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RIAA tries to shut down Napster
Janelle Brown
By moving for an injunction against the file-swapping service, the recording industry shows just how little it gets the Net.
Which Richmond, Va., did Burt Wolf visit?
Salon Staff
Are his descriptions "flat incorrect" or "right-on"?
Meet the real Web news junkies
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.
So where’s the dot-com movie?
Katharine Mieszkowski
Badly dressed geeks clutching stock options are a tough sell, but Hollywood's still a day late and an IPO short.
Round 2: Should gays serve?
Daryl Lindsey
A Salon panel debates the ban on gays in the military. Second of two parts.
Roger Corman
Greg Villepique
The King of B movies became an industry giant by keeping budgets lean, and his films rich with breasts, bikers and blood.
The mama lion at the gate
Cathy Young
Maternal chauvinism is a dad's greatest obstacle to parental parity.
Do Eminem’s violent lyrics cross the line?
Salon Staff
"He's bigger, louder and meaner than pretty much any mainstream artist."
Torture lessons
Annie Murphy Paul
With irresistible detail, a surgeon explores the cultural and scientific universe of the body in pain.
George Segal
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.
Its own worst enemy
Scott Rosenberg
The judge says you just can't trust Microsoft. It's the company's own fault.
The player
Charles Taylor
His new musical version of "Love's Labour's Lost" is flawed, but Kenneth Branagh remains our greatest living interpreter of Shakespeare.
Heart of darkness
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.
Education, homosexuality, the media and pop culture
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.
Return to Wonderland
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.
Elian, politics and the Roman Empire
Camille Paglia
Readers write about the Gonzalez family's telenovela temperament; the cognitive dissonance of liberals; and Diocletian and that damned horse.
Margaret Cho: All-American slut
Michael Sragow
The stand-up comedian's one-woman movie proves that Cho business is not all show business.
Little boat, big whale
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.
Inside a lesbian “witch hunt”
Fiona Morgan
For too many women in the military, homophobia plus sexual harassment equals a reason to get out.
Future crock
John Leonard
Is the new economy eliminating private property, politics and civilization?
The gun letters
Camille Paglia
The Million Moms are "cowardettes who don't know the difference between a Glock and a glockenspiel."
Sharps & Flats
Keith Harris
Eminem's airtight masterpiece of rhyme invents invisible enemies. But would a serious rapper even bother dissing 'N Sync?
Swallowing ephedra
Shannon Brownlee
The wildly popular herbal diet aid can be dangerous for some people. But don't expect the FDA to crack down.
A heartbreaking decision
Dave Cullen
Gay officers must choose between personal happiness and the careers they've spent years building. Second of two parts.
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