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21st Salon's weekly digital culture section The Net industry is rushing to embrace ratings systems for the Web. The technology will help parents keep their kids away from porn. It can also help anyone censor anything Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Chunnel vision (07/31/97) Word by Word By Anne Lamott
Mothers Who Think Casting a spell: Summer reading for children, part 2 (07/31/97) Alice in Mirrorland By Laura Green
Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
Mothers Who Think Drama Queen -- vote for the miserable winner! (07/30/97) Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section A lucky life By Don George, Editor
August advice By Peter Mayle
Crime takes a holiday By David Corn
Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Passages: "To Timbuktu" By Mark Jenkins
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Table Talk
The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson
Mothers Who Think I surf therefore I am By Judith Levine
Mothers Who Think Time for one thing By Dawn Anahid MacKeen
Wasted youth novels By Andrew Hultkrans
Mothers Who Think My grandmother, the godfather By Camille Peri
Mothers Who Think Recipe from "In Nonna's Kitchen" By Carol Field
Swamp Fever By James Carville
Air Force One By Charles Taylor In Harrison Ford's new president-in-peril thriller, "Air Force One," the first family comes first (07/25/97) Mrs. Brown By Charles Taylor Victoria's secret: "Mrs. Brown" fails to bring the hidden passions of the queen -- or the society she led -- to life (07/25/97) Mothers Who Think Dish it out by David Haldane
Mothers Who Think Show me the picture By Andrea Gollin
Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell
21st Salon's weekly digital culture section From cyberspace to Klamath Lake, a hunt for the truth about blue-green algae reveals the secret ecology of information Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg The games People plays (07/24/97) Mothers Who Think Spice of Life by Chitra Divakaruni
Ill Humor By Ian Shoales
Mothers Who Think By Joan Walsh
Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
"Cold Mountain" diary By Charles Frazier
Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section Acting on wild impulse By Don George, Editor (07/22/97) Thai die By Karl Taro Greenfeld
Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Postmark: New Orleans, Louisiana By Lance P. Martin
Passages: "In the Ring of Fire" By James D. Houston
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Table Talk
Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Mothers Who Think Time for one thing by Joyce Millman
Even reheated fare like "Operation Condor" offers dazzling stunts from the world's greatest action hero Jackie Chan Nothing to Lose By Laura Miller "Nothing to Lose" is a lazy exercise in tired racial clichés (07/21/97) Coffee is more than just a drug -- it's a lifelong companion (07/21/97) Right On! By David Horowitz
Sexpert Opinion By Susie Bright
Mothers Who Think Acting big By Laura Miller Antidepressants help many people recover their enthusiasm for life -- sometimes at the price of their libido (07/17/97) Word By Word By Anne Lamott
21st Salon's weekly digital culture section For prospective parents, Tamagotchi is a stern taskmaster (07/17/97) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Apple follies and the Mac media (07/17/97) Readin', ritin' and Ritalin By Arthur Allen Do psychoactive drugs really help children -- or just make them fit in? (07/16/97) Meditation vs. medication By Joan Smith You can elevate your soul with spiritual discipline -- but some psychological suffering can only be alleviated with chemicals (07/16/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section Losing it at Club Med By Po Bronson There are palm trees and pool aerobics, searching singles and satiny sands, but a week at Club Med Turkoise is not what you expect (07/15/97) Avant-garde out of control By Brent Gregston Is it brilliant? Is it bull? Whichever, the Documenta art exhibition has totally transformed the ugly duckling town of Kassel, Germany (07/15/97) Mondo Weirdo More strange food tales from around the world (07/15/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Chicken marinated in fresh ginger (07/15/97) The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Fear and self-medicating in L.A. (07/15/97) Generation Rx By Jenn Shreve Prozac on campus (07/15/97) Melatonin mania By Morris Dye It treats cancer, enhances sexual pleasure and boosts the immune system! Well, maybe not, but it sure helps jet lag (07/15/97) Mothers Who Think Time for one thing By Kate Moses In drugs we trust By Scott Rosenberg Why do Americans make war on some drugs and build fortunes on others? (07/14/97) Just take the pills, guys By Andrew Ross Men would rather kill themselves -- literally -- than admit they are suffering from one of the most common diseases in the world (07/14/97) Swamp Fever By James Carville Mothers Who Think Hotel of the Damned By Aggie Max The leading man exits: The secret John Wayne By Jonathan Lethem The darkness of Jimmy Stewart By Christopher Hitchens (07/11/97) Contact By Robin Dougherty Jodie Foster plays an astronomer whose search for extraterrestrials takes her to the furthest reaches of science and faith (07/11/97) When the Cat's Away By Charles Taylor The search for her lost pet takes a young Parisian girl to an unfamiliar place -- her own neighborhood (07/11/97) Oz By Joyce Millman HBO's new prison drama is a raw look at life off the street (07/11/97) Quiet grrrls By Michelle Goldberg Lilith Fair at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Calif. (07/11/97) Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell Mothers who rock By Lori Leibovich Rocker Amy Rigby on being a solo mom Drama Queen We have a winner! (07/11/97) 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section The meme hunter By Andrew Brown A British psychologist prowls for hard evidence that memes -- ideas that reproduce genetically, like viruses -- actually exist. What's one of the prime habitats? The Internet (07/10/97) "Ate my balls" ate my balls By Milo Miles How one nutty meme took over cyberspace (07/10/97) Ill Humor By Ian Shoales Mothers Who Think Spice of Life By Chitra Divakaruni The Salon Interview: Gary Oldman By Richard Covington "Cold Mountain" Charles Frazier's majestic Civil War novel, "Cold Mountain," evokes a harrowing odyssey and a lost way of life in the Blue Ridge Mountains (07/09/97) "Cold Mountain" Diary By Charles Frazier How the author found the inspiration for his Civil War-era novel among the secrets buried in the backwoods of the Smoky Mountains (07/09/97) "Cold Mountain" By Charles Frazier Excerpts from the bestseller (07/09/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Mothers Who Think Vanity, thy name is henna By Inda Schaenen Six great travel tomes reveal the soul of the places they describe (07/08/97) Wanderlust Contributing Editor Peter Mayle writes about the book that inspired him to go to Provence: M.F.K. Fisher's "Two Towns in Provence" (07/08/97) "Natural Opium" "The Snow Leopard" "Roughing It" Postmark: Brighton, England By Andrew Ross
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Hong Kong diary By Simon Winchester
Aggie Max, author of "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel," says it's not just the lack of money that makes escape nearly impossible, it's the culture of poverty (07/08/97) The Rat Bite By Aggie Max Ask Camille By Camille Paglia Thrill out! Our critics dip into the summer's hottest thrillers (07/04/97) Salon Entertainment Contempt The re-release of Godard's classic recalls a time when movies could do anything (07/04/97) La Femme Nikita "La Femme Nikita" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" will kick your ass (07/04/97) Sexpert Opinion By Susie Bright Right On! By David Horowitz Mothers Who Think Hello, we're Ingrid and Isabella and we have a cleaning problem (07/04/97) X-Word By Merl Reagle 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section On the Web, fans of the Warrior Princess have taken her places she could never go on TV. And so far, the heroine's corporate owners have let a thousand Xena story lines bloom online (07/03/97) The pattern fetish By Leonce Gaiter Gardens for kids (07/03/97) Word by Word By Anne Lamott Face-off Honky Blues By Tim Duggan In defense of wannabes By Carol Lloyd Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Mothers Who Think Drama Queen for a Day: Cast your votes (07/02/97) Why boys dream bigger than girls (07/01/97) Time for one thing By Lori Leibovich Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section Strawberry festivals & folding chair marching bands (07/01/97) Ode to the road By Jenn Shreve Passages: "The Soul of Golf" By William Hallberg
Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
Postmark: Bend, Oregon By Christine Barnes
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
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The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Hong Kong Diary By Simon Winchester Bestseller Hell By Jon Carroll Swamp Fever By James Carville Mothers Who Think Why heroes make horrible parents By Vivienne Walt Hong Kong diary By Simon Winchester X-Word By Merl Reagle Is classical music dead? Salon critics Sarah Vowell and Paul Festa face off "Hercules" By Charles Taylor Disney's "Hercules" is a show-tune-spouting, buff demigod bent on self-improvement (and world domination) "Face/Off" By Stephanie Zaharek With its wacky face-switching premise and delirious action scenes, John Woo's "Face/Off" is the summer's best blockbuster Gentleman with a gun By Jennie Yabroff John Woo, director of "Face/Off" and super-violent, ultra-stylish Hong Kong "blood operas," talks about the elegance of Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, his childhood dream of becoming a minister and why he loves his villains (06/27/97) Mindlessly permissive parents are subjecting their kids to movies they're not ready for -- and don't want to see A Few Good Men Bill Nye, inexplicably single guy of science By Kate Moses Just how lovable is the most eligible bachelor on children's television? (06/27/97) Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell Hong Kong Diary By Simon Winchester 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section When the giants of Net business say they want to protect your privacy, they're really trying to make you feel comfortable about giving up more information about yourself Privacy is the problem, not the solution By Jeffrey Obser Americans fear that their personal information is at risk when they go online. But maybe the trouble is that we're all too isolated offline (06/26/97) Mothers Who Think Salon's new daily section for women The smell of childhood never fades Wild Things By Andrea Gollin Road games to keep restless travelers happy (06/26/97) Ill Humor By Ian Shoales Hong Kong Diary By Simon Winchester Tina's time By Dwight Garner Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Mothers Who Think Toy Story By Joyce Millman Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section Paul Theroux on Hong Kong's troubled times to come (06/24/97) The party's over By Simon Winchester
Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Postmark: Prague By Melissa Morrison
Passages: "Yak Butter and Black Tea" By Wade Brackenbury
Table Talk
Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Police say an Ohio woman left her children in squalor while she surfed the Net (06/24/97) Mothers Who Think Salon's new daily section for women A woman on the front lines of America's most emotionally charged debate (06/23/97) Right On! By David Horowitz
A Valentine to the goddess of screen irony "Batman & Robin" By Robin Dougherty It's 1997, and Joel Schumacher's Batman formula isn't getting any fresher "Ripe" By Lori Leibovich Twin sisters undergo a painful and sensual coming of age in "Ripe" (06/20/97) Sexpert opinion By Susie Bright Mothers Who Think Salon's new daily section for women Short Story Club By Kate Moses "The Professor," by Lydia Davis Interview with Lydia Davis By Kate Moses Can a woman think too much? (06/20/97) 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Scott Adams' creations keep extending their sway over the Internet and the bestseller lists. Now the cartoonist tells us that "affirmations" are the key to his success -- and ours. Has the master of cynical corporate satire gone New Age? Joy Stick Nationalism By David Adox Video games are most kids' first contact with computers -- therefore, says author J.C. Herz, they'll shape our world Let's get this straight By Scott Rosenberg Sins of the Net virgins (06/19/97) Word by Word By Anne Lamott
Mothers Who Think Fun in the Sun By Andrea Gollin
Mothers Who Think I love you both unequally By Kate Moses
Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section Gonzo Congo! By Don George, Editor
Kidnap my heart By Alison Buckholtz
Mondo Weirdo: More strange foods around the world By Don George
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Postmark: Harlem, New York By Tessa Souter
The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Mothers Who Think Should teachers let students into their lives? By Anthony Cody Mothers Who Think Salon's daily section for women Republican chick By Margaret Talbot She may be nesting, but Mary Matalin is more of a hawk than ever Mamafesto By Camille Peri Why it's time for Mothers Who Think The Gold Cell By Sharon Olds Should my parents never have met? (06/16/97) The Wizards of id By David Rakoff "Speed 2" sinks By Charles Taylor "The Van" stalls By Charles Taylor Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section As a handful of companies tighten their control of the Internet's infrastructure, can an end to flat-rate pricing be far behind? The people are the Party By David Hudson In Europe, DJs have helped build a more populist digital culture Let's get this straight By Scott Rosenberg Paradigms of the Times (06/12/97) Ill Humor By Ian Shoales
I am not a magic realist! By Alberto Fuguet, with Kristina Cordero Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section
The Tragedy of Tiger Leaping Gorge By Simon Winchester
Mondo Weirdo: School trip! By Don George, Editor
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Passages: "Trout Fisher's Almanac" Edited by Sid Evans
Postmark: Seattle By Jenn Shreve
Table Talk
Ask Camille By Camille Paglia The Trial By Celia Farber
Right On! By David Horowitz
X-Word By Merl Reagle Jungle love By Stephanie Zacharek
An upright and locked position By Charles Taylor
The Salon Interview: Peter Greenaway By Christopher Hawthorne
The Listress By Amy Wallace
21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Why African-Americans aren't online Is the Web too cool for blacks? By Leonce Gaiter African-Americans aren't rushing online because the new medium butts heads with their traditional values and desires (06/05/97) Word By Word By Anne Lamott Hot under the epaulets By John Donnelly Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section Cuba libre! By Mark Schapiro
Forbidden island By Don George, Editor
An idyll in Ireland By Patric Kuh
The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer
Postmark: San Francisco By Gary Kamiya
Passages:
"Paris In Pink" By Katya Macklovich
An Uzbek responds By Ibrat A. Jumabayev
Table Talk
The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Death guru Stephen Levine wants to legalize assisted suicide -- but only for physical reasons. In other situations, taking one's life is just impatient, sloppy, a "shortcut" The road best traveled By Bill McKibben Before you kill yourself, M. Scott Peck argues, try killing your ego (06/02/97) Swamp Fever By James Carville X-Word By Merl Reagle
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