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Your horoscope for the week
Rob Brezsny
The Dumb Luck Collector, the god of lusty abandon, the crafty art of Swahili obscenities, a cross-dressing Ken doll and tigers with bad hygiene.
They want it what way?
Amy Reiter
The Backstreet Boys admit to chronic masturbation, rampant farting; David Blaine exposed by a master. Plus: Ellen DeGeneres lands a surprising role, and Geena Davis finds Dr. Love.
Bush, Gore file Supreme Court briefs
Salon Staff
GOP claims Florida high court violated Constitution by extending election certification deadline; Demo attorneys dismiss argument as "insubstantial"
Not for sissies
John W. Dean
A leading conservative scholar's hardball new translation of Tocqueville's classic "Democracy in America" is a daunting example of tough love.
When the saints go marching in
Tara Zahra
Mormon missionaries abroad lead a life of evangelism, community service and mind-numbing austerity.
A brief affair
Kelly Jones
I found the goddess of lingerie in Venice and she made me feel like Marilyn Monroe.
Hurrah for slow recounts
Ellen Ullman
Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit.
The Nader letters
Compiled by Salon staff
Bianca Jagger, Ani DiFranco, Gloria Steinem, Toni Morrison, Sean Wilentz, Tom Laughlin and other pro- and anti-Nader folks wage e-mail combat.
Papa don’t preach
Benjamin Cheever
Nobody had to tell me that my dad was drunk. Now I am a dad -- and mum.
Life under the hole in the sky
Dawn MacKeen
For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future.
Humanitarian aid
Dan Shapiro
Tomorrow, he would be sterile; today he needed to collect his sperm. And I had to teach him how to do it.
He’s gotta have it
Garrison Keillor
My father's addicted to Internet porn and the whole family's upset about it. What should we do?
Gore: I’m no “big gummint liberal”
Jake Tapper
Trying to counter Bush's attacks, the vice president falls back on the old standby: a preposterous promise.
Rage in the Middle East
Camille Paglia
The crisis in Israel, its impact on the American presidential race and how (and why) Gore lost the final debate.
Heart of Stone, nerves of glass
Amy Reiter
Sharon Stone loses it at Glamour's Women of the Year awards. Plus: "Survivor" faces a cosmic wrinkle and Mr. Spock's ears go, logically, to the highest bidder.
Ted Williams
Mark Miller
Almost 60 years ago, the greatest hitter who ever lived hit over .400 and no one has done it since.
Fighting for treatment
J.B. Orenstein
These days, having cancer isn't enough to get you into the hospital -- you have to really be sick.
When passengers rage
Elliott Neal Hester
She hated my guts and ached to put me in a headlock, but I swear I never meant to send her to Barbados.
Save your life: Sing in drag
Ben Schatz
How a high-powered Harvard-trained lawyer found health and happiness by donning fabulous dresses.
Reform school
Virginia Vitzthum
A program for first-time johns lets offenders off the hook in exchange for their attendance at a daylong session taught by ex-hookers.
The sad and hilarious tale of Dr. T and Big D
Michael Sragow
Robert Altman and screenwriter Anne Rapp talk about Dallas, sex, chivalry and their new movie, "Dr. T & the Women."
Art for politics’ sake
Ray Sawhill
A critic of the NEA and Harvard talks about the narrow-minded, shock-obsessed contemporary art scene.
What’s up with Madonna?
Michelle Goldberg, Strawberry Saroyan
Two critics cross swords: Can you separate the chameleonic star's image
from her art? And why doesn't she have a cool boyfriend?
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