January 2001

"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" By Stephanie Zacharek
How Austin's sausage got bitten. (01/31/2001)

Mother ship By Joyce Millman
Gillian Anderson's miraculously pregnant Dana Scully has brought "The X-Files" back to its eerie and disturbing best. (01/31/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 (01/31/2001)

Of Vanderbilts and Viagra
"The Mole," Episode 4: Coop's got mom problems; Charlie's got girl trouble! (01/31/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Angelina Jolie pumps more than iron; Kate Hudson has a thing for skulls. Plus: Eminem's mom swears he's really a shy guy. (01/31/2001)

Duchess dearest By Peter Kurth
A dodgy new book claims that Wallis Simpson was genetically a man and romanced a much younger gay playboy. (01/31/2001)

Bang-bang girl
By Janet Reitman (01/31/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The day I went postal (01/31/2001)

Can two men make a baby? By Theresa Pinto Sherer
Researchers say it's possible, but lawmakers must pave the way. (01/31/2001)

Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right? By Allen Barra
Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers. (01/31/2001)

Lockerbie families vow to pursue Gadhafi By Michael Standaert
The split decision in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing has relatives looking to Libya for restitution. (01/31/2001)

Ron Carey is not a crook By Paul Berman
The former Teamsters president made a stupid mistake, but don't forget he's the guy who wrestled unions away from the mob in the first place. (01/31/2001)

Doctor's orders: Get high By Chris Colin
A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality. (01/31/2001)

It isn't easy being in the green By Amy Reiter
Anna Nicole Smith sobs to a jury; Cosmo honors "fun, fearless females." Plus: "Survivor 2's" Debb pulls a Woody with stepson! (01/31/2001)

Bringing faith to the West Wing By Bruce Shapiro
John DiIulio, who once spread fear about juvenile "superpredators," will now run President Bush's faith-based charity programs -- and build an army from GOP patronage. (01/31/2001)

Clinton's bad gift rap, Part 2
Plus: Moderate Democrat Feingold breaks ranks and basks in GOP love; Bush bowls over the press with good manners. (01/31/2001)

Smooth sex By Michael Castleman
Everything you've always wanted to know about lubrication but were afraid to ask. First of two parts. (01/31/2001)

Back at the Ranch By Jack Boulware
An infamous South African brothel is closed after a year of legal wrestling. (01/31/2001)

Buy our movie. Please. By Alan Deutschman
Does it take marching bands and a live tiger to get a distribution deal at Sundance? (01/31/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001 (01/30/2001)

"Friends." "Survivor." "Thunderdome." By Christopher Painter
How the NBC-CBS Thursday-night rivalry spun out of control. (01/30/2001)

"Any Given Sunday" By Max Garrone
What could be worse than Oliver Stone's cloddish, didactic football movie? How about six more minutes and some softball interviews? (01/30/2001)

Monkey business Read by Jane Goodall
In "My Life With the Chimpanzees" Jane Goodall recalls a childhood experience that inspired her interest in the wild kingdom. (01/30/2001)

Brief encounter By Garrison Keillor
Breathless kisses, talking, laughing, making out. Now she won't call me back. Help! (01/30/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The evil twin (01/30/2001)

You're soaking in it By Jennifer L. Pozner
Ad critic Jean Kilbourne rips into "toxic" marketing aimed at women. The second of two related articles on advertising. (01/30/2001)

Did America's pediatrician sell out?
By Katie Allison Granju (01/30/2001)

The deregulation debacle By Anthony York
Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone. (01/30/2001)

The artful dodger By Joe Conason
John Ashcroft's nose is growing faster than Pinocchio's during his Senate confirmation hearings. As attorney general, will he be as evasive with the truth? (01/30/2001)

Matt Groening By Carina Chocano
"The Simpsons" has made him the ultimate industry insider, but it's the inane decisions and petty betrayals of clueless network executives that keep his trenchant satire fresh. (01/30/2001)

And they don't curse, either By Amy Reiter
The boy bands stay fall-down sober at Daisy Fuentes' bash; Dennis Hopper says he saw O.J. go nuts the day of the murders. Plus: Puff Daddy's desperate, and Spielberg gets knighted. (01/30/2001)

Has choice lost support?
By Alicia Montgomery (01/30/2001)

The Clintons' gift rap By Eric Boehlert
As the first family leaves the White House, the political press can't help delivering one more low blow. (01/30/2001)

Ashcroft passes first test
Feingold breaks ranks, vote goes to the full Senate; some Republican Party unfaithful see too much government in "faith-based" charities; Plus: Tuesday morning's briefing. (01/30/2001)

Juan in hell By Virginia Vitzthum
A computer geek becomes the whipping boy for a gay S/M porn producer. First of two parts. (01/30/2001)

Boob deduction By Jack Boulware
A Danish stripper argues that her breast surgery is a business expense. (01/30/2001)

Power and the people By Damien Cave
The electricity industry and the GOP blame NIMBY neighbors for the crisis. Critics say they're trying to turn out the lights on democracy. (01/30/2001)

"Beastie Boys Video Anthology" By Jeff Stark
Porn does it right and so do the Beasties: The best, most obsessive rock video set ever produced also makes great use of the DVD "angle" feature. (01/29/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 29, 2001 (01/29/2001)

The return of "Survivor" By Joyce Millman
Back to the outback! Toned bodies, icky bugs and a landscape littered with kangaroos. Can the sequel measure up to the original? (01/29/2001)

Lights out By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
Katharine Mieszkowski reports on the continuing West Coast energy crisis, while Janelle Brown goes underground as she explores the attraction of a new urban sport called "infiltration." (01/29/2001)

Salon.com Radio launching soon!
The weekly show is to be broadcast on more than 100 Public Radio International affiliate stations nationwide. (01/29/2001)

Bang-bang girl By Janet Reitman
An ex-photojournalist who brags about screwing half the foreign press corps is no feminist hero -- she's just an opportunist. (01/29/2001)

A gold star for tedium
By E.J. Graff (01/29/2001)

Dark horses and doorstops By Maria Russo
Some very heavy reading awaits those who will pick the winners of this year's National Book Critics' Circle Awards. (01/29/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball. (01/29/2001)

Gimme a V-I-C-T-I-M! By Jennifer Block
A new ad campaign against domestic violence uses a yearbook motif to put battered women in their place. First of two parts. (01/29/2001)

The Htoo twins come in from the cold By Lawrence Weschler
Myanmar's legendary child rebel leaders are like toxic cherubim, confusing our moral senses. (01/29/2001)

Arnold Schwarzenegger By Christina Valhouli
The big guy is happiest when he's helping poor kids, saying weird things about race and saving America from single-parent hell. (01/29/2001)

Exercise videos Blockbuster won't carry By Amy Reiter
Angelina Jolie reveals the steamy secret to her fab figure; Schwarzenegger tells German doc what's up. Plus: Melanie Griffith still riding 1988 success. (01/29/2001)

Has choice lost support? By Alicia Montgomery
Abortion rights groups say that the pro-life president is in the minority, but polls suggest that could be changing. (01/29/2001)

GOP probes Clinton's Rich pardon
Bush begins his second week pushing faith-based social services as his party sees success for his tax plan. (01/29/2001)

Swingin' chicks By Stephen Lemons
Michelle Phillips and Mamie Van Doren talk about being decade-defining dames. (01/29/2001)

Sinning senator By Jack Boulware
A Thai politician is under investigation for hosting a sex party with underage girls. (01/29/2001)

How the ax falls
By Salon Technology & Business staff (01/29/2001)

Tampa's time By Jamie Allen
The former backwater town on Florida's West Coast has overcome public growing pains to host its third Super Bowl -- and the Summer Olympics could be next. How can this be? (01/27/2001)

Gov. Davis and the failure of power By Arianna Huffington
California's energy crisis is another lesson in the need for campaign finance reform. (01/27/2001)

"Before Night Falls" By Charles Taylor
Julian Schnabel's tale of a gay Cuban poet smolders with vivid sensuality. Plus: Johnny Depp in drag. (01/26/2001)

"The Wedding Planner" By Andrew O'Hehir
Jennifer Lopez stars in a chaste, lively, goofy romantic comedy. What more do you want? Well, there's a shot of that, too. (01/26/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Super Bowl Weekend, Jan. 26-28, 2001 (01/26/2001)

"Blood, breasts and beasts" By Andrew O'Hehir
Lloyd Kaufman's splatter movies cost less than Sandra Bullock's hair budget, but his real legacy is Troma -- still fighting "devil-worshiping international conglomerates" after 27 years. (01/26/2001)

Obsessed! Read by Eric Conger
Peter L. Bernstein traces the history of gold from alchemy to Fort Knox and beyond, and tells the stories of the greedy and the vain who could not resist its lure. (01/26/2001)

"The Hole in the Universe" by K.C. Cole By Michael Scott Moore
An engaging new book explores the riddles of space, from string theory to the possibility that the universe is a holographic projection. (01/26/2001)

A game called suicide By Amy Benfer
Teacher and author Jane Katch talks about the value -- and necessity -- of violent play. (01/26/2001)

Badass girls on film
By Gina Arnold (01/27/2001)

Words held hostage By Daryl Lindsey
The national media reported on every detail of the dramatic "Texas Seven" prison escape -- except the fugitives' harsh criticism of the state's criminal justice system when they surrendered. (01/26/2001)

Overwhelming evidence of global warming By Dawn MacKeen
Experts hope a startling new report will be enough to persuade President Bush to take action. (01/26/2001)

"The whores are always smiling" By Carlos Amantea
The Geezer's scribblings are a mystery even to him, but eloquently blunt nicknames like Cross-eyes, Crooked Back and Gimpy need no explaining. (01/26/2001)

They survived after all By Amy Reiter
"Survivor" veterans out of the woodwork to comment on new show; Puffy and Lopez deny breakup. Plus: Cops called to O.J.'s house, and Buffy bites her tongue! (01/26/2001)

Bush tallies Clinton trash bill
The new White House crew claims outgoing staffers wrecked presidential property, and Greenspan backs -- sort of -- Bush's tax cut. (01/26/2001)

That's not cricket By Jack Boulware
Investigators are looking into allegations that prostitutes were used to fix sports matches. (01/26/2001)

Verbal embraces By David Thomson
Marriage, or partnership, depends on how urgently and wittily people continue to talk to each other. (01/26/2001)

Searching for speed in Silicon Valley By Janelle Brown
The glory days of geek drag racing may be over, but hotshot hackers are still revving their engines. (01/26/2001)

Down and out in Redmond By Scott Rosenberg
When Microsoft fell off the grid, its first reaction was to cover its butt. (01/26/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001 (01/25/2001)

We three kings By Michael Sragow
The great works of Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola and F.W. Murnau make today's movies look like bags of tricks or boxes of soap. (01/25/2001)

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" By Michael Sragow
Two takes on David Lean's epic masterpiece show how vastly different Hollywood's idea of great moviemakers was in 1957. (01/25/2001)

Schwing!
"Temptation Island," Episode 3: When you're a "fantasy single," smoke gets in your eyes -- and sand gets in your bikini! (01/25/2001)

Make policy, not war Moderated by Stephan Cox
Robert Housman, former U.S. assistant director of strategic planning, and Dave Fratello, author of California's treatment-not-jail initiative, discuss the war on drugs. (01/25/2001)

A gold star for tedium By E.J. Graff
Do the Newbery Medal-winning children's books really have to be so dreary? (01/25/2001)

Secret weapons
By Frances FitzGerald (01/25/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Earth-shattering inventions that will save the world! (01/25/2001)

Did "America's pediatrician" sell out? By Katie Allison Granju
Attachment parenting guru Dr. William Sears is found to have ties to the infant-formula industry. (01/25/2001)

The perfect high
By Meredith Maran (01/25/2001)

"The Democratic inquisition"
By David Horowitz (01/25/2001)

"The Bulldozer" clanks on By Flore de Préneuf
Coming all the way back from war-criminal disgrace, hard-liner Ariel Sharon is about to become the next prime minister of Israel. (01/25/2001)

I take it back By Carina Chocano
After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal. (01/25/2001)

The people's Cuba By Carina Chocano
Thierry Le Gouès' new collection of photos, "Popular," reveals Castro's lush and decaying secret. (01/25/2001)

The well-dressed (and chatty) celebrity pudendum By Amy Reiter
Calista Flockhart, Brooke Shields and Claire Danes discuss vagina fashion; Britney! You sing with that mouth? Plus: Russell Crowe and Courtney Love did what? (01/25/2001)

Was the West Wing trashed or not?
Differing stories, from Drudge to Clinton's press secretary; Ronnie White is still angry; Ashcroft gets caught in a "he said, he said." (01/25/2001)

"Elephant on the dais" and "Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration"
Readers respond to Salon's coverage of the Inaugural protests in Washington. (01/25/2001)

The long and short of it By Jack Boulware
A survey suggests that American men may lag behind their Brazilian brothers in penis length. (01/25/2001)

I'm a cyborg and I love it
By Janet Lafler (01/25/2001)

How the ax falls By Salon Technology & Business staff
Layoffs are never easy, but doing it the dot-com way is just plain dumb. (01/25/2001)

Life on the verge of a dot-com breakdown By Amanda Nielsen
We've got our résumés ready, savings in the bank and our fingers crossed. (01/25/2001)

"Elizabeth" By Andrew O'Hehir
How the Virgin Queen, from the stone castle's point of view, turned herself immortal. (01/24/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001 (01/24/2001)

"Temptation Island" -- What's next? By Kevin Shay
"Substance Abuse Island," "Atheism Island" and other proposals from the Fox reality TV working group. (01/24/2001)

A whole lotta bull
"The Mole," Episode 3: Charlie gets gored where it really hurts; Kate takes it all off, but a suddenly demure network shows us no skin. (01/24/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Jennifer Lopez likes her lovers thorny, Darell Hammond and Will Ferrell squabble over the Oval Office, and Cindy Crawford fears Madonna. (01/24/2001)

Our man in the shadows By Charles Taylor
With his romantic, complex spy novels about prewar Europe, Alan Furst is the heir to John le Carré. (01/24/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
SUVs can perform tricks too! (01/24/2001)

Babies for the highest bidders
By Dawn MacKeen (01/24/2001)

The perfect high By Meredith Maran
An Illinois public school has achieved stunning success by admitting only gifted students and lavishing them with resources. But is this fair? (01/24/2001)

Making up with Daddy By Becky Hellyer
Sometimes a man is a girl's best friend. (01/24/2001)

The rubble-rouser By Beth Kephart
The matriarch of a coffee farm sets out to rebuild her home and town after the devastating earthquake in El Salvador. (01/24/2001)

Disaster in the Galápagos By Dawn MacKeen
It may take years to measure the ecological destruction caused by the oil spill near Darwin's outdoor laboratory. (01/24/2001)

The Ugly Bowl By Allen Barra
It's no clash of the titans, but this Sunday's showdown between two deeply flawed teams at least offers some suspense. (01/24/2001)

The art of disappearing By Pegi Taylor
Folk artist Kenny Hill left a decade's work on the banks of a Louisiana bayou, then vanished. (01/24/2001)

The other new economy By John Dicker
Folk artist Gary Greff wants to save his gasping small town with giant roadside animals. Is he nuts? (01/24/2001)

The real Slim Shady By Amy Reiter
That's not the real Slim Shady, Eminem's mom says; Mel Gibson reveals a Scandinavian alter ego. Plus: Orrin Hatch's "Traffic," and Buffy's ultimatum. (01/24/2001)

Bush gets schooled in payback politics
The president pushes his education plan while Democrats push back Ashcroft; McCain is unlikely to surrender at Bush reform summit. (01/24/2001)

The elephant on the dais By Arianna Huffington
President Bush did nothing to address the rancor that surrounded his Inauguration. (01/24/2001)

Let leaders lead By Benjamin Cheever
Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess? (01/24/2001)

Fear of a Web planet
Author Caleb Carr calls criticism of his proposal for government regulation of the Internet "puerile, naive and rather sophomoric." (01/24/2001)

Crypto for the people By Andrew Leonard
In Steven Levy's new book, paranoid freedom fighters armed with weapons of encryption face off against Big Brother. (01/24/2001)

"The Virgin Suicides" By Jeff Stark
Subtle, breezy, serious and smart, Sofia Coppola's gorgeous directorial debut gets to the heart of adolescent longing -- singing chewing gum notwithstanding. (01/23/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001 (01/23/2001)

"Snatch" By Stephanie Zacharek
Keep your eyes wide open in this speedy, jumbled thug movie -- otherwise you'll miss Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro and a whole lot of nothing. (01/23/2001)

Don't blame the geeks Interview by Stephan Cox
Scientist Jonathan Koomey says Internet companies are not responsible for California's energy crisis. (01/23/2001)

With a heavy heart By Garrison Keillor
Mr. Blue offers advice for getting through the Bush years. (01/23/2001)

A poetry-free presidency
By David Lehman (01/23/2001)

Secret weapons By Suzy Hansen
Frances FitzGerald talks about the Bush administration's commitment to national missile defense, the "son of Star Wars" scheme no one seems to understand. (01/23/2001)

Physicians' Desk Reference, 55th edition
Reviewed by J.B. Orenstein (01/23/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Does the mirror lie? (01/23/2001)

Isle of Skye By Mary McCluskey
How do you say goodbye to a child you didn't know you would lose? (01/23/2001)

The jail from hell By Ashley Fantz
If you ever go to Memphis, you better walk right. A chilling report on one of the worst places in America. (01/23/2001)

Ursula K. Le Guin By Faith L. Justice
The award-winning creator of mythic worlds, and a master of metaphor, writes about people, animals and trees -- "nothing that is alien." (01/23/2001)

Puffy uses flower power By Amy Reiter
Jennifer Lopez on "spending the whole day in bed with my lover"; "SNL" ready to inaugurate President Cheney. Plus: Dubya makes Bo Derek cry! (01/23/2001)

The most dangerous game By Alicia Montgomery
With one swift move of the pen, President Bush angers pro-choice activists, while strident pro-lifers say he didn't go far enough. (01/23/2001)

Bush's "gag rule" fires up pro-choicers
His move could lead to more trouble for the Ashcroft nomination; despite White House resistance, McCain presses campaign finance reform. (01/23/2001)

Lusty ladies By Jack Boulware
A hotel survey Down Under shows gals are feistier than guys. (01/23/2001)

The myth of monogamy By David Barash
According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime. (01/23/2001)

Dance Dance Revolution By Skyler Miller
Will Japanese video games that reward you for shaking your moneymaker ever find a following in the U.S.? (01/23/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 22, 2001 (01/22/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
  (01/22/2001)

Code name: Hype
Katharine Mieszkowski reports on the mystery invention that baffled technologists and publishers alike. (01/22/2001)

Salon recommends
The page-turning biography of Princess Di's ancestress, the story of an orphan torn between black and white families, and more. (01/22/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The bright side of gigantic airline mergers (01/22/2001)

Badass girls on film By Gina Arnold
Is it a good thing when women beat the crap out of men at the movies? (01/22/2001)

The Democratic inquisition By David Horowitz
Democrats set out to tar and feather Bush's Cabinet nominees as racists, overlooking their own racial peccadilloes. (01/22/2001)

He's got the beat By Chris Colin
Quietly, humbly and only knocking over one shelf, 23-year-old Scott Kuzner breaks into the world of hip-hop. (01/22/2001)

Crouching fox By Amy Reiter
Madonna has Cindy Crawford quivering; Rick Rockwell can't take Duchovny's heat. Plus: Andrew Lloyd Webber's got an armadillo in his trousers! (01/22/2001)

The Jackson scandal  
By Anthony York, Joan Walsh and Jimi Izrael (01/22/2001)

Along comes Mary By David Tuller
Having a lesbian in the second family eases the pain of losing gay-friendly Bill Clinton. Now gay rights action returns to the state and local level -- where it matters most, anyway. (01/22/2001)

Hume to viewer: I wanted to "infuriate you"
Jose Cuervo wants to heal the partisan wounds; George Clooney's Ashcroft bombshell. Plus: Morning political briefing. (01/22/2001)

On the bonnet By Stella Black
Stella lusts for hot cars, hot men and parking attendants who give good service. (01/22/2001)

Immigration humiliation By Jack Boulware
Two men are arrested for bringing Russian women and girls to Alaska to work as strippers. (01/22/2001)

I'm a cyborg and I love it By Janet Lafler
My portable insulin pump never strays from my side, but I feel more human with the technology than without it. (01/22/2001)

Party poopers
Not all celebrity is equal: Bo Derek, Billy Baldwin and Lou Diamond Phillips have a hard time representing Hollywood; Kelsey Grammer goes tuxedo casual. (01/21/2001)

Laura Bush, first lady of literacy By Maria Russo
Salon interviews Stanley Crouch about the future of literature under the new administration. (01/20/2001)

"A single nation of justice and opportunity" By Anthony York
In a 14-minute political sermon, George W. Bush promises to unite a divided country after the bitterly contested election. (01/20/2001)

Saturday in the park with George By Kerry Lauerman and Alicia Montgomery
You could learn a lot about the new Bush era from Saturday's inaugural. God and Stetsons? Good. Clinton and taxes? Bad. (01/20/2001)

Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration By Daryl Lindsey
Demonstrators lining the parade route give the new presidential limo an unwelcome splash on its way to the White House. (01/20/2001)

Does "Thirteen Days" get it right? By John W. Dean
A moviegoer with his own role in history looks at how fact-based films interpret reality. (01/19/2001)

"The Pledge" By Charles Taylor
Jack Nicholson as a hallucinating ex-cop is almost as good as he's ever been, but he can't save Sean Penn's pretentious thriller. (01/19/2001)

"The Gift" By Stephanie Zacharek
A certain magic moves this ghostly Southern Gothic nail-biter. Forget the cards: It's all about Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and some great acting. (01/19/2001)

"Panic" By Charles Taylor
William H. Macy's hit man commands a serious black comedy, a quiet thriller that's also an evocation of middle-aged disappointment. (01/19/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 19-21, 2001 (01/19/2001)

"House on Haunted Hill" By Stephanie Zacharek
The deleted stuff, including a corporate shark in Manolo Blahniks, is the best thing about this silly horror remake. (01/19/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Republicans sing a sad song, Kate Capshaw and Elle Macpherson suck face and a Beverly Hillbilly writes some steamy scenes. (01/19/2001)

Physicians' Desk Reference, 55th edition By J.B. Orenstein
Why doesn't anyone know that Elvis' favorite book, the Physicians' Desk Reference, is written by drug companies? (01/19/2001)

"True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey
Reviewed by Laura Miller (01/19/2001)

"St. Anna"
By Louis Bayard (01/19/2001)

Stephen Hawkings debunks astrology
(01/19/2001)

A poetry-free presidency By David Lehman
The lack of a poet at Bush's Inauguration is a bleak omen of his administration's attitude toward culture -- but then again, what poet would agree to appear? (01/19/2001)

What's causing early puberty? By Dawn MacKeen
New findings point to environmental estrogens. (01/19/2001)

Babies for the highest bidders By Dawn MacKeen
Private adoption rewards wealth, not fitness, and abuses abound. (01/19/2001)

We're on fire By Chris Colin
Extraterrestrial aggression and what to think, and that last windy day with the drugs. (01/19/2001)

Hail to the chimp! By Douglas Cruickshank
A vast left-wing conspiracy seems hellbent on promulgating the idea that the new Leader of the Free World resembles a chimpanzee. (01/19/2001)

Sperm heist? What a racket! By Amy Reiter
Paper claims Boris Becker's vital bodily fluids were used in extortion try; Basinger's dad: Baldwin's blow-ups broke up marriage. Plus: Marilyn Manson's engagement goes to hell! (01/19/2001)

Jackson retreats By Anthony York
The Rev. Jesse Jackson announces he'll leave public life to "reconnect with my family" after a tabloid breaks news of his "love child." Conservatives sharpen their knives. (01/19/2001)

Aphrodisiac of power By Joan Walsh
Jesse Jackson joins the club of powerful men whose private transgressions are inevitably exposed -- but at least he handles it with a little class. (01/19/2001)

Thanks, President Clinton! By Bill Wyman
Your lying and philandering turned the country over to George W. Bush. (01/19/2001)

Wrong number By Jack Boulware
Phone books in the Bahamas are recalled to delete porn site URL on the covers. (01/19/2001)

Sexual politics By David Thomson
It was there in every sneaky grin -- the thought of pleasure. (01/19/2001)

Jesse Jackson? That's just my baby daddy By Jimi Izrael
The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught? (01/19/2001)

From the Internet springs life eternal By Lizard
Online dinosaurs never go extinct -- instead, they thrive, jostling with their descendants for our attention. (01/19/2001)

Pillsbury Doughboy mauls techies By Damien Cave
Trademark wars online, Part LXVIII: No more bake-offs for software developers! (01/19/2001)

Directors from B to Z By Michael Sragow
"Panic" filmmaker Henry Bromell talks about low-budget independence, while Robert Zemeckis of "Cast Away" chimes in on big-studio clout. (01/18/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001 (01/18/2001)

Danger! Crocodiles!
"Temptation Island," Episode 2: Will Andy get lucky? Will Taheed get a life? Will Ytossie get smart? (01/18/2001)

Stuttering and uncovering
Steve Buscemi is Tourettic detective Lionel Essrog in Jonathan Lethem's novel "Motherless Brooklyn." (01/18/2001)

"The Man Who Found the Missing Link" by Pat Shipman By Edward McSweegan
A new biography recounts the story of the brilliant scientist who fought priests, politicians and jungles to prove Darwin right. (01/18/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-Man saves the day! (01/18/2001)

In prison again By Chesa Boudin
I am the son of inmate 83A6158. (01/18/2001)

Saddam won't die By Vivienne Walt
Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever. (01/18/2001)

All the rage by Carina Chocano
The new craze in craziness; to kill a black swan; and Pamela Anderson suggests new uses for your Palm. (01/18/2001)

Anyone but him! By Amy Reiter
Billy Joel's sometime girl dumps him for "Survivor's" dopey Sean; the Olsen twins launch their own rag; and Kim Cattrall thanks Viagra for her multiple orgasms. (01/18/2001)

License to kill? By Adele M. Stan
As a senator, John Ashcroft backed a Missouri bill that might make killing an abortion provider justifiable homicide. (01/18/2001)

Clinton's final days
By Charles Taylor and Joan Walsh (01/18/2001)

Round 2: Ashcroft wins over a Democrat By Alicia Montgomery
Georgia's Zell Miller says he'll confirm the attorney general designate despite tough grilling on gun control and abortion by Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein. (01/18/2001)

Ashcroft gets ripped on race
Democrats attack the nominee on Ronnie White, voting rights and school desegregation while preparing for a loss; Norton is next on the firing line. (01/18/2001)

White out By Alicia Montgomery
As John Ashcroft's confirmation hearings wind down, the key witness, Judge Ronnie White, is too nice for the Democrats' own good. (01/19/2001)

Jenna the sex goddess By Peter Keating
The world's top porn star tells some of her secrets. Second of two parts. (01/18/2001)

Love the ones you're with By Jack Boulware
A Muslim man marries two women in a single ceremony. (01/18/2001)

Green power in the red By Damien Cave
Electricity deregulation is bankrupting California's fledgling eco-friendly energy industry. (01/18/2001)

Java fans fight back By Simson Garfinkel
OK, Sun's programming language does have some good points, but it's still a long way from perfect. (01/18/2001)

Turn off the Internet!
By Katharine Mieszkowski (01/18/2001)

Where the boy bands aren't By Eric Boehlert
The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over? (01/17/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001 (01/17/2001)

We're beginning to miss Julie Chen!
"The Mole," Episode 2: In which the French Riviera is made to seem boring. (01/17/2001)

All about Eve By Katharine Mieszkowski and Janelle Brown
Get the scoop on the conflict between women's Web sites DigitalEve and Webgrrls International, and how one woman is giving "No more Bush" protests a whole new meaning. (01/17/2001)

Say a little prayer By Garrison Keillor
My Christian boyfriend decided we should stop sleeping together because he wasn't sure I was "the one." Should I break it off altogether or settle for less than a whole relationship? (01/17/2001)

Harry Potter hanky-panky
By Kera Bolonik (01/17/2001)

St. Anna
By Louis Bayard (01/17/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Dieter, the vicious dwarf hamster. (01/17/2001)

Never too old By Ruth Marvin Webster
My 70-year-old dad and his model wife are looking for a "little miracle." (01/17/2001)

PGA honchos to world: We're even bigger jerks than you thought! By Allen Barra
Plus: Why aren't Gary Carter and Joe Torre in the Hall? (01/17/2001)

Power politics By Anthony York
California Democrats are trying to buy electricity to sell to state utilities, but Republicans and energy companies are crying foul. (01/18/2001)

A bland antidote for Bill 'n' Al fatigue: George W. By Camille Paglia
Clinton debased the presidency and Gore became a hysterical chameleon. A lazy Bush may be just the prescription America needs. (01/17/2001)

No marvelous night for nothing By Amy Reiter
Ricky Martin sells out alone, as Van Morrison has no intention of playing Dubya's inaugural party; Probst says "Survivor II" participants got real desperate. Plus: Kathie Lee gets raw, and Britney gets a crib. (01/17/2001)

Why won't Rush Limbaugh denounce Ronnie White? By Eric Boehlert
Maybe he knows White is no more pro-criminal than his own cousin, Missouri Supreme Court Justice Stephen Limbaugh Jr. (01/17/2001)

Round 1: Ashcroft on the offensive
Democrats and Republicans take their positions, while the nominee tries to quell doubts about his impartiality. (01/17/2001)

Partisan pileup at Ashcroft hearings
Democrats ding top-cop pick on racial issues as Republicans cry foul; Bush heads east for the inaugural. (01/17/2001)

Could Ashcroft roll back drug policy reform? By Dawn MacKeen
Bush's choice for attorney general might halt efforts to emphasize treatment over incarceration, opponents fear. (01/17/2001)

An innocent Texas inmate is freed By Salon Staff
But if George W. Bush's office had not ignored a murder confession and DNA evidence, Christopher Ochoa might have been freed much sooner. (01/17/2001)

The Florida recount continues! By Anthony York
And according to the latest numbers, Bush has regained a narrow lead. (01/17/2001)

Two girls on Jenna By Peter Keating
Secrets of the world's No. 1 adult film star, or why I'll never clean my upholstery again. First of two parts. (01/17/2001)

Holy nudity By Jack Boulware
A priest gets in trouble for posing naked in support of charity. (01/17/2001)

Turn off the Internet! By Katharine Mieszkowski
Is the global computer network to blame for the current electricity crisis? Lackeys of the power industry want us to think so. (01/17/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001 (01/16/2001)

Who's "The Mole"? Who cares? By Joyce Millman
Plus: On the riveting courtroom drama "100 Centre Street," legendary director Sidney Lumet returns to TV with a bang -- and a lunch-break tumble or two. (01/16/2001)

"The X-Files: Fight the Future" By Jeff Stark
The makers of TV's "The X-Files" used to think they were making a little movie each week -- until they actually set out to make a movie. (01/16/2001)

"Nothing Personal" Readers' Choice Awards Read by Amy Reiter
The gossip-enriched pick the winners in Amy Reiter's annual sweepstakes, including Kathie Lee Gifford, Martha Stewart and Dan Rather. (01/16/2001)

St. Anna By Louis Bayard
With her cloying new inspirational book, Anna Quindlen joins Martha and Oprah as the latest example of a secular savior. (01/16/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The all-new adventures of Georgie Bush -- Boy President! (01/16/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
She overreacted to every small thing (01/16/2001)

Anywhere but here syndrome By Nancy Spiller
How do you enjoy traveling when all your companions want to talk about Disneyland? (01/16/2001)

Let's give them something to talk about By Nancy Spiller
A grazing menu to muffle the most garrulous guests. (01/16/2001)

Ashcroft's tough Sell By Joe Conason
A segregationist group is banking on the hard-on-crime attorney general nominee to drop a murder conspiracy case against one of its own. (01/16/2001)

Karlheinz Stockhausen By Paul McEnery
The composer of "the first great piece of electronic music" influenced the Beatles, Miles Davis and numberless others. And he comes from Sirius. (01/16/2001)

Ricky Martin, traitor By Amy Reiter
Singing at Dubya's inauguration is selling out his heritage, says the Puerto Rican singer's producer; and Simon Le Bon explains his swollen testicle. Plus: Madonna's wedding makes Scotland a material world. (01/16/2001)

Can John Ashcroft be stopped? By Bruce Shapiro
If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends. (01/16/2001)

The case for John Ashcroft By Alicia Montgomery
Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice says Ashcroft champions civil rights, rules by law and will make a great attorney general. (01/16/2001)

All about Ashcroft
Friends and foes try to take the Hill as the confirmation clash over the attorney general-designate officially begins. (01/16/2001)

Where Marilyn slept By Jack Boulware
A seedy resort in Lake Tahoe hosted Monroe, Sinatra and the Kennedys -- sometimes all at once. (01/16/2001)

Piano man By Jack Boulware
Eric Rosser, formerly with John Mellencamp's band, is charged with producing and selling child porn. (01/16/2001)

Online and underground By Janelle Brown
Thanks to the Web, the sport of infiltration -- creeping through abandoned buildings and unused subway tunnels -- is thriving as never before. (01/16/2001)

Clinton's final days By Joan Walsh
As the newly liberated president travels the country to cement his legacy, he reminds us we'll miss him as much as he'll miss us. (01/13/2001)

Farewell, charming pragmatist By Charles Taylor
President Clinton took the political virginity we claimed to have, and damn did it feel good to be rid of it. (01/13/2001)

The castaway By David Thomson
Will Tom Hanks ever get off the feel-good island of superstardom? (01/12/2001)

Life is like a FedEx box By Michael Sragow
Tom Hanks says that until crisis strikes, you always know what you're going to get. (01/12/2001)

"Save the Last Dance" By Charles Taylor
Not good -- not even -- but Julia Stiles radiates and this urban teen movie takes a gutsy stand on black boys who date white girls. (01/12/2001)

"AntiTrust" By Stephanie Zacharek
A clunky computer-age thriller in which geeky programmers sell out to code zillionaires -- any resemblances to the living or dead are purely coincidental. (01/12/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Holiday Weekend, Jan. 12-15 (01/12/2001)

"Double Take" By Andrew O'Hehir
Yuppie vs. homeboy or drug lord vs. FBI agents -- who knows? This hyperactive road comedy provides pointless, good-natured laughs. (01/12/2001)

"I Have a Dream"
Hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963 at the March on Washington. (01/12/2001)

The castaway speaks  
Listen to behind-the-scene excerpts of Michael Sragow's interview with Tom Hanks. (01/12/2001)

"The Adversary" by Emmanuel Carrére By Laura Miller
A new book probes the case of the phony doctor who killed his family rather than confront a life of lies. (01/12/2001)

Harry Potter hanky-panky By Kera Bolonik
Book publishers' furtive change of a key detail in "The Goblet of Fire" has fans buzzing. (01/12/2001)

A teen sex guru speaks
By Amy Benfer (01/12/2001)

The virginity hoax
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney (01/12/2001)

Radioactive fallout By Laura Rozen
Did exposure to American depleted-uranium-tipped weapons cause the cancer deaths of some European peacekeepers who served in the Balkans? (01/12/2001)

Hardest hit by the prison craze By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Oklahoma executes black woman Wanda Jean Allen at a time when black women have become the new menace to society. (01/12/2001)

"Jaws" starring Elle and Kate By Amy Reiter
Macpherson and Capshaw suck face, Spielberg off his feed; Calista's a mom. Plus: "Beverly Hillbillies'" Uncle Jed writes softcore novel at 92! (01/12/2001)

Ashcroft's nephew got probation after major pot bust By Daniel Forbes
Although his arrest for growing 60 plants could have landed him in federal prison, Alex Ashcroft was tried in state court and avoided jail, despite his uncle's crusade for tougher federal drug laws and mandatory prison sentences. (01/12/2001)

Welcome to Tallahassee By Daryl Lindsey
Jeb Bush testifies before a federal civil rights hearing on election irregularities in Florida. (01/12/2001)

Bush picks Chao for labor chief
Sen. McConnell's wife is likely to sail through confirmation; Ashcroft gets a boost while Norton gets more trouble. (01/12/2001)

Taking the stand and passing the buck By Daryl Lindsey
Florida's controversial Secretary of State Katherine Harris defends her actions during the election before a skeptical Civil Rights Commission. (01/12/2001)

Whom to marry? By David Thomson
Lily Bart in "The House of Mirth" is like any modern woman -- faced with terrible choices about love. (01/12/2001)

Is that for an airplane, or are you just glad to see me? By Jack Boulware
Taiwanese men hope to enter the Guinness record book by hauling a 747 with their penises. (01/12/2001)

Get your laws off my coffin! By Suzi Parker
The funeral industry dukes it out with independent casket dealers as Americans redefine the way they deal with death. (01/12/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001 (01/11/2001)

"Gladiator" By Charles Taylor
Never mind the slew of extras and all that Roman history -- Russell Crowe and all of his "massives" are far more exciting. (01/11/2001)

Back to the beach By Carina Chocano
"Temptation Island," Episode 1: Babealicious women! Hunkariffic guys! Doomed couples! (01/11/2001)

Cabinet casualties Read by Alicia Montgomery
Alicia Montgomery reports on how a Million Moms and People for the American Way want to keep John Ashcroft out of office. (01/11/2001)

What to read: The best of January fiction By Salon's critics
Juicy new novels by A.S. Byatt and Peter Carey, love and death in a Bombay apartment house, impolite stories from a young literary light and more. (01/11/2001)

"The Hiding Place" by Trezza Azzopardi By Maria Russo
A disfigured girl spins out the secrets of her family's disastrous history in this Booker Prize-nominated novel by a new Welsh writer. (01/11/2001)

"The Biographer's Tale" by A.S. Byatt By Laura Miller
A disillusioned student forsakes literary theory to unearth the truth about an enigmatic writer in the latest feast for the mind by the author of "Possession." (01/11/2001)

"True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey By Laura Miller
A legendary Australian outlaw relates his adventures in this rousing tale of injustice and defiance from the prizewinning author of "Oscar and Lucinda." (01/11/2001)

"Demonology" by Rick Moody By Amy Benfer
A collection of inventive and passionate stories by one of today's most acclaimed young writers. (01/11/2001)

"The Death of Vishnu" by Manil Suri By Suzy Hansen
Life, death and forbidden love feed the feuds in a Bombay apartment building in this elegant, clever first novel. (01/11/2001)

"Gob's Grief" by Chris Adrian By Mary Elizabeth Williams
History and fantasy combine in this powerful story of a twin killed during the Civil War and his brother's strange scheme to bring him back to life. (01/11/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Fun facts about Bob, that guy in the cubicle by the elevator (01/11/2001)

What are we fighting for? By Michael Easterbrook
Colombia's civil war puts children on the front lines. (01/11/2001)

Shutting down the Tehran Spring By Ben Barber
How religious hard-liners sabotaged reforms in Iran and earned the spite of their people. (01/11/2001)

They taste like nuts, right? By Carina Chocano
Chef reveals that the Dubyas are loco for bull balls; Laura Bush's good head transferred to better bod; and is the prez-elect's niece bird-doggin' Prince Willam? (01/11/2001)

Inside Sarah Jessica Parker By Amy Reiter
"Sex and the City" star's got a mouthful; this is Keanu Reeves' brain on drugs; look out fashion world -- here comes Angelina and Billy Bob! Plus: Mr. Blackwell disses Britney's bra-tops. (01/11/2001)

Baked Alaska? By Anthony York
Fearing a return to the days of James Watt, green activists mobilize to spike Bush's environmental nominees. (01/11/2001)

Get Ronnie White, Round 2 By Eric Boehlert
In their battle for Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft, Republicans are once again attacking the Missouri Supreme Court justice whose federal judgeship Ashcroft scuttled. (01/11/2001)

Bush picks Chao for labor
Senator's wife steps into Chavez's shoes; Boxer leads Democrats' anti-Ashcroft charge. (01/11/2001)

Conservatives flex muscles over Ashcroft By Alicia Montgomery
In a pugnacious appearance, right-wing groups serve notice to "liberal ideologues" that there's a new sheriff in town. (01/12/2001)

Portrait of an artist By Glen Helfand
Trevor Fairbrother's new book shows that John Singer Sargent was not only a painter of the rich but a sensualist in everything he did. (01/11/2001)

Clean scenes By Jack Boulware
A video watchdog in Utah edits out all the nasty stuff for his Mormon customers. (01/11/2001)

Finishing last in the race for dot-com riches By Gary Kamiya
Could there be a worse time than now to publish a book revealing the secrets of Internet start-up success? (01/11/2001)

Fear of a Web planet By Scott Rosenberg
Everyone can find some reason to worry that the Internet is "out of control," but what's the alternative? (01/11/2001)

Recession, take me away
By Cary Tennis (01/11/2001)

"The Graduate" By Michael Sragow
Dustin Hoffman explains his method, his sequel and other notes behind this sweeping indictment of adulthood -- and swoony vision of triumphant youth. (01/10/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001 (01/10/2001)

The return of Chicken George
"The Mole," Episode 1: In which we are tormented by the Ghost of Reality TV Shows Past. (01/10/2001)

Cease and desist By Katharine Mieszkowski and Damien Cave
ETown lays off workers and is accused of union busting; Fandom.com sues Fandom.tv for copyright infringement. (01/10/2001)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking. (01/10/2001)

Information poisoning
By Caleb Carr (01/10/2001)

Oz vs. Narnia
By Laura Miller (01/10/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
"What Men Want" (not starring Mel Gibson) (01/10/2001)

A teen sex guru speaks By Amy Benfer
Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton. (01/10/2001)

"You $%#@!" By Allen Barra
From Anna Kournikova and paying college athletes to Alex Rodriguez and old Olympic grudges: The readers write. (01/10/2001)

Mark Salzman By Carol Lloyd
After a year in a car with a towel around his head, the author of "Lying Awake" finds that religion and art aren't so dissimilar. (01/10/2001)

Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble By Amy Reiter
Lara Flynn Boyle and Catherine Zeta-Jones bravely admit to perfection; Kate Winslet strikes out against the skinny. Plus: Sharon Stone's instincts tell her to take the $15 million sequel check. (01/10/2001)

Ungraceful exit By Alicia Montgomery
Things were going tear-jerkingly well at Linda Chavez's news conference. Then she opened her mouth. (01/10/2001)

Blood in the water? By Joan Walsh
Bush's Chavez blunder may spell trouble for his other nominees. (01/10/2001)

Ashcroft's compassion for a criminal
A favor for a suspected felon haunts Bush's top cop pick; civil rights groups charge to court over Florida's election flubs. (01/10/2001)

Turn on your Love Light By Jack Boulware
A British company plans to market a product designed to induce romance. (01/10/2001)

"Queer as Folk" By David Tuller
The British version is sexy, as it should be, but the U.S. version is immature and not even hot. (01/10/2001)

Recession, take me away By Cary Tennis
We've all been working too hard -- and for what? (01/10/2001)

How Alan Greenspan runs the world By Damien Cave
Bob Woodward, author of a new book on the Federal Reserve chairman, explains the "maestro's" search for an economic soft landing. (01/10/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001 (01/09/2001)

"Gone in 60 Seconds" By David Lazarus
Super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer on his genius: "I do it to entertain people." So where are all the car chases? (01/09/2001)

"Nowhere to Hide" By Stephanie Zacharek
Myung-se Lee, a visual magician high on pictures, gives us a thriller of spooky, throbbing elegance. (01/09/2001)

Ménage à trois with the Crone Read by Maggie Estep
A foulmouthed, love-sick boyfriend of a sex-crazed woman named Jody finds himself in bed with her older lover. (01/09/2001)

Decoding the genome By Ralph Brave
Six new books tackle human biology's Holy Grail, but each fights its own crusade. (01/09/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The great aper (01/09/2001)

The future of color By Avital Gad Cykman
Many nights I lie awake and dread my unborn son's skin. (01/09/2001)

The politics of protection By Fiona Morgan
Are women who flee domestic violence political refugees? The INS says they could be, but controversial new rules could come too late for the woman whose case inspired them. (01/09/2001)

Marianne Faithfull By David Bowman
The eternal Venus in furs owns the golden voice you hear when all the bars are closed and the whores have gone home. (01/09/2001)

The more things change ... By Amy Reiter
Vanilla Ice may have landed in the cooler and Courtney Love may have a new stalker, but Melanie Griffith's singing the same old painkiller blues; Bush's niece instigates a steamy correspondence with Prince William. Plus: The Jackson 5 want us to want them back. (01/09/2001)

Lady Bountiful? By Alicia Montgomery
Linda Chavez's "charity" to an illegal Guatemalan immigrant may cost her a Cabinet post. Her critics say it's the only nice thing she's ever done for Latinos. (01/09/2001)

First blood: The fight over Bush's Cabinet  
By David Horowitz (01/09/2001)

The right stuff By Arianna Huffington
President-elect Bush should make reform-minded New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson his drug czar. (01/09/2001)

"A troublesome sign for Bush's intestinal fortitude" By Salon staff
Washington reacts to the withdrawal of Labor Secretary-designate Linda Chavez in an unexpected return to Nannygate politics. (01/09/2001)

Hymen exam By Jack Boulware
Girls and young women are tested for virginity in South Africa as part of an AIDS and pregnancy prevention program. (01/09/2001)

Kind of a drag By Virginia Vitzthum
A young man turns himself into a beautiful woman, but the transformation is only skin-deep. (01/09/2001)

The virtual reality shrink By Damien Cave
Can computerized 3-D immersion therapy cure you of your fear of flying? (01/09/2001)

Java: Slow, ugly and irrelevant
By Simson Garfinkel (01/09/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 8, 2001 (01/08/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
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"The Craft" By Stephanie Zacharek
How do you make a fun teenage sorceress movie realistic? Hire a Wiccan. Plus: Bad-girl actress Fairuza Balk really is a witch. (01/08/2001)

Eminem's latest outrage By Eric Boehlert
The Grammys jump on the hate bandwagon and anoint "The Marshall Mathers LP" with four nominations. (01/08/2001)

Peevish Plimpton Read by George Plimpton
A veterinarian and pet advice columnist disappears in George Plimpton's quirky mystery "Pet Peeves." (01/08/2001)

Information poisoning By Caleb Carr
The author of "The Alienist" says we should stop treating the Internet like print and start regulating it. (01/08/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Life after the judicial coup (01/08/2001)

The scarlet number
By Deborah Bishop (01/08/2001)

The virginity hoax By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity. (01/08/2001)

First blood: The fight over Bush's Cabinet By David Horowitz
The left's efforts to tar and feather Ashcroft and other conservative Bush appointees are as unfair as the smear campaign waged against Clarence Thomas 10 years ago. (01/08/2001)

Ian MacKaye By Peter Brandt
After 20 years, the Fugazi frontman and co-owner of Dischord Records is still a punk and a prince. (01/08/2001)

John Ashcroft's big mistake By Eric Boehlert
He denied Ronnie White a federal judgeship for being soft on crime, when his real grudge was against his pro-choice politics -- and the move cost him his Senate seat. (01/08/2001)

"Nannygate" crisis for Bush nominee?
Linda Chavez's "charity" to an illegal immigrant could cost her the labor spot; Socks' successor gets the boot. (01/08/2001)

Johns, beware By Jack Boulware
Women dressed like prostitutes fleece men in by posing as undercover cops. (01/08/2001)

Falling for a bad boy By Alex Morgan
I moved from Illinois to Texas to be with him. Why did I think it could work? (01/08/2001)

I was a union mole at Kmart
By John Dicker (01/08/2001)

Java: Slow, ugly and irrelevant By Simson Garfinkel
The programming language once hailed as a revolutionary breakthrough is no substitute for simply training good programmers. (01/08/2001)

Young, gifted and under center By Jon Entine
The current bumper crop of black quarterbacks leading their teams to the playoffs doesn't mean racism is dead in the NFL. (01/06/2001)

Gore seals his own fate By Alicia Montgomery
Over objections from the Black Caucus, the vice president assures an Electoral College victory for George W. Bush. (01/06/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 5-7, 2001 (01/05/2001)

"Braveheart" By Jeff Stark
Mel Gibson's deadly boring film, not to mention his commentary, mangles history and his fellow actors -- all for the sake of a good fight. (01/05/2001)

Oscar pro picks flix By Damien Bona
The author of the definitive book on the Academy Awards handicaps the 2000 race, from "Traffic" to "Cast Away" to "Quills." (01/05/2001)

Peer-to-peer pressure
Damien Cave reports on altruistic uses of online file sharing with potential financial rewards. (01/05/2001)

"Help Wanted: Tales From the First Job Front" by Sidney Lewis By Daniel Handler
Evil retail managers and back-stabbing temp agencies star in a new collection of war stories about work. (01/05/2001)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
I hit the road, temporarily trading the Demon for the Muse. (01/05/2001)

Clinton grows a spine By Lawrence Weschler
The president surprises his critics by, at the last possible moment, signing on to the treaty for an International Criminal Court. (01/05/2001)

The fraud of American "peacemaking"
Salon readers respond to Michael Adams' indictment of U.S. policy toward Israel. (01/05/2001)

Out from under our noses By Gersh Kuntzman
Nostril hair grew wild until Anton Bauml gave us the famous Klipette. Now fate finds the late entrepreneur's wife sniffling. (01/05/2001)

New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs By Daniel Forbes
A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the decriminalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders. (01/05/2001)

Will Bush Cabinet picks get Borked? By Alicia Montgomery
Liberal Democrats are gearing up to oppose the president-elect's most conservative choices. Here's a list of the most vulnerable nominees, and their enemies. (01/05/2001)

Dems plan to stall electoral tally
Florida Democrats prepare a procedural motion that could delay Saturday's counting of electoral votes. (01/05/2001)

Dog days By Jack Boulware
Romanians love their stray canines, and don't believe in having them spayed. (01/05/2001)

In forsaken country By David Thomson
The erotic enlargement was startling, a vision of otherness that I could never truly understand. (01/05/2001)

Is John Ashcroft a geek's best friend? By Damien Cave
The pro-life, pro-Confederacy, pro-guns attorney general nominee is also pro-privacy. (01/05/2001)

An ornery kind of American heroism By Michael Sragow
Jason Robards became the most urban of characters, but I'll remember him for his saloon-bred hoarseness and his frontier purpose. (01/04/2001)

"Scary Movie" By David Lazarus
Sex and guns and new handicap gags, but no word on how the directors found the right fart sound for Carmen Electra. (01/04/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001 (01/04/2001)

Words and wars

The late poet Stephen Spender speaks with Dick Cavett about poetry and politics in a Paris Review interview. (01/04/2001)

"Cloning: Responsible Science or Technomadness?" By Michael Scott Moore
A new book shows that ethical questions about replicating humans are less consequential than the procedure's threat to our biological diversity. (01/04/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
In this week's episode, Judge Scalia leaps into action! (01/04/2001)

The Pill for men? By Audrey Fisch
My drug-peddling dad says it's a simple problem of supply and demand. (01/04/2001)

The fraud of American "peacemaking" By Michael Adams
Clinton is just the latest U.S. leader whose one-sided support for Israel has doomed the region to bloodshed. (01/04/2001)

One murder, two stories By Aaron Tapper
In Israeli and Palestinian newspapers, it's a case of battling histories. (01/04/2001)

The naked, the dead and the occasional vision By Carlos Amantea
Mexico mysterioso: A tabloid depicts crime at its most graphic, a corpse wears rather nice Adidas and giant redwoods flourish in the desert. (01/04/2001)

Skeletons in the Cabinet
By Gary Kamiya (01/04/2001)

"I hope he will be better than his father" By Flore de Préneuf and Daryl Lindsey
Israelis worry, and Palestinians hope, that a new Bush administration will be tougher on them than Clinton was. (01/04/2001)

Greenspan soothes Bush's economic blues
But the president-elect continues to press his tax cut. Hillary Clinton hits the Hill and wins the spotlight. (01/04/2001)

Choke hold By Jack Boulware
The wife of a man who died during autoerotism is denied his insurance. (01/04/2001)

Whorehouse of the Caribbean By Jonathan Lerner
Castro promised to clean up Cuba, but the new poverty has driven many to sell what they can, including their bodies. (01/04/2001)

I was a union mole at Kmart By John Dicker
But I found myself fighting a very different battle than the one I'd signed up for. (01/04/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001 (01/03/2001)

The 10 most disturbing trends in Hollywood By Ian Rothkerch
Drug-addled actors! Celebrity sycophants! Obnoxious sob stories! I'm sick of Jim Carrey, Robert Downey Jr. and their goddamned adoring press. (01/03/2001)

"Nashville" By Bill Wyman
On this long-awaited DVD, director Robert Altman talks about the making of an American classic. (01/03/2001)

Ten winners from 2000

Editor Laura Miller and journalist Stephen Cox discuss this year's Salon Book Award winners. (01/03/2001)

The crime of my life By Charles Taylor
Election and recession getting you down? Check out the mystery novels that got me through a very tough year. (01/03/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The softer side of the Raider Nation (01/03/2001)

The scarlet number By Deborah Bishop
According to sex surveys, I'm a tarnished woman. (01/03/2001)

Marvin Miller, Hall of Famer By Allen Barra
The union founder made ballplayers unimaginably rich. Will they ever have the guts to demand that he be enshrined in Cooperstown? (01/03/2001)

Clock running out on Clinton's Mideast legacy By Flore de Préneuf
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel. (01/03/2001)

Jan Gabrial By Stephen Lemons
The one-time wife of brilliant, tortured novelist Malcolm Lowry discusses her controversial new memoir about their tempestuous relationship (01/03/2001)

Ashcroft whistles Dixie By Alicia Montgomery
Bush's attorney general nominee is only the latest conservative lawmaker caught pandering to fans of the Confederacy in a tiny but powerful Southern journal. (01/03/2001)

Skeletons in the Cabinet By Gary Kamiya
Democrats need to work with Bush. But they don't need right-wing dinosaurs like John Ashcroft and Gale Norton. (01/03/2001)

Gays blast Interior nominee By Daryl Lindsey
Former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton angered many with her defense of a controversial anti-homosexual measure. (01/03/2001)

Unite this, Bush!
Gore says play nice, but the Black Caucus thinks twice about giving the president-elect a break as he finishes up his rainbow Cabinet. (01/03/2001)

Gore moves ahead in Florida recount By Anthony York
If you count dimpled chads plus the votes the Florida Supreme Court gave him, the vice president is leading Bush by 96 votes in the latest tallies. (01/03/2001)

Come again! By Louis Bayard
Our inn had a guest book that should have been rated X. (01/03/2001)

Illegal procedures By Jack Boulware
A doctor is expelled from the medical register for performing clitoris surgery. (01/03/2001)

Our crystal ball By Salon Technology & Business staff
Salon Technology and Business makes its predictions for 2001. (01/03/2001)

"Shadow of the Vampire" By Andrew O'Hehir
The tender neck of a delectable leading lady, and those of the audience, are offered up for the biting in this confused horror tale. (01/02/2001)

When we're going to be there Read by Chris Colin
In Chris Colin's essay from "Salon.com's Wanderlust" he takes his future children on a future drive, careful to micromanage their impressions along the way. (01/02/2001)

England's decadent delights Read by Douglas Cruickshank
In Douglas Cruickshank's essay from "Salon.com's Wanderlust," he samples the good life with Mariah Carey, clay pigeons and single malt scotches at a luxurious English castle hotel. (01/02/2001)

Season of the witch By Garrison Keillor
I'd like to tell my conservative Christian mother-in-law I practice Wicca. Do you think she'd understand? (01/02/2001)

I went to Brand Camp and all I got was this dumb snack-food epiphany By Ruth Shalit
We have seen the reality TV of the future, and it is 20 hipsters spending a loft weekend thinking about packaged goods. (01/02/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Global warming-- the Bush plan (01/02/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Futility goddess (01/02/2001)

I wanted to be a mother who bakes By Rachel Wray
And then I found out that it's illegal. (01/02/2001)

Nonperishable sugar cookies By Rachel Wray
A tasty, not tainted recipe for crime. (01/02/2001)

The death penalty's other victims By David Lindorff
When prosecutors eliminate jurors opposed to capital punishment, they also weed out women and minorities and stack the deck against defendants. (01/02/2001)

Sam Shepard By Kevin Berger
He's become a legend over the last three decades, but the elusive cowboy of American theater is not going soft on us -- for damn sure. (01/02/2001)

Bush taps a Democrat By Alicia Montgomery
Clinton appointee Norm Mineta is selected to head the Department of Transportation, opponents gear up to battle the Bush agenda and Democrats target John Ashcroft (01/02/2001)

Doggie style By Jack Boulware
A man attacks his son for having sex with the pooch. (01/02/2001)

Ooh la la By Kelly Jones
I'm a Francophile because the men there make me feel more attractive than I am. (01/02/2001)