July 2000

"Dead Again" By Stephanie Zacharek
Kenneth Branagh tells us how he left Shakespearean clues in this most romantic -- and thrilling -- of romantic thrillers. (07/31/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Andy Battaglia
The problem with Oval's latest is that, like most minimal electronica, it's more fun to talk about than to listen to. (07/31/2000)

Medium cool By Joyce Millman
Hip Sci Fi Channel psychic John Edward puts new life in the talk show genre -- even if his guests are dead. Plus: VH1's "The List." (07/31/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 31, 2000 (07/31/2000)

The sappiest generation By Sean Elder
My cantankerous father and my own better judgment won't let me get sentimental about WWII veterans. (07/31/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking. (07/31/2000)

Roller sprawl By Eric Boehlert
The renaissance of coasters is a bonanza for the amusement park business. (07/31/2000)

Coping after the Concorde disaster By Elliott Neal Hester
Consoling odds: Your chances of dying in a domestic plane crash are still less than one in a million. (07/31/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Cheney chooses himself. Kind of like the Republican way of handing out tax cuts. (07/31/2000)

Public health vs. private medicine By Dante Ramos
Laurie Garrett, author of "Betrayal of Trust," talks about the policy battle in America that allows disease to spread and people to die. (07/31/2000)

Who are you calling "Ms."?
By Margot Mifflin (07/31/2000)

Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine
By Daniel Forbes (07/31/2000)

There's something about Jane Austen
By Emily Jenkins (07/31/2000)

The anti-child revolt By Cathy Young
You people make me sick. (07/31/2000)

The Partnership for a Child-Free America By Carina Chocano
Are you a PRIC (Person who is Repulsed and Irritated by Children)? (07/31/2000)

Hard time for soft crimes By Bruce Shapiro
Two million Americans are locked up, most for nonviolent drug offenses. Some maverick Republicans -- yes, Republicans -- are trying to change that. (07/31/2000)

Whose Hall is more hallowed? By Susan B. Shor
The NFL plays catch-up with big brother baseball. (07/31/2000)

Madonna and child in a time crunch By Amy Reiter
The Material Baby might need a new b-day; Christopher Walken gets naked with cats; and more. Plus: Gay Tarot-reading Flockhart deemed a dud. (07/31/2000)

I like my guys preshrunk By Jennifer Kornreich
Men who haven't gone through therapy just aren't worth the risk. (07/31/2000)

Unwelcome in America By Karen Abbott
With a backyard full of Republicans, Philadelphia poverty activist Cheri Honkala prepares for the fight of her life. (07/31/2000)

First arrests in Philly By Alicia Montgomery
The Republicans start their party as the protesters get ready to rumble. (07/31/2000)

Brother from another planet By Jake Tapper
An NAACP chapter president and a Bush delegate? Meet Shannon Reeves. (07/31/2000)

Portraits of the Philly protests By Daryl Lindsey
Snapshots from the demonstrations at the Republican Convention. (07/31/2000)

Tears, but no tear gas By Anthony York
The toxic combination of Johnny Rotten, Newt Gingrich and a mile-long hoagie causes plenty of hurt feelings, but protests stay in check. (07/31/2000)

Groomed for the presidency By Jake Tapper
In a campaign where image rules, Bush's eyebrows speak volumes. (08/01/2000)

Hamburger harassment By Jack Boulware
A former Hooters waitress wins $275,000 in a sex-harassment suit against the restaurant. (07/31/2000)

Watermarks in music? By Damien Cave
Talal Shamoon, a key technologist for the Secure Digital Music Initiative, says that he's found the key to protecting copyrighted tunes. (07/31/2000)

GOP-looza By Anthony York
So far, the convention protests resemble a rock show with particularly tight security more than they do the riots in Seattle. (07/30/2000)

The long goodbye By Alicia Montgomery
Sen. John McCain gets booed stumping for Bush, and takes a last lap on the Straight Talk Express. (07/30/2000)

Concorde probe spotlights blown tire
(07/29/2000)

Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition By Adele M. Stan
Meet the women who are vowing a floor fight in Philadelphia over abortion. (07/29/2000)

All in the family By Dave Cullen
Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary, is expected to stump for the GOP ticket. As the gay corporate relations manager for Coors, she knows all about the hard sell. (07/29/2000)

"Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" By Andrew O'Hehir
Eddie Murphy's mushy sentiment and cheerfully vulgar humor should delight midsummer multiplex-goers by the millions. (07/28/2000)

"Wonderland" By Stephanie Zacharek
Michael Winterbottom doggedly excavates the innate sadness of his characters -- to the point of numbing his audience. (07/28/2000)

"Girl on the Bridge" By Charles Taylor
A knife thrower, a beautiful assistant and a couple who just can't lose -- this lovely French film takes wing on giddy, reckless faith. (07/28/2000)

"Splendor in the Grass" By Charles Taylor
Elia Kazan's romantic classic panders to teenage angst; that doesn't mean it won't break you up. (07/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 28-30, 2000 (07/28/2000)

Incognito By Rick Moody
The author of "The Ice Storm" picks seven favorite books with veils in them. (07/28/2000)

Unfriendly skies By Stephen Yafa
Passengers who try to fly on United are ending up as casualties of a labor war between the airline's management and its "employee owners." (07/28/2000)

Out of the Blue By Elliott Neal Hester
Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. (07/28/2000)

Contributing to genocide By Kate Scannell
By giving HIV deniers a global platform, South African President Mbeki has put countless lives at risk. (07/28/2000)

Napster's shutdown
By Scott Rosenberg (07/28/2000)

George W. Bush: Daddy's boy
By Joan Walsh (07/28/2000)

The Concorde's deadly price of luxury
By Diane Seo (07/28/2000)

"31 Ejaculations"
By Eric Bogosian (07/28/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Today's demon: Dancing. The groove is so mysterious. (07/28/2000)

Sports Econ 101 By Allen Barra
Team owners don't want you to know it, but player salaries and ticket prices have nothing to do with each other. (07/28/2000)

A Republican siance By Jeremy Weintraub
Leaving nothing to chance, the GOP is now seeking political aid from beyond the grave. (07/28/2000)

Is he smiling behind that gag? By Amy Reiter
One "Survivor" contestant might be giving away the goods, despite a silence agreement; Spinal Tapster lets us crank it to 11; Roberto Benigni promises more annoyance; and more. Plus: Sting gets stung, dot-com style. (07/28/2000)

Bush on the spot By Alicia Montgomery
The "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" guy, an ex-George editor and others weigh in on one of the GOP front-runner's latest ads. (07/28/2000)

Gore's KKK conundrum By Alicia Montgomery
The Democrat bashed conservatives for Confederate symbols, but kept quiet about those in Tennessee. (07/28/2000)

Large-scale voyeurism By Jack Boulware
A vodka company sponsors a public screening of art films -- one of which features a Princess Diana look-alike reenacting the crotch scene from "Basic Instinct." (07/28/2000)

A "Rosebud" by any other name ... By David Thomson
Some say that the sled was William Randolph Hearst's pet name for his lover's clitoris. (07/28/2000)

How to respond to the Napster injunction By Katharine Mieszkowski
You can send money to artists, boycott the RIAA, switch to Gnutella -- or even sue Napster yourself. (07/28/2000)

Showbiz reacts to Napster ruling By Salon Technology Staff
Chuck D, Metallica, Jack Valenti, Michael Robertson and others on the future of digital music. (07/28/2000)

Napster wins last-minute reprieve By Salon Technology Staff
Fans can continue to trade MP3s; the appeals court will hear arguments in September. (07/28/2000)

"The Hurricane" By Suzy Hansen
Denzel Washington is stellar as Rubin Carter; too bad the story around him lapses into predictable drama. (07/27/2000)

The return of the Marquis de Sade By Michael Sragow
Philip Kaufman's new "Quills" pits the Marquis de Sade against Kenneth Starr in Napoleonic drag. (07/27/2000)

Sharps & Flats By David Hill
Woody Guthrie's "Dust Bowl Ballads" drew the road map for Bob Dylan and Ramblin' Jack. A reissue recaptures the parched glory. (07/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 27, 2000 (07/27/2000)

"Lives of the Psychics" and "The Second Creation" By Frank Browning
One book tries to pass off psychic hooey as science, and the other reveals the creativity at the heart of great biology research. (07/27/2000)

What makes Rudy mean? By Charles Taylor
Two muckraking biographies ask how Giuliani got to be so vindictive. (07/27/2000)

Prime time pays By Ken Kurson
"Titus" star Chris Titus talks about his money. (07/27/2000)

Back in black By Gregg Kilday
Will Eddie Murphy continue Hollywood's African-American winning streak? (07/27/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, in "Smugglers' Cape" (07/27/2000)

The heart of the matter By Leah Kohlenberg
Is Dick Cheney healthy enough to endure the rigors of a vice presidential campaign? (07/27/2000)

The estate tax
Steve Bodow (07/27/2000)

Sir George Martin
By Frank Houston (07/27/2000)

Making it in Manhattan
By Garrison Keillor (07/27/2000)

I stole from Stephen King
By Andrew Essex (07/27/2000)

Who are you calling "Ms."? By Margot Mifflin
Why have women suddenly rejected the politically charged courtesy title? (07/27/2000)

Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine By Daniel Forbes
Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives? (07/27/2000)

Baseball for bimbos By Susan B. Shor
Commissioner Bud Selig discovers girls. (07/27/2000)

Where everybody knows your name By Nicole Davis
"The Perfect Storm" author Sebastian Junger and pals open the latest celebrity bar in New York. (07/27/2000)

Field report: The "Oz" convention By Martha Barnette
Last weekend's gathering featured everything from real Munchkins to a newly authorized pillbox depicting Dorothy and Toto. (A Judy Garland pillbox? Hello?) (07/27/2000)

When TV execs say "horny" By Amy Reiter
"Big Brother" heats up; Austin Powers sits on his mojo; and more. Plus: Tammy Faye gets her feelers hurt! (07/27/2000)

Bikini politics By Christina Valhouli
The managing editor of breast-happy Maxim magazine announces his White House bid. (07/27/2000)

Cheney supported controversial fundraiser By Jake Tapper
The veep nominee was on the finance committee for an Arab-sponsored charity dinner that excluded Israelis. (07/27/2000)

Republicans face conventional warfare By Alicia Montgomery
Police and protesters escalate their verbal battle as the GOP marches in. (07/27/2000)

"Night Train" By Nell Carberry
An excerpt from "Exhibitions: Tales of Sex in the City" (07/27/2000)

Bidding on better boobs By Jack Boulware
A South African hospital is auctioning cosmetic surgery like breast reduction to attract uninsured patients. (07/27/2000)

Why the music industry has nothing to celebrate By Scott Rosenberg
Napster's shutdown will only cause a thousand alternatives to bloom. (07/27/2000)

Court to Napster: You're going down By Damien Cave and Kaitlin Quistgaard
The judge vents her wrath on the Napster "monster" and closes the music-swapping service -- for now. (07/27/2000)

"Jaws" By Eric Boehlert
Twenty-five years ago, a young director set out to make audiences believe an outlandishly frightening shark tale. They bit. (07/26/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Ted Oehmke
Sasha and John Digweed refined a subtle style of dance music. With a few more albums like "Communicate" trance will be classical. (07/26/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 26, 2000 (07/26/2000)

Nasty girl By Ron Feemster
Tammy Faye Starlite's vicious country music satire mocks Nashville, conservative values and racist conventions. (07/26/2000)

There's something about Jane By Emily Jenkins
Why imitators and sequel writers can't leave Austen alone -- and why they should. (07/26/2000)

"Herman Melville" by Elizabeth Hardwick By Maria Russo
A great critic takes on a great novelist, finding agony, homoeroticism and, ultimately, mystery. (07/26/2000)

I stole from Stephen King By Andrew Essex
The honor system? I don't think so. (07/26/2000)

The deadly price of luxury By Diane Seo
The Concorde's fatal crash over Paris could mark the end of supersonic travel. (07/26/2000)

Xerox earnings fall 68 percent By Denise Lavoie
(07/26/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The comic book convention meets the gay pride parade. (07/26/2000)

No fooling By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
My girlfriend smoked a lot of pot recently and now has to take a drug test for her new job. Is there anything she can do to avoid being caught? (07/26/2000)

Slush, slush, sweet Stephen
By Laura Miller (07/26/2000)

Hustling hormones
By Carol Mithers (07/26/2000)

Bullies of the left
By David Horowitz (07/26/2000)

My son loves cops By Valeria Russ
How and when do I tell him about Amadou Diallo? (07/26/2000)

When doves cry By Fiona Morgan and Daryl Lindsey
Barak and Arafat came to Camp David to make history. Instead, they left with nothing. (07/26/2000)

Last call for the Hall By Gary Kaufman
Readers have their say about which players should make it to Cooperstown. Last of three parts. (07/26/2000)

Survival of the dullest By Carina Chocano
The future is here, and instead of 15 minutes of fame everyone's going to get several episodes' worth. Can anonymity survive "Survivor"? (07/26/2000)

Jennifer Lopez: Fussbudget? By Amy Reiter
Puffy's pal wanted to be in "Gladiator," said to be a pain on the "Angel Eyes" set; U.K. paper says Aguilera has pierced nipples; a blond and breathy new Monica rumor. Plus: "Survivor" mastermind gets death threat e-mail! (07/26/2000)

Bush makes sensible choice By David Horowitz
But Cheney could make him look insecure. (07/26/2000)

Trail Mix By Alicia Montgomery
Elsewhere in politics, Keyes drops out and Gore rallies blacks. (07/26/2000)

Daddy's boy By Joan Walsh
Bush's choice of Dick Cheney reinforces his image as a shallow, Quayle-like figure diminished by his running mate's gravitas. (07/26/2000)

I pick me! By Jake Tapper
At least one veep also-ran is "baffled" by Cheney's self-selection. (07/26/2000)

Abortion battle By Adele M. Stan
A group of pro-choice Republicans vows a floor fight in Philadelphia over Bush's choice of Cheney. (07/26/2000)

Bush and Cheney: The secret transcripts By Mickey Kaus and Ruth Shalit
Exclusive documents fabricated online reveal the hidden story behind the veep selection process. (07/26/2000)

Want my extra sex pills? By Jack Boulware
A war veteran is busted for pushing Viagra. (07/26/2000)

"American Pimp" By Stephen Lemons
A recently released documentary stars Rosebudd, a 47-year-old exemplar of the genre who tells it like it is. (07/26/2000)

Total war -- Japanese style By Wagner James Au
In the strategy game Shogun, war isn't just hell, it's also a great movie. (07/26/2000)

I'll have the Priceline Pot-Stickers! By Katharine Mieszkowski and Kaitlin Quistgaard
At a new San Francisco restaurant, dot-coms are on the menu. (07/26/2000)

"The Bone Collector" By Andrew O'Hehir
There's not much depth in this serial-killer thriller, but it gets the creepy atmospherics and forensic details just right. (07/25/2000)

Eminem's dirty secrets By M.L. Elrick
He's now a notorious Detroit rapper who spits hate machine-gun style. His family, friends and the bully who beat him up in school remember someone different. (07/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 25, 2000 (07/25/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Bruce Van Ness
Soul singer Kina has a background like Sheryl Crow, a voice like Tina Turner and a debut record so good it makes you forget how silly the words are. (07/25/2000)

"Assassination" by Miles Hudson By Matthew DeBord
A historian coolly assesses whether killing a leader is a useful political tactic. (07/25/2000)

Getting over losing you By Garrison Keillor
My husband left me for the suicidal folk singer/welfare mother down the street. I know I should miss him, but I really don't. (07/25/2000)

Slush, slush, sweet Stephen By Laura Miller
King doesn't realize the real-life horror he's unleashed on the public. (07/25/2000)

The day the music died By Mark Schapiro
The merger of America's largest concert promoter with its largest radio station owner will mean Pringles, payola and more Top 40 from coast to coast. (07/25/2000)

No relief By Steve Bodow
Repeal of the estate tax will help only the rich, but will cost us all. (07/25/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
No one's ark. (07/25/2000)

In sickness and in hell By Susan McCarthy
Before you marry, find out if the two of you are compatible when you are ill. It could save you years of anguish. (07/25/2000)

Does "safe sex" really exist?
By Arthur Allen (07/25/2000)

The Schlockfather
By Allen Barra (07/25/2000)

"Big Brother" -- the story so far
By the Salon Arts Staff (07/25/2000)

Intimate gourmet By Rebecca Koffman
In a medieval French village, my husband and I learned that to produce truly fine foie gras, one must embrace the goose -- and massage and fondle it too. (07/25/2000)

Recipe: Tips for serving foie gras entier By Rebecca Koffman
The perfect way to prepare the unctuous liver of a perfectly groomed goose. (07/25/2000)

"The ATF fired first" By Daryl Lindsey
Government critics of the Waco raid won't be silenced by the Danforth report. (07/25/2000)

Hall of Fame hurlers By Gary Kaufman
After Clemens and Maddux, which active pitchers are on their way to Cooperstown? (07/25/2000)

Searching for the real killers By Gary Kaufman
O.J. Simpson smiles creepily on his comeback TV tour, hoping to win back our hearts -- and pin a little guilt on his NBC hosts. (07/25/2000)

Sir George Martin By Frank Houston
He was the only "fifth Beatle" who really deserved the title -- without him the '60s' greatest group might never have happened. (07/25/2000)

National Stalkers' Month! By Amy Reiter
Claudia Schiffer gets a big, creepy proposition; Brad Pitt's stalker evades police; and more. Plus: Being a Spielberg. (07/25/2000)

Dick is the pick By Alicia Montgomery
Reports indicate that former Secretary of Defense Cheney will be Bush's running mate. (07/25/2000)

The throwback By Jake Tapper
Bush's choice of Dick Cheney has conservatives brimming with confidence. But so are centrist Democrats. (07/25/2000)

Conflict of interest By Anthony York
Activist Pratap Chatterjee says Dick Cheney's move from Defense to the world's largest oil services company illustrates how business and government make money at the expense of the environment. (07/25/2000)

Selling intimacy By Virginia Vitzthum
Prostitution has always been useful for people who can't find true love. Part 3 in a series. (07/25/2000)

Cappuccino with condoms By Jack Boulware
Cafes in Vietnam are offering free sex education. (07/25/2000)

Dear Dottie Downturn
Back by popular demand, Salon's mistress of new-economy etiquette offers advice to troubled dot-commers. (07/25/2000)

21st Challenge No. 34 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
"Pink slips blossoming in Mountain View" and other haiku for the dot-com downturn. (07/25/2000)

Eazel does it By Andrew Leonard
With its nifty Nautilus file manager, Eazel might make Linux safe for the desktop. (07/25/2000)

"The In Crowd" By Andrew O'Hehir
Beautiful babes, psycho-bitch lesbos and dirty-talking hunks populate summer's most shameless piece of trash since "Wild Things." (07/24/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Living literary character (and rocker) Steve Earle plays a noisy show in New York for -- who else? -- a bunch of literary types. (07/24/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(07/24/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 24, 2000 (07/24/2000)

"Apocalypse Now" By Michael Sragow
This may not be the ultimate package, but at least Coppola sheds some light on the picture's spectacular and eerie nighttime blaze. (07/24/2000)

What to read: July fiction By Salon's critics
Novels of love and evil, from lesbian Victoriana to deft, Vonnegut-style humor and gritty Indian realism. (07/24/2000)

Harry Potter fans detect devilish discrepancy By Garth Johnston
Did J.K. Rowling goof or has she another trick up her sleeve? (07/24/2000)

The key man myth: Why Santana and Whitney are staying put By Eric Boehlert
Friendship and loyalty? Not in the record industry, where key dollars -- not key men -- make the merch move. (07/24/2000)

Credit cabs By Suzy Hansen
"You talking to me?" New York taxis start accepting Visa and Amex. (07/24/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
A third party? Has the world gone mad? (07/24/2000)

Foil-wrapped folly By Arthur Allen
What's wrong with requiring condom wrappers to carry a warning about a cancer-causing virus? Second of two parts. (07/24/2000)

Swept away
By Nell Bernstein (07/24/2000)

Dropped like a chalupa
By Gary Kaufman (07/24/2000)

Pot shots
By Colin Moynihan (07/24/2000)

Master of Bush's domain?
By Anthony York (07/24/2000)

The ultimate bad trip
By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson (07/24/2000)

Hustling hormones By Carol Mithers
I scored black market drugs to get my ovaries high -- and mighty. (07/24/2000)

Bullies of the left By David Horowitz
Joe Conason prefers personal attacks to political debate, just like his heroes Clinton and Gore. (07/24/2000)

Who's going to Cooperstown? By Gary Kaufman
Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. (07/24/2000)

They think I'm a spy! By Laura Rozen
An American in Belgrade finds that real life isn't nearly as interesting as the one her Serbian neighbors imagine for her. (07/24/2000)

A conspirator's story By Matthew S. Schweber
It begins with a letter to the New York Times. Before its end, a young Wall Street lawyer is tangled up with a man accusing the CIA of horrific crimes. (07/24/2000)

Is Mike Myers the next Streisand? By Amy Reiter
"Dieter's" mother-in-law says she'd "like to kill" the comedian and "slap" Ron Howard; Gene Simmons: Get ready for the Kiss casino, theme park, movie, book and miniseries! Plus: Bo Derek on America's problem with nudity. (07/24/2000)

Wanted: A real criminal By Anthony York
Looking for scandal, a Buchanan organizer claims another campaign is harboring a fugitive. (07/24/2000)

Is Dick the pick? By Alicia Montgomery
Reports indicate that former Secretary of Defense Cheney will be Bush's running mate. (07/24/2000)

Bush tease By Jake Tapper
From Cheney, to Danforth, to Keating, to Cheney: The search for No. 2 is one smartly run circus. (07/24/2000)

An activist hooker speaks out on safe sex By Tracy Quan
The scourge of AIDS has made many people think more than ever before about protecting themselves. (07/24/2000)

I'm too sexy for my class By Jack Boulware
Swaziland's government declares miniskirts too provocative for school. (07/24/2000)

I want my own .tv By Damien Cave
The CEO of a company that administers the domain name for the island nation of Tuvalu thinks it could be more profitable than .com. (07/24/2000)

Blow up the Internet! By Katharine Mieszkowski
As earnest lefties at a panel wring their hands over the fate of the Internet, three weird characters out of "The Matrix" steal the show. (07/24/2000)

Republicans and other reasons to riot By Alicia Montgomery
Philadelphia and the GOP brace for a storm of protests. (07/22/2000)

P. is for pretty boy By Jake Tapper
Don't hate George W. Bush's nephew just because he's a political prop. What his college friends say about him may surprise you. (07/22/2000)

"The Bride of Frankenstein" By Andrew O'Hehir
There's much more to James Whale's 1935 masterpiece than Elsa Lanchester's hair-raising hairdo. (07/21/2000)

"What Lies Beneath" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sure, it's a shameless supernatural thriller, but the showmanship -- and Michelle Pfeiffer -- comes through in the clutch. (07/21/2000)

"Alice et Martin" By Charles Taylor
A new unblinking character study from the engrossing, baffling Andri Tichini. (07/21/2000)

"Loser" By Charles Taylor
Amy Heckerling's college comedy makes a big-city sweetie out of a small-town kid. But when did the director get so bitter? (07/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 21-23, 2000 (07/21/2000)

Rescued by the Word By Thomas Lynch
The mortician author of "The Undertaking" picks five books to remind you that poetry can save your life. (07/21/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking (07/21/2000)

Travel tips from the King of Common Sense By Don George
In his new book, the International Herald Tribune's business travel columnist shares a few trade secrets. (07/21/2000)

The big Kozmo KO By Diane Seo
How a celebrated 28-year-old dot-com exec went from big swinging dick to completely kaput. (07/21/2000)

Does "safe sex" really exist? By Arthur Allen
Condoms don't protect against all STDs. Social conservatives, goaded by George W. Bush, are taking advantage of that little-known fact. First of two parts. (07/21/2000)

Lott gets ugly
By Jake Tapper (07/21/2000)

Gore's obvious choice
By Joshua Micah Marshall (07/21/2000)

Will whites ever vote to improve life for black Americans?
By Philip A. Klinkner (07/21/2000)

The cry that came in from the cold
By Steve Kimian (07/21/2000)

The husband from hell By Caroline Leavitt
He became my angel of mercy. (07/21/2000)

One big mostly happy family By Zachary Karabell
My dad and I divorced our spouses in three beds under one roof. (07/21/2000)

Blue-ribbon nonsense By Allen Barra
The baseball owners' hand-picked committee, working from cooked books, has an absurd plan to fix the sport's finances. Why is the media taking it seriously? (07/21/2000)

Secret costs By Fiona Morgan
Scientists say the security crackdown at nuclear weapons labs is the real national security risk. (07/21/2000)

Beware the San Francisco Goths! By Gary Kamiya
Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton blames his team's lack of success at Pac Bell Park on "the Gothic scene." What blood has he been drinking? (07/21/2000)

Legos in La-la-land By David Goodman
Beck likes Legos. Trey likes Legos. Gina Gershon may or may not like Legos, but no one's holding it against her. (07/21/2000)

Marlon Brando in "Flashdance"! By Amy Reiter
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on while His Greatness shoots new movie with De Niro; Yasmine Bleeth's new role: "I'm a bitch ..."; Mike Myers: "I'm as happy as a little girl." Plus: How George Clooney makes waves wherever he goes. (07/21/2000)

Master of Bush's domain? By Anthony York
The owner of the bushmccain2000 domain hopes to cash in -- but he won't take money from the Trilateral Commission. (07/21/2000)

Gore messes with Texas By Alicia Montgomery
The vice president stomps on the Lone Star State, while Bush tiptoes around veep choice. (07/21/2000)

Streaming convention coverage
6 cameras deliver streaming audio and video feeds from the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. You choose what to watch, here's the schedule. (07/21/2000)

Are you sure the fish special is all you want? By Jack Boulware
Malaysian brothels go undercover, using restaurants and homes as fronts. (07/21/2000)

Sex with latex By Stephen Lemons
Porn industry workers and prostitutes have to balance profit and safety, and their choices about using protection can inform us all. (07/21/2000)

So you wanna be a dot-com star By Janelle Brown
Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears, Cindy Crawford and scads of celebs are joining Net start-ups. Why? (07/21/2000)

With friends like these ... By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Napster redux: Another online media-swapper gets sued by the entertainment industry, even as it is taking meetings with Hollywood giants. (07/21/2000)

"American Pie" By Stephanie Zacharek
The "unrated" version catches a teen boy and a pastry in flagrante delicious, but where are the girls? (07/20/2000)

Who cares "What Lies Beneath"? By Michael Sragow
Skip Hollywood's latest scary movie and try one of these haunted-house classics. (07/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Howard Hampton
After scrambling the music of the 20th century, Sonic Youth eulogize beatnik glory and the betrayed promise of punk. (07/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 20, 2000 (07/20/2000)

"An Invisible Sign of My Own" by Aimee Bender By Mike Albo
The author of "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" creates a heroine with violent dreams, a passion for numbers and some problems with sex. (07/20/2000)

The Schlockfather By Allen Barra
Mario Puzo wasn't ruined by the movies -- he was a crummy writer to begin with. (07/20/2000)

Tom Clancy's dream for sick kids perishes By STEVE GUTTERMAN
(07/20/2000)

The "X-Men" crusheth By Gregg Kilday
Meet the new gold standard for Hollywood hype. (07/20/2000)

Dot-combusted By Rennie Sloan
What I learned from the revolution -- and why I may not head back into battle. (07/20/2000)

Dropped like a chalupa By Gary Kaufman
The Taco Bell Chihuahua talks about his sudden, shocking dismissal and considers his showbiz future. (07/20/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Follow-up Supreme Court rulings in the wake of upholding Miranda. (07/20/2000)

The ultimate bad trip By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Can dropping acid lead to schizophrenia? (07/20/2000)

Lil' Kim: The hip-hop pornographer
By Michelle Goldberg (07/20/2000)

Prozac for PMS
By Stephen Bloom (07/20/2000)

The sting
By Daryl Lindsey (07/20/2000)

"Too Much Time"
Prize-winning photojournalist Jane Evelyn Atwood chronicles the lives of women behind bars. (07/20/2000)

Swept away By Nell Bernstein
Thousands of women, often guilty of little more than lousy judgment, are serving long prison sentences as drug "conspirators." (07/20/2000)

Guilty as charged By Jeffrey Tayler
Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else. (07/20/2000)

Will whites ever vote to improve life for black Americans? By Philip A. Klinkner
David Horowitz called me anti-American, anti-white and ignorant for saying no, but history says I'm right. (07/20/2000)

Shocking allegation By Gary Kaufman
It seems that Don King may have acted improperly. (07/20/2000)

A Shirley MacLaine way of knowledge By Amy Reiter
In a far-ranging conversation, the indefatigable actress and author says she wants to "spiritualize the Web." (07/20/2000)

The self-help hot line By Carina Chocano
It's hard to make chicken soup for the soul when your refrigerator is facing a past-life mind-soul fragment that's blocking your chi. (07/20/2000)

Aaahhh! Invasion of the "reality people"! By Amy Reiter
NBC threatens to deliver even greater idiocy and ickiness to your living room; are Flockhart and Shandling ridin' on the love train? Cher gets slapped with a lawsuit. Plus: Latest casting rumor for "Star Wars: Episode II." (07/20/2000)

Dubya, Dubya, Dubya dot-com By Alicia Montgomery
Bush spruces up Web site while Texas troubles brew. (07/20/2000)

Gephardt bows out By Anthony York
As the House minority leader jumps ship, his No. 2 jumps the gun. Will Bush announce his running mate next week? (07/20/2000)

Gore's obvious choice By Joshua Micah Marshall
Memo to Al: Never mind what everyone's trying to tell you. Your ideal running mate is Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. (07/20/2000)

S/M dungeon bust By Jack Boulware
Sex club is found across from a police station in a small New England town. (07/20/2000)

A funny valentine By David Thomson
Chet Baker and Dickie Greenleaf make Tom Ripley fall in love. (07/20/2000)

To heck with hactivism By Brendan I. Koerner
Do politically motivated hackers really think they're promoting global change by defacing Web sites? (07/20/2000)

The iMac fashion headache By Janelle Brown
Apple's new iMacs and G4 Cubes will force nasty decisions for the dedicated interior designer. (07/20/2000)

Why it's CNet that's buying Ziff By Katharine Mieszkowski
It could have been the other way around. It wasn't long ago that Ziff-Davis turned up its nose at CNet. (07/20/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joe Heim
Led by Wilco, the Louvin Brothers and a dozen fine tunes, the "Jesus' Son" soundtrack actually works as a coherent whole. (07/19/2000)

"Big Brother" -- the story so far By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Jordan the ho! Eddie the good son! Curtis the cipher! Episode by episode, a complete guide to the antics of Mega, Karen and Brittany the cuddle slut. (07/19/2000)

The ultimate webcams By Martha Soukup
On the "Big Brother" Web site, you can watch 24/7 -- and get a glimpse into a much different world from the TV show's. (07/19/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 19, 2000 (07/19/2000)

Triumph of the Willard By Bridget Kinsella
Joe Eszterhas talks about growing out of the '60s, getting into Hillary's head and America's first rock 'n' roll president. (07/19/2000)

American travesty By Peter Kurth
With a talking presidential penis and a shovelful of Hollywood dirt, Joe Eszterhas waxes trashy on the Lewinsky scandal. (07/19/2000)

Stars and Stripes forever? By Alec Appelbaum
It's not just iVillage in camouflage: The military paper goes online. (07/19/2000)

Pot shots By Colin Moynihan
Two hot marijuana magazines are threatening High Times' hegemony. (07/19/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Who is killing the shite '70s cover bands of San Francisco? (07/19/2000)

Dreamy study aid By Tabitha M. Powledge
New research suggests that people learn while they sleep. (07/19/2000)

The online succubus
By Sue Thomas (07/19/2000)

The cord-blood controversy
By Alix Christie (07/19/2000)

Of dodos and Emmys
By Joyce Millman (07/19/2000)

A conversation with James Dale
By Kera Bolonik (07/19/2000)

Higher calling By Michael Kress
Why did the Orthodox community ignore three decades' worth of allegations that Rabbi Baruch Lanner abused children in his care? Simple: He was good at his job. (07/19/2000)

After and before By Karen Gordon
I picked up the camera and began to shoot because I needed something to cover me. (07/19/2000)

One too many By Gary Kaufman
The NCAA wants to expand its men's basketball Tournament from 64 teams to 65. It's an outrage! (07/19/2000)

Bombshells away By Karen Abbott
At 67, Mamie Van Doren, natural wonder, B-movie actress and Nixon favorite, is selling nipple prints online and enjoying a comeback. (07/19/2000)

Treat me like I'm dumb and famous! By Chris Colin
Interview.com needs to know your favorite Muppet, Stones song and bodybuilding supplement. It's like conversation without the hassle. (07/19/2000)

I marry you!!!!! By Carina Chocano
Patrick Reynolds, tobacco heir, welcomes you to his "private page for finding a life mate." Will he become this year's Mahir? (07/19/2000)

Pamela Anderson actually a dumb blond By Amy Reiter
High schooler finds "Baywatch" brainiac's ATM card in ATM; Marky Mark settles downy down, and lots more. Plus: Brooke Shields says yes. (07/19/2000)

Lott gets ugly By Jake Tapper
The Senate majority leader tries to make sure an anti-Semitic slur allegedly uttered 26 years ago by Hillary Clinton remains a political issue. (07/19/2000)

Accuser says Hillary's no hater By Alicia Montgomery
The target of the first lady's alleged "Jew bastard" slur insists she's not a bigot. (07/19/2000)

Zen and the art of political campaigning By Anthony York
Reform candidate John Hagelin wishes people would pay attention to his "holistic solutions" and not his ties to the Maharishi. (07/19/2000)

Tummy talk By Susan Hack
Belly dancing is deemed pornographic by Egyptians, but more foreign women are taking up the art. (07/19/2000)

Code on trial By Damien Cave
Does the DVD-decrypting DeCSS do for video what Napster did for music, and can copyright law stop it? (07/19/2000)

Score: Men 97, Women 3 By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up? (07/19/2000)

CNet to acquire Ziff-Davis Associated Press
(07/19/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Keith Harris
A hack genius, a bloodthirsty M.C. and a few mouthy street kids from Yonkers: The Ruff Ryders find a chartworthy formula -- again. (07/18/2000)

"The Mummy" (1999) and "The Mummy" (1932) By Charles Taylor
Stephen Sommers' 1999 remake uses special effects to dazzle and delight; the 1932 original creeps into your dreams. (07/18/2000)

The hip-hop pornographer By Michelle Goldberg
Lil' Kim debuted as a brassy M.C. who wanted orgasms -- not respect. Four years on, the life of a porn-positive rapper looks pretty empty. (07/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 18, 2000 (07/18/2000)

Salon's Trailer Archive
View previews of the summers' biggest blockbusters and brightest gems, from "Hollow Man" to Ethan Hawke's "Hamlet." (07/18/2000)

"Little Saint" by Hannah Green By Laura Morgan Green
On the trail of a French martyr beheaded by her father for embracing Christianity. (07/18/2000)

Lonely guy By Garrison Keillor
I'm 23 and I've never been out on a date with a girl. Is it too late for me? (07/18/2000)

The cry that came in from the cold By Steve Kimian
Will a new measure adopted by the Putin administration change who profits from Russia's lucrative baby-selling business? (07/18/2000)

The Street comes clean By Steve Bodow
Ah, earnings season: Microsoft, Amazon.com, AOL and Qualcomm fess up with their quarterly report cards. (07/18/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Please like me! (07/18/2000)

Prozac for PMS By Stephen Bloom
If the drug can do for monthly mood swings what it is said to do for depression, bring it on, baby! (07/18/2000)

Crashing and burning
By Caroline Knapp (07/18/2000)

"Survivor," so far
By the Salon Arts staff (07/18/2000)

The joys of being a middle-aged man By Stephen J. Lyons
Showers are not for lingering anymore, rogue hairs are forming their own colonies and I've developed the cleavage I've always admired. (07/18/2000)

The sting By Daryl Lindsey
Navy investigators seeking ecstasy dealing at Washington dance clubs are accused of targeting gay sailors. (07/18/2000)

Welcome to New York, ya bastard By Joe Conason
Reports that Hillary Clinton used an anti-Semitic slur 26 years ago smack of a typical Rupert Murdoch smear campaign. (07/18/2000)

Baseball card fetches $1.27 million By Gary Kaufman
Imagine what it would be worth if it weren't a worthless piece of paper. (07/18/2000)

"I played a risky game" By Daryl Lindsey
Spokesman Bakaly's testimony offers a glimpse into Starr's embattled office. (07/18/2000)

Evan S. Connell By Greg Bottoms
By flipping the known world on its head, the relentlessly contrarian author of "Son of the Morning Star" and "Deus Lo Volt!" has become that rarest of writers: Dangerous. (07/18/2000)

Hurley and Grant swept up by rumor hurricane By Amy Reiter
Hugh allegedly caught snogging with 21-year-old; fans seeking Britney dirt get it, and lots more. Plus: Eminem gets some respect -- from Marilyn Manson! (07/18/2000)

Gore closes poll gap By Alicia Montgomery
The latest surveys show the vice president gaining ground as he begins promoting anti-crime measures. (07/18/2000)

Clinton's lust for legacy By Douglas Brinkley
Jimmy Carter's biographer says that Camp David II could give the president an accomplishment that history will notice before the sexual peccadilloes. (07/18/2000)

Black like Al?
Some readers tell Gore to cut the jive talk. Others think he speaks just fine. (07/18/2000)

Emotional vampire By Sue Thomas
My online love changed from the perfect man into an evil seducer. Second of two parts. (07/18/2000)

Basketball diplomacy By Jack Boulware
American women teach the game to Thai village girls to try to save them from prostitution. (07/18/2000)

Even better than Slashdot? By Rachel Chalmers
Advogato is the latest step forward in the evolution of online open-source community. (07/18/2000)

Put Mom through, but not that marketing VP! By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Do you want an e-mail-reading software agent deciding who can interrupt you? (07/18/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" made him -- and Austin, Texas -- a star. Twenty-five years later, you can still hear why. (07/17/2000)

Of dodos and Emmys By Joyce Millman
The TV academy announces its nominations Thursday morning. A reality-enthralled nation yawns. (07/17/2000)

"Taxi Driver" By Andrew O'Hehir
The picture that changed cinema history and American history, plus a detailed technical deconstruction. (07/17/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 17, 2000 (07/17/2000)

This Week's Trailers:
"The Original Kings of Comedy," "The Art of War," "Men of Honor,""The Cell," "The Crew" and "Steal This Movie" (07/17/2000)

The dark side of puppy love By Emily Jenkins
Sure, dogs are cuddly and loyal, but people like them mostly because they're easy to boss around. (07/17/2000)

Annals of biz idiocy By Andrew Essex
"The Brady Bunch" brings companies together. (07/17/2000)

Chicks who click By Heidi Kriz
Who said day trading was a man's world? (07/17/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The adventures of Alexis "Fightin' Al" de Tocqueville. (07/17/2000)

When drugs take a holiday By Nina Teicholz
Could taking a break from medication be the secret to treating AIDS? A new case of a man in Philadelphia shows it's possible. (07/17/2000)

Dude lit
By Maria Russo (07/17/2000)

The queer world of the X-Men
By Erik Dussere (07/17/2000)

How race is really lived in America
By Richard Rodriguez (07/17/2000)

I am a mom and I smoke
By Jennifer Hatala (07/17/2000)

The cord-blood controversy By Alix Christie
First we were supposed to eat the placenta. Now we're supposed to freeze it. (07/17/2000)

Waco's unanswered questions By Robert Bryce
The trial is over, but both Branch Davidians and supporters of the government are disappointed that reports of lying and misconduct have been ignored. (07/17/2000)

Trading roundup By Max Garrone
The Yankees have been wheeling and dealing. Will the Dodgers be the next rich team to get richer? (07/17/2000)

A conversation with James Dale By Kera Bolonik
America's most famous un-Boy Scout discusses discrimination, the Supreme Court and the fight scouting taught him to fight. (07/17/2000)

Long-tailed, hairy beast buys Madonna's house By Amy Reiter
Mysterious German pays $52.5 million (in dog dollars) to get his paws on singer's Miami mansion; book reveals alleged letter from Hillary to Bill: "I know all your little girls around there ..." Plus: George Clooney and Lucy Liu -- the Perfect Couple? (07/17/2000)

Democratic bigots By Jake Tapper
The latest GOP fad is pointing out that Democrats can hate people, too. (07/17/2000)

Hillary denies "Jew bastard" slur By Alicia Montgomery
"I have never said anything like that, ever," the first lady says. (07/17/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 31 By Eric Bogosian
This is good -- let's pause for a while. (07/17/2000)

Canadian troops say no to combat bra By Jack Boulware
Military women want government reimbursement for their underwear purchases. (07/17/2000)

The online succubus By Sue Thomas
My perfect lover became my worst nightmare. Part 1 of two parts. (07/17/2000)

A Napster lawsuit laid to rest By Janelle Brown
Rob Reid shelved Listen.com's legal action, but he says it'll take an act of Congress to resolve the digital music tug of war. (07/17/2000)

Greenspan goes to Burning Man? By Katharine Mieszkowski
Real-time market data comes to the playa this year, with the Stock Market Puppets. (07/17/2000)

Is there a `music gene'? Scholars mull music's roots By Matt Crenson
(07/16/2000)

JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes By Phaedra Hise
The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. (07/15/2000)

The "survivor" who wasn't By Joan Walsh
Why wring our hands over reality TV? We ate up the life and death of JFK Jr. -- and what's wrong with that? (07/15/2000)

Nobody questions the colonel By Bruce Shapiro
Why did James Hiett get just five months for covering up his wife's drug-running in Colombia, while his chauffeur got more time? Another case study in the drug war, in which white perps get off easy. (07/15/2000)

"The Five Senses" By Charles Taylor
Something smells in this dreary art-house picture -- and it ain't the scent of love. (07/14/2000)

"X-Men" By Andrew O'Hehir
Director Bryan Singer ("The Usual Suspects") returns with a moody, formula-defying vision of the biggest-selling comic-book series ever. (07/14/2000)

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" By Jeff Stark
Matt Damon makes us sympathize with a killer; Anthony Minghella shows us why we do. (07/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 14-16, 2000 (07/14/2000)

Cut off from the mainland By Jim Crace
The author of "Being Dead" picks five great books about islands. (07/14/2000)

Robbery at 30,000 feet By Elliott Neal Hester
Adventures in real-life airplane stickups. (And you thought hijacking hardly happened anymore.) (07/14/2000)

Captain Kirk's secret By Don George
William Shatner aside, what keeps Priceline.com's name-your-fare site flying? (07/14/2000)

Crashing and burning By Caroline Knapp
When the founder of the "alcohol in moderation" movement pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide last week, it was a sobering reminder that there's no alternative to quitting cold turkey. (07/14/2000)

The cancer study bombshell that wasn't By Arthur Allen
Were the New York Times and the Washington Post writing about the same New England Journal of Medicine article? (07/14/2000)

Kathleen Willey: A new woman?
By Bruce Shapiro (07/14/2000)

Motherhood on trial
By Jessica Williams (07/14/2000)

John McEnroe
By Larry Platt (07/14/2000)

The silence of the Pill
By Leah Kohlenberg (07/14/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Common scents: No two houses ever smell alike. (07/14/2000)

A brush with death By John Passacantando
My egalitarian coaching system for kiddie basketball could have gotten me killed. (07/14/2000)

Lennox Lewis, heavyweight bore of the world By Allen Barra
Having trouble falling asleep? Try watching one of lackluster champion Lennox Lewis' fights. He'll knock you out without laying a glove on you. (07/14/2000)

Ready to rumble By Howard Altman
Police violence rocks Philadelphia as anxious protesters prepare to descend on the city for the Republican National Convention. (07/14/2000)

Ironic twist By Ted Rose
Ken Starr's former spokesman stands trial on contempt-of-court charges. (07/14/2000)

Home ice feels nice By Susan B. Shor
Mark Messier returns triumphant to the New York Rangers. (07/14/2000)

Storming Hollywood By Kathleen Sharp
Wolfgang Petersen, director of "The Perfect Storm," wanted to cast Mel Gibson instead of George Clooney, and is "perfectly fine" with Salon's chilly review of his blockbuster. (07/14/2000)

Tommy Lee's deep thoughts By Amy Reiter
Pam's ex met man he recognized in jail, almost killed him; bizarre news about George of "Big Brother"; guess who's been officially cast in "Star Wars: Episode II"? Plus: Former bodyguard trying to sell book on Eminem's sex life! (07/14/2000)

Was that so hard, Bill? By Anthony York
Bradley finally endorses Gore while Clinton says farewell to the NAACP. (07/14/2000)

Black like Al?
Listen and be the judge: Does Al Gore change his tone when he talks to African-Americans? (07/14/2000)

Cardiac attack By Joshua Micah Marshall
Should Al get away with judging George's heart? (07/14/2000)

Was the McCain mention a slip-up? By Anthony York
And what's with the Bush-Keating stickers? And Ridge? They all seem more "spine-tingling" than what Gore has to work with. (07/14/2000)

Not nasty enough By David Thomson
Sorry, folks, the trailer for "What Lies Beneath" really was the only turn-on. To see the sexy Pfeiffer in a full-length film, rent "Scarface." (07/14/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 30 By Eric Bogosian
It's like Paul Newman said ... (07/14/2000)

La dolce Viagra By Jack Boulware
A new study, funded by Pfizer, shows Italians are not sexually satisfied. (07/14/2000)

A dot-com call to art By Janelle Brown
Tech companies are driving artists out of San Francisco, but tech millionaires could save them. (07/14/2000)

"I Want to Blow Up Silicon Valley" By Katharine Mieszkowski
You can never go home again, an indie film warns, especially if your town's been overrun by techies. (07/14/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg
So what if the movie "Groove" sucked? Its soundtrack is a miracle: Dance music that sounds good on the stereo. (07/13/2000)

Building the perfect catastrophe By Michael Sragow
A special-effects wizard for "The Perfect Storm" talks about crafting virtual victims (and heroes) and the evolution of computer graphics, from morphing to "The Matrix." (07/13/2000)

"Being John Malkovich" By Suzy Hansen
Spike Jonze's feature debut tells us what it's like to be inside a famous actor's brain -- and what it's like to be a marionette. (07/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 13, 2000 (07/13/2000)

"Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down" by Phillip Wearne By Greg Villepique
Read the hair-raising details of how and why man-made structures come tumbling to earth! (07/13/2000)

Dude lit By Maria Russo
Male writers are venturing into "Bridget Jones" and "Girls' Guide" territory, but can they bag the big game? (07/13/2000)

O.J. online! By Albert Lee
Only in America: At his new AskOJ.com site, the Juice offers autographed jerseys, a lie detector test on video and other assorted horrors. (07/13/2000)

"Harry Potter" hit licks flicks By Gregg Kilday
What Hollywood can learn from the blockbuster Potter opening. (07/13/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix. (07/13/2000)

African mothers: Save us, too By Megan Williams
AIDS activists say providing drugs to prevent HIV transmission to babies but not treating their mothers is unconscionable. (07/13/2000)

Cytotec: Dangerous experiment or panacea?
By Ina May Gaskin (07/13/2000)

Eric Clapton and B.B. King meet again
By Seth Mnookin (07/13/2000)

The new Black Sox
By Allen Barra (07/13/2000)

I am a mom and I smoke By Jennifer Hatala
How does this diminish my fitness as a parent? (07/13/2000)

Has lynch law returned? By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites. (07/13/2000)

How race is really lived in America By Richard Rodriguez
The New York Times assures us that relations between "blacks" and "whites" are "generally good." What about the rest of us? (07/13/2000)

"We all choke" By Gary Kamiya
Pete Sampras' humility has lessons beyond sports. (07/13/2000)

Star sex By Cintra Wilson
Why are we so obsessed with two meteors of human attention colliding in prurient orgasm? Plus: Will Prince William become a photo slave or will he be as the wisteria tree? (07/13/2000)

Forget Britney, Drew's getting hitched! By Amy Reiter
Barrymore to wed Canadian sperm donor; Minnie Driver going Jennifer Lopez route -- no ifs, ands or butts! Ian Holm: "Lord of the Rings" movie will flush "Star Wars." Plus: Halle Berry wants to know what you're thinking. (07/13/2000)

Nader's No. 2 By Alicia Montgomery
She's no Bush fan, but Green Party veep candidate Winona LaDuke wouldn't necessarily mind if her "spoiler" ticket trips up Al Gore. (07/13/2000)

Third parties, Playboy parties and the next generation By Anthony York
George P. Bush and Karenna Gore go on tour. (07/13/2000)

Russian dancing By Jeffrey Tayler
The night was sultry and vodka-filled, but the girl was from another world than my own. (07/13/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 29 By Eric Bogosian
She was the ur-woman in my life, and when she came to me now, I would finally be happy. (07/13/2000)

A threat to the thong? By Jack Boulware
Lingerie king Frederick's of Hollywood files for bankruptcy, but it hopes to come back with lessons from the Gap. (07/13/2000)

Jailhouse Net By Damien Cave
Inmates with e-mail? It could happen at some state prisons experimenting with technology behind bars. (07/13/2000)

Anti-tech agitprop By Damien Cave
Get out of your cubes! Wire the poor! Preachy public art finds a high-tech sponsor in San Francisco. (07/13/2000)

"Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock" By Stephanie Zacharek
Reexperience "The Star-Spangled Banner" and more in this hourlong document of one of the greatest-ever live performances. (07/12/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Howard Hampton
Sarah Dougher's "The Walls Ablaze" cuts seething emotion with eloquent simplicity. (07/12/2000)

Spirit in the skyway By Burt Wolf
In Minneapolis-St. Paul, the Pillsbury Co. and the Mall of America set the tone foodwise. (07/12/2000)

The queer world of the X-Men By Erik Dussere
OK, Wolverine never built a shrine to Judy Garland, but "the strangest teens" were obviously homo superior -- emphasis on the homo. (07/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 12, 2000 (07/12/2000)

"Big Brother," meet "Survivor"; "Survivor," meet "The Real World" By Andy Dehnart
What reality TV shows should learn from one another. (07/12/2000)

"The Tale of Murasaki" by Liza Dalby By Patricia Kean
A novel about classical Japan's greatest writer, set amid the literary and erotic intrigue of the imperial court. (07/12/2000)

Lady of the shining prince By Laura Miller
Liza Dalby talks about the strange and beautiful customs of Japan's golden age, and the woman who immortalized them in a tale of the perfect man. (07/12/2000)

Rich kids By Suzy Hansen
Meet the new faces of nepotism. (07/12/2000)

Brill's folly By Sean Elder
What if you launched a Web site and nobody came? (07/12/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Are you one of those bonkies? (07/12/2000)

The date rape drug, around the clock By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Help! I take GHB every two hours, and can't quit. (07/12/2000)

Bringing back the dead By J.B. Orenstein
A 3-year-old girl is submerged under water for five minutes. When you're the doctor trying to resuscitate her, how do you know when to stop? (07/12/2000)

Team players or tools of the patriarchy?
By Cathy Young (07/12/2000)

Same-sex marriage
By Laurie Essig (07/12/2000)

The smearing of "The Patriot"
By David Horowitz (07/12/2000)

Motherhood on trial By Jessica Williams
I thought dealing with my sick child was bad. But then I was reported to Child Protective Services for neglect. (07/12/2000)

A new woman? By Bruce Shapiro
New bankruptcy documents make the murky finances of Ken Starr's key witness look even shadier. (07/12/2000)

The really big show By Gary Kaufman
Cue the sappy French horn music, they're introducing All-Stars. (07/12/2000)

Cynthia Plaster Caster: Art with staying power By Wendy Mitchell
She made her name memorializing the most prized equipment of famed rockers like Hendrix. Three decades later the work's still hard, but satisfying. (07/12/2000)

Hot set! Banderas and Jolie get horizontal By Amy Reiter
But Melanie says she and Antonio are burnin' up the sheets every day; will Hollywood make Harry Potter an American? Plus: Yuck! Jeweler claims Michael Jackson gooped-up $1.45 million wristwatch! (07/12/2000)

Gore gives room service to Judge Judy By Anthony York
Plus: Ralph Nader, Georgia gun shows and the effectiveness of negative ads. (07/12/2000)

Bradley, at last By Jake Tapper
The man who labeled Gore a first-class fibber prepares to finally endorse him. (07/12/2000)

Bush's savvy attack By Anthony York
His bashing of the INS has some skeptics among Latinos, but mostly it appears to be a big success. (07/12/2000)

Tough times for Gore's ex-tenants By Jake Tapper
The Mayberry family has moved away from the V.P.'s farm, with a little help from the GOP, but they're still attracting attention -- and the police. (07/12/2000)

Turned on with a tickle By Charles Anders
For fetishists, feathers on the feet are no laughing matter. (07/12/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 28 By Eric Bogosian
Redheads are always a little crazy. (07/12/2000)

In trouble with the pope By Jack Boulware
A Brazilian priest gets spanked by the Vatican for being pro-condom. (07/12/2000)

Digital deprivation By Scott Kirsner
Is it possible to survive one week marooned with a $99 Internet appliance? (07/12/2000)

Metallica plays Capitol Hill
Drummer Lars Ulrich schools senators on the evils of Napster, on theft and on the American dream. (07/12/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Seth Mnookin
God and the King meet again. The result: Bloodless background music. (07/11/2000)

"Eyes Wide Shut" By Bill Wyman
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman talk about the late Stanley Kubrick on the sumptuous DVD release of the most misunderstood film in recent memory. (07/11/2000)

A trip to the Tate Modern By Alan Michael Parker, with paintings by Joe Morse
England's newest art cause cilhbre is a massive power station turned gallery on the banks of the Thames. (07/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 11, 2000 (07/11/2000)

"Big Brother" flopping in the ratings By Joyce Millman
No wonder -- it's about 10 of the most excruciatingly boring bozos in the history of TV. (07/11/2000)

When in doubt ... By Garrison Keillor
Is it practical to advise people not to get married if they feel any ambivalence at all? Are we setting a standard that's impossible to meet? (07/11/2000)

"The Language War" by Robin Tolmach Lakoff By Virginia Vitzthum
From hate speech laws to the battle over Native American sports team names, a linguist shows why we're so worked up about the power of words. (07/11/2000)

Hawaiian putsch By Barry Raine
Sex, drugs, sunshine and suicide: How an esteemed philanthropic estate -- and one of Goldman Sachs' biggest outside shareholders -- wound up in the sewer. (07/11/2000)

Everybody invest in us! By Steve Bodow
The Gap owns up to Gen Y goof and returns to utilitarian styling. Why investors should hail the "back to work" imperative. (07/11/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Her discovery would eliminate obesity forever. (07/11/2000)

Cytotec: Dangerous experiment or panacea? By Ina May Gaskin
Doctors are prescribing an unapproved, unpredictable ulcer drug to induce labor in thousands of women. Why are women the last to know? (07/11/2000)

Does my son have to quit the Boy Scouts?
By Susan Brenna (07/11/2000)

God is their copilot
By Jake Tapper (07/11/2000)

Bulging brains -- and breasts
By Janelle Brown (07/11/2000)

Dinner at 8 By Jodi Greenbaum
Where, oh where, are the children who can mix a decent vodka gimlet? (07/11/2000)

Pink ladies, pupus and rumaki By Jodi Greenbaum
The only party libations worthy of Sinatra, the Supremes and a beehive blond with thick eyeliner and a Kool cigarette, doing the twist. (07/11/2000)

Humanitarians or terrorist supporters? By Rob Mank
U.S.-based Muslim and Arab foundations say they're feeding orphaned children. Critics say they're aiding Palestinian extremists. (07/11/2000)

Who'll coach the Tar Heels? By Gary Kaufman
The three most prominent candidates have all turned down the men's basketball job at North Carolina, leaving a field of little knowns. (07/11/2000)

John McEnroe By Larry Platt
His combination of talent and temperament worked hand in hand, exploding on the court and turning tennis into performance art. (07/11/2000)

Will Britney Spears marry Rick Rockwell? By Amy Reiter
Sure, it's cheap sensationalism, but now that he's an author (what!?) and recently liberated ...; "Survivor" host: Contestants are "not being polite." Plus: Carmen Electra's sooty little secret about Rodman! (07/11/2000)

Ebony and irony By Jake Tapper
A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned. (07/11/2000)

Gore and Bush and Vietnam By Kerry Lauerman and Anthony York
Guess which fortunate son claims to have never felt "more alive," while the other flew an obsolete plane back at home? (07/11/2000)

Ball of confusion By Virginia Vitzthum
Mary Lou and her johns mix it up -- who's zooming who? Part 2 in a series. (07/11/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 27 By Eric Bogosian
The first thing I did was lick her. (07/11/2000)

Naked World By Jack Boulware
Sculpture of nude stripper hugging giant penis is too much for Filipino city fathers. (07/11/2000)

Can a labeling system protect your privacy? By Simson Garfinkel
One good look at the White House's implementation of P3P throws into question the value of the whole privacy initiative. (07/11/2000)

E-Survivor! By Katharine Mieszkowski
How about a reality TV show in which dot-commers vie for funding? (07/11/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Charles Taylor
Singer k.d. lang's lazy, languorous voice finds itself an "Invincible Summer." (07/10/2000)

"Casablanca" By Andrew O'Hehir
Rick and Ilsa look better than ever, but why are the DVD extras so skimpy? (07/10/2000)

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

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Juy 10, 2000 (07/10/2000)

The plot deepens By Charles Taylor
With her fourth Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling takes her young hero to his darkest adventure yet. (07/10/2000)

Nude boys on Broadway By Gregg Kilday
The musical is twice as expensive as the movie, and the cast has been relocated to Buffalo. Can "The Full Monty" still shake its stuff onstage? (07/10/2000)

Spend shamelessly.com By Lydia Lee
LVMH quietly launches Eluxury.com, but will anyone buy a $17,000 watch on the Web? (07/10/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Cavalcade of banality! Political humor suitable for the whole family. (07/10/2000)

The silence of the Pill By Leah Kohlenberg
The FDA may make oral contraceptives available over the counter -- and neither pro-life nor pro-choice groups seem to care. (07/10/2000)

False goddess
By Lawrence Osborne (07/10/2000)

They don't buy it
By Eric Boehlert (07/10/2000)

The poisoning of suburbia
By Ted Oehmke (07/10/2000)

Side-locked but not sidelined
By Rebecca Segall (07/10/2000)

Same-sex marriage By Laurie Essig
I don't care if it is legal, I still think it's wrong -- and I'm a lesbian. (07/10/2000)

The smearing of "The Patriot" By David Horowitz
Anti-Americanism runs amok, again, and the left shows that nihilism is all that remains of its agenda. (07/10/2000)

Hell's author By Deanne Stillman
Legendary badass biker Sonny Barger and his roaring Harley are burnin' up the highways on a ... uh ... book tour? (07/10/2000)

Lennox Lewis: "I am not gay" By Amy Reiter
Boxer tells paper he loves women, wants to go into the underwear business and Tyson can eat his left and right; Eminem's mom and grandma rap the rapper; Plus: Puffy sued for use of X-rated conversation! (07/10/2000)

Did the Gores study a sex book? By Jake Tapper
... and other bits of trivia about the men running for our highest office. (07/10/2000)

Doomsday for Star Wars? By Daryl Lindsey
The failure of a critical test raises questions about the viability of the Clinton administration's proposed antimissile defense system. (07/10/2000)

Artist at work By Pegi Taylor
As a nude model, I let him have more and more -- right up to the moment I walked out. Was he a plucky old character or just a lonely perv? (07/10/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 26 By Eric Bogosian
If I take my eyes off the TV, I might die. (07/10/2000)

Cell hell By Katharine Mieszkowski and Kaitlin Quistgaard
What is Virgin Atlantic thinking, inviting cellphones to invade the last vestige of chatter-free space? (07/10/2000)

Britain's first software billionaire By Wendy M. Grossman
At Autonomy, Mike Lynch creates programs that act like people do, analyzing words and extracting ideas. (07/10/2000)

Pottermania at midnight By Laura Miller
There were real owls, fake witches and definitely more girls than boys in line at the biggest book event of the year. (07/08/2000)

Veep show By Anthony York
How would President Clinton rate as No. 2? A new poll shows Liddy Dole and Christie Whitman doing well among the GOP. (07/08/2000)

"But I'm a Cheerleader" By Stephanie Zacharek
Even with the outlandish characters, gaudy colors and gay satire, this smug John Waters knockoff can't stand up to the real thing. (07/07/2000)

"Showgirls" By Charles Taylor
You think the girls are naked in Paul Verhoeven's sublimely vulgar camp classic? Wait'll you see their ambition. (07/07/2000)

"Disney's the Kid" By Andrew O'Hehir
A sentimental Bruce Willis stars in a perfectly acceptable, unforgivably titled entertainment in the Mouse Factory's most familiar vein. (07/07/2000)

"Scary Movie" By Charles Taylor
Keenen Ivory Wayans attempts a parody of a parody -- unsuccessfully -- in this spoof of "Scream" and its ilk. (07/07/2000)

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

"Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A story of growing up in high tech's capital, by a man whose brother went mad and whose mom worked at Apple. (07/07/2000)

Feeling lonely? By John Leonard
A Harvard prof blames TV and boomers, but the real culprits are bowling hoodlums, beer and big business. (07/07/2000)

The best hotel in Honolulu By Don George
When money doesn't matter, here's the place to stay. (07/07/2000)

Napster death match, Round 3 By Eric Boehlert
Fending off a life-threatening court injunction, file-swapping phenom Napster insists it has done nothing wrong. (07/07/2000)

Cellphones in the sky By Don George
Virgin Atlantic wins the race for incoming in-flight cellphone calls. (07/07/2000)

Medical fairy godfather By Arthur Allen
When Oregon state healthcare refuses to pay for a potentially lifesaving operation, a multimillionaire offers to pick up the $250,000 tab. (07/07/2000)

The Nazis, er, the Redcoats are coming!
By Jonathan Foreman (07/07/2000)

Whose lie is it, anyway?
By Jake Tapper (07/07/2000)

How U.S. stars sell Japan to the Japanese
By Malena Watrous (07/07/2000)

A wrench in the "ruling party machine"
By Fiona Morgan (07/07/2000)

Does my son have to quit the Boy Scouts? By Susan Brenna
It would break his heart, but how else do we take a stand against the organization's homophobic philosophy? (07/07/2000)

The leader of my pack was gay By Austin Bunn
Which was a good thing, because I was too. And in our small town, my scoutmaster was the only happy, normal model of gay manhood I had. (07/07/2000)

The new Black Sox By Allen Barra
The Cubs know they can lose games and draw capacity crowds with or without Sammy Sosa and his big salary, so they're going to dump him. How is that different from throwing games for gambling money? (07/07/2000)

JFK Jr.: The truth behind the crash
(07/07/2000)

Fox is it By Scarlet Pruitt
President-elect Vicente Fox, a tough-talking cowboy and former head of Coca-Cola Mexico, promises to revolutionize the nation's economy after 71 years of corruption. (07/07/2000)

Wimbledon gossip wrap-up By Max Garrone
The Fortnight is not all green grass and tennis whites, strawberries and cream. Here's the dirt. (07/07/2000)

I love my teenage bartender By Carlos Amantea
Perhaps there are some things Mexico shouldn't improve upon -- like child labor and treatment of the disabled. (07/07/2000)

Playing grab-ass in the crabgrass? By Amy Reiter
Was Quaid offside and holding with "Any Given Sunday" extras? Rick's therapist analyzes Darva's need for nudity; Thandie Newton describes Tom Cruise "in the flesh." Plus: Whitney Houston blows it again! (07/07/2000)

God is their copilot By Jake Tapper
Both born-again, Bush and Gore have made this the most God-fearing presidential race in 100 years. But their faiths have led these men in two completely different directions. (07/07/2000)

Bush cancels "attack night" By Alicia Montgomery
Less fire and brimstone, more sugar and spice planned for Republican Convention. (07/07/2000)

Such a kidder! By Joshua Micah Marshall
George W. "We'll love the babies" Bush says he's a champion of children in Texas. Roughly 200,000 of them might disagree. (07/07/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 25 By Eric Bogosian
I walk in. Everybody's naked. I can do this. (07/07/2000)

White picket sex By David Thomson
Luis Buquel's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" pulls the curtain back on dream and desire. (07/07/2000)

Tempest in a garden shed By Jack Boulware
A Welsh housewife is found guilty of distributing Dutch porn catalogs from an outbuilding in her yard. (07/07/2000)

The Diablo II fashion show By Andrew Leonard
The hottest fantasy role-playing game isn't just about gore -- it's a mix-and-match accessorizing extravaganza. (07/07/2000)

Bulging brains -- and breasts By Janelle Brown
If game makers really believe in their smart new heroines, why do they still dress them like hookers? (07/07/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Kevin Berger
Despite the silly name, the Ass Ponys whip up a smart literary conceit to accompany the most gripping country-rock you've ever heard. (07/06/2000)

"Man on the Moon" By Jeff Stark
The DVD of Milos Forman's smart Andy Kaufman biopic misses a chance to illuminate the comedian's real-life weirdness. (07/06/2000)

Woody Harrelson gets back in the ring By Michael Sragow
The unpredictable star talks about his overlooked boxing flick, "Play It to the Bone" -- and tries to avoid preaching. (07/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 6, 2000 (07/06/2000)

"Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain" By Craig Seligman
A journalist and a pathologist take off for California toting the greatest scientific brain of the 20th century as cargo. (07/06/2000)

Loser lit By Kate Christensen
In praise of the cranky, misanthropic, uncompromising nobodies of literature -- may they screw up forever. (07/06/2000)

Harry Potter rumor watch By Laura Miller
The Internet buzzes with intimations of love and death. (07/06/2000)

They don't buy it By Eric Boehlert
Baby boomers are purchasing more CDs than ever -- but not jazz or classical. Can these genres survive in an increasingly bottom-line business? (07/06/2000)

Let them eat Big Macs By David Downie
Will the unappetizing plans of McDonald's, the WTO and the European Union spoil classic French cuisine? Not if a 50-year-old dairy farmer from Roquefort can help it. (07/06/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug Ruben Bolling
Earth receives message from outer space: "Try Adantum. Ask your doctor." (07/06/2000)

The poisoning of suburbia By Ted Oehmke
An 18-year-old girl died after taking a pill she thought was ecstasy. Is her death a sign of more tragedies to come? (07/06/2000)

Circumcision may cut AIDS risk
By Sabin Russell (07/06/2000)

Spying on Microsoft
By Joshua Micah Marshall (07/06/2000)

Can't anyone around here edit?
By Sean Elder (07/06/2000)

Team players or tools of the patriarchy? By Cathy Young
Women often are supplying the muscle behind the fathers' rights movement. (07/06/2000)

The hounds of Waco By Robert Bryce
Trial testimony reveals that after federal agents shot dogs that guarded the Branch Davidian compound, those inside thought they were under attack. (07/06/2000)

Clinton is no Nixon By Joe Conason
Memo to Horowitz: "The most criminal, most corrupt, most cynical administration" isn't the current one, pal. (07/06/2000)

NFL police blotter By Gary Kaufman
Carruth won't be tried till February; Chmura angry over child enticement charge; Lane charged with drug possession. (07/06/2000)

Did Einstein cheat? By John Farrell
Is the great physicist's most famous theory a crock? Members of the anti-relativity underground think so. (07/06/2000)

Bryant Gumbel: An idiot and his f-word By Amy Reiter
"The Early Show" host shows off his eloquence; Eminem -- now writing for Bryant Gumbel? Plus: Further proof of de-evolution -- John Rocker, the movie. (07/06/2000)

Lazio hits below the Beltway By Alicia Montgomery
The New York Republican slams Hillary Clinton as a national embarrassment. (07/06/2000)

Side-locked but not sidelined By Rebecca Segall
For today's young Hasidic couples, pleasurable sex just might be kosher after all. (07/06/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 24 By Eric Bogosian
In the big world I'm small, but here I'm big. (07/06/2000)

Mermaid to order By Jack Boulware
For a few extra kroner, this Norwegian mother of two bares her chest and fishtail for fjord tourists. (07/06/2000)

Dear Dottie Downturn
Salon's mistress of manners offers etiquette advice for the nouveau poor. (07/06/2000)

Free to be P-to-P By Katharine Mieszkowski and Kaitlin Quistgaard
Napster is a peer-to-peer? The tech sector is drowning in an alphabet soup of meaningless acronyms. (07/06/2000)

"Charade" By Michael Sragow
Stanley Donen's classy crime caper has charm, wit -- and Cary Grant. (07/05/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Keith Harris
R&B trio Next like dirty talk and naughty sex. But isn't "Come sit on my laptop" taking the ingenious come-ons a bit too far? (07/05/2000)

"Survivor": The merchandise By Joyce Millman
The castaways went to Pulau Tiga and we didn't even get a crummy action figure. When are the pop-crap purveyors going to deliver the goods? (07/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 5, 2000 (07/05/2000)

"Bee Season" by Myla Goldberg By Gavin McNett
A strangely powerful first novel about spelling, mysticism and finding God in the details. (07/05/2000)

One nation, under the weather By Lauren Slater
Stung by a pan in the New York Times, an "illness memoirist" defends her art. (07/05/2000)

"Don't worry, be delirious" By Steve Bodow
Silicon Alley vets take an upbeat attitude toward the dot-com crash. Are they nuts, or what? (07/05/2000)

The perfect medication By Andrew Essex
The day Dramamine trumped George Clooney. (07/05/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Candidate Barbie's staff helps pave her way to the White House. (07/05/2000)

Story Minute by Carol Lay
The life of Riley. (07/05/2000)

The K Chronicles Keith Knight
What are we doing to protect our children from politicians' lies and the media's carelessness? (07/06/2000)

Java junkie By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I've quit cigarettes, pot and acid, but I can't give up lattes. Am I wrecking my health? (07/05/2000)

Can talking kill you? By Joel N. Shurkin
If you're lonely -- and maybe even if you aren't -- just the act of speaking can elevate your blood pressure to dangerous levels, says psychologist James Lynch. (07/05/2000)

Don't tweak the geeks!
By Eric Raymond (07/05/2000)

A movie called "Nashville"
By Ray Sawhill (07/05/2000)

In hangover hell
By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson (07/05/2000)

Harry Potter and the flight from reality By William Underhill
The young wizard's alma mater is a figment of J.K. Rowling's imagination -- but that hasn't stopped folks from signing up for boarding school. (07/05/2000)

Not myself By Matthew E. Dawson
I'm fascinated by what's happening to me. (07/05/2000)

The corruption of Col. James Hiett By Bruce Shapiro
When the commander of U.S. anti-drug efforts in Colombia got involved in drug running, Congress should have rethought its massive military aid bill -- but it didn't. (07/05/2000)

The unquiet death of Jennifer Odom By Jeff Stein
The Pentagon says the Army pilot's crash in Colombia last July was a "mishap," but her family believes she was shot down -- the first of many soldiers likely to die in our undeclared war. (07/05/2000)

Fighting drugs with choppers and poison By Ana Arana
Even advocates of U.S. military aid think the anti-narcotics package will only unravel the peace with Colombian guerrillas. (07/05/2000)

What is golf? By Gary Kaufman
The PGA says it's hitting the ball in the hole, plus walking; disabled golfer Casey Martin says the walking doesn't matter. The Supreme Court will be asked to decide. (07/05/2000)

Where the elite meet to pawn their Patek Philippe By Susan Emerling
Yossi Dina's exclusive Beverly Hills pawnshop caters to the desperately rich and the famously desperate. (07/05/2000)

Sex on the beach? By Amy Reiter
"You have to want to sleep with our cast," says "Survivor" creator; no tweeter touching for "Men in Black" director. Plus: Tammy Faye is "so mad" at RuPaul! (07/05/2000)

Gore's drug war By Alicia Montgomery
The Democrat blasts the pharmaceutical industry for high prescription drug prices and political ads. (07/05/2000)

31 Ejaculations: No. 23 By Eric Bogosian
It's just because my cool is beyond sex. (07/05/2000)

Hookers at the playground By Jack Boulware
Responding to complaints about nearly naked prostitutes in a popular park, Madrid's police chief proposes a ban on underdressing. (07/05/2000)

Blue Girl's blue period By Stephen Lemons
The bluest performance artist around has the paint-and-nipple market cornered. (07/05/2000)

Aliens: The sequel By Janelle Brown
A tale of off-world visitation gave USWeb founder Joe Firmage no end of trouble -- but he's still alive, kicking and raising gobs of venture capital for his latest crusade. (07/05/2000)

The Napster library By Janelle Brown
Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry? (07/05/2000)

The Nazis, er, the Redcoats are coming! By Jonathan Foreman
The savage soldiers in "The Patriot" act more like the Waffen SS than actual British troops. Does this movie have an ulterior motive? (07/03/2000)

Bush's backyard bad news By Alicia Montgomery
Housing activists and unions blast the Republican's Texas record. (07/01/2000)