July 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 31, 2001 (07/31/2001)

"Bully" By Andrew O'Hehir
Larry Clark loves to show us teenagers having sex and getting wasted, but does he have a point? (07/31/2001)

"Searching for John Ford" by Joseph McBride By Allen Barra
New biographies tell of the director who loved Katharine Hepburn, drove John Wayne to tears and made Stalin applaud. (07/31/2001)

Dear Mr. Blue By Garrison Keillor
Our intrepid advice columnist prepares for open-heart surgery. (07/31/2001)

Bestsellers
This week's bestselling books, courtesy of Powells.com. (07/31/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
One pill makes you smarter ... (07/31/2001)

God-Man blesses Salon Premium!
Ruben Bolling's creation crosses church-state lines to promote Web site's faith-based subscription program. (07/31/2001)

Cranks and visionaries By Kate Convissor
We meet the best of both on the road. (07/31/2001)

Gray Davis' Edison problem By William Bradley
The governor struggles to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar bailout of the utility that has spent big bucks on his campaign. (07/31/2001)

The rigged missile defense test By Joe Conason
The target destroyed in the "successful" defense shield test contained a global positioning satellite beacon that made it easier to detect. Why has the media mostly ignored the story? (07/31/2001)

Shane MacGowan By Stephen Lemons
The life-embracing, death-defying founder of the Pogues is a king hell drinker, a writer and one of the last of a vanishing breed. (07/31/2001)

Revenge of the nerds By Amy Reiter
Autograph collectors get back at nonsigning celebrities; Gene Simmons resorts to nude resorts. Plus: "Riverdance" runs dry; Sarah Jessica Parker gets mad; Brad and Jennifer get manse. (07/31/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
The polls give Bush mixed messages. (07/31/2001)

Bad lieutenants By Jake Tapper
Moderate Republicans like Rep. Christopher Shays have proven to be an unexpected stone in Bush's shoe. But do they have the stomach to stand up to the GOP's bully boys? (07/31/2001)

More Florida fallout By Anthony York
Carter and Ford make their recommendations for electoral reform while Bush stays on the fence. (07/31/2001)

License and registration, please By Chris Colin
An artificial penis and a ruined kisser speak volumes about traffic safety. (07/31/2001)

Poison Valley, Part 2 By Jim Fisher
What new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing? (07/31/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(07/30/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 30, 2001 (07/30/2001)

E-book outcast By M.J. Rose
The Web made me a successful author, but getting people to respect me as a "real writer" has been harder to come by. (07/30/2001)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking (07/30/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Welcome to the Chandra News Network -- all Chandra all the time! (07/30/2001)

Compulsive scavenging By Janelle Brown
A new disorder for the downturn. (07/30/2001)

Shopper's little helper By Carina Chocano
If compulsive shoppers get help in the form of a pill thanks to a university study, and the study was funded by the company that manufactures the pill, everybody wins, right? (07/30/2001)

Soul brothers By Jeffrey Tayler
Journalists jeered, but President Bush was right when he made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former KGB agent talks tough, but he can't afford to fight missile defense. (07/30/2001)

Another bone to big business By Arianna Huffington
Bush's nominee for top consumer watchdog has a record of putting industry concerns above child safety. (07/30/2001)

Boorish friends and the spooky wailer By Chris Colin
This week, Dr. McFeely attends to adultery, obscene fortune and an eerie wailing from the backyard. Let the doctor tell you how to feel! (07/30/2001)

Chapter 14: Tuesday, Oct. 31 By Alfred Alcorn
In which two more bodies are discovered along with an odd video hookup, and a gorilla and a nun approach Norman's house. (07/30/2001)

Kiss and kiss and kiss and tell By Amy Reiter
Liv Tyler's mom spills beans on foolin' with Page, Jagger and Costello; Hurley and Grant together again for yuks? Mariah Carey freaks out online; and more. (07/30/2001)

Battle for the bloc By Anthony York
Bush's agonizing over stem cell research points up the administration's effort to woo the Catholic vote -- at a time when many say it no longer exists. (07/30/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Girl, uninterrupted (07/30/2001)

My first trick By Tracy Quan
I was so new to the game, I had no idea that 14-year-olds could charge more than 19-year-olds. Seventh in a series. (07/30/2001)

Poison Valley By Jim Fisher
Is workers' health the price we pay for high-tech progress? First of two parts. (07/30/2001)

Blaming Clinton for Chandra By Joshua Micah Marshall
Conservatives are using the Gary Condit controversy to renew their attacks on Bill Clinton. The Democrats' refusal to speak up has made the job much easier. (07/28/2001)

"Ghost World" By Andrew O'Hehir
Two teenage girls spring to life in Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff's comic tale of obsessives, compulsives and searchers for authenticity. (07/27/2001)

"Wet Hot American Summer" By Charles Taylor
Hello mother, hello father: Please get me the hell out of this summer-camp spoof. (07/27/2001)

"Planet of the Apes" By Stephanie Zacharek
It looks beautiful, feels menacing and features the luminous Helena Bonham Carter, but Tim Burton's remake is disappointingly conventional. (07/27/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 27-29, 2001 (07/27/2001)

"Greenfingers" By Charles Taylor
A tradition of British cinematic whimsy meets a garden of good and evil. (07/27/2001)

The mind of a killer By Suzy Hansen
A neurologist who studies murderers' brains talks about factors that make someone kill, the difficulty of predicting violence and why most murderers can never be rehabilitated. (07/27/2001)

Lynda Barry
Pink vampire (07/27/2001)

"The winner dies" and "Coming out of the closet"
Readers respond to Janelle Brown's report on anorexia and Melissa Levine's story about being straight. (07/27/2001)

The war against nurses By Diana Reiss-Koncar
Assaults on R.N.s are at an all-time high, but many who complain or seek help lose their jobs as hospitals blame the victims. (07/27/2001)

A conversation with Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes By Rex Doane
The director of "Crumb" and the acclaimed cartoonist-author of "David Boring" team up on "Ghost World," a new film specifically for weirdos. (07/27/2001)

Chapter 13: Friday, Oct. 27 By Alfred Alcorn
In which sexy Sixy joins the family, Norman goes after a file and there's a thumping in the house's nether regions. (07/27/2001)

Ms. Jackson, bodacious booty connoisseur By Amy Reiter
Janet: Three things I like about men ... besides that. Plus: "Survivor" she-devil Jerri Manthey makes "artistic statement" without her clothes on! (07/27/2001)

Kooks 'R' U.S. By Ian Williams
By going its own way on biological weapons, Kyoto, missile defense and a growing list of global issues, the Bush administration is turning the United States into a pariah. (07/27/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Bush presses moderates in uphill patients' rights fight, while Cheney sticks to secrecy on energy records. (07/27/2001)

Risky business By David Thomson
We can only hope that if Hollywood makes the film "Indecent Exposure," it shoots the most indecent scene in the script. (07/27/2001)

Burning down the house By Amy Standen
Homestore, an online property-listing company, has been one of the few dot-com success stories. But the real estate agents who are its main customers are growing restless. (07/27/2001)

Women.com goes AWOL
By Katharine Mieszkowski (07/27/2001)

Auction of the damned By Janelle Brown
The sad and grotesque spectacle of a $200 million dot-com reduced to overpriced lots of Aeron chairs and Foosball tables. (07/27/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 26, 2001 (07/26/2001)

Too much monkey business By John Dooley
The original "Planet of the Apes" and its four sequels helped Americans feel good about feeling bad. (07/26/2001)

Drinking was something maybe I did too much of ...
What if our president gave a recovery speech on his 15th anniversary of quitting drinking? On the other hand, maybe not such a good idea. (07/26/2001)

Remembering Eudora Welty By Mark Childress
Forget that "greatest Southern writer" stuff. She was a deadly funny writer and a sly, gracious queen of literature. (07/26/2001)

Bestsellers
This week's bestselling books, courtesy of Powells.com. (07/26/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Fun facts to know and tell about Dick Cheney. (07/26/2001)

Big Brother in Toledo By Ted Gup
A cop in a bus station threatened and harassed my innocent young employee. His crime? Reading Esquire. (07/26/2001)

Busting the prison-industrial complex By Arianna Huffington
After years of tougher sentencing laws and increased incarceration of juveniles, the tide in California is beginning to turn. (07/26/2001)

Consolidation politics By Robert Scheer
With Michael Powell in charge at the FCC, more media megamergers are on the way. (07/26/2001)

Sai Baba: Pedophile or God incarnate?
Are the charges against the Indian guru part of a meat, oil, lumber and mining conspiracy? Readers respond to Michelle Goldberg's report. (07/26/2001)

Britney's family selling Baby! By Amy Reiter
The Spears home, dogs included, reported up for sale; John Cusack's $20,000 dice game. Plus: Jackson family feud escalating? (07/26/2001)

My name is George, and I'm an alcoholic By Cary Tennis
Nearing the 15th anniversary of the president's sobriety, a fellow ex-drinker tells what he sees when he looks at George W. Bush. (07/26/2001)

Anxiousness over patients' rights By Jake Tapper
The bill could get bumped to the fall, Hastert warns in a closed-door meeting. (07/26/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
The president's lack of clout on Capitol Hill is crippling him on the latest big issue, patients' rights. (07/26/2001)

The loneliness of a longtime working girl By Tracy Quan
How could I explain myself to my boyfriend, or to naive Allie -- who had never really paid her dues? Sixth in a series. (07/26/2001)

Save Java!
By Damien Cave (07/26/2001)

The humiliation virus By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski
How Sircam can help turn your most private documents into a worldwide joke. (07/26/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (07/25/2001)

Bluegrass for the 21st century By Michael Deibert
The great Del McCoury Band looks backward and forward to bring a traditional music into the new millennium. (07/25/2001)

"How to Be Good" by Nick Hornby By Laura Miller
An Angry Guy morphs into a do-gooder in the latest from the author of "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy." (07/25/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Are you gay or just a cartoonist? (07/25/2001)

Coming out of the closet -- to be straight By Melissa Levine
I used to wonder why coming out as queer had never felt liberating to me. Now I know. (07/25/2001)

Throw the bums out! By Allen Barra
It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes. (07/25/2001)

Chapter 12: Thursday, Oct. 26 By Alfred Alcorn
In which Worried reveals the ugly truth about two dead bunnies and Malachy Morin talks big bucks and brass plates. (07/25/2001)

Untouchable? By Michelle Goldberg
Millions of people worship Sai Baba as God incarnate. More and more say the Indian guru is also a pedophile. (07/25/2001)

Good trend hunting By Amy Reiter
Affleck and Damon dive into reality TV fray; Dennis Miller scared of cushy job! Plus: Bonham-Carter goes deeper into poop, and Erik Estrada finds work. (07/25/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Barbara Olson calls Clinton's dead mom "a barfly," while National Review's O'Beirne cracks on Tipper's weight. Plus: Jenna partied at Hollywood bash with strippers and stars, while Barbara's royal lunch wardrobe remains under dispute. (07/25/2001)

Porn virgins By Emily Jenkins
I remember the first time I saw a dirty movie with my girlfriends, when we still burst into hysterical laughter at the word "penis." (07/25/2001)

Dept. of "Oops" By Katharine Mieszkowski
After four years, heeere's "Wild at Start," a documentary celebrating visionary new-economy entrepreneurs! (07/25/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 24, 2001 (07/24/2001)

Payola City By Eric Boehlert
In the wild world of urban radio, money buys hits -- and nobody asks questions. (07/24/2001)

Late starter By Garrison Keillor
After years of obesity I lost 100 pounds, but women can still smell my inexperience and lack of confidence. I'm about to give up hope! (07/24/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The perfect end. (07/24/2001)

"It's about life" By Ben Canales
Reader Ben Canales on why you should subscribe to Salon Premium. (07/24/2001)

Smart parent tricks By Lynn Harris
Worried that my pink hair was keeping me marriage-free, they cunningly claimed it made me a security risk in the Basque Country. (07/24/2001)

Robert Ballard By Christopher Kemp
The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic says he's driven by "a childish desire to poke around." (07/24/2001)

What's all this racket? By Amy Reiter
Kournikova's dad swears daughter isn't married; Bonham-Carter discusses ape urination. Plus: Jermaine Jackson stands up for the little guy; Travolta attempts mid-air insemination; U2's Bono induces labor. (07/24/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Bush burned by the "third rail"? Plus: The president finds party unity elusive on tough immigration and healthcare calls. (07/24/2001)

Will the GOP scuttle the patients' bill of rights, too? By Jake Tapper
As jockeying begins in the House, observers wonder whether the popular health reform bill will go the way of campaign finance. (07/24/2001)

School for husbands By Chris Colin
Czech billboards will soon beg Austrian wives to keep their men away from prostitutes. (07/24/2001)

Save Java! By Damien Cave
Can computer makers and rebel programmers stop Microsoft from cutting off the programming language's air supply? (07/24/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 23, 2001 (07/23/2001)

Downturn? What downturn?
Katharine Mieszkowski on why the dot-com bust didn't kill the Webby Awards' spirit -- and how yet another wacky Net celebrity stole the show. (07/23/2001)

What Chandra Levy didn't know By Maria Russo
Today's writers see affairs between younger women and older men as ambiguous transactions that sometimes lead to tragedy. (07/23/2001)

The incredible vanishing book review  
Readers respond to Kevin Berger's story about smaller book review sections in the age of market research. (07/23/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
More money for advanced anti-zombie technology? Hey, better safe than sorry! (07/23/2001)

Rent my leather elbow patches cheap! By Carina Chocano
The writer's lifestyle is on the block. Plus: The United Unabombers of Benetton. (07/23/2001)

"The winner dies" By Janelle Brown
A Web-based pro-anorexia movement provides a bizarre support network for starving girls. (07/23/2001)

A Bonn surprise By Steve Kettmann
European leadership yields a new agreement on the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the U.S. as the only holdout on global warming. (07/23/2001)

The real enemies of the poor By David Moberg
G-8 defenders tried to depict Genoa protesters as affluent and out of touch, but the anti-globalization movement is wringing aid out of rich nations -- over Bush's shameful objections. (07/23/2001)

Chapter 11: Wednesday, Oct. 25 By Alfred Alcorn
In which it's claimed that Pip was a sexual gourmet who had "curious notions as to where the sun shines." (07/23/2001)

Ben Elton By Mark Juddery
The prolific comic genius behind "Blackadder," seven novels and four plays has been accused of going soft. He's happy to tell detractors where to stick it. (07/23/2001)

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Readers respond to Maura Kelly's recent profile of John Hughes, and an article from July 2000 on Einstein and relativity. (07/23/2001)

Eminem and M? By Amy Reiter
Is Mariah Carey sneaking around with Slim Shady? Plus: Spielberg kisses up to Academy; Ol' Dirty Bastard fears for life and Michael Jackson gets even cornier. (07/23/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
The British want to know: Is Bush the most dangerous man in the world? The president and Putin take big baby steps on arms reduction. (07/23/2001)

New York trollops By Tracy Quan
I was in no mood to hang around with politically correct activist sex workers who didn't know where to wax. Fifth in a series. (07/23/2001)

The progressive kitchen By Wendy Wolfson
Someday soon, my refrigerator will be remote controllable from the Net. I can wait. (07/23/2001)

Revenge of the file-sharing masses
By Scott Rosenberg (07/23/2001)

Salon recommends
A peek into the romance between Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman, and more. (07/22/2001)

TV's cruelest summer By Joyce Millman
"Fear Factor" and "Spy TV" take the tube to new lows. (07/21/2001)

Memo to George By Bruce Kluger and David Slavin
We got ballot trouble in Florida, boss. Don't return any calls from Katherine Harris, and your lame brother? Think Fredo in "The Godfather." (07/21/2001)

"Made" By Stephanie Zacharek
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn as low-rent criminals don't have the "Swingers" snazz, but this modest picture is a better movie. (07/20/2001)

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" By Stephanie Zacharek
John Cameron Mitchell's cross-dressing musical buzzes with the feel of real rock 'n' roll. (07/20/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 20-22, 2001 (07/20/2001)

"America's Sweethearts" By Charles Taylor
We want to see Julia Roberts and John Cusack together, but this mostly terrible romantic comedy forgets the part where the leads fall in love. (07/20/2001)

What's wrong with the rock 'n' roll biz, you ask?
People are treated like ATM machines, that's what! Readers sound off on the music industry's woes. (07/20/2001)

The politically incorrect house on the prairie By Laura Miller
The New York Times' children's book editor talks about the ideological pressures on kids' books and whether Harry Potter is a classic yet. (07/20/2001)

The Comeek By Lynda Barry
The coelacanth: Forgotten by time (07/20/2001)

"Defusing the explosive child" and "A child's first funeral"
Readers respond to the war between the psychologist and the pediatrician. Plus: Angry readers say, "Kill the gerbil!" (07/20/2001)

Shooting for life By Frederick Clarkson
The creator of the Nuremberg Files site and his supporters adopt a new weapon in their war against abortion: Live video broadcasts from clinics around the world. (07/20/2001)

Exporting corporate control By Joe Conason
A gold company with ties to the Bush family tries to muzzle a muckraking journalist. (07/20/2001)

Larry Clark By Stephen Lemons
Hide your children! The director of the controversial new film "Bully" and 1995's "Kids" talks about sex, violence and parenting. (07/20/2001)

Chapter 10: Monday, Oct. 23 By Alfred Alcorn
In which Worried identifies the blond in the video, and Norman becomes both shocked and aroused during dinner. (07/20/2001)

So much confusion By Chris Colin
This week, Dr. McFeely attends to bowel movements, death and the Backstreet Boys. Let him tell you how to feel! (07/20/2001)

Was there risky business? By Amy Reiter
Friend: Kidman "in shock" over Cruise and Cruz; Téa Leoni eats dinosaur poop. Plus: Janet Jackson can't handle the tooth. (07/20/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
White House spokesman busts a move; bluejeans-clad Barbara Bush crashes Buckingham Palace lunch while her dad gets cozy with royals and Blair. The president savors charity plan win. Plus: Bush team strikes back at long-distance slap from Daschle. (07/20/2001)

Florida congressman demands answers By Anthony York
Rep. Peter Deutsch wants to know if a GOP colleague broke the law by encouraging G.I.s to vote after the deadline. (07/20/2001)

Bush's prayers are answered, for now By Jake Tapper
A day after GOP moderates delayed it, faith-based legislation passes the House. (07/21/2001)

Bush biographer commits suicide By Anthony York
J.H. Hatfield, author of the controversial book "Fortunate Son," is found dead in an Arkansas hotel room. (07/20/2001)

Jules and Jim and Butch By David Thomson
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is worth watching again to see the sexual subtexts that might -- or might not -- have been on purpose. (07/20/2001)

Revenge of the file-sharing masses! By Scott Rosenberg
By smashing Napster, the music industry has pushed its customers to seek alternatives that won't be so easy to shut down. (07/20/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 19, 2001 (07/19/2001)

What's wrong with the music biz? By Eric Boehlert
Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too. (07/19/2001)

The amazing disappearing book review section By Kevin Berger
Enthralled by marketing surveys, the newspaper industry's managerial caste has decreed that readers want more space devoted to the Backstreet Boys than to books. (07/19/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
So I married an australopithecine! (07/19/2001)

Breast-feeders deserve a tax break! By Ellen Waldman
But the IRS equates nursing expenses with cosmetic surgery and diamond-studded bifocals. (07/19/2001)

Letters
Psychologist Ross Greene, author of "The Explosive Child," responds to pediatrician Lawrence Diller's review of his book. (07/19/2001)

The war against J-Lo By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Critics who bash Jennifer Lopez for using the "N" word should aim their anger at blacks who made the ugly word trendy again. (07/19/2001)

Not enough nuts? By Pegi Taylor
At the seventh annual Cracker Jack Collectors Association Convention, all that's lost is restored. (07/19/2001)

It's a sticky business By Pegi Taylor
Cracker Jack's associate product manager "missed the Pokémon boat," but he has a few tricks up his sleeve. (07/19/2001)

Now that's a scary movie! By Amy Reiter
Cast: Brando nearly kicked the bucket on "Scary Movie 2" set; Madonna rumor runs wild; Cruise and Cruz fail to synchronize publicists. (07/19/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Daschle blasts Bush long distance, and the president makes a return visit to London. (07/19/2001)

Faith no more By Jake Tapper
In a major embarrassment for the White House, Republican rebels in the House derail the faith-based initiative. (07/19/2001)

When conservatives attack By Anthony York
A Richard Mellon Scaife-run paper savages the late Katharine Graham in a disgraceful editorial. (07/19/2001)

Last-minute orgasm By Tracy Quan
Time flies when you're being hustled by a veteran john. Fourth in a series. (07/19/2001)

Wall Street gets an F By Damien Cave
Two new books on the economy blast investment bankers for bias and warn that the financial system is out of anyone's control. (07/19/2001)

Partying like it's 1999 By Katharine Mieszkowski
Dot-coms come and go but the Webby Awards booze on. (07/19/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 18, 2001 (07/18/2001)

"Jurassic Park III" By Stephanie Zacharek
A new director takes over the dino franchise from Steven Spielberg. The result is fast and funny and brings back some of the wonder to the series. (07/18/2001)

"A Cold Case" by Philip Gourevitch By Charles Taylor
From the author of "We Wish to Inform You" comes the true story of a detective who, almost 30 years later, hunted down a murderer the police never caught. (07/18/2001)

Bestsellers
This week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com. (07/18/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Food so good you want to pull down your pants and sit on it! (07/19/2001)

Defusing the explosive child By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
Prescribing drugs, not discipline, will only escalate conflict, lead to more difficult kids and weaken our already-lax culture of parenting. (07/18/2001)

The IOC's China problem By Allen Barra
No matter how clean his record is, even the newly elected president of the world's most corrupt sports organization is suspect within its sordid structure. (07/18/2001)

Will Bush support the Kyoto Protocol? By Steve Kettmann
Pressure here and abroad may leave him no choice. (07/18/2001)

Chapter 9: Wednesday, Oct. 18 By Alfred Alcorn
In which we hear about Viagra, Turnera aphrodisiaca and the natural and the good not always being the same thing. (07/18/2001)

Nice rebound! By Amy Reiter
Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise admit to dating; Minnie Driver denies tension with Streisand. Plus: Eminem's ex busted for drugs; and Iggy Pop demands dressing room dwarves! (07/18/2001)

Police ignore Condit's faulty alibi By Jake Tapper
Falsely used as a Condit alibi -- and, she says, falsely smeared by the tabloids -- an ABC News reporter is surprised she still hasn't heard from D.C. police. (07/18/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
The president tries to undercut anti-globalization protests as he heads for Europe. (07/18/2001)

Katharine the great By Harry Jaffe
Kay Graham's unintentional rise to glory inspired the Washington Post to a greatness the paper has never again achieved since she stepped away from it. (07/18/2001)

The Free Republic defends Salon By Anthony York
Plus: Jake Tapper weighs in on the latest developments in the Florida recount. (07/18/2001)

Salon stands by story on Condit spokeswoman
(07/18/2001)

Monster shot By Denise Bostrom
Working as a script girl on a '70s John Holmes hardcore movie taught me all about cock-ins, monster shots and orgy-scene finales. (07/18/2001)

Thank God for the Internet By Katharine Mieszkowski
"Next" author Michael Lewis says that the Net makes lawyers look foolish and Wall Street analysts irrelevant. And that's a good thing. (07/18/2001)

Mary Tyler less By Jaime Weinman
As cable stations and networks chop up classic television shows, viewers are seeing less than ever. (07/17/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 17, 2001 (07/17/2001)

"LT's Theory of Pets"
Listen to a rare live recording of Stephen King reading from his new audio-only release, which picks up where "Pet Sematary" left off. (07/17/2001)

Hold your tongue! By Garrison Keillor
My otherwise wonderful boyfriend is a lousy kisser, all sticky, sloppy, needy and undisciplined. Ick! (07/17/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The puzzle prison. (07/17/2001)

Why join Premium? By Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson's five reasons for joining Salon Premium. (07/17/2001)

Beware of bald women bearing gifts By Carol Ormandy
When I got to Detroit, I wasn't the daughter they remembered. (07/17/2001)

A child's first funeral By Triste Longcore
Lucy took three days to die. (07/17/2001)

John Hughes By Maura Kelly
The films he created in the decade of greed made adolescent angst funny and bearable without romanticizing it. (07/17/2001)

We never saw this coming By Amy Reiter
Britney says she's tossing the innocence routine; Tom Hanks is still talking about World War II; Charlie Sheen to sell bachelor pad. Plus: Sex-book deal too sticky for Cattrall. (07/17/2001)

The healthcare disaster that wasn't By Jake Tapper
When Texas passed its patients' bill of rights law, George W. Bush warned that it would unleash a plague of lawyers and drive up health costs. It didn't. (07/17/2001)

"Down and Dirty"
In this excerpt from his book on the Bush-Gore election, Jake Tapper analyzes how Gore lost the political war over the overseas ballots -- ballots that the New York Times recently revealed were tallied unfairly. (07/17/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
NR Online: Leave Bush alone! (07/17/2001)

Watch where you point that thing By Chris Colin
In an attempted robbery using his fingers as a gun, a man unravels the laws of the sex shop universe. (07/17/2001)

Distributed.outrage By Janelle Brown
How could installing a screensaver be a crime against the state? (07/17/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 16, 2001 (07/16/2001)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(07/16/2001)

"Hollywood Wives"
Jackie Collins' latest, "Hollywood Wives: The New Generation," explores the secrets of the women in today's Hollywood: Their loves, their passions, their affairs and, most of all, their ruthless ambitions. (07/16/2001)

Summer reading By Salon's critics
Our critics spotlight the season's cheap (and not so cheap) thrills and single out a few bestselling stinkers (paging Jackie Collins!). (07/16/2001)

Salon recommends
A collection of strangely powerful Welsh legends and more. (07/16/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Tired of all those whining liberals? Come visit Conservativeland -- the happiest place on Earth! (07/16/2001)

Money for nothing and your clothes for free By Carina Chocano
What is a "fashion muse," and how can I become one? (07/16/2001)

Collect all 10! By Carina Chocano
For every season, there is a fashion muse. (07/16/2001)

You give me fever By Janelle Brown
Watching Reese, Lizzie and the fashion statement bandit. Is it hot in here or is it just me? (07/16/2001)

Good morning, Colombia By Arianna Huffington
Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity. (07/16/2001)

Chapter 8: Saturday, Oct. 14 By Alfred Alcorn
In which we learn that life is the joke of a whimsical creator, and virility more suitable to a younger man is a burden. (07/16/2001)

Spokesaurus terribilis! By Carina Chocano
Behold the great postmodern two-headed monster, the spokesperson-
client: Both mouths move -- out comes surrealism. (07/16/2001)

The perils of fame By Amy Reiter
Ted Nugent drools over Spears and Aguilera; Destiny's Child talks facial hair; Julia Roberts fears fatness. Plus: Electra hits Vegas; and Don Johnson sued for groping! (07/16/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Retread rogues: The president appoints a troika of Latin American cold warriors with questionable human rights records. Plus: Did Bush ride bad overseas ballots to victory in Florida? (07/16/2001)

Florida Democrats prepare to subpoena records By Anthony York
Enquiring Demos want to know: Why was the Bush war room in Katherine Harris' office? And what about Jeb Bush's involvement? The White House press corps officially doesn't care. (07/16/2001)

Condit's team: Chandra was no angel By Joshua Micah Marshall
By suggesting the intern may have her own sordid past, the congressman's spinners shoot themselves in the foot -- again. (07/16/2001)

Call-girl I.D. By Tracy Quan
Using different names makes remembering johns even easier, but it can get you into trouble at a cocktail party. Third in a series. (07/16/2001)

Why can't Johnny respect copyrights? By Alan Docherty
In Britain, elementary school classrooms prepare to preach reverence for intellectual property -- and to denounce the evils of file-sharing. (07/16/2001)

Woe is me-zine
By Daryl Lindsey (07/14/2001)

Why Hastert played hardball by Alicia Montgomery
The folksy GOP speaker shored up his right flank by killing campaign finance reform, but Christopher Shays promises he'll pay for it. (07/14/2001)

Stunned in Sacramento By Anthony York
As the news gets worse for Rep. Gary Condit, even supporters wonder if he'll be raising money to pay for legal bills rather than a run for higher office. (07/15/2001)

"The Score" By Charles Taylor
Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando and Edward Norton (almost) get away with this high-tech heist for adults. (07/13/2001)

"Legally Blonde" By Stephanie Zacharek
Confident, curvy Reese Witherspoon, the thinking man's cupcake, nearly salvages this silly romance. (07/13/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, July 13-15, 2001 (07/13/2001)

"Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" By Stephanie Zacharek
An eerily human new generation of computer-generated actors populates this earnest sci-fi fantasy. (07/13/2001)

"Baise-Moi" By Charles Taylor
A new wave of bloodily pornographic French art films hits a new low in this ultraviolent tale of two murderous women on the lam. (07/13/2001)

"The Fourth Hand" by John Irving By Emily Jenkins
In the novelist's latest, a studly newscaster loses a limb but gains a deeper understanding of sex. (07/13/2001)

Paying for it: The "Nancy Chan Effect"
Author and working girl Tracy Quan explains why you should subscribe to Salon Premium. (07/13/2001)

Summer Night By Lynda Barry
(07/13/2001)

Letters of the week
Readers call Jason D. Hill a eugenicist, provide testimonials on the joy of antidepressants and tell the parents of cyberbullies to rein in their kids. (07/13/2001)

Something cheesy in the state of Wisconsin By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
The state Supreme Court gives women a victory over deadbeat dads -- but at the cost of endangering reproductive rights. (07/13/2001)

Chapter 7: Friday, Oct. 13 By Alfred Alcorn
In which the God gene, among other things, is discussed, and there's some rather heated talk about growing a second sex organ. (07/13/2001)

Joe Queenan By Josh Karp
The former Spy writer and well-paid bastard hates baby boomers (their legacy: the male ponytail) with all his funny guts. (07/13/2001)

Mark's monkey business By Amy Reiter
Wahlberg admits simian lust; Rodman says Electra might bounce back. Plus: Nicolas Cage goes public with Lisa Marie; ex-Menudo star wants cash after bizarre accident; and poison snakes, vomit and Michael Douglas in NP Extra! (07/13/2001)

Full-time hero By Chris Colin
Salon acquires a page from Harrison Ford's diary, in which the rugged search-and-rescue hunk gets antsy. (07/13/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Is a beleaguered Bush on the comeback trail? (07/13/2001)

Bush rests comfortably after surgery to implant pacemaker in brain By Tom McNichol
Thanks to a device similar to the one in Vice President Dick Cheney's heart, the nation has healthy, clear-thinking, plain-speaking leaders again. (07/13/2001)

Condit's Democratic enablers By Joan Walsh
The congressman's colleagues should have demanded he come clean about Chandra Levy right away. Instead, they're still defending his stonewalling. (07/13/2001)

ABC's messy role in Condit affair By Joshua Micah Marshall
The network now says one of its reporters -- the subject of tabloid rumors -- claims she never met with Condit the day he claims they did, the day Chandra Levy most likely disappeared. (07/14/2001)

Processed to death By Alicia Montgomery
House GOP leaders lose a procedural battle to block campaign finance reform, but win the war. R.I.P. Shays-Meehan. (07/13/2001)

Every girl has a favorite By Tracy Quan
Jack seemed like the perfect client, until we started getting those creepy phone calls. Second in a series. (07/13/2001)

The case of the forwarded e-mail By Jori Finkel
Online allegations of Nazi-looted art inspire a suit that could test the limits of Internet libel law. (07/13/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, July 12, 2001 (07/12/2001)

Extreme porn crackdown By Susannah Breslin
The LAPD is targeting a new wave of kinky XXX films. But if porn legends like Seymore Butts have their way, "bukkake" will become a household name. (07/12/2001)

"Big Brother 2" gets nasty By Martha Soukup
The dumbest reality show on TV returns, with flashing knives, ejected houseguests and risqué banana jokes. (07/12/2001)

Who does Buffy have to slay to get an Emmy nomination? By Joyce Millman
The lamest awards show in the land stiffs the best show on TV -- again. (07/12/2001)

Don't call them morbid
Katharine Mieszkowski describes just what kinds of people build online burial sites. (07/12/2001)

Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles By Lauren Sandler
Christian authors are staking their claim on pop culture's steamiest preserve: Romance novels. (07/12/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix! (07/12/2001)

A note from the editors
(07/12/2001)

The thrill is gone By Clea MacAllister
Twenty-five years of marriage have extinguished my husband's ardor. And that breaks my heart. (07/12/2001)

Woe is me-zine By Daryl Lindsey
After bemoaning attacks from the "far left," Andrew Sullivan returns a sponsorship from the pharmaceutical industry. (07/12/2001)

How should I feel? By Chris Colin
Bring your mental and emotional uncertainties to Salon's newest advice columnist, Dr. McFeely. Your dull, confused interior life will glow like new! (07/12/2001)

It's Genetic By Amy Reiter
Kiss frontman goes gaga for big breasts; Madonna puts kibosh on free tickets; Julianne Moore denies cannibal sex scene. Plus: Kidman throws hat back in man race! (07/12/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Rove had a hand in Bush's scuttled anti-gay hiring deal with the Salvation Army. (07/12/2001)

Will Condit's troubles hurt California Democrats? By Anthony York
Fallout from the Chandra Levy case is forcing the party to put redistricting plans on hold, and may keep Condit's son from running for state Assembly. (07/12/2001)

Is campaign finance reform dead? By Jake Tapper
Just months after McCain-Feingold's stirring victory in the Senate, it seems to be headed south in the House. (07/12/2001)

A weak Rx for schools By Arianna Huffington
With his education reform bill, President Bush dishes up a watery bouillabaisse of warmed-over measures that are moldier than they are bold. (07/12/2001)

Artificial sexuality By David Thomson
The best thing in "A.I." is Jude Law's robot gigolo, who should make us worry if we still have it anymore. (07/12/2001)

Grave diggers By Katharine Mieszkowski
When an earthly burial just won't suffice, Find-A-Grave hobbyists build their memorials online. (07/12/2001)

"The Day the Brands Died" and "CueCatastrophe"
Readers respond to two stories on the failure of dot-com businesses such as Webvan, CueCat and Kozmo. (07/12/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 11, 2001 (07/11/2001)

Liquid Dreams come true By Andrew Vontz
Flaunting their flaws at a live concert and on "Making the Band," boy group O-Town earn even more squealing fans. (07/11/2001)

Revenue champions
Bob Costas examines the consequences of the growing financial disparities in Major League Baseball in his book "Fair Ball." (07/11/2001)

"Against the law" and "The Betrayal of America"
Readers respond to Gary Kamiya and Charles Taylor on books by Alan Dershowitz and Vincent Bugliosi about the Supreme Court's Election 2000 ruling. (07/11/2001)

Don't talk dirty to me By Garrison Keillor
Why can my 50-year-old boyfriend only speak about sex like a 12-year-old? (07/11/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Out of work? Try these foolproof ways to make a little extra cash. (07/11/2001)

A history of failure By Amy Benfer
Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates. (07/11/2001)

What's wrong with the All-Star Game? By Allen Barra
Too many players, for starters. But it's not too late to save baseball's midseason matchup. (07/11/2001)

Chapter 6: Thursday, Oct. 12 By Alfred Alcorn
In which, sadly, breaking a habit called "life" becomes a real possibility. (07/11/2001)

Ken Nordine By Michael Monteleone
At 81, the man who brought the world Word Jazz (and whose voice any god would envy) has released a dazzling new CD. (07/11/2001)

They're all shady By Amy Reiter
Eminem's ex-wife arrested with mysterious white powder; Witherspoon gets fiesty; and Mariah Carey can't sleep. Plus: Drew and Tom retie the knot, and "Sopranos" creator sticks up for the stickup kid! (07/11/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
No Salvation: Bush retreats from anti-gay deal. (07/11/2001)

Police zero in on Condit By Joshua Micah Marshall
They want a DNA sample, a lie detector test and a search of his apartment. Did the congressman step into a trap? (07/11/2001)

Suspect or not? By Jake Tapper
With no evidence of his involvement, the D.C. police have been stymied in their questioning of Rep. Gary Condit -- and careful not to repeat recent mistakes. (07/11/2001)

Stories of truth By Garth Nix
"Lightning Bringer" is a highly charged coming-of-age story from a collection of writing about love and sex for young people. (07/11/2001)

CueCatastrophe By Scott Rosenberg
Next to the company that tried to wire Web users to bar-code scanners, money-burning dot-coms like Webvan don't look quite so bad. (07/11/2001)

The day the brands died By Ruth Shalit and Robin Danielson Hafitz
You may have thought Webvan and Kozmo were just dot-com delivery boys. But their demise has left their customers deeply scarred and cast adrift in a suddenly meaningless universe. (07/11/2001)

Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money!
By Damien Cave (07/11/2001)

Boy wonder By Stephanie Zacharek
In "A.I." Steven Spielberg gets shown up by a kid. How does Haley Joel Osment understand the movie better than its director does? (07/10/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 10, 2001 (07/10/2001)

Legal high
Listen to comedian Bill Hicks rant about legalizing pot for a better world and putting an end to the war on drugs. (07/10/2001)

Bestsellers
This week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com (07/10/2001)

"Nothing human left" By Suzy Hansen
A journalist who disguised herself as a Chechen woman talks about the atrocities of the war, the cowardice of Western journalists and the dim hopes for peace. (07/10/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Divining intervention (07/10/2001)

Save lives! Defy nature! By Jason D. Hill
Parents who kill their kids prove that we shouldn't have an automatic right to reproduce. (07/10/2001)

Of Condit and Conason
Readers respond to Salon's coverage of the missing intern, and to Joe Conason's column on former conservative David Brock. (07/10/2001)

Center stage By Lauren Proctor
At 15, I was spending entire days inside my locker. Then came the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course for Business and Personal Success. (07/10/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Poll: Bad blood persists between Bush and blacks. (07/10/2001)

Selling Chandra By Joshua Micah Marshall
Behind the story of the missing intern -- and the congressman she had an affair with -- is a team of public relations experts spoon-feeding us the front page spectacle one scoop at a time. (07/10/2001)

Human anteaters beware! By Chris Colin
Man crashes car after homemade insect-based Viagra ruins date. (07/10/2001)

Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money! By Damien Cave
The software giant is cracking down on piracy in the public education system. But the campaign could easily backfire. (07/10/2001)

A Pee-wee by any other name ... By Joyce Millman
There's something oddly familiar about the impish host of ABC's "You Don't Know Jack." Plus: Martin Short in "Primetime Glick." (07/09/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 9, 2001 (07/09/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Marlon Brando toots fart machine on set. Plus: Woody Harrelson, John Travolta, Meg Ryan and more. (07/09/2001)

"Back When We Were Grownups" by Anne Tyler By Laura Miller
The praises this bard of the overlooked sings to the stepped-on, unappreciated nurturers of the world are starting to strike a sour note. (07/09/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
We're spying on you ... for your own good! (07/09/2001)

Lose the ads, keep the quality By Joe Conason
Columnist Joe Conason explains why you should subscribe to Salon Premium. (07/10/2001)

Juicy "Fruits" is sexy, tasty and good for you By Janelle Brown
A new portfolio of Japanese street chic puts our bland fashion to shame. (07/09/2001)

Cops are not to blame By David Horowitz
Who is responsible for the recent killings of blacks in Cincinnati? Liberals and "civil rights" crusaders. (07/09/2001)

Irvine Welsh By Christopher Kemp
The author of "Trainspotting" discusses his new novel, "Glue," real bad bastards and the Brontës. (07/09/2001)

Chapter 5: Tuesday, Oct. 10 By Alfred Alcorn
In which Worried is asked to bury two bodies and the animal-rights contingent gets riled up. (07/09/2001)

Aww, she's shy! By Amy Reiter
Heather Graham says shucks, she's awkward in the sack; Schiffer digs her nude stalker; Madonna grows up; and "Rocky" may hit Broadway! (07/09/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
Enviros blast plans to exempt old energy plants from clean air regs. Plus: How does the president find the time for so many weekend getaways? (07/09/2001)

Not even Republicans are buying Bush's big oil energy plan By Arianna Huffington
Why can't the president do for the nation what he's done on his own ranch? (07/09/2001)

Vast right-wing conspiracy, redux By Anthony York
Is there a "secret war" against Tom Daschle? (07/09/2001)

Ménage à quoi? By Tracy Quan
When two girls are doing one guy, it's hard to keep the signals straight. (07/09/2001)

Atari lives! By Howard Wen
The original king of the consoles is 24 years old, boasts clunky graphics and dinky sounds, yet is still doing quite nicely, thank you. (07/09/2001)

"Kiss of the Dragon" By Charles Taylor
Jet Li is wasted in a clumsy Hong Kong-style actioner, a movie scored to the sound of breaking bones. (07/06/2001)

Capriati loses at Wimbledon Associated Press
(07/05/2001)

"Cats & Dogs" By Stephanie Zacharek
Puppets and computer graphics allow haughty felines and lovable canines to battle for control of the universe in this giddy romp. (07/04/2001)

"Baby Boy" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
John Singleton's urban drama has noble intentions, but it's as lost as its protagonist. (07/04/2001)

"Scary Movie 2" By Stephanie Zacharek
What good is a scary movie that puts you to sleep? (07/04/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for July 4-8, 2001 (07/04/2001)

Everything you wanted to know about "Memento"
By Andy Klein (07/04/2001)

"The Betrayal of America" By Charles Taylor
Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi accuses the Supreme Court's conservative majority of criminal conduct bordering on treason. (07/04/2001)

Against the law By Gary Kamiya
Two new books make it clear that the Supreme Court's notorious Bush vs. Gore ruling wasn't as bad as it seemed at the time. It was worse. (07/05/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling
Captain CEO meets cowboy symbolism! (07/04/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Breast enlargement the all-natural way! (07/04/2001)

An ode to the erection By Adrian Blevins
I sing, for my daughter, of shanks and shafts and the endearing contrast between the mind's affairs and the body's undiscriminating inclinations. (07/04/2001)

Coulda been contenders? By Allen Barra
The Williams sisters had best start putting a little effort into their games, or they'll be looking back at what might have been sooner than they think. (07/04/2001)

A Supreme Court shocker By Alan Berlow
Sandra Day O'Connor's criticisms of the death penalty couldn't have come from a more unlikely source. (07/04/2001)

Could just anyone get a pacemaker like Cheney's? By Alicia Montgomery
Not necessarily, HMO critics say. And Bush has already promised to veto a bill that would help patients get care as good as the vice president's. (07/04/2001)

Diary of a Tokyo hostess By Cynthia Gralla
I worked as a modern-style geisha and learned how to fake being in love, but after becoming addicted to the attention, I learned that the money wasn't worth destroying my soul. (07/04/2001)

"The Real World" refuses to grow up By Andy Dehnart
The show that spawned reality television comes back for its 10th season, forgetting the lessons it taught everyone else. (07/03/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 3, 2001 (07/03/2001)

"The Salt Letters"
In her debut novel, set in 1854, Christine Balint tells the story of a young woman's gruesome life aboard the ship that carries her from her native England to Australia. (07/03/2001)

Bestsellers
This week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com (07/03/2001)

Pushovers of the press By Todd Gitlin
The media elite are reviewing Henry Kissinger's latest tome with their usual fawning gullibility. Best not to mention those bony hands reaching out from the grave. (07/03/2001)

Solo blues By Garrison Keillor
Now that my friends are married, they seem to be allergic to socializing with an unmarried woman. (07/03/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The latest in a long line of nobodies. (07/03/2001)

Cyber slammed By Amy Benfer
Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law? (07/03/2001)

Give him a break By Joe Conason
Why do pundits heap scorn on writer David Brock, who lied to protect Clarence Thomas, but give a pass to other disgraced journalists -- like Mike Barnicle and John Stossel? (07/03/2001)

Why I don't like Ichiro By King Kaufman
I know he's gotten 3,373,035 All Star votes, but I don't like his Punch-and-Judy style of batting, and he's not on base enough for a leadoff hitter. (07/03/2001)

Priit Pärn By Chris Robinson
The Lenny Bruce of animation comes from Estonia, but his influence is felt all the way to "Rugrats" and "Duckman." (07/03/2001)

He feels their f%#*@n' pain! By Amy Reiter
Eminem empathizes with young cursers everywhere; O.J. discusses his daughter and other "bitches"; Duchovny and Leoni make their hineys shiny! Plus: Carnie Wilson says size matters. (07/03/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
New bad poll numbers dog Bush as Cheney returns to work. (07/03/2001)

Cheney and me By Rob Dieterich
I had the same heart procedure as the vice president -- and I did not stroll out of the hospital a few hours later. (07/03/2001)

"Feel good, sore shoulder, good shape"? By Arianna Huffington
Dick Cheney is trying to spin his latest cardiac event as just another day, but doctors order a defibrillator only when a patient is in danger of dying. (07/03/2001)

Illusory passions By Cynthia Gralla
The demon temptress in me was hard to kill, but in the end the bad outweighed the good and I had to say goodbye. Last in a series. (07/03/2001)

So you want to be an online pornographer? By Katharine Mieszkowski
A laid-off dot-commer reinvents himself as the "dean" of the Adult Webmaster School. (07/03/2001)

"National Private Radio" and "Who are you calling a corporate shill?"
by Lorenzo Milam and Jim Russell (07/03/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 2, 2001 (07/02/2001)

MP3 Music Sampler
Check out Guided by Voices, They Might Be Giants, Mogwai and a dozen more fresh music MP3s now available to Salon Premium subscribers. (07/02/2001)

"It Ain't Necessarily So" by David Murray, et al. By David Appell
Three self-styled experts point out the myriad ways that the media gets science wrong. (07/02/2001)

Salon recommends
A sexual reawakening on a trip to Italy, an introductory guide to graphic novels and more. (07/02/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Ye oldest scamme in the worlde: Ensurance. (07/02/2001)

Sexy stud vs. lovemaking dud By King Kaufman
A new survey tells us that a man's choice of razor provides a window to his soul -- and a preview of his sexual prowess. (07/02/2001)

Styles from the crypt By Carina Chocano
You can teach old models new tricks, but don't ask them to protect endangered species. (07/02/2001)

Holy abuse By Peter Brandt
Five years after the last U.S. Hare Krishna boarding school closed, 79 former students are suing, claiming widespread physical and sexual abuse. Their attorney wants to take down the Krishnas gangster-style. (07/02/2001)

Chapter 4: Oct. 5 By Alfred Alcorn
In which Worried sends another message and, by the way, mentions a couple of bodies in a bag. (07/02/2001)

The more they toot By Amy Reiter
Brando and De Niro ga-ga for fart jokes; George Costanza needs a son; Puffy gets his feelers hurt! Plus: Clooney can't get a break, and Billy Bob can't hold a tune. (07/02/2001)

Bushed! By Salon staff
The president's favorite cable guys. (07/02/2001)

Did Condit make that phone call? By Joshua Micah Marshall
The congressman's wife and another alleged mistress are pulled into the investigation, while a suicide theory emerges to explain Chandra Levy's disappearance. (07/02/2001)

The matchmakers By Arianna Huffington
Washington's access-for-cash fundraisers like the "President's Dinner" show that corrupting special interests have replaced King George in our battle for independence. (07/02/2001)

Katherine Harris moves toward a congressional run By Anthony York
The Florida secretary of state expresses interest in a House seat in a Washington Times interview. (07/02/2001)

Flirting with danger By Cynthia Gralla
Hostesses are offered huge sums for sex, but I know of only one girl who actually went through with it. Sixth in a series. (07/02/2001)

National Private Radio By Lorenzo W. Milam
A veteran of community broadcasting blasts public stations for selling their souls to the highest bidders. (07/02/2001)

Who are you calling a corporate shill? By Jim Russell
The founder of "Marketplace" says public radio is beholden to no one and more popular than ever. (07/02/2001)