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Fritz the cast
Sarah Vowell
Pop music is the body cast that gets pushed around, but never loses its shape.
Quirky supermodels appear — millions flee
Salon Staff
Geeked-out, normal or born to fiddle, the models of spring still don't resemble the lowly likes of you.
Beck to the future
Milo Miles
Defying copyright, purveyors of "recombinant music" use the Net to make new sounds out of old shards.
A pan-Italian feast — in Geneva
David Downie
David Downie discovers an extraordinary Italian restaurant in Geneva: Chez Roberto's delicacies encompass the savory spectrum of Italian fare -- and the haunting soul of the Swiss city
Yellow journalism
Carol Lloyd
Why are reporters, those vigilant guardians of constitutional freedoms, cravenly unzipping themselves for drug testing?
21st: Let's Get This Straight: Media genuflect before Intel's royal-succession pageant
Scott Rosenberg
Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. Media genuflect before Intel's royal-succession pageant as Andrew Grove steps
down.
21st: Gene blues
Jeffrey Obser
Why you should think twice before betting your life on genetic testing.
Let my software go!
Andrew Leonard
Let my software go!: By Andrew Leonard. Netscape was desperate for a new strategy against Microsoft. Eric Raymond, hacker guru, had one. An interview with the author of 'The New Hacker's Dictionary.'
Longboard surfing women
Lisa Palac
Lisa Palac explores the brave and benevolent new world of women's longboard surfing at a competition in Capitola, California.
Stalemate
Gary Kamiya
Salon Media Circus: Howard Kurtz's 'Spin Cycle' paints a damning portrait of the
sterile battle between Clinton's PR team and the terminally cynical White
House media.
In a league of their own
Joan Walsh
Even Dusty Baker told her to get a life, but one baseball fanatic and her daughter wouldn't think of missing spring training.
Red-Tails in Love
Marie Winn
Marie Winn's new book, 'Red-Tails in Love,' shows that even in New York City, nature -- and nature-lovers -- thrive.
The Spock touch
Dwight Garner
More than just a bestselling chid-care guru, the late doctor "Spock-marked" a generation with his politics.
Insider's guide to Amsterdam
David Downie
David Downie reveals the best places to eat, stay and play in the Netherlands' most vibrant city.
Death and Violence in Rock 'n' Roll
Cynthia Joyce
Cynthia Joyce interviews Mikal Gilmore on his new book 'Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock 'n' Roll,' the golden age of old rock stars and rock's redemptive force in American culture.
Sharps and Flats: Robbie Robertson
John Milward
Robbie Robertson, "Contact from the Underworld of Redboy", from Capitol Records.
Mr. Lincoln's neighborhood
Jan Morris
Jan Morris discovers that the inspiring spirit of Abe Lincoln lives still in the streets of Springfield, Ill.
Labia envy
Louisa Kamps
Ladies, are you troubled by the appearance of your genitalia? Call Dr. Alter.
“Love and Death on Long Island”
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
reviews 'Love and Death on Long Island' directed by Richard Kwietniowski
and starring John Hurt and Jason Priestly.
Entertainment: Man with guts
Michael Snyder
An interview with filmmaker John Sayles, director of the spanish-language film "Men with Guns."
A romp in Rome
Fiona Morgan
On a summer stay in Rome, a young American feminist is unexpectedly liberated by the attentions of Italian men.
Living by The Book
Julie Caniglia
Inside the cult of the Franklin Planner -- where organization equals salvation.
Fat chance
Leora Tanenbaum
Can a fat teenager find happiness? Cherie Bennett, author of the young adult novel "Life In the Fat Lane," talks about binge-and-barf clubs, Madeleine Albright's thighs
and why well-meaning mothers often make things worse.
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