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Is Mike Davis' Los Angeles all in his head?
Veronique de Turenne
He's been lionized as a prescient Marxist prophet of end-of-the-continent doom and gloom. But a growing number of critics charge that the author of "City of Quartz" has feet of clay.
The Salon Interview: Andrea Barrett
Peter Kurth
The author of "The Voyage of the Narwhal" talks about literary fame and the thrill of turning research into stories.
Thanksgiving with my mom
Anne Lamott
If I can muster the love and patience it takes to deal with my mother, does it still count if my hands are trembling with rage?
Dictator of choice
David Horowitz
Looking back now, we can see that Pinochet was good for Chile, whereas another dictator, Castro, is bad for his country.
The copyright boomerang
Peter Wayner
A new copyright law bans tools that "circumvent" copy protections. Does that make cutting and pasting illegal?
Starr dust, pundit bust
Steve Erickson
Steve Erickson on why Kenneth Starr will crash and burn on Thursday
Orchid ice cream
Eric Hansen
Orchid ice cream? Eric Hansen journeys to Turkey to discover the birthplace of this offbeat treat.
The costs of Mitch
Mary Jo McConahay
Can a hurricane threaten the fragile new democracies of Central America?
Martin Luther, meet Linus Torvalds
Thomas Scoville
Linux and free software challenge the Microsoft papacy.
He can't go home again
Marc Cooper
No matter what the House of Lords decides, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is finally facing the world's judgment for his murder of President Salvador Allende.
The amazing disappearing Newt
Steve Erickson
After the Republicans have picked over the carnage of the former speaker's career, Newt will vanish into historical thin air.
Seven deadly sins: Myths of bingeing
Sarah Rose
Recent studies on the prevalence of binge drinking among college students tar all college tipplers with the same hyperbolic brush
Time for One Thing: Anxiety
Jennifer Moses
That persistent, gnawing sense that something, somewhere, is not quite right actually serves a purpose -- it gets me out of bed.
Can we talk?
Rebecca Bryant
Do gay rights groups need to abandon their drive for affirmation at the ballot-box after Tuesday's drubbing?
November 1998
Dwight Garner
Dwight Garner highlights the most
interesting new books to be published in November 1998.
On the road with the Smokejumpers
The King Teen
On the road with the Smokejumpers: What happens when a punk-rockabilly band from San Francisco tours the country in a broken-down Big Orange Van?
The Hollywood tourists never see
Jeff Greenwald
The Hollywood tourists never see: Travel writer Jeff Greenwald finds life-changing adventure on the sound stage of an NBC sitcom.
Death on Ios
Jeffrey Tayler
Ios odyssey: Could he recapture his youth with a
passionate encounter on Greece's most hedonistic island?
Movie Interview: “I wanted to make a beautiful movie”
Erika Milvy
"Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.
The Garner Report: October 1998
Dwight Garner
Dwight Garner highlights the most
interesting new books to be published in October 1998.
Dancing with the dead
Gina Hyams
Picnicking with the dead: In a rustic hill town, Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities teach an expat American some important life lessons.
Asking for it
Jeff Stryker
Judges and juries have been known to sympathize with men who say their gay-bashing was triggered by panic or self-defense.
Now they belong to the ages
Steve Kettmann
Their merciless sweep of the Padres in the 1998 World Series places the New York Yankees in the pantheon of the greatest teams ever to play the game.
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