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Blue Glow

Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1999

Still tempted

Garrison Keillor
She's the perfect woman: Gorgeous, intelligent and horny most of the time. Why do I still lust after other beautiful women?

Get over it, David!

Joe Conason
Where I come from, if you're going to dish it out, you've got to learn to take it, too.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Why should Internet millionaires date gold-diggers? Plus: The Irish still suffer; Horowitz is no conservative!

Bad blood

Charles Taylor
In his new novel, author Roddy Doyle ("The Commitments") ventures into the bitter heart of a terrorist.

“For Common Things”

Caleb Crain
A fresh-faced 24-year-old with a prescription for a better America is way, way out of his depth.

Silicon Follies

Thomas Scoville
Chapter 50: Candy downshifts out of the fast lane -- and into Psychrist's hot tub

Tempests in a Thai-pot

Morris Dye
Despite sex scandals and overspeculation, Bangkok residents still find reasons to smile.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Don't let junkie turn misspent youth into profit; Brazil's "raceless" society; what's the truth about Waco?

A magical, movable feast

Michael Sragow
The Beatles live again in the eye- and ear-popping new print of "Yellow Submarine."

“Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murder”

Bill Vourvoulias
A throrough investigation tells a hair-raising story but doesn't go far enough in its indictment of the medical profession.

Good old sex

Sean Elder
Modern Maturity -- the largest-circulation magazine in America -- gets sexier as the baby boomers realize that 50 isn't old after all.

“Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash”

Peter Kurth
A close look at garbage comes up with gold.

Personal-space invaders

Jon Bowen
Research shows that we need room to stay sane.

Song of Roland

David Futrelle
The Roland 303 bass synthesizer didn't inspire musicians at first -- but a software emulation of the techno sound now sings to many a fan.

The carousels of Paris

Susan Hack
Long before Disneyland opened on its outskirts, the French capital gave children their own moveable feast.

The suffering Irish

Daniel Reitz
What will Erin's literary artists write about now that their motherland has found its pot of gold?

With conservatives like these, who needs liberals?

David Horowitz
By signing on to the war on Hollywood, the right has embraced another bad idea from the left.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Do criminals deserve prison rapes? Plus: Funeral parlors, drugs and Dubya; faking depression.

News flash: You're a crackpot

Cary Tennis
To be in the news, try making some -- or at least what passes for it these days.

Rag vs. rag

Jenn Shreve
Skeptic magazine should take a cue from its splashier, diametric opposite, Fate. Plus: Jerry Stahl on heroin -- again; yet another writer "discovers" eBay.

Sharps & flats

Jon Dolan
Teen queen Britney Spears invites you to hit her with your best shot.

“Coal to Cream”

Casey Greenfield
An African-American writer discovers a raceless society in Brazil -- or so it seems at first.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Evolutionary theory asks "how," not "if"; give Superchunk a chance; generous dad is being suckered.
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