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Weekend, October 30-31, 1999






Health & Body:




Raising sexually healthy kids By Susie Bright       
Abstinence programs and ominous TV commercials are turning American children into nut cases. (10/30/99)






News:




Clinton goes Twilight Zone By Arianna Huffington
 
As the president's final term comes to an end, his health-care priorities devolve from visionary to grotesquely political. (10/30/99)


Germany's mambo king By Steve Kettmann 

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, flailing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder takes lessons in political survival from President Clinton. (10/30/99)
 




People:




Tromatized! By Daniel Kraus   
The Frank Capra of splatter films strikes again. (10/30/99)





Travel:




Pilgrim of the dead By Summer McStravick  
To get a real dose of the meaning behind Halloween, visit the bone chapels of Europe. (10/30/99)












 
Friday, October 29, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




The trouble with "Trek" By Robert Wilonsky   
 Plagued by falling ratings, rampant merchandising and a boss who hates the franchise legacy, the noble "Star Trek" faces the indignities of age. (10/29/99)


"Being John Malkovich" By Andrew O'Hehir 
Director Spike Jonze puts his brilliantly offbeat twist on the "15 minutes of fame" theory. (10/29/99)


"Music of the Heart" By Mary Elizabeth Williams 
Wes Craven genre-hops, stumbles and makes a sappy melodrama. (10/29/99)


"Dreaming of Joseph Lees" By Charles Taylor  
Samantha Morton, the best actress to emerge in the last decade, finds a film deserving of her talents. (10/29/99)


Sharps & flats By Seth Mnookin    
Willie Nelson's 20-year-old masterpiece of classic songs, "Stardust," is re-released. (10/29/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, October 29-31, 1999. (10/29/99)






Books:




The female dick  By Jacqueline Carey  
How three hard-boiled writers have retooled the mystery novel for women. (10/29/99)


Ivory Tower: After the apocalypse By David Alford   
Returning to the philosophy class that I had canceled, I wasn't sure who or what I would find. (10/29/99)


"All Tomorrow's Parties" by William Gibson By Frank Houston    
In his newest novel, the cyberspace visionary stays one step ahead of the future. (10/29/99)





Comics: 




Dark Hotel
 A message from the management (10/29/99) 





Health & Body:




Eating Satan's footprints By Susan McCarthy          
What can the onion and garlic diet do for you? Ask, rather, what you can do for Macedonia. (10/29/99)


Imagined ugliness By Dawn MacKeen    
New study offers hope for sufferers of body dysmorphic disorder. (10/29/99)


Naked World: Porn-hungry Emirates purchase satellite dirty dishes By Hank Hyena
Citizens of the Arab republic have found a way to skirt strict censorship laws. (10/29/99)





Letters:




Loose guns and small kids are a bad combination 
 Plus: "Weird Weekends" host talks back; it's time for minorities to rethink party loyalties (10/29/99)







Media:




A double standard? By Sean Elder    

Two gays allegedly raped and murdered a young boy. Why didn't it get covered as much as the Matthew Shepard case? (10/29/99)


Bye-bye beatnik By Jenn Shreve    

Two unusual takes on Jack Kerouac's death and legacy. Plus: Viagra raves, zines that shouldn't exist and real-life Halloween scares. (10/29/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Halloween hand-wringing By Jill Wolfson     
Are the stories about trick-or-treat mayhem for real? (10/29/99)


Eager saints and sweet-toothed sinners By Kate Convissor    
The blessed Halloween of my youth (10/29/99)






News:




The men who would be king By Jake Tapper 
 In the absence of the main attraction, George W. Bush, the other five Republican hopefuls strut their stuff in their first town meeting of the season. (10/29/99)


I'm the enemy! By Carol Lloyd 
 At a meeting of San Franciscans trying to stop gentrification, I realize that I'm the Internet yuppie scum that's ruining my neighborhood! (10/29/99)


Another ballot box brawl By Anthony York    
 California braces for a gay-marriage initiative showdown. (10/29/99)





People:




Model children By Carina Chocano    
From beautiful eggs come little darlings who simply can't work under these conditions. (10/29/99)


Artist's little helper By Susan Emerling     
Fred Tomaselli's work offers the experience of taking drugs in the safest possible way -- through the eyes. (10/29/99)


Portfolio: Art's the drug, a gallery of paintings by Fred Tomaselli.
Best viewed with browsers higher than 3.0


Nothing Personal: Live through this Saturday night By Amy Reiter
 Courtney Love's directorial debut -- in glorious plaid! Patenstein? Count Patula? The Wolfpat? Pollsters say Buchanan's more trick than treat. (10/29/99)





Technology:




Talking 'bout a computer revolution  By Janelle Brown    
Speech recognition technology promises to transform how we interact with computers -- or turn us all into mindless gibbering automatons. (10/29/99)


Vegetarian love, online By Jenn Shreve 

 Looking for that elusive hunk of meat-shunning lovin'? Try VeggieDate.com. (10/29/99)





Travel:




Turning Parisienne By J.A. Getzlaff    
 In Paris for our fifth anniversary, all I could think was: What's so seductive about French women? And how can I become one? (10/29/99)













 
Thursday, October 28, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"I want a dream when I go to a film" By Michael Sragow   
 David Lynch, the human tuning fork, talks about his most unusual movie -- a G-rated adventure about a man, a lawnmower and an emotional journey. (10/28/99)


Night of the Living DVD By Daniel Kraus  
Another classic gets killed by its own "anniversary edition." (10/28/99)


Sharps & flats By Seth Mnookin    
Arto Lindsay graduated from horrible noise to gently beautiful music. It only took 20 years. (10/28/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, October 28, 1999. (10/28/99)


Hot licks By Seth Mnookin
Guitarist and "All Things Considered" commentator Adrian Legg tells funny stories, but his guitar playing is no laughing matter. (10/28/99)






Books:




The Salon Interview: Roddy Doyle By Charles Taylor  
The Commitments" and "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" talks about Ireland, violence and the true nature of family. (10/28/99)


"Surreal Lives" by Ruth Brandon By Lawrence Osborne    
A deliciously gossipy group biography of the surrealists. (10/28/99)


St. Martin's editor commits hara-kiri, recovers fast By Craig Offman   
He quit Tuesday; he starts his new job at Talk on Monday. (10/28/99)


Backstage at the Booker By Matt Thorne  
Publishers bicker, judges complain, sponsors waver. (10/28/99)





Comics: 




Tom the Dancing Bug
"Make Room for Dada" and other Super-Fun-Pak Comix! (10/28/99) 





Health & Body:




Orgasms and outrage By Barbara Raab          
Experts on female sexual dysfunction gather in Boston and dance with their shirts off. (10/28/99)


The Hookergram By Tracy Quan   
A sordid tale grows in Manhattan. (10/28/99)


Naked World: Hermaphrodites are safe in ... Colombia? By Hank Hyena
How has a country known for its indiscriminate violence become the global haven for sexual diversity? (10/28/99)





Letters:




Loose guns and small kids are a bad combination 
 Plus: "Woodstock 99" review just an excuse for Hornsby-bashing; is "Militia U." about  educational liberty or military aid? (10/28/99)









Mothers Who Think:




Please, God, don't let him be a penis grabber  By Jonathan Kronstadt    
Then again, if he is a penis grabber, keep him away from mine. (10/28/99)





News:




How the Internet ruined San Francisco By Paulina Borsook
 The dot-com invasion -- call them twerps with 'tude -- is destroying everything that made San Francisco weird and wonderful. (10/28/99)


Overruled By Dave Cullen    
 The defense scrambles as the judge in the Matthew Shepard trial attacks the so-called "gay panic" defense. (10/28/99)


Gore gets tough in non-debate By Jake Tapper    
The vice president raps an insurgent Bradley -- and Clinton -- at a New Hampshire town meeting. (10/28/99)


The Yankees, inevitably By Steve Kettmann    
 The New Yorkers sweep their second straight World Series. They may be one of history's best teams, but their charm is starting to fade. (10/28/99)





People:




Bring me the fat head of Elton John By Cintra Wilson     
Young men once fretted over sculpting the future, not whether they were going to get a sweaty power-handshake. What happened? (10/28/99)


Nothing Personal: Jack the vote  By Amy Reiter
 At a DC Vote shindig, Kemp mingles like he means it; Patricia Arquette reinvents her breasts. And lady of the Senate? Jesse Helms, once, twice, three times a doofus. Plus: Barbara Bush thinks Pat deserves a spanking. (10/28/99)





Technology:




Microsoft and Dow Jones -- no love lost By Mark Gimein    
Microsoft demands a retraction from Dow Jones, even as it joins the Dow Jones industrial average. (10/28/99)


Cannibal games By David Wilson 

 William Latham explains why players get to eat their enemies in his new game, Evolva. (10/28/99)


Battle of the Amazons By Katharine Mieszkowski 

 Why are Jeff Bezos' lawyers asking sexual-orientation questions about the ladies who run a bookstore in Minneapolis? (10/28/99)





Travel:




Holy hassle By Donald D. Groff   
 Getting to the Vatican for New Year's Mass, plus advice for first-time cruisers and Auckland sightseers.(10/28/99)













 
Wednesday, October 27, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"Princess Mononoke" By Andrew O'Hehir    
 After the success of Disney's "Mulan," Miramax does its parent company one better. (10/27/99)


Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg    
Aphrodite's first commercial drum 'n' bass record gets at the difference between music for the DJ and music for your stereo. (10/27/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, October 27, 1999. (10/27/99)






Books:




Bum rap By Lawrence Osborne   
A new book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character. (10/27/99)


Ivory Tower: Student bodies By Jon Bowen     
When you donate your corpse to a university science department, where will you end up? (10/27/99)


"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard Feynman" By Edward Neuert  
The new Richard Feynman collection is as illuminating, pleasurable and frustrating as the scientist himself. (10/27/99)


Most obnoxious author award may be revived By Craig Offman  
Calvin Trillin urges a comeback for the Golden Dartboard Award, once bestowed by book-tour escorts on jerky writers. (10/27/99)





Comics: 




The K Chronicles
Brand loyalty -- where it hurts (10/27/99) 





Health & Body:




The mysterious mind By Arthur Allen         
One author doubts that we will ever explain and control the brain. (10/27/99)


Shot in the arm By Damien Cave  
Flu shots are being given in casinos, grocery stores and Target stores. (10/27/99)


Naked World: Man caught snatching a plastic snatch By Hank Hyena
Abandoned and unemployed, a man makes the mistake of getting caught with his hands in some artificial pants. (10/27/99)





Letters:




Do Web sites want a community they can't control?
 Plus: Misplaced sympathy in Matthew Shepard murder; Mr. Blue should recognize teen's privacy (10/27/99)









Mothers Who Think:




Books for bad children By Polly Shulman    
Bring on the ghosts, the ghouls and the unhappy endings. (10/27/99)


Knifing celebrities By Bob Caceres   
A cyber-tour of sites for the scariest jack-o'-lanterns ever: Martha Stewart, Christian evangelists and dead celebrities. (10/27/99)





News:




Let the slugfest begin By Anthony York  
 GOP rivals race to accuse one another of the sin of "going negative." (10/27/99)


Snake eyes By Dave Shiflett     
 Corporate gambling interests finally ran into a stretch of bad luck in Alabama and South Carolina, and the national implications are staggering. (10/27/99)


After the flood By Fetzer Mills Jr.    
 Hog farmers slug it out with environmentalists as North Carolina toughens regulations. (10/27/99)


"Gay panic" By Dave Cullen    
 In an effort to keep their client from the death penalty, defense lawyers in the Matthew Shepard murder trial evoke a strange "gay panic" defense. (10/27/99)


Brains for hire By Jake Tapper     
 William Bennett offers unofficial counsel to a number of Republican presidential wannabes. (10/27/99)


On the brink By Steve Kettmann    
 After a come from behind win in Game 3, there seems to be no stopping the New York Yankees. (10/27/99)





People:




A conversation with Jane Goodall By Douglas Cruickshank     
Two primates discuss children, animals, the bush meat trade, Dian Fossey, the chimplike behavior of humans and the future of nature. (10/27/99)


Jane Goodall: The hopeful messenger By Susan McCarthy      
Like Hawking, Goodall has been elevated to the status of sage, but does knowledge of the wild beast really imply knowledge of the human heart and soul? (10/27/99)


Goodall in Table Talk
She discusses nature vs. nurture, science vs. religion, man vs. beast and more (10/27/99)


From the Brilliant Careers archive: If she could talk to the animals By Douglas Cruickshank      
Before Jane Goodall went to Africa, almost nothing was known about chimpanzees. Sitting alone in the wilds day in and day out, she won their trust -- and taught mankind about its closest relatives. (10/27/99)


Feinstein for president! Buchanan for emperor! By Camille Paglia      
Dianne's no flibbertigibbet; Hillary's a galumpher; Rush has tremendous intellectual influence; Anne Heche is a pancake brain and Italian-American women Rock it like they talk it! (10/27/99)



Nothing Personal: Armageddon laid! By Amy Reiter
 When booty calls ... Affleck scores, Stern bores and Snoop Dogg rolls tape? (10/27/99)





Technology:




Cartoon for coders By Janelle Brown    
"User Friendly" taps the open-source movement's collective funny bone. (10/27/99)


Sony's $900 picture frame By Mark Gimein   
 The company's new memory cards are ultra-cool. But are they really good for anything? (10/27/99)






Travel:




I booked it online By Judy Jacobs   
 From mega-travel agencies to boutique sites, the Internet has exploded consumers' hotel-booking options. But what do the different sites really offer? And where are the hidden treasures? (10/27/99)



















 
Tuesday, October 26, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"Body Shots" By Charles Taylor   
 The grimmest take on the singles scene since "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." (10/26/99)


Sharps & flats By Brett Anderson    
The Knitters broke from X and the Blasters to find classic country. A new slew of alt-country bands is repaying the favor. (10/26/99)


Five-string serenade By Seth Mnookin   
BŽla Fleck and five aces deliver a bluegrass primer live in New York. (10/26/99)


And the little naked man goes to ... By Lauren Weymouth    
Tom Wolfe, Kevin Spacey and Tom Hanks pick up their prizes at the fourth annual GQ Men of the Year Awards. (10/26/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, October 26, 1999. (10/26/99)






Books:




"From Hell" By Curt Holman   
 Alan Moore, the Orson Welles of comics, delivers his darkest masterpiece yet. (10/26/99)


Could I have been any more inept? By Garrison Keillor    
First I fell for my wife's friend. Then I put it in writing. Now my life is sheer hell. (10/26/99)


"Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings" By Scott Sutherland  
A stunning account of a sea voyage, and a rare book set in the outdoors that isn't about a disaster. (10/26/99)


Coetzee wins Booker Prize By Laura Miller  
1999 is the year of the bleak horse. (10/26/99)





Comics: 




Story Minute
My Bully! (10/26/99) 





Health & Body:




Heavy petting By Michael Erard         
Learning to love my girlfriend meant learning to live with her dog. (10/26/99)


Disease parties By Jon Bowen  
Some parents in Britain are deliberately exposing their children to kids with contagious illnesses. (10/26/99)


Naughty Bits: Swallowing pig sperm: A miracle cure?  By Hank Hyena
A group of Canadian geneticists believes that pig semen may be the best building block for human growth hormones. (10/26/99)





Letters:




Salon's shoddy journalism in George W. Bush case
 Plus: Blaming Apple for geological events; "Law & Order" spin-off's salacious camerawork (10/26/99)







Media:




Please stand by By Sean Elder    

Prince Hal (played by Pat Buchanan) experiences technical difficulties. (10/26/99)





Mothers Who Think:




High noon for nurturers By Shelley Emling    
Penelope Leach faces off with the Ezzos in a nasty turf war. Someone needs a spanking.  (10/26/99)





News:




Mountain road By Suzi Parker  
 When J.H. Hatfield fled New York's media frenzy last week, he made his way back home to the Ozarks, where a man's mistakes are his own damn business. (10/26/99)


Not standing Pat By Jake Tapper    
 Buchanan revamps his presidential campaign and image by joining the Reform Party and making "racial reconciliation" a pet issue. But just how warm and fuzzy can the new Pat be? (10/26/99)


"Gay panic" By Dave Cullen   
 In an effort to keep their client from the death penalty, defense lawyers in the Matthew Shepard murder trial evoke a strange "gay panic" defense. (10/26/99)


Viva Iowa By Anthony York   
 Though the state's Latino population makes up less than 2 percent of its voters, the Bush campaign is wooing Iowa Hispanics. (10/26/99)


The odd couple By Deb Schwartz   
 Strange things went down this weekend when Christian firebrand Jerry Falwell and gay religious leader Mel White brought their followers together for a love fest. (10/26/99)





People:




Brilliant Careers: George Jones By Stephanie Zacharek     
His voice weathered and mellowed, this country legend still sings about living -- and he's got plenty of it under his belt. (10/26/99)


Nothing Personal: What we talk about when we talk about breasts By Amy Reiter
 Jennifer Love Hewitt talks titties with Maxim; Roald Dahl's widow has the golden ticket. Plus: Howahd! The Sterns split up. (10/26/99)





Technology:




The information Laundromat By Mark Gimein   
Whispernumber.com is beating the best minds of Wall Street -- but nobody really knows how. (10/26/99)


Microsoft flip-flop By Andrew Leonard   
 First Microsoft fired its volunteers -- then turned around and rehired them. Does Microsoft understand the software business? (10/26/99)


21st Challenge No. 27 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau    
 Yachoo, Yaltavista and other "re-branded" sites. (10/26/99)






Travel:




Letter from Ladakh By Steve Van Beek  
 The rugged inhabitants of this starkly beautiful, isolated land are now preparing for the latest invader: Winter. (10/26/99)












 
Monday, October 25, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Art history 101 By Danya Ruttenberg  
 Legendary arts educator Philip Yenawine talks about the effrontery of art collectors, irresponsible artists and the willful ignorance of the average American male. (10/25/99)


Sharps & flats By Banning Eyre   
Afro-European world music queen Marie Daulne and Zap Mama travel from Mother Earth music novelty to international hip-hop group. (10/25/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, October 25, 1999. (10/25/99)






Books:




Ivory Tower: Welcome back, Lewis By Alex Salkever  
"The New New Thing" author once  said J-school ate his brain. Guess where he's teaching now. (10/25/99)


Book Bag: Strictly Southern By William Styron     
The author of "Sophie's Choice" picks five great contemporary Southern novels. (10/25/99)


"Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies" By Laura Miller  
In his new collection, the author of the kaleidoscopic "Thirst" focuses on a single setting -- Russia. (10/25/99)


Book publishers don't check their authors' facts By Craig Offman  
Bush bio scandal highlights a chronic problem. (10/25/99)





Comics: 




This Modern World
Primary dullards!  (10/25/99) 





Health & Body:




Ask Dr. Bob By Robert Burton, M.D.        
Why do I get migraines during orgasm? And is it nobler to be a writer or a doctor? (10/25/99)


To work and to love By Tracy Quan      
I escaped to my lover's lips and then took a trip to Freud's couch. (10/25/99)


Naughty Bits: Sexpert Bright sues Virginia! By Hank Hyena
Last July, a Virginia law began banning any Internet content it deemed "harmful for juveniles."  Now free-speechers and cybersex gurus are fighting back. (10/25/99)





Letters:




Wouldn't you worry if your daughter was a prostitute?
 Plus: Buchanan will protect America! (10/25/99)









Mothers Who Think:




Hitting below the belt By Cathy Young   
Easy to get, hellish to deal with, restraining orders have become the ultimate weapon in domestic disputes. (10/25/99)


Life of restraint By Spike Gillespie     
I have a restraining order on my ex. But he has a grip on my life. (10/25/99)





News:




Pete Rose steals the show By Steve Kettmann    
As baseball honors the team of the century at the World Series, the all-time hits leader banned for gambling proves he can't be exiled forever.
 (10/25/99)


Don't look back By David Horowitz 
 But if you do, how can you say whether your life might have turned out differently? For me, it was a stark choice: Accept the absolute limits on human hope or adhere to the destructive fantasy of change. (10/25/99)


The Jasper myth By Ashley Craddock   
 As the trial of the last defendant in the dragging death of James Byrd gets under way, these Texas residents are kidding themselves if they think they've conquered racism. (10/25/99)





People:




Qualified to satisfy you By Steve Burgess     
Barry White's got a new book. He's got a new album. The world population just surpassed 6 billion. You make the call. (10/25/99)


Nothing Personal: Byrne, baby, Byrne! By Amy Reiter
 What if the Irish embassy threw a party for their favorite son ... and only the groupies came? (10/25/99)





Technology:




View From the Top: Local explosion By Janelle Brown  
Dan Finnigan, president of Knight Ridder New Media, talks about how "the No. 1 newspaper chain on the Internet" is destined to be the king of online local news. (10/25/99)


Prog rock lives! By Noah Shachtman   
 The band Yes is back -- in a soundtrack for the hit video game Homeworld. (10/25/99)

















 
Weekend, October 23-24, 1999






Arts & Entertainment:




Onward, Christian filmmakers By Lori Leibovich 
 The Omega Code" takes evangelical America by storm. (10/23/99)







Health & Body:




Saved by sex By Tom Wolbarst       
I was a recovering junkie, despairing and hopeless. Then she called. (10/23/99)






News:




Blacks and Democrats: Is the party over? By Debra Dickerson
 
Fed up with liberal clichés and conservative hostility, more and more
blacks are voting independent (10/23/99)


World Series report By Steve Kettmann

The sorrowful saint vs. the constipated cowboy: Torre meets Cox (10/23/99)
 

Now for some real money By Monte Paulsen

Elizabeth Dole prepares for lecture-circuit loot (10/23/99)





People:




Rogues' Gallery: Update on randy Mandy and debauched David, who met and boffed like
wolverines on a flight to England 
By Douglas Cruickshank  
Never underestimate the effectiveness of blasphemy as a marketing strategy. Plus: Good news! You can join the Mile High Club with a stranger and stay married. (10/23/99)





Travel:




Tales of a junket whore By Douglas Cruickshank  
I gorged across Spain and Portugal on someone else's dime (10/23/99)














 
Friday, October 22, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"Bringing Out the Dead" By Stephanie Zacharek 
 Scorsese's manic, well-acted paramedic pic needs a fast ride back to the E.R. (10/22/99)


Beyond the fringe By Cynthia Joyce
Louis Theroux, host of "Weird Weekends," talks about cutting across cultural margins, straight into the worlds of porn stars and roller-skating survivalists. (10/22/99)


Sharps & flats By Seth Mnookin   
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." (10/22/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, October 22-24, 1999. (10/22/99)






Books:




Body count By Charles Taylor  
In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak. (10/22/99)


Ivory Tower: Class dismissed! By David Alford     
After another personal blow-up in philosophy, I took the only out: To shout like Jehovah and declare the end had come. (10/22/99)


"Past Forgetting: My Memory Lost and Found" By Jonathan Lethem  
A Hollywood novelist comes down with a rare -- and genuine -- case of amnesia. (10/22/99)





Comics: 




Dark Hotel
A message from the management (10/22/99) 





Health & Body:




Flush of the future By Mary Roach        
Tokyo's Toto makes toilets that do everything -- whether you want them to or not. (10/22/99)


Pentagon points a finger  By Arthur Allen      
Anti-nerve-gas pills may be a culprit, but in general, Gulf War Syndrome is still a mystery. (10/22/99)


Naughty Bits By Hank Hyena
The changing fates of working girls: Germany greenlights its red-lighters, but Zambia says hookers mean trouble. (10/22/99)





Letters:




Readers bust a gut on fat guy story 
 Plus: It's time to give up on baseball; I'm sick of hearing about Harmony Korine's gross movie (10/22/99)







Media:




O.J.'s "I Found JonBenet!" and other upcoming St. Martin's titles By Sean Elder    

After the unexpected P.R. bonanza of J.H. Hatfield's Bush bio, the imprint reveals its fall lineup. (10/22/99)


Alt: Election coverage, gonzo-style By Jenn Shreve     

Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks? (10/22/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Martha rules! By Jonathan Poletti   
The world is her oyster stuffed with cilantro-garlic pesto. (10/22/99)


Freudian fear and cooked statistics By Karen Houppert    
The recent media alert about sex-crazed "tweens" is mostly a lot of hoo-ha with naught behind it. (10/22/99)


Teen girls not in a rush By Karen Houppert    
Four random but not randy "tween" girls talk about boobs, boys and sex -- and why they're not in a hurry to have any of it. (10/22/99)





News:




Updated: Publisher halts George W. Bush bio By Daryl Lindsey
 As J.H. Hatfield's credibility crumbles, St. Martin's Press stops distribution of his new book, which says the GOP front-runner was arrested on drug charges in 1972. (10/22/99)


Attendance down at Columbine after threats By Dave Cullen  
 A "suicidal" senior was arrested after vowing to "finish the job" on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the massacre. (10/22/99)


Deleted? By Alicia Montgomery  
Political Web pioneer Linda Muller e-mails her "Buchanan Brigades" the news that she was dismissed by the candidate's sister. (10/22/99)






People:




Letter from occupied Bel-Air By David Goodman     
Our fearless correspondent's second dispatch from the entertainment industry's demilitarized zone: Ass-kickings at Cirque du Soleil, silence and clanking silverware at the 7th Annual Diversity Awards and a ride in George Clooney's limo! (10/22/99)


Nothing Personal By Amy Reiter
 Bowl cut Dole? Why a different style might've helped. Larry King and Jennifer Love Hewitt on repetitive motion; Diana Ross on excessive emotion; and why the "Friends" got a loser promotion. (10/22/99)





Technology:




Adventures in Silicon Valley By Mark Gimein  
Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley. (10/22/99)


Gambling on the Net -- or not? By Janelle Brown  
 As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online. (10/22/99)






Travel:




My boyfriend in jackboots  By Lauren Fox
 I'm Jewish; Peter wasn't. Our summer reunion in Germany took me places I didn't want to know. (10/22/99)












 
Thursday, October 21, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Kith and Tell By Michael Sragow 
 "With Nails" author Richard E. Grant on auteurs, actors and the importance of being overpaid in Hollywood. (10/21/99)


Sharps & flats By Andy Battaglia  
"Let me stand next to your fire" and other joyful idiocies prop up two CDs' worth of Woodstock 99 live cuts. (10/21/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, October 21, 1999. (10/21/99)






Books:




Literary leftovers By David Bowman 
Does even the most devoted fan really want to scrape the bottom of Dashiell Hammett's desk drawer? (10/21/99)


Ivory Tower: Militia U. By Kenneth Rapoza     
Vermont's Norwich University continues to make Indonesians into soldiers, despite a suspension of military cooperation between the two countries. (10/21/99)


"Pre-Code Hollywood" and "Sin in Soft Focus" By Peter Kurth   
A fascinating and important study details the "moral anarchy" of the early, pre-censorship talkies; a volume of classic photographs covers the same era. (10/21/99)


The political wit and wisdom of Donald Trump By Craig Offman   
The presidential contender once said he was too honest to run for office. (10/21/99)





Comics: 




Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
I can see for kilometers! (10/21/99) 





Health & Body:




Waiting room By Scott Harris       
For the great numbers of uninsured, the care may not be bad -- but the wait is. (10/21/99)


Nancy Chan: Diary of Manhattan Call Girl - Episode 30 By Tracy Quan     
Love vs. commerce: When I matured from a tomboy to a boy toy, I learned the art of sex and money. (10/21/99)


Naughty Bits By Hank Hyena
The unbearable unhorniness of hermits (10/21/99)


Uninsured children By Dena Bunis
A new report says there are still too many kids without health coverage. (10/21/99)





Letters:




What's more horrifying, HMOs or the alternative?
 Plus: Nothing new about Jewish athletes; Baltimore election was about race (10/21/99)







Media:




The skinny on damage control By Sean Elder    

A well-placed Web site stole the thunder of a "20/20" exposé. (10/21/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Love me, love my guns By Susan Straight  
 A shotgun tumbled from a closet and my husband drifted from my heart (10/21/99)






News:




Bush biographer's credibility starts to crumble By Daryl Lindsey
 The man who accused the GOP front-runner of being arrested for cocaine served time for conspiring to firebomb a car, according to a Texas newspaper, and may have invented his résumé. (10/21/99)


Bush playing for keeps in California By Robert Bryce and Anthony York  
 Allies of the GOP front-runner seize control of the state Republican Party. (10/21/99)


Where's the beef? By Merrill Goozner    
Bulls, bears and the volatile price of gasoline aside, evidence to support the Fed's fears about inflation is hard to find. (10/21/99)


Another Dole bites the dust By Jake Tapper   
Conservatives give the post-mortem on the Elizabeth Dole presidential campaign. (10/21/99)






People:




Brilliant Careers: Emmylou Harris By Ernest McLeod    
She may have given over her country crown, but she will always remain the diva of loss. (10/21/99)


Nothing Personal By Amy Reiter
 Shag-a-delic no more: Jennifer Aniston laments shaggy-do; Woody Harrelson can jump; James Carville smells a rat; and Martha Stewart's IPO: It's a good thing. (10/21/99)





Technology:




The war for America's thumbs By Greg Costikyan 
The stakes are huge and the combatants are mighty -- who will win the war for video-game console supremacy? (10/21/99)


Casting an academic eye on Linux By Andrew Leonard  
 Researchers at the University of Michigan want to know how the open-source community "gets things done." (10/21/99)






Travel:




Advisor: Sleeping in Seattle By Donald D. Groff
 Our travel expert directs readers to accommodation and fun in the Emerald City, plus advice on trips to Manhattan and Apostle Island. (10/21/99)













 
Wednesday, October 20, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




The drapes of wrath By Sarah Vowell
 Is interior home design responsible for the downfall of American masculinity? (10/20/99)


Sharps & flats By Amanda Nowinski  
Carl Craig and a new Detroit techno compilation examine past futures and futures past. (10/20/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, October 20, 1999. (10/20/99)


What's the frequency, Michael? By Wendy Mitchell
Stipe and R.E.M. stand up in front of a new Museum of Radio & Television exhibit, where signature images meet impressionistic words. (10/20/99)






Books:




Old Bhagwan, new bottles By Dennis McCafferty 
A "new" spiritual guru turns out to have a past that includes lavish spending, orgies and bacterial terrorism. (10/20/99)


Ivory Tower: Thriving on the edge of tolerance  By Simon Rodberg    
Events surrounding Yale's National Coming Out Day show that even in an enclave of gay acceptance, bigotry can survive quietly. (10/20/99)


"Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette" By Pam Rosenthal   
A superb literary biographer offers a satisfying life of the great French sensualist. (10/20/99)






Comics: 




The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The most persecuted minority: Red Sox fans!? (10/20/99) 





Health & Body:




"Paisley Girl" By Fran Gordon      
A skin disease also affects the soul of a young woman. (10/20/99)


Naughty Bits: Gwyneth's hunks get stripped By Hank Hyena
A recent Cosmomag.com survey revealed serious new information about its readers' libidinal tastes.(10/20/99)







Letters:




Mary Frances Berry defends her KPFA strategy 
 Plus: Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending" (10/20/99)







Media:




The skinny on damage control By Sean Elder    

A well-placed Web site stole the thunder of a "20/20" exposé. (10/20/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Beached whale or bitchin' babe? By Helene Stapinski  
 Turns out pregnant is sexy. Who knew? (10/20/99)


Against maternity clothes By Sarah Madsen Hardy   
 What does a hipster mom-to-be do when she has to trade her leather jacket for pink jumpers? She cries. (10/20/99)






News:




Is Hatfield the real McCoy? By Craig Offman and Daryl Lindsey
 Under attack, the author of a new George W. Bush bio lies low while its editor takes the hard questions -- and stands by the drug-arrest allegation. (10/20/99)


The end of a nightmare By Itay Hod  
 After her husband was killed in Chile's bloody coup, Joyce Horman thought the only justice would come from telling her story. Now she has reason to hope those responsible will be forced to face the truth. (10/20/99)


Money talks, reform walks By Jake Tapper   
The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance bill died in the Senate on Tuesday. Again. (10/20/99)







People:




Russell, Aaron and me By Donna Minkowitz    
What no one will admit about the Matthew Shepard killing is that it was about love as well as rage. (10/20/99)


Nothing Personal By Amy Reiter
 Thou shalt not pass the buck: New management book takes a look at Moses, MBA. Plus: Phoebe stalked, Liddy rocked and pseudo-sheik's party for Cher? A total crock.. (10/20/99)





Technology:




Professor cyborg By Janelle Brown 
If we want to stop machines from taking over, we better start becoming more like them. (10/20/99)


Microsoft chess: Call it a draw? By Mark Gimein 
 The virtual match "Kasparov vs. the World" ends in chess suicide, offering a glimpse into the nature of online community. (10/20/99)






Travel:




Book Bag: Once upon a time in Greece By Don George
 A tale of ruins and revelers and Aegean nights -- and the way things fit together in time and space. (10/20/99)













 
Tuesday, October 19, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Garageland By Ira Robbins
 The Clash devolved from punk snots to self-destructive louts. A new live set captures the band in its ragged glory. (10/19/99)


"Show Me Love" By Ira Robbins
 In Sweden, this little film about lesbian teenagers was as big as "Titanic." (10/19/99)


Sharps & flats By David Hill  
On "Cruel Moon," Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris back Buddy Miller, an unheralded singer-songwriter establishing a graceful link between country and soul. (10/19/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, October 19, 1999. (10/19/99)






Books:




Caught looking By Garrison Keillor      
My teenage son is surfing porn sites on the Web and lying to me about it. Which offense is worse? (10/19/99)


Celebrity junkie By Erik Himmelsbach     
Jerry Stahl made a name for himself with "Permanent Midnight." Now he's got to live it down. (10/19/99)


"Perv -- A Love Story" By Rob Spillman  
A novel by the author of "Permanent Midnight" explores the Manson-family side of the Summer of Love. (10/19/99)






Comics: 




Story Minute By Carol Lay
Modem romance! (10/19/99) 





Health & Body:




Panty raid! By Virginia Vitzthum     
Tom Jones sends his audience running for the aisle to throw underwear. Is this a wholesome orgy or an intergenerational sacred rite? (10/19/99)


Head games By Jon Bowen
An NFL psychological profiler says he can pick the winners. (10/19/99)


Naughty Bits By Hank Hyena
Use a pill, go to jail (10/19/99)







Letters:




What's a nice gay guy like me doing in a chat room like this?
 Plus: Listening to Vin Scully; can you still travel off the beaten track?  (10/19/99)







Media:




What would our century be without Baba Wawa? By Sean Elder    

Barbara Walters' photo of the century features -- Barbara Walters! (10/19/99)





Mothers Who Think:




For the bad times By Lauren Kessler 
 Sometimes a friend in crisis is better than a friend for life. (10/19/99)






News:




Book: Bush was arrested for cocaine in 1972 By Salon Staff   
 Texas author J.H. Hatfield claims the Republican front-runner did community service at a Houston center. (10/19/99)


"Fortunate Son": Better and worse than you might expect By Craig Offman  
 The science fiction writer who penned the controversial new Bush bio digs some dirt but depicts a likable George W. (10/19/99)


Back to the eve of destruction? By Joe Conason   
Senate GOP leaders have endangered us all by their foolish rejection of the test-ban treaty. (10/19/99)


The new Serbian police state By Laura Rozen    
As Serbia's opposition unites to demand early elections, Milosevic reveals signs of desperation. (10/19/99)


White Reps. can't jump By Jake Tapper     
Members of Congress and the "third house" hoop it up for charity. (10/19/99)







People:




Brilliant Careers: Francis Ford Coppola By Michael Sragow   
At his best, his formidable creative energy has shaken up American movies and reinvigorated cinema both as art and popular culture. (10/19/99)


Nothing Personal By Amy Reiter
 Bobbing for Teamsters: Boating magazine offers a reward for extracting Jimmy Hoffa from a body of water. Plus: James Hewitt may be an officer, but he ain't no gentleman. (10/19/99)





Technology:




Attack on the Net By Andrew Leonard 
In the midst of dot-com mania, one radio ad campaign takes the offensive against online commerce. (10/19/99)


Same old worm in the Apple By Mark Gimein 
 A week after Time taps Steve Jobs as the new model for American business, it turns out that Apple is struggling to ship computers out the door. (10/19/99)






Travel:




Confessions of a onetime ramp rat By Elliott Neal Hester
 Two months as an airport baggage-handler almost cost me my life. (10/19/99)












 
Monday, October 18, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Busted! By Joyce Millman
 Melodramatic and ill-conceived, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is so bad, it's a crime. (10/18/99)


Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg 
Bryan Ferry retreats from the ignominy of contemporary pop with a set of smoky standards. (10/18/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, October 18, 1999. (10/18/99)






Books:




Ivory Tower: Striving to stay alive By Claire Barliant      
With the disavowed Strivers program, the Educational Testing Service tried to rebuild a failing business and badly damaged product -- the SAT. (10/18/99)


Ivory Tower: Application blues By Lucas Hanft      
A high school senior tells admissions officers, "If you don't want stupid answers, don't ask stupid questions. (10/18/99)


Book Bag: Screened out By Jonathan Lethem      
The author of "Motherless Brooklyn" spotlights five terrific novels overshadowed by their film versions. (10/18/99)



"Plainsong" By Maria Russo  
An understated novel about life in the High Plains shines with a sophisticated optimism. (10/18/99)


Books Log: A four-minute interview with the author of "Faster" By David Bowman   
James Gleick pauses to consider the spiritual side of speed. (10/18/99)






Comics: 




This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
When did the government start promising satisfaction or your money back? (10/18/99) 





Health & Body:




Ask Dr. Bob: What is a virgin? By Robert Burton, M.D.     
In other words, what's the deal with hymens? Also: Can early brain damage cause immoral behavior?  (10/18/99)


Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl | Episode 29 By Tracy Quan    
What has Matt forgotten to tell me that his sister assumes I know? (10/18/99)







Letters:




Horowitz is wrong: Cornel West is no lightweight!
 Plus: Coastal elitists bash Kansas "rednecks"; women hurt women in campus tenure battles. (10/18/99)







Media:




Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus   

Gumshoes and old men edition. (10/18/99)


Anna Quindlen joins Newsweek By Sean Elder    

Her first column is a distinctive blend of clichŽs and conventional wisdom. (10/18/99)





Mothers Who Think:




For all the girls By Lee Uttmark
 First, my daughter came out. Then, she took me out with the girls --to see the Sinatra who packs a dildo. (10/18/99)






News:




How Cindy McCain was outed for drug addiction By Amy Silverman   
When an attempt to get tough with a whistleblower backfired in 1994, the McCain spin machine went into overdrive, and the candidate's wife confessed to problems the media was already poised to reveal. (10/18/99)


No place like home? By Mike Murphy    
While his campaign is gaining some momentum in places like New Hampshire and South Carolina, Arizona Sen. John McCain is locked in a tough primary fight in his own backyard. (10/18/99)


Three days in Seattle  By Anthony York   
Bush, Dole and Forbes come to kiss the ring of Republican women in the Emerald City. (10/18/99)





People:




Swimming through the looking glass By Lorenzo W. Milam   
In which onetime movie mermaid Esther Williams turns on, meets the man in the mirror, drops out. (10/18/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
This is Marie Osmond off drugs; music lovers to Nancy Kerrigan: "Why you?"; and Mark Harmon, potty mouth. Plus: Mare and Rho return! (10/18/99)





Technology:




Stoking the Net's growth By Julie Polito 
Industry veteran Ellen Hancock talks about Windows NT, glass ceilings -- and how her company, Exodus, keeps its vast server farms humming. (10/18/99)


Software pirates beware? By Janelle Brown 
 Free T-shirt giveaway doesn't exactly draw a crowd for the cause of legal software. (10/18/99)






Travel:




Searching for Mr. Watson By Bill Belleville
 Two frat brothers make a healing pilgrimage to a legendary renegade's retreat in the heart of the Everglades. (10/18/99)













 
Weekend, October 16-17, 1999





News:




The reluctant activist By Dave Cullen
 
Judy Shepard talks about her struggles to accept her son Matthew's homosexuality, his brutal murder and the unwanted celebrity she decided to use on behalf of gay rights. (10/15/99)


An empire after all By Christopher Hitchens 
Pat Buchanan's book is a loopy and inconsistent piece of Catholic fundamentalism that betrays a weird and self-destructive sympathy for the fascist cause. (10/16/99)


Reform phonies? By Jake Tapper  
Are Democrats conspiring with Republicans to block McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform? (10/16/99)





People:




The kid's alright By Daniel Kraus  
Harmony Korine strikes a dissonant chord with grown-up America. (10/16/99)


Rogues' Gallery: Lawsuits, flamingos and the spin doctor bombs  By Douglas Cruickshank   
No "cheesy, sleazy, one-night stand behavior" for Sharon Stone; PR from the Unabomber: I may be a killer, but I'm no kook! (10/16/99)












 
Friday, October 15, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"The Straight Story" By Charles Taylor
 Forget the G rating -- this road movie is as weird as David Lynch gets. (10/15/99)


"The Story of Us" By Stephanie Zacharek
 This Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer breakup story doesn't have one. (10/15/99)


"Julien Donkey-Boy" By Stephanie Zacharek
 Critical vertigo, a homely Chloë Sevigny and one jabbering schizophrenic  -- this all means something to director Harmony Korine. (10/15/99)


"Fight Club" By Andrew O'Hehir
 The late-'90s crisis of masculinity has arrived in pop culture with a vengeance. (10/15/99)


Sharps & flats By Gavin McNett      
After hemorrhaging mystique for a decade, David Bowie finally releases a record that's better than its gimmicks. (10/15/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, October 15, 1999. (10/15/99)






Books:




The migration of the chalk By David Alford      
In a small town in Mexico, a teacher gave me the chalk and demanded a lesson in revolution. (10/15/99)


Baseball must die By Andrew O'Hehir      
Joe Morgan's book argures that the national pastime is headed for a disaster. But that might not  be such a bad thing. (10/15/99)


"Paisley Girl" By Laura Morgan Green 
In an inventive and funny first novel, a terminally hip young heroine bears the blemishes of what may be a terminal disease. (10/15/99)


Books Log: How to get a blurb from Thomas Pynchon By Craig Offman  
Start by sending him your novel -- it can't hurt. (10/15/99)






Comics: 




The Dark Hotel 
Drago's story -- the final episode! (10/15/99) 





Health & Body:




"Fat guys kick ass" By Steven A. Shaw     
If I ate less, I'd lose weight. But I don't, because I love food.  (10/15/99)


Pot on the brain By Damien Cave    
Our bodies produce cannabis-like substances anyway, so why not put them in pill form to kill pain?  (10/15/99)





Letters:




TNT exec defends "Animal Farm" ad and film;
 adventurous travelers should be prepared for the worst; "open-source journalism" dates back to Oklahoma City bombing (10/15/99)







Media:




Rogue advertisers By Jenn Shreve   

Who's to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession. (10/15/99)





Mothers Who Think:




I cannot tell a lie By Tracy Quan
 What happens when a hooker confesses to her parents. (10/15/99)






News:




Desperately seeking angry white females By Dennis McCafferty  
Hate groups move beyond their traditional "angry white male" constituency to recruit as many new female members as they can find. (10/15/99)


The treaty that ended in war  By Alicia Montgomery   
Experts discuss the Senate's vote against the global nuclear test ban treaty, Clinton's biggest foreign policy failure yet. (10/15/99)


But does it matter?  By David Moberg and Daryl Lindsey  
Al Gore gets the nod from the AFL-CIO. But will it translate into strong support from the union rank and file? (10/15/99)





People:




To hell with curfew By Carina Chocano   
That's no gang of thugs terrorizing midnight's mean streets, it's a congregation of God's children reclaiming souls on the swing shift. (10/15/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
The "higher consciousness candidate" on calling dead presidents, the IQ of corpses and insect diplomacy. Plus: Gary Coleman, plaything of the press? (10/15/99)





Technology:




The Hollywoodization of venture capital By Mark Gimein 
The business of funding tech companies has gone gaga for brand  names and boffo deals. "Visionaries," though, may be out of luck. (10/15/99)


Lost and found By Mark Gimein
 A wacky new start-up wants to reunite you with your misplaced belongings. (10/15/99)






Travel:




Wanderlust: Love letters in the sand By Susan McKinney de Ortega
 I was his English teacher, 14 years older. But on the beach in Mazatlan, love is love. (10/15/99)











 
Thursday, October 14, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Testosterama By Michael Sragow   
 The men behind the ballsy "Fight Club" talk about anti-consumerism, annoying boomerisms and how to make soap out of human fat. (10/14/99)


Sharps & flats By Carlene Bauer     
Archer Prewitt's songs sound like they were written on a piece of shag carpet resting in a slice of sun. (10/14/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, October 14, 1999. (10/14/99)


Length does matter By Peter Catapano 
Flux Quartet stays at their task for six hours. (10/14/99)






Books:




Gray Lady down By Craig Offman     
Has the influence of the New York Times Bestseller List declined? (10/14/99)


Review: "The Predictors" By Lee Dembart     
Can two mathematicians use chaos theory to master the stock market? (10/14/99)


Log: National Book Award finalists: Year of the dark horses By Laura Miller 
In fiction, the trend away from big names continues. (10/14/99)


Log: Eloise has a ball -- and snubs her guests By Emily Jenkins 
A year after her creator's death, Eloise plays hard to get at the Plaza. (10/14/99)






Comics: 




Tom the Dancing Bug  By Ruben Bolling
Cuddly animals and the cutting-edge biomedical researchers who love them (10/14/99) 





Health & Body:




Woe is HMO By Dawn MacKeen    
Proponents of liability legislation argue that the only way to change managed care's behavior is to threaten it with lawsuits.  (10/14/99)


Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl : Episode 28 By Tracy Quan
For love and for money: Since I was a teenager I have let money rule my life. Now could it ruin my prospects for love? (10/14/99)





Letters:




We're simply shocked at the fictional element of Reagan bio! 
 Plus: If overloaded by technology, turn off MTV; was Nancy Drew an early feminist? (10/14/99)







Media:




A Dunne deal  By Sean Elder  

In his new memoir, Dominick Dunne describes how he found fame the old-fashioned way: He yearned for it (10/13/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Anyone for a poop daiquiri? By Carol Hall
 I can't do the stony-face thing when it comes to bathroom humor (10/14/99)






News:




Nuclear spanking By Jake Tapper 
The Senate rejects the test ban treaty amid partisan bickering. (10/14/99)


Pakistani purge By Muddasir Rizvi  
The coup in Pakistan seems to have wide popular support -- with the proviso that military rule should be temporary. (10/14/99)


Coup d'état: Pakistan gets a new sheriff By Alicia Montgomery and Daryl Lindsey  
The overthrow of Pakistan's publicly elected government may bode poorly for democracy, but who's crying? (10/14/99)


White men can jump By Debra Dickerson   
When Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, chose a white as its next mayor, it marked a watershed event in the evolution of America's racial politics. (10/14/99)





People:




David Byrne at the Ear Inn By David Bowman   
More talk about buildings and food and Big Suits and Brian Eno and Richard Avedon and Twyla Tharp and Patti Smith and ... (10/14/99)


Give me an "oy!" By Lance Gould  
 Jewish athletes are on the rise -- mazel tov! (10/14/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
Helena Bonham Carter comes undone! Divorce, British style. When pets take after the stars. Plus: the Unabrother makes a deal. (10/14/99)





Technology:




The Red Hat diaries By Andrew Leonard      
Are Linux coders and Linux companies on different paths? A slapdash new book and a recent flurry of corporate maneuvers suggest just that. (10/14/99)


Surf and sniff By Janelle Brown   
Scent with your site? A new company bets on odor technology. (10/14/99)






Travel:




Advisor: Day of the Dead By Donald D. Groff   
I want to participate in Oaxaca's festivities, but am worried about the recent floods. Can I still go? Plus: Our expert's tips on touring Big Ben's private gears and finding a teaching job at sea. (10/14/99)













 
Wednesday, October 13, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Is it fistfighting, or just multi-tasking? By Sarah Tomlinson  
 "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk offers advice on what to do when you haven't got time for the pain. (10/13/99)


Sharps & flats By David Bowman    
Mimi Fari–a was tempting jailbait. Her husband, Richard, fought alongside Castro, sold guns and called Thomas Pynchon a pal. (10/13/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, October 13, 1999. (10/13/99)


The good, the bad and the canceled
Dish with Salon TV critic Joyce Millman on the new TV season (10/13/99)






Books:




War torn By Chris Lanier     
Aleksandar Zograf's comics offer a bleak, hilarious, haunted perspective on life in Serbia. (10/13/99)


Ivory Tower: The sacred profaned in Santa Fe By Lillie Wade    
Seeking the intellectual rigor of Catholicism, she found instead a recorded voice in the confessional booth. (10/13/99)


Review: "Ethel & Ernest" By Charles Taylor    
A marvelously realized graphic novel captures a generation's worth of changes in working-class England. (10/13/99)


Log: Bush backs out of skirmish with Bork By Craig Offman 
George W. shows compassion for the conservative he dissed. (10/13/99)






Comics: 




The K Chronicles  By Keith Knight
I now look at big-breasted women in a completely different way  (10/13/99)





Health & Body:




Irish coffee cure  By Alex Salkever   
A study with rats shows that an alcohol-caffeine cocktail after a stroke can protect the brain.  (10/13/99)


Log: Male mastectomy By Damien Cave 
Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. (10/13/99)





Letters:




Readers lambaste, laud Paglia's take on "Sensation"; 
 Plus: uncovering the history of "St. James Infirmary"; what's so unique about masturbatory time travel?  (10/13/99)







Media:




A Dunne deal  By Sean Elder  

In his new memoir, Dominick Dunne describes how he found fame the old-fashioned way: He yearned for it (10/13/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Bad fortune  By Allison Hoover Bartlett   
When the nanny foretold disaster, my son gave me a lesson in blind faith.   (10/13/99)






News:




There's something about Mary By Judith Coburn 
Management problems and divisive racial politics have followed Mary Frances Berry from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to the Pacifica Radio Network (10/13/99)


The conversion of Asa Hutchinson By Jake Tapper  
The "false prophet" of campaign finance offers unexpected support for a tough bipartisan reform bill. (10/13/99)


Rage against the regime By Laura Rozen  
Meet the new faces of the Serbian opposition. (10/13/99)


Mark Salter: The voice of Sen. John McCain By Jake Tapper   
The war hero's chief of staff knows how to get inside his head. (10/13/99)





People:




The real America gone mad By Joe Gioia   
David LaChapelle constructs a colorful alternate universe of polymorphous perversity, buff dudes and bodacious ta-tas. (10/13/99)


A LaChapelle portfolio
Hotel Lachapelle (10/13/99)


Xenophobia in the search for cabinetry   By Cintra Wilson   
Ingres' gilded terrarium, cobra-spined Mexican demo-boys, Peruvian werewolves of asbestos-removal and the love-inspiring, emperor penguin-like dignity of the Hasidim. (10/13/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
No piece for Prince William; Bruce Willis for president? CSN&Y: Almost cut my hair, then I remembered I didn't have any. Plus: Lewinsky TV show slur -- a low blow! (10/13/99)





Technology:




Reading, writing, quarterly results By Mark Gimein     
In Silicon Valley, venture capital has become a required subject -- even for  fourth graders. (10/13/99)


Pot pol By Mark Gimein   
George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana. (10/13/99)






Travel:




Book Bag: It wasn't funny at the time By Don George  
Lonely Planet's new anthology presents an I'm-glad-that-wasn't-me collection of delightful disasters. (10/13/99)













 
Tuesday, October 12, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Vox populi By Heather Chaplin  
 An interview with "Sound Portraits'" mike-shy producer, David Isay. (10/12/99)


Sharps & flats By Michelle Goldberg    
The Charlatans U.K. aren't really an innovative band, but they've got a world-weary confidence that makes for good rock 'n' roll. (10/12/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, October 12, 1999. (10/12/99)






Books:




Too noble By Charles Taylor    
Faced with unthinkable loss, some families respond too humanely for society's own good. (10/12/99)


Closet case By Garrison Keillor   
My female lover left her husband for me, but she won't tell her children she's a lesbian. Should I wait for her to come around? (10/12/99)


Review: "Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England" By Stephanie Zacharek   
Novelist and cultural critic Nik Cohn tours ye merry olde land of low-rent gangsters, spiritual wanderers, techno DJ's and football hooligans. (10/12/99)


Log: Beaching "Moby-Dick" By Maria Russo  
Laurie Anderson offers a chilly, neutered take on Melville's intense, sweaty classic. (10/12/99)






Comics: 




Story Minute  By Carol Lay
The guy who got a brand new bag  (10/12/99)





Health & Body:




Stroking my inner boyfriend By Daniel Reitz  
Ex-model/novelist Brad Gooch's "Finding the Boyfriend Within" reaches a new low in the gay self-help genre. (10/12/99)


Political football By David McGuire 
The right to sue may be tossed around for the next year. (10/12/99)





Letters:




So long, Monty Python, and thanks for the penguin.
 Plus: Mr. Blue is too quick to dismiss recovered addict; why do breadwinner moms have to work even harder?   (10/12/99)







Media:




Kubrick's last film: An open and shut case? By Sean Elder 

"Eyes Wide Shut" is still roiling the waters. Brill's Content: The media sucks!  Harper's: The critics suck! (10/08/99)


Log: Pig in the Gulag By Gary Kamiya 

An ad for the made-for-TV movie "Animal Farm" gives a whole new meaning to the word "Orwellian." (10/08/99)


Alt: Burn, sacred cow, burn! By Jenn Shreve 

Lefty weeklies turn on their idols. Plus: Ben is Dead dies, the 17th Annual Testicle Festival and the boy who said yes -- and lived. (10/08/99)





Mothers Who Think:




My seeds are sprouting in two wombs By Hank Pellissier  
Hank Pellissier, giver of sperm, is about to receive. Last heard from while contemplating insemination, he's now got a girl coming with the wife and a boy on the way with the lesbian gal pal. (10/12/99)






News:




Put the victim on trial?  By Dave Cullen 
 
Lawyers spar over autopsy photos, angels clash with the Rev. Fred Phelps and both sides prepare for a "sex panic" defense as jury selection begins in the Matthew Shepard trial. (10/12/99)


Down in the trenches   By Keith Moore 
Donna Brazile, the new manager of Al Gore's presidential campaign, has a reputation as a tenacious political attack dog. (10/12/99)


Away down South in Dixie    By Suzi Parker 
In accent and manner, George W. knows how to play the part when he sweeps through Mississippi, including taking a swipe at Hillary. (10/12/99)





People:




Brilliant Careers: The most musical voice in baseball By Gary Kaufman   
For 50 years, Vin Scully has been the gold standard for radio announcers (10/12/99)


"29,000 people and a million butterflies" By Vin Scully   
Vin Scully's radio call of the ninth inning of Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game against the Chicago Cubs is pure baseball literature. (10/12/99)


How to get ahead in publishing  By Keith Bashford   
When I chose sleaze over substance, Rupert Murdoch yelled my ear off and threw an armload of papers at me. (10/12/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
Wham! George Michael sticks it to the BBC: Plus: Annette and Warren, together! Jacko and Debbie, apart!  (10/12/99)


"Sensation" and lack of sensation  By Camille Paglia  
Gore's weightlessness is sinking him; applause for Giuliani's stand against the arrogant, pretentious, parasitic arts establishment; and praise (praise?) for Paltrow. (10/06/99)





Technology:




You've got male By Michael Alvear     
How did America Online become the bathhouse of the Internet? Size matters. (10/12/99)


Microsoft's annual report: Made on Macintosh By Scott Rosenberg  
The evidence is written all over the report's Microsoft Word file. (10/12/99)






Travel:




Goodbye, Khao San Road By Rolf Potts 
As he leaves Southeast Asia, our Vagabonding correspondent reflects on the evolution of the middle-class travel revolution. (10/12/99)


Publisher sponsors essay competition  By Don George 
Bradt Publications' contest offers a free trip for two to Patagonia as its top prize. (10/12/99)















 
Monday, October 11, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Boys Don't Cry By Stephanie Zacharek 
 The fictionalized account of the Brandon Teena story is sensationalistic storytelling at its best. (10/11/99)


Sharps & flats By David Cantwell   
Garth Brooks had friends in low places. Chris Gaines is just weird. (10/11/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, October 11, 1999. (10/11/99)






Books:




Ivory Tower: Crashing the top  By Ann Douglas   
Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned  discrimination. (10/11/99)


Book Bag: Rockets' red glare By Robert Stone  
The author of "Dog Soldiers" picks five great contemporary war novels. (10/11/99)


Review: "The Remains of River Names" By Andrew O'Hehir  
A beautifully sensitive novel looks at hippie-generation parents and the kids they weren't prepared to raise. (10/11/99)


Log: Bestseller lists reach verdict on "Dutch" By Craig Offman   
Edmund Morris' biography of Ronald Reagan ruled nonfiction -- barely. (10/11/99)






Comics: 




This Modern World  By Tom Tomorrow
Under certain conditions, we always do the right thing!  (10/11/99)





Health & Body:




Ask Dr. Bob: A moveable cough By Robert Burton, M.D. 
Dr. Bob explains consumption and reassures a woman who put on the wrong shoes.(10/11/99)


Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl : Episode 27 By Tracy Quan
Special delivery: A mysterious letter smolders in the lingerie drawer. (10/11/99)





Letters:




You think the media's money fixation is new? 
Plus: Remembering George C. Scott; what does Salon have against organized religion?   (10/11/99)









Mothers Who Think:




Dump the big bang, bring on the blue ox  By Vicki Rosenzweig  
Kansas isn't going far enough with changes to its science curriculum (10/11/99)


Cold plunges and sport singing: Life in a Russian kindergarten By Mary MacVean   
A wee New Yorker is sent to Rodnik, a temple of rigidity and complex grammar. And he loves it. (10/11/99)






News:




No light in his attic  By David Horowitz 
 
For the tragic impact a "progressive," PC education has on minority students of great promise, look at the sad case of Harvard's Cornel West. (10/11/99)


Street-fighting man  By Jake Tapper 
In a joint appearance with Sen. Bill Bradley in Iowa, Al Gore comes out swinging. (10/11/99)





People:




A Dogg's life and Dixie Chickdom By Steve Burgess  
Everything that rises must converge: These days black Snoop and the white Chicks are all part of the same big megastar aristocracy. (10/11/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
Mariah Carey spills on the couch; keep on rockin' with the leaders of the free world; and now for something completely different -- Monty Python disappoints. (10/11/99)


"Sensation" and lack of sensation  By Camille Paglia  
Gore's weightlessness is sinking him; applause for Giuliani's stand against the arrogant, pretentious, parasitic arts establishment; and praise (praise?) for Paltrow. (10/06/99)





Technology:




View from the Top: Gambling on the Webcast By John Geirland    
Can a Microsoft veteran make the Digital Entertainment Network sing? (10/11/99)


Log: Lessons in anything By Janelle Brown 
How do you publicize a Web start-up? eHow counts the ways. (10/11/99)






Travel:




A bittersweet saga in Sicily By Frank Browning 
An innocent visit to an "ancient" village fertility fest reveals a multilayered history of feuding families, conniving communists and failing farms. (10/11/99)













 
Weekend, October 9-10, 1999





Health & Body:




Oh Deer! By Debra Ollivier 
 
Can deer-antler velvet increase your sex drive?  (10/09/99)






News:




Puffy and the pontiff  By Jon B. Rhine
 
A worldwide movement to wipe out debt for poor countries is getting some star-studded support this weekend. (10/09/99)


Lost and found  By Holly J. Lebowitz  
Why America's 80 million-strong Generation X may be losing its religion but finding its soul. (10/09/99)





People:




May the best sex win: Man vs. woman in the ring By Steve Burgess  
The prizefight between McGregor and Chow will change boxing history forever -- take it from a guy who's strapped on the gloves and gone toe to toe with a "mad-dogging" female. (10/09/99)


Rogues' Gallery: Hangover at the Mile High Club By Douglas Cruickshank   
Post boom-boom gloom. The heartbreak of taco theft -- what's next, kidnapping chimichangas? Plus: A helicopter you can park in your nostril. (10/09/99)


Freeman Dyson, frog prince of physics   By Kristi Coale   
The renowned physicist brings conscience and compassion to his books, which interweave scientific explanation and humanism. (10/09/99)





Technology:




21st Challenge No. 27 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau  
Re-brand that site! URLs with a difference. (10/09/99)





Travel:




A bittersweet saga in Sicily By Frank Browning 
An innocent visit to an "ancient" village fertility fest reveals a multilayered history of feuding families, conniving communists and failing farms. (10/09/99)













 
Friday, October 8, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Harsh realms By Joyce Millman
 Fox's "Harsh Realm" sends a soldier into virtual hell, while CBS's "Now and Again" builds the new bionic man. (10/08/99)


"Random Hearts" By Stephanie Zacharek
Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas get caught somewhere between their cheatin' dead spouses and a banal thriller. (10/08/99)


"Superstar" By Mary Elizabeth Williams 
A clumsy nerd enters the pantheon of "Saturday Night Live" characters made into lame movies. (10/08/99)



Sharps & flats By Dawn Eden  
Don't let songwriter Chris Cacavas play with guns. (10/08/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, October 8-10, 1999. (10/08/99)


Log: Snob story By Charles Taylor 
A cinema brat cat-calls "Dogma" director Kevin Smith; a glorious coming-of-age story finds a warm audience. (10/08/99)






Books:




The Salon Interview: Kurt Vonnegut By Frank Houston  
The author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" talks about Capote and Kerouac, Hillary and Rudy, television and, of course, the end of the world. (10/08/99)


Thin gruel for Vonnegut fans  By Alissa Lara Quart 
The film "Breakfast of Champions" misses the point: What "Bokononists" love is Father Kurt's smart anti-intellectualism. (10/08/99)


Ivory Tower: "The Iliad" and other tales of war By David Alford  
My momentous monologue turns to dust under the scrutiny of a well-prepared student. (10/08/99)


Ivory Tower: Nerds with cards By Leah Hoffmann  
Mensa is overhauling its brainiac image -- with a guide to gambling. (10/08/99)


Review: "Assuming the Position" By Dennis Drabelle  
A onetime hustler takes a long, hard look at the Life. (10/08/99)






Comics: 




The Dark Hotel
Slaughter in the barnyard: The harrowing climax of Drago's story  (10/08/99)





Health & Body:




Pill talk  By Mary Roach 
October is Talk About Prescriptions Month, and Battery Safety Month, and ... (10/08/99)





Letters:




Is it inequity that bothers Goozner, or the billionaires?!  
Plus: Susie Bright's "self-serving" open relationship; the elitism of "Sensation" defenses   (10/08/99)





Media:




Kubrick's last film: An open and shut case? By Sean Elder 

"Eyes Wide Shut" is still roiling the waters. Brill's Content: The media sucks!  Harper's: The critics suck! (10/08/99)


Log: Pig in the Gulag By Gary Kamiya 

An ad for the made-for-TV movie "Animal Farm" gives a whole new meaning to the word "Orwellian." (10/08/99)


Alt: Burn, sacred cow, burn! By Jenn Shreve 

Lefty weeklies turn on their idols. Plus: Ben is Dead dies, the 17th Annual Testicle Festival and the boy who said yes -- and lived. (10/08/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Fathers, sons and football By Pat Toomay 
I spent my NFL career struggling to escape the long arm of my judgmental father -- and the coaches who took his place. Was I fated to subject my sons to the same treatment? (10/08/99)


Who was Carolyn Keene? By Amy Benfer   
An interview with Mildred Wirt Benson, the original ghostwriter for the Nancy Drew mystery novels. (10/08/99)






News:




Rutherford Institute sues Columbine officials By Dave Cullen 
A lawsuit over religious rights continues the wrangle over who owns the Columbine tragedy. (10/08/99)


Colombia's powder keg By Robert D. Lamb 
Washington's ill-conceived policy could hurt human rights and fuel the drug trade. (10/08/99)


George W.'s New York homeboy By Jake Tapper 
 Floyd Flake, the former Democratic congressman, welcomed candidate Bush to Harlem with open arms. (10/08/99)





People:




Letter from occupied Bel-Air By David Goodman 
Our fearless correspondent's first dispatch from the entertainment industry's demilitarized zone: hot tub adventures, Jay Leno's handshake and bad behavior with Trey Parker's digital camera. (10/08/99)


Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
Titanic's leading ladies bare more than we canbear; Jesse sparks baldy-wig biz boom; Trump trumps nasty mensroom handshakers. Plus! Going, going, Ginsberg! Beat receipts hit the block. (10/08/99)





Technology:




Do you have what it takes? By Scott Kirsner   
"Bootcamp for Startups" enlists plenty of entrepreneurs looking to be whipped into shape. (10/08/99)


Log: Open-source journalism By Andrew Leonard
Slashdot members' vicious response to a cyberterrorism story spurs a rewrite -- and questions about geek-influenced journalism. (10/08/99)






Travel:




Wanderlust: Arabian nighties By Susan Hack
Among Egypt's minarets and mosques, covered women buy a ton of teddies. (10/08/99)













 
Thursday, October 7, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"The Limey" By Charles Taylor  
Director Steven Soderbergh's stylish art noir runs between cheap L.A. motels and hip icons of '60s cool. (10/07/99)


Shadow boxing By Michael Sragow   
"On the Ropes" co-directors Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen follow three fighters into the "real" inner city. (10/07/99)


Sharps & flats By Funke Sangodey  
Macha rides a rickshaw loaded with esoterica to the top of the college charts. (10/07/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, October 7, 1999. (10/07/99)






Books:




Biography as screenplay By Charles Kaiser  
Edmund Morris has conceived the life of Ronald Reagan as a movie. And it's a bomb. (10/07/99)


The genius of Danzig  By Gavin McNett
Günter Grass' Nobel Prize honors the stalwart leftist who rebuilt the German novel on the literary ruins of the Third Reich. (10/07/99)


Review: "Walkin' the Dog" By Jesse Berrett 
The stories in this new collection flirt dangerously with agitprop but wind up delivering a cumulative shock. (10/07/99)


Log: Top Bush flack grinds out candidate's memoir By Craig Offman
 George W. mentions Robert H. Bork and Lewis Carroll, but communications director Karen Hughes reveals no literary influences. (10/07/99)






Comics: 




Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The mysterious smell in Louis' locker! (10/07/99)





Health & Body:




Busy signal By Stephen G. Bloom 
Back pain is no guarantee your doctor will see you, even at the best clinic. (10/07/99)


Urge: Amateur by the hour By Tracy Quan  
Nancy becomes a first-timer to cover Allison's tail. (10/07/99)





Letters:




Faludi's wrong -- men are doing fine!  
Plus: Misunderstanding singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn; moms defend right to sleep with their infants  (10/07/99)





Media:




Crossing the Atlantic  By Sean Elder 

Michael Kelly and William Whitworth talk about the changing of the guard at one of the nation's most respected magazines. (10/06/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Perky fellows in a gay-looking speedwagon: The Hardy Boys return  By Steve Burgess  
At last, a revival of unexpurgated Frank and Joe. (10/07/99)


What would Nancy do?   By Amy Benfer   
The sleuth of my mother's youth reveals life's mysteries. (10/07/99)






News:




Bush: As compassionate as he has to be By Jake Tapper 
Just how far will George W. reach out to minorities? As far as he can without alienating any bigots. (10/07/99)


Triangulation, or strangulation? By Jake Tapper
As Rush Limbaugh blasts away, George W. Bush insists he's not running againstthe GOP Congress. (10/07/99)


The next commish? By Steve Kettmann
 He brought American ballplayers to Cuba and beat back the umpires' union. Now some say he is the natural to take over the helm of major league baseball -- someday (10/07/99)





People:




Nothing Personal: By Amy Reiter
Wahlberg on politics: Sell dope, pray to pope, have hope. Plus, Greenspan flinchy, Gingrich grinchy, Carrey as Kaufman? Cinchy. (10/07/99)


Great taste, less thrilling By Heather Havrilesky 
Everywhere you turn, people look like they're ready for their close-ups. Meanwhile, originality is at an all-time low.  (10/07/99)


Talking baseball with Hank Greenwald  By Joan Walsh 
The best broadcaster you won't hear on the air talks about umpire arrogance, the home-run chase and "the Viagra of baseball."  (10/07/99)


"Sensation" and lack of sensation  By Camille Paglia  
Gore's weightlessness is sinking him; applause for Giuliani's stand against the arrogant, pretentious, parasitic arts establishment; and praise (praise?) for Paltrow. (10/07/99)





Technology:




Is technology unplugging our minds?  By Janelle Brown   
We may be able to multitask our way through life -- but at what cost to our humanity? Three new books examine the world technology begat. (10/07/99)


Log: Talkin 'bout a revolution By Janelle Brown
 RCN, the up-and-coming fiber optic network, tries -- a little too hard -- to get us to think of it as a telecom revolutionary. (10/07/99)






Travel:




Get thee to a nunnery By Donald D. Groff 
Our travel expert offers advice on convent and church accommodations in Poland, trips to Baja and finding that perfect hotel/Broadway package in New York. (10/07/99)












 
Wednesday, October 6, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




The magical mystery tour  By Sarah Vowell 
Listening to good music is like watching a quiz show without cue cards -- the fun is in knowing that you might not ever figure it out. (10/06/99)


Sharps & flats By Brett Anderson  
The Fastbacks saw grunge come and go. Like that matters to a band that hasn't left the garage in 20 years. (10/06/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, October 6, 1999. (10/06/99)






Books:




Ivory Tower: President of what?  By Simon Rodberg 
George W. Bush led the Delta Kappa Epsilon branding regime at my university. Now he wants to lead the free world. (10/06/99)


The nymphet strikes back  By Jennifer Kornreich
In a controversial new novel told from Lolita's point of view, the girl is vicious, conniving and not very convincing. (10/06/99)


Review: "The Code Book" By Joshua Kosman 
A fascinating and remarkably accessible history of cryptography that ends with a $15,000 contest. (10/06/99)





Comics: 




The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The killer bees are on their way!  (10/06/99)





Health & Body:




"The River" By Edward Hooper 
An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins. (10/06/99)





Letters:




Don't make me pay for offensive art show! 
Plus: Disrespecting romance writers; are stay-at-home moms wasting their lives?  (10/06/99)





Media:




Crossing the Atlantic  By Sean Elder 

Michael Kelly and William Whitworth talk about the changing of the guard at one of the nation's most respected magazines. (10/06/99)





Mothers Who Think:




She wins bread, he loafs By Rob Ryder 
Raised to be helpless, partial to pipe dreams, this dad sings the praises of the working wife. (10/06/99)





News:




Poster boys for the summer of hate By Sam Stanton and Gary Delsohn 
Meet Matthew and Tyler Williams, suspects in a series of Northern California hate crimes, now on trial for murder. (10/06/99)


Homeboy in the 'hood By Jake Tapper
In the Democratic bastion of Harlem, George W. Bush further outlines his education plan while taking a swipe at the GOP. (10/06/99)


Feinstein gets a challenger By Anthony York
 Political gadfly Ron Unz jumps into the ring for the U.S. Senate race in California. (10/06/99)





People:




"Sensation" and lack of sensation By Camille Paglia
Gore's weightlessness is sinking him; applause for Giuliani's stand against the arrogant, pretentious, parasitic arts establishment; and praise (praise?) for Paltrow. (10/06/99)


Log: The stalking of Chris Isaak By Jon B. Rhine
Is it a wicked game of celebrity pursuit or retaliation for the singer's satanic verses?  (10/06/99)


Hepburn vs. Hepburn By Damion Matthews 
A young drag queen goes from Audrey fan to Kate devotee.  (10/06/99)


Audrey was thinner  By Damion Matthews 
The author of "Confessions of a Window Dresser" explains his preference. (10/06/99)


Nothing Personal Something blue: By Amy Reiter
Tommy and Pammy to retie knot, drop pants; the Royal Philharmonic does R.E.M.; Gore scandal a snooze. (10/06/99)





Technology:




Can Robert Johnson bring more blacks online?  By Raymond Rawlinson  
Black Entertainment Television's founder is launching a $35 million African-American portal site. Will it help mend the digital divide? (10/06/99)


Log: Bernie Ebbers, a 19th century-style tech tycoon? By Mark Gimein
 Unknown two years ago, the MCI Worldcom chief makes a $129 billion play for Sprint. (10/06/99)






Travel:




Robbed on Lombok  By Brent Hannon 
Bandits strike a group of travelers in the wilds of a remote Indonesian island.(10/06/99)











 
Tuesday, October 5, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




Call me Laurie By Stacey Kors
Multimedia performance artist Laurie Anderson on Melville's Bible, the American art of the jump cut and why "Moby-Dick" still matters. (10/05/99)


And now for something completely familiar By George Rafael 
"Monty Python's Flying Circus": Still the best TV sketch show there's ever been. (10/05/99)


Sharps & flats By Geoff Edgers 
Paul McCartney used members of Pink Floyd and Deep Purple to help him get back to rockabilly on "Run Devil Run." The real surprise? It worked. (10/05/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, October 5, 1999. (10/05/99)






Books:




Too darn hot By Julia Gracen 
Romance fans clash over a new breed of explicit, kinky love story. (10/05/99)


Should I stay or should I go? By Garrison Keillor
Am I crazy to get attached to a man who's been "clean and sober" only 15 months? (10/05/99)


Review: "Personal Injuries" By Jonathan Groner
Writing at the top of his game in a thriller about the corruption of the courts, the author delves deeper into character than he ever has before. (10/05/99)


Log: John Major slams Maggie Thatcher in upcoming memoir By Craig Offman
 Tory codgers slug it out in battle of the books. (10/05/99)





Comics: 




Story Minute By Carol Lay
All her tomorrows were yesterdays! (10/05/99)





Health & Body:




Urge: The dressing room By Virginia Vitzthum 
A suburban dad makes himself into the girl of his dreams. (10/05/99)





Letters:




Apple is too strong to be Linux's lunch 
Plus: DEA Museum shows only one side of drug wars; does LAPD behavior shed light on  O.J. case? (10/05/99)





Media:




Who wants to time-travel to 1357 France?  By Nikki Finke
Michael Ovitz, onetime King of Hollywood, finds no takers for his new project -- a movie by Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton. (10/05/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Make the dough, do the laundry: Life as a breadwinner mom By Dianne Lake
 Dad's at home, Mom's raking in the bucks -- everything's cool, right? Not exactly. (10/05/99)





News:




Trump bombs in first Reform appearance By Micah L. Sifry 
The Donald needs to do some homework before opening his mouth. (10/05/99)


Throw the bums out By Joe Conason
Al Gore's corporate team has struck out, so it's time for the vice president to bring some true believers on board. (10/05/99)


Steve Forbes finds religion By Jake Tapper
 His Christian Coalition appearance marks him as the leading conservative rival to George W. Bush. (10/05/99)


Milosevic rival claims assassination attempt  By Alex Todorovic 
 Vuk Draskovic says a car accident last week was an attempt on his life. (10/05/99)





People:




Brilliant Careers: Frank Gehry By Karen Templer
His titanium masterpiece in Bilbao, Spain, has put "the other Frank," architect of "the other Guggenheim" museum, on the map.  (10/05/99)


A Gehry gallery
Bilbao, Power Play Chairs, the Chiat/Day headquarters and more!  (10/05/99)


Stop the locks schlock By Colin Crawford
Can Frank Gehry do for Panama what he did for Bilbao?  (10/05/99)


Nothing Personal Mystery of the tingling nether regions: By Amy Reiter
The secret to happy gonads: Bonding! Tyson: Lend me your ear, Evander; Jesse's sage advice for Ahnuld. Plus: Cybill Shepherd -- Elvis saw me starkers so vote for me. (10/05/99)


Log: Dept. of slight exaggerations By Douglas Cruickshank 
Mark Twain's recently rediscovered account of an 1868 hanging turns out to be not all that rediscovered. (10/05/99)





Technology:




Strike up the broadband By Scott Rosenberg 
When the music stops, neither America Online nor Excite@Home is likely to be happy with where it's sitting. (10/05/99)


Log: Office 2000, for $99? By Mark Gimein
 Balking at software packages that can cost more than a PC, some people are turning to a special Microsoft offer. But is it too good to be true? (10/05/99)






Travel:




Laughing with the Dalai Lama  By Rachel Louise Snyder 
From Lhasa to Dharamsala, a Westerner pieces together the poignant puzzle of Tibetan Buddism and its exalted leader in exile. (10/05/99)












 
Monday, October 4, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




City of Angel By Joyce Millman
 Buffy's guilt-ridden vampire squeeze lives by night in L.A. Also: "My So-Called Life" meets "The X-Files" in WB's new teen drama "Roswell" (10/04/99)


Sharps & flats By Jon Dolan
Thug rapper Eve's assertive female raps would sound even more radical at the top of the charts if the countrified Dixie Chicks weren't telling the exact same stories.  (10/04/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, October 4, 1999. (10/04/99)






Books:




Ivory Tower: Said who? By Chris Colin
In his new memoir, "Out of Place," Edward Said brings his exile into focus and finds a home between  his past and his future. (10/04/99)


Pitch black By Ishmael Reed
The author of "The Terrible Twos" picks five African-American novels that refuse to behave. (10/04/99)


Review: "Firebird: A Memoir" By Jaime Manrique
A first-rank poet's new memoir rises to the stature of an American classic. (10/04/99)


Log: Fiction or nonfiction? By Craig Offman
 Editors ponder which bestseller list Edmund Morris' Reagan biography should go on. (10/02/99)





Comics: 




This Modern World  By Tom Tomorrow
Pat Buchanan's clever, vote-getting Hitler gambit  (10/04/99)





Health & Body:




Ask Dr. Bob: Hit on the head By Robert Burton, M.D.
How dangerous are concussions, can you control constant anger, and the lack of a "mind's eye." (10/04/99)


Nancy Chan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: Episode 25 By Tracy Quan
Swollen with bliss: Sometimes even a professional loses her bedside manner. (10/04/99)





Letters:




David Horowitz takes aim at wrong targets, and misfires.
 Plus: The bizarre world of advertising; do doctors always know best?  (10/04/99)





Media:




Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
"Last Kiss," Elvis Presley, Jay Mohr in "Action" and more  (10/04/99)





Mothers Who Think:




Hurting young men put pen to rage By Jill Wolfson
A writing teacher who works with juveniles sees familiar pain in the diary of Eric Harris. (10/04/99)





News:




Our lady of lies By Christopher Hitchens
Stunningly politicized, painfully banal and too fraudulent for the pope to recognize, the Virgin of Medjugorje stands for the bloody ethnic hatreds in the former Yugoslavia (10/04/99)





People:




Biography avoidance techniques of the rich and reclusive By Lorenzo W. Milam
Wanted: Brilliant biographers who won't write about Howard Hughes and J.D. Salinger. Bullies need not apply.  (10/04/99)


Nothing Personal The dung show: By Amy Reiter
Psychotic reactions to elephant dung; Jesse Ventura ups the ante; Mormon TV snips the naughty bits. Plus, Susan Lucci gets her gun. (10/04/99)





Technology:




View from the Top: Linux at the bat By Andrew Leonard
Red Hat's Marc Ewing steps up to the plate against Microsoft in the billion-dollar free-software ballgame. (10/04/99)


Log: Media money fixation By Janelle Brown
 Another day, another IPO, another media lament on how today's Silicon Valley is all about greed, greed, greed. (10/04/99)






Travel:




Russia on the edge By Jeffrey Tayler
With bombs exploding from Moscow to Chechnya, nerves are tense everywhere. Is it all a power-saving ploy by Yeltsin? Or is the country on the verge of collapse?  (10/04/99)











 
Weekend, October 2-3, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




True "Sensation" By Daniel Kunitz
The only offensive dung in New York's controversial art exhibit is the mayor's bullshit. (10/02/99)






Books:




Log: Fiction or nonfiction? By Craig Offman
Editors ponder which bestseller list Edmund Morris' Reagan biography should go on. (10/02/99)










Health & Body:




When did you stop abandoning your child? and other FAQs from the road By Susie Bright
Why is it no one ever asks John Updike where his kid is while he's on book tour? (10/02/99)


Blowing smoke By Jenn Shreve
A large cigarette company is using a humorous 1-800 marketing message that speaks to us of love. (10/02/99)




















News:




Who's the real underdog? By Anthony York
As Bill Bradley surges, Al Gore claims second-class status. But are Democrats ready for this spacy, aloof anti-candidate? (10/02/99)


"Better to lose fighting a noble cause"? By Jake Tapper
Pat Robertson and the Christian Coalition kick off the "Road to Victory '99" convention. (10/01/99)


Sickening "Sensation"? By Bruce Shapiro
Rudy is whipping up the yahoos against the Brooklyn Museum's art exhibit, but voters oppose him 2-1. (10/02/99)





People:




Donn Pohren, flamenco's hero By Jon B. Rhine
Over a bottle of vino tinto, the first non-Spaniard ever awarded the title "flamencologist" talks about one of the world's most vibrant folk arts. (10/02/99)


The flamenco man: Hampton Fancher By Jon B. Rhine
In another time, the director of "The Minus Man" ran off to Spain, renamed himself "Mario Montejo" and became immersed in the snakelike dance called flamenco. (10/02/99)











Travel:




Russia on the edge? By Jeffrey Tayler
With bombs exploding from Moscow to Chechnya, nerves are tense everywhere. Is it all a power-saving ploy by Yeltsin? Or is the country on the verge of collapse?  (10/02/99)











 
Friday, October 1, 1999





Arts & Entertainment:




"Three Kings" By Andrew O'Hehir
The stylish, almost hallucinatory war movie promotes director David O. Russell from indie grunt to Hollywood sharpshooter. (10/01/99)


Happy, Texas By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A cons-on-the-run caper gets its charm from witty, endearing performances and uncynical affection for its characters.  (10/01/99)


Mystery, Alaska By Chris Colin
This small film about a small town and its small hockey team tells nothing more than a little Cinderella story.  (10/01/99)


Sharps & flats By Jeff Stark
"Little Louie" Vega's mix of early '90s dance remembers a time when electronic music was still sexy. (10/01/99)


Log: Gimme indie rock! By Michelle Goldberg
Like indie rock itself, the Matador Records birthday party with Yo La Tengo started beautifully and devolved into a self-reflexive in-joke. (10/01/99)


Log: "What -- If I Can Be So Presumptuous -- Was I Thinking?" By Charles Taylor
A short overview of the next 30 years of filmmaker Harmony Korine's illustrious career. (10/01/99)


Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Friday, October 1, 1999. (10/01/99)






Books:




The test that took over By Caleb Crain
Nicholas Lemann flunks the SAT-worshipping American meritocracy.(10/01/99)


The killer questions By David Alford
When the Socratic method gets out of hand, students can learn to think -- and to draw blood (10/01/99)


Review: "How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z" By Craig Seligman
A volume of aperçus on junk holds that addiction is no excuse for bad behavior. (10/01/99)


Log: British witch casts a spell on Oprah By Craig Offman
 Will magic help her score a spot on the show? (10/01/99)





Comics: 




The Dark Hotel
The strange, violent past of Drago's new Serbian love (10/01/99)





Health & Body:




Separated by curtains, united by grief By Pamela Post
In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries. (10/01/99)


Presidential spit By Mary Roach
The new Ronald Reagan biography "Dutch" unearths a major political secret: Yes, Ronnie has clear saliva. Was this the real reason he was elected? (10/01/99)


Blowing smoke By Jenn Shreve
A large cigarette company is using a humorous 1-800 marketing message that speaks to us of love. (10/01/99)





Letters:




If children are cursing, blame the parents;
battle of the sexes on "Family Law"; since when is Jeeves an Internet character?  (10/01/99)





Media:




How they got the Korean War atrocity story By Sean Elder
With a year's worth of digging, a team of stolid AP investigators searched records and interviewed survivors to piece together a horrifying story. (10/01/99)


Bright lights, big titties By Sean Elder
As the lad mags in the U.K. wither, their American counterparts try to give the formula one more squeeze. (10/01/99)


Wine, it's the other red fluid By Jenn Shreve
Wine X's attempts at hipsterism evoke the not so subtle smell of oak barrel-aged fish. PLUS: Geeks, freaks, fashion weeks and conspiracy theorists. (10/01/99)






Mothers Who Think:




From "Hey Faggot" to "Hey Daddy" By Daryl Lindsey
Savage Dan Savage softens up in fatherhood: Now he's a bitch with a burp rag. (10/01/99)





News:




Bauer is reborn -- as a feminist! By Susan Crabtree
The Christian rightist's presidential candidacy was going nowhere fast until he discovered that everyone likes a little sex thrown into the mix -- everyone, that is, except his uptight top aides. (10/01/99)


Bradley: I'm still the underdog By Anthony York
Bill Bradley stunned the political world by raising more money in the last three months than had Al Gore -- but he's not about to claim front-runner status. (10/01/99)


Crash of '99? By Merrill Goozner
If our booming economy suddenly collapses, the growing disparity between rich and poor may prove to be a decisive factor in how hard we fall. (10/01/99)


No Gun Ri: What they're saying By Alicia Montgomery
Experts grapple with reports that the U.S. committed war crimes during the Korean War. (10/01/99)





People:




Singin' in the pain By Carina Chocano
Life is beautiful for Jakob the liar ... and other heartwarming Hollywood tales of genocide.  (10/01/99)


Nothing Personal Cross my pecs: By Amy Reiter
Minnesota governor yearns for a simpler life ... as an undergarment. Plus! Real life starlet tarnishes wholesome cartoon image! And, envelope please, the governorship goes to ... (10/01/99)





Technology:




Why Microsoft doesn't rule the Net By Mark Gimein
Redmond's observers keep counting on the software giant to become a Net company. What's wrong with that? (10/01/99)


Log: "Tech guru": What Americans wanna be when they grow up By Janelle Brown
 Survey finds that people respect the nerdly calling but don't want to slog through the math. (10/01/99)






Travel:




Why was she squeezing my nipples? By Yvonne Shafir
In Vietnam, a woman-to-woman massage can be a therapeutic experience -- and then sexual intrigue appears. (10/01/99)
































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