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Sound off
Salon Staff
Salon's Arts & Entertainment critics pick their favorite records and musical moments of 1999.
Presents of mind
Stephanie Zacharek, Maria Russo
A selection of books sure to charm, delight and inform even the most particular readers on your list.
Road roulette
Rolf Potts
Demoralized by goals and guidebooks, our correspondent
tackles Lithuania and Poland on a thumb and a prayer.
Media man
Susan Lehman
With his new Web venture, magazine veteran Kurt Andersen promises a must-go news and information site that's as witty as the Wall Street Journal.
Sincerely ours
Thomas Mallon
The author of "Dewey Defeats Truman" selects five great collections of letters.
Singing the pink blues
Margot Mifflin
Why do makers of toys and computer games still practice segregation?
Poo rules!
Brennan Conaway
For some seemingly inexplicable reason, No. 2 is No. 1 with Japanese kids.
Revenge of the nerd
Jake Tapper
Steve Forbes' poll numbers in New Hampshire slowly rise even though the media ignores him.
The day I became a Muslim
Zachary Karabell
At an Indian mosque on a blazing summer afternoon, a moment that I had only dreamed of came true.
Beyond step and spinning
Christina Valhouli
There are as many ethnic-style workouts as ethnic restaurants in New York.
New kids in the balcony
Sean Elder
A veteran and a novice are the new movie critics at the New York Times.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Will MP3.com make you a rock star? Plus: If pilots can boost safety, your doctor ought to be able to; looking for literature's "real men."
TV party tonight
Jeff Stark
Commercials feature the best music on television, but that hasn't gotten in the way of more soundtracks from "Friends," "Buffy," "Ally," "The Simpsons" and more.
“20th-Century Dreams” by Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaert
Charles Taylor
The writer-and-artist team's new bout of cultural nausea is like a tabloid that might be sold at the Whitney Museum.
The seeds of Seattle
Bruce Shapiro
As anti-globalization protesters ask themselves, "Where do we go from here?" Seattle enters the lexicon of civil disobedience.
Your boss may be monitoring your e-mail
Maura Kelly
Personal computers were supposed to liberate the workplace. So why do so many companies use them to spy on workers?
How the Demos lost the White House in Seattle
Camille Paglia
The WTO battles blew the election for Gore; McCain needs more than bad luck to qualify for the presidency; Hillary's one of the most destructive personalities in American politics; and why Madonna talks like the queen mother.
“The Trouble With Normal” by Michael Warner
Peter Kurth
A sex activist defends the right of gay men -- and everybody else -- to screw around.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Why send a prude to cover a bondage party? Plus: Mom should worry more about kid's health than Ritalin's stigma; what the heck's an "Agilent," anyway?
Unzipped lips
Carol Lloyd
Sex writer Courtney Weaver talks about her new book, seriously considering prostitution and the joys of a serious relationship.
The Jim Carrey Show
Andrew O'Hehir
Can the spirit of Andy Kaufman give the comic actor the courage to chart his own course?
The congressman from Columbine
Jake Tapper
For Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, reelection seemed inevitable -- until
tragedy struck Littleton.
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