Episode 8: "The Mole" burns us again!
On the penultimate show ... nothing happens. (02/28/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 (02/28/2001)

"Freeway" By Stephanie Zacharek
Director Matthew Bright admits his weakness for white cotton panties in the commentary for this brash "artsploitation" flick. (02/28/2001)

Assault on evolution By Larry Arnhart
The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory. (02/28/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Snowboarding school (02/28/2001)

You pussy! By Margot Magowan
If ever there was a word in need of rehab, it is this feline expletive reserved for wimps. (02/28/2001)

Ghost boy By Kathryn Marlow
An image of my father before me. (02/28/2001)

Knocked senseless
By C. Mann (02/28/2001)

Washington sobers up on sanctions By Fiona Morgan
The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets. (02/28/2001)

Bring back the jerk By Allen Barra
Few players as great as Rickey Henderson have so alienated the public. But he can still help somebody win. Plus: A reply to angry Dale Earnhardt fans. (02/28/2001)

Bow wow wow By Amy Reiter
Snoop Dogg and Larry Flynt make a porn video; Wyclef Jean wants Sharon Stone -- think "jockstrap." Plus: Woody causes woodies and Meg Ryan's exes rock! (02/28/2001)

The Bush look By Camille Paglia
Is he quietly confident, or just stumped? Plus: Condoleezza Rice for president! Poor New York: First Hillary, now another Brooklyn Museum flap. And: The psychological poison of "The Vagina Monologues" and the ruthless grandness of Barbra. (02/28/2001)

Dropping in on the fact checker
The media overstates Denise Rich's White House visits; black leaders call the "conspiracy" in Florida a "modern-day reincarnation of slavery." Plus: Wednesday briefing. (02/28/2001)

Saying "scumbag" before it was cool
  (02/28/2001)

Dan Burton's glass house By Daryl Lindsey
The man who made himself President Clinton's chief inquisitor shouldn't throw stones. (02/28/2001)

Bush hits to the center By Jake Tapper
In his first major presidential speech, he's at his bipartisan, platitudinous best. (03/01/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Meg Ryan gets ditched for a dog by Russell Crowe, real-life heroine Erin Brockovich wants to be on a reality show, Jon Bon Jovi is a wedding singer and more. (02/28/2001)

Doggie style By Jack Boulware
In Zambia, some men's thoughts turn lightly to ... Fido. (02/28/2001)

The new slackers
By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski (02/28/2001)

Dis-"Connection" By Bill McKibben
When a Boston station locked out Christopher Lydon, it silenced public radio's most civilized -- and swinging -- talk-show host. (02/28/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 (02/27/2001)

Sympathy for the (Jersey) devil By Joyce Millman
James Gandolfini, David Chase and the "Sopranos" crew return for a bold and brilliant third season opener. (02/27/2001)

Lifeline By Garrison Keillor
My friend is too dependent on me and I can't get her to seek help for her violent mood swings. What to do? (02/27/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The intruder. (02/27/2001)

Mallomar memories By King Kaufman
Biting into one is all about love and loss and family and ... Oh, who are we kidding: They just taste so good! (02/27/2001)

The meaning of Life
We change our name and readers tell us what they think. (02/27/2001)

Recipe: Mallomar brownies By King Kaufman
Ditch the brownies and you've got it made. (02/27/2001)

The Bush pardons By Joe Conason
Now this is Rich: They include a Watergate felon, a Cuban exile terrorist and a Pakistani heroin smuggler. But where was the outrage then? (02/27/2001)

Notorious? No kidding! By Amy Reiter
Lil' Kim's posse is involved in a Manhattan shootout; Marky Mark won't ape Heston's skimpy dress; Eminem didn't know Elton was gay; and Jack Nicholson shacks up with Brando. (02/27/2001)

Aung San Suu Kyi By David Rubien
Even when she's under house arrest, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning resistance leader is a symbol of hope in the struggle for democracy in Burma. (02/27/2001)

A last-minute visit?
Denise Rich was cleared as a White House guest on the final night of the Clinton presidency; a former DNC figure pleads the Fifth in pardon probe; Bush readies for his big night. (02/27/2001)

Report from ground zero
Journalist Stephan Cox speaks with Salon's Middle East correspondent, Flore de Préneuf, about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (02/27/2001)

Don't call me again By Jack Boulware
A jilted woman phones her ex 1,000 times a day. (02/27/2001)

Looking for Mr. Other Half By Virginia Vitzthum
I want my soul mate to be my lover, best friend and intellectual equal. Why is that asking too much? (02/27/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 26, 2001 (02/26/2001)

"Chinatown" By Andrew O'Hehir
The extras on Roman Polanski's noir classic feature "as little as possible," in J.J. Gittes' famous phrase. (02/26/2001)

Box of Stones By Bruce Kluger
Is Oliver Stone a misunderstood cinematic genius or just a deluded, self-absorbed hack? A new 10-DVD box set promises some answers. (02/26/2001)

Salon recommends
An addictive biography of William Randolph Hearst, an intoxicating tale of disobedient lovers in war-torn Iran and more. (02/26/2001)

Boomer Buddhism By Stephen Prothero
American converts are taking a 2,500-year-old faith and making it over in their own image -- self-absorbed. (02/26/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
That president of ours, he's thinking! (02/26/2001)

Fashionably flat-busted By Carina Chocano
Look for dirty looks, plus a few live sheep. (02/26/2001)

Buy, buy bag lady By Carina Chocano
Faking it, flaunting it and, finally, getting real. (02/26/2001)

Stalker chic By Janelle Brown
Is skim.com dressing up the antisocial pervert or outfitting the terminally hip? (02/26/2001)

Susan Orlean By Chris Colin
The insatiably curious author of "The Orchid Thief" and "The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup" isn't Mister Rogers and doesn't laugh at biscotti. (02/26/2001)

Cheney watch
A shadow presidency emerges? Drudge's blurry video scoop. And: more hearings on pardon mess. (02/26/2001)

Are Clinton stories part of a sinister plot?
  (02/26/2001)

Bill Clinton isn't black! By Jabari Asim
It's time to bury the ridiculous and insulting notion that the former president is anything but white. (02/26/2001)

Hey, chinbeard! Hang up and ride Rant by Cary Tennis
Fed up with cellphone users on public transit, a lone stranger fights back. (02/26/2001)

Tintin sting By Jack Boulware
Three men are arrested for creating a lewd version of the popular Belgian comic. (02/26/2001)

The loo and love By Christina Valhouli
Taking a dump near my boyfriend is just not something I can do. (02/26/2001)

The greatest antitrust show on earth. Again! By Andrew Leonard
Top five reasons we should care about the appellate court hearings on Microsoft -- even though we really don't want to. (02/26/2001)

The new slackers By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
What goes around comes around -- laid-off dot-commers are discovering anew the joys of apathy. (02/26/2001)

I can't get laid off By Lori Cox
When your company's a sinking ship, that pink slip starts looking more like a ticket to the good life. (02/26/2001)

The online housesitting nightmare By Will Leitch
They couldn't stand living under the gaze of 32 webcams, so I thought I'd give it a shot. (02/27/2001)

Marsupial madness
Kimmi takes a bath -- finally! Plus: Jerri licks her wounds. (02/23/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 23-25, 2001 (02/23/2001)

"3,000 Miles to Graceland" By Stephanie Zacharek
Even with Vegas showgirls, Elvises with guns and trashy blow jobs, this tribute is hardly fit for a cretin -- much less a King. (02/23/2001)

"Monkeybone" By Charles Taylor
This madcap classic is one of the funniest, wildest comedies in years. Why doesn't big Hollywood want you to see it? (02/23/2001)

Between pro-life and pro-choice By Judith Greer
Richard North Patterson tries to write a "fair" abortion novel in "Protect and Defend," but there's no such thing. (02/23/2001)

A hero's retreat By Margaret Finnegan
Dad hit us, Mom watched, and then -- a miracle. (02/23/2001)

"Traffic" jams the drug war By Arianna Huffington
It's rare for a movie to change the direction of a political debate in Washington, but this one has. (02/23/2001)

Minding social graces on a nuclear submarine By Daryl Lindsey
What really happens when civilians enter the tight confines of a vessel of war? The Navy captain who wrote "Run Silent, Run Deep" gives his account. (02/23/2001)

More embarrassing revelations for the Navy By Daryl Lindsey
A leaked internal report acknowledges that civilians onboard the USS Greeneville may have played a role in the crash that killed nine. (02/23/2001)

Did the Juice cut loose? By Amy Reiter
A tabloid says O.J. starred in a three-way porn flick -- he denies it; Bob Dole wants to work with Britney; and Darva and Rick prolong our suffering on Larry King. (02/23/2001)

Fat chance By Chris Colin
Hugh Rodham made the mistake of being a big man in a big scandal. Didn't he know he'd be eaten alive? (02/23/2001)

Were Clinton and Denise Rich more than friends?
There's absolutely no evidence, but Clinton haters are peddling the rumor anyway. Plus: Anti-gay slurs and a big Bob Jones endorsement in the South Carolina Senate race. (02/23/2001)

Bush's opening night By Jake Tapper
And the review is not good. At his first press conference, the president serves up nicknames, "coco" plants and an impressive series of nonanswers. (02/23/2001)

The betrayed, the defiant and the self-satisfied
  (02/23/2001)

Unpardonable By Joan Walsh
Former President Clinton's disgraceful exit raises an awful possibility: Maybe he was as morally bankrupt as his right-wing enemies said. (02/23/2001)

The press corps, happy at last By Eric Boehlert
But why, when they've got the Clintons dead to rights, are they fudging the facts? (02/23/2001)

"In Harry's Bar in Venice"
Listen to an archival recording of Ernest Hemingway reading his short story. (02/23/2001)

Skinny-dipping By David Thomson
Sports Illustrated's models may look good in their suits, but can they swim out of the voyeur's chamber? (02/23/2001)

It's art! By Jack Boulware
An Austrian museum hires women to parade naked -- except for boots -- at an opening party. (02/23/2001)

Losing faith in PayPal By Damien Cave
Aggressive anti-fraud tactics at the first widely used online payment company are spurring a consumer backlash. (02/23/2001)

Eminem steals the show By Eric Boehlert
The Grammys bring in the bad boy of the moment to boost ratings. (02/22/2001)

Bizarre love triangles By Carina Chocano
Episode 7: Andy gets a mud bath, becomes less of a man! Plus: Is someone getting lucky? (02/22/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001 (02/22/2001)

"Dreamcatcher" by Stephen King and "Ordinary Horror" by David Searcy By Laura Miller
King's latest book takes a page from "The X-Files," while an elegantly literary debut tells of creeping, formless suburban terror. (02/22/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Fun facts about evolution! (02/22/2001)

After the SAT By Amy Benfer
As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional. (02/22/2001)

Knocked senseless By C. Mann
A fist to the face sends me into familiar stages of humiliation, anger and amnesia. (02/22/2001)

"Red asphalt" and "Forced grief"
Readers respond to our stories on the death of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. (02/22/2001)

A brand name you can trust By Carina Chocano
Will California become Disney's Schwarzenegger Adventure? Plus: CBS sues Stacey back! (02/22/2001)

They're not Fonda snacking By Amy Reiter
Jane and Uma admit to eating disorders. Plus: Bon Jovi wants to rock ... your wedding! (02/22/2001)

Gag me with a Grammy By Amy Reiter
The night's best quips: Sometimes a brief flash of wit lit up an otherwise grueling show, sometimes not. (02/22/2001)

Hillary Clinton's brother gets pardon fees
What's the difference between the Washington Post and The National Enquirer? "We have style," Enquirer editor says. Plus: Thursday briefing. (02/22/2001)

Bush does so have a mandate
  (02/22/2001)

Clintons let Gore take the fall By Jake Tapper
The pardon of an herbal-remedy salesman was initially pinned on the vice president, as the first couple kept quiet. (02/22/2001)

The mystery of the docile Democrats By Jake Tapper
How long will they keep jumping through Ringmaster George's hoops? (02/22/2001)

How bad can it be? By Roy Blount Jr.
A faith-based judicial system? Country club vouchers? A Gore voter considers a Bush future. (02/22/2001)

Yo La Tengo remixed
Listen to the Kit Clayton remix of "Danelectro 3," a track from Yo La Tengo's recent EP release "Danelectro." (02/22/2001)

Using her body By Karen Croft
Artist Renée Cox talks about the recent furor over her work, Mayor Giuliani, religion and growing up black in Scarsdale. (02/22/2001)

Paris when it sizzles By Jack Boulware
A candidate for mayor calls for more love and pleasure. (02/22/2001)

Getting uppity in suburbia By John Dicker
Have some tea with your Brandywine at Thornbury? A little Anglophilic branding will make all your insecurities go away. (02/22/2001)

Bury the hatchet
Episode 7: Anderson Cooper -- know-nothing host, humble mumbler, defender of art. Plus: Charlie walks the plank! (02/21/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 (02/21/2001)

Why Eminem should get the Grammy By Whet Moser
His "Marshall Mathers LP" is the most deserving Grammy nominee in years. Too bad no one gets it. (02/21/2001)

"Coyote Ugly" By Suzy Hansen
Hot girls dance and dump water on themselves -- now with director's commentary, behind-the-bar footage and a chat with the starving actresses. (02/21/2001)

"The Body Artist" by Don DeLillo By Maria Russo
A grieving woman, an almost empty house and a very strange visitor add up to a metaphysical puzzle by this American master. (02/21/2001)

"The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Amy Tan By Maria Russo
The bestselling author returns to the epic, cross-generational storytelling that made her "The Joy Luck Club" an international hit. (02/21/2001)

"Love, etc." by Julian Barnes By Amy Benfer
The eternal triangle returns in this story of a woman who has left her stolid, successful husband for a charming wastrel. (02/21/2001)

"A Spell of Winter" by Helen Dunmore By Suzy Hansen
In this Gothic wonder of a novel, madness, incest and even worse follow in the wake of a mother's ruthless desertion. (02/21/2001)

"Rides of the Midway" by Lee Durkee By Jonathan Miles
With this full-tilt novel of youthful catastrophe and hellbent debauchery, a bartender kicks in the door of Southern literature. (02/21/2001)

"English Passengers" by Matthew Kneale By Laura Miller
This tale of a misbegotten quest to find the Garden of Eden in Tasmania effortlessly blends the hilarious and the heartbreaking. (02/21/2001)

"Everyday People" by Stewart O'Nan By Amy Benfer
In a neighborhood on the brink of exile, the author of "Prayer for the Dying" sets a family of criminals, converts, adulterers and saints. (02/21/2001)

What to read: The best of February fiction By Salon's critics
Amy Tan is back in "Joy Luck" territory, Don DeLillo gets metaphysical, Julian Barnes tackles the eternal triangle and more. (02/21/2001)

"The Lecturer's Tale" by James Hynes By Amy Reiter
In this academic satire with a supernatural twist, a beleaguered adjunct lecturer acquires the power to fulfill his dreams -- for good and evil. (02/21/2001)

"Crooked River Burning" by Mark Winegardner By Amy Reiter
This unexpected, but moving, fictional tribute to Cleveland teems with real-life figures like Eliot Ness and Alan Freed. (02/21/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Can I show you my big, black marker? (02/21/2001)

Nothing like a good mystery By Mark Cloud
We read together as the plot, and her waist, thicken. (02/21/2001)

Oil tycoons on the submarine By Daryl Lindsey
The list of civilians aboard the USS Greeneville doesn't reveal a fundraising scandal, but it does underscore the link between money and access to power. (02/21/2001)

Forced grief By Allen Barra
The media's portrayal of Dale Earnhardt as a hero of Michael Jordanesque proportions is nonsense. (02/21/2001)

A conversation with Eminem's mom By Amy Reiter
Debbie Mathers talks about love, rejection, lawsuits and her own CD. (02/21/2001)

Queen of the world! By Amy Reiter
DiCaprio gets engaged; Madonna defends Eminem; Drew Barrymore's dog saves her life; and James Cameron is still lost in his space idea! (02/21/2001)

Paranoia's best, revisited
Readers respond to the top 10 lists from last week's Paranoia series. (02/21/2001)

Caught read-handed
Bush says, "Teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test"; Chavez draws liberal lurkers. Plus: Wednesday briefing. (02/21/2001)

When will the Clinton hate end?
  (02/21/2001)

Bush to Democrats: I'm your man, not McCain By Jake Tapper
A Bush liaison tries to work with Democrats on a patients bill of rights -- but only if his former campaign rival is not involved. (02/21/2001)

"Protect and Defend" Read by Patricia Kalember
In his latest novel, Richard North Patterson combines the election of a new president and the appointment of a controversial chief justice with a heated battle over reproductive rights. (02/21/2001)

Women and goats, beware By Jack Boulware
An aphrodisiac brewed in Swaziland causes rampant horniness and a craving for meat. (02/21/2001)

Sounding off on the Redmond giant
Readers respond to "What's wrong with Microsoft?" and "Life, liberty and the pursuit of free software." (02/21/2001)

Hacking the overmind By Andrew Leonard
John Sundman's nanotech thriller is a tribute to geekly passions -- and a warning of imminent disaster. (02/21/2001)

Napster: Let's make a deal! By Janelle Brown
Is the music-trading service increasingly desperate, or crazy like a fox? (02/21/2001)

Is the XFL taking the WWF down with it? By Eric Boehlert
As smashmouth football ratings continue to fall, some wonder whether Vince McMahon is endangering his wrestling empire. (02/20/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001 (02/20/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
  (02/20/2001)

Living a lie By Garrison Keillor
After 20 years of marriage my wife still thinks I graduated from Harvard, and I never even finished school. How can I tell her the truth now? (02/20/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Bad news about tall folks (02/20/2001)

Los Bros Hernandez duet, with kissing By Amy Benfer
The boys talk about their women. (02/20/2001)

Real women By Amy Benfer
The heroines of the Hernandez brothers' "Love and Rockets" graphic novel series are no longer whip-thin punk girls. They're among the most fleshed-out female characters in American literature. (02/20/2001)

Lazy daze By David Horowitz
From '60s socialist to Wen Ho Lee defender: The political odyssey of Los Angeles Times columnist Robert Scheer. (02/20/2001)

For love of burning rubber By Allen St. John
Auto racing is about speed and hot chicks and cool sunglasses, yes. But it's also, in a very real sense, about life and death. (02/20/2001)

Red asphalt By King Kaufman
A sports fan wonders how auto racing enthusiasts can enjoy something so plagued by sudden, predictable tragedy. (02/20/2001)

Johnny Carson By Jack Boulware
On the good nights, he was the second best thing you could do in bed -- but on his best nights, he was the best. (02/20/2001)

Et tu, Brockovich? By Amy Reiter
The busty namesake from the Julia Roberts flick gives us more reality TV; Chuck Barris biopic goes the way of Chuck Barris; Billy Bob Thornton fails the fatherhood test; and more. (02/20/2001)

Bush suck-up alert!
Reporters take note of Bush's immaculate Iraqi bombing as he hits the road for his education and tax plans; Congress deserts the capital. (02/20/2001)

Rich is a scapegoat for Florida
  (02/20/2001)

Where Clinton hating never dies By Alicia Montgomery
At a conference of conservatives, a new Republican president is no reason to forget about the last one. (02/20/2001)

Close encounters of the Vonnegut kind Read by Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Pilgrim meets the inhabitants of a flying saucer in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Slaughterhouse Five." (02/20/2001)

I'm no Heidi By Tracy Quan
I felt happy rather than traumatized when I was told that my breasts were beginning to develop. (02/20/2001)

Johnson jug By Jack Boulware
The Museum of London acquires a penis-shaped cup for its collection of 18th century pornographic objects. (02/20/2001)

When the saints go up for auction By Jeff Sypeck
A one-man crusade against online relic sales is met with unholy indifference. (02/20/2001)

The silence of the wallabies
Episode 4: "Mommy, how do you make pork chops?" (02/16/2001)

"Sweet November" By Stephanie Zacharek
Their love, like this mawkish weepie, was doomed. But don't blame Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. (02/16/2001)

"Down to Earth" By Stephanie Zacharek
Chris Rock, reborn as a white guy, blazes through a perfectly pleasant "Heaven Can Wait" rip-off. (02/16/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Presidents Day Weekend, Feb. 16-19, 2001 (02/16/2001)

"Pollock" By Stephanie Zacharek
Actor Ed Harris' charged biopic of the abstract painter is not quite the divine mess it should be. (02/16/2001)

War zone By Alan Furst
The author of "Kingdom of Shadows" picks four great books that transport you to the '30s and '40s. (02/16/2001)

Just say no to DARE By Dawn MacKeen
America's school-based drug prevention program gives in to critics' pressure. (02/16/2001)

You've got hate mail By Lydie Raschka
First I expected it; now I'm scared. (02/16/2001)

Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves By Ben Barber
On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate. (02/16/2001)

New York's bully in chief meets his match By Amy Reiter
"Yo Mama" artist Renée Cox won't let adulterer Rudy Giuliani use Catholicism to beat her up. (02/16/2001)

The new victimology By Laura Miller
The Catholic League depicts critics as prejudiced and their ideas as hate crimes. (02/16/2001)

Caliparanoia dreamin' By Anthony York
The Golden State's helter-skelter soul has long been the fertile crescent of fear, but we're moving on now -- to something worse. (02/16/2001)

Michael Jackson talks love By Amy Reiter
Kid-lover Jacko tells journalist-suitors to beat it! Plus: J.Lo's bodyguard caught with sock o' dope; Cruise-Kidman rumors fly; and Pamela Anderson dumps her toilet beau. (02/16/2001)

Now playing at the angstplex By Stephanie Zacharek
A Salon film critic picks her 10 favorite paranoia-inducing movies. (02/16/2001)

Bush heads south of the border
The president heads to Mexico to meet with Fox; a congressional committee plans to slam Clinton aides with subpoenas, but holds back on Rich. (02/16/2001)

Florida, again
  (02/16/2001)

Ben-Hur upstages Cheney By Alicia Montgomery
At a convention of conservative activists, the vice president doesn't serve up the partisan red meat -- Charlton Heston does. (02/16/2001)

Life after Napster
Ahri Birnbaum talks with Janelle Brown about Monday's ruling against the file-trading service and the future of music distribution on the Web. (02/16/2001)

It's the sperm, stupid By Jack Boulware
A Scottish study shows that while larger sheep may mate more often, they don't sire more offspring than the little guys. (02/16/2001)

A funny valentine By David Thomson
Whenever I meet a woman who is beautiful but uneasy with it -- and there are a lot of them -- I get that strange Novak feeling. (02/16/2001)

What's wrong with Microsoft? By Damien Cave
The software giant usually demolishes any opponent that dares to step in its path. But it can't beat streaming-media king RealNetworks. (02/16/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 (02/15/2001)

Taster's choice By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Abs of steel and a thing for girls with an appetite -- Freddie Prinze Jr. is the guy everyone wants for a boyfriend. (02/15/2001)

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" By Max Garrone
Extras include 14 minutes left out of Sergio Leone's vision of the mythic American West but, unfortunately, not the movie's original Italian. (02/15/2001)

Joltless Joe By Kerry Lauerman
The new collection of Joe Kennedy's letters, edited by his granddaughter, shows the Kennedy mythmaking machine in full spin. (02/15/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super Fun-Pak Comix! (02/15/2001)

Out-of-state experience By David Vernon
I covered Disney's new theme park, California Adventure. It made me miss the Golden State. (02/15/2001)

Hollywood Hooker Pickup By King Kaufman
A few California Adventure attractions never made it past the planning stage. (02/15/2001)

Hey, wanna smoke some Muggles? By Tom McNichol
Whoever came up with the "street" drug names in the White House drug office must have scored some radical Dinkie Dow. (02/15/2001)

Name that tune -- before it names you Salon Arts & Entertainment staff
Salon's music critics pick the 10 most paranoid compositions of all time. (02/15/2001)

Riding the Cottonmouth Express -- to hell By Chris Colin
Some passengers looked up; others were oblivious. Me, I wondered how they were going to ship my corpse back East. (02/15/2001)

How the defendant spent Valentine's Day By Amy Reiter
At the Puffy trial, we get a loopy plot straight out of Hollywood. Poor Puffy gets a broken heart. (02/15/2001)

Why capitalists should like estate taxes By Sam Fleischacker
From Adam Smith to Thomas Jefferson, lovers of freedom have demanded that social privilege be earned -- not inherited. (02/15/2001)

Freshen up your $1,000 tax cut, hon? By King Kaufman
What those oft-mentioned waitresses say about Bush's plan. (02/15/2001)

"Gore wins!"
Democratic National Committee chairman declares a Gore victory; Bush's Mexico trip puts life back into Buchananites; celebrate Not My President's Day, and Paul Wolfowitz finally gets his closeup. (02/15/2001)

Leaving little to the imagination By David Skinner
When Clarence Thomas gave a fire-breathing speech at the "conservative prom," it made my head spin. And not in a good way. (02/15/2001)

Plutocrats to the rescue! By Joan Walsh
While the spineless Dems dither, the stiffest resistance to Bush's outrageous tax plan comes from an unlikely quarter: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Sr. (02/15/2001)

Bill Clinton's true friends By David Talbot
Once again, he learns they're in Harlem, not on Wall Street. (02/15/2001)

Rich pardon gets more scrutiny By Alicia Montgomery
A Senate hearing into Bill Clinton's final moves looks like good news for him -- until a U.S. attorney launches her own probe. (02/15/2001)

Reaganomics redux By Daryl Lindsey
Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut. (02/15/2001)

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Read by Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes reads two of his poems. (02/15/2001)

Feast for the eyes
Salon Sex art galleries, from the Kinsey collection to Japanese erotic prints, are sensual visual experiences. (02/15/2001)

The good parts By Jack Boulware
Movie censors in India are having a hard time keeping up with the industry's output. (02/15/2001)

Who's leeching who? By Scott Rosenberg
The courts can shut Napster down, but unless the music industry gives as well as takes, it will never recapture the customers it's alienating. (02/15/2001)

Life, liberty and the pursuit of free software By Andrew Leonard
Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the company completely lost its mind? (02/15/2001)

Charlie gets mean
Episode 6: Psst! Wanna buy a naked picture of Anderson Cooper? (02/14/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 (02/14/2001)

"Aliens" By Max Garrone
The maternal instinct meets the Vietnam War. Plus: How to make your own face-hugging space creatures. (02/14/2001)

Literary passions By Laura Miller
In honor of Valentine's Day, relationship expert Maggie Scarf puts some red-hot fictional love affairs on the couch. (02/14/2001)

Love by the book By Lisa Zeidner
An anti-romantic's guide to the delightful and difficult truths of the heart to be found in great literature. (02/14/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories. (02/14/2001)

The color of love By Erin Aubry Kaplan
He was a white teacher accused of racism. I was the black reporter on his case. We broke all the rules. (02/14/2001)

For God's sake, save the children! By Allen Barra
The NBA is worrying publicly about "kids" forsaking their schooling to turn pro, but its real problem is that the NCAA is no longer presenting it with famous rookies for free. (02/14/2001)

Ricky and the haunted mansion By Amy Reiter
The bonbon shaker's got a ghost of a roomie; Eminem's shooting blanks; and Puffy's guilty -- of extreme romance! (02/14/2001)

You don't say By Carina Chocano
The 10 remarks most likely to catch your attention -- and not in a good way. (02/14/2001)

Do you love me, or am I just paranoid? By Carina Chocano
Consider, if you will, how romance is like a marauding bear, but also not. (02/14/2001)

Ecstasy, Y2K and Camille Paglia
Readers respond to recent People stories. (02/14/2001)

Another pardon that stinks By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Clinton pardoned a well-connected cocaine kingpin -- while letting countless low-level, mostly black and Latino, dealers rot in prison. (02/14/2001)

Beltway love
Bush says to back off Clinton, but the investigation of the Marc Rich pardon picks up steam; Valentine's Day sweeps the Beltway; is Harlem big enough for both Clinton and Giuliani? (02/14/2001)

Please, enough with the celebrities
  (02/14/2001)

Pardon for peace?
By Joe Conason (02/14/2001)

Justice for the Rich By Arianna Huffington
The Marc Rich train wreck reveals the corruption not just of former president Clinton but of our entire political system. (02/14/2001)

George W. Bush, Clinton defender By Jake Tapper
The new president tells members of the press that stories about vandalism aboard Air Force One as Clinton left office weren't true. (02/14/2001)

Unlikely lovers Read by Barry Yourgrau
Barry Yourgrau reads his unusual love stories "Snot" and "Domestic Farce." (02/14/2001)

Valentine's Day with the Fat Guy By Steven A. Shaw
Aphrodisiacs are all in the mind, says our resident food and sex expert. (02/14/2001)

Erection concoction By Jack Boulware
A Malaysian plant is being overharvested for its aphrodisiac qualities. (02/14/2001)

Napster: Hanging by a thread
Readers respond to our story about the federal appeals court ruling against the file-trading service. (02/14/2001)

Is etown shutting down? By Katharine Mieszkowski
No more unionization battles at the beleaguered dot-com; there may be nothing left to organize. (02/14/2001)

Energy vultures By Anthony York
California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation. (02/14/2001)

Toga! Toga! Toga! By Andrew O'Hehir
The amazing Oscar nominations: "Gladiator" gets 12! Steven Soderbergh gets dual nods for picture, direction! Wait -- where's "Cast Away"? (02/13/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001 (02/13/2001)

"Waking the Dead" By Stephanie Zacharek
Cut scenes reveal the site of Jennifer Connelly's teenage longing and other pieces of this lyrical, ghostly and sometimes lackadaisical love story. (02/13/2001)

My boyfriend reminds me of my mother By Garrison Keillor
He's trustworthy, loving and completely dedicated to me, but lately my carnal feelings have been directed elsewhere. (02/13/2001)

"King David was a nebbish" and "Unhappy meals"
Salon readers respond to Laura Miller's story about archaeologists' debunking the Bible and Maria Russo's review of "Fast Food Nation." (02/13/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Bumper sticker shock (02/13/2001)

Menudo ranchero By Alex Espinoza
A Sunday morning poultice, no matter what happened the night before. (02/13/2001)

Easy like Sunday morning By Alex Espinoza
My mother makes the menudo. My brothers bring their wives. I bring my boyfriend and our secret. (02/13/2001)

Size doesn't matter By Arthur Allen
As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly. (02/13/2001)

Nash's bridges By King Kaufman
Before we anoint 18-year-old phenom Toe Nash as The Natural, let's see if he can make it to Triple A. (02/13/2001)

Pardon for peace? By Joe Conason
How the Middle East impasse and the Jonathan Pollard case influenced Clinton's decision to pardon Marc Rich. (02/14/2001)

Low-tech witch hunt By Amy Reiter
The media blames Tom and Nicole's breakup on everyone -- even itself; Eminem likes gay people after all, still hates mom; Snoop finds home in women's underwear. (02/13/2001)

They've been watching us all along By King Kaufman
From Joan of Arc to Oliver Stone, society has perfected the art of worrying about nothing. (02/13/2001)

It's a plot By Laura Miller and Maria Russo
Salon's book editors pick the 10 most paranoid tomes of all time. (02/13/2001)

Bring back the bomb! By Dana Hull
Nuclear paranoia fit perfectly with my adolescence in the '80s. Then one day, while I was writhing in the gutter, it simply stopped. (02/13/2001)

Faux-fur fake out
Sean "Puffy" Combs pulls the shearling over PETA's eyes; it's Bottoms up for George W. Bush. Plus: Morning briefing. (02/13/2001)

"Enough of this 'Clinton betrayed me' bull"
  (02/13/2001)

Anatomy of a pardon By Jake Tapper
An e-mail trail reveals the high-level machinations behind the shocking pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich. (02/13/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Pepsi rep Britney Spears is a secret Coke head, members of "The Sopranos" won't sing like canaries and Eminem has a dear old dad. (02/13/2001)

Nude fakes By Jack Boulware
A Japanese publisher is arrested for allegedly grafting the heads of rock stars onto the bodies of porn stars. (02/13/2001)

Escape from hell By Virginia Vitzthum
After months of editing S/M porn and being harassed, Juan has a "bottoming epiphany." Second of two parts. (02/13/2001)

XFL, Week 2: Sacked! By Eric Boehlert
After a big debut, ratings for the "smashmouth" football league tank. (02/12/2001)

Amateur hour By King Kaufman
The XFL can't seem to get beyond ineptitude and lame behind-the-scenes material. (02/12/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 12, 2001 (02/12/2001)

"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" By Charles Taylor
Fat Bastard to Rob Lowe in 20 minutes of cut scenes: "You're prettier than most girls I've shagged." (02/12/2001)

"PC, M.D." by Sally Satel By Ivan Oransky
A doctor argues that affirmative action and ignoramus patients organizations are ruining American healthcare. (02/12/2001)

Duchess dearest
By Peter Kurth (02/12/2001)

Salon recommends
The mysteries of finite and infinite games, a rousing family saga set in Canada and more. (02/12/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The ideal job interview (02/12/2001)

Nifty frames for bare buttocks
The retro trend gets tawdry and all eyes are on the crotch. (02/12/2001)

Faith-based skin care By Carina Chocano
The cosmetic industrial complex flogs creams, tonics and scrubs for the blemishes on our souls. (02/12/2001)

Fishnets out of water
Ode to a diamond-patterned glimpse of skin. (02/12/2001)

The invisible man By Ted Rose
As the African embassy bombing trial begins, Osama bin Laden casts a long shadow. (02/12/2001)

What about accessories? By Amy Reiter
Puffy fires off a line of menswear; Eminem's derelict dad crawls back for money, er, love; Boteach says the Jacko's great with kids; and more. (02/12/2001)

Paranoia: Fear for connoisseurs By Douglas Cruickshank
Welcome to a special week's worth of articles on the darkness that strikes deep, takes hold and never lets go. (02/12/2001)

Who's watching who? By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV critic picks the 10 most paranoid TV shows of all time. (02/12/2001)

Bunker fever By Katharine Mieszkowski
Y2K never quite happened. When you're paranoid, that's a tough pill to swallow. (02/12/2001)

New York Post on Clinton gift story: Oops
Paper tries to clean up Dick Morris' mess. Plus: Bush goes marching in. (02/12/2001)

"Duped by the Clintons"
  (02/12/2001)

On the pavement
New on Salon Audio: Free Music MP3s! A sneak preview of Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus' new solo album. (02/12/2001)

Look at this! By Jack Boulware
Two South African politicians are in trouble for viewing porn at work. (02/12/2001)

Of dogs and eunuchs By David Bowman
The author of "Castration" talks about humankind's first attempt at bioengineering. (02/12/2001)

Victory or defeat? By Salon Technology & Business staff
Did the record industry's court triumph insure a future full of profits -- or seal its doom? Experts weigh in. (02/12/2001)

The scared-stiff workaholic By Noam Scheiber
Robert Reich's "The Future of Success" says we're too insecure to stop working. (02/12/2001)

Napster: Hanging by a thread By Salon Technology & Business staff
A federal appeals court rules against the file-trading service on nearly every point of law, but holds off enforcing the injunction against it -- for now. (02/12/2001)

The dingoes of war
"Survivor," Episode 3: Colby to Jerri: I want to 'roo you! (02/09/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 9-11, 2001 (02/09/2001)

"Saving Silverman" By Andrew O'Hehir
Three dudes wielding beer bongs, one hottie psychobitch and Neil "Coming to America" Diamond whip up a sublimely idiotic farce. (02/09/2001)

"Hannibal" By Charles Taylor
Both repugnant and boring, the grisly, disgusting new Hannibal Lecter thriller is likely the worst film of this year -- and quite possibly the next. Where to dig in first? (02/09/2001)

Jazz by the bay
Photographer Paul Lesniak chronicles the San Francisco Jazz Festival. (02/09/2001)

"Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams" by Gary Giddins By Allen Barra
A new biography tries to bring back to life the now-neglected, once absurdly popular crooner. (02/09/2001)

Just don't Dubya By Scott Holden Smith
Authors and other scribblers, unite! Protest our literature-impaired president by boycotting a certain letter. (02/09/2001)

Pro-choice activism is reactivated By Dawn MacKeen
Donations to Planned Parenthood are flooding in -- in the name of President Bush. (02/09/2001)

The last time I committed suicide By Carol Ormandy
Don't try to die surrounded by cross-dressing fashion slaves. (02/09/2001)

Can Sharon make peace? By Fiona Morgan
Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved. (02/09/2001)

"Sopranos" preview? Fuhgeddaboudit! By Amy Reiter
John "Artie" Ventimiglia isn't squealing; Trump signs on for some richly repulsive reality TV. Plus: Sigourney Weaver zaps an "Aliens 5" rumor and, oh brother, Clooney isn't seeing Kidman. (02/09/2001)

Don't jump! By Mary Roach
Exactly what happens when a person leaps off the Golden Gate Bridge? Reading this article is the safest way to find out. (02/09/2001)

Cheap Shots: The postmodernist problem
By Carina Chocano (02/09/2001)

GOP: We're in a recession, honest
"Reading is the beginnings of the ability to be a good student," Bush says; Plus: Morning briefing (02/09/2001)

A poster crosses the line on Free Republic forum
  (02/09/2001)

Hillary's mysterious bridal registry By Eric Boehlert
And other myths a biased and credulous press corps has created around the Clintons' exit. (02/09/2001)

Isn't it rich? By Alicia Montgomery
Finally, Dan Burton gets a Clinton scandal that Democrats can't quite explain away, in the last-minute pardon of Marc Rich. (02/10/2001)

Hackers in hot rods By Janelle Brown and Damien Cave
Janelle Brown talks about Silicon Valley's drag-racing geeks and Damien Cave discusses online pornographers with image problems. (02/09/2001)

Porn star memoir By Jack Boulware
"Platonic Sex" is a bestseller among Asian teens. (02/09/2001)

It's in the eyes By David Thomson
That which Dr. Lecter cannot eat, he must love. (02/09/2001)

The Napster parasites By Janelle Brown
Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download. (02/09/2001)

Tension Island!
Episode 5: The jackass and the whore. Megan makes the rounds, and Andy gets pissed. (02/08/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001 (02/08/2001)

"Valentine" By Andrew O'Hehir
Dude, where's my knife? (02/08/2001)

"The Green Mile" By David Lazarus
Stephen King thought the script made from his serial novel was the best film adaptation he'd ever read. But that doesn't make the movie any better. (02/08/2001)

"The Invisible Circus" By Charles Taylor
Hippie chicks and an Oprah-ready plot reduce the radicalized '60s to nothing more than feelings. (02/08/2001)

Unhappy meals By Maria Russo
"Fast Food Nation," a stomach-churning critique of the health and labor practices of the burger business, argues that Americans should change their dietary habits. Good luck. (02/08/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The Fugitive II: Trapped! (02/08/2001)

Hip-hop parenting By Linda Specht
My son and I have a deal in which profanity begets literacy. (02/08/2001)

The postmodernist problem By Carina Chocano
George Will advocates turning the NEA into the Ministry of Politprop; the "South Park" duo agrees to excise the Bush twins from a new program. Plus: Free to be you and me except on Nike iD. (02/08/2001)

Can Britney kick Coke? By Amy Reiter
New gig may force pop diva to confront habit; Gore scandal: Ex-veep indulged in "light refreshment" before teaching class! Plus: Was Cruise cruising Cruz? (02/08/2001)

Cheney bombed in stealth suit
The veep's flip-flopping testimony is cited in court, Bush stalls on defense aid and Democrats warn that the honeymoon is over. (02/08/2001)

"It's going to be a fun four years"
  (02/08/2001)

Mayhem at the White House By Jake Tapper
Confusion, false early information and -- hey, did someone hear gunshots? (02/08/2001)

Why shoot at the White House? By Alicia Montgomery
So far, Robert Pickett fits the profile of the loner gunman: White, middle-aged, isolated and maybe ready for the Secret Service to take him down. (02/08/2001)

A swash of restrictions Interview by Stephan Cox
Stephan Cox speaks with NARAL's Erica Pelletreau about why President Bush reinstated the abortion "gag rule," what other restrictions to expect and why Roe vs. Wade will still stand four years from now. (02/08/2001)

Naked nuptials By Jack Boulware
The Hedonism III resort in Jamaica hosts an in-the-buff wedding for eight couples. (02/08/2001)

In the realm of the senses By Stephen Lemons
Toshio Saeki, Japan's master of erotic illustration, devours the world with his demented images of outré sex. (02/08/2001)

Would you like ground spinal cord with that? By Katharine Mieszkowski
Author Eric Schlosser says you don't want to know what the burger giants are serving. (02/08/2001)

The Spanish prisoners
"The Mole," Episode 5: On this show, we're all in the dumb group! (02/07/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001 (02/07/2001)

"The Shining" By Andrew O'Hehir
A rare look at Stanley Kubrick's work habits. Plus: Why Jack Nicholson's dental hygiene is so good. (02/07/2001)

The longest tootle By John Grabowski
From Skunkbucket LeFunke to Louis Armstrong to ... Louis Armstrong, Ken Burns' 144-hour documentary gets to the bottom of jazz. (Did we mention Louis Armstrong?) (02/07/2001)

In defense of "Jazz" By Gary Kamiya
Hipster critics say Ken Burns offered up only penny-ante sociology and sops to Wynton Marsalis. They're wrong. (02/07/2001)

King David was a nebbish By Laura Miller
And Exodus never happened and the walls of Jericho did not come a-tumbling down. How archaeologists are shaking Israel to its biblical foundations. (02/07/2001)

The K chronicles By Keith Knight
A VW dangling from the Golden Gate Bridge. Canadians again! (02/07/2001)

Buried treasure By Kara M. Lyon
I uncovered a sex video of my boyfriend and his ex. (02/07/2001)

Behind the curtain By Nina Fjelnset
Before giving birth, you need a little shelter. (02/07/2001)

Will Ariel Sharon bulldoze the peace process? By Flore de Préuneuf
His election as Israel's prime minister was expected, but it's too soon to tell how he will steer Middle East relations. (02/07/2001)

Smashmouth football sucks By Allen Barra
The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials. (02/07/2001)

Crying wolf By Camille Paglia
Ashcroft is a Confederate! Bush will outlaw abortion! It's easy to see why the public is tuning out the Democratic Party's tiresome hysteria. (02/07/2001)

Hasta la vista? By Amy Reiter
Ah-nuld's accused of major sleaziness; did Russell Crowe come between Tom and Nicole? Plus: Alec Baldwin's back in the saddle, post-Kim. (02/07/2001)

"Democrats just have to be meaner"
  (02/07/2001)

The Hill's ill timing
Paper picks a bad time to endorse reducing White House security; is Oscar an enemy of democracy? Plus: Wednesday morning briefing. (02/07/2001)

Prof. Al's shaky debut By Dawn MacKeen
In his first day teaching at Columbia, the former vice president starts out nervous -- but relaxes enough to critique the media. (02/07/2001)

Patients bill alive, for now By Jake Tapper and Alicia Montgomery
The "bill of rights" legislation gets a boost from a bipartisan team -- while the White House plots its downfall. (02/07/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Puffy gets huffy as a waitress brings new charges against him: Mr. Combs is the lousiest tipper in New York. That is, if he pays his bills at all. (02/07/2001)

Carnival condoms By Jack Boulware
Brazil's Health Ministry plans to distribute 20 million "little shirts" in preparation for this year's festivities in Rio. (02/07/2001)

Riding shotgun with William Gibson By Andrew Leonard
In a new documentary, the archetypal cyberpunk author displays his new obsession: Media, not technology. (02/07/2001)

Liquid cocaine
By Jeff Edwards (02/07/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001 (02/06/2001)

"The Conversation" By Stephanie Zacharek
Coppola divulges the dream that informed his classic paranoid thriller. (02/06/2001)

Too little, too late By Garrison Keillor
He wants to reconcile after telling me I'm too old and overweight and that he never loved me. (02/06/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The man's reflections had escaped their mirrors (02/06/2001)

Save the males! By Amy Benfer
Men are going the way of the dodo in our feminized society, says Warren Farrell. And that's not good for either sex. (02/06/2001)

Don't try this at home
By Dawn MacKeen (02/06/2001)

The perfect high
By Meredith Maran (02/06/2001)

An eye for an eye By Flore de Préneuf
Forty-seven years ago, Ariel Sharon led a raid on a West Bank village that killed about 70 men, women and children, most of them civilians. The villagers have not forgotten. (02/06/2001)

The rap against Puff Daddy By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Sean "Puffy" Combs claims he's been targeted by prosecutors for being a young, black celebrity -- but that celebrity is built on a criminal image. (02/06/2001)

Cruise and Kidman finally split By Amy Reiter
And it was neither sexuality nor religion, the actors say; Shatner gets gorilla-groped; Boris Becker's wife threw naughty parties! Plus: Puffy is sued over rodents, and Clinton might blow for dough. (02/06/2001)

Bill Murray By Sean Elder
The funniest graduate of "Saturday Night Live" has made an art form (and a career) out of insincerity and a blank stare. (02/06/2001)

Ted Olson? You've got to be kidding By Joe Conason
How does Bush expect to "raise the tone" in Washington by nominating a right-wing celebrity and Kenneth Starr pal as solicitor general? (02/06/2001)

McCain picks a new reform fight
Bush's old rival leads the charge on a reworked "patients bill of rights," but the president would rather battle for an early tax cut. (02/06/2001)

"The map doesn't lie"
  (02/06/2001)

Family demons Interview by Laura Miller
Salon's books editor speaks with author Rick Moody about the making of his new collection of stories, "Demonology." (02/06/2001)

"Mary Magdalene" By Lillian Ann Slugocki
Jesus Christ is a holy man, yes. But he is also incredibly beautiful in this chapter from "The Erotica Project." (02/06/2001)

Doing it in the minivan By Jack Boulware
Parisian authorities block hookers from setting up shop roadside. (02/06/2001)

Smoking the great outdoors By Tom Washington
With the Marlboro Man leading the way, our wilderness is being tamed, once and for all. (02/06/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 5, 2001 (02/05/2001)

I want my XTV! By King Kaufman
Since the XFL went large, Vince McMahon has brought his patented mix of action, sex and violence to basketball, "Millionaire" and "Sesame Street." (02/05/2001)

"Chuck & Buck" By Andrew O'Hehir
How the "insiders" made a creepy, compassionate minor landmark of indie cinema on no budget. (02/05/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
  (02/05/2001)

The exorcist By Michele Scarff
Rick Moody talks about car crashes, why a man can't really know what it's like to be a woman and his new book, "Demonology." (02/05/2001)

Salon recommends
A literary page turner about lobster fishermen, a sojourn as a guard in New York's toughest prison and more. (02/05/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The truth behind President Clinton's final hours. (02/05/2001)

The meaning of Life By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
We change our name, not our mission, and add a dose of Style. (02/05/2001)

Sluts and teddy bears By Janelle Brown
Dingy divas and their benign boy toys have got new clothes and lots of attitude, but their message is old and in the way. (02/05/2001)

Skank, neon and French chambre couture
Ever wonder what Pam Anderson looks like upside down in aviator glasses? (02/05/2001)

All about my father
Underwear should always be American. (02/05/2001)

You gotta have faith By David Horowitz
President Bush's faith-based initiatives are the philosophical descendants of our founding fathers. Why is the left so hellbent on destroying them? (02/05/2001)

She'd better not guilty herself! By Amy Reiter
A language-impaired Anna Nicole Smith storms out of court; Anthony Jr. squeals on the upcoming season of "The Sopranos." Plus: DiCaprio heroically hurls horse manure at paparazzi! (02/05/2001)

The disunited states of ecstasy By Janelle Brown
At an all-day conference on MDMA, ravers, researchers and anti-drug crusaders debate its pros and cons. Consensus? Just say maybe. (02/05/2001)

"Bringing faith to the West Wing" and "Base language"
Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan. (02/05/2001)

Bush scores with charm offensive
The press swoons, Democrats stay skeptical and the president pushes his tax plan forward. (02/05/2001)

Dems fold on Ashcroft
By Alicia Montgomery (02/05/2001)

The election's over, but the campaign still rages
  (02/05/2001)

Art for art's sake
Amy Standen explains why a satirical site has the Humane Society up in arms, and Katharine Mieszkowski reports on Homestore.com's film venture. (02/05/2001)

Too hot to handle By David McGuire
Fox says no to contraceptive ad on "Temptation Island." (02/05/2001)

Shriners go wild By Jack Boulware
A group of fez-heads gets in trouble for carousing with hookers at a fundraising event in Winnipeg. (02/05/2001)

Hunting the wild hacker By Andrew Leonard
Work should be play, says a new book that sets forth the emerging ethical code of free-software programmers. (02/05/2001)

Lord of the dingoes
"Survivor 2," Episode 2: In the outback, no one can hear you scream. (02/02/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 2-4, 2001 (02/02/2001)

"The Million Dollar Hotel" By Charles Taylor
Wim Wenders and buddies Bono, Rushdie and Schnabel botch a phony noir for the Artforum crowd. Only Mel Gibson escapes the fallout. (02/02/2001)

"In the Mood for Love" By Stephanie Zacharek
Wong Kar-Wai's Hong Kong romance smolders with more reserved passion than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." (02/02/2001)

"The Constant Gardener" by John le Carré By Bill Wyman
In his darkest novel yet, the master of literary espionage pits a mild-mannered diplomat against a greedy pharmaceutical company that tortures and murders its critics. (02/02/2001)

Don't try this at home By Dawn MacKeen
Should kids be held responsible when their reenactment of TV shows ends in catastrophe? (02/02/2001)

Vetting the "Tiananmen Papers" By Daryl Lindsey
Berkeley professor Orville Schell discusses his role in the publication of papers that shed new light on the Chinese government's crackdown on the 1989 student uprising. (02/02/2001)

Who's afraid of Falun Gong? By Daryl Lindsey
Journalist Danny Schechter says the peculiar spiritual movement isn't a cult, but explains why China is cracking down on it so forcefully. (02/02/2001)

A crack in the wall By Daryl Lindsey
The publication of "The Tiananmen Papers," the first look behind the scenes at how the Communist Party leadership decided to crush the democracy movement, is a historic event -- and may have far-reaching consequences for China. (02/02/2001)

In the courtroom (and hallways) with Puff Daddy By Amy Reiter
At the trial of Mr. Combs, one reporter claims the D.A. "has a hard-on" for Puffy. "He's going after rappers. For him it's personal." (02/02/2001)

From pot to Puffy to Bush to Arnold
Readers respond to the week's People stories. (02/02/2001)

Riding a road to nowhere?
As Democrats dicker over a new direction, Bush pushes his policies down easy street. (02/02/2001)

Ashcroft's win, the left's loss
The battle over the attorney general results in friction and division -- within the Democratic Party. (02/02/2001)

Stiller crazy after all these years
Jerry Stiller, well known for his role as Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld," tells how he met his wife, playwright Anne Meara, in 1953. (02/02/2001)

Try before you buy? By Jack Boulware
A "customer" is nabbed for playing his own porn on a store's VCR. (02/02/2001)

"The deregulation debacle" and "Power and the people"
Readers respond to two recent stories on California's energy crisis. (02/02/2001)

Liquid cocaine By Jeff Edwards
How hype and urban legend made Red Bull into a commercial cocktail juggernaut. (02/02/2001)

Degradation, scandal and hatred
"Temptation Island," Episode 4: It's just another day in paradise! (02/01/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Feb. 1, 2001 (02/01/2001)

The XFL won't work By Eric Boehlert
Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon and NBC have teamed up for an ultrarough new football league. They're gonna get sacked. (02/01/2001)

"Alice's Restaurant" By Charles Taylor
One of the best movies of its era anticipated the end of the '60s. More than 30 years later, Arlo Guthrie still doesn't get it. (02/01/2001)

Hard-wired for God? By Michael Joseph Gross
A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution. (02/01/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Why am I so stupid? (02/01/2001)

"Gimme a V-I-C-T-I-M" and "You're soaking in it"
Readers respond to our stories about marketing to women. (02/01/2001)

We pull up our roots By Kate Convissor
And our confidence withers. Whose idea was this, anyway? (02/01/2001)

Bush II: Smells like the '80s! By Carina Chocano
Who cut the brie in D.C.? Plus: Advertising makes a hard right and an elitist lefty gives rhetoric tips to nonelitist righties. (02/01/2001)

If he don't tip, the dude ain't hip By Amy Reiter
One witness says J.Lo's squeeze is guilty of a charge even Johnnie Cochran can't fix. (02/01/2001)

The base of poverty By Arianna Huffington
In the debate over Bush's faith-based charity plan, church vs. state is not the issue. (02/01/2001)

The last liberal stand against Ashcroft
Republicans predict an easy victory; Bush tries to mend fences with the Congressional Black Caucus. Plus: Clinton's bad gift rap, Part 2. (02/01/2001)

Base language By Scott Rosenberg
When did religion turn into "faith-based activity"? (02/01/2001)

Dems fold on Ashcroft By Alicia Montgomery
And party activists are angry. James Carville says Democrats are giving their "unelected president" a free ride. (02/01/2001)

House Herbert Read by Tim Curry
Frank Herbert published "Dune" in 1965. With "Dune: House Harkonnen," his son Brian keeps the story line alive and adds another chapter to the sci-fi saga. (02/01/2001)

Candid camera By Jack Boulware
A rare nude photo exhibit draws large crowds in southern China. (02/01/2001)

Wet is best By Michael Castleman
When it comes to lubrication, Masters and Johnson got it wrong. Second of two parts. (02/01/2001)

High noon at the Ogallala aquifer By Jacques Leslie
How a water-grabbing scheme concocted by T. Boone Pickens is turning conservative Texans into a bunch of regulation-loving liberals. (02/01/2001)

Bitch, bitch, bitch By Janelle Brown
Vault.com invited the disgruntled employees of the world to vent at its Web site. But then its own workers joined in. (02/01/2001)