Welcome to Salon.com!

Published September 27, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

When I founded Salon four years ago, I wanted to build a Web site that had the high spirits and passionate engagement of a great dinner party -- the kind that leaves your head buzzing from all the fascinating people you've met and the conversations you've had.

Today, Salon.com brings you the best reader party on the Internet. First we present the Web's liveliest, smartest news and commentary, reviews and columns, fresh every day and throughout the day. Then we give you places to speak out about what we've published -- or anything else that's on your mind.

If you're coming to Salon.com for the first time, here's a quick guide to how to get the most out of our network of Web sites -- and links to some of our "can't miss" features.

Salon's home page, at www.salon.com, presents a complete list of each day's articles. Add it to your bookmarks or "favorites" list!

Each of our 10 subject-specific Web sites has its own home page, too, updated throughout the day with breaking news as well as only-on-Salon stories. Links to those home pages -- Arts & Entertainment, Books, Comics, Health & Body, Media, Mothers Who Think, News, People, Technology and Travel -- are listed on every Salon page in the upper left hand corner.

Salon's columnists are always ready to offer pointed and often controversial perspectives on the issues and events of the day -- whether it's Camille Paglia interpreting famous personalities as only she can (in People), Garrison Keillor offering advice for the lovelorn and literary as "Mr. Blue" (in Books), or David Horowitz and Joe Conason squaring off from the right and left corners of the political ring (in News). You can always find links to the most recent Salon columns off our Columnists page.

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Looking for an older Salon article? Use our search page, or visit our archives, organized by site and subject or by date.

When you've had your fill of reading Salon -- or when you've read something that you absolutely have to respond to -- come visit Table Talk, our fabulously popular discussion site, where the conversations never stop. Or if you're looking for an online space where you always know the name of the person you're talking to and where you can set up your own private conferences, consider joining The Well, which virtually invented virtual community.

We hope that everything we publish here is the beginning or continuation of a great conversation. You can always send us Letters to the Editor for publication -- or just e-mail us with your comments about Salon. Thanks for visiting our sites -- stick around and enjoy the fun.

David Talbot

Editor in Chief


By David Talbot

David Talbot, the founder of Salon, is the author of New York Times bestsellers like "Brothers," "The Devil's Chessboard," and "Season of the Witch." His most recent book is "Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke."

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