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THE REGULATORS / DESPERATION
John Mello
John Mello reviews "The Regulators" by Richard Bachman and "Desperation" by Stephen King.
Babylon by bus
Dan Kennedy
MTV's traveling "Choose or Lose" vehicle brings politics -- along with music! celebrity! glamour! -- to America's disillusioned youth
Stephen Jay Gould: The Interview
Scott Rosenberg
"Staggering our certainties" about humanity's place at the top of the heap
Tupac's will and testament
Kevin Weston
More than a week after Tupac Shakur's death, the so-called gangsta rapper's legacy is still being hotly debated. A Hip Hop
"Day of Atonement" in Harlem last night brought 1,000 people out in the pouring rain to hear Nation of Islam spokesmen and
others denounce the violence that gangsta rap embraces. But is that the only way to remember Tupac Shakur?
The Cappuccino Conspiracy
Charles Taylor
Art house film-goers think they're seeing today's best movies. They're wrong.
Litchat with Fenton Johnson
Salon Magazine
With "Geography of the Heart," novelist Fenton Johnson ("Scissors, Paper, Rock") entered new territory: memoir.
Listening to the world
Salon Staff
A conversation with Mike Leigh, director of "Naked," "Life is Sweet" and the new film, "Secrets and Lies."
The Cappuccino Conspiracy
Charles Taylor
Art house film-goers think they're seeing today's best movies. They're wrong.
Great Books
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek reviews David Denby's book "Great Books:My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf,
and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World".
Staying power
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek reviews the album "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" by R.E.M.
Tolstoy's Dictaphone
Bruce Barcott
Bruce Barcott reviews the collection of essays "Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Technology and the Muse", edited by Sven Birkerts
Affirmative action: Has the endgame begun?
Marcia Stepanek
Preferential policies patronize blacks and poison race relations, says Shelby Steele
A new war story
Fred Branfman
If Tom Hayden can shake a Daley's hand, why can't we put the Vietnam war to rest?
Arab-U.S. relations: back to square one
Jonathan Broder
Anti-imperialist rhetoric dominates Moroccan symposium
A history of the Net
Scott Rosenberg
A review of "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon provides more nuts and bolts than heart and soul.
No Laughing Matter
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Maybe it's Hollywood's addiction to weak-ass formula. Maybe it's a culture-wide malaise. Maybe it's a Satanic plot. Whatever the reason, movies aren't funny any more.
Natural Born Brawler
Scott Rosenberg
Oliver Stone, accused of inspiring copycat killing, hits back with more films about violence
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