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Passages: Full Circle
Michael Palin
In an excerpt from his book, 'Full Circle,' Michael Palin describes his journeys through Vietnam.
Forbidden Russia
Mark Taplin
In this excerpt from 'Open Lands: Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places' by Mark Talpin, the author takes the road less traveled through rural Russia.
Descending the Congo
Jeffrey Tayler
He wanted to be the first Westerner in 100 years to descend the length of the Congo. But he didn't count on the storms and the mosquitoes -- and the cannibals.
“The Peacemaker”
Charles Taylor
The Peacemaker is one of those dunderheaded blockbusters that makes you hate Hollywood.
Wishful Thinking
Jonathan Broder
It's time to stop blaming the West for not doing more to stop the Holocaust, says a Jewish historian.
How Zurich invented the modern world
Carlos Fuentes
A distinguished Mexican novelist reflects on Thomas Mann, Zurich and the imagination of Europe.
“Air Force One”
Charles Taylor
A review of the movie 'Air Force One,' directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Glenn Close.
“A Pretty Scary Situation”
David Corn
Despite the end of the Cold War, there are still far too many nukes out there. A former CIA director has a plan to get rid of them.
Tijuana Bibles
Susie Bright
The 'Tijuana Bibles,' America's original X-rated underground comics, evoke a time when sex was dirty, innocent, and handmade.
21st: Be there now
Thomas J. Campanella
Cyberspace isn't just disembodied information.
Webcams, the Web's windows on the world,
knit the Net to the physical spaces we inhabit.
Media Circus: Do babes sell books?
Lee Smith
In the cutthroat publishing biz, a pretty face on the cover is worth a thousand blurbs.
Yeltsin's two worlds
Michael Boxall
A Canadian journalist says that present-day Russia
looks like "Dostoevski as interpreted by Fellini."
Baiting The Bear
Jonathan Broder
Will the U.S.-backed push by NATO into central Europe start a new Cold War?
The Saint
Charles Taylor
Val Kilmer's brooding, guilt-ridden Simon Templar in "The Saint" is enough to make you long for the cheesy playboy of the original.
Wounds, peak experiences, and the vomit theory of art
Mark Schapiro
For inspiration, Peter Gabriel looks to the world the soul -- and bodily fluids.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
Jonathan Broder
Beneath the smiles and the mutual assurances, the U.S. and China are locked in an implacable struggle for power. And China, rapidly becoming a world-class military force, doesn't intend to lose.
No time for “Trek”
Jeff Greenwald
In India, poverty, nationalism and too many reruns conspire to ground "Star Trek" fandom.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
Kate Rix
Well, maybe not that big. But they did have daggers, swords and amulets of war.
Down With Big Brother
Phil Leggiere
Phil Leggiere reviews "Down With Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire" by Michael Dobbs.
Media Circus: Theater Wars
Carl Swanson
When black playwright August Wilson called for a separate black theater, he ignited the latest, and one of the oddest, chapters in America's ongoing culture war
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