February 2000

The pink scare By Michael Zilberman
Slightly neurotic Russian superstar Zemfira is Elvis, the Sex Pistols and Courtney Love rolled into one. (02/29/2000)

Inside out By Andy Battaglia
Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan talks about his downtown jazz, boho marriage and stately new record. (02/29/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
Air's "Virgin Suicides" soundtrack sparkles with the sublimated passion of teenage occultism. (02/29/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000 (02/29/2000)

"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" by Helen Fielding By Maria Russo
She's back, she's got her weight down, she's got Mark Darcy and she's in a Thai jail on drug charges. (02/29/2000)

Born to rape? By Margaret Wertheim
All men are potential sex criminals, say two evolutionary psychology proponents in a controversial new book. (02/29/2000)

Strangers on a train By Garrison Keillor
We met in Scotland and fell in love. He never told me he lived with his mother. (02/29/2000)

Bridget Jones at 80 By Lucinda Rosenfeld
Calorie counting and man chasing in the golden years. (02/29/2000)

Carol Lay Carol Lay
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Penis gourds: The rebel uniform By Hank Hyena
Indonesia's government sees the garb worn by Dani tribesmen as backward and an act of defiance. (02/29/2000)

I like 'em short By Julie Manis
What short men lack in height, they make up for in might. (02/29/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Are impoverished children doomed? Plus: John Stossel's journalistic integrity; having a gas with flatulence story. (02/29/2000)

Babes in Willy Loman-land By Bob Whitby
Why does my kid have to sell stuff door-to-door for her school? (02/29/2000)

Stealth merchandising By Shoshana Marchand
Why is the venerable Scholastic book club company peddling cheesy toys in classrooms? (02/29/2000)

Hooked on tutoring By Catherine Davis
After-school programs bleed Mom and Dad while dissing Junior's teachers. (02/29/2000)

Election-free TV By Sean Elder
The Big 3 networks are giving the candidates about 30 seconds of air time an evening. Hell, most ads are longer than that. (02/29/2000)

Taking on the untouchables By Joe Conason
John McCain's decision to attack the leaders of the religious right is refreshing because Republican leaders have too long been cowed into submission by these bigots. (02/29/2000)

Willful misbehavior or tragic accident? By Daryl Lindsey
The Justice Department would have a tough time proving police deprived Diallo of his civil rights when they shot him, one expert says. (02/29/2000)

Janet Malcolm By Craig Seligman
In her relentless pursuit of the truth she's left a few bodies in her wake, but isn't that part of a journalist's job? (02/29/2000)

Almost true By Amy Reiter
Gershon, Wahlberg and Manheim act through their teeth; Hasselhoff in hasselhuff over character's exit. Plus: Like father, like pet. Rottweiler Anderson-Lee faces assault charges. (02/29/2000)

Bush has a Tuesday sweep By Anthony York
The front-runner wins the trifecta and regains the momentum from McCain -- again. (02/29/2000)

McCain will debate, Bradley won't quit Compiled by Max Garrone
After negative press, McCain offers to join Bush, Keyes, via satellite; Bradley denies rumors. (02/29/2000)

It hurts so bad By Jennifer Sullivan
Like other victims of repetitive stress injury, I was in agony while typing, but still I tapped out posts to an e-mail list of fellow miracle cure-seekers. (02/29/2000)

A bad bet By Janelle Brown
Jay Cohen was too smart to set up his online gambling business in the United States, but that didn't keep the feds from nailing him. (02/29/2000)

Thank you! By Elliott Neal Hester
A grateful, if trembling, reader writes: Flight attendants, they're worth their wings. (02/29/2000)

Michelin shakes the stars By David Downie
The just-released edition of the legendary Red Guide destroys a cherished culinary myth. (02/29/2000)

Vienna store seeks nude customers By J.A. Getzlaff
This enterprising clothing outlet offers new duds to the brave and bare. (02/29/2000)

"La Vida" loca By Andrés Martínez
The modern Mexican telenovela is an oversexed stew of giddy promiscuity, weird couplings, substance abuse and repressed homosexuality. Let's watch! (02/28/2000)

All in la familia! By Andrés Martínez
A week in the life of "La Vida en el Espejo," one of the hottest prime-time telenovelas. (02/28/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Christopher Binkley
Smashing fey rockers with one hand, punching complacency with the other, Henry Rollins robotically returns to rock 'n' roll. (02/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 28, 2000 (02/28/2000)

Childproofing By Roz Chast
The New Yorker cartoonist picks five books you'd better hide from the kids. (02/28/2000)

Slaves to science By William Speed Weed
For post-docs, finding a supernova is easier than finding a job. (02/28/2000)

"The Dress Lodger" by Sheri Holman By Marion Lignana Rosenberg
A lurid and literary novel offers a tale of prostitution, cholera and body snatching in 19th century England. (02/28/2000)

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Tom Tomorrow (02/28/2000)

Are we asking the right questions about hormones? By Robert Burton, M.D.
Medical research depends on knowing what you're looking for. (02/28/2000)

Is there a connection between AIDS and circumcision? By Hank Hyena
Researchers claim decade-old evidence has been ignored. (02/28/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Gender is located between the ears, not the legs Plus: I'll be Trey Parker's Oscar date! "Al Gore-leone" is tasteless. (02/28/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Special edition: Do women deliberately earn less in order to attract men? (02/28/2000)

The series: An introduction By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
We ponder the family as a marketing bonanza. (02/28/2000)

Shrinks and con men By Arthur Allen
An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers. (02/28/2000)

What kind of mother are you? By Lisa Moskowitz
Marketing mavens dissect moms for eager advertisers. (02/28/2000)

The Elián González of the Himalayas By Carole Zimmer
The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism. (02/28/2000)

Allah's pulpit thumper By Ted Kleine
Louis Farrakhan makes a bid to unify Islam in America -- and to be its No. 1 evangelist. (02/28/2000)

"Main Event" By Stephen Lemons
A retrospective of Howard Bingham's photography recalls the Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle." (02/28/2000)

Thanks, Metatron! By Amy Reiter
Carlos Santana gives credit where it's probably not due; stepchild from hell? Hey! That's Shaun Cassidy you're talking about, mister! Plus: Barry White holds a really long grudge. (02/28/2000)

Two for the price of one By David Horowitz
Republicans should rejoice over this spring's exciting primary race because either candidate is a winner. (02/28/2000)

Bush dumps Bob Jones, accuses McCain of sleaze By Max Garrone
Bush "regrets" Bob Jones, his campaign manager slams McCain as sleazy; Giuliani plays footsie with McCain; Ventura says yes and maybe to being McCain's V.P. (02/28/2000)

Bill Bradley takes his final shot By Jake Tapper
The Democratic challenger tries to conquer the media's indifference in Washington state. (02/28/2000)

Do they know where you live? By Damien Cave
ICraveTV wants to build geographic "borders" online so it can stream live TV to specific markets -- but would regional divisions be acceptable for a World Wide Web? (02/28/2000)

Where in the world? By Mark Compton
You can't push an ad for Viagra in Singapore, where it's illegal. But Digital Island CEO Ruann Ernst can spare you -- showing where users are located when they log in. (02/28/2000)

Digging up Genghis Khan By J.A. Getzlaff
Chicago lawyer heads quest for the Mongolian warlord. (02/28/2000)

Future sex By Stephen Lemons
For proud owners of a $5,000 Realdoll, she's always ready when you're ready. But it takes a special kind of man to get ready for a hunk of silicone with three holes. (02/26/2000)

How will the acquittal play in the Giuliani-Clinton Senate race? By Jesse Drucker
"Let's move this out of politics," the mayor says. Fat chance, when his opponent's husband gets to decide whether federal civil rights laws apply. (02/26/2000)

The beating goes on By Jill Nelson
Just another acquittal of police officers who killed a black man. I'm angry, but I'm not surprised. (02/26/2000)

Brutal verdict By Bruce Shapiro
Behind the acquittal of four officers is a clear indictment of standard police procedure in Giuliani's New York. (02/26/2000)

Sleazy like a Fox By Amy Reiter
"American Beauty" star laughs her way through on-screen sex; Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap. Plus: If there's one thing multimillionaire groom Rockwell needs now, it's a motivational speech. (02/26/2000)

Ready to play? By Daniel Kurtzman
Join our two leading men, Dubya and Al, as they vie for the honor of winning the highest job in the land. (02/26/2000)

The good, the bad and the Dubya By Alicia Montgomery
In front of a group of potential voters on AOL's stage, George W. Bush is a happy moderate. But standing before reporters he's transformed into an angry attack dog. (02/26/2000)

Primary suspect By Anthony York
Legislation promoted by California Secretary of State Bill Jones may keep John McCain from winning the state primary. So why is Jones endorsing him? (02/26/2000)

21st Challenge No. 31 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Shall I compare thee to a transistor? Shakespearean odes to technology. (02/26/2000)

Extravagant abandon By Don George
Helmut Teissl's photographs capture the sensual heart of Rio's Carnival. (02/26/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
"Guarapero: Lost Blues 2" collects Will Oldham's stream-of-consciousness rants and odd tales of sexual dysfunction. (02/25/2000)

"Reindeer Games" By Charles Taylor
Ben Affleck provides a charismatic star turn, but John Frankenheimer's out-of-season heist thriller is dead on arrival. (02/25/2000)

"Wonder Boys" By Andrew O'Hehir
Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire clash, connect and get baked in Curtis Hanson's literate upscale entertainment. (02/25/2000)

"Judy Berlin" By Charles Taylor
First-time writer-director Eric Mendelsohn offers an unfashionably affectionate look at suburban angst. Edie Falco -- from "the Sopranos" -- stars. (02/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, Feb. 25-27, 2000 (02/25/2000)

"A Trip to the Stars" by Nicholas Christopher By Polly Morrice
A kidnapped little boy, his lost aunt and a fantasy about people finding themselves in the days of flower power. (02/25/2000)

Call the next witness By Jacqueline Carey
Our mystery columnist puts three legal thrillers on trial. (02/25/2000)

Burroughs' last tape By Gary Kamiya
The final journals of Beat legend William S. Burroughs reveal the kinder, gentler last days of an "evil old man." (02/25/2000)

Fox announces replacement for troubled show By Anthony Lappé
Next up will be "Who Wants to Marry a Staggering Genius?" (02/25/2000)

How to feel better about falling apart By Mary Roach
Here's how I cope with my disgusting, sagging middle-aged body. (02/25/2000)

Leave me alone, AARP By Christopher Scanlan
Just because I turned 50 doesn't mean I want to retire. (02/25/2000)

Feminist director forced to stop filming in holy city By Hank Hyena
Hindus burn effigies of Deepa Mehta to protest her film about India's child widows. (02/25/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Frat boys aren't stupid Plus: Zoetrope zingers par for the course; keep your name, change your religion, but don't blame the Catholic Church. (02/25/2000)

A ghetto mom talks back By Caroline Ruhle
The New York Times says inner-city youth need "middle-class" parenting. But it's poverty, not bad child-rearing, that holds poor kids back. (02/25/2000)

The swimsuit issue is here! By Lee Quarnstrom
Wimpy, artsy, dishonest porn delivered to your door -- now in 3D! (02/25/2000)

Prime-time propagandist By David Mastio
Is ABC's John Stossel a reporter or a right-wing apparatchik? (02/25/2000)

Get motivated! By Amy Reiter
If there's one thing multimillionaire groom Rick Rockwell needs now, it's a motivational speech. Plus! Al Franken whisked offstage by a guy in a pirate suit. Yargh matey! (02/25/2000)

eFaust eFoiled By Stephen Lemons
The real reason you can't sell your soul on eBay: There's just no way to prove you can make good to the winning bidder. (02/25/2000)

Primary tip sheet By Anthony York
Here's how to handicap the runners in the coming month of Republican contests. (02/25/2000)

Bush's "compassionate" advisor singles out Jews By Jake Tapper
Professor says he didn't know the three writers "with holes in their souls" were Jewish. (02/25/2000)

Gore embraces hip-hop By Max Garrone
Gore gains a key hip-hop endorsement, McCain opens his coalition to pornographers and Republicans fight over who's more like Reagan. (02/25/2000)

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Post of the Week (02/25/2000)

You said what?! By Janelle Brown
ENow wants to track every word you type in a chat room and peruse the results to divine the "global collective consciousness." (02/25/2000)

Show and tell By Janelle Brown
A filmmaker relives the hysterics of high school in a serialized short film she's screening online. (02/25/2000)

Seductive seafood By Michele Back
Spicy, tangy and oozing, cebiche makes a great aphrodisiac. At least that's what Jorge whispered to me, across the table from my parents. (02/25/2000)

Iraq and the U.N. duke it out over pencils By J.A. Getzlaff
Officials decide the recently donated writing implements don't violate sanctions. (02/25/2000)

Throw another stereotype on the barbie By Christine Kenneally
An Aussie in New York wonders what it means when Mum's Sunday standby becomes Gotham's hot cuisine. (02/25/2000)

The next Pokimon? By Christina Nunez
Cartoonist to Disney: "Try to market depression." (02/24/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
Caught between Patti and Patsy, between Dolly and the Dolls, Neko Case steamrolls your emotions, then whispers confessions you should probably never hear. (02/24/2000)

A wizard of Hollywood By Michael Sragow
Steve Kloves, screenwriter for Curtis Hanson's new "Wonder Boys," takes on Hollywood's hottest property -- boy wonder Harry Potter. (02/24/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000 (02/24/2000)

Oh, Rosie, shut up By Bill Wyman
A silly organization gives out frivolous awards to has-beens and evanescent pop -- for the 42nd year. (02/24/2000)

Forced crossing By Pam Rosenthal
An involuntary traveler across the gender line -- and the first man who went under the knife to become a woman. (02/24/2000)

"Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market" by Walter Johnson By Matthew DeBord
A historian plunges deep into the ugly business of buying and selling slaves. (02/24/2000)

Pros and amateurs By Ann Marlowe
One way or another, men still expect to pay for sex -- and women pay for it, too, by keeping their financial goals low. (02/24/2000)

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Ruben Bolling (02/24/2000)

Dr. Fart speaks By Stephen G. Bloom
Everything you want to know about flatulence, and some things you don't. (02/24/2000)

Man corralled into Malibu court By Hank Hyena
Carrot peddler ordered to stand trial for allegedly having sex with horses. (02/24/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Vive Laetitia Casta, busty symbol of France! Plus: Oxygen sucks the intellectual air out of women's television; just say no to the war on drugs. (02/24/2000)

Damaged goods By Beth Broeker
The parents of a murderer sue adoption workers, claiming they should have been told about the boy's mentally ill birth mother. (02/24/2000)

The emperor's new shows By Sean Elder
For Rupert Murdoch, being a media mogul means never having to say you're sorry. (02/24/2000)

Persian pop vs. the revolution By Vivienne Walt
Iran's strict laws have created two cultures: The official and the real. (02/24/2000)

Iran on the cusp of change
Salon's coverage of the elections in Iran, the reform movement and the evolution of culture under the mullahs. (02/24/2000)

"We're patriotic Americans because we're Mexicans" By Gregory Rodriguez
Along the Texas-Mexico border, Latinos dress like George Washington and forge a new American identity. (02/24/2000)

Playing politics with death By Jim Sleeper
Protesting the police killing of Amadou Diallo is no way to organize a movement for social justice. (02/24/2000)

Oh, make me over By Steve Burgess
As a complete fashion dunce, I was dependent on the kindness of sisters. Until my bosses took charge. (02/24/2000)

The odds couple By Amy Reiter
Who wants to bet on a royal marriage? British bookies find out. Plus: Darva Conger not ring monger; Margot Kidder's fun with mania; and coming soon to a store near you ... JFK with kung-fu grip! (02/24/2000)

Pick me! I'm a real multimillionaire! By Carina Chocano
A "shocked and outraged" Trey Parker speaks out on Fox's fumble. (02/24/2000)

McCain's own Mozart By Ted Rose
Composer Todd Hahn is a whiz at using digital technology to create soundtracks that win over voters' hearts and minds. (02/24/2000)

The man Bush blames for Michigan By Kerry Lauerman
But is lawyer and political player Geoffrey Fieger a man of the people or a publicity whore? (02/24/2000)

A circular firing squad By Max Garrone
Bush drowns in recriminations while McCain assembles a new governing coalition without Nancy Reagan and Bradley complains that he's not getting his due. (02/24/2000)

Forget the Academy Awards!
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Salon.com Talkies (02/24/2000)

Linux in every lap By Lydia Lee
Stars of the original Mac development team try to solve one of the hottest puzzles in technology today: How to make the Linux desktop user-friendly. (02/24/2000)

Palm reading By Damien Cave
Though e-book sales have been sluggish, Microsoft says in 10 years they'll challenge the paper kind. (02/24/2000)

Take me back By Donald D. Groff
How to find that great San Sebastian festival again, plus tips on getting to Uruguay and crossing the Canadian border. (02/24/2000)

L'amour brings spelunker out of cave By J.A. Getzlaff
Valentine's Day lures him from the darkness. (02/24/2000)

Viva la evolución By Rachel Louise Snyder
From Havana to Santiago, Cuba steps into the next millennium with hope for a new kind of revolution. (02/24/2000)

Breaking the rules By Burt Wolf
California's Napa Valley is redefining our national cuisine. (02/24/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000 (02/23/2000)

Real art is murder By Michael Scott Moore
Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, died forgotten a decade ago. Now her never-produced play has been dusted off to combat NEA "censorship." (02/23/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Jon Caramanica
A compilation of songs from this year's Grammy nominees aims for the hearts of soccer moms and Shrieking Teenage Girls. (02/23/2000)

Priceline U. By Brian Braiker
Make me an offer: At eCollegebid.org, students name their price for tuition. You may get a cut-rate deal -- at a no-name school. (02/23/2000)

"Scar Vegas and Other Stories" by Tom Paine By Maria Russo
In an amazing debut, a fired-up writer takes aim at dumb American swaggerers and corporate greed. (02/23/2000)

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Keith Knight (02/23/2000)

Direct to you By Dena Bunis
Drug companies are spending big bucks so you'll ask your doctor for their products by name. (02/23/2000)

Kiwi student crucifies penis By Hank Hyena
Gross-out contest winner horrifies New Zealand. (02/23/2000)

From diapers to drugs By Arthur Allen
A new study shows a three-fold increase in mind-altering drugs being given to preschoolers. (02/23/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Readers welcome Stanley Crouch. Plus: White guilt doesn't help; will the Internet make you lonely? (02/23/2000)

Don't call me Mrs. By Donna Cornachio
When the local Catholics couldn't face my surname, I went church shopping. (02/23/2000)

Be fruitful and multiply By Michael Kress
Infertile couples who are members of strict religious organizations often find themselves vilified by the church. (02/23/2000)

When bad shows become truly abominable By Frank Houston
Who was the real victim of the "Multi-millionaire" hoax? (02/23/2000)

Between a Rick and a hard place By Amy Reiter
As Rick "I'm going to make you so happy" Rockwell rocks Fox's world, Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap. (02/23/2000)

Alpha male epsilon By Andy Dehnart
Although an exact definition remains elusive, most people know a frat boy when they see one. And suddenly, they're seen everywhere. (02/23/2000)

Pols, guns and androgyny By Camille Paglia
A speed-of-light cultural flyover covering McCain, Koresh, guns, Hillary, "G.I. Blues," a heartfelt appeal to the Winslet Brigade, "Star Trek" and, well, you get the idea. (02/23/2000)

Al Gore-leone By Jake Tapper
Is the vice president really a nice guy or a goodfella? (02/23/2000)

McCain rebounds big By Anthony York
The insurgent wins a major GOP battle -- without much help from Michigan Republicans. (02/23/2000)

The GOP's Titanic? By Alicia Montgomery and Daryl Lindsey
That great sucking sound Tuesday may have been the sinking of Republican chances to win in November, observers say. (02/23/2000)

The essence of geekdom By Thomas Scoville
Can you create an accurate dissertation on nerd subculture by studying two young Idahoans? Jon Katz gives it a try in "Geeks." (02/23/2000)

Playboy gets a Rouze By Janelle Brown
Playboy.com plucks a new CEO from Disney's Go Network and snaps up the men's portal site Rouze.com. (02/23/2000)

This is my home By Pico Iyer
We clarify ourselves among the foreign, make camp where we'd least expect to. (02/23/2000)

Prostitution wreaks havoc in Bangladesh park By J.A. Getzlaff
Local newspaper frowns on "floating prostitutes." (02/23/2000)

Junker By Rachel Louise Snyder
Our rental car wheezed through Cuba at the millennium. A new century on the horizon, Fidel's nation gathered up its last one right beneath our wheels. (02/23/2000)

Airheads By Joyce Millman
Beneath all the retro stereotypes and bogus "you go, girl!" feminism, Oxygen's core message to American women is: Keep shopping! (02/22/2000)

Sharps & Flats By John Perry
"BBC Sessions" captures the tension and drive of the Who's unlikely marriage of pop smarts and rock violence. (02/22/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Special all-Beatles edition! (02/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000 (02/22/2000)

Hissy fit now By Laura Denham
Francis Ford Coppola's online writers workshop is part literary utopia, part hair-raising free-for-all. (02/22/2000)

"Circumcision" by David L. Gollaher By Greg Villepique
A physician argues the case against lopping it off. (02/22/2000)

The man of my dreams By Garrison Keillor
Emboldened by his declaration of love, I asked him about "the future." I wasn't banking on his honest answer. (02/22/2000)

Carol Lay Carol Lay
Carol Lay (02/22/2000)

Why does porn have to be so dumb? By Virginia Vitzthum
Porn and mainstream media abandon plot for "gonzo" reality. (02/22/2000)

The elephant in the room By Michael Massing
Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. (02/22/2000)

Moonies rally against "free sex" By Hank Hyena
Waving signs declaring, "One man, one wife," students take to the streets of Seoul to promote chastity. (02/22/2000)

Brother knows best By Amy Benfer
Dave Eggers talks, with some reluctance, about the staggering work of being a genius parent. (02/22/2000)

Laughing gas By Sean Elder
Modern Humorist wants to win our hearts by mocking the very things we hold dear. (02/22/2000)

War in Yugoslavia no byline
The Balkans crisis through Salon's lens. (02/22/2000)

Follow the money By David Horowitz
The pundits have it all wrong: Bush isn't the "big money" candidate, but just another grass-roots reformer like McCain. (02/22/2000)

A California lawsuit makes Paris tremble By Mark Hunter
Did the toughest corporate raider in France play the stooge for a bank gone wrong? (02/22/2000)

Iran votes for change By Flore de Preneuf
Undaunted by jail, dissident journalists have fueled the nation's hunger for reform. (02/22/2000)

Cher By Cintra Wilson
Locked forever in Teflon celebrity, the woman with the world's most beautiful armpits always gets the last laugh ... or so she says. (02/22/2000)

Annette Bening: Once you start having on-screen sex, it isn't embarrassing anymore By Amy Reiter
The "American Beauty" star should share her on-screen sex tips with "The Sopranos'" Alicia Witt. (02/22/2000)

Detroit News: McCain wins
(02/22/2000)

Playtime with Dubya By Anthony York
Between campaign stops, George W. Bush offers reporters a lesson on the laws of gravity. (02/22/2000)

What do Bush, branding and secret societies have in common? By Max Garrone
Skull and Bones tries to keep things quiet, Michigan is too close to call and the Democrats debate in Harlem. (02/22/2000)

Black like us By Jesse Drucker
In marked contrast to the GOP candidates, with their Bob Jones/Confederate flag issues, Gore and Bradley show how to pander to minorities. (02/22/2000)

Bush's missed opportunity By Robert A. George
He won in South Carolina, but he could have won a lot more if he'd been willing to stand up to the bigots at Bob Jones University. (02/22/2000)

Michigan's Death Star By Anthony York
Gov. John Engler and George W. Bush have mobilized their imperial forces in the Wolverine State. Can rebel John McCain fight his way through? (02/22/2000)

Mud-slinging with a spin By Jake Tapper
Bush: McCain is intolerant for saying I'm too tolerant of the intolerant. Understand? (02/22/2000)

It's about relationships By Mark Compton
Do women have a natural edge in tech-support innovation? That's the word from Support.com CEO Radha Basu. (02/22/2000)

DeCSS decoy By Damien Cave
A free-software fanatic unleashes a "useless" program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code. (02/22/2000)

The Great Firewall of China By J.A. Getzlaff
China installs speed bumps on the information superhighway. (02/22/2000)

Skepticism and salvation in Cyprus By Rolf Potts
An unorthodox tour of the second and final tomb of Lazarus puts a strange twist into our correspondent's Larnaca layover. (02/22/2000)

A very foreign life By Pico Iyer
In Nara, Japan, a universe of connections and contradictions unfolds daily. (02/22/2000)

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Tom Tomorrow (02/21/2000)

McCain's morning after By Anthony York
Nursing a bad South Carolina hangover, McCain's campaign goes on the offensive in Michigan. (02/21/2000)

The empire strikes back By Sean Elder
As the boys on the bus wept in John McCain's lap Saturday, George W. Bush used an old-fashioned media strategy to secure his South Carolina victory. (02/20/2000)

The uncivil war moves north By Jake Tapper
The power of the religious right may have decked McCain in South Carolina, but in Michigan he will battle Bush on more promising terrain. (02/20/2000)

On to Michigan By Anthony York
Can McCain make Bush pay for his rightward shift in South Carolina? (02/20/2000)

The South rises By Kerry Lauerman
It may have been ugly, but it was a big victory Saturday night in South Carolina for the governor from Texas. (02/20/2000)

Brit's-eye view By Cathy Young
The specter of American gender extremism is making ripples across the Atlantic. (02/19/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Readers clash over McCain's use of "gook" Plus: Splitting up siblings heartbreakingly common; the thrill of playing God with a Sim family. (02/19/2000)

Liberti, Egaliti, 36C By Debra Ollivier
Why was a pneumatic Victoria's Secret model chosen as the embodiment of the French Republic? (02/19/2000)

A bod for sin By Jennifer Kornreich
Jacqueline Tellalian has spent her life in a wheelchair. And she still doesn't understand why men see it as a mechanical monster that threatens their manliness. (02/19/2000)

Buffy, butts, Binoche and brides By Amy Reiter
Has Sarah Michelle Gellar become a vamp naysayer? Billy bails! Can Ally McDeal? Gwyneth wants Juliette Binoche in the worst way; Extra! Extra! Put the seat down! Senate reporters forced to use coed loo. Plus: A chat with the shrink to TV's recently married moneybags. (02/19/2000)

Elephants of a different color By Alicia Montgomery
They may not be numerous yet, but black Republicans feel they've got something to shout about -- sort of. (02/19/2000)

South Carolina poll scandal By Jake Tapper
The GOP shut out voters in important black voting precincts Saturday. Was it a conspiracy against John McCain or just incompetence? (02/19/2000)

Cosmic interrupt By Thomas Scoville
The stars are signaling a "stop and listen" message -- but you'll need your horoscope for proper decoding tips. (02/19/2000)

The alien home By Pico Iyer
A globe-wandering writer discovers that home is the most foreign place of all. (02/19/2000)

"Boiler Room" By Stephanie Zacharek
Giovanni Ribisi tops a dynamite cast in writer-director Ben Younger's crisply told tale of young Wall Street bottom feeders on the make. (02/18/2000)

"The Whole Nine Yards" By Andrew O'Hehir
Attention airline passengers: Don't even bother staying awake for this Bruce Willis gangster farce. (02/18/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Jon Caramanica
Tina Turner moves into house; Wynonna dives under the covers. (02/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Presidents Day weekend, Feb. 18-21, 2000. (02/18/2000)

"Pitch Black" By Andrew O'Hehir
Something wicked this way comes in David Twohy's stylish space-crash survival tale (02/18/2000)

"City of God" by E.L. Doctorow By Julia Gracen
Let there be enlightenment: harrowing stories of war and vengeance interleaved with a strange tale that starts with a stolen crucifix. (02/18/2000)

Spy vs. spy By Polly Shulman
Sadism and palace intrigue flavor the deliciously paranoid vision of Iain Banks. (02/18/2000)

The New Yorker -- the home game By Charles Taylor
Do you have what it takes to be us? (02/18/2000)

Spiritual intelligence By David Bowman
An interview with Danah Zohar and Dr. Ian Marshall, authors of "SQ: Connecting With Our Spiritual Intelligence." (02/18/2000)

Buff cut By Hank Hyena
Hairstylists at a Moscow salon shampoo and trim in nothing but their high heels. (02/18/2000)

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For richer and richer: There's no holiness in this matrimony Plus: Not all religions are sexually repressive; Asian eyelids are beautiful without surgery (02/18/2000)

Breaking the silence By Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
It is time to tell the secrets and share the pain of Japanese internment. (02/18/2000)

"An avalanche is coming!" By Vivienne Walt
As Iranians surge to the polls, a new generation of liberal reformers is expected to be swept into office. But it's not yet time to declare the mullahs powerless. (02/18/2000)

Can the GOP change its colors? By Stanley Crouch
Right-wing pandering on abortion and the Confederate flag won't help. (02/18/2000)

Aerial ambulance chasing By Phaedra Hise
A lawsuit claims the Alaska Air pilots should have landed instead of trying to figure out what was wrong -- but the doomed men did the right thing. (02/18/2000)

"Good Friday is dead" By Margaret Spillane and Bruce Shapiro
Britain is to blame for greatest crisis in Northern Ireland since the cease-fire began. (02/18/2000)

Iran's revolution may be in jeopardy By Vivienne Walt
Will the overwhelming number of young voters tip the scales in the elections? Or will their apathy prove a greater threat to reformers than the mullahs? (02/18/2000)

Iran's chess war By Flore de Preneuf
The intellectual pastime is the latest symbol in the struggle between the country's democratic reformers and Islamic clerics. (02/18/2000)

Ribisi rising By Jessica Hundley
Giovanni Ribisi's risumi read like that of every up-and-comer-to-watch this side of John Travolta. Then he attracted the notice of the best directing talents in the business. (02/18/2000)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins By Whitman McGowan
The high priest of voodoo jive put a spell on us with his fiery brand of psychotic rock 'n' roll. (02/18/2000)

Analyze this multimillionaire By Amy Reiter
A chat with the shrink to TV's recently married moneybags; gay guys want to bed Madonna, Everett says; Renie Zellweger tattoos her caboose with whose name? Plus: Aaron Spelling is mad as hell! (02/18/2000)

Straight talk, no smiles By Jake Tapper
There's a sense of gloom in the McCain camp in the face of Bush's relentless attack strategy in South Carolina. (02/18/2000)

Crunch time on the Straight Talk Express By Jake Tapper
Running dead even in the South Carolina polls, McCain tries to stay positive as Bush goes into attack mode. (02/18/2000)

Bush's magic theory of politics By Max Garrone
The South Carolina contest goes down to the wire, Bush unveils his magic-wand theory of public policy and Bradley wonders whatever happened to his race. (02/18/2000)

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Lonesome Internet blues, take 2 By Scott Rosenberg
Another day, another dubious study finds that the Net makes you lonely -- and the press goes nuts. (02/18/2000)

A "Peanuts" virtual quilt By David Cassel
Net cartoonists pay tribute to Charles Schulz, stitching together drawings celebrating Charlie Brown and the gang. (02/18/2000)

Saltwater croc chomps Aussie youngster By J.A. Getzlaff
The girl escapes, but the father wants retribution. (02/18/2000)

Ecstasy in Borneo By Chris Taylor
Chinese exotic dancers offered me drugs and sex in Indonesian Borneo. Never underestimate a Lion's Club connection. (02/18/2000)

Dumpling-free Hong Kong By Jamie James
Hong Kong is changing. On a four-day tour of the city's culinary highlights, you can avoid the dumpling, but not the theme restaurant. (02/18/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
Cure fans know the band was at its best making shiny, happy pop. So why have the cartoon necrophiliacs gone back to wallowing in muddy gunk? (02/17/2000)

Our township By Michael Sragow
Writer-director Eric Mendelsohn talks about Thornton Wilder, Edie Falco, Madeline Kahn and the low-budget triumph of "Judy Berlin." (02/17/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000 (02/17/2000)

Turning out the lights on the old New Yorker By Gavin McNett
Was it Utopia? Camelot? Paradise? Or does the possibility exist that, as fine as it once was, it was still just a magazine? (02/17/2000)

"Fasting, Feasting" by Anita Desai By Sylvia Brownrigg
Unhappy Indian families are unhappy in their own way, too, the author demonstrates in this Booker Prize finalist. (02/17/2000)

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Mixed meds By Dawn MacKeen
Think twice before mixing your herbs and your prescription medicine. (02/17/2000)

The rise and fall of erotica By Hank Hyena
Steamy soft-core cinema is phenomenally popular in Indonesia, but the government is slowing down production. (02/17/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Flirt at your own risk. Plus: Good Grief! "Peanuts" deserves some respect! Should Sherman Alexie speak for Native Americans? (02/17/2000)

He loves me, he loves me not By Eleanor Stacy Parker
Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love. (02/17/2000)

Love strands By Susan Straight
My daughters are part me and part their father. The evidence is in their springy, curly, ready-to-dread hair. (02/17/2000)

It ain't gospel By Dave Shiflett
The decision by the country's most prestigious religious publisher to produce John and Patsy Ramsey's book is an insult to people of faith. (02/17/2000)

Confessions of a former self-hating white person By Joan Walsh
It took a broken heart to teach me that guilty white liberals aren't the solution to America's racial strife, but part of the problem. (02/17/2000)

"Sex" and Synanon onstage By Cintra Wilson
The Draconian sexual mores of Mae West's era and the curious past of former cult kid Deborah Swisher turn up the heat in New York theater. (02/17/2000)

Courtesy flush, please! By Amy Reiter
Extra! Extra! Put the seat down! Senate reporters forced to use coed loo; "American Pie" man Don McLean gets goopy over Madonna. Plus: The descent of man continues -- Carlos Santana announces his own clothing line. (02/17/2000)

Only the lonely By David Corn
We might have been able to predict that Bill Bradley's campaign would ultimately self-destruct if only we'd known that his favorite novel is "Victory" by Joseph Conrad. (02/17/2000)

The good wife By Jesse Drucker
Interviewed before a friendly Upper East Side crowd, candidate Clinton plays softball with Charlie Rose. (02/17/2000)

Everyone loves McCain By Max Garrone
John McCain revels in a broad coalition's support while Arizona papers nibble at his heels. Bush is blowing through his campaign wad and the president talks about Al and Hillary. (02/17/2000)

Straight talk By Jake Tapper
Former POW McCain stands by his use of an epithet to describe his former captors. (02/17/2000)

The world according to Will By Daniel Sieberg
How do Sims die? How do they fight or fall in love? An interview with game creator Will Wright reveals the game's guiding philosophies. (02/17/2000)

Sims in the hands of an angry God By Janelle Brown
Why are we so eager to torture the beings we've created? The latest game from Maxis opens a window into the psyche. (02/17/2000)

Next generation iCraveTV? By Damien Cave
Canadian comedians post iCraveiCraveTV to re-re-broadcast the TV shows iCraveTV intercepts and streams online. (02/17/2000)

A short guide to Curagao By Burt Wolf
Our roving connoisseur explores the Caribbean island's history and highlights. (02/17/2000)

Daredevil jumps from Pisa's Leaning Tower By J.A. Getzlaff
Italian police are still looking for the suspect. (02/17/2000)

Homeward bound By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert offers advice for immigrants heading home, tips for finding lodging in Guatemala and discouragement on the Madrid-Bilbao drive. (02/17/2000)

Honest Abe and Earnest Al By Sarah Vowell
Reciting Lincoln's words, Gore -- the geek candidate who cares about climate change in 10th century Mexico -- confronts America's most famous presidential ghost. (02/16/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2000 (02/16/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Nashville's Lambchop mixes Salvation Army band arrangements with '50s Stax R&B and country torch and twang. (02/16/2000)

"Beauty" pageant By Andrew O'Hehir
Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed. (02/16/2000)

It's how they take you anywhere By Beth Kephart
A Rudyard Kipling story is all I need to transport an after-school classroom of rowdy 9-year-olds. (02/16/2000)

"Black Girl in Paris" by Shay Youngblood By Gaiutra Bahadur
A breathless novel traces the footsteps of Langston Hughes and James Baldwin, but sidles around the topic of race. (02/16/2000)

Working-class zero By Beth Macy
President Clinton's College Opportunity Tax Cut plan offers tuition breaks -- but only to families who can already afford college. (02/16/2000)

Readers' choice at the New Yorker By Laura Miller
A Valentine's-themed bash honors the magazine's book-award winners, chosen by its readers -- well, sort of. (02/16/2000)

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Monkey business By Hank Hyena
Men of the cloth are under a cloud of scandal in Japan and Cambodia. (02/16/2000)

Asian eyes By Christina Valhouli
Some turn to glue or surgery for a new "look." (02/16/2000)

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Is onscreen love colorblind? Plus: An unintended message on George W.'s Web site; dog breeding is un-American! (02/16/2000)

Torn to pieces By Nell Bernstein
Brothers and sisters in foster care, rarely adopted together, are routinely split and scattered, never to see each other again. (02/16/2000)

It's the candidate, stupid By Sean Elder
Don't blame reporters for putting McCain on the map. Like the senator, they are listening to the people. (02/16/2000)

"The stakes are a bit higher for us" By Daryl Lindsey
The NAACP's Washington bureau chief takes the Census Bureau to task for its new multiracial categories. (02/16/2000)

The right stuff for the Red Planet By William Speed Weed
At 35, Dava Newman's an MIT engineer with a lab that would put James Bond's "Q" to shame and a passion for sending people to Mars. (02/16/2000)

Say uncle By Stephen Lemons
The man who claimed to be Steven Spielberg's nephew had other fond wishes -- to be a transvestite porn star was one of them. (02/16/2000)

The passionate Ms. Paltrow By Amy Reiter
Gwyneth wants Juliette Binoche in the worst way; Pogue punkster says he'll sue Siniad for dropping the dime on his jones; Munchkin huffers, get the hook. Plus: No! No! Say it ain't so! Kiss about to kiss off forevah! (02/16/2000)

Who wants to marry a multimillionaire? By Carina Chocano
A whole buncha losers, that's who. Married's just another word for nothing left to lose. (02/16/2000)

McCain's endorsement surge By Max Garrone
Bauer and California Secretary of State Bill Jones join McCain as Keyes steals the show in the bickering posturing at the lone South Carolina debate. (02/16/2000)

Here's mud in your eye By Jake Tapper
The South Carolina primary contest has gotten real ugly real quick -- and fingers are wagging at Bush. (02/16/2000)

Bush bobs, McCain weaves By Jake Tapper
The two favorites fillabluster as Keyes steals the show. (02/16/2000)

Dot-com addiction By Damien Cave
The resolution of a few domain-name disputes offers some breathing room in the crowded Net name arena. But is it enough? (02/16/2000)

Platform shoes get the boot in Osaka By J.A. Getzlaff
Police say the precipitous platforms are dangerous. (02/16/2000)

Key to the city By Lucy McCauley
The door to Rilke's room in Spain was locked, but it turned out there are other doors to the culture. (02/16/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
For all its pretentions, William Orbit's "Pieces in a Modern Style" makes for seductive secret listening. (02/15/2000)

Welcome to the Machine By Carlene Bauer
The women behind "The Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records" take up a new battle to save the indies. (02/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000 (02/15/2000)

The way we clean now By Laura Morgan Green
Is "Home Comforts," the new bestseller on housecleaning, an essential reference work or a scary sign of anti-feminist backlash? (02/15/2000)

Can men and women truly be friends? By Garrison Keillor
My therapist thinks my male pal dumped me because he has the hots for me. Do I need to worry about my other guy pals now? (02/15/2000)

"Nobrow" by John Seabrook and "No Logo" by Naomi Klein By Austin Bunn
A self-revealing reflection on the sick fixations of the media elite stalls out. Is a guerrilla war enough to wake them up? (02/15/2000)

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Strangers in the night By Christine Schoefer
Europeans have such a flair for flirting that it must be transmitted via breast milk. Why don't Americans get it? (02/15/2000)

The sex-switching saga of "Bruce-to-Brenda" By Hank Hyena
A failed attempt to "reassign" the gender of a Canadian boy after a clumsy circumcision has become a focal point in the debate over gender identity. (02/15/2000)

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A good nanny is hard to find -- so is a good employer. Plus: Lonely Planet writer defends guidebooks from author of "The Beach"; should celebrities' writings remain private? (02/15/2000)

War of the dust-busters By Pamela Gordon
Cheryl Mendelson may have written "Home Comforts," but my grandmothers could out-scrub her any day. (02/15/2000)

Beware of "women's culture" By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Francine Prose issues a stern warning in the New York Times about market-driven pablum for women -- who are as silly, powerless and narcissistic as a gender can get. (02/15/2000)

Do the multiracial count? By Gregory Rodriguez
This year the Census Bureau will finally let mixed-race Americans tell the truth about their backgrounds. So why are civil rights groups upset? (02/15/2000)

Why is McCain backing off? By Joe Conason
The puzzling decision to let Bush off the hook about crony-style campaign fund-raising could sink the Arizona senator's insurgency. (02/15/2000)

More Columbine carnage By Dave Cullen
Drugs are suspected in the latest round of killings in Littleton -- this time at a sandwich shop. (02/15/2000)

Edward Gorey By Amy Benfer
No one sheds light on darkness from quite the same perspective as this Cape Cod specialist in morbid, fine-lined jocularity. (02/15/2000)

Bye-bye, Billy By Amy Reiter
Billy bails! Can Ally McDeal? Plus: Ben Affleck learns a lesson in self-respect; Rex Reed finds out what those dressing room signs are all about; and laaaaa-ady! Jerry Lewis wants you off that stage! (02/15/2000)

Gore's hay day By R.U. Sirius
The leader of the classic hippie-haven the Farm is running for president just like his old friend Al Gore -- whom he's not so happy with these days. (02/15/2000)

Bush: I am McCain By Max Garrone
Bush and McCain rally over negative ads, New York Post columnists weigh in on the campaign and Bush veers to the right. (02/15/2000)

McCain's ancestors owned slaves By Suzi Parker and Jake Tapper
The senator's family history includes a Civil War era plantation in Mississippi. (02/15/2000)

"Sex and Rockets" By John Geirland
When JPL co-founder and occultist Jack Parsons wasn't busy building rockets, he was chatting up the "whore of Babylon." (02/15/2000)

Tests, drugs and swollen bladders By Elliott Neal Hester
Random drug tests for flight attendants mean saving a bladder full of urine. Fair enough, but the tests aren't always right. (02/15/2000)

Hong Kong's rent-a-hawker syndicate busted By J.A. Getzlaff
Illegal street vendors and corrupt officials were in cahoots. (02/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 14, 2000 (02/14/2000)

Black and white and taboo all over By Charles Taylor
Hollywood is more phobic than ever about interracial love, but now it's blacks who are putting on the brakes. (02/14/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joseph Patel
Infused with pop culture and heady literary theory, Paul Barman's Ivy League rhymes crackle with clever jokes and silly wit. (02/14/2000)

"The Ex-Files: New Stories About Old Flames" By Virginia Heffernan
Twenty-eight writers try to figure out what we want from our ex-lovers. (02/14/2000)

Suspicious minds By Annie Murphy Paul
In his new book, "The Dangerous Passion," psychologist David Buss proposes that jealousy is an evolutionary necessity. (02/14/2000)

Bit parts By David Gates
The author of "Wonders of the Invisible World" picks five great literary walk-ons. (02/14/2000)

Sherman Alexie's cultural imperialism By Jonathan Miles
The Native American novelist thinks Ian Frazier had no business writing "On the Rez." He may have some trespasses of his own to answer for. (02/14/2000)

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Lethal injections R us! (02/14/2000)

Kissing therapy By Jon Bowen
Smooching with a loved one may be good for your health. (02/14/2000)

How do fools fall in love? By Hank Hyena
Give a Dane a Valentine and wait for an Easter egg -- Valentine's Day traditions from around the globe. (02/14/2000)

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How much blame can the '60s take? Plus: Scantily clad women have replaced Joe Camel; Japanese girls shouldn't encourage panty freaks. (02/14/2000)

Dear Jon; Love, Jon By Jonathan Poletti
In which a young Romeo pens verses of true love -- to himself. (02/14/2000)

Subway love By Jori Finkel
Gone is the stench of urine. Into its void rushes a whiff of pheromones. (02/14/2000)

The medium in the message By Sean Elder
If you surf the Web sites of this year's presidential candidates, it's not hard to figure out who has the buzz -- and who's still asleep in the server room. But will it matter come November? (02/14/2000)

Why the Columbine report is delayed By Dave Cullen
Still fielding attacks over leaked video footage and grim timing, the sheriff's department is waiting for the right moment to release the full details of the high school massacre. (02/14/2000)

All mixed up
Salon presents a special report on multiracial America. (02/14/2000)

In the Buffy By Amy Reiter
Has Sarah Michelle Gellar become a vamp naysayer? Would a flying rock by any other name smell like perfume? In a world full of uncertainty, one thing's for sure ... three hours of Roberto Benigni at the Oscars are three hours too many. (02/14/2000)

Mutts: Praising the purity of the impure By Jean Hanff Korelitz
The true champions are nowhere to be found at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (02/14/2000)

Mr. and Mrs. Perfect Couple By Denise Dowling
Wanted: A down-to-earth twosome who will promote the values of marriage and aren't afraid of a little friendly competition. (02/14/2000)

Bush, McCain dead even By Kerry Lauerman
Trump quits, more reasons not to love John McCain and Keyes has one strange Valentines Day (02/14/2000)

Al Gore: Born to run By Alexandra Starr
A child of Washington is within arm's reach of the Democratic presidential nomination. (02/14/2000)

The godfather from Dallas ends the party By Micah L. Sifry
By throwing Jesse Ventura's followers out of the Reform Party, Ross Perot's faction destroyed its chances of affecting this year's elections. (02/14/2000)

Studio technician By Damien Cave
MPAA president Jack Valenti has never downloaded an MP3, but he could have a huge impact on the future of online entertainment. (02/14/2000)

How much for that doggie in the dot-com ad? By Lydia Lee
Pets.com auctions off its mascot, a singing sock puppet-pooch, raising some serious cash for charity. (02/14/2000)

Surrealist sculpture stolen in Mexico City By J.A. Getzlaff
Thieves dump it days later. (02/14/2000)

Cartoonist Charles Schulz dies at 77 By Mary Ann Lickteig
"Peanuts" made its debut in 1950 and eventually ran in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. (02/13/2000)

Placebo love By Jonathon Keats
Valentine's Day is as romantic as a trip to the pharmacy. (02/12/2000)

The rise and fall of Mexico's Madonna By Scarlet Pruitt
Pop goddess Gloria Trevi captivated a nation and became an icon of female sexuality and power -- until allegations of her involvement in a lurid child-sex scandal. (02/12/2000)

The $126 million man By Joe Gioia
What did it take for Kevin Garnett to become the young darling of the NBA? Arms and legs that go on for days and standards that are very, very high. (02/12/2000)

No Pussy Posse says DiCaprio By Amy Reiter
Is he or isn't he? Mr. Clean tells all; Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be celebrity parents; Leo sez: Don't believe everything you read; Let's See Action! Who fans boo Cindy Margolis. Plus: Aaron Spelling shares special moments with starlets! (02/12/2000)

The case against John McCain By Joan Walsh
Mr. Maverick seduced me too, but deep down, I know he's still a right-winger. (02/12/2000)

Divorce, Reform-style By Micah L. Sifry
As he walks away from the Reform Party, Jesse Ventura not only undermines its likely nominee, Pat Buchanan, but fuels rumors of more surprise moves to come. (02/12/2000)

He's no Teddy Roosevelt, but he's not Gary Bauer either By Daryl Lindsey
On the environment and gay rights, John McCain is a mainstream Republican. (02/12/2000)

21st Challenge No. 30 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Cloudy crystal-balling: When techno-predictions go awry. (02/12/2000)

Snakes and rapids and paradise, Oh my! By Bill Belleville
Seeking refuge in Guyana's Cashew Rains, I went to the brink, bushmaster snakes notwithstanding. (02/12/2000)

"The Beach" By Stephanie Zacharek
No phone, no lights, no motorcar -- not a single luxury! Leonardo DiCaprio and the "Trainspotting" creators can't rescue Alex Garland's trouble-in-paradise bestseller from trite moralizing. (02/11/2000)

"Not One Less" By Andrew O'Hehir
Zhang Yimou's modest Chinese fable uses elegant realism to examine the underside of childhood in the Information Age. (02/11/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Never before released on CD, "Country Favorites -- Willie Nelson Style" introduces the quirky singer before he became the Red Headed Stranger. (02/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 11-13, 2000 (02/11/2000)

Pundits of pain By Andreas Killen
In the wake of Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, academics turn trauma studies into a hot discipline. (02/11/2000)

"Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln" by Richard Slotkin By Laura Miller
A splendid piece of mythmaking views the young hero's coming of age through the lens of Huckleberry Finn. (02/11/2000)

New world orders By Melanie Rehak
Two new poetry collections, one that toys with the ghosts of the 20th century and one steeped in the pleasures of the here and now. (02/11/2000)

Kate Millett finds a new house By Craig Offman
After five years in the wilderness, "Sexual Politics" returns to print. (02/11/2000)

You don't even need to light up! By Mary Roach
Smoking rooms at airports are pretty ugly, but soon they'll be attractive and filled with food. (02/11/2000)

Like a precious gem By Lesley Stern
Watching David Bowie pretend to smoke is a sensual experience. (02/11/2000)

Busted By Hank Hyena
Rosemeri da Costa emerges as Brazil's bare-breasted folk hero after spending eight hours in jail for slipping off her top. (02/11/2000)

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Extra time on the SAT? You're not only cheating yourself Plus: A minivan is not a sexy accessory, but you can't transport the kids in a pair of motorcycle boots; death penalty foe hurts his own cause (02/11/2000)

United nations of nannies By Cecelie S. Berry
I wanted to be Lady Liberty, but my nannies from foreign lands never became part of the family. (02/11/2000)

Opportunity clicks By Daryl Lindsey
Why President Clinton's plan to wire the poor is a good start. (02/11/2000)

Snubdance: The musical By David Goodman
The story is just like any other, except it's very cold. And people eat each other. (02/11/2000)

Hell, 90210 By Amy Reiter
Aaron Spelling shares special moments with starlets; is Kevin Costner Catherine Zeta-Jonesing or just following her around? And Neve vs. Jamie Lee ... she who screams last? (02/11/2000)

George W. hears footsteps By Anthony York
McCain makes Bush backers in New York nervous, while Bradley goes to the bench hoping for some last-minute heroics. (02/11/2000)

Friendly fire By Jake Tapper
Veterans get dragged into the war between GOP candidates John McCain and George W. Bush. (02/11/2000)

Primary color By Jack Hitt
A lawsuit accuses the South Carolina GOP of excluding blacks from the vote. (02/11/2000)

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The agents of Silicon Valley By Janelle Brown
The new executive recruiters don't just find talent for a hefty fee -- they're players, making or breaking careers and companies. (02/11/2000)

Salon on "The Beach"
Our coverage and criticism of Alex Garland's bestselling 1997 novel and its 2000 movie adaptation. (02/11/2000)

Live from the trans-global Beach Nation By Rolf Potts
Leo's new movie may be fiction, but its portrayal of a crowded travel world is based in fact. Our correspondent reports -- from the unlikeliest of places -- on just what is happening. (02/11/2000)

Beach nut By Sue Wheat
An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach." (02/11/2000)

Rio Carnival's 398-pound king put on a diet By J.A. Getzlaff
His doctor pleads with "King Momo" to lose weight. (02/11/2000)

Jude looks like a lady By Merideth Finn
In the new Hollywood, men look like women, women look androgynous and no one is having sex. (02/10/2000)

Window washers By Michael Sragow
Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz bring the reds, whites, blacks and blues back into Hitchcock's nimble masterpiece about the burden of perception. (02/10/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Geoff Edgers
Herbie Hancock's "Future Shock" annoyed the critics and offended the purists in 1983, but the new reissue just sounds like a Bill Laswell record that spawned an unfortunate series of fusion projects. (02/10/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000 (02/10/2000)

$125 for my thoughts? By Diana Abu-Jaber
I never expected anyone to save all my letters -- but I really didn't think they'd sell them. (02/10/2000)

"Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator" by Arthur Herman By Dante Ramos
A revisionist biography argues that the red-hunting senator got a bum rap. (02/10/2000)

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The truth about vaginas By Hank Hyena
After playing God in the film "Dogma," rock's goddess of angst will star in an off-Broadway play about female genitalia. (02/10/2000)

Marlboro Man lives By Alex Salkever
Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth. (02/10/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Smoking or nonsmoking? Readers take sides. Plus: Learning from Austria's past; celibacy as a reaction to feminism. (02/10/2000)

Pet a lamb, go to prison By Monica Finch
Law and order in Ann Arbor is tougher than you think. (02/10/2000)

No more Ms.-takes By Karyn Hunt
By doing away with the arcane convention of courtesy titles for women, the Associated Press has finally joined the 20th, er, 21st century. (02/10/2000)

A "boneheaded" bombing By Laura Rozen
A former Army intelligence officer claims he knows what the CIA meant to hit when it hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. (02/10/2000)

What went wrong? By Max J. Castro
The Florida governor's kindler, gentler affirmative action reform draws a firestorm of protest from the very people it aims to help. (02/10/2000)

Payoffs, fear and bloody conflict By Laura Rozen
With his usual bag of dirty tricks, Slobodan Milosevic looks to be preparing Serbia to reelect him. (02/10/2000)

Hardly workin' By Steve Kurutz
Nothing says unemployable like being unemployed in a boom economy. (02/10/2000)

We won't get boobed again! By Amy Reiter
Let's See Action! Who fans boo Cindy Margolis; Gwyneth banishes statuette; and -- horrors! -- the man behind the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync forms another Frankenband! (02/10/2000)

Actor Jim "Ernest" Varney dies at 50
(02/10/2000)

Bush's good ol' money boys By Robert Bryce
A Texas group hammers George W. for his close ties to lobbyists. (02/10/2000)

Keyes like me By Terence Samuel
It's tough when everybody mistakes you for a presidential contender, that is, until you start getting used to it. (02/10/2000)

The roar of the dowager By Alicia Montgomery
While the rest of the country gets a look at the new George, Barbara Bush plays to her same old crowd. (02/10/2000)

Ventura out of Reform Party Max Garrone
Jesse Ventura is leaving the Reform Party Friday. Are Bush supporters shifting their support to the hot new thing? Plus, Democrats are switching parties in droves and it's a mad scramble for Forbes supporters. (02/10/2000)

McCain's California caravan By Anthony York
Several California elected officials prepare to endorse the Arizona senator. (02/10/2000)

How Dubyah got his groove back By Jake Tapper
Meet the rough and tumble George W. Bush. Is this how GOP nominations are won? (02/10/2000)

Checkout time By Alicia Montgomery
Maybe somebody should have told Steve Forbes $60 million ago that money can't buy you love. (02/10/2000)

Free the night life! By Andrew Leonard
Former Netscape programmer Jamie Zawinski has spent his life making software free. Now he wants to liberate San Francisco's fading club scene. (02/10/2000)

Mozilla dreams By Andrew Leonard
Can the open-source browser redeem Netscape's name and give Microsoft a run for its money? (02/10/2000)

The Net scare By Scott Rosenberg
The Web will survive this week's spate of site attacks. Can it get past the hysteria? (02/10/2000)

The Web whodunit By Salon Technology Staff
No one knows who's behind the wave of attacks on big sites -- but everyone's got a theory. (02/10/2000)

Flying Turkey By Donald D. Groff
For about $100, you can skip the buses and zip across Turkey by air. Plus advice on a Fiji marriage and not missing those international flights. (02/10/2000)

Czech man posts subterranean Valentine By J.A. Getzlaff
A mystery Valentine kept riders of Prague's subway guessing last month when an anonymous man took out ad space in 105 subway cars in hopes of recovering his lost love. (02/10/2000)

Extra-large, eat your heart out By Richard Goodman
Sanary-sur-Mer hosts the world's largest bouillabaisse. And lives to tell. (02/10/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Jon Caramanica
New Jack Swingers Guy killed old-school R&B. On "III," the trio gets what's coming. (02/09/2000)

"The Bitch Is Back" By Jeff Stark
Exclusive: Secret production notes for "Blair Witch Project" sequel revealed. (02/09/2000)

People have the power By Seth Mnookin
Patti Smith, David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Philip Glass and others throw a New Year's benefit party for Tibet. (02/09/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 (02/09/2000)

Himmelfarb vs. the '60s By Charles Taylor
There's no room for real life in Gertie's America. (02/09/2000)

Buying time By Michael Scott Moore
Disability becomes fashionable among the prep-school set when it equals extra time on the SAT. (02/09/2000)

"Gertrude and Claudius" by John Updike By John Freeman
In his 19th novel, Updike spins a tale of feverish and furtive sex and death in a masterly prequel to "Hamlet." (02/09/2000)

Oprah pick sends publisher scrambling By Craig Offman
But with "Gap Creek" on the bestseller list, nobody's complaining. (02/09/2000)

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The Gitane affair By Debra Ollivier
Forget McDonald's and Coca-Cola; the French see American-style anti-tobacco lawsuits as one of the greatest threats to French culture. (02/09/2000)

Albanian gangsters kidnapping women and girls to service troops By Hank Hyena
Kosovo has not been part of the Eastern European sex trade that has flourished since the collapse of communism, but the lure of a 45,000-strong army has made it a new business. (02/09/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
The mixed blessing of adoption; Plus: Readers shocked to find themselves agreeing with David Horowitz; Christopher Buckley "sincerely disgusted." (02/09/2000)

Oxymorvan By Laurie Wagner
My husband wants me to be a mother in a minivan. I want to be a hot mama in motorcycle boots. (02/09/2000)

Pity the poor immigrant By Sean Elder
The cast of characters in the Diallo trial -- from Rudy's NYPD to the Rev. Al Sharpton -- is priceless, so why does TV drag in Bernhard Goetz? (02/09/2000)

Turkey at the crossroads By Laurie Udesky
The government seeks to turn around its abysmal human-rights record and gain European Union membership. (02/09/2000)

The 7 vices of highly creative people By D.A. Blyler
If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it. (02/09/2000)

Little frankfurter lost By Amy Reiter
Leo sez: Don't believe everything you read ... even if it's true. Plus: It's a sad day under the big top; and Winslet won't play Bridget, v. bad! (02/09/2000)

Show me the money shot By William Speed Weed
Which candidates give good face -- and which ones don't. (02/09/2000)

I set up President Clinton By William Speed Weed
Confessions of an advance man. (02/09/2000)

Forbes bows out By Max Garrone
Publisher stops the press after finishing third in Delaware, Buchanan ruminates on fascism (02/09/2000)

Criminal code? By C. Scott Ananian
A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community. (02/09/2000)

You, too, can be a drug kingpin By Damien Cave
The Dope Wars drug-running game strikes a nerve among the "buy low, sell high" crowd. (02/09/2000)

MP3.com bites back By Janelle Brown
A lawsuit asks if the litigious Recording Industry Association of America is sabotaging MP3.com's business. (02/09/2000)

The queen and I By James Heer
Deep in a New Delhi forest, Doberman pinschers be damned, I begged to see the queen. (02/09/2000)

Swiss secrets By Burt Wolf
Our roving connoisseur uncovers the truth about the dragons of Mount Pilatus and the original Swiss Army knife. (02/09/2000)

Titanic II averted By J.A. Getzlaff
A cruise ship is freed from the Antarctic ice. (02/09/2000)

The other man on the moon By Connell Barrett
From Letterman sidekick to "Get a Life" to, um, Dogbert, Chris Elliott -- a true alt-comedy innovator who might be funnier than Andy Kaufman -- just can't get no respect. (02/08/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
"Clicks + Cuts" reconciles avant-electronic music with the politics of dancing. (02/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000 (02/08/2000)

Everyone's a critic -- even Bill Clinton By Stephanie Zacharek
The president joins Roger Ebert at the movies. (02/08/2000)

Bogus bride By Andrew Richard Albanese
The University of Arizona Press passed off "I Married Wyatt Earp" as a historical document. It's not. (02/08/2000)

"S.: A Novel About the Balkans" by Slavenka Drakulic By Brigitte Frase
A fierce novel brings home the horrors of the Bosnian war -- rape, torture and the sexual slavery of Muslim women. (02/08/2000)

Faithful for now By Garrison Keillor
Does my crush on another woman mean there's something wrong with my marriage? (02/08/2000)

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I am a smoker By Carina Chocano
I hate you, too. (02/08/2000)

Annie Sprinkle swims forward By Virginia Vitzthum
A sex icon takes stock in the aftermath of her devastating houseboat fire and finds satisfaction as a mermaid. (02/08/2000)

Camels and cowboys By Tate Gunnerson
I'll always be a smoker, even when I quit. (02/08/2000)

Burkina Faso women break their silence on forced vows By Hank Hyena
Gender equality is guaranteed under the 1991 constitution, but in practice, change has come slowly for the largely rural, illiterate populace. (02/08/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Why the French can have their cake and eat it too; Plus: Napster is good for consumers but bad for recording artists. (02/08/2000)

Meatballs of love By Toby Sonneman
The wooing of a kosher vegetarian. (02/08/2000)

Spicy meatballs By Toby Sonneman
Crispy, juicy instruments of seduction. (02/08/2000)

Executioner's swan song? By Michael Kroll
Public support is weakening, but the death penalty will be slow to die. (02/08/2000)

William Wegman By Kevin Conley
His wry, wildly popular photography owes a great debt to the gifted performance artists he works with. (02/08/2000)

The parent claptrap By Amy Reiter
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be celebrity parents ... Jade Jagger, Sara Karloff and Prince William feel the pain. (02/08/2000)

The abortion dilemma By Bruce Shapiro
George W. Bush has reinvented himself as a true conservative. But will pandering to the right on abortion make him unelectable in November? (02/08/2000)

The gloves are already off By Jake Tapper
A Vince Foster bumper sticker is just a sign of things to come in the New York Senate race. (02/08/2000)

Trump out of race? Max Garrone
McCain scores media valentines, Giuliani gets Freudian and which candidate was arrested 150 times? (02/08/2000)

The waiting game By Howard Wen
Will John Romero's Daikatana ever hit the shelves? When it does, will first-person shooter players still care? (02/08/2000)

The force of "G" By Janelle Brown
Filmmaker Rolf Gibbs smashed more than a few camcorders while making a film that replicates a 30,000-foot free-fall. (02/08/2000)

Thief gets caught in his own tracks By J.A. Getzlaff
Virginian robbed while shoveling snow. (02/08/2000)

Get lost By Michele Shapiro
All that "beaten path" stuff is true -- travel's better when you're lost. (02/08/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Mike Britten
On "Trio 99>00," Pat Metheny's stipped-down outfit rips and soars above off-the-metronome grooves. (02/07/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(02/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 7, 2000 (02/07/2000)

Nights of the living dead By Joyce Millman
"Homicide: The Movie" brings the canceled, classic cop show back for a final bow; "Mary and Rhoda": Do not resuscitate. (02/07/2000)

New bohemian classics By Ann Powers
The author of "Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America" picks five must-reads for a new generation. (02/07/2000)

The tedious life of a T.A. serf By James Nestor
I wanted to learn to teach, but found myself buying Chanukah presents for a tenured dinosaur's niece. (02/07/2000)

"Two Moons" by Thomas Mallon By Christopher Shea
A beautiful but heavy-handed new novel by the author of "Henry and Clara" evokes a post-Civil War Washington of scheming politicians and love-struck astronomers. (02/07/2000)

Lindbergh family bashes biographer By Craig Offman
They claim she told them she wasn't writing a biography; she claims she told them she was. (02/07/2000)

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Smoke 'em if you've got 'em? By David McGuire
No one has studied casual smokers, but their risk level might be lower than expected. (02/07/2000)

You'll never meet Mr. Right with your bed facing north By Hank Hyena
Can Chinese interior design turn a lonely bedroom into a lusty love nest? It worked for Karen. She moved her bed, painted the walls and met Mike. (02/07/2000)

Goodbye forever By Beth Broeker
A mother signs away her son. (02/07/2000)

Party crashers By David Horowitz
Alan Keyes and other religious radicals are preventing the Republican Party from attaining its rightful place as America's majority party. (02/07/2000)

So much for singing nuns By John Marks
The rise of Joerg Haider forces Austria to face the truth about its history -- and puts the European Union in a bind. (02/07/2000)

Striptease U. By Russ Spencer
A new school turns wannabe strippers into dancers with roadies, fog machines and diversified portfolios. (02/07/2000)

Coming clean By Amy Reiter
Is he or isn't he? Mr. Clean tells all; Randy on the set! Will & Grace & uncontrollable urges. And a helpful reminder from Liam: Oasis and the Beatles, different band. (02/07/2000)

Hillary makes it official By Jake Tapper
President Clinton stands by his woman as the candidate gets a full image makeover. (02/07/2000)

Return of the Reaganite By Max Garrone
McCain says he's Luke Skywalker and Ronald Reagan incarnate while Bush retires to Texas to contemplate his future and crackpot conspiracies go prime time. (02/07/2000)

Bill Gates' other CEO By Patrizia DiLucchio
The Corbis digital archive is privately held by Gates, but it's former human rights attorney Steve Davis' job to make it work. (02/07/2000)

Site for gays in the military hits the auction block By Damien Cave
Will the identity of Homobase.com, an online community for gay servicemen and women, be threatened by the highest bidder? (02/07/2000)

Taipei mayor surprised by floating corpse By J.A. Getzlaff
A river cleanup yields more than garbage. (02/07/2000)

McCain rattles his light saber By Ashley Craddock
Citing Ronald Reagan and "Star Wars," the Arizona senator goes Hollywood to try to convert California's GOP faithful. (02/06/2000)

Love is just a moment By Cathy Young
Forget about finding Mr. Right. Finding oneself is more exciting than romance. These celebrated feminists sound more like hosts of "The View" than sisters of the struggle. (02/05/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Readers concur: Orson Scott Card interview really WAS the worst Plus: Cintra speaks the truth about the sorry state of Hollywood movies; who are the culprits in airline disasters? (02/05/2000)

Our breast week ever! By Amy Reiter
"I was the fifth Teletubby"; Saul Obarzanek, tailor to the political stars, on Tipper, the nipper and presidential zippers; Michaeldouglas.com would like to apologize for any inconvenience; Kevin Eubanks says no doggie implants! Plus: Isn't he great? The press does John McCain. (02/05/2000)

The governors' club By Robert George
The Republican Governor's Association rallies around George W. Bush after his humiliating New Hampshire defeat. (02/05/2000)

Will Britain lose its Marbles? By Elkan Allan
If the British Museum returned Lord Elgin's treasures to Greece, how safe would any loot be? (02/05/2000)

"Simpatico" By Charles Taylor
Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges lead this adaptation of Sam Shepard's play about broken promises, not-quite-abandoned dreams and silky smooth corruption. (02/04/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
Stockhausen's "Helicopter String Quartet" gives a whole new meaning to in-flight recording. (02/04/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 4-6, 2000 (02/04/2000)

"Scream 3" By Andrew O'Hehir
The final installment of Wes Craven's trilogy may be too wrapped up in its own cleverness, but it's still a fond farewell. (02/04/2000)

Oversexed, talky and inspired By Ann Hodgman
Three new cookbooks run the gamut from the ridiculous to the truly essential. (02/04/2000)

"What's Love Got To Do with It? A Critical Look at American Charity" by David Wagner By Frank Browning
An argument that American charity lines the pockets of the well-heeled while it screws the poor. (02/04/2000)

"Rattling the Cage" By Susan McCarthy
In his new book, animal rights law professor Steven Wise argues that chimps are persons too. (02/04/2000)

Stressed sailor, bored waitress bare all By Hank Hyena
Sailor dances in his birthday suit at Aussie football match. English waitress brightens up bowls championship in the buff. (02/04/2000)

A new urgency By Emily Bass
With his country at the epicenter of an AIDS epidemic, the special advisor to South Africa's health minister quietly makes his first trip to an important research conference. (02/04/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
"The sheriff showed up with naked pictures of my daughter!" Plus: Pregnancy happens -- deal with it; Conason's stance on Bradley. (02/04/2000)

Welcome to Planet Pinkwater By Paul LaFarge
Who could resist a place where chickens sing, avocados think and real estate agents are extraterrestrials? (02/04/2000)

Caught in the LAPD cross-fire By Sandra Hernandez
Does the Los Angeles Police Department's war on gangs target even those who are trying to end the violence? (02/04/2000)

King of pain By Stephen Lemons
Clive Barker talks about the connection between pleasure and pain, and why everyone is a "book of blood." (02/04/2000)

Reporters who love too much By Amy Reiter
Isn't he great? The press does John McCain; Spalding on balding, death and dyeing; and Naomi Campbell throttles assistant, blames occupational, uh, stress. Plus: Songs to binge and purge to. (02/04/2000)

The Empire backs down By Andrea Bernstein
The McCain insurgency battles its way onto the New York state GOP primary ballot and forces the Bush machine to capitulate. (02/04/2000)

McCain rakes in the dough and the votes By Max Garrone
McCain raises a million dollars on the New Hampshire bounce, Bush turns to the right in South Carolina while the Democratic duo hopscotch around the nation shoring up their campaigns. (02/04/2000)

Bush whacked By Anthony York
South Carolina Democrats give John McCain a boost by dumping their primary. (02/04/2000)

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Texas' death-row peep show By Donna Ladd
The state doesn't just hold a record for executions -- it proudly posts online the macabre details of hundreds of convicts' last suppers and final words. (02/04/2000)

The Napster files By Scott Rosenberg
A little MP3 file-sharing program outlines the shape of things to come in the music industry -- and it's not what the big labels think. (02/04/2000)

Drunken businesswoman accused of slugging flight attendant By J.A. Getzlaff
Trial ongoing in England. (02/04/2000)

The French Paradox By Laura Fraser
Americans still don't understand how the French eat whatever they want and live to tell about it. (02/04/2000)

M(r). Butterfly By Megan McNamer
At the heart of my Orient Escapade, R-o-n briefly fluttered by. (02/04/2000)

Amazon.comrade By Michael Sragow
Sigourney Weaver spills the beans on the unexpurgated "Galaxy Quest" and explains how her work in Roman Polanski's neglected "Death and the Maiden" fueled her powerhouse acting in "A Map of the World." (02/03/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Morphine's last record, completed just before singer Mark Sandman's death, bids farewell to the rocker who wanted to walk across a carpet of stars. (02/03/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000 (02/03/2000)

My favorite author, my worst interview By Donna Minkowitz
I worshipped militaristic Mormon science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card -- until we met. (02/03/2000)

"Playing Botticelli" by Liza Nelson By Fiona Morgan
Fans of Anne Lamott will go for this novel about the inevitable clash between an ex-flower-child mom and her desperate, rebellious daughter. (02/03/2000)

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Living the paradox By Valerie Frankel
How do the French eat all that cheese and still lose weight? I had to find out. (02/03/2000)

The panty police nab one of their own By Hank Hyena
Osaka cop fired for trying to take panty pix of unsuspecting schoolgirl. (02/03/2000)

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Why not David Crosby? Ugly men can be sperm donors too! Plus: AOL-ers defend their habit -- it's not just for newbies anymore; violence isn't sexy. (02/03/2000)

Filthy living By Jonathan Kronstadt
Our kitchen after supper looks like the Meadowlands after a Stones concert. (02/03/2000)

Character flaws By Sean Elder
The TV networks obsess over personality while the candidates try to use them to convey some substance. (02/03/2000)

Back-stabbing, CIA-style By Jeff Stein
The John Deutch scandal shows that the spooks spend more time trying to ruin each other than they do chasing down security breaches. (02/03/2000)

Do airlines ever cut corners on maintenance? By Phaedra Hise
Pilots and mechanics admit privately that sometimes whether a part -- or a plane -- needs work is a matter of opinion and negotiation. (02/03/2000)

CIA chief testifies in Deutch probe By Tom Raum
(02/03/2000)

Hollywood maggots eat dead ideas By Cintra Wilson
If you have any love for the infinite possibilities of film, you can't avoid being horrified by what the movie industry has become. (02/03/2000)

Show me your indies By Daniel Kraus
Think it's hard getting into Sundance? Try getting into Lapdance. A report from the Indiewood trenches. (02/03/2000)

Man's breast friend By Amy Reiter
Hoochie coochie poochies? Kevin Eubanks says no doggie implants! Madonna, Winslet, Affleck on the urge to procreate; and ABBA turns down $1 billion. It's just money, money, money. (02/03/2000)

Ex-Attorney General for Nixon dies
(02/03/2000)

McCain's hidden treasure By Max Garrone
McCain cleans up on the Internet, Republicans vote liberal to hurt Gore, Bradley accuses Gore of slinging mud (literally). (02/03/2000)

Primary booby trap By Anthony York
Democrats and independents can vote for McCain in the California primary, but unless they're registered Republican, it won't count. (02/03/2000)

Burning Bush By John B. Judis
Can John McCain possibly defeat the GOP's anointed candidate? (02/03/2000)

Jonesing for votes By Jake Tapper
George W. Bush's speech at a college that bans interracial dating raises questions about his compassion. (02/03/2000)

MP3 free-for-all By Janelle Brown
The tiny Napster is shaking the music industry to its foundation. (02/03/2000)

This e-mail brought to you by ... a bad idea By Janelle Brown
Epidemic.com, which compensates people for spamming their friends, is making me ill. (02/03/2000)

The shape of open source to come By Andrew Leonard
VA Linux purchases Andover.net, corporate parent to Slashdot. Will the "news for nerds" site maintain its editorial independence? (02/03/2000)

Happy New Year, revisited By Burt Wolf
China's Lunar New Year festival begins Friday -- no evil spirits spotted yet. (02/03/2000)

Sunbathing in the nude By Donald D. Groff
Our travel expert helps readers find a spot to strip down in Texas. Plus lodging advice for Santa Fe and Costa Rica trips. (02/03/2000)

Empire State Building elevator plunges 400 feet By J.A. Getzlaff
Two office workers survive the drop. (02/03/2000)

Please, sir, may I have a mother? By Sarah Vowell
Despite the WB's reputation as the teen-sex network, shows like "Dawson's Creek" and "Roswell" owe their appeal more to the damaged-family yearnings of a Brontk or Dickens novel than to sheer skin. (02/02/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000 (02/02/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Stephanie Zacharek
D'Angelo's potent sensuality sneaks into dreams and turns day into steamy night. (02/02/2000)

"The Verificationist" by Donald Antrim By Andrew Roe
Another tour de force of antic surrealism mixed with melancholy, this one viewed from the ceiling of a pancake house. (02/02/2000)

New rock tell-all zaps Jagger, Stewart, Sting By John Perry
An ex-publicist tells his former clients exactly what he thinks of them. (02/02/2000)

Education in 2100: A professor's memoir By Brian Stempeck
Looking back at the good ol' days of 2000. (02/02/2000)

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My first dead body By Jeffrey Drayer, M.D.
Medical school taught me how to save lives, but left out the part about how I would feel when someone died. (02/02/2000)

AIDS killing supposedly celibate priests By Hank Hyena
Six of 10 Roman Catholic clerics who answered a Kansas City Star survey say they've known at least one colleague who's died of the disease. (02/02/2000)

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Cher and Britney fans miffed over Mr. Blackwell's catty fashion calls Plus: The battle for gender equality is far from over; Disneyland is no gay utopia (02/02/2000)

When the big news is a big bummer By Nikki Royston
I'm pregnant and it feels about as good as a pie in the face. (02/02/2000)

For every back, a knife By Sean Elder
Truth merges with fiction in a new roman à clef about Condé Nast that has New York insiders buzzing. (02/02/2000)

Shadowboxing Democrats By Joe Conason
The real reason for Bradley's challenge to Gore is his dislike of President Clinton. This was never mentioned in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary. (02/02/2000)

Greedy clicks By Todd Oppenheimer
Why President Clinton's new initiative to bring low-income households online could help Silicon Valley's bottom line more than it helps the poor. (02/02/2000)

Wake up! Is this Cloud-Cuckoo-Land? By Camille Paglia
Will we get stuck with a fumbling Bush? Given the evil eye by Hillary? Deafened by the shrill mania of gun controllers? And will Kate Winslet ever get the Oscar Helen Hunt stole from her? (02/02/2000)

Oops.com By Amy Reiter
Michaeldouglas.com would like to apologize for any inconvenience ... an admirer would like to apologize for his "groins." Plus: Jewel had another book inside her after all. Too bad it's not staying in. (02/02/2000)

Exit poll By Kerry Lauerman
Ann Coulter, Andrew Sullivan, Sean Wilentz, David Horowitz, Joe Conason and Fran Lebowitz on George W. Bush's disaster in New Hampshire. (02/02/2000)

Now here's the deal By Alicia Montgomery
The split between Reform Party factions may be a harbinger of the return of Ross Perot. (02/02/2000)

McCain wins big By Jake Tapper
His double-digit victory over George W. Bush surprises everyone. But it was a snap compared to what John McCain has to do next. (02/02/2000)

McCain sweeps to victory while Gore muddles by By Max Garrone
McCain takes the Granite State, Bradley shows vital signs and Hillary accuses Giuliani of right wing patronage. (02/02/2000)

When is a loss not a loss? By Anthony York
Bill Bradley spins a close second into a moral victory. (02/02/2000)

Down but not out By Joshua Micah Marshall
Bill Bradley may have lost to Al Gore in New Hampshire, but not by enough to convince the former New Jersey senator to give up his challenge. (02/02/2000)

Stop the "personal" spam By Geoff Edgers
As online journalism erodes the long-standing wall between editors and business folks, my in box is filling with faux friendly e-mail. (02/02/2000)

Friends don't let friends use AOL By Lydia Lee
I've tried and failed to convince my boyfriend's father to "upgrade" to the wide-open Web. (02/02/2000)

No Hue out By Lori Makabe
Stuck in a speeding Vietnamese cyclo, far from the city, I noticed headlights close behind. Was this a setup, or was I going to get my lemon grass beef after all? (02/02/2000)

Chilean actress resides in glass house for all to see By J.A. Getzlaff
Crowds line up to watch Santiago woman live. (02/02/2000)

Like a "Virgin" By Mark Ebner
Director Sofia Coppola talks about her film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides," her proud father and Vincent Gallo's sex life (sort of). (02/01/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
On the scattered "Passport," Khan's musical shortcomings upstage a compelling multiple-personality crisis. (02/01/2000)

A jazz singer's story By Angela Starita
Teri Thornton went from the "greatest voice since Ella Fitzgerald" to a nobody and back. When will she get her own VH1 special? (02/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000 (02/01/2000)

Tying the knot By Garrison Keillor
Can a selfishly hedonistic guy find true domestic happiness after a life of frivolity? (02/01/2000)

"On the Rez" by Ian Frazier By Charles Taylor
In an instant American classic, a great writer zeros in on the Oglala Sioux (as much as he can zero in on anything). (02/01/2000)

From the New Yorker to the rez By Craig Seligman
Former "Talk of the Town" reporter Ian Frazier talks about hanging out with the Oglala Sioux. (02/01/2000)

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The worst diagnosis By Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., and Matthew Naythons, M.D.
An intellectual couple facing Alzheimer's finds great love and tenderness. (02/01/2000)

From Russia with love By Hank Hyena
Former KGB agent teaches vaginal wizardry at Moscow sex academy. (02/01/2000)

Letters to the editor Letters to the editor
Black athletes may dominate track and field -- but whites dominate bowling! Plus: Aqua will let "Macidiots" finally get with the program; at least Bill Bradley's heart is in the right place. (02/01/2000)

My first husband's girlfriend and me By Caroline Leavitt
Sure she was an adulteress, but I needed her. (02/01/2000)

Primary duds By Mr. Blackwell
Mr. Blackwell selects the best- and worst-dressed presidential candidates. (02/01/2000)

Tom Wolfe By Cary Tennis
He put New Journalism on the map with writing that shook as fiercely as it shimmered. (02/01/2000)

Power Suits, Inc. By Amy Reiter
Saul Obarzanek, tailor to the political stars, on Tipper, the nipper and presidential zippers. Plus: The Body's got a mouth. (02/01/2000)

Mad about you By Joshua Micah Marshall
Al Gore's New Hampshire campaign feels more like a city council run than a White House bid. And it's working. (02/01/2000)

Bradley's big day By Anthony York
Can the Democratic challenger come back from oblivion in New Hampshire? (02/01/2000)

The New Hampshire preview By Jake Tapper
Everything you could have wanted in a story about Tuesday's big event. (02/01/2000)

Final handshakes By Max Garrone
Gore runs from his past, McCain crosses his fingers, and Forbes, Keyes and Bauer hope for a miracle. (02/01/2000)

Surging with Steve By Susan Crabtree
Forget John McCain and Bill Bradley. On the heels of his strong showing in Iowa, Steve Forbes is the fast-rising insurgent. (02/01/2000)

Last train to Cluesville By Thomas Scoville
Corporations who don't want to see their car unhitched from the New Economy had better give up on "business as usual," argues "The Cluetrain Manifesto." (02/01/2000)

Leave the Yeti alone! By J.A. Getzlaff
Chinese government cites environmental concerns; $60,000 award left unrewarded. (02/01/2000)

Death, we hardly knew ye By Stephen Lemons
The new Museum of Death offers a dark spot in otherwise shiny Los Angeles. (02/01/2000)