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THURSDAY
Dec. 24, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Microsoft über alles By Janelle Brown, Andrew Leonard And Scott Rosenberg
Have Gates & Co. peaked? 21st reviews tech highs and lows of '98 (12/24/98)
The 21st Challenge No. 17: The e-mail lifeline. By By Charlie
Varon and Jim Rosenau
Save a friend with a message -- and win a prize! (12/24/98)
Today in Books:
Turkey Shoot
Salon's critics pick the worst, and most overrated,
books of 1998. (12/24/98)
Mystery roundup By Suzette Lalime
Humor and history dominate our eclectic selection of 1998's best
crime fiction. (12/24/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Daniel Reitz
"Breakfast on Pluto" by Patrick McCabe: Shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize, McCabe's new novel is partly
about Ireland's troubles and partly about cross-dressing and the search for
love (12/24/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Met expectations By Charles Taylor
The 10 best movies of 1998. (12/24/98)
Critical mass
Twenty Salon critics pick the year's best albums. (12/24/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Spending the holidays in front of the tube (12/24/98)
Ivory Tower Crisis in English By Christopher Shea
When the Modern Language Association convenes this year, highbrow literary questions will take a back seat to a thorny debate about the ongoing dearth of jobs.
(12/24/98)
Mothers Who Think Millennial family values By Stephanie Coontz
The legislators who are "voting their conscience" have been consistently
screwing the future for our children
(12/24/98)
Media Circus
By Susan Lehman
Out's liquid lunch, Lolita vs. Humbert and other marvels of media madness
(12/24/98)
Letters In defense of Bill McKibben's "Hundred Dollar
Holiday"; plus Horowitz, "You've Got Mail" and more
(12/24/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Blood money By Suzi Parker
An Arkansas prison-plasma business protected by Clinton cronies led to a scandal that almost toppled the government -- of Canada
(12/24/98)
Oral History By David Friend
Sound bites from 3 scandals (12/24/98)
Today in Comics:
The Dark Hotel
Bye, bye, Mr. Claus (12/24/98)
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
(12/24/98)
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
(12/24/98)
Urge Two concepts of sexual hysteria By Linda R. Hirshman and Jane E. Larson
The Democrats offer "Boogie Nights," the Republicans "The Crucible." Can we change the channel? (12/24/98)
Wanderlust Hot spots of the millennium By Don George
Where will people be traveling in 2000? Travel experts predict the destinations of choice in the new millennium.
(12/24/98)
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WEDNESDAY
Dec. 23, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Are we having high-tech fun yet? By Janelle Brown
With group activities and a gourmet menu, Entros joins the pack of game palaces for grown-ups (12/23/98)
21st Log
SF classic "Lensman" moves to the
desktop
(12/23/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Joyce Hackett
"The Rings of Saturn" by W.G. Sebald: From the author of the critically acclaimed "The Emigrants," a
novel that blends reportage, memoir, art criticism and images into a
cohesive meditation on European history
(12/23/98)
Today in Entertainment:
"A Civil Action" By Charles Taylor
An uncivil adaptation: Director Steven Zaillian does author Jonathan Harr a great injustice with his reductionist film version of Harr's "A Civil Action"
(12/23/98)
"Hurlyburly" By Jonathan Lethem
Hollywood stinkers: Director Anthony Drazan successfully brings the sexist, self-destructive comraderie of "Hurlyburly" to the screen
(12/23/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
A "South Park" Christmas; Marv Albert's fall from grace on A&E
(12/23/98)
Ivory Tower Zen and the art of employee maintenance By Chris Colin
What is the sound of one hand filing? Or, can the Buddha help the temp
workers of the world?
(12/23/98)
Media Unspun
By Steve Erickson
Mementos from the pre-millennium: Dredging the 1998 archives of art, pop culture and politics reveals a private cultural canon
(12/23/98)
Mothers Who Think Word By Word By Anne Lamott
The last waltz:A dying woman calls her community together to thank it, to say goodbye -- and to dance
(12/23/98)
Newsreal Blood money By Suzi Parker
An Arkansas prison-plasma business protected by Clinton cronies led to a scandal that almost toppled the government -- of Canada
(12/23/98)
Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Men: Fair game for banal feminist office humor
(12/23/98)
Letters Saddam's torture no worse than U.S. bombs; right-wing
impeachment puppet masters
(12/23/98)
Wanderlust Not finding God in Rome By Zachary Karabell
At Christmas in the Eternal City, a seeker of truth discovers that sometimes the answer you don't get is the one you need (12/23/98)
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
(12/23/98)
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TUESDAY
Dec. 22, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
"The Cruise" By Christine Schomer
"Keep it alive": A single documentary about one man's life on the edge, saved the spirit of independent film (12/22/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Who will be Barbara Walters' most fascinating person of 1998? A
nation waits (12/22/98)
Today in 21st:
The science of selfishness By Andrew Brown
Richard Dawkins' latest book says that selfish genes don't make selfish humans
(12/22/98)
21st Log
For Net stocks, "irrational exuberance" is old hat (12/22/98)
Brilliant Careers Claes Oldenburg By Douglas Cruickshank
Size matters: Twanging reality like his own personal 80-foot-long rubber band, Claes Oldenburg restored a child's-eye sense of wonder to a weary world (12/22/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Ted Gideonse
"Stagestruck" by Sarah Schulman: This nervy book is partly an attack on the stage musical "Rent" and partly an analysis of how gay culture is homogenized for straight audiences
(12/22/98)
Left Hook By Joe Conason
Why Lott and Barr hate Clinton: Two key Republican leaders maintain links with white supremacists and racists who despise the president as an "inside-out Oreo"
(12/22/98)
Letters In defense of U.S. airstrikes against Iraq; Peapod gets mixed reviews from readers
(12/22/98)
Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
And a little scumbag shall lead them: Did a sex-mad tabloid media hijack the public discourse in 1998? We should be so lucky
(12/22/98)
Today in Mothers Who Think:
Star quality By Debra Ollivier
Just as its author predicted, nothing in the universe can be the same for those who love "The Little Prince" -- but why? (12/22/98)
Forever young By Joan Walsh
In defense of My Twinn: Why the doll that horrifies parents appeals to children (12/22/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Portrait of a political pit bull By Russ Baker
Rep. Dan Burton, who called President Clinton a "scumbag," has a few questions to answer about his own behavior
(12/22/98)
What if it were President Packwood? By Andrew Ross
Liberals must face up to their hypocrisy in backing a president who lied under oath in a sexual harassment lawsuit
(12/22/98)
Story Minute By Carol Lay
The Diary
(12/22/98)
Wanderlust An innocent abroad, Part Two
By Bill Barich
A young writer in Florence encounters enduring lessons in art and love (12/22/98)
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MONDAY
Dec. 21, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Yes, there is a better search engine. While the portal sites fiddle, Google catches fire
(12/21/98)
21st Log
If Big Brother is watching you, watch him back (12/21/98)
Today in Entertainment:
On Television By Joyce Millman
Smits walks, "Felicity" stalks, Sammo rocks
(12/21/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
"Melrose Place": Jane and Michael get a holiday surprise;
encore for "Buffy" Xmas episode (12/21/98)
Right On! How "low" crimes and misdemeanors become "high" By David Horowitz
The president's conduct might be excusable anywhere else, but in
the Oval Office, it is grounds for impeachment (12/21/98)
Ivory Tower Life of the Mind By Annalee Newitz
The Marxist Wall Street couldn't ignore: How did an English doctoral dropout like Doug Henwood become the first anti-capitalist pundit for the CNN crowd? (12/21/98)
Mothers Who Think Airstrikes of mercy By Geraldine Brooks
How Saddam Hussein turned a pacifist former Middle East correspondent into a hawk
(12/21/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Commentary A plague on all their houses By Murray Waas
On Capitol Hill, partisan hard-liners have damaged the constitutional democracy they claim to hold so dear
(12/19/98)
The war at home? By Jeff Stein
There's not much the U.S. can do to prevent an Iraqi terror attack, besides watch and listen (12/19/98)
Going through the motions By Harry Jaffe
Patrick Kennedy and Bob Barr's offstage sparring was the only surprise of Friday's impeachment debate (12/21/98)
Life of the party? By Joshua Micah
Marshall
No matter who succeeds Bob Livingston, Whip Tom DeLay is the new
Republican leader as the GOP continues to sink in the polls (12/19/98)
On to the Senate By Harry Jaffe
With impeachment behind him, the president carries on. And on (12/19/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Norah Vincent
"Hundred Dollar Holiday" by Bill McKibben: Christmas has grown far too commercial, the author argues in this
back-to-basics jeremiad, and it's time for less expensive holidays
(12/21/98)
Letters Readers battle over Clinton's reasoning for Iraq airstrikes; impeachment debate continues (12/21/98)
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Save America -- buy Rant-and-Rave Sparky this Xmas! (12/21/98)
Wanderlust An innocent abroad: Part 1 By Bill Barich
A semester in Florence shapes a young writer's life
(12/21/98)
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FRIDAY
Dec. 18, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
"You've Got Mail" Reviewed by Laura Miller
You've got malls: Nora Ephron's update of "The Shop Around the Corner" rails against corporate chain stores to predictably bland effect
(12/18/98)
"The General" Reviewed by Charles Taylor
Heist society: With a mixture of humor and brutality, John Boorman's extraordinary film "The General" paints a dark portrait of Irish outlaw Martin Cahill (12/18/98)
"The Prince of Egypt" Reviewed by Charles Taylor
The Zion king: Dreamworks' animated Moses musical "The Prince of Egypt" out Disneys Disney
(12/18/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Sammo in the slammer; Mark Hamill on "The Simpsons"
(12/18/98)
Today in 21st:
Microsoft on Microsoft By Karlin Lillington
How does the
software giant spin its own history in its reference products?
(12/18/98)
21st Log
Write free software -- and write it off your tax bill? (12/18/98)
Today in Books:
Remembering William Gaddis, neglected master By Carter Scholz
The best way to remember this uncompromising, darkly funny giant of American letters is to read him (12/18/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Paige Williams
"Waltzing the Cat" by Pam Houston: Linked short stories, from the author of "Cowboys Are My
Weakness," about a restless female photographer and her penchant for
selfish, distant men (12/18/98)
Today in Ivory Tower
Seven Deadly Sins Slaves to the game By Isaac Zaur
Once the violent world of video games seeped into our friendships, there was no going back
(12/18/98)
Academentia An Internet inquisition?
When a University of Oregon anthropology major used the school's computers to follow paganism and Satanism newsgroups, the last thing he expected was religious discrimination
(12/18/98)
Letters Gary Kamiya: Drug-addled hippy or great thinker? Plus: The trials of Bill Clinton and Bill Gates
(12/18/98)
Money Money talks
By Heather Chaplin
If you want to know if a woman is wealthy, check her pores, not her pearls
(12/18/98)
Today in Newsreal:
The Impeachment War: What on earth is going on?
Experts, pundits and kibitzers weigh in on Washington's weirdest week (12/18/98)
Home for Ramadan? By Jeff
Stein
Don't hold your breath: Clinton's air war isn't likely to knock out Saddam
Hussein
(12/18/98)
And now, back to impeachment
By Bruce Shapiro
Republican skeptic Christopher Shays tries to explain why fence-sitting Republicans suddenly rushed to oppose the president (12/18/98)
House of adulterers
By David
Weir
The new speaker confesses his sins (12/18/98)
Rep. Bob Livingston's remarks
The text of the statement Thursday by the incoming speaker of the House (12/18/98)
The Dark Hotel Sternelli's madness, Burroughs' secret: Our dark trilogy concludes -- for now
(12/18/98)
Wanderlust If you film it, they will come By Steve Rushin
A passionate sports fan begins his cross-country pilgrimage with a visit to Iowa's Field of Dreams
(12/18/98)
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THURSDAY
Dec. 17, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Pod people By Janelle Brown
Peapod, the online grocery service,
sounds great -- but can it deliver? (12/17/98)
21st Log Unix beats NT for news-site traffic; a 3D "Virtual Bill"
(12/17/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mike Musgrove
"Calendar" by David Ewing Duncan reveals that the calendar is the result of a quirky
interplay of politics, history and religion (12/17/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Screensavers Safe haven By Charles Taylor
Director John Boorman talks about the search for refuge
among the discontents, his new film, "The General," family values and his
fascination with nonconformity (12/17/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
A viewing dilemma: "Beavis and Butt-head Christmas" or U.S. airstrikes in
Iraq? (12/17/98)
Mothers Who Think Second Thoughts By Sallie Tisdale
Rolling out the years: No one has time to bake cookies. That's why you need to
(12/17/98)
Media Circus
By Susan Lehman
Cool on global warming: Is it a conflict of interest for a Newsweek editor to rally anti-environmentalists?
(12/17/98)
Letters Steven Brill corrects the record on his milk-drinking habits; plus: Mollie Dickenson, nude art and imaginary friends
(12/17/98)
Today in Newsreal:
The Few, the proud, the relieved By Jeff Stein
President Clinton risked a revolt within the military if he pulled back from the brink with Iraq once again (12/17/98)
Baghdad bombing: The right move, the wrong time By Lori Leibovich
A foreign policy expert says Clinton should have struck sooner -- and argues that U.S. sanctions are propping up Saddam by allowing him to line the pockets of his cronies (12/17/98)
Reaping the whirlwind By Joshua Micah Marshall
Clinton's move against Iraq
raises the stakes for both
parties in the impeachment
debate (12/17/98)
President Clinton's statement
Text of the president's briefing on Iraqi airstrikes (12/17/98)
Tony Blair's Address
Text of the British prime minister's remarks on Baghdad bombings (12/17/98)
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Cow/human organ slave raises ethical issues! (12/17/98)
Wanderlust Postmark By Deanna Hodgin
Christmas in Germany: A family visit to Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt turns into a lesson for adults and children alike
(12/17/98)
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WEDNESDAY
Dec. 16, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Boon or boondoggle?
By Nicholas Confessore
The E-Rate subsidizes Net access for schools and libraries -- and your telephone company wants to kill it (12/16/98)
21st Log
Info war rages over impeachment e-mail; making the Net safe for the big labels
(12/16/98)
Today in Books:
Coffee-table books for holiday giving -- and grabbing
From photos of naked people in Los Angeles to New York living rooms, this year's crop of big books has something for everyone (12/16/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Maud Casey
"Ithaca: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found" by Sarah Saffian: A memoir, from a young New York journalist, about being "found" by the parents who gave her up for adoption 23 years earlier
(12/16/98)
Today in Entertainment:
A master at dangerous play By Gary Kamiya
"Bitches Brew" changed jazz history -- and proved again that Miles Davis was the Proteus of 20th century music
(12/16/98)
Thinking inside the box By Eric Alterman
The year's best in box sets provides obsessed fans of country, jazz, blues and rock with some treasures and some trash
(12/16/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Jerry Springer on "Biography"; Drew Carey meets the Partridge family (12/16/98)
Today in Ivory Tower:
Camille on Campus By Camille Paglia
Wise words for an inner city teacher: Toss out the tutorials on self-esteem and send your students on an adventure to the distant past
(12/16/98)
God save the president? By Jackie Stevens
An anti-impeachment gathering of New York's literary hotshots may not do much for the country, but at least it made them feel good about themselves
(12/16/98)
Media
Mickey Mouse scandal grips nation
By Gary Krist
Darlene voted out of Mousketeers on straight party lines -- charged with doing really, really bad things
(12/16/98)
Mothers Who Think Marriage among the mullahs By Cynthia Joyce
The directors of "Divorce Iranian Style" speak out about unhappy marriages, Islamic law and the rights of women
(12/16/98)
Today in Newsreal:
The whole world is watching -- again By Todd Gitlin
Left-wing literati turn out to block impeachment (12/16/98)
Peace, the movie By Daryl Lindsey
Clinton's three-day visit to the Middle East was
full of symbols and photo ops, but precious little in the way of content (12/16/98)
Here comes the judge By Jeff Stein
Chief Justice William Rehnquist's writings on impeachment contain
good news for President Clinton (12/16/98)
Letters Could lame-duck Gingrich stop impeachment? Plus: Anne Lamott's mental health, ugly American tourists and more
(12/16/98)
Wanderlust Brahmaputra: Tales From the River By Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone
Extraordinary photographs portray a mighty river's journey through Tibet, India and Bangladesh (12/16/98)
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Scoping out my mom's boyfriend
(12/16/98)
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TUESDAY
Dec. 15, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
Back in white By Gina Arnold
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? The worlds of pop and pomp collide at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo (12/15/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Angel's scary Christmas on "Buffy"; cross-dressing on "King of
the Hill" (12/15/98)
Today in 21st:
Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Bill Gates and Bill
Clinton -- prisoners of Lawyer World
(12/15/98)
21st Log
Crackdown on classic arcade game lovers (12/15/98)
Brilliant Careers Of Mice, men and machines By Andrew Leonard
Doug Engelbart invented the mouse -- and much more. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system (12/15/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Stephanie
Zacharek
"Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" by John Perry: A lovely piece of rock analysis, from a writer (and guitarist) who can't help blending the Who's story with his own
(12/15/98)
Dear Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
How can I get the exciting man I married to stop talking about multiprotocol networking?
(12/15/98)
Letters Trekkies fire their phasers at Salon critic O'Hehir; dissecting a breast obsession; Hitchens on Pinochet
(12/15/98)
Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
Brillian mistake: Why Brill's Content is too good for this world
(12/15/98)
Mothers Who Think Hot Flash By Fiona Morgan
The devil in your family room: Texas schools are offering "Marilyn Manson awareness training" for parents who fear for their subculture-adopting teens
(12/15/98)
Today in Newsreal:
A kinder, gentler lynch mob By Gary Kamiya
The 'peachy-keen GOP has shown its true colors -- and they confirm the most brain-dead radical stereotypes from the '60s
(12/15/98)
City of self-hate By Greg Critser
Why Los Angeles elites love being bashed by Mike Davis
(12/15/98)
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Trouble at
Kidnappers Inc.
(12/15/98)
Wanderlust The yuckiest food in the Amazon
By Mary Roach
What tastes even worse than rodent knee and saliva-flavored manioc mash?
(12/15/98)
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MONDAY
Dec. 14, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Internet censure-ship By Janelle Brown
Can the Censure and Move On Web site make a difference?
(12/14/98)
Information theory and practice By Matthew DeBord
Once, "information" didn't exist -- now it's everywhere. How'd that happen? (12/14/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Home Movies Family matters By Charles Taylor
John Boorman's enchanted comedy "Where the Heart Is" sings the
praises of hearth and home
(12/14/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Christmas with "Ally," "Raymond," "King of Queens" and "7th Heaven" (12/14/98)
Ivory Tower Harassment backlash By Matthew Dallek
When Angelo Armenti embarked on a witch hunt for professors accused of indiscretions, he became a case in point for why sexual harassment policies just don't work (12/14/98)
Mothers Who Think The prisoner of Pennsylvania Avenue By Margaret Talbot
The many ordeals of Hillary Clinton should make us ask: Is it time to retire the concept of the first lady?
(12/14/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Off the cliff?
By Harry Jaffe
White House tries lobbying, "scorched earth" threats and one more speech to sway fence-sitting Republicans (12/14/98)
"Real America?"
By Joan Walsh
Alan Dershowitz blasts Clinton critic Rep. Bob Barr for a speech to white supremacists (12/14/98)
Clinton's real crime
By Mollie Dickenson
The president's cagey testimony in the Paula Jones case shows he's guilty of sexual selfishness, but not perjury (12/14/98)
A president apologizes
The text of President Clinton's address (12/14/98)
Impeachment hearing voices
A round-up of the most quotable moments from Friday's hearing (12/14/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Jennifer Reese
"The Physics of Christmas" by Roger Highfield: Ever wonder why the dark meat on your turkey is dark? Or why
Santa's descent down your chimney seems so damned Freudian? This book
answers these holiday questions and others
(12/14/98)
Letters Non-conservatives defend Horowitz's critique of lefty "fascism"; plus: Anna Deavere Smith, Kevin Kelley and Jews for Jesus (12/14/98)
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow: "The Body's" fun facts about Minnesota (12/14/98)
Wanderlust Ryoanji reflections By Don George
At a Kyoto temple, a simple plot of sand, rocks and moss makes visitors stop -- and see
(12/14/98)
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FRIDAY
Dec. 11, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
"Shakespeare in Love" Reviewed by Laura Miller
Star-cross'd lovers: Ben Affleck upstages Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in the clever but clichéd "Shakespeare in Love"
(12/11/98)
"A Simple Plan" Reviewed by Charles Taylor
Sam Raimi's first hard-hitting film offers a brutally realistic portrayal of what can happen when upright people take one wrong turn
(12/11/98)
"Star Trek: Insurrection" Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
(12/11/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
NBC's "Tempest": Shakespeare on the bayou; Christmas Eve with
Mulder and Scully
(12/11/98)
Today in 21st:
You've got sendmail
By Andrew Leonard
Eric Allman's free program makes sure your e-mail gets through. Now it's going commercial.
(12/11/98)
The 21st Challenge No. 16 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim
Rosenau
Mystery misdirected e-mail (12/11/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Jo-Ann Mort
"Europa" by Tim Parks: In this novel of ideas about the forthcoming European Union, a British professor makes a mess of his personal life (12/11/98)
Ivory Tower Campus groupies By Alison Landau
Wackos, preachers and EBDs: A visit to the land of campus groupies
(12/11/98)
Letters Black women defend nappy hair; Flo-Jo's alleged drug use; Michael Bérub&#&233; responds to Horowitz's response
(12/11/98)
Sexpert Opinion By Susie Bright
Bring on the full Monty! Stop the moralizing about the slumber party stripper
(12/11/98)
Money God rest ye merry, shoppers
By Fiona Morgan
Author Bill McKibben preaches a "Hundred Dollar Holiday"
(12/11/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Betrayed by the FBI
By Jeff Stein
Informants who've risked their lives revealing terrorist plots, Mob hits and Soviet espionage find themselves hung out to dry (12/11/98)
Clinton should be disbarred
By Lori Leibovich
A leading legal ethicist offers a punishment consistent with the president's crimes (12/11/98)
The Dark Hotel Sternelli's grand -- and fatal -- climax with Virginia; Burroughs breaks the code (12/11/98)
Wanderlust Dirty laundry By Tanya Shaffer
A simple request forces a Western woman to face her prejudices
(12/11/98)
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THURSDAY
Dec. 10, 1998
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Today in 21st:
What does technology want?
By R.U. Sirius
Kevin Kelly talks about his "New Rules for the New Economy" (12/10/98)
21st Log Make money fast on the Internet!
(12/10/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Emily Gordon
"Seasons of Her Life" by Ann Blackman: Gossipy yet searching, this biography of the current secretary of
state is the portrait of a talented shape-shifter who has led multiple
lives (12/10/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Screensavers Hope springs eternal By Edward Lewine
Hope Davis talks about her upcoming features, "Mumford" and "Arlington Road," and why she's no Hollywood day-tripper
(12/10/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
You've got hype: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan hit the talk shows for
"Mail" (12/10/98)
Mothers Who Think Word by Word By Anne Lamott
My Advent adventure: Trying to find the patience and faith of the season when all of God's spokespeople are in bad moods
(12/10/98)
Media Circus
By Susan Lehman
The strange liberation of Michael Huffington, Us goes weekly, all the Remnick that's fit to print and other tales of media madness
(12/10/98)
Letters Angelenos leap to defend Mike Davis; Plus: New Orleans' Jewish quarter and My TwinnTM: Racist doll?
(12/10/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Ruff going By Bruce Shapiro
Clinton's lawyers take their best shot, but impeachment seems all but inevitable (12/10/98)
Impeachment hearing voices
A round-up of the most quotable moments from Wednesday's hearing (12/10/98)
Text of four Republican impeachment articles
(12/10/98)
Democratic censure resolution
Text of Democratic censure proposal
(12/10/98)
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling's Y2K primer: Locusts, rapture, lake of fire may cause computer malfunctions
(12/10/98)
Urge The shipping nudes By David Steinberg
Before you try to send that art book through an express postal service, take heed: Some of them have become arbiters of obscenity (12/10/98)
Wanderlust The Virgin king By Don George
Maverick businessman Richard Branson runs a 150-company, $4 billion empire -- and has more fun doing it than a rock star locked in a motel room with six groupies
(12/10/98)
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WEDNESDAY
Dec. 9, 1998
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Is Rio grand? By Janelle Brown
With the new MP3 player, the
future of online music distribution is here now -- it's just a bit slow
(12/09/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Craig Seligman
"Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan: This Booker Prize-winning novel is about two men -- a composer and
a leftist newspaper editor -- and their travails after the death of a
friend
(12/09/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Sharps & Flats
Reviews of the latest releases from Billy
Bragg, Geoff Muldaur, Afghan Whigs and the Royal Philharmonic playing
Madonna
(12/09/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Encore: ABC brings back summer improv hit "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
(12/09/98)
Ivory Tower Seven deadly sins By Lori Gottlieb
Breasts on the brain: Anatomy is grueling enough without a gang of unweaned college boys drooling over the specimens
(12/09/98)
Media Unspun
By Steve Erickson
Secret America: When Thomas Jefferson declared we had the right to "life," he meant one immune from the prying eyes of the media and the state (12/09/98)
Mothers Who Think Imaginary friend By Andrea Cooper
Where does inventiveness end and madness begin?
(12/09/98)
Ask Camille By Camille Paglia
Corporate America needs bosses, not "non-hierarchical management"
(12/09/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Clinton: TV or not TV? By Joan Walsh
As the lame-duck House moves toward impeachment, the president counts votes and ponders another national address (12/09/98)
Impeachment hearing voices
Eleven hours of testimony and questioning on the first day of the White House's defense of President Clinton Tuesday produced some memorable quotes (12/09/98)
A swarm of witnesses
Clinton defense who's who
A roster of the witnesses for the president (12/09/98)
The full-text of the White House defense report
(12/09/98)
Letters Let Florence Griffith Joyner rest in peace; Hyde's convicted perjurers; the plight of teaching assistants
(12/09/98)
Wanderlust Miming Mexico By Diane Weipert
A street artist unmasks the hard realities of daily life in Guanajuato (12/09/98)
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Right-handers got no reason to live
(12/09/98)
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TUESDAY
Dec. 8, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
Back in white By David Bowman
An appreciation of "The White Album" at 30 (12/08/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Sugar Ray Robinson profiled on HBO; "Buffy" does "It's a
Wonderful Life" (12/08/98)
Today in 21st:
Internet activism, Czech-style By Mark Schapiro
The Communists
are yesterday's target -- today, it's the phone company's Net-access rate hikes
(12/08/98)
Car talk By Chip Brookshaw
Microsoft puts Windows on a diet so it can fit in your car radio -- and hold a conversation
(12/08/98)
21st Log
Palm Pilot-assisted auto theft (12/08/98)
Brilliant Careers Voice of America By Carol Lloyd
Anna Deavere Smith: The shy priestess of performance art has made a career acting out the intimate confessions of others (12/08/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Michael Joseph
Gross
"Best American Spiritual Writing 1998" by Philip Zaleski: An egocentric collection of essays -- from writers such as Cynthia Ozick, Andre Dubus and Rick Moody -- and the nature of spiritual belief
(12/08/98)
Left Hook By Joe Conason
Strong-arm and hammer: Tom DeLay is the force behind the renewed push for impeachment
(12/08/98)
Letters Spin sisters speak out on careers in PR; Horowitz responds to
critics Michael Bérubé and Ishmael Reed
(12/08/98)
Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
Liberté, Egalité, Versace!: The new fashion media focuses on the frocks populi
(12/08/98)
Mothers Who Think Wild Thing By Polly Shulman
Making the list: Your kids might not admit it, but there's a lot to be said for a present whose batteries don't run out and that you can take anywhere (12/08/98)
Newsreal Gentleman's agreement By Christopher Hitchens
Why Clinton gets to stay mum on Pinochet
(12/08/98)
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Carol Lay: Kidnappers Inc.
(12/08/98)
Wanderlust The cruise cocoon
By Zachary Karabell
A guest lecturer on a luxury Aegean voyage asks: Is this any way to see the world?
(12/08/98)
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MONDAY
Dec. 7, 1998
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21st Event Horizon's Web gamble By Patrizia DiLucchio
Can a publisher of blue-chip science fiction for smart readers make it online? (12/07/98)
Today in Entertainment:
On Television By Joyce Millman
Fu fighter: Hong Kong action film vet Sammo Hung kicks some life into
prime time in "Martial Law"
(12/07/98)
"Psycho" Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
Back in the shower again: Gus Van Sant's retelling of a Hitchcock classic may not be anything new, but it's still just as shocking
(12/07/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
"Hockenberry" debuts on MSNBC; the father of the Big Mac on
"Biography" (12/07/98)
Right On! Fascism by another name By David Horowitz
When conservatives try to meet at Columbia, ideologues shout them down, with the backing of the administration (12/07/98)
Ivory Tower Is Mike Davis' Los Angeles all in his head? By Veronique de Turenne
He's been lionized as a prescient Marxist prophet of end-of-the-continent doom and gloom. But a growing number of critics charge that the author of "City of Quartz" has feet of clay (12/07/98)
Mothers Who Think Jews for Jesus By Danny Miller
For my Holy Spirit-possessed sixth-grade teacher, it wasn't enough to sing the songs for our school's Christmas parade, we had to feel them
(12/07/98)
Newsreal Nappy and proud?
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Black women haven't come a long way, baby, when it comes to hair (12/07/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth
Williams
"Charles At Fifty" by Anthony Holden: Two biographies -- one judicious, the other gushing -- about the public and private life of the misunderstood and often vilified man who would be king
(12/07/98)
Letters Israel's preferential treatment; the cult of menstrual-blood gals
(12/07/98)
This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Impeach-proof Clinton: Shot Vince Foster, just to watch him die (12/07/98)
Wanderlust Desperately seeking e-mail By Lisa Dreier
Finding Internet access in India is feasible, but not for the fainthearted
(12/07/98)
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FRIDAY
Dec. 4, 1998
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Today in Entertainment:
"Little Voice" Reviewed by Charles Taylor
I feel a song coming on: Jane Horrocks saves the annoyingly noisy "Little Voice" with uncanny impressions of Garland, Dietrich and Monroe
(12/04/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
"Homicide": Kellerman returns; "Behind the Music": All about R.E.M.
(12/04/98)
Today in 21st:
IMAX mates with T. Rex
By Michael Joseph Gross
These dinosaurs are big and cool -- but they could use a better movie to star in (12/04/98)
21st Log
Doug Engelbart -- his mouse roared
(12/04/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mary Elizabeth Williams
"They Call Me Mad Dog!" by Erika Lopez: Set in San Francisco, this exuberant sequel to the author's "Flaming Iguanas" is a twisted love story that mixes narrative,
typography and illustration (12/04/98)
Ivory Tower Getting the boot By Jon Bowen
Kicked out of college for immoral conduct, the only son of a Baptist preacher takes a vacation from reality
(12/04/98)
Letters Famous writers mail-bomb Salon: Michael Bérubé, Ishmael Reed, Gabriel Rotello (12/04/98)
Media Circus By Susan Lehman
Ahoy, mates! Warring contributors to the Nation magazine bravely set sail together on a Caribbean cruise
(12/04/98)
Money The Reluctant Capitalist
By Heather Chaplin
Exxon-Mobil: Bigger than Monica? While the media and Congress blather about the Clinton sex scandal, these former competitors just created the biggest corporation in the world
(12/04/98)
Today in News:
The uneasy death of Florence Griffith Joyner
By Kristina Rebelo Anderson
When the superstar former athlete died suddenly in her bedroom, a Pandora's box of dark rumors and murky explanations was let loose (12/04/98)
Hello Oprah, good-bye Constitution
By Lori Leibovich
Bemoaning Henry Hyde's spectacle, an impeachment scholar provides a primer for the confused and the cynical (12/04/98)
Impeachment Diary
Compiled by Daryl Lindsey
It was a busy week at Henry Hyde's Theatre of the Absurd playing at Capitol Hill
(12/04/98)
The Dark Hotel Every night is orgy night in the CIA safe house (12/04/98)
Salon Recommends Green magazine returns! Plus, the week's best in books, movies, music and more (12/04/98)
Wanderlust This week in travel
Wanderlust presents a selective guide to the week's travel-related news
(12/04/98)
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THURSDAY
Dec. 3, 1998
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Today in 21st:
Spin sisters By Janelle Brown
Why is PR the only high-tech field that women run? (12/03/98)
21st Log New York Times falls for old Net gag
(12/03/98)
Today in Books:
Books Reviewed by Scott Sutherland
"The Endurance" by Caroline Alexander and "A First Rate Tragedy" by Diana Preston: Two books, about the legendary explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott, that take us back to the golden (if often brutal) era of Arctic exploration (12/03/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Big sappy movie alert: "Gump" on ABC; clueless skaters on USA's
"Improv-Ice" (12/03/98)
Today in Mothers Who Think:
Mothers Who Think Second Thoughts By Sallie Tisdale
Twinns: Double your pleasure, double your funn: Create a fantasy version of your child that will stay cute and small long after your kid leaves home and dumps you
(12/03/98)
Drama Queen
What toys ruined your life?
(12/03/98)
Letters Readers pick sides in Kurth vs. Sullivan debate; no mercy for spies; Christian activists reap what they sow
(12/03/98)
Today in Newsreal:
The ghosts of bombings past By Jeff Stein
Declassified documents from the Pinochet era may finally shed light on how much U.S. officials knew about an assassination in Washington (12/03/98)
All conservatives do not think alike By David Horowitz
In a reply to Joel Dreyfuss, David Horowitz defends his view that the black community has locked itself into positions that are destructive to its own interests (12/03/98)
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super Fun-Pak Comix!
(12/03/98)
Wanderlust In the driver's seat By Dawn MacKeen
The smart alternative to renting, driveaways let you take someone else's
car cross-country -- for free
(12/03/98)
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WEDNESDAY
Dec. 2, 1998
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Today in 21st:
The father of Mario and Zelda
By Moira Muldoon
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto creates the world's most popular video games
(12/02/98)
21st Log
"Microsoft File" notes surface online
(12/02/98)
Today in Books:
The Salon Interview: Andrea Barrett By Peter Kurth
A conversation with Andrea Barrett, author of the National Book Award-winning "Ship Fever and Other Stories"
(12/02/98)
The Salon Interview: Jim Harrison By Jonathan Miles
The poet laureate of appetite talks about the saving power of animals, Charles Frazier's prose style and the tyranny of sexual correctness
(12/02/98)
The Salon Interview: Ken Follett By David Bowman
The novelist who came in from the cold: Thriller-master Ken Follett on Bob Dylan, working with Ross Perot and why he prefers the creature comforts of a luxury hotel to the perilous terrain of his heroes (12/02/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Joyce Millman
"Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders" by Garry Shandling: This pseudomemoir, like the long-running HBO show it derives from, delivers a fun house-mirror reflection of the late-night talk show wars
(12/02/98)
Today in Entertainment:
Sharps & Flats
Reviews of new CDs by
Pearl Jam, Sandra
Bernhard and the Silos
(12/02/98)
"Jerry Springer: Ringmaster" Reviewed by Gary Kaufman
The movie is every bit as loud and raunchy as the television show -- so what's not to like?
(12/02/98)
Television By Joyce Millman
Charlie Brown's depressing Christmas; Brian Wilson sings on PBS
(12/02/98)
Today in Ivory Tower
Seven deadly sins By Isaac Zaur
In the Bad Line: Purgatory is standing with a hangover in a queue of non-tuition paying students
(12/02/98)
Camille on Campus By Camille Paglia
More darts at Foucault's scrawny haunches (12/02/98)
Mothers Who Think Kids just want to have fun By Anne Morrow Sampson
Why do the toys I bought my kids to improve their hand-eye
coordination and spatial dexterity just sit in the closet?
(12/02/98)
Newsreal Debunking the "ethno-bomb" By Jeff Stein
U.S. experts are skeptical that Israel has developed a biological weapon
that can target Arabs
(12/02/98)
Letters Don't compare Richard Pryor to Lenny Bruce; Paglia's "gaydar" misreads Starr
(12/02/98)
Wanderlust At home in Tuscany By Ferenc Máté
The slow-paced pleasures of rural Italy come to life for two new residents (12/02/98)
The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Home for Thanksgiving
(12/02/98)
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TUESDAY
Dec. 1, 1998
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Television By Joyce Millman
"NYPD Blue" after Jimmy Smits; Hank takes Bobby hunting on "King of the Hill"
(12/01/98)
Today in 21st:
Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg
Block those pundits:
AOL-Netscape isn't like an NBC of the Web -- and can't be
(12/01/98)
21st Log
CyberPatrol blocks a bookstore's catalogs (12/01/98)
Brilliant Careers A man to match his mountain By Don George
Sir Edmund Hillary conquered the world's highest peak -- and then the real challenges began (12/01/98)
The Third Annual Salon Book Awards
Salon's editors salute our favorite books of 1998 (12/21/98)
Sneak Peeks Reviewed by Mark Athitakis
"Grown Up All Wrong" by Robert Christgau: spirited and probing essays on great rock and pop artists, from the long-time Village Voice music critic
(12/01/98)
Letters Alan Wolfe doesn't get Christians' motivations; the breakdown of consciousness
(12/01/98)
Media Circus Under the Covers By James Poniewozik
Game over: Keith Olbermann is bemused as hell and he's not going to take it anymore
(12/01/98)
Mothers Who Think The men's room By Diane Lore
There's no rest for parents weary of making the decision whether to
send their kids into public bathrooms (12/01/98)
Today in Newsreal:
Who's behind ethnic violence in Indonesia? By Peter Dale Scott
"Provocateurs," most likely within the military, are trying to bury the country's hopes for a secular civilian democracy
(12/01/98)
"Black people must be stupid" By Joel Dreyfuss
David Horowitz can't accept that African-Americans shrewdly voted their self-interest in the last election
(12/01/98)
Story Minute By Carol Lay
Forever Springtime
(12/01/98)
Wanderlust The belles of St. Mary's By Jennifer Moses
A Jewish writer learns about the Old South, and herself, in the most unlikely of places
(12/01/98)
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