Jeff Greenwalds latest book, "Future Perfect: How 'Star Trek' Conquered Planet Earth," was recently released in paperback by Penguin.

Jeff Greenwald's Salon stories

Thursday, May 7, 2009 03:48 PDT

Obama is Spock: It's quite logical

Our president bears a striking resemblance to the rational "Star Trek" Vulcan whose mixed race made him cultural translator to the universe.
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2005 03:30 PST

Saving the rain forests of the ocean

How greens and villagers, and a bunch of big ceramic snowflakes, are reviving the devastated coral reefs of Indonesia.
Friday, Nov 25, 2005 04:00 PST

Saving the world by mutual back-scratching

Activists have hit on a new way to save Indonesia's endangered tropics: Pay for local projects in exchange for conservation.
Monday, Mar 7, 2005 17:09 PST

What the tsunami dragged in

Still sorting through the debris in Sri Lanka, officials are uncovering the explosive legacy of a wartorn area: Land mines.
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 12:23 PST

A full moon over Sri Lanka

Inside Buddhist and Muslim temples, I discover how Sri Lankans are coping spiritually with the disaster. Nothing has been more moving during my entire trip.
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2005 12:26 PST

Tea with the Tamil Tigers

Inside a camp controlled by Sri Lanka's militant rebels, I investigate rumors that the Tamil people are being shortchanged in tsunami aid.
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 16:55 PST

"Everyone here has post-traumatic stress"

As the horror hits home in Sri Lanka, there are too many relief workers and not enough stress counselors.
Tuesday, Jan 18, 2005 13:06 PST

Toy story

With a truckload of stuffed animals, soccer balls and Frisbees, we head to refugee camps to bring relief to the kids of Sri Lanka.
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2005 12:28 PST

The buried village

A "Dateline" film crew gets in the way as I make my way to a former surfing hot spot, where families line up for hygiene kits, and a hotel owner, who reminds me of Lenny Bruce, reclaims fishing boats.
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2005 13:32 PST

Tsunami, ground zero

After the waves hit, I dared myself to do something. Now I'm in Sri Lanka, where nothing will ever be the same again.
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 15:34 PST

Make wanderlust, not war

Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community.
Tuesday, Jun 12, 2001 05:06 PDT

Murder and intrigue in Kathmandu

The massacre of the royal family in Nepal threatens the stability of a nation that has struggled toward democracy for over a decade.
Thursday, Dec 30, 1999 12:00 PST

The new great place

Saturday, Nov 6, 1999 09:00 PST

Sacrificing Nepal

The extraordinarily scenic and untouristed area of Mustang is about to have its figurative throat slit -- by a greedy highway project.
Wednesday, Aug 11, 1999 09:00 PDT

Total eclipse

Encountering Iran on the cusp of change.
Wednesday, Aug 11, 1999 03:00 PDT

Rendezvous of the sun and the moon

Our eclipse correspondent witnesses ancient treasures and a modern miracle in Iran.
Tuesday, Jul 20, 1999 09:00 PDT

"I am Buzz Lightyear!"

Thirty years after he walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin wants to send the rest of us.
Wednesday, Mar 10, 1999 12:00 PST

The new North Vietnam

A visit to Hanoi and environs reveals the complicated legacy of the war.
Tuesday, Nov 3, 1998 12:00 PST

The Hollywood tourists never see

The Hollywood tourists never see: Travel writer Jeff Greenwald finds life-changing adventure on the sound stage of an NBC sitcom.
Wednesday, Apr 8, 1998 12:00 PDT

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

Jeff Greenwald describes a blood-curdling encounter with a tiger in one of Nepal's wildlife parks preserves -- and a disgraceful display of fake contraband-burning by Nepalese authorities.
Friday, Mar 20, 1998 12:00 PST

Festival time in Kathmandu

Jeff Greenwald witnesses some mind-opening -- and pocket-emptying -- rites at three of Kathmandu's great spring festivals.
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1998 12:00 PST

Under the spell of Angkor Wat

Jeff Greenwald revels in the astonishing ruins and riches of Angkor Wat.
Thursday, Feb 26, 1998 12:00 PST

Looking for Kathmandu

Jeff Greenwald finds gossip, chickens and sex in an excursion off the beaten track near Kathmandu.
Thursday, Mar 27, 1997 12:00 PST

Beam me up, Dalai

No technophobe, the Tibetan leader -- the Nicest Man in the World -- talks about robots and artificial intelligence, Spock and alien enlightenment.
Thursday, Mar 20, 1997 12:00 PST

No time for "Trek"

In India, poverty, nationalism and too many reruns conspire to ground "Star Trek" fandom.
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