At the Second Great Obituary Writers' Conference, members of the dismal trade talk shop, network and listen to presentations such as "How many ways can one say 'died'?" (06/21/2000)

Flattery will get you everywhere By Jake Tapper
The author of a new book on sweet-talking was Bill Bradley's chief speechwriter. Maybe his stoic former boss should have perused a few chapters. (06/21/2000)

Death row trips Bush again By Alicia Montgomery
DNA test muddies case against Texas inmate as protesters dog Bush in California. Gore's e-mail may have been destroyed by "the Mad Deletor." (06/21/2000)

Pro-gun hackers take over Web site By Alicia Montgomery
And a prominent group of gun critics is still trying to get it back. (06/21/2000)

Growin' up By Tony Mitch
We defiled one another with bourbon and blow jobs, back when New York was more conducive to decadence. (06/21/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 15 By Eric Bogosian
I came and she went. (06/21/2000)

Marching in high heels By Jack Boulware
A Thai boot camp whips would-be beauty queens into pageant shape. (06/21/2000)

Stop the Web! We own those links! By Katharine Mieszkowski
British Telecom claims it has patented hyperlinks, but one of the icons of Web history tells a different story. (06/21/2000)

Wire cutters By Damien Cave
So you want wireless access to the Web? We put five devices through their paces to find out what works. (06/21/2000)

"Starship Troopers" By Andrew O'Hehir
In this post-"Showgirls" sci-fi epic, Paul Verhoeven is just trying to be a good feminist. (06/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 20, 2000 (06/20/2000)

Two minutes of sheer excitement! By Stephanie Zacharek
There was a time when movie trailers managed a rough poetry. Today, they're infuriatingly generic, manically edited and ruined by plot spoilers. (06/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Keith Harris
Duran Duran once floated on pretty faces and gaudy eyeliner. Fifteen years later, they're still frauds -- frauds of frauds. (06/20/2000)

A grande dame -- and a grand pain By Joyce Millman
Nancy Marchand, the unforgettable Livia Soprano, is dead at 71. (06/20/2000)

"Living to Tell" by Antonya Nelson By Patricia Kean
From the author of "Nobody's Girl," a dazzling novel about a lovably screwed-up family reunited under one roof. (06/20/2000)

He'll never break my heart By Garrison Keillor
I love my boyfriend but he doesn't turn me on. Should I settle for a frisson-free relationship, or hold out for what my mother calls "movie love"? (06/20/2000)

NBA in disarray By Eric Boehlert
Come back, Mr. Jordan: The NBA Finals are in danger of going down as the lowest-rated playoffs since 1981, while couch potatoes turn off college games, too. What's wrong with hoops? (06/20/2000)

Mutual denigration By Steve Bodow
The dirty secret about your mutual fund. One company comes clean. (06/20/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The traveling portrait artist and the three beautiful farm women. (06/20/2000)

Choosing the knife By Naomi Mendelsohn
Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick (06/20/2000)

Cold fusion By Gayle Brandeis
I don't let my children play with fire. So they play with ice instead. (06/20/2000)

Arin and Hannah's cold fusion atomic fireball tea By Gayle Brandeis
This admixture of fire and ice will give you sticky fingers. (06/20/2000)

The new gatekeepers By Joe Conason
Facing scrutiny for their own peccadilloes, Internet loose lips Matt Drudge and Lucianne Goldberg undergo a Kafkaesque transformation. (06/20/2000)

The war over Dr. Laura By Kerry Lauerman
A gay activist boycott of the conservative radio host backfires when the religious right jumps in. (06/20/2000)

I hate this game By Gary Kaufman
NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. (06/20/2000)

Confederate flag boycott sacks big game By Gary Kaufman
Historically black Benedict College and South Carolina State are skipping their lucrative football matchup this year out of respect for the NAACP's call to cut tourism in the state. (06/20/2000)

Nina Simone By Jennifer Gilmore
Now on a rare tour of the U.S., she's been the "High Priestess of Soul" for decades, making music that's an eloquent blend of joy, sorrow and anger. (06/20/2000)

The Dogg days of rap By Amy Reiter
Nate Dogg's "Up in Smoke" tour bursts into flame; passenger popped for pot on Snoop Dogg's bus. Plus: Angelina's costar on lesbian love scene: "The whole bed was shaking!" (06/20/2000)

New York air war By Jake Tapper
Clinton and Lazio duke it out on television. Which one is telling the truth? (06/20/2000)

Bush skipped drug test By Alicia Montgomery
The Times of London reports that the Air National Guard grounded him after he dodged a medical exam. (06/20/2000)

Ralph Nader: Millionaire hypocrite? By Joshua Micah Marshall
The Green Party candidate for president is rolling in green of his own. Does that make him a bad lefty? (06/20/2000)

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Devil in a red dress and dentures By Stephen Walker
Flora, 83, has been married seven times, used to be a dancer, produces B movies and is the oldest porn star in the world. (06/20/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 14 By Eric Bogosian
Me and Betty and Veronica from the Archie Comics were hanging out. (06/20/2000)

Free rubbers By Jack Boulware
A new study shows that Nicaraguan hookers use more condoms in motel rooms than non-hookers. (06/20/2000)

Game over By Wagner James Au
Did the game industry's obsession with gore kill off Looking Glass, its most creative studio? (06/20/2000)

Deja.com loses its memory By Andrew Leonard and Katharine Mieszkowski
Now that Deja is busy helping you decide what to buy next, it doesn't have room to store its old-school Usenet archives. (06/20/2000)

"The Bachelor" and "Seven Chances" By Michael Sragow
A loose remake of a Buster Keaton classic plays awkward bridesmaid to the original. (06/19/2000)

PBS peep show By Joyce Millman
A family gives up modern comforts to live before the camera, Victorian style, in the British reality series "The 1900 House." (06/19/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Forget the schoolgirl skirts and the psychosexual interpretations. Britney Spears sings calculatedly brilliant hits. (06/19/2000)

Nick Drake's post-posthumous fame By Douglas Wolk
The English folkie left behind three perfect records when he died of an overdose in 1974. It took a recent Volkswagen commercial for them to find an audience. (06/19/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 19, 2000 (06/19/2000)

"Windchill Summer" by Norris Church Mailer By Karen Houppert
The Vietnam War comes home to Arkansas in a Nancy Drew novel for adults. (06/19/2000)

The boys in the bands By Jim DeRogatis
The author of "Let It Blurt" picks five great sleazy rock 'n' roll biographies. (06/19/2000)

Make money now, ask me how! By Alec Foege
Was Herbalife founder Mark Hughes a showy swindler or a dot-com deity? (06/19/2000)

Napster Sound Bite: Feelin' groovy By Eric Boehlert
A peek inside the contentious company's shockingly mellow boardroom playlist, and other hits from the RIAA's latest court filing. (06/19/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Helpful hints for beleagured old Bill Gates. (06/19/2000)

In the shadow of a glass mountain By Lisa Ochs
One nurse observes how the fear of lawsuits causes healthcare professionals to neglect patients. (06/19/2000)

Readers cheer Courtney Love's rant against major labels
"She has made a fan of me for life" (06/19/2000)

Did white slavery exist?
"These people first had to undergo a racial transformation" (06/19/2000)

Keep Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the Hall of Fame!
"Gambling-related sins must stand at the apex of the disciplinary scale" (06/19/2000)

Tough titties By Lisa Moricoli Latham
I was looking for nipple relief in all the wrong places. (06/19/2000)

Why does the left ignore Waco? By Robert Bryce
There's a better case for making a martyr of David Koresh than Mumia Abu-Jamal. So why do liberals continue to overlook him? (06/19/2000)

Backlash in blue?
Readers respond to Bruce Shapiro's indictment of the NYPD's handling of the Central Park attacks. (06/19/2000)

Silicon Valley A's? By Gary Kaufman
Not if the Giants have anything to say about it. The fur is flying in their off-the-field rivalry. (06/19/2000)

The wild one returns By Steve Kurutz
Former pro golfer Chip Taylor wrote "Wild Thing." On his first record in 15 years, Angelina Jolie's coolest uncle is in the midst of a genuine creative rebirth. (06/19/2000)

Last words and last suppers By Steve Burgess
An odd rumination on the final remarks of the world's luminaries, coupled with a spirited defense of the much-maligned sandwich invented by Elvis' recently deceased cook. (06/19/2000)

Still "the Body" By G. R. Anderson Jr.
With no one left to wrestle, Gov. Jesse Ventura has taken to grappling with the Minnesota media. (06/19/2000)

Hillary and the court By Jesse Drucker
How an upcoming ruling on partial-birth abortion could send shockwaves through the New York Senate race. (06/19/2000)

Nader rakes in the green By Alicia Montgomery
Rich rewards for crusading candidate. Gore plans for retirement as Bush goes high-tech. (06/19/2000)

We'll always have Texas By Anthony York
Lenora Fulani and Pat Buchanan say goodbye. (06/19/2000)

Cuddle time By Dave Hill
In the world of plushophiles, not all stuffed animals are created equal. (06/19/2000)

One small peep for man... By Jack Boulware
NASA software is at the heart of a new product that could hunt for porn on the Internet. (06/19/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 13 By Eric Bogosian
I get up in the morning and my balls are so blue I almost can't walk. (06/19/2000)

It's the dream life By Damien Cave
Peter Lund, formerly CEO of CBS, teams up with self-help guru Tony Robbins to build an online audience of people who want to be their best. (06/19/2000)

Network Solutions hijacked my domain name By Katharine Mieszkowski
While the domain registrar is busy handing out URLs to thieves, I can't get access to the domain I own. (06/19/2000)

Clinton blamed for sex crimes By Alicia Montgomery
No, the other one. Pitchfork Pat attacks Hillary for Central Park assaults. (06/17/2000)

"Double Jeopardy" By Charles Taylor
Ashley Judd plays a revenge machine in a size 2 dress -- what's not to love? (06/16/2000)

"Jesus' Son" By Andrew O'Hehir
Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary, Holly Hunter and Jack Black lead an all (indie) star cast in a barbiturate-driven noir. (06/16/2000)

"Shaft" By Charles Taylor
Samuel L. Jackson's vigilante take on the famous black badass cop fuels a lean, fast and undeniably entertaining remake. (06/16/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, June 16-18, 2000 (06/16/2000)

"Survivor" By the Salon Arts Staff
More than you want to know about CBS's twisted island challenge. (06/16/2000)

But enough about me By Lori Gottlieb
Does writing a memoir give people carte blanche to analyze your life? (06/16/2000)

"You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery" by Richard Stengel By JoAnn Gutin
A witty, savvy guide to the age-old art of strategic sweet-talking. (06/16/2000)

Out of the Blue: The delinquent-flier upgrade By Elliott Neal Hester
Like high-altitude ninjas, they abandon the crowded coach cabin for an unoccupied seat in first class. (06/16/2000)

Everybody in size 20 By Emily Eakin
The Gap turns toward American fashion for fuller figures. (06/16/2000)

Internet sex infections By Dawn MacKeen
Have you had anal sex with a partner you met online? The inquiring minds at the Centers for Disease Control want to know. (06/16/2000)

Do mothers still want to rule the roost?
"I, too, have been guilty of maternal chauvinism" (06/16/2000)

Is ecstasy too good to be true?
"It was fun for a while" (06/16/2000)

Stephen King carries on a Victorian tradition
"I think the idea is pretty exciting" (06/16/2000)

Dad liked vodka best By Lynda Barry
So I stole his baseball glove that had supernatural powers. (06/16/2000)

Immune from prosecution By Ian Williams
U.S. diplomats are wrecking the chance to bring future Saddam Husseins to justice -- all for the sake of domestic politics. (06/16/2000)

Spread the wealth By Allen Barra
The solution to baseball's revenue-sharing "problem" is for the teams to share the revenue. (06/16/2000)

Bob Knight is innocent By Gary Kaufman
This time, at least. The Indiana basketball coach is cleared of the latest charge that he punched a player. (06/16/2000)

The blues according to Peter Guralnick By Alex Halberstadt
For decades his writing has celebrated traditional blues music, but it's his brilliant Elvis biography that has made him almost a household name. (06/16/2000)

Fatal attraction or dumb and dumber? By Amy Reiter
Angelina and Billy Bob prove that you can screw your brains out; what Christina Aguilera really wants. Plus: Rupert Everett -- Jolie and Thornton on line 3. They say it's urgent! (06/16/2000)

The branding of a president By Alicia Montgomery
What makes you say, "Yes, that's it! That's real, solid Al Gore"? Advertising pundits ponder. (06/16/2000)

Clinton blamed for sex crimes By Alicia Montgomery
No, the other one. Pitchfork Pat attacks Hillary for Central Park assaults. (06/16/2000)

Drive us wild, Angelina By David Thomson
"Gone in 60 Seconds" is almost worth seeing, if just for Jolie's ghostly sexuality. (06/16/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 12 By Eric Bogosian
Red lipstick, olive skin, smoking a Parliament. (06/16/2000)

Three-way radio By Jack Boulware
A minage ` trois is broadcast over Finnish radio, leading to a legal investigation. (06/16/2000)

Hush, little PC By Robert Bryce
If Apple can make an almost silent iMac, why can't other computer makers turn off the white noise? (06/16/2000)

Did Judge Jackson goof? By Damien Cave
By forcing Microsoft to comply with conduct remedies in 90 days, Jackson may have put the case exactly where he doesn't want it -- in the Court of Appeals. (06/16/2000)

"The Blair Witch Project" By Jeff Stark
The film isn't as scary the second time around, but its marketing still beats the devil. (06/15/2000)

"Grass" By Jeff Stark
Dope enthusiast Woody Harrelson narrates a flashy, smoker-friendly documentary on the twisted history of the evil weed -- and the misguided drug war against marijuana. (06/15/2000)

The things he did on "Grass" By Michael Sragow
Comic-book artist Paul Mavrides talks about propaganda, America's futile drug war and the splashy graphics that spiff up Ron Mann's dope documentary. (06/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 15, 2000 (06/15/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
Modest Mouse's "The Moon & Antarctica" explores desolate regions, both geographic and spiritual. (06/15/2000)

The movie trailer page
New this week: "X-MEN," "Scary Movie," "Blood Simple" and more. (06/15/2000)

Slaves of a different color By Stephan Talty
Historians mostly ignore the fact that some white people, too, were enslaved before the Civil War. (06/15/2000)

"Bodies in Motion and at Rest" by Thomas Lynch By Lorin Stein
The popular literary undertaker takes on some tough life issues: Divorce, abortion and putting a hated cat to sleep. (06/15/2000)

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Annals of biz idiocy: Get ready for your five-figure "cultural audit" By Suzy Hansen
Sensitivity training is now a $10 billion industry. (06/15/2000)

Is Disney union-busting? By Gregg Kilday
Hollywood animators fear the Mouse House has a secret agenda -- destroying Cartoonists Local 839. (06/15/2000)

Holy Mafia moly! By Diane Seo
The country's biggest securities scandal spills more sauce than a "Sopranos" season finale. (06/15/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Bob's Adventure Through Time (06/15/2000)

The war on information By Ted Oehmke
Congressional anti-drug legislation could make it illegal to give life-saving advice about ecstasy. (06/15/2000)

Springsteen's anti-NYPD song tells it like it is
"It's nice to see him taking a stand" (06/15/2000)

Has "don't ask, don't tell" created more "lesbians"?
"A weapon to get rid of troublesome females" (06/15/2000)

No dot-com movies? What about ... ?
"Obviously the author didn't see the most hilarious movie based on dot-coms" (06/15/2000)

Cybersquatter defends his squatting rights
"I believe I am operating under the spirit of free enterprise" (06/15/2000)

My father's legacy By George Packer
He left me a reading list and a chaste warning about self-abuse. I devoured one, ignored the other and, eventually, became acquainted with the total literary experience. (06/15/2000)

A wiggy shrink in yellow bell-bottoms By Annie Auguste
Once I stopped expecting my father to be ordinary it got easier to accept his polymorphously perverse personality. (06/15/2000)

Daddy Knows Best By Mira Friedmann
You have to follow the instructions. (06/15/2000)

Why didn't the NYPD stop the Central Park wolf pack? By Bruce Shapiro
With Amadou Diallo, the cops went too far. In Central Park, not far enough. But guess what? It's the same problem. (06/15/2000)

Shoeless Joe, Hall of Famer By Gary Kaufman
A pair of South Carolina lawmakers say the "Black Sox" star's lifetime ban from baseball should be lifted. They're right. (06/15/2000)

The man who shot Charles Bukowski By Stephen Lemons
In Michael Montfort's photographs, L.A.'s late poet laureate of the gutter gets bent and knocks the bejesus out of literary decorum. (06/15/2000)

Was Swayze flying on Miller time? By Amy Reiter
Three busted for failing to report booze on actor's plane; Billy Bob and Angelina: A fungus among us. Plus: Eminem supporters -- He's "our Christ." (06/15/2000)

Gore tour hits bumpy road By Alicia Montgomery
A hospital discharges his campaign, and the governor bashes his claims. (06/15/2000)

Jersey boy By Jake Tapper
Pat Buchanan plows through another convention -- and takes no prisoners. (06/15/2000)

"Don't read anything into this" By Anthony York
The Bush campaign sends out an unusual press release touting the economic policy achievements of a veep shortlister. (06/15/2000)

A private jet plane from onMoney.com! Promotion
Wouldn't it be great to have a private jet plane, your own pilot, flight crew and go where you want, whenever you want? (06/15/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 11 By Eric Bogosian
Just the two of you wandering in your own secret garden where no one else is allowed in. (06/15/2000)

School for scandal By David Downie
A Parisian course teaches the fine art of seduction to lame wannabe Lotharios. (06/15/2000)

The botched butt job By Jack Boulware
A woman sues her doctor for using breast implants to enhance her derrihre. (06/15/2000)

Name that software giant! By Salon Technology staff
Mono and Poly. Misery and Mis-apps. And other suggestions for a divided Microsoft from our e-mailbox. (06/15/2000)

Software that can spy on you By Simson Garfinkel
Why did Mattel include technology that can encrypt and send data to and from your PC in its children's CD-ROMs? (06/15/2000)

"Galaxy Quest" By Michael Sragow
A special toilet for Alan Rickman? Deleted scenes make this "Star Trek" satire even better on second viewing. (06/14/2000)

Uncertain, unfair and bloodthirsty By Andy Battaglia and Rennie Sparks
Mystic and record collector Harry Smith knew life was cruel, yet his folk "Anthology" promised a way to "see America changed by music." (06/14/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Don McLeese
The Jayhawks were the Next Big Thing that never was. The excellent "Smile" offers the band one last chance. (06/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 14, 2000 (06/14/2000)

Summer reading
Fun books don't have to be dumb. Our editors recommend a tote-bag-full of smart beach reads. (06/14/2000)

Beachworthy
Recent Salon reviews of good books to read while sitting on a towel (or in economy class). (06/14/2000)

"Mockingbird Years" and "The Last Good Freudian" By Laura Miller
Two memoirists look back on their many years of psychotherapy -- and what they see ain't pretty. (06/14/2000)

Fight the power By Sean Elder
A group of consumer advocates and content providers is fighting the merger of AOL and Time Warner. These strange bedfellows won't kill the deal, but they could alter it for the better. (06/14/2000)

Mega record labels: We want our MP3 By Eric Boehlert
MP3.com basks in a landmark agreement with the majors. But how will the audio company turn the deals into profits? (06/14/2000)

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The agony after ecstasy By Liz O'Brien
I took the drug for nearly a year to lift myself to euphoria. Then I crashed hard. (06/14/2000)

"The Ultimate Sex Test" is a work of cowardly cynicism
"Ridiculously broad assertions about both men and women" (06/14/2000)

Feminism was a cult of personalities
"Grandiose, petty, quarrelsome, deeply ridden by feelings of inferiority" (06/14/2000)

Are logging's villains clear-cut?
"A circle of accusations" (06/14/2000)

"A policeman had to pry me away from him" By Nell Bernstein
As far as the law is concerned, once your dad is in prison, he's not your dad anymore. (06/14/2000)

My father loved me as a child By Yona Zeldis McDonough
But when I became an adult, he decided that he never wanted to see me again. And he didn't. (06/14/2000)

Busy signal By Jake Tapper
Telecommunications behemoths throw a wrench into the plans of Internet phone providers -- and you'll be the one stuck with the bill. (06/14/2000)

Magic words for football fans: Not guilty By Anthony York
With NFL acquittals running rampant throughout the land, it makes you downright proud to be a fan. (06/14/2000)

"I was qualified to be the groom -- period"
Rick Rockwell talks back to Salon and defends his risumi and net worth. (06/14/2000)

Roseanne nekkid! By Amy Reiter
"I can't get enough of my new body," says radically reduced comedian; Jennifer Lopez on her assets down south; Joan Collins: Give me men, lots of 'em! Plus: No "Dirty Dancing" for Ricky Martin. (06/14/2000)

Survival of the vilest By Cintra Wilson
Is "Survivor" simply a 13-week TV series or a conceptual island of shame where the moral disgrace lasts forever? (06/14/2000)

"A ton of dough" for Lazio By Alicia Montgomery
The golden boy calls for cash as Clinton calls him inconsistent. (06/14/2000)

Gore to voters: It's the economy, stupids! By Jake Tapper
Trailing in the polls, the vice president basks in our "prosperity" while promising more. (06/14/2000)

Save us, Ross By Jake Tapper
The New Jersey Reform Party chairman resigns in disgust over Pat Buchanan, and waits for Ross Perot. (06/14/2000)

Italy's "morning before" pill By Jack Boulware
A new drug being tested could provide erections that last an entire day. (06/14/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 10 By Eric Bogosian
A part of my body is inside her body. (06/14/2000)

Big appetites in Big Sur By Franz Jxrgen Neumann
It's disconcerting to hear someone make that much noise during sex. (06/14/2000)

RIAA tries to shut down Napster By Janelle Brown
By moving for an injunction against the file-swapping service, the recording industry shows just how little it gets the Net. (06/14/2000)

Courtney Love does the math By Courtney Love
The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." (06/14/2000)

"The Sixth Sense" By Bill Wyman
Sensation or sham? Either way, M. Night Shyamalan's thriller-romance strikes a chord. (06/13/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Early electronic composer Raymond Scott dreamed of today's digital future -- in the 1950s. (06/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 13, 2000 (06/13/2000)

Mosh-pit mania By J.B. Orenstein
The sweat. The music. The boobs. (06/13/2000)

Point-blank By Eric Boehlert
At the start of a 10-night stand at Madison Square Garden, Bruce Springsteen tells the NYPD what it doesn't want to hear. (06/13/2000)

"Jim the Boy" by Tony Earley By Jonathan Miles
The long-awaited novel by a New York Times and New Yorker darling is a plodding, goody-two-shoes effort that reads like a dusty Boy Scout manual. (06/13/2000)

Cyber-breakup By Garrison Keillor
My Internet romance fizzled after I moved to my lover's city. How can I start dating other men and still keep the friendship? (06/13/2000)

The great mutual fund rip-off By Steve Bodow
Millions sink money into them, but do you really know what your fund manager is up to? (06/13/2000)

Meet the real Web news junkies By Diane Seo
A new study reveals that active traders are the most voracious Net news hounds -- not just for biz news, but for politics, sports, international stories and even the arts. (06/13/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
He made $10,000 a week by slaying computerized monsters. (06/13/2000)

The worst news: Your loved one is dead By Katherine Uraneck, M.D.
When medicine fails, someone has to tell the grieving family. It's easier with a little training, but there's no training. (06/13/2000)

Immune from liability By David McGuire
The Supreme Court blocks a potentially important legal path for people who want to sue HMOs. Now, the spotlight is on Congress. (06/13/2000)

Readers debate gays in the military
"The only thing which truly matters: Combat effectiveness" (06/13/2000)

No sympathy for ex-girlfriend of one of "100 Most Eligible Bachelors"
She's "a major reason many men are still bachelors." (06/13/2000)

Which Richmond, Va., did Burt Wolf visit?
Are his descriptions "flat incorrect" or "right-on"? (06/13/2000)

The secret life of Dad By Amy Silverman
He stood up to John McCain to protect me -- and never told me about it. (06/13/2000)

Daddy Dearest: A Look at Fatherhood
For Father's Day we publish a week of words and images that tell the dad stories that consume us at this time of year. (06/13/2000)

Hip papa By Steffan Chirazi
Now that it's cool to be a dad, all you need is love and a Land Rover stroller. And maybe a pint. (06/13/2000)

Daddy Dearest: Craig Thompson
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Round 2: Should gays serve? By Daryl Lindsey
A Salon panel debates the ban on gays in the military. Second of two parts. (06/13/2000)

Is Syria's next president a geek? By Flore de Prineuf
He loves technology. He wants to bring the Internet to Damascus. But can the Israelis learn to love him? (06/13/2000)

So long, Sammy By Gary Kaufman
As the centennial of their last World Series victory nears, the Chicago Cubs prepare to trade their best and most popular player. (06/13/2000)

Eminem meltdown By Amy Reiter
Volatile rapper's wife: "If I were to cheat on him ..."; Jim Carrey blows off protest by National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Plus: Top cop calls Springsteen a "@#!$%! dirtbag" among other things! (06/13/2000)

Roger Corman By Greg Villepique
The King of B movies became an industry giant by keeping budgets lean, and his films rich with breasts, bikers and blood. (06/13/2000)

Salon banned by Buchananite By Jake Tapper
Can a campaign whine about lack of media coverage, then exclude certain publications -- even the "liberal crap"? (06/13/2000)

Bush reaches out from the right By Alicia Montgomery
The Texas governor succeeds with Hispanics, struggles with blacks. (06/13/2000)

As the party implodes By Anthony York
Reform leaders discuss canceling their convention as Perot-Buchanan forces trade insults, and the party prepares for its vote-by-mail presidential nomination. (06/13/2000)

Staying on the island By Virginia Vitzthum
I lived my own version of "Survivor" one winter in St. Thomas with a friend and three strangers. (06/13/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 9 By Eric Bogosian
I felt like my body was filled with neon and she was lighting me up. (06/13/2000)

Moonlighting mistake By Jack Boulware
A military policeman in Brazil is fired for posing and dancing nude. (06/13/2000)

So where's the dot-com movie? By Katharine Mieszkowski
Badly dressed geeks clutching stock options are a tough sell, but Hollywood's still a day late and an IPO short. (06/13/2000)

Stephen King's horrifying proposal By Janelle Brown
The bestselling author creates a writer's worst nightmare: pay-per-chapter downloadable e-books. (06/13/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Wendy Mitchell
The Old 97's collection "Early Tracks" fuels a would-be serial lady-killer with loose-cannon riffs and honky-tonkin' fun. (06/12/2000)

"Three Kings" By Jeff Stark
Every detail counts in David O. Russell's Gulf War heist picture. (06/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 12, 2000 (06/12/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted author and critic. (06/12/2000)

Spy girls By Sallie Tisdale
The author of "The Best Thing I Ever Tasted" picks five novels about kick-ass secret-agent women. (06/12/2000)

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"The Browser's Ecstasy" by Geoffrey O'Brien By Charles Taylor
The author zeros in on the insatiable need that keeps us going back, again and again, to books. (06/12/2000)

Rerunning in place By Eric Boehlert
TV makes history as two networks consider getting rid of repeats (06/12/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Card-carrying members (ha-ha) of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. (06/12/2000)

Torture lessons By Annie Murphy Paul
With irresistible detail, a surgeon explores the cultural and scientific universe of the body in pain. (06/12/2000)

Do Eminem's violent lyrics cross the line?
"He's bigger, louder and meaner than pretty much any mainstream artist." (06/12/2000)

Colonoscopies aren't fun, but necessary
"Consider the alternative." (06/12/2000)

Geography matters -- for both sexes
"It matters not a whit whether girls or boys are better." (06/12/2000)

The mama lion at the gate By Cathy Young
Maternal chauvinism is a dad's greatest obstacle to parental parity. (06/12/2000)

Fathers in the 'hood By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
They are mythical creatures, family sheriffs, regular guys just looking to do some high-quality nurturing. (06/12/2000)

The New Dad By Jonathan Kronstadt
Who are my role models? Hugh Beaumont? Robert Young? Neil Young? (06/12/2000)

Daddy Dearest By Renee French
Renee French comic (06/12/2000)

Comic: The Great Pretender By Brian Biggs
One afternoon in 1972, Dad pulled up in front of our house in the biggest car we'd ever seen. (06/12/2000)

The hyping of domestic terrorism By Bruce Shapiro
Why a new report on the threat of international terrorist attacks on U.S. soil is a con job. (06/12/2000)

Stuck on Oprah By David Horowitz
Earl Ofari Hutchinson sets up a straw woman to knock down my arguments against reparations, and he fails. (06/12/2000)

Hoosier hot air? By Gary Kaufman
The Pacers get tough to win Game 3, but how will they do when Kobe comes back? (06/12/2000)

Hell is back in business By Steve Burgess
Trends come and go, so don't be surprised when you hear the latest: Hades is hot, angels are not. (06/12/2000)

Siniad, shut up and sing! By Amy Reiter
O'Connor says she's a lesbian, world says, "So what"; Angelina and her bro, the story that won't die; Eminem, please call Charlton Heston. Plus: Glorioski! Celine Dion is preggers! (06/12/2000)

George Segal By Daryl Lindsey
His sculpture depicted people doing ordinary things, but his work showing gays and lesbians ignited controversy -- and made an inestimable contribution to American culture. (06/12/2000)

Squatting for dollars By Terry J. Allen
A political cyber-squatter makes mischief, and a few dollars, by registering candidate domain names. (06/12/2000)

Bush's death penalty dodge By Alan Berlow
The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics. (06/12/2000)

Bush's deadly errors? By Alicia Montgomery
Texas execution record gets the press's white-glove treatment and comes up dirty, but Bush stands his ground. (06/12/2000)

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Pontiac Summer of Fun! (06/12/2000)

The truth hurts By Smith and Doe
"The Ultimate Sex Test" claims it will tell women what their men are capable of, whether they want to know or not. (06/12/2000)

Everything you need to know about men By Karen Croft
The authors of "The Ultimate Sex Test" claim they know how to help women find the cold, hard truth about their men. (06/12/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 8 By Eric Bogosian
If kissing was like sailing on a silken sea, this was like burning rubber in the Indy 500. (06/12/2000)

Massive mammaries By Jack Boulware
Lolo Ferrari, billed as having the world's biggest breasts, died in March, and her husband is being questioned under the French charge of "non-assistance to a person in danger." (06/12/2000)

A hitchhiker in the new economy By Janelle Brown
At h2g2.com, Douglas Adams is trying to make his guide to the galaxy come to life. (06/12/2000)

Microsoft by any other name By the Salon Technology staff
What should we call the two halves of a divided software giant? (06/12/2000)

"Gone in 60 Seconds" By Charles Taylor
In the new Jerry Bruckheimer movie, see cars go fast and get banged up! (06/09/2000)

The player By Charles Taylor
His new musical version of "Love's Labour's Lost" is flawed, but Kenneth Branagh remains our greatest living interpreter of Shakespeare. (06/09/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for the weekend of June 9-11, 2000 (06/09/2000)

When feminists were divas By Laura Miller
The figures who founded modern feminism were outrageous, outspoken and sometimes out of their minds -- but they were never boring. (06/09/2000)

"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris By Greg Villepique
In another sidesplitting collection, the author writes about his foulmouthed brother, his hopeless French and his brief career as a speed-freak performance artist. (06/09/2000)

Europe's monster plane By Mark Hunter
It's 40 feet shorter than a football field: Meet Airbus' huge new A3XX, which could change the future of aviation. (06/09/2000)

The day after By Diane Seo
Befuddled by conflicting news, investors leave Microsoft's stock treading water. (06/09/2000)

Heart of darkness By Arthur Allen
A team of Los Alamos researchers traces AIDS back to the 1930s, blowing a hole in the most recent theory about its origin. (06/09/2000)

IBM and Microsoft? Think again
"IBM wasn't interested in buying the Microsoft of that era." (06/09/2000)

Readers react to Microsoft ruling
"A well-deserved slap on the nose" (06/09/2000)

John Hagelin for president?
"Where has the press been hiding this guy?" (06/09/2000)

Carl Friedan is a victim of radical feminism
"It's so nice to see that radical feminism still trumps rational discourse" (06/09/2000)

Marriage material? By Catherine R. Miller
Hell, no! The love of my life has been declared one of People magazine's 100 most eligible bachelors -- after he dumped me. (06/09/2000)

The California chainsaw massacre By Mark Hertsgaard
Clear-cutting is tearing up forests in the nation's most environmentally aware state, and opponents blame the timber industry's ties to Gov. Gray Davis. (06/09/2000)

Should gays serve? By Daryl Lindsey
A Salon panel debates the ban on homosexuals in the military. (06/09/2000)

John Rocker, whipping boy By Allen Barra
He was torched for talking about New York the way baseball executives do. But he'd still be in the majors if he'd been getting people out. (06/09/2000)

Return to Wonderland By Stephen Lemons
With his old pal Eddie Nash to be arraigned Monday in a 19-year-old murder case, the restless ghost of legendary porn star John Holmes once again stalks L.A. (06/09/2000)

Education, homosexuality, the media and pop culture By Camille Paglia
Readers write about academia and its disintegration, lesbians without personalities, Peter Pan syndrome among gay men and simpering nymphets of the Flockhart-Paltrow school. (06/09/2000)

Babealicious Bush ads By Alicia Montgomery
There's a gorgeous George in upcoming television spots; he's George W.'s biracial nephew and Bush is soft on Microsoft. (06/09/2000)

Dubya's atomic fib By Joshua Micah Marshall
Instead of stopping an arms race, George W. Bush's Star Wars plan could help fuel one. (06/09/2000)

Gray turns green -- with cash By Anthony York
Building more prisons, doling out pork and refusing to rethink the death penalty, California Gov. Gray Davis is confounding friends and enemies with his relentless pursuit of the middle. (06/09/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 7 By Eric Bogosian
All of a sudden this guy with long hair, long as a girl's, is walking toward me, and I knew what was going to happen. (06/09/2000)

Three women By David Thomson
In "Croupier" the most seductive female character is the least perfect. (06/09/2000)

Will a Microsoft appeal go straight to the Supremes? By Damien Cave
Judge Jackson's attempt to expedite a final resolution to the antitrust trial could backfire. (06/09/2000)

Its own worst enemy By Scott Rosenberg
The judge says you just can't trust Microsoft. It's the company's own fault. (06/09/2000)

Wave rage By J.A. Getzlaff
Some Aussie surfers are attacking tourist "kooks" for stealing their breaks. (06/09/2000)

Misty and meat pies By Jamie Allen
Reflections on a girl I once knew -- and the most famous food in Natchitoches, La. (06/09/2000)

How to win at "Survivor" By Bill Wyman
The Darwinian undercurrents of "Survivor" are plain, but the real winner will be the castaway who understands the show's endgame. (06/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 8, 2000 (06/08/2000)

Margaret Cho: All-American slut By Michael Sragow
The stand-up comedian's one-woman movie proves that Cho business is not all show business. (06/08/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Steve Earle, once dubbed the "hillbilly Springsteen," learns that back roads "never carry you where you want 'em to." (06/08/2000)

Song for a "Survivor" By Virginia Vitzthum
An ode to B.B. Anderson, the second castaway thrown out of CBS's island paradise. (06/08/2000)

Love's Labour's Lost Trailer
Watch the trailer for Kenneth Brannagh's "Love's Labour's Lost." (06/09/2000)

"The Angel on the Roof" by Russell Banks By Jonathan Miles
In stories from nearly four decades, the writer demonstrates an astonishing range, a wonderful eye and a finely tuned talent for breaking hearts. (06/08/2000)

My mother and Jack Kerouac By Daniel Pinchbeck
Reading their love letters from before I was born is an eerie experience. (06/08/2000)

Moore's the pity By Gregg Kilday
What ever happened to Demi Moore? (06/08/2000)

Microsoft shareholders unite! By Diane Seo
The ruling fails to spur a sell-off of MSFT as die-hard investors hold firm that Gates & Co. will prevail. (06/08/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-Man vs. the purse thief. (06/09/2000)

Journey to the center of my bottom By Howie Gordon
Having a camera shoved up my rectum was not the way I wanted to celebrate my 50th year. (06/08/2000)

Poetry slam
N.Y. Times writer defends his story (06/08/2000)

Is home schooling a complete education?
"Home schoolers are bright, but are they ready to face the world outside the home?" (06/08/2000)

Chuck Jones' accolades are well-deserved
"Weinman would have been better off writing an article championing Bob Clampett, not just using him as a cudgel to beat Chuck Jones with." (06/08/2000)

"Betty Friedan a sexpot?" By Lee Quarnstrom
Carl Friedan abuses the Web in an ugly breach of divorce etiquette. (06/08/2000)

The NRA's Blast Cafe By Arianna Huffington
Will the gun lobby's Times Square theme restaurant be a Planet Hollywood killer or just a new franchise in bad taste? (06/08/2000)

Whitney, phone home By Amy Reiter
Earth calling Houston -- time to come down; Courtney Love for president; Julia Roberts for hooker ... again. Plus: Eminem sings the lip-lock blues. (06/08/2000)

Elian, politics and the Roman Empire By Camille Paglia
Readers write about the Gonzalez family's telenovela temperament; the cognitive dissonance of liberals; and Diocletian and that damned horse. (06/08/2000)

Politics and the gas pump By Ken Silverstein
A meaningless environmental provision leads to an ecological nightmare -- not to mention an extra charge when fueling up. (06/08/2000)

What's Al Gore thinking? By Jake Tapper
He oozes confidence even as his campaign flounders, but a high-level source says the veep is yelling and screaming behind the scenes. (06/08/2000)

McCain's new cleanup crusade By Alicia Montgomery
The Arizona senator battles phantom donors, Microsoft leans right after the breakup ruling and nice-guy Gore closes in on Bush. (06/08/2000)

Britain's knickers By Jack Boulware
A new show at London's Design Museum features underwear from sheepskin corsets to futuristic bras. (06/08/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 6 By Eric Bogosian
Coming is dying. Dogs come. Flies come. It is an end. Instead, let's stay here awhile. (06/08/2000)

Microsoft owes everything to Justice By Andrew Leonard
Would Bill Gates have come to power if the Justice Department's antitrust division hadn't attacked IBM? (06/08/2000)

Kenyan schoolchildren take over town By J.A. Getzlaff
Outraged by a classmate's death, hundreds go on a "drunken rampage." (06/08/2000)

Little boat, big whale By Donald D. Groff
How to kayak with the biggest fish, hunker down on the California coast and make it up the Northeast Corridor in one piece. (06/08/2000)

Truffles and other sins By Ann Hodgman
Why must they be tubers? (06/08/2000)

Invisible man By Eric Boehlert
Eminem may be the most violent, woman-hating, homophobic rapper ever. Why are critics giving him a pass? (06/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 7, 2000 (06/07/2000)

Michaelllllll Jorrrrrdan! By Sarah Vowell
Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again. (06/07/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Keith Harris
Eminem's airtight masterpiece of rhyme invents invisible enemies. But would a serious rapper even bother dissing 'N Sync? (06/07/2000)

What is jazz? By Seth Mnookin
Sponsored by the Knitting Factory, Ornette Coleman, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Cecil Taylor and others look beyond bop. (06/07/2000)

Future crock By John Leonard
Is the new economy eliminating private property, politics and civilization? (06/07/2000)

"Deus lo volt! Chronicle of the Crusades" by Evan S. Connell By Marion Lignana Rosenberg
A masterly novelist re-creates the medieval campaigns in all their depravity, faith and gore. (06/07/2000)

Intel, inside By Will Wade
The world's largest semiconductor company treats every outsider like a potential spy. (06/07/2000)

Burgers and bullets By Alec Appelbaum
Will the NRA's new Big Apple eatery ever make it off the ground? (06/07/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
No hablo espaqol. Damn. (06/07/2000)

Swallowing ephedra By Shannon Brownlee
The wildly popular herbal diet aid can be dangerous for some people. But don't expect the FDA to crack down. (06/07/2000)

Slave pay? No way .
"Will there be a new tax based on race, with appropriate discounts for being part African-American?" (06/07/2000)

Diagnosis: Doctor's arrogance .
"There are very few words of thanks for the nurses that save the doctor's ass time and time again." (06/07/2000)

Not just for kids .
"Just because a film is animated does not mean that it must be a musical, it needs to possess talking animals or it must have a happy ending" (06/07/2000)

Weighty matters By William Underhill
The British government plans to take on heroin chic in a Body Image Summit this month. (06/07/2000)

Our photo feature debut! By Ben Herman
It's a man's man's man's man's world. And the lighting there is terrific. (06/07/2000)

Image Conscious By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Send in photos, but not just the cute or the pretty, please. (06/07/2000)

The Supreme Court wimps out on grandparents rights By Damien Cave
The justices reveal themselves to be as knotted as a family in the throes of emotional strife. (06/07/2000)

How the right smeared Clinton and Gore on China By Joe Conason
Racism helped the president's enemies link fundraising scandals to accusations of espionage, with almost no evidence. (06/07/2000)

Inside a lesbian "witch hunt" By Fiona Morgan
For too many women in the military, homophobia plus sexual harassment equals a reason to get out. (06/08/2000)

A heartbreaking decision By Dave Cullen
Gay officers must choose between personal happiness and the careers they've spent years building. Second of two parts. (06/07/2000)

The gun letters By Camille Paglia
The Million Moms are "cowardettes who don't know the difference between a Glock and a glockenspiel." (06/07/2000)

"Shaft," the shafter and the shaftee By Amy Reiter
Samuel L. Jackson: "Any questions?"; George Clooney nominated for best performance in a cat box. Plus: Was Eminem's bust just a rehearsal? (06/07/2000)

Corzine cashes in, and wins By Alicia Montgomery
The New Jersey millionaire scores a nomination while Republican Jack E. Robinson gets on base in his race against Ted Kennedy. (06/07/2000)

Reform Party rumble By Anthony York
Amid defections and threats, the revolt against Pat Buchanan begins -- and threatens to destroy the house that Ross and The Body built. (06/07/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 5 By Eric Bogosian
I don't know what you call what I am. (06/07/2000)

Faking it By Jeffrey L. Seglin
Is it OK -- or is it unethical -- to pretend you had an orgasm? (06/07/2000)

Ruining reps By Jack Boulware
Israeli porn producers are hiring actors who look like Egyptian stars. (06/07/2000)

Meet the $7.5 million URL By Stephen Gregory
It's got a recognizable name and some high-profile backers, but does Business.com have anything on Yahoo? (06/07/2000)

Are two Microsofts better than one? By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski
Microsoft's competitors argue that a breakup could get the bully off their backs. (06/08/2000)

Court to Microsoft: This is for real! By Andrew Leonard and Janelle Brown
Judge Jackson doesn't just order Microsoft broken up -- he blasts the company for not taking his ruling seriously. (06/07/2000)

Black magic woman? By J.A. Getzlaff
A court sentences a United Arab Emirates woman to four months in jail for casting a spell. (06/07/2000)

From famine to feast By Burt Wolf
Virginia's capital is rich with America's history. (06/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
The world's best athletes get trophies and free booze at Monte Carlo's "Laureus Awards." (06/06/2000)

What's up, Chuck? By Jaime Weinman
The legacy of Chuck Jones, the most celebrated director in cartoon history, is as overinflated as an Acme balloon. (06/06/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michael Ullman
Saxophonist Joe Lovano delivers a loving tribute to 52nd Street, "the street that never slept." (06/06/2000)

"The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst" by David Nasaw By Michael Scott Moore
A mammoth new biography of the first media mogul, a power-hungry millionaire who horse-traded editorial policy and didn't care who knew. (06/06/2000)

Keeping up appearances By Garrison Keillor
A boy I dated in high school confessed to me he's gay, and now he wants to say I'm his girlfriend for his parents' sake. Should I play along? (06/06/2000)

Not your father's Oldsmobile anymore By Diane Seo
GM, the world's largest automaker, wants to make itself into a hip Web business. Can the rusting giant pull it off? (06/06/2000)

Bull market for market bull By Steve Bodow
The villain in "M:i-2" demands a new popular-culture perquisite: Stock options. (06/06/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
No wonder her cat was so psycho. (06/06/2000)

Smoke screen By Dan Zegart
Why did a Philip Morris scientist kill herself by drinking nicotine? (06/06/2000)

Horsing around .
"It's time to buy two caskets for the mules called the Chronicle and Examiner" (06/06/2000)

Getting the job undone .
"Easier said than done -- or undone" (06/06/2000)

Poetic justice .
"There could be no greater tribute" (06/06/2000)

The geography of sex By Stephen S. Hall
Sometimes it isn't girls against boys but imagination vs. memorization. (06/06/2000)

Sour grapes, anyone? By Helen Cordes
Home schoolers -- big winners in national spelling and geography bees -- are criticized for "unfair advantages." (06/06/2000)

Don't ask, don't tell, don't fall in love By Dave Cullen
A rare peek inside the lives of gay military officers reveals staggering sacrifice, loneliness and glass ceilings. (06/06/2000)

The Cost of the Closet By Daryl Lindsey
A Salon special report examines the real-life impact of "don't ask, don't tell." (06/06/2000)

Maggie Smith By Steve Vineberg
One of today's most gifted and venerable actresses, she can turn the tiniest role into the most memorable corner of a movie. (06/06/2000)

Britney says "No!" to indecent proposal By Amy Reiter
Millionaire horn-dog can't buy Spears' love; Lopez and Puffy: High-caliber couple. Plus: Siniad O' Connor hears celibacy calling. (06/06/2000)

Bush reads from the Clinton script By Alicia Montgomery
Candidates are all quiet on the Western front, and Ventura gets bitten by the drama bug. (06/06/2000)

Linda Tripp addresses her people By Judith Greer
Speaking out for the first since the impeachment saga, Linda Tripp gets a hero's welcome from like minds at a Free Republic meeting. (06/06/2000)

The millionaire you might like By Jake Tapper
The pundits seem to have it in for New Jersey senatorial candidate Jon Corzine. Maybe it's because he doesn't need them. (06/06/2000)

Exposing sexual dysfunction By Mike Perry
In his new book on men's health, an endocrinologist encourages men to talk more about their penises and prostates. (06/06/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 4 By Eric Bogosian
Her skin and her hair were like something you could eat. (06/06/2000)

Kiss and tell By Jack Boulware
A pillow-talking porn star is arrested in an insider-trading scheme. (06/06/2000)

Dot-com deathwatch By Janelle Brown
A new site rewards those who predict the new economy's losers. (06/06/2000)

Radio roadkill By Damien Cave
Will Net car radios squash traditional broadcasters flat? (06/06/2000)

My Beirut hostage crisis By Rolf Potts
Taken under the wing of a Lebanese detergent tycoon, our correspondent learns that there's a fine line between hospitality and kidnapping. (06/06/2000)

Artichoke power! By J.A. Getzlaff
Spanish villages plan to burn giant veggies for electricity. (06/06/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Rachel Elson
Ace of Base's sugary pop should have come with an expiration date. A "Greatest Hits" set collects the moldy confections. (06/05/2000)

Finale answers By Joyce Millman
Surveying the season-ending episodes that made the grade (and the ones that flunked out). (06/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 5, 2000 (06/05/2000)

"The Toughest Indian in the World" by Sherman Alexie By Katharine Whittemore
A new collection of tough, angry, dirty, funny, superbly accomplished stories by the Native American writer. (06/05/2000)

"Mattanza: Love and Death in the Sea of Sicily" by Theresa Maggio By Maria Russo
A writer explores her obsession with an ancient Sicilian ritual steeped in the erotics of killing. (06/05/2000)

$1.4 million sight unseen By Craig Offman
Steven Spielberg and Pocket Books paid big money for a manuscript they hadn't read. (06/05/2000)

All over the MAP By Eric Boehlert
Why record execs are furious at the FTC and the press. (06/05/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Helpful cable news show ratings boosters. (06/05/2000)

Bedside terror By Jeff Drayer
This summer thousands of med school graduates will be unleashed on unsuspecting patients, and I know why the public should be scared. (06/05/2000)

Lusting after soccer moms .
"The yummy mummy" (06/05/2000)

Soulless in Seattle? .
"All things change, even Seattle. Relax" (06/05/2000)

The curriculum crusades .
"We've trained chimps to have a more sophisticated access to knowledge" (06/05/2000)

Need a great place to raise a kid? By Emily Bazelon
Try Yale Law School: You'll find flexible hours, sympathetic professors, a baby room and more! (06/05/2000)

The detachable phallus By Laurie Essig
There is a cure for sexism in academe. All you need are a sock and passing knowledge of French gender theory. (06/05/2000)

Debt wrong By Earl Ofari Hutchison
David Horowitz is incorrect. It's time for the United States to pay up for slavery. (06/05/2000)

Milosevic's fizzling opposition By Laura Rozen
Even a year after the NATO bombing of Belgrade, there's still no one around to take down the Yugoslav leader. (06/05/2000)

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Censorama! A gambling resort for persecuted writers By Cintra Wilson
Move over Siegfried & Roy, here comes Salman Rushdie. Now more than ever, Las Vegas is for smart people too. (06/05/2000)

Sharon Stone fashion flashin' By Amy Reiter
Report her to PETA! Star says yes to butts, no to beavers; Moby: "Knob Touch" story got out of hand; Jimmy Smits cast in next "Star Wars"? (06/05/2000)

Gore the "slumlord" By Alicia Montgomery
The vice president's Tennessee tenant demands repairs while campaign staffers try to fix his image. Gore gets tough with Canada and Lazio stumbles on the trail. (06/05/2000)

Ralph "The Body" Nader? By Andy Sullivan
Jesse Ventura's ad man talks about how he would sell his next prospective client -- the Green Party presidential candidate. (06/05/2000)

But does he wear boxers or briefs? By Anthony York
George W. Bush takes a page from President Clinton's playbook and woos the youth vote. (06/05/2000)

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Putin's puppet prostitutes By Jack Boulware
Russia's president wants to censor a TV show that portrays him as a playboy. (06/05/2000)

"31 Ejaculations": Introduction By Eric Bogosian
A series of stories about sex. (06/05/2000)

31 Ejaculations: Nos. 1-3 By Eric Bogosian
Three snapshots of sexual encounters. (06/05/2000)

Dot-com servitude By Damien Cave
"Will work for options" was the motto that built the new economy, but mylackey.com's Brian McGarvey takes it to new extremes. Housecleaning anyone? (06/05/2000)

Help! I've been bagvertised By Katharine Mieszkowski
Just when you thought there was nowhere else dot-com ads could go ... (06/05/2000)

Yo! I ride through the valley in the shadow of death By David Darlington
A quartet of intrepid mountain bikers tackles the far, unfriendly reaches of Death Valley National Park -- and learns some lessons about life. (06/05/2000)

Mugged by a serpent? By J.A. Getzlaff
Thieves in New Delhi, India, use snakes to hold up victims. (06/05/2000)

"Big Momma's House" By Andrew O'Hehir
Martin Lawrence, no Eddie Murphy, takes a reheated cross-dressing shtick and turns it into something to elate your inner fourth-grader. (06/02/2000)

"Better Living Through Circuitry" By Jeff Stark
In this floor-level view of the rave scene, director Jon Reiss keeps it pumping, humming, buzzing and spinning. (06/02/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, June 2-4, 2000 (06/02/2000)

Billy and the bullies By Dennis Loy Johnson
Did the New York Times, Random House and "America's most popular poet" gang up to smear a small poetry publisher? (06/02/2000)

"Stork Club" by Ralph Blumenthal By George Rafael
A history of the club where Jack and Jackie and Joltin' Joe and Marilyn and Grace and Rainier and J. Edgar all rubbed shoulders. (06/02/2000)

The toons that won't be "King" By Gregg Kilday
The most successful cartoon ever made is also the worst thing that could ever happen to animation. (06/02/2000)

They trade horses, don't they? By Joan Walsh
A lawsuit to block the Hearst Corp.'s takeover of the San Francisco Chronicle exposes a world of political treachery that reached from City Hall to the U.S. Justice Department. (06/02/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
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I am somebody! By Christopher Shea
Do blacks really need to work on their self-esteem? An African-American psychologist says no. (06/02/2000)

Death of music retail -- or a reincarnation? .
"Looks to me like the record companies are making out like bandits" (06/02/2000)

The new, new Salon .
"This is so much better." (06/02/2000)

Starbuckian hypocrisy .
"A little parody is the spice of life, like cinnamon atop your latte" (06/02/2000)

The real horror -- killing student creativity .
"Quick, someone arrest Stephen King" (06/02/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Tales of things that never happened told by people we've never met. (06/02/2000)

Post-impeachment blues By Bruce Shapiro
Beneath the radar, the legal dramas inspired by the president's troubles continue to play out -- and Clinton has himself partly to blame. (06/02/2000)

Elian's closing chapter? By Daryl Lindsey
A legal expert says the Cuban boy's legal saga is slowly winding down. (06/02/2000)

With this ring, Shaq emerges By Allen Barra
Compared to other players, rather than to his own supposed potential, he's one of the best ever. When he wins a championship this month, fans will take notice. (06/02/2000)

Jeff Buckley: a cult in the making? By Steve Kurutz
He was an ethereal, darkly handsome singer-songwriter who died young. And that's how legends begin. (06/02/2000)

Moby Dong? By Amy Reiter
Everybody's a winner: "Knob Touch" party game has nothin' to do with doors; You gotta serve somebody, says Mr. Janet Jackson. Plus: Is nothing sacred? Here come the Reagan love letters. (06/02/2000)

Pam Gravy's dancing panda By David Goodman
Real, screw-with-your-head magic in Vegas, and Trey Parker is Neil Diamond. (06/02/2000)

Separated at birth? By Jesse Drucker
For a mainstream Republican, Rep. Rick Lazio's politics are awfully similar to those of "left-wing" Hillary Clinton. (06/02/2000)

Lie of the Week By Joshua Micah Marshall
Can you be a "Coal Miner's Daughter" if your daddy owned the mine? (06/02/2000)

Nasty Michelle By David Thomson
You've got to worry when the sexiest thing in theaters this week is a preview for a movie coming in July. (06/02/2000)

Banana goes to the big house By Jack Boulware
Zimbabwe's former president is sentenced to jail for performing "unnatural acts" on his cook, bodyguard and gardener. (06/02/2000)

Learning to love your geek By Janelle Brown
"The Geek Handbook" is a handy how-to manual for keeping him or her in good running order. (06/02/2000)

Lay off the layoff stories By Andrew Leonard
The dot-com business press is going ga-ga over dot-com layoffs. Enough, already. (06/02/2000)

Vatican makes French school remove condom machine By J.A. Getzlaff
Officials claim a dispenser "legitimized behavior which was not acceptable." (06/02/2000)

Nights of the iguana By Amelia Hansen
We are all susceptible to the charms of the luminous creature that captures our imagination. (06/02/2000)

Risky business By Michael Sragow
How "Chinatown" screenwriter Robert Towne hooked up with Tom Cruise and John Woo to script "M:I-2." (06/01/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Lisa Gidley
Veruca Salt frontwoman Louise Post learns that breaking up is hard to do; the knife in the back, however, is easy. (06/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 1, 2000 (06/01/2000)

They've booted Mrs. Howell! By Joyce Millman
The debut episode of "Survivor" sees the castaways turning on the aged first -- and beats "Millionaire" in the ratings. (06/01/2000)

The real Sylvia Plath By Kate Moses
Her newly published, unexpurgated journals support a little-known theory that PMS drove her to suicide. Second of two parts. (06/01/2000)

"Becoming Madame Mao" by Anchee Min By Gary Krist
A novel with a larger-than-life subject: the ruthless political climber who wreaked vengeance on every enemy who'd ever snubbed her. (06/01/2000)

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How a San Francisco cartoonist ticked off the Seattle java giant (06/01/2000)

"Pass the virtual champagne, please" By Heidi Kriz
Goodbye, chips and dip: The book party comes to cyberspace. (06/01/2000)

Gene therapy R.I.P.? By Tabitha M. Powledge
When the country's biggest gene therapy institute was ordered to stop testing on humans last week, the action marked the end of an era fraught with dubious claims to success and a mess of unreported adverse effects. (06/01/2000)

To pay or not to pay .
"I would personally relish seeing Jesse Helms wash dishes or pick up litter for his role in prolonging segregation." (06/01/2000)

Parents vs. teachers -- it's war .
"You, despite your advanced degree and six-figure salary, are not a teacher." (06/01/2000)

Salon to readers: You win!
Introducing our new, new redesign. (06/01/2000)

Saucy soccer moms By Matthew DeBord
Forget supermodels, it is She of the coveted vote whom I most desire. (06/01/2000)

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The guilty pleasures of Seattle By David Shields
Even facing a Microsoft breakup, the city is prospering like never before. So why do these people feel so guilty? (06/01/2000)

Out of her tree By Stephen Lemons
Julia Butterfly Hill sat in a giant redwood for two years, then kicked the big boys' butts. Now her book's a bestseller and she's talking about a movie deal. (06/01/2000)

Silverstone spills all By Amy Reiter
Alicia on proper pooping, mother's milk and things of that ilk; Did Prince William nick the bubbly? Plus: Quentin Tarantino's seedy love! (06/01/2000)

For Bush, fundraiser is a gamble By Jake Tapper
Despite his "strong anti-gambling record," he prepares for a major gift from serious high-rollers -- and criticism from the party's right wing. (06/01/2000)

Campaign jobs: adults only By Anthony York
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's independent-minded opponent finally gets serious -- and his youthful staff gets some high-powered additions. (06/01/2000)

Bush stalls death machine By Alicia Montgomery
Texas governor grants his first reprieve as presidential poll numbers tighten. Gore grilled on fat cat's contract, and Democrats loudly grieve Tito Puente. (06/01/2000)

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Racehorse gets a perma-stiffy By Jack Boulware
Champion suffers from penile paralysis. (06/01/2000)

Proust's dearest pleasures By Rick Whitaker
The best of a slew of recent biographies points to the author's conscious self-closeting. (06/01/2000)

Undo me! By Simson Garfinkel
Why can't operating system designers build a better "undo" feature? (06/01/2000)

Town & Country goes dot-com slumming By Janelle Brown
A high society bible devotes its entire June issue to dot-com mogul mania (06/01/2000)

Welcome to Cowshit Lane By J.A. Getzlaff
English villagers love their street's name, and they're going to keep it after all. (06/01/2000)

Digging for dinosaurs By Donald D. Groff
Our expert offers tips on family-oriented dino sites, historic Route 66 and Welsh bardic tourneys. (06/01/2000)