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To the last “Survivor”!
Joyce Millman
In an age when no secret is safe, the reality show kept us guessing)
The Cockettes: Rise and fall of the acid queens
Douglas Cruickshank
For a few glittering years, they were the world's most celebrated gender-benders. In his forthcoming film about the legendary performers, David Weissman tells one of the West's wildest stories.
Dot-com culture clash
Barbara Kelley
As sleepy Santa Barbara starts to look more like Silicon Valley south,
residents decry "economic apartheid."
Homophobia
Salon Staff
"The propulsion of revulsion" by Michael Alvear; "The last acceptable prejudice" by David Bowman
Embryos under the knife
Lori B. Andrews
The latest reproductive technology is just the next step on our sprint toward human cloning.
Dead heat in presidential poll
Alicia Montgomery
Gore gets a big convention bounce, the Democrats get religion, Al III gets busted and Gingrich gets hitched.
Sexless in Washington
Erik Tarloff
The shameful exposure of Bill Clinton's penis means the next president will not be allowed one.
Fightin’ Al
Jake Tapper
Say what you will about Al Gore's clunky acceptance speech. He gave it his darnedest.
Better red than brain-dead
John Leonard
Why did socialism fail in the United States -- and whose loss is it, anyway?
The last acceptable prejudice
David Bowman
A chat with author Byrne Fone about his exhaustive study of homophobia from antiquity to the present.
Frodo lives — on the big screen
Andrew O'Hehir
Can the quest to turn "The Lord of the Rings" into a movie trilogy satisfy Tolkien's legions of dedicated fans and still produce a blockbuster?
A list of their own
Kera Bolonik
Has Harry Potter changed the course of the New York Times Book Review -- and the children's book market -- for good or for evil? It depends on whom you ask.
“As Seen on TV: Provocations” by Lucy Grealy
Laura Morgan Green
The author of "Autobiography of a Face" returns with essays on sex, religion and celebrity.
Pronoiacs of the world unite!
Rob Brezsny
Life is not a bitch, but evil is a bore and the world is conspiring to shower you with ...
Gray lady down
Daryl Lindsey
The sinking of the Kursk raises questions about the safety of Russia's nuclear submarines.
“Notorious”
Andrew O'Hehir
In this truly twisted love story, the passion between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman is so powerful it's almost a character in itself.
See no AIDS, hear no AIDS
Megan Williams
In Swaziland, villagers spend every weekend burying their dead, but they still can't admit what's killing them. A report from ground zero of the African holocaust.
“The Heartsong of Charging Elk” by James Welch
Jonathan Miles
The latest from the Native American novelist probes the culture shock of an Oglala Sioux abandoned in France by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Robert Altman
Stephen Lemons
Hollywood's ultimate outsider is at long last the Big Daddy of American cinema.
Joe Lieberman? Get me rewrite!
Joe Eszterhas
What seemed like a feel-good summer hit suddenly turns sour.
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