January 2000

Rock 'n' roll will never die By Joyce Millman
Lennon and McCartney come together in VH1's reunion fantasy "Two of Us." Plus: Never mind the bollocks, he-e-e-re's Johnny (Rotten). (01/31/2000)

Who wants short shorts? By Mark Ebner
Short films are popping up all over the Net, and at Sundance 2000, they're hotter than at any time since Wile E. and the Road Runner were driven out of movie theaters. (01/31/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
Modest Mouse builds a singles collection -- nothing out of something -- and all sorts of other contradictions. (01/31/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Monday, Jan. 31, 2000 (01/31/2000)

Outskirts of the fin de siècle By Phillip Lopate
Five underappreciated novels from the last time the century turned. (01/31/2000)

"The Delicious Grace of Moving One's Hand: The Collected Sex Writings" by Timothy Leary By Jonathan Miles
Acid wasn't the only mindblower the '60s guru preached. (01/31/2000)

Smashing Violence By Annie Murphy Paul
Violence studies is mobbed by students clamoring to shred "Pulp Fiction" and analyze suicide. But is this nascent field just intellectual rubbernecking? (01/31/2000)

Tom Tomorrow Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (01/31/2000)

Long-distance surgery By Robert Burton, M.D.
Telemedicine allows doctors to be in several places at once. (01/31/2000)

Last chance By Tracy Quan
I've settled on a program of crying to Barry, waiting for Randy and avoiding Matt. But things don't go quite as planned ... (01/31/2000)

The X-rated Little Mermaid By Hank Hyena
Sculptor's descendants sue filmmaker for depicting Copenhagen's beloved mermaid on porn video. (01/31/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Pro-anorexia article is irresponsible journalism Plus: Lay off teen sex, you baby boomer hypocrites! Mary Kay Letourneau is a rapist, not a victim (01/31/2000)

Is this child pornography? By James R. Kincaid
American photo labs are arresting parents as child pornographers for taking pictures of their kids in the bath. (01/31/2000)

Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers By Ruth Shalit
Ad biz pooh-bahs at a New York party critique the good, the bad and the dot-coms in the industry's biggest showcase. (01/31/2000)

Shooting truth in the back of the head By Owen Matthews
Here's what the Russian government doesn't want you to know about the war in Chechnya. (01/31/2000)

After Seattle, a world trade lovefest By Steve Kettmann
Anti-globalization protesters meet a sympathetic President Clinton in Switzerland. (01/31/2000)

Carl Hiaasen By David Bowman
There are some questions even the author of "Sick Puppy" can't be asked. (01/31/2000)

Oo! Wah dat? By Amy Reiter
Naked Philippine actress: "I was the fifth Teletubby"; Dean Cain's steely resolve; Posh Spice on spin/bladder control; and Monica opens her big mouth again! (01/31/2000)

McCain's winning roadshow By Jake Tapper
Dancing sharks, doughnut-addicted reporters and other predators succumb to the candidate's charm. (01/31/2000)

M is for mobile By Mark Compton
"M-commerce" is coming, says wireless king Alain Rossmann, who already buys books with two clicks on his wireless phone. (01/31/2000)

Goodbye battery, hello fuel cell By Spencer Reiss
As a small pack of battery-powered cars is put to sleep, new fuel cells make possible zero-emissions vehicles that really do hum. (01/31/2000)

Tourist haunted by Scottish "souvenir" By J.A. Getzlaff
Could an ancient burial site give a modern man bad luck? (01/31/2000)

Bill Bradley plays offense, reluctantly By Anthony York
The underdog faces a dilemma: The new politics is about goodness. The old politics works. (01/30/2000)

Campaign notebook By Jake Tapper and Anthony York
Ted Danson, George H.W. and a lackluster Comedy Central event highlight a weekend on the trail. (01/30/2000)

Any Given (Super Bowl) Sunday By Anthony Lappi
Director Oliver Stone talks about his days on the field, why defensive calls are ruining the game and his favorite Super Bowls ever. (01/29/2000)

"Pimpin' is hard work" By Denise Dowling
Managers of the flesh compete for pimp of the year at Chicago's annual Players Ball. (01/29/2000)

Carpetbagger Bowl By Mike Rubin
All hail the first champion of the Age of Franchise Free Agency! (01/29/2000)

A conversation with Errol Morris By Rex Doane
Eating a reality sandwich at the Carnegie Deli with a connoisseur of the ironic, the naive and the appalling. (01/29/2000)

"Pink Gerbils"? By Amy Reiter
Yikes! John Waters is coming back; Marianne Faithfull puts an end to vicious ancient rumors, starts new ones. Plus: A slap in the face and a sock in the pants: Tom Cruise gets his Calvins in a wad. (01/29/2000)

The GOP's dot-com fever By Stacey Zolt
With GOPnet.com, the Republican Party sets its sights on AOL. (01/29/2000)

The firestorm over "Stalking Gary Bauer"
Salon readers lash Dan Savage -- or laugh with him. (01/29/2000)

21st Challenge No. 30 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Cloudy crystal-balling: When techno-predictions go awry (01/29/2000)

Mother love in an African village By Tanya Shaffer
Is it worth saving a baby's life if everything else changes? (01/29/2000)

"The Big Tease" By Daniel Mangin
Craig Ferguson of "The Drew Carey Show" is effervescent as a gay Scottish hairdresser in Lotusland, but Kevin Allen's hackneyed comedy is as light as a squirt of styling mousse. (01/28/2000)

"Isn't She Great" By Stephanie Zacharek
The Divine Miss M tackles an icon her own size in this frothily enjoyable (if highly fictionalized) yarn about the life and loves of celebrity novelist Jacqueline Susann. (01/28/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
New Orleans boogie king Dr. John botches an album of standards. Duke Ellington would not be amused. (01/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 28-30, 2000 (01/28/2000)

Sundancing By Janelle Brown
Living it up and getting down with "Groove," the dance-party pic that actually gets it right. (01/28/2000)

"My War Gone By, I Miss It So" by Anthony Loyd By Judith Coburn
A jaded British correspondent feeds his smack habit in Bosnia and Chechnya. (01/28/2000)

Footloose in Florida By Jacqueline Carey
There are always dark doings in the Sunshine State. (01/28/2000)

The black edge By Gary Kamiya
Are athletes of African descent genetically superior? (01/28/2000)

Turning orange By Mary Roach
Raw carrot abuse is nothing to laugh at. (01/28/2000)

Ugandan sex slaves released By Hank Hyena
After four years of sexually servicing rebel soldiers, kidnapped Catholic schoolgirls are finally freed. (01/28/2000)

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor
"Typhoid Dan" Savage is a sick, demented freak Plus: Southern divorce rate -- a loosening of the Bible Belt? The newsgroup junkies are right -- "The Simpsons" does suck now. (01/28/2000)

Melissa, David and me By Laurie Essig
Why does lesbian motherhood need the blessing of a "father"? (01/28/2000)

"Beat the Biological Clock" By Dorothy Nixon
I've seen the future and it is a televised reproductive hootenanny. (01/28/2000)

No sex while shopping By Sean Elder
A chain of supermarkets is covering those naughty Cosmo cover lines. (01/28/2000)

Milagro in Miami? By Max J. Castro
On TV it's all Elian, all the time. But Cuban exiles and their neighbors disagree about what should happen to the boy who's become a symbol. (01/28/2000)

Price of fame By David Goodman
Puffy was there, and the Goo Goo Dolls, and I almost ran over Kurt Loder. But everyone was working. So, all of a sudden, we missed the lame party with the imported transvestites. (01/28/2000)

The frog prince of Bel-Air By Amy Reiter
Batgirl caught in amphibian love nest! Plus: I cc NY? Carl Swanson e-goofs, Toby Young attacks. And: Hillary is just so dateable.com! (01/28/2000)

Bigger, longer, uncut By Kerry Lauerman
From gun curbs to tax cuts, President Clinton seeks a legacy in his last, long-winded State of the Union address. (01/28/2000)

The negativity defense By Max Garrone
Bradley attacks as Gore basks in the establishment's glow, while McCain just can't get a break. (01/28/2000)

Bradley gets riled By Anthony York
Finally, Bradley shows his aggressive side and Gore goes on the defensive. (01/28/2000)

Post Of The Week Post Of The Week
Post Of The Week (01/28/2000)

Post non-traumatic stress syndrome? By Jenn Shreve
A "technotherapist" begins a Y2K recovery group, for those suffering the loss of millennial doom. (01/28/2000)

Attack of the alien ice balls! By J.A. Getzlaff
The rain in Spain is frozen -- and a pain. (01/28/2000)

Cheesy does it By Steven A. Shaw
Getting your hands on great cheese in the United States means circumventing an archaic FDA regulation. (01/28/2000)

Single car By Helen Elliott
When you journey unattached on a train to Vienna, possibilities soar. (01/28/2000)

Prisoner of love By Austin Bunn
Why is Mary Kay Letourneau, the 35-year-old teacher who slept with her 13-year-old student, trying to keep her own book out of American stores? (01/27/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Three chords, 12 bars or just one note -- two Vanguard collections promise the essence of the blues. (01/27/2000)

Astonishing ourselves By Jack Lechner
Why most American independent films don't have a future -- and why that's a good thing. (01/27/2000)

Forget Sundance By Michael Sragow
Former Miramax exec Jack Lechner proclaims the death of the indie as we know it. (01/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000 (01/27/2000)

"Chaos Theory" by Gary Krist By Jonathan Miles
It starts quietly enough, with two kids copping a joint -- and then it spins into a breakneck thriller. (01/27/2000)

The Fabulous Kingdom By Jeff Truesdell
The author of a history of gays and Disney discusses the secret meanings of Mickey Mouse. (01/27/2000)

New York finally turns out for Dawn Powell By Maria Russo
Love fest for the novelist the Big Apple once spurned. (01/27/2000)

Ruben Bolling Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (01/27/2000)

The joys of anorexia By Georgie Binks
Not everyone is destroyed by eating disorders. (01/27/2000)

Sacrificial boyfriend By Tracy Quan
Sometimes awful, selfish, hurtful lying is the nicest thing a girl can do. (01/27/2000)

Beauty and the beak By Hank Hyena
Philippine women turn to nasal inserts for longer, "whiter" noses. (01/27/2000)

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor
Dicks of the world unite! Plus: Enough already about John Rocker the bigot; who needs to sniff glue when you can read Horowitz? (01/27/2000)

Going for the perfect high By Merle Kessler
Choosing a high school was a lot easier when you didn't get to choose. (01/27/2000)

State of bliss? By Deb Schwartz
After a Vermont court decision, the debate over gay marriage is evolving. But will the privileges of matrimony be extended to same-sex couples? (01/27/2000)

A few good young guns at the firm By Amy Reiter
A slap in the face and a sock in the pants: Tom Cruise gets his Calvins in a wad over "Magnolia" fluffed-or-stuffed controversy. Plus: Papa Leo? Virginie Ledoyen denies paternity rumors in the cutest French accent. (01/27/2000)

Jesus Christ vs. Ted Turner By Lance Gould
Are their uncanny similarities mere coincidence? You be the judge. (01/27/2000)

Driving Miss Crazy By Lance Gould
In a recent episode of "Jane Fonda's Life," a chauffeur introduced her to a new fella: God. (01/27/2000)

"Money is property, not speech" By Bruce Shapiro
Did the Supreme Court open the door to tougher campaign-finance laws? (01/27/2000)

Al the thug By Eric Boehlert
How the media transformed Gore from hapless hack to ruthless pol overnight. (01/27/2000)

Who, me argue? By Max Garrone
The remaining candidates take their best shots, while the insurgents garner local support. (01/27/2000)

The machine rages on By Joshua Micah Marshall
GOP and Democratic presidential candidates fire their last salvos in New Hampshire. (01/27/2000)

Holy smoke By Amy Keller
How the selection of the next House chaplain has turned into the latest political war on Capitol Hill. (01/27/2000)

The best game ever By Wagner James Au
No graphics, no sound, no razzle-dazzle -- but Nethack is still one of the finest gaming experiences the computing world has to offer. (01/27/2000)

Got God? By Damien Cave
Two religion start-ups vie to be the "AOL of the soul" and profit from the holy trinity of content, community and commerce. (01/27/2000)

Why don't judges want their financial interests revealed online? By Maura Kelly
When a news service attempted to post public records, federal judges blocked it. (01/27/2000)

Venice institutes "pee-pee tax" By J.A. Getzlaff
If you want to pee in a public facility, you're going to have to pay. (01/27/2000)

Party Gras By Donald D. Groff
Tips for the last-minute Fat Tuesday trip, minimizing the walking segment of a French vacation and kicking off a South-Central U.S. line-dancing tour. (01/27/2000)

In vino veritas By Burt Wolf
What does Steve Case's choice of wine reveal about the AOL-Time Warner deal? (01/27/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Mac Montandon
A new Gary Numan retrospective fills in the gap between "Cars" and an era when one man and a keyboard actually became cool. (01/26/2000)

Killer's kicks By Mark Ebner
Christian Bale and director Mary Harron talk about yuppie killers, Bret Easton Ellis' novel and forbidden sex in the dark satire "American Psycho." (01/26/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000 (01/26/2000)

"Mao: A Life" by Philip Short and "Mao Zedong" by Jonathan Spence By Gavin McNett
Two new biographies of "the cuddly dictator" are nearly definitive -- but one is 600 pages longer. (01/26/2000)

Trip lit By Jason Wilson
While scholars snip that travel writing doesn't merit inquiry, students like a vocation that screams vacation. (01/26/2000)

Keith Knight Keith Knight
Keith Knight (01/26/2000)

Green medicine By Andrew Webster
How Cuba is integrating natural remedies into its public health care. (01/26/2000)

Gays coming out of the bamboo closet By Hank Hyena
The spread of the Internet and fear of the AIDS epidemic prompt China to embrace a new openness toward gay lifestyles. (01/26/2000)

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor
Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; so what if Al inhaled? We all did (01/26/2000)

Out with the old and out with the new By Cathy Young
Feminism of every stripe has failed. It's time for a gender equality movement. (01/26/2000)

Are we excited yet? By Sean Elder
In case all that talk about entrance polls and exit polls wasn't enough to get you lathered up, our man probes the inner secrets of TV on the caucuses. (01/26/2000)

Beyond the Kennedy curse By Bruce Shapiro
While teens get lethal injection for their crimes, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, 39, could become the oldest murder defendant in juvenile court -- such is justice for the rich. (01/26/2000)

Will success spoil Janeane Garofalo? By Andy Dehnart
After a decade of playing second fiddle, Little Miss Sidekick finally gets lucky. Will we still respect her in the morning? (01/26/2000)

Cry me Joan Rivers By Amy Reiter
Mariah Carey pins eating disorder on comedian's swipe; Marilyn Manson preserves foreskin for posterity; and "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" Why, Miss Marla Maples, of course! (01/26/2000)

Gore, Bradley make pitches in N.H. By SANDRA SOBIERAJ
(01/26/2000)

To not know him is to love him By Jake Tapper
What's behind George W. Bush's plan to phase out press conferences? (01/26/2000)

Nashua, we have a problem By Anthony York
The seven surviving presidential candidates focus on New Hampshire as Campaign 2000 enters a critical stage. (01/26/2000)

Ain't Love Grand?
(01/26/2000)

Taste-testing Aqua By Scott Rosenberg
Experts wonder whether Apple's Mac OS X will be the New Coke of computer-interface design. (01/26/2000)

The Dot-cominator By Lydia Lee
If you're going to dot-com yourself, Sun wants to help. That's just what its new ads are trying to say. (01/26/2000)

Drunken airline pilot detained before flying plane By J.A. Getzlaff
Amsterdam authorities find captain's blood-alcohol level four times the legal driving limit. (01/26/2000)

Trying to stay afloat By Simon Winchester
Pitcairn Island, Britain's tiny colonial outpost founded by Bounty mutineers, is desperate for economic survival. (01/26/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Shelby Lynne offers a fresh start from someone who's been burned before. (01/25/2000)

"The Cider House Rules" By Stephanie Zacharek
Driven by Tobey Maguire's marvelously layered performance, Lasse Hallstrvm's old-fashioned cinematic yarn-spinning yields genuine emotion without sentimentality. (01/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000 (01/25/2000)

"The Testament of Yves Gundron" by Emily Barton By Virginia Heffernan
An inventive novel dreams up a lost primitive civilization and uses it to slam modern life. (01/25/2000)

A charming manipulator By Garrison Keillor
The man my friend is infatuated with propositioned me at a party. Should I warn her of his predatory ways? (01/25/2000)

National Book Critics Circle announces short list By Maria Russo
Dark novels, weighty nonfiction and one more feather in Colette's cap. (01/25/2000)

Carol Lay Carol Lay
Carol Lay (01/25/2000)

Walk like a man By Virginia Vitzthum
What happened when I crossed the gender barrier. (01/25/2000)

Paris prostitutes uprooted By Hank Hyena
Storms force fur-clad hookers out of famed Bois-de-Boulogne. (01/25/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Compared to the U.S., Germany treats its immigrants well Plus: Macs need to be popular, hello, for Apple to survive; Newt the adulterer/Newt the hero (01/25/2000)

Talking trash By Amy Benfer
Talk magazine peddles hardcore porn from the mouths of babes. (01/25/2000)

Second-guessing the Fed By David Moberg
Why should people who never benefited from the stock market boom pay the price for its having gotten out of hand? (01/25/2000)

David Bowie By Greg Villepique
As the master of self-reinvention -- from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke to Normal David -- he became the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era. (01/25/2000)

Careless Talk costs Liz By Amy Reiter
Marianne Faithfull puts an end to vicious ancient rumors, starts new ones; Elizabeth Hurley makes a new friend at the Talk magazine Golden Globes party; and John Galliano triumphs with offensive chic! (01/25/2000)

Gore savors his Iowa victory By Sandra Sobieraj
(01/25/2000)

America's wake-up call? By Anthony York
Alan Keyes strikes a chord with Iowa voters. (01/25/2000)

A whole lot of victory and very little defeat By Max Garrone
The favorites win but the GOP right won't let Bush determine the pace. (01/25/2000)

Arrivederci, Iowa By Jake Tapper
Bush and Gore coast, Keyes has his moment and Hatch looks for an escape. (01/25/2000)

Stalking Gary Bauer By Dan Savage
Sex columnist Dan Savage goes undercover, and hatches a plot, inside Bauer 2000 campaign headquarters in Des Moines. (01/25/2000)

"Excuse me, are you human?" By Simson Garfinkel
How do you know your new e-mail pen pal isn't an intelligent agent? (01/25/2000)

You've got accounts! By David Cassel
Pranksters exploit a big back door in AOL's Instant Messenger service. (01/25/2000)

Holy cow! Virgin of Guadalupe appears in ice cream By J.A. Getzlaff
Sidewalk spill in Houston is drawing legions of believers. (01/25/2000)

Staring death in the eye By Elliott Neal Hester
An in-flight emergency totally transforms the behavior of passengers -- and flight attendants. (01/25/2000)

Daily Planet Index Page By J. A. Getzlaff
Daily Planet for the week of Jan. 24, 2000 (01/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 24, 2000 (01/24/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Amanda Nowinski
On "INCredible Sounds of Drum 'n' Bass," mix DJ and jungle superstar Goldie loses the rattle and throb of the street. (01/24/2000)

Worst episode ever By Jaime J. Weinman
"Simpsons" fanatics think the show's creators have betrayed America's most dysfunctional family. The writers think the fans should sign off the Net and get a life. (01/24/2000)

Greil Marcus: Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(01/24/2000)

Golden Globes: A waking nightmare of style and celebrity By Christina Nunez
They had awards, we have questions. (01/24/2000)

Out of this world By Richard Foreman
A pioneering playwright and director chooses five novels of panoramic scope and world-shattering perspective. (01/24/2000)

Eclipsed By Claire Dederer
In our two-writer household, my husband's literary star shines all too brightly. (01/24/2000)

"Everything You Know" by Zoë Heller By John Frederick Moore
In the English journalist's skillful first novel, a creep reads his dead daughter's diaries. (01/24/2000)

Turning Japanese By Tom Bradley
Are Japanese institutions designed to squash curiosity and spawn model citizens? (01/24/2000)

Will "Primary Colors" author score another win? By Craig Offman
Joe Klein's new roman ` clef will be a tough sell. (01/24/2000)

Tom Tomorrow Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow (01/24/2000)

The eraser By Amy O'Connor
Why is all of Hollywood flocking to Yefim Shubentsov, a self-proclaimed healer, to rid them of their bad habits? (01/24/2000)

Resistance is futile By Tracy Quan
He has two moms, I have a suspicious boyfriend and there are years between us. But I can't say no. (01/24/2000)

The new flavor in town By Dawn MacKeen
Scientists find evidence of long-sought "fifth taste." (01/24/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Don't stigmatize your kids with ridiculous last names! Plus: American public was the only hero in the Clinton-Lewinsky debacle; maybe AWOL Northwest pilot was just following orders (01/24/2000)

Southern governors declare war on divorce By Lisa Moricoli Latham
But their methods ignore social science, solutions and their neediest constituents. (01/24/2000)

War of the classes By David Horowitz
Or, why the left should thank Newt Gingrich for being the true friend of the poor. (01/24/2000)

Dissing the King By Lee Hubbard
Don't let the benign surface fool you -- white supremacists are using martinlutherking.org to defame the memory of the civil rights leader. (01/24/2000)

Celebs in the dating doldrums By Amy Reiter
Yikes! John Waters is coming back and he's bringing a gerbil with him; Peta Wilson chats about lesbian S&M; place your bets: Courtney Love vs. David Geffen. Plus: George Clooney to play Dr. Feelgood? (01/24/2000)

Trump revelation: "I'm a big a**hole" By Merle Kessler
The announcement comes as no surprise to longtime supporters. (01/24/2000)

Many questions, few answers By David Corn
There are still many things we need to know about the two Democrats and six Republicans who want to be our next president. (01/24/2000)

Onward, Christian soldiers By Jake Tapper
Keyes, Bauer and Forbes proselytize at a pro-Jesus, anti-gay rally in Des Moines. (01/24/2000)

Iowa's insurgents and Achilles' heels By Jake Tapper
The Iowa caucuses are more than an election-year sideshow -- in the past, they've resurrected sinking campaigns and helped catapult obscure candidates like Jimmy Carter to the White House. (01/24/2000)

Let the games begin By Max Garrone
The front-runners still look strong, but among the GOP, the real question may be who's on third. (01/24/2000)

Bradley's lonely heart club By David Weir
His condition, according to one who has it, is nothing to get heartsick about. (01/24/2000)

The Yahoo technology talk show? By Damien Cave
The company is tight-lipped, but several help-wanted ads reveal that Yahoo is gearing up to produce live Webcasts. (01/24/2000)

Brand builder By Scott Kirsner
Lycos chief executive Bob Davis argues that Yahoo's single-brand strategy is the Web star's Achilles' heel. (01/24/2000)

Rio cracks down on nude sunbathers By J.A. Getzlaff
Thong capital says: Floss is fine, but don't cross that line. (01/24/2000)

Video loopy By Gabrielle Walter
For a shy gal with secret fantasies, that strange little room in the video store can open some doors. (01/22/2000)

Mark Fuhrman in cleats? By Peter Collier
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker is the new whipping boy for the American race industry. (01/22/2000)

It's not easy being a Dick By Richard Louis Bruno
Life's hard, but one name makes it harder. (01/22/2000)

Nom de fume By John Angus Pavlus
Imagine you're in hell and your name is Angus. But that's redundant. (01/22/2000)

Talk dirty to me, Mr. Cruise By Amy Reiter
Author Jeffrey Toobin tells of a "rockin' ride," and Paula Jones on political science; Tom Cruise talks naughty sauce. Plus: George Stephanopoulos: Not a journalist but he plays one on TV. (01/22/2000)

Whose GOP is it anyway? By Anthony York
While Republican leaders and the Bush campaign promise to reach out to Latinos, other factions in the party renew their immigrant bashing. (01/22/2000)

Going for the gold star By Joshua Micah Marshall
Bradley tries hard to be bold and impressive, while Gore concentrates on winning. (01/22/2000)

Smoke in his eyes By Jake Tapper
After Newsweek pulls a story about Gore's pot-smoking past, a former friend speaks out. (01/22/2000)

Sledding in Davos By Mary Roach
To succeed at Switzerland's hot new sport, you have to remember how to be a kid again. (01/22/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
Beautifully bitter philosopher-poet Tom House scraps for some piece of an answer. (01/21/2000)

"Play It to the Bone" By Stephanie Zacharek
Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas sour the sweet science. (01/21/2000)

"Rear Window" By Charles Taylor
James Stewart loves watching the defectives in Hitchcock's restored peeping-tom thriller. (01/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 21-23, 2000 (01/21/2000)

Sundance postcard By Mark Ebner
Film premieres and opening night jitters -- our correspondent files his first festival dispatch. (01/21/2000)

"Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition" by Leonard F. Guttridge By Jonathan Miles
Another arctic thriller -- replete with starvation, executions, mutiny and cannibalism -- deserves a place alongside the best of them. (01/21/2000)

Drug cults, incest and the tooth fairy By Polly Shulman
Graham Joyce's dark visions walk the thin line between truth and nightmare. (01/21/2000)

Skulls in the closet By Stephen Prothero
What does membership in a bastion of privilege say about George W. Bush's character? (01/21/2000)

Tom Wolfe calls Irving, Mailer and Updike "the Three Stooges" By Craig Offman
"Bonfire of the Vanities" author fans literary feud. (01/21/2000)

Fools for science By Laura Miller
Does nature make men brutes and women sluts? (01/21/2000)

Making health an issue By Dena Bunis
Clinton continues to push for reforms. (01/21/2000)

I can't help it! By David Bowman
We all do obsessive things. People with Tourette's syndrome just do it more. (01/21/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Don't blame Gov. Bush -- he's just one of Texas' many willing executioners Plus: Is Confederate flag flap a waste of NAACP time? How "liberated" are women who wait by the phone for a date? (01/21/2000)

A new year and a new spouse By Shelley Emling
Forget losing weight. For 2000, a vast number of British couples resolved to lose something else. (01/21/2000)

Dave Kehr is going to CitySearch By Sean Elder
One of the country's best film critics is headed for the Web. (01/21/2000)

When good governments go bad By Jenn Shreve
These pernicious moments brought to you by your elected leaders. PLUS: Sisterhood pyramid schemes, supermarket warfare and a man and his hooptie. (01/21/2000)

Washington, 90210 By Sean Elder
Defenders of the White House-network drug-ad deal lost the battle of spin. (01/21/2000)

Down the up staircase By Joe Conason
McCain and Bradley were the darlings of the press corps for a while, but now they are its victims. (01/21/2000)

Turtlegate By Ted Rose
Online auctioneer eBay's latest scandal centers on illegal trade in tortoise goods and other endangered wildlife products. (01/21/2000)

Will Uncle Junior sing? By Michael Sragow
Actor Dominic Chianese of "The Sopranos" talks about the hit show, James Gandolfini, Francis Coppola, Al Pacino and Gilbert & Sullivan. (01/21/2000)

George gorge By Amy Reiter
Stephanopoulos: Not a journalist but plays one on TV; Boy Pitchman? He'll tumble for ya. Plus: Hillary stands by her man. (01/21/2000)

Green-eyed monster By Alexandra Starr
Environmentalists try to make Gore jealous by flirting with Bradley, but the Gore campaign is convinced they'll remain faithful. (01/21/2000)

Bought and paid for By Mark Hertsgaard
Gore's oily family friends, Bush's profitable Harvard connections and other stories you're not likely to read about. (01/21/2000)

The Gush and Bore show! By Max Garrone
Buchanan's Brigade finds a cause, McCain takes to the streets and Bush breaks it to us gently about abortion. (01/21/2000)

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What happened to the exclusive Club Mac? By Donna Ladd
Is Jobs' new Internet strategy turning Apple into a playground for newbies? (01/21/2000)

Rites of fling By J.A. Getzlaff
A Spanish village debates its festival tradition of tossing a goat off a tower. (01/21/2000)

Zouk keeper By Pamela Klein
In the French West Indies, doing the zouk-love, you must be unafraid to lock bodies with a stranger. (01/21/2000)

The perilous pepper of Phnom Penh By Rosemary Berkeley
A newcomer to Cambodia finds that the way to a stranger's heart is through her stomach. (01/21/2000)

Felicity falls into ... "The Twilight Zone" By Michael Sragow
Director Lamont Johnson tells how Rod Serling's TV fantasy milestone was reborn for the WB's teen viewers. (01/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000 (01/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
"Early Modulations" captures the important (and unlistenable) history of turntablism, electronica and drum 'n' bass. (01/20/2000)

"So I Am Glad" by A.L. Kennedy By Elise Harris
Another wonderfully weird, sexy tale by the author of "Original Bliss." (01/20/2000)

Bohemian rhapsodies By Dennis Drabelle
The hippies of the '60s reinvented drugs, sex and the family, but it took another generation to do the job right. (01/20/2000)

Saul Bellow biographer makes room for baby By Craig Offman
James Atlas postpones publication again. (01/20/2000)

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Family matters By Tracy Quan
Traveling across the country just ends up making the world smaller -- turns out I hadn't even begun getting to the bottom of Anabel. (01/20/2000)

The Harry and Louise show By Dena Bunis
The fictional couple who appeared in anti-Clinton ads are now in a new campaign. (01/20/2000)

Sweets, wrappers and HIV By Kai Wright
Zimbabweans renegotiate sex in the age of AIDS. (01/20/2000)

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White House and anti-drug TV -- Big Brother manipulation or good use of government? Plus: Who's afraid of mutated foods?; Camille Paglia's moronic defense of loudmouth athletes (01/20/2000)

Why should a baby get the father's last name? By Carol Lloyd
Historians, scientists and legal scholars offer some explanation. (01/20/2000)

A Fisch by any other name By Audrey Fisch
My last name is Fisch. My husband's last name is Flynn. Our son's last name is Flysch. No, it's not a spelling error. (01/20/2000)

Pirate radio goes legit By Fiona Morgan
Micro-broadcasters can't believe their ears as the FCC moves to legalize low-power stations. (01/20/2000)

Newt's makeover By David Corn
The shunned former speaker, reborn as Big Ideas Guy, calls for an end to adolescence, and says we're not really in the Information Age yet. (01/20/2000)

Surfzilla vs. the Banzai Pipeline By Cintra Wilson
Hobnobbing with the Pipe Masters at Oahu's G-Shock Triple Crown of Surfing. (01/20/2000)

Marketnolia By Amy Reiter
Cruise talks dirty; Posh talks trash; Garth talks funny. Plus! Rambo vs. Terminator: May the best muscles win. (01/20/2000)

Mr. Jordan goes to Washington By Dave McKenna
The most popular jock in the world was bigger news than the snowstorm that arrived in the nation's capital a few hours after he did. (01/20/2000)

"Kick their asses out" By Max Garrone
Bush and McCain continue to debate the minutiae of their tax plans, lil' brother Jeb Bush fulminates, Bradley bucks up the troops, Kerrey says farewell, and everyone's playing a game of lowered expectations. (01/20/2000)

Valley of the dolls By Janelle Brown
Who are the tech industry's most eligible bachelors -- and do they really wear pocket protectors? (01/20/2000)

The Transmeta energizer By Andrew Leonard
Silicon Valley's most secretive start-up finally unveils its product -- a cool chip design that'll keep your laptop battery going and going and going. (01/20/2000)

Mexican shakedown By Donald D. Groff
The crooked cop's palm: To grease or not to grease. Plus tips on hunkering down in Hungary and finding cheap U.S. lodging, and some parents' perfectly poisoned pens. (01/20/2000)

Singaporeans riot for Hello Kitty By J.A. Getzlaff
McDonald's promotion proves catnip to customers. (01/20/2000)

Celebrating Switzerland By Burt Wolf
Savoring rvsti, fondue and the legacy of William Tell. (01/20/2000)

Risky business By Sarah Vowell
Tom Cruise is not one of us. He's always aloof and alone, seemingly judging us with his eyes. He makes us very, very nervous. Maybe that's why we can't resist him. (01/19/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Juvenile's rhymes are near idiotic, but the production -- that's another story. (01/19/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000 (01/19/2000)

Lounge Axed By Neal Pollack
Good rock clubs die every month, but Chicago's finest was better than any of them. (01/19/2000)

"Afterburn" by Colin Harrison By Peter Kurth
It's mean. It's tough. It's ugly. It's male. But is it art? (01/19/2000)

Sex, lies and suicide By Jonathan Ellis
While championing family values, former Hillsdale President George Roche III was sleeping with his daughter-in-law. (01/19/2000)

Hip-hop launches new breed of black pulp fiction By Craig Offman
An entrepreneur hopes to net readers with tunes. (01/19/2000)

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The end of the general practitioner By Robert Burton, M.D.
When pharmacists know so much, why do we need family docs? (01/19/2000)

Letters to the editor
Barney Frank clarifies he's no big fan of Steve Forbes Plus: Women should deal with sexism in college -- just like men do! Geek sex -- a waste of marketable energy? (01/19/2000)

Beyond dinner By Susan Straight
Cooking for pain, for loss, for heartache, for life. (01/19/2000)

Susan Straight's mahogany chicken By Susan Straight
Food as love, caring, commitment and solace. (01/19/2000)

Torture by dating By Jennifer Li Shotz
When it came to romance, I'd always broken "The Rules" -- then "The Rules" nearly broke me. (01/19/2000)

Scandal sucking and rumor ducking By Amy Reiter
Author Jeffrey Toobin tells of a "rockin' ride," a "perverted doughboy" and the thing that Paula Jones "just won't do"; Twisted Sister doesn't wanna rock with John Rocker. Plus: Whitney Houston -- one toke over the luau? (01/19/2000)

30s, 40s film star Hedy Lamarr dies By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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A fix down on the Bayou? By Suzi Parker
The GOP's very first caucus this election year was supposed to be down in Louisiana. Its cancellation has spawned allegations that the Bush campaign pulled a fast one. (01/19/2000)

Cronyism, favoritism and Jesse-ism By Max Garrone
McCain goes after Bush, Bush goes after McCain -- could it be Nature Boy to the rescue? (01/19/2000)

It takes an iVillage By Alicia Montgomery
Hillary Clinton giggles and talks policy in a new political arena: The female-centric Internet chat. (01/19/2000)

Giuliani rakes in $12 million By Jake Tapper
The New York mayor gears up for what may be the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history. (01/19/2000)

Desperately seeking a hipper shipper By Damien Cave
You'd be happy to buy online, but you know you'll never make contact with the delivery guy. (01/19/2000)

"Steve Case Lost His Cyber Parking Space" By David Cassel
An MP3 fan grabs the stephencase.com URL and slaps up a ballad about the AOL chief. (01/19/2000)

E-book makers sold to a TV-centric company By Lydia Lee
What will Gemstar International, a maker of VCR programming technology, do with SoftBook and NuvoMedia? (01/19/2000)

Ripeness is all By J.A. Getzlaff
Every year, Buqol, Spain, finds a whole new use for tomatoes. (01/19/2000)

Hard lessons in Turkey By Rolf Potts
Our correspondent retraces the thin threads that led to his being drugged and robbed in the heart of Istanbul. (01/19/2000)

Paradise found By Simon Winchester
Our roving connoisseur uncovers the finest hotel on the planet -- in Patagonia. (01/19/2000)

Laughter after irony By Christopher Kelly
Are new movies like "Holy Smoke" and "American Beauty" reinventing screen comedy? (01/18/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Mac Montandon
If Nirvana was tight and Mudhoney was a disaster, why is the other grunge band still around? (01/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000 (01/18/2000)

Too close for comfort By Samantha Gillison
Why is Raymond Carver's masterpiece, "Cathedral," so much like a little-known D.H. Lawrence story? (01/18/2000)

"Between Father and Son: Family Letters" by V.S. Naipaul By Akash Kapur
The correspondence of a naive and vulnerable youth whose famous bile hadn't yet started to rise. (01/18/2000)

No strings By Garrison Keillor
How can I have a fling with a handsome Casanova and happily wave goodbye in the morning? (01/18/2000)

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Maxed out By Evan Wright
Max Hardcore and other XXX pornographers awakened something dark in me. Or perhaps it was already there. (01/18/2000)

Letters to the editor
Hands off Harry Potter! Plus: Good grief! Don't dis Charles Schulz, an American icon; no one's forcing third-world techies to come here (01/18/2000)

A match made in Graceland By Carol Ormandy
He wore white patent leather shoes and I still married him. (01/18/2000)

Dixie dynamite By Jeremy Derfner
Most South Carolinians just wish the Confederate flag flap would go away. (01/18/2000)

Whose vast conspiracy is it, anyway? By Gary Kamiya
There was a plot to get President Clinton, argues Jeffrey Toobin. It just wasn't the one you think. (01/18/2000)

Seymour Hersh By David Rubien
The man who broke the story of Vietnam's My Lai massacre is still the hardest-working muckraker in the journalism business. (01/18/2000)

Al Gore, race-baiter By S. Forester Hayes
The vice president uses a time-honored strategy of scaring voters under the big tent. (01/18/2000)

Soul brothers By Jake Tapper
At their last debate before the Iowa caucus, Bradley and Gore court the minority vote. (01/18/2000)

Hillary kisses the ring By Max Garrone
Bill and Al duel it out, while Hillary meets the other Al in New York. (01/18/2000)

Forbes targets Bush in New York By Anthony York
With the state Republican Party trying to kick John McCain off the ballot, the GOP front-runner faces another challenger. (01/18/2000)

Wired science By Mark Compton
David Perry made Chemdex, an online marketplace for lab supplies, a business-to-business darling. What are his plans for the health-care sector? (01/18/2000)

Why Bill stepped down By Salon Technology Staff
He wants to run for president -- and a cornucopia of other "top 10" reasons from our e-mailbag. (01/18/2000)

One fateful day in Istanbul By Rolf Potts
As he recalls the curious cast of characters he encountered that day in Turkey, our correspondent ponders where he went wrong. (01/18/2000)

Who killed Arkan? By Laura Rozen
The rise and fall of Zeljko Raznatovic symbolizes how corrupt and morally bankrupt Serbia has become under Slobodan Milosevic. (01/17/2000)

Got game? By Jake Tapper
In an interview with Salon, Bill Bradley says he's making race a central issue, regardless of whether black voters support him. (01/17/2000)

No holiday on the campaign trail By Anthony York
Trump's meds, McCain's veteran problem and the flag that won't go away. (01/17/2000)

The ho-hum candidate By Jake Tapper
Watching George W. Bush on the stump, it's hard not to get depressed. (01/16/2000)

Whip me, spank me, gentrify me By Annalee Newitz
A strange new romance is brewing between bourgeois taste and S/M styles. (01/15/2000)

Elián González and the future of Cuba By Cynthia Durcanin
As Havana waits for Castro's demise, even his enemies are appalled by the way Miami's Cuban exiles have used the motherless boy for their own political ends. (01/15/2000)

White House defends TV drug-ad deal By Fiona Morgan
Clinton and allies promote its benefits, while the drug czar gives it partial credit for reduction in teen drug use. (01/15/2000)

Don Martin By Steve Burgess
Remembering the Mad magazine cartoonist who created characters like Fester Bestertester and Karbuncle, yet still had the time to invent National Gorilla Suit Day. (01/15/2000)

Dinosaurs, spanking and sprouts By Amy Reiter
Barney found under covers with topless Norwegian; This just in: James Woods likes sex! Plus: Kate Winslet denies pernicious vegetable rumor! (01/15/2000)

Et tu, J.C.? By Nancy Mathis
The only African-American in the House Republican Caucus is among the scores of House GOP members contemplating retirement. (01/15/2000)

The age of Aquarius? By Thomas Scoville
Probably not, but maybe a good time to reboot. Plus: What you'd be if you were an operating system! (01/15/2000)

Did Mallory make it? By Pat Joseph
The Everest expedition that triumphantly discovered George Mallory's body wasn't supposed to end like this -- in contradictory accounts and bitter countercharges. (01/15/2000)

Venomous snakes invade Port Moresby By J.A. Getzlaff
"Watch your step," says local expert. (01/15/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Jon Caramanica
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Akinyele and Blowfly deliver sextastic anthems, freaknasty odes to oral sex and chocolate dildos for Christmas. (01/14/2000)

"Mr. Death" By Andrew O'Hehir
An idiosyncratic documentary examines the life of Fred Leuchter, a man who built a better electric chair -- and denied the Holocaust death camps. (01/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, Jan. 14-16, 2000 (01/14/2000)

We are family By Joyce Millman
You don't have to be Italian for "The Sopranos" to hit home. (01/14/2000)

"In Glory's Shadow: Shannon Faulkner, the Citadel and a Changing America" by Catherine S. Manegold By Janice P. Nimura
The reporter who covered the story for the New York Times sheds new light on Faulkner's feminist victory and personal defeat. (01/14/2000)

Who's your daddy? By Alisa Roth
The University of Virginia acknowledges it tracks applicants based on their parents' donor potential. (01/14/2000)

Critics pounce on New Yorker tell-all By Craig Offman
Errors and dish abound in Renata Adler tirade. (01/14/2000)

One a day, plus irony By Melanie Rehak
David Lehman made himself write a poem every day, and "The Daily Mirror" is the jazzy, joyful result. (01/14/2000)

Bug heads, rat hairs -- bon appitit By Mary Roach
Do you know how many insect parts are allowed in your Fig Newton? (01/14/2000)

Hormonal rages By Dawn MacKeen
A new study links decreased levels of cortisol with aggressive behavior in boys. (01/14/2000)

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AOL-Time Warner -- a marriage made in hell for consumers. Plus: Curtis Mayfield's unworthy successors; dump the vile David Duke! (01/14/2000)

In all the hoo-ha about Elian we have forgotten the Smalls! By Dorothy Nixon
Who could forget those darling fugitives from Canadian cultural protectionism? (01/14/2000)

Wake me when I'm vested By Sean Elder
So, do I have this right? Time Warner's old-growth deadwood mixed with AOL's deadwood.com yields -- a shiny new three-wood? (01/14/2000)

Two! Four! Six! Eight! By Jenn Shreve
Who do we love to hate? Alternative weekly journalists share their true feelings on SUVs, cell phones, minks, celebrities and others. (01/14/2000)

Propaganda for dollars By Daniel Forbes
When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law? (01/14/2000)

America's "disappeared" By Peter Edelman
Clinton's latest anti-poverty moves won't help the jobless who've been lost from the welfare rolls. (01/14/2000)

Exclusive: Fonda's CNN/God/government anti-drug deal By Gary Kamiya
Salon's six-month-long investigation into the religious conversion of Jane Fonda reveals it to be part of a CNN/government advertising swap. (01/14/2000)

Hard 10 By David Goodman
It's not my defiance of the odds that's got everyone going, it's what these winnings are going to do for our night at the strip clubs. (01/14/2000)

Sprout, sprout, let it all out By Amy Reiter
Winslet denies pernicious vegetable rumor; Kutcher accuses pants of indiscretion; and Ben Stein just wants to say, "Hey, thanks!" to the guys who mugged him. (01/14/2000)

Fear and soccer on the campaign trail By Max Garrone
The GOP embraces Hispanic voters as the soccer moms of 2000 while Bradley resurrects Willie Horton and the story of a political romance can finally be told. (01/14/2000)

Pro-life or just anti-McCain? By Jake Tapper
A new series of soft-money ads target John McCain's stance on abortion. Are they rooted in valid criticism or political vendetta? (01/14/2000)

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The geeks vs. the marketroids By Scott Rosenberg
The AOL-Time Warner deal sets the freewheeling Internet on a collision course with the masters of mass-market convenience. (01/14/2000)

Does AOL Time Warner spell trouble for new-media companies? By Janelle Brown
Lots of Web companies count on visitors from AOL. Will they get as many when the online service owns its own content? (01/14/2000)

Epicurean pilot fired By J.A. Getzlaff
Moral: In Vegas, a full plane beats a full stomach any day. (01/14/2000)

Two women and a monk By Shanti Menon
On an innocent afternoon in Kumbum Monastery, we choked down yak cheese and learned about Paradise. (01/14/2000)

The winners of Oz By Jamie James
Eight extraordinary restaurants embody Sydney's and Melbourne's emergence as world-class culinary capitals. (01/14/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Jason Ferguson
Caravana Cubana, a handful of seasoned island music vets, out-spice "Buena Vista Social Club." (01/13/2000)

King of "Kings" By Michael Sragow
With dark horse Oscar candidate "Three Kings" trotted out for another showing, director David O. Russell talks about Michael Jackson, visual studies and George Clooney's Cary Grant turn. (01/13/2000)

Forget Charlie Brown By Dave Cullen
Turns out, Charles Schulz was the real clown. (01/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000 (01/13/2000)

"Sick Puppy" and "Kick Ass" by Carl Hiaasen By Hal Hinson
In a new novel and a new collection, the Florida author proves that he's as outrageous in fiction as he is out there in fact. (01/13/2000)

Harry Potter's girl trouble By Christine Schoefer
The world of everyone's favorite kid wizard is a place where boys come first. (01/13/2000)

"Cruddy" by Lynda Barry By Heidi Bell
A funny and harrowing illustrated novel about a kid whose parents' beatings can't keep her down. (01/13/2000)

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The philosophy of the flu By David Bowman
Do viruses exist just to give us a hard time or are they bent on destroying the world? (01/13/2000)

Small world after all By Tracy Quan
Nothing could have prepared me for this. (01/13/2000)

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Is Joe Conason a bigot about the religious right? Plus: Sigourney and Sandra and other absolutely fabulous divas Damien Cave missed; David Crosby?! Melissa, what were you thinking? (01/13/2000)

Abortions are down and everybody wants credit By Elissa Keeler Miller
The real news is that access to medical abortion doesn't increase the overall rate. (01/13/2000)

Prime-time propaganda By Daniel Forbes
How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report. (01/13/2000)

Washington script doctors By Daniel Forbes
How the government rewrote an episode of the WB's "Smart Guy." (01/13/2000)

Political child abuse By Bruce Shapiro
Miami's Cuban-American community is playing out the trauma of its exile by exploiting 6-year-old Elián González. (01/13/2000)

Indiana Dan vs. Dr. Evil By Daryl Lindsey
The congressman trying to prevent Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, Rep. Dan Burton, gets more campaign funding from Florida's Cuban exile community than from his own folks back home in Hoosierland. (01/13/2000)

Patrick O'Brian By Ian Williams
The author of the wildly popular 18th century seagoing saga created, out of his own life, a fiction nearly as elaborate. (01/13/2000)

Babes in the Woods By Amy Reiter
This just in: James Woods likes sex! Also: Oliver Stone, Viagra fiend; Christina Applegate, merry wench; and Ozzy's wife bails on Pumpkins, blames Corgan-itis. (01/13/2000)

Can gays and lesbians go to heaven? By Greg Bottoms
According to one evangelist, when the Rapture comes, some people are going to have hell to pay. (01/13/2000)

If she can make it on Letterman? By Max Garrone
Hillary seduces Dave, McCain burned by flag in S.C. and -- surprise! -- voters like pols who have nice families. (01/13/2000)

The GOP's Latino strategy By Anthony York
Bush's brain trust tells the party that Hispanics can be lured away from Democrats the way the South was decades ago. (01/13/2000)

Execution, Texas-style By Robert Bryce
George W. Bush, the presidential candidate campaigning as a compassionate conservative, does not appear ready to stop the execution of a teenaged murderer. (01/13/2000)

Digital dad By Janelle Brown
I thought the Net belonged to my generation, until my father surprised me with his start-up. (01/13/2000)

Scoop: Why Bill Gates stepped down By the Salon Technology staff
Ten reasons why the Microsoft founder is handing off the CEO torch. (01/13/2000)

Scotland's grandest party By Burt Wolf
Celebrating Robert Burns -- with bagpipes, whisky and haggis! (01/13/2000)

The post-mile-high club By J.A. Getzlaff
In Holland, a brothel chain proposes an enterprising new use for airport space. (01/13/2000)

Giant lap children By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert puts freeloading airplane toddlers in their place, and offers the scoop on bungee jumping and fishing and steamer trips in Norway. (01/13/2000)

Vampiros lesbos By Donna Minkowitz
If "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is the hottest gay show on TV, why are all of the characters straight? (01/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000 (01/12/2000)

Put your cat clothes on By Stephanie Zacharek
Between the Beatles' flashy suits and Madonna's damn-the-torpedoes bustier, "Rock Style" examines the finest frippery in music. (01/12/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Stephanie Zacharek
On the "Magnolia" soundtrack, beleaguered singer-songwriter Aimee Mann comes into full bloom. (01/12/2000)

Men in tights By Gillian Andrews
In the latest p.c. backlash, students named Little Hitler and the Beetle don spandex and pummel each other with sleds. (01/12/2000)

"Seeing Through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity" by Mary Gordon By Rachel Elson
"Seeing Through Places" by Mary Gordon: The author excavates the houses of her youth in search of answers to her adult dilemmas. (01/12/2000)

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Diagnosis: Marriage By Sharon Gunter
When my husband gets ill, I'm the one who feels sick. (01/12/2000)

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Fired up about Jake Tapper's take on guns and Columbine Plus: The marijuana, sausage, and Mr. Misty cures for a hangover; "Hey Horowitz -- Socialism gave us Chernobyl, but capitalism gave us Bhopal." (01/12/2000)

My husband is a man in a woman's world By Mary Valle
Being the wife of a grade-school teacher is like being the husband of Queen Elizabeth -- Ol' What's-his-name. (01/12/2000)

Mutant food By Kristi Coale
A lawsuit against the FDA reveals documents that show even the agency's own scientists have doubts about the safety of genetically modified foods. (01/12/2000)

Randy pols and sheepish veeps By Amy Reiter
Did Lucianne have a fling with LBJ? Gore on young girls: "I have no firsthand knowledge." Plus: Jennifer Aniston's mom tells all ... again. (01/12/2000)

"Punch" Bradley, "Judy" Gore and the injustice being done John Rocker By Camille Paglia
How about those Titans? Duchess Hillary sheds crocodile tears; McCain's creepy; Monica acquires rueful thoughtfulness; and you just can't beat that androgynous Hayley Mills in "The Parent Trap." (01/12/2000)

Golden State warriors By Anthony York
California may decide which party controls Congress. (01/12/2000)

The boomerang effect By David Corn
Everything looked peachy for Sen. John McCain's "outsider-reformer" campaign until his actions as an "insider" blew up in his face. (01/12/2000)

Hillary set to do "Saturday Night Live" By Jake Tapper
A secret memo outlines the first lady's upcoming appearance as "SNL" guest host. (01/12/2000)

Hillary after dark By Max Garrone
The first lady does "Late Night," the Reform Party slouches toward meltdown, Demos talk tobacco and McCain unveils his tax cut plan -- finally. (01/12/2000)

No sex please, we're geeks By Paulina Borsook
They've got money, power and huge hard drives, so why aren't Silicon Valley's finest getting any? (01/12/2000)

Groove Radio gets its groove back By Janelle Brown
The all-electronica Los Angeles radio station that went off the air three years ago is back -- online. (01/12/2000)

A no-crash guarantee By Donna Ladd
TheGreatCrash.com promises a chance to invest in a Black Tuesday-proof instrument. Hint: It's wearable. (01/12/2000)

The Mojave Phone Booth By J.A. Getzlaff
How a windswept, bullet hole-ridden telephone became a legend in its own time. (01/12/2000)

Fear and loving in Sri Lanka By David Fox
Serendipity is the traveler's best friend. (01/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000 (01/11/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Britt Robson
Suspended between murder and redemption, DMX captures the conflicted soul of a hardcore thug. (01/11/2000)

Busting heads and blaming Reds By William Triplett
How movie producers used the blacklist to crack down on Hollywood unions. (01/11/2000)

"Tea" by Stacey D'Erasmo By Dennis Drabelle
A charming first novel presents three snapshots of a girl growing up lesbian in '60s and '70s Philadelphia. (01/11/2000)

A shot of the needful By Emily Jenkins
In which the P.G. Wodehouse newsgroup and its online version of Blandings Castle teaches me to play again. (01/11/2000)

Unhand that butler! By David McDonough
Ask Jeeves and its new agent, Mike Ovitz, claim that their butler isn't Bertie Wooster's. (01/11/2000)

A match made in hell? By Garrison Keillor
It seems we still have the hots for each other 13 years later, but he's sure it wouldn't work. How do I convince him to take the plunge? (01/11/2000)

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Naked ambition By Virginia Vitzthum
You cannot imagine the position I've been in since I started writing about sex. (01/11/2000)

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Feeling anal about Henry Rollins article Plus: Lesbian vegetarian invites Laura Fraser to eat bugs; not so fast with the Giuliani plaudits. (01/11/2000)

Where is the dyed-blond stoner chick in the '74 Cougar? By Elissa Keeler Miller
At the moment she's a paranoid mom with white supremacist neighbors. (01/11/2000)

Mothers who kick butt By Nancy W. Hall
How a peace-loving mom stopped worrying and learned to love her fists. (01/11/2000)

Bigger, fatter, richer By Sean Elder
Inside the Time Warner media empire there was a whole lot of smiling going on Monday. (01/11/2000)

Lucinda Williams By Elizabeth Bukowski
With her gorgeously "flawed" voice, the genre-bending singer has exquisitely mapped out the South -- as well as her own heart. (01/11/2000)

A Blackwellian nightmare By Martha Barnette
On the 40th anniversary of the worst-dressed list, a writer recalls the acerbic designer -- and a beauty magazine assignment that went terribly wrong. (01/11/2000)

Ally McSqueal? By Amy Reiter
Nell and Cage: Crack team. Is she experienced? Bonnie Raitt spills all. Plus: The King and I -- Carter and Presley, together again. (01/11/2000)

Mr. Blackwell's 40th Annual "Worst Dressed Women List"
"A veritable symphony of style-free flops." (01/11/2000)

Reform officials spar over site
(01/11/2000)

McCain's tell-all strategy By Walter R. Mears
(01/11/2000)

Bradley resists voter group By Laurence Arnold
(01/11/2000)

McCain plan offers savings accounts By Curt Anderson
(01/11/2000)

Silence in the House By Stacey Zolt
Many Republicans agree that partial privatization is necessary to reform Social Security, but don't expect them to say that in this election year. (01/11/2000)

Fast women, fast cars and the 2000 presidential campaign By Max Garrone and Anthony York
The Bush train gains momentum, Democrats worry Gore is getting lazy and The Donald continues to have trouble picking a mate, let alone a running mate. (01/11/2000)

Uncrowded crowd greets Bush in Mich
(01/11/2000)

Trump is eligible bachelor again
(01/11/2000)

Bush tries to steal McCain's tax-cut thunder By Anthony York
The Texas governor goes into rapid response mode and quickly attacks his chief rival's new plan. (01/11/2000)

The Net on AOL's Time Warner deal By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Lydia Lee
Will the new colossus change the Internet for better or worse? (01/11/2000)

Fly boy faux pas By Elliott Neal Hester
Sometimes even high-flying airline pilots turn out to have feet of clay. (01/11/2000)

Now where did I leave my teeth? By J.A. Getzlaff
People forget the darnedest things in London's hotels. (01/11/2000)

The other beauty myth By Daniel Kunitz
At the turn of the century, with Picasso behind and Matthew Barney in front, does beauty still matter? (01/10/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Forget the heart, this Robbie Fulks collection draws on the singer's twisted mind. (01/10/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 10, 2000 (01/10/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(01/10/2000)

History lesson By Michael Alvear
On a Southern campus, a tiki torch can look a lot like a burning cross. (01/10/2000)

Mixing it up By Geoff Nicholson
The author of "Flesh Guitar" celebrates five great cocktail novels. (01/10/2000)

"Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier, "The Music Lesson" by Katharine Weber and "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" by Susan Vreeland By Marion Lignana Rosenberg
Three recent novels shimmer with the sensuousness of Vermeer, the painter who inspired them. (01/10/2000)

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Is being hooked a choice? By Andy Dehnart
A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee. (01/10/2000)

Convention detention By Tracy Quan
Pushed and pulled at the call girl convention, I barely had a moment to think about Randy's message. (01/10/2000)

Brotherly love By Hank Hyena
Joined at the torso, these two brothers had no problem in the bedroom. (01/10/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
My Mom caught me reading Playboy -- and thought I was gay! Plus: Did Hildegard of Bingen really commune with God -- or just need aspirin? Mixed reactions to Hillary's New York adventure. (01/10/2000)

Slave labor in the statehouse By Martha A. Ackmann
Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Jane Swift, succumbing to the pressures of "normal" motherhood, makes nannies of her staffers. (01/10/2000)

Money can buy you love By Alicia Montgomery
Peter Eisner of the Center for Public Integrity talks about "The Buying of the President 2000." (01/10/2000)

The talented Mr. Greenspan By Ian Williams
The Federal Reserve chairman has resisted slowing the economy while waiting for his reappointment, but will he put the brakes on now? (01/10/2000)

Brain drain By Sarita Sarvate
A bill that would give visas to high-tech foreign students will exploit the greatest minds of the third world for the sake of American industry. (01/10/2000)

Descent of the divas By Damien Cave
Gay men once worshipped some of the most over-the-top female entertainers, but the deification of the flamboyant, the bitchy and the damaged has become an anachronism. (01/10/2000)

Purple dino prose By Amy Reiter
Barney found under covers with topless Norwegian; Tripp's nips? Try lops. Plus: Alanis keeps dishing out the slop. (01/10/2000)

Candidates on missile defense
The Republican presidential contenders are enthusiastic about a "Star Wars" plan, Bradley says "no," and the vice president would consider it. (01/10/2000)

Gore defends Washington bunker role By Mike Glover
The vice president fights back against Bill Bradleys charges that he is an out-of-touch, Beltway insider. (01/10/2000)

McCain questions rivals on military By Glen Johnson
The Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero publicly expresses doubts about the two Democratic presidential hopefuls fitness to be commander in chief. (01/10/2000)

What's at stake in the 2000 elections? By Michael Alvear
Rosa Parks, David Duke, Steve Wozniak, Camille Paglia, Al Franken -- and dozens more -- talk about what inspires and frightens them about the political year ahead. (01/10/2000)

Honky-tonk nights By Jake Tapper
From a drunken debate hall in South Carolina to nightclubs in Iowa, the candidates for president and their supporters in both major parties spend a weekend whoopin' it up. (01/10/2000)

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Bradley scores with farmers By Sandra Sobieraj
The Democratic presidential candidate counters the vice presidents criticism that he has a bad record on agricultural issues. (01/10/2000)

Bush catches McCain in New Hampshire By Max Garrone
Is this the beginning of the end for Arizona's media darling? (01/10/2000)

Gore questions INS-Cuba boy move
In a break with the administration, the vice president says the Elian Gonzalez case should undergo court review before the child is sent home to Cuba. (01/10/2000)

Bradley tries to turn tables on Gore By Sandra Sobieraj
(01/10/2000)

Army inquiry looms in hate murder By Robert Burns
(01/10/2000)

Bush catches McCain in New Hampshire By Max Garrone
Could this be the beginning of the end for the media darling from Arizona? (01/10/2000)

Bradley still struggling in Iowa By Sandra Sobieraj
(01/10/2000)

Annan calls Gore 'Mr. President'
(01/10/2000)

Same message, new messenger By Joshua Micah Marshall
Why does George W. Bush think he can sell a tax cut plan that Trent Lott couldn't? (01/10/2000)

Bush denounces Forbes ad By RON FOURNIER
(01/10/2000)

No cooks in the kitchen By Lydia Lee
CookExpress looks for funding after its gourmet meal-delivery service grinds to a halt. (01/10/2000)

Market makers By Andy Dehnart
Andrew and Thomas Parkinson opened the first online grocery store a decade ago. Now they're reveling in a flood of Peapod competitors. (01/10/2000)

AOL and Time Warner's marriage of insecurity By Scott Rosenberg
Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid. (01/10/2000)

The twine that binds By J.A. Getzlaff
A Minnesota town honors the mother of all twine balls. (01/10/2000)

Trump distances self from Combs
The Reform Party presidential hopeful says hes doesnt know the embattled Bad Boy Records chief very well, despite having once cited him as a personal teacher of racial tolerance. (01/09/2000)

A glimpse of the electorate By Ted Anthony
Though some dislike his performance in recent debates, McCain gets support from New Hampshire voters across the political spectrum. (01/09/2000)

GOP to air ad on gays in military By Laura Meckler
The Republican Party has planned television spots to highlight Al Gores controversial statements about the "dont ask, dont tell" policy. (01/09/2000)

Flag issue touches nerve in S.C. By Douglas J. Fisher
A debate in the southern state highlights long-standing civic wounds surrounding the role of the Confederacy in national history. (01/09/2000)

Introducing Politics2000
Welcome to Salon's guide to the millennial elections and beyond. (01/09/2000)

Big political donor indicted
The New Jersey commodity trader is charged with obstructing an investigation into his contributions to Sen. Robert Torricellis 1996 campaign. (01/09/2000)

McCain to unveil tax plan Tuesday By Glen Johnson
Criticizing rival Republican candidates for reckless spending proposals, the Arizona senator will offer cuts aimed at the middle class. (01/09/2000)

Gore backpedals on gay policy
After saying he would require Joint Chiefs of Staff appointees to support ending "dont ask, dont tell" in the military, the vice president tries to soften his remarks. (01/09/2000)

Gore, Bush lead in Iowa
Despite the strength of their opponents in New Hampshire, the party favorites enjoy solid support in the first caucus state. (01/09/2000)

McCain wants memos released By William C. Mann
In the wake of criticism that he did a favor for a big contributor, the Arizona senator will make public every letter hes written to federal agencies over the last 10 years. (01/09/2000)

New Hampshire gets set for primary By Ted Anthony
Citizens of the Granite State prepare for their political close-up after months of intense attention from the presidential hopefuls and the media. (01/09/2000)

Anderson urges campaign reform By Ken Thomas
The pioneering independent candidate says that the Reform Party has should be primary advocate of revamping political finance laws. (01/09/2000)

Bradley knocks Gore on rural policy By Mike Glover
The Democratic challenger takes the offensive, saying the current administration has a "record of insensitivity" to American farmers. (01/09/2000)

Bush says trading Sosa was mistake By Glen Johnson
The Texas governor chooses his bad baseball decision --not a campaign misstep or personal incident-- as the biggest gaffe of his adult life. (01/09/2000)

Trump and Ventura appear together By Laurie Kellman
The billionaires decision about whether to run for the White House and the Minnesota governors presidential endorsement plans remain unannounced. (01/09/2000)

Soaplands and love hotels By Roland Kelts
Weaving kitsch, honesty and lather, sex in Japan is as complex as the country itself. (01/08/2000)

The family guy By Sean Elder
Bud Paxson and his company, which owns more TV stations than any other in the country, normally fly below the major media radar. That's changed, thanks to Sen. John McCain. (01/08/2000)

The Donald meets the Body By G.R. Anderson
Trump goes to Minnesota to kiss the ring of Gov. Jesse Ventura. (01/08/2000)

Inflation, smoking, dating and debriefings By Amy Reiter
Ginger Spice: "I'll have bigger breasts than all of you"; Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the spirits speak: More young stuff for the prez in 2000. Plus: Who wears the panties in the family? David Beckham and Tim Robbins bare all! (01/08/2000)

Babatunde Olatunji: Delivering the cure By Mike Thomas
A strange stranger in a strange land, decades ago Baba introduced millions to the medicine of drumming. Now 72, he's still got the beat. (01/08/2000)

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Finding gold in Turkey By Maxine Rose Schur
A stay among remote mountain villagers unearths life-changing riches. (01/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, Jan. 7-9, 2000 (01/07/2000)

Ghetto trippin' By Eric Boehlert
The obituaries called Curtis Mayfield a major influence on hip-hop. Too bad his followers didn't learn a thing. (01/07/2000)

"The Hurricane" By Andrew O'Hehir
Denzel Washington's knockout performance wins over an otherwise flat-footed film. (01/07/2000)

"Galaxy Quest" By Stephanie Zacharek
A sweet-spirited and clever film for anyone who's ever been a sci-fi nerd -- or laughed at one. (01/07/2000)

Sharps and Flats By Joe Gross
Nas' career has a Wellesian scale. The rapper's gone from "Kane" to Gallo in five records. (01/07/2000)

"Titus" By Charles Taylor
Like so many self-conscious directors, Julie Taymor wrecks Shakespeare's already disastrous play with her own horrific vision. (01/07/2000)

"Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter" by James S. Hirsch By Maggie Jones
A biography of the middleweight contender who was framed for murder scouts out the pieces of the life the reporters missed. (01/07/2000)

Women learn best from women By Joyce Hackett
What message does a male-dominated faculty send to female students? (01/07/2000)

Useless and uselesser By Ann Hodgman
Do we really need to know how to make what Sting eats for lunch? (01/07/2000)

Trump explains why he reneged on his second book By Craig Offman
He says the public is finally ready for honesty. (01/07/2000)

Bawdy blasphemers arrested in Ramadan sex scandal By Hank Hyena
At the turn of the millennium, Kuwaiti sex police are trying to staunch the flow of Western sex sins from corrupting their land. (01/07/2000)

Married to my beeper By Jeff Drayer, M.D.
For a doctor, having a pager is a little like being in a relationship -- only without the sex. (01/07/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
More sympathy for parents with disabled children Plus: What about pro wrestling's contribution to television?; Why did Susan Brownmiller vote for a "rapist" -- twice? (01/07/2000)

Who loves you, Wicks? By Lee Uttmark Wicks
I am the mother of a small dyke cop. At least she wears a bulletproof vest. (01/07/2000)

Y2blecK By Jenn Shreve
Why some people still yearn for the apocalypse. Plus: A beer-soaked argument for the re-segregation of baseball and an absurd portrait of two macho men duking it out in court. (01/07/2000)

GOP rivals get nasty at latest debate By Jake Tapper
With Bush and Bauer sparring over Jesus and McCain fighting charges that he helped a campaign donor, the race for the Republican nomination is heating up. (01/07/2000)

Tax in the cradle By Jake Tapper
With his tax cut pledge Thursday night, Bush has tried to step away from his father's "no new taxes" broken promise. (01/07/2000)

Curtis Mayfield By Jody Rosen
A brilliant songwriter, vocalist, instrumentalist, producer and arranger, he had the aphoristic grace of a natural poet who was steeped in the rhetoric of the black church. (01/07/2000)

Celebrity debriefing By Amy Reiter
Who wears the panties in the family? David Beckham and Tim Robbins bare all. Plus: Nice white guys finish last? Sensi-man takes beating, Backstreet boy gets no respect. And: Bill Gates, international man of tired movie catch phrases. (01/07/2000)

MAD cartoonist Don Martin dies
The humor artist known for wacky words and sick jokes succumbs to cancer at age 68. (01/07/2000)

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The wrong stuff By Scott Rosenberg
In the future, predictions of the future will be as off-base as they've been in the past. (01/07/2000)

Disaster perverted! By David Cassel
If you're disappointed that Y2K wasn't ushered in with calamity, take heart: Spoof sites revel in the year 1900. (01/07/2000)

Attack of the potted pachyderms By J.A. Getzlaff
Never offer an elephant a cask of fermented rice beer. (01/07/2000)

Hook, line and sinker By Renee Despres
In New Mexico's Gila River, we fished our waters dry. After that, what was left for us? (01/07/2000)

Why I stopped being a vegetarian By Laura Fraser
It's anti-social, not necessarily healthful -- and besides, meat tastes good! (01/07/2000)

Emotion, truth and celluloid By Michael Sragow
Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh talks about personal films, "Help!" director Richard Lester and striking out at the movies. (01/06/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
Sure, Nancy Sinatra was a lightweight, but 30 years later, the queen of cool still sounds fresh. (01/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2000 (01/06/2000)

False prophet By Debra Dickerson
A new biography of Elijah Muhammad tackles tough issues, including the matter of blacks' collusion with the Japanese during World War II. (01/06/2000)

"Moth Smoke" by Mohsin Hamid By Sudip Bose
A darkly seductive debut novel evokes the anxieties of urban life in Pakistan. (01/06/2000)

Most obnoxious author award revived By Craig Offman
The Golden Dartboard is back, and some writers are hopping mad. (01/06/2000)

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Crocodile genitalia siezed By Hank Hyena
The massive reptilian penises are smuggled into Malaysia as an impotence cure. (01/06/2000)

Fates collide By Tracy Quan
It's hard to maintain a web of deceit in a small town like New York. (01/06/2000)

Prescription for change By Damien Cave
President Clinton proposes the regulation of online drug sales. (01/06/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Confessions (and tips!) from a wine-toting overhead bin hog Plus: Do algebra flashcards and soccer practice create thumb suckers? In defense of John Rocker. (01/06/2000)

Germany shuns "foreign" families By Allison Linn and Ayla Jean Yackley
Immigrants and their German-born children find themselves cut off from state benefits. (01/06/2000)

My mother loves me, ma'am! By Ali Wicks
I'm a rough, tough cop. But Mom still tries to keep me home on snow days. (01/06/2000)

Turmoil at "This Week" By Sean Elder
Fear of Tim Russert pushed ABC News to fire William Kristol. (01/06/2000)

Who -- me? A reformer? By David Corn
Maybe nobody's noticed it yet, but nominating sex-mad tycoon Donald Trump for president would violate the Reform Party's first principle -- not to mention, common sense. (01/06/2000)

Putin's assault By Fiona Morgan
An expert on post-Soviet Russia explains how former spy leader Vladimir Putin is using the war in Chechnya to lock in the presidential election -- and why the U.S. doesn't mind a bit. (01/06/2000)

Round 5 By Jake Tapper
Bradley and Gore bob and weave through their latest debate in New Hampshire. (01/06/2000)

Psychic hot tip: Mariah and Bill in Y2K By Amy Reiter
The spirits speak: More young stuff for the prez in 2000; eyes off my tush, says Michael Caine; Posh Spice's hubby likes to get into her knickers. Plus: Actress Patsy Kensit took who to bed? (01/06/2000)

The softer side of Henry Rollins By Cintra Wilson
Can it be? In his new one-man show, Black Flag's former lead singer seems to be wandering toward the land of warm 'n' fuzzy. (01/06/2000)

A hair-raising scheme By Damien Cave
Luring fans to "go with the Flowbee," the vacuum-powered star of late-night infomercials caters to its online community. (01/06/2000)

We made it! By Donald D. Groff
Now how can we relax? Our travel expert advises post-New Year's travelers on spa trips, Berkshire respites and Caribbean honeymoons. (01/06/2000)

The Spanish way to heaven By Burt Wolf
Our culinary pilgrim savors Santiago's religious road -- and a heavenly Basque treat. (01/06/2000)

Mike the Headless Chicken Day By J.A. Getzlaff
A Colorado town celebrates one plucky fowl. (01/06/2000)

My favorite things By Sarah Vowell
Bathrobes, Canadians and plastic chairs: These were the things that made my year. (01/05/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Patrick Giles
Gluck gave Armide a new life to save opera in the 18th century. The grand sorceress still bewitches. (01/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000 (01/05/2000)

Future Smart By Annie M. Paul
Seventeen years ago, a Harvard psychologist proposed seven types of intelligences. His new book argues for eight and a half. (01/05/2000)

"The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro" by Antonio Tabucchi By Marion Lignana Rosenberg
A mystery of corruption, drug trafficking and decapitation by the Italian novelist. (01/05/2000)

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J. Edgar Hoover: Gay marriage role model? By Hank Hyena
Will the search for famous gay partnerships lead to adding a homophobe to the purple pantheon? (01/05/2000)

The unmentionable By Michael Alvear
No one wants to talk about it, but many will get this pain in the butt. (01/05/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
I knew Mumia when he was Wesley Cook. Plus: The L.A. Times' "blow job"; don't ask, don't tell about Stuart Little. (01/05/2000)

I can't hate the Kelsos By Anne Mitchell
At least they took their disabled child to the hospital instead of the nearest bridge. (01/05/2000)

Illegal, or politics as usual? By Susan Zakin
Environmentalists say Bruce Babbitt broke the law and sacrificed the Atlantic salmon to protect the Endangered Species Act (01/05/2000)

A conversation with Elie Wiesel By Jill Priluck
The author of "And the Sea Is Never Full" discusses his work, the Middle East, Rwanda and his friend Primo Levi. (01/05/2000)

Madonna saves Gwyneth from evil drug doom! By Amy Reiter
Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the rigors of stardom: Annette Bening threatens to do herself in if she has to act again; lessons on lesbian kissing from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Plus: Scary Spice resorts to the Ph-word! (01/05/2000)

The love machines By Tricia Baldwin
We test-drive the new, Internet-based, remote-controlled sex toys -- so you don't have to. (01/05/2000)

An end to the Apple turnover By Lydia Lee
Steve Jobs accepts the inevitable -- and embraces the CEO title. (01/05/2000)

"The Cow is OK" By J. A. Getzlaff
How a bovine shut down a Florida highway. (01/05/2000)

Bottom's up By Simon Winchester
What happens when a fleet of millionaires descends on the innocent shores of Antarctica to celebrate the millennium? (01/05/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Gross
"The Sopranos" features the best songs on TV. How come none of them made it to the soundtrack? (01/04/2000)

"There must be a separate God for movies" By Charles Taylor
The best films of the '90s illuminated the world -- and cinema itself. (01/04/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000 (01/04/2000)

Is politeness required? By Garrison Keillor
After dumping his longtime wife, my friend has taken up with a much younger woman. Do I have to be nice to her? (01/04/2000)

"Balthus: A Biography" by Nicholas Fox Weber By George Rafael
A fat volume skewers the old goat who made his name painting nymphets in bloom. (01/04/2000)

Writer's colony confidential By Matthew Specktor
Time to write, time to read, time to find out whether MacDowell really is a spawning ground for torrid affairs and illicit behavior. (01/04/2000)

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Penis of Jesus trimmed 2,000 years ago By Hank Hyena
While the Feast of the Circumcision is no longer a Catholic cause cilhbre, male mutilation continues its barbaric history. (01/04/2000)

Submission! By Urge readers
Some still reeling, readers share their best sexual experiences of the millennium. (01/04/2000)

The Juggling Act:
WNYC's Series on Work and Family
In partnership with Mothers Who Think and Salon.com (01/04/2000)

Matt Gurney's cider soup By Maria Dolan
A recipe that promises to seduce, whether the cook is man or woman. (01/04/2000)

Kitchen gods By Maria Dolan
It took a group of real men to satisfy my craving for a home-cooked meal. (01/04/2000)

Village Voice sold By Sean Elder
The New York paper that was once the lone wolf of alternative journalism has become the crown jewel in a nascent media empire. (01/04/2000)

Show me the hungry By Arianna Huffington
George W. Bush calls Jesus his favorite philosopher. But what about all that stuff about poor people? (01/04/2000)

Rudy's right and Rosie's wrong By Jonathan Foreman
New York's feisty mayor is the best thing that ever happened to the city's homeless. (01/04/2000)

The woman without a country By Alejandra Matus
Chile's government would like the world to believe its justice system is fair and democratic. Why then has it suppressed a book exposing widespread corruption in that system and forced its author into exile in Miami? (01/04/2000)

A flash of things to come? By Alicia Montgomery
Elizabeth Dole endorses the Bush bandwagon as it rolls into primary season. Is this a preview of the eventual GOP ticket? (01/04/2000)

Don't call it a comeback By Anthony York
After a 20-year political hiatus, former independent presidential candidate John Anderson will appear on the March ballot in California. (01/04/2000)

Charles Schulz By Steve Burgess
With his globally recognized "Peanuts" characters, he delved into the psyche of children and created daily morality plays that became part of the public consciousness. (01/04/2000)

Boobs of the century? By Amy Reiter
Ginger Spice: "I'll have bigger breasts than all of you"; Elizabeth Hurley disses Marilyn Monroe; is Kevin Spacey on the daddy track? Plus: Drudge claims the White House New Year's Eve party featured the horizontal hula! (01/04/2000)

"Competitive strategy is not an end in itself" By Mark Gimein
HearMe's Paul Matteucci talks about the future, the Stanford mafia and what Silicon millionaires are going to do with their money. (01/04/2000)

Predictions for 2000 By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein and Kaitlin Quistgaard
Cowhide computers, Russians in Redmond and other tech possibilities for the new year. (01/04/2000)

A Greek romance By Rolf Potts
At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild. (01/04/2000)

Singles going steady By Charles Taylor
From "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to "Rebel Girl," 10 songs that changed my decade. (01/03/2000)

"The Cockroach Papers" by Richard Schweid By Pete Wells
They're revolting, they're fascinating, they're brilliantly engineered and every one of those vile little bugs is different. (01/03/2000)

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Seasonal affective disorder By Robert Burton, M.D.
Let the sun shine in when it's dark outside. (01/03/2000)

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Some special advice to get writer out of dating hell
Princeton Review chief says blame problems on the tests -- not the test prep. (01/03/2000)

Shooting babies By Chris Neal
I was a Wal-Mart photo peddler. (01/03/2000)

We're with stupid By Carina Chocano
What could be worse than a humiliating death? Try getting famous for it. (01/03/2000)

They coulda been a contender
Because they can't all be winners ... (01/03/2000)

Way 2 calm By Fiona Morgan
All systems go as the world welcomes 2000 with a party, not a panic. (01/01/2000)