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Waco on trial
Robert Bryce
Testimony in the civil case focuses on an alleged helicopter attack on the
Branch Davidian compound.
Building better humans
Ralph Brave
The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them.
Game of the week: Love vs. Gay Pride
Gary Kaufman
PETA says the Green Bay Packers should change their blood-drenched name. The Packers aren't the only ones.
Far-out
Mark Bowden
The author of "Black Hawk Down" picks five great books about the U.S. space program.
Real Life Rock Top 10
Greil Marcus
Chris Isaak, 'N Sync and the favorite albums of Minnesota Senate candidates: Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted author and critic.
“Vertigo” by W.G. Sebald
Brigitte Frase
The tale of a strange quest, haunted by the ghost of Kafka, from one of the oddest great writers around.
Mad scientist
Arthur Allen
A grand jury is looking into the double life of Larry C. Ford, a brilliant doctor who killed himself before others learned about his dark side.
“Fantasia 2000”
Charles Taylor
Beethoven, Gershwin, Respighi and Stravinsky meet Disney kitsch in this sequel to the not-quite-classic animated feature.
Do-it-yourself giant brains!
Andrew Leonard
From punch cards to Linux, hackers love to tinker and share. Even Bill Gates can't stop them.
The gutless executioners
Bruce Shapiro
Public outrage over the scheduled execution of Texas death-row inmate Gary Graham shows just how far behind our dimly lit politicians lag.
Deadly prose
Porter Shreve
At the Second Great Obituary Writers' Conference, members of the dismal trade talk shop, network and listen to presentations such as "How many ways can one say 'died'?"
Deja.com loses its memory
Andrew Leonard, Katharine Mieszkowski
Now that Deja is busy helping you decide what to buy next, it doesn't have room to store its old-school Usenet archives.
Two minutes of sheer excitement!
Stephanie Zacharek
There was a time when movie trailers managed a rough poetry. Today, they're infuriatingly generic, manically edited and ruined by plot spoilers.
“Living to Tell” by Antonya Nelson
Patricia Kean
From the author of "Nobody's Girl," a dazzling novel about a lovably screwed-up family reunited under one roof.
Nick Drake’s post-posthumous fame
Douglas Wolk
The English folkie left behind three perfect records when he died of an overdose in 1974. It took a recent Volkswagen commercial for them to find an audience.
The war on information
Ted Oehmke
Congressional anti-drug legislation could make it illegal to give life-saving advice about ecstasy.
Slaves of a different color
Stephan Talty
Historians mostly ignore the fact that some white people, too, were enslaved before the Civil War.
Courtney Love does the math
Courtney Love
The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."
Cyber-breakup
Garrison Keillor
My Internet romance fizzled after I moved to my lover's city. How can I start dating other men and still keep the friendship?
The secret life of Dad
Amy Silverman
He stood up to John McCain to protect me -- and never told me about it.
Bush reaches out from the right
Alicia Montgomery
The Texas governor succeeds with Hispanics, struggles with blacks.
The truth hurts
Smith, Doe
"The Ultimate Sex Test" claims it will tell women what their men are capable of, whether they want to know or not.
Return to Wonderland
Stephen Lemons
With his old pal Eddie Nash to be arraigned Monday in a 19-year-old murder case, the restless ghost of legendary porn star John Holmes once again stalks L.A.
Microsoft owes everything to Justice
Andrew Leonard
Would Bill Gates have come to power if the Justice Department's antitrust division hadn't attacked IBM?
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