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21st: E.D., phone home!
Scott Rosenberg
Scott Rosenberg interviews Esther Dyson on Microsoft, intellectual property, the future of Russia -- and why she banished her telephone.
“How do you celebrate Christmas?”
Joshua Cohen
A Jew in China discovers the travails of life in a land where Westerner equals Christian.
Cindy Sherman: From dream girl to nightmare alley
Glen Helfland
Glen Helfand talks with photographer Cindy Sherman about her new movie, 'Office Killer,' and the 20-year retrospective of her work currently on exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Mark Leyner
Laura Miller
Laura Miller interviews Mark Leyner, author of 'My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist,' 'Etu, Babe' and the new novel, 'Tetherballs of Bouganville.'
Allan Gurganus
Dwight Garner
Allan Gurganus, the not-quite-oldest survivor of New York's 15-year-long gay party, tells all about his relationship with John Cheever, learning to write on an aircraft carrier, Whitman's heroism and the redemptive power of laughter.
Media Circus: Under the Covers
James Poniewozik
The techno-mag Wired subjects digital culture to searching analysis and discovers that its readers own a lot of gadgets!
Black tarantula
Richard Kadrey
Media Circus: Popcorn is served
James Surowiecki
Will the return of reserved seating in movie theaters ruin the last bastion of cultural democracy?
“Scream 2”
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Scream 2' directed by Wes Craven and starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox and Liev Schreiber.
What's it all about, Barbie?
The Editors of Mothers Who Think
Before the blonde bombshell gets a new body, let's take a fond, final look at the old one.
Newsreal: All in la familia
Barbara Renoud-Gonzales
For people in the Latino community, illegal drugs and the drug trade are woven into the pattern of life -- affecting relatives, friends, loved ones at every level.
“Welcome to Sarajevo”
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor reviews 'Welcome to Sarajevo' directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson and Kerry Fox
My Barbie, myself
Cintra Wilson
Cintra Wilson, Camille Paglia, Courtney Weaver and others recall their Barbie moments.
Going for gold!
Inda Schaenen
Women's sports magazines duel over a hot and growing target demographic.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Laura Miller
Laura Miller reviews Haruki Murakami's novel "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle".
Tip of the Week: Win a trip to Korea
Salon Staff
The Korea National Tourism Organization offers free airfare and accommodations in an online promotion.
Newsreal: The cuts get deeper
Andrew Leonard
Money was the main reason for the latest cutbacks at Wired, but politics also played a part, especially in the firing of a senior executive.
Passages: Full Circle
Michael Palin
In an excerpt from his book, 'Full Circle,' Michael Palin describes his journeys through Vietnam.
Buy Buy Love
David Futrelle
The Robb Report for the Affluent Lifestyle brings back the avarice, the ostentation, the sheer Donald-ness of the '80s.
A thin line between mother and daughter
Jennifer Egan
A former anorexic ponders the family origins of eating disorders.
The Aussie Way of Wanderlust
Tony Wheeler
Lonely Planet guidebooks founder Tony Wheeler asks: Just what
is it that inspires Australians to wander incessantly around the world?
The Gospel according to Paul
Mark Hertsgaard
His authorized biography makes a convincing case that Paul McCartney, derided as a pretty-boy lightweight, stood equal with John Lennon in creating some of the most
important and beloved music of the 20th century.
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