September 2000

Down to the last hamster By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 70 (Friday, Sept. 29): And now, finally, the ultrathrilling and very, very exciting conclusion of "Big Brother." (09/30/2000)

Chain saws, drugs and lesbians By Ruth Shalit
Olympic advertising deserves a gold medal -- in confusion. (09/30/2000)

Random thoughts on the Olympics By Allen Barra
When did the Games become simply an American TV show? (09/30/2000)

Enter Marion, exit Michael By Gary Kamiya
The final night of track and field saw the coronation of the greatest female athlete in the world -- and the golden departure of history's greatest 400-meter runner. (10/01/2000)

Three very drunk hamsters By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 69 (Thursday, Sept. 28): Josh does a strip tease for Curtis and Eddie. (09/29/2000)

"Mission to Mars" By Charles Taylor
How to make the Red Planet red? Use reflective copper sheeting. But that's only one of the secret wonders of Brian De Palma's maligned masterpiece. (09/29/2000)

"Remember the Titans" By Andrew O'Hehir
Denzel Washington puts the fascism back in football. (09/29/2000)

"Girlfight" By Charles Taylor
Director Karyn Kusama gets the beauty of boxing, but why is her debut film so dreary? (09/29/2000)

The Jordan rules By Carina Chocano
The much-maligned (OK, by us too!) former stripper talks about what went wrong, what she learned and why she never came to love "Big Brother." (09/29/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2000 (09/29/2000)

Reality flops By Bill Wyman
Who screwed up "Big Brother"? Everyone. (09/29/2000)

Salon Technology on "Beyond Computers" By Janelle Brown
Janelle Brown discusses the book Robo Sapiens and a future in which robots are just as smart as humans. (09/29/2000)

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South of the border By Earl Shorris
The author of "Latinos: A Biography of the People" picks five great works of Mexican literature. (09/29/2000)

Missives to corporate America By Kenneth Cleaver
A consumer correspondent challenges SmithKline Beecham to start a Paxil softball league, wants Target-sponsored sunsets and confesses a desire for Gap mannequins. (09/29/2000)

RU-486 gets FDA approval By Cary Barbor
The "abortion pill" moves a woman's choice into the home. Will anti-abortion forces follow? (09/29/2000)

Legalize it
By King Kaufman (09/29/2000)

Down with the Yanks!
By Gary Kamiya (09/29/2000)

Dating the birth mother By Caroline Leavitt
Before you adopt a baby, you've got to sweep Mom off her feet. (09/29/2000)

Keeping an eye on protesters By Sarah Ferguson
International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists. (09/29/2000)

The greatness of Barry Bonds By Allen Barra
Sure, he's totally unlovable, but the San Francisco Giants superstar is still the best player in the National League, and maybe the best in baseball. (09/29/2000)

The Olympics: Friday By Kerry Lauerman
Marion Jones settles for bronze, the U.S. "Dream Team" is nearly knocked off and discord over dope remains high. (09/29/2000)

Scent of a woman By Stephen Lemons
Grand seductress Catherine Deneuve talks about taking chances, working with Bjvrk and starring in the new musical "Dancer in the Dark." (09/29/2000)

Nuts to that By Amy Reiter
"Survivor's" Richard Hatch reveals a rather graphic molestation incident from childhood; oranges take Billy Bob Thornton to death's door. Plus: Gloria Stuart's "potty-mouth." (09/29/2000)

Bush tackles Gore's spending plan By Jake Tapper
Flanked by members of the Green Bay Packers, the GOP candidate says his opponent's programs will be a disaster for red-tape-hating Americans. (09/29/2000)

Bush and Gore dead even By Alicia Montgomery
Nader's raiders get thrown in jail, and McCain burns Bush on campaign finance reform. Lazio and Clinton stay soft on their pledge, and Martin Sheen shoots off his mouth. (09/29/2000)

Campaign notebook By Jake Tapper
Nothing "subliminable" about how Bush avoids the press, or about his campaign's spin on the mysterious "Dukakis Five." (09/29/2000)

Hillary in a landslide? By Eric Boehlert
The race for New York senator was said to be Rick Lazio's to lose. And right now he's losing in virtually every demographic group. (09/29/2000)

Running on Reagan By Jake Tapper
As George W. Bush unveils his energy plan, he links Al Gore to Jimmy Carter -- and a mythical water-fueled car (09/29/2000)

Svetlana! By David Thomson
I can imagine Albert Einstein giving up the crucial equation for the chance to stroke her razorback shin. (09/29/2000)

Gotcha! By Jack Boulware
A German woman is notorious for getting a sexual rush from shoplifting. (09/29/2000)

The Gnutella paradox By Janelle Brown
As soon as an online music-trading service gets big enough to be useful, it's doomed. (09/29/2000)

Ballot measure threatens San Francisco dot-coms By Damien Cave
Sparse attendance at a pro-business rally spreads panic in an industry under siege. (09/29/2000)

"Stir of Echoes" By Stephanie Zacharek
Director David Koepp reveals the secret behind the low-budget special effect that makes his graceful, creepy thriller look like a million bucks. (09/28/2000)

Look homeward, hamster! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 68 (Wednesday, Sept. 27): The latest banishment from the game show on which everyone's a loser! (09/28/2000)

The once and future queen of comedy By Michael Sragow
Catherine O'Hara roars back to the top of the heap in "Best in Show." (09/28/2000)

"Urban Legends: Final Cut" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
This film-school sendup -- filled with slicing, dicing, electrocuting and bludgeoning -- can't see the schlock for the celluloid. (09/28/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000 (09/28/2000)

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"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon By Amy Benfer
In the rapturous, panoramic new novel by the author of "Wonder Boys," two midcentury comic book writers battle evil and celebrate escape in all its forms. (09/28/2000)

Macho anthropology By Juno Gregory
Did scientists start a deadly epidemic to prove that humanity is innately violent -- or are they victims of politics? (09/28/2000)

UBO lives By Joel Dreyfuss
Urban Box Office's editor responds to Salon's article on the company. (09/28/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-Man on the gridiron! (09/28/2000)

Bioethics comes of age By Arthur Allen
A lawsuit blaming the nation's most prominent bioethicist for the death of an 18-year-old prompts a reexamination of the field. (09/28/2000)

Memo to Nader voters
By Bruce Shapiro (09/28/2000)

Olympic colors
By Jon Entine (09/28/2000)

Dating: Who pays?
"Wages of sin," by Ann Marlowe; "Skin trade," by James Surowiecki (09/28/2000)

What's wrong with foreign adoption? By Barb Reinhold
It's un-American, selfish, narcissistic and racist, according to my so-called friends. (09/28/2000)

The Olympics: Thursday By Kerry Lauerman
Marion Jones wins gold No. 2 as the Williams sisters, an unknown Greek and Norwegian soccer players clean up. NBC, meanwhile, sinks to new lows. (09/28/2000)

Of greatness, glory and really intense wrestling moms By Gary Kamiya
While Marion Jones flies again, wrestlers practice their savage art and a Cuban with a gunslinger's heart wins a classic long jump competition. (09/28/2000)

The evil that spiders do By Steve Burgess
We're hard-wired to despise these monsters for a reason. Now hand me that plunger. (09/28/2000)

Ellen's new ride By Amy Reiter
DeGeneres is driving a cool Mercedes and a hot brunet; Billy Bob in the hospital, Angelina jetting home. Plus: Streisand wants to stay in bed, eat in her car. (09/28/2000)

George W., the big meanie By Jake Tapper
Despite the boss's promise to "change the tone," Bush's spokeswoman tees off on Al Gore. (09/28/2000)

Where was Bush? By Alicia Montgomery
A new report digs into downtime in the governor's military service record. Gore gears up for the debates and dares Bush on soft money. Hillary Clinton hits the halfway mark. (09/28/2000)

Show me the loopholes By Jake Tapper
Both George W. Bush and Al Gore have done their best to exploit a weakness in the campaign finance laws. (09/28/2000)

33 down By Jake Tapper
George W. Bush jets in long enough to see Texas execute another prisoner -- putting him just 4 shy of his own record for the most put to death in one year. (09/28/2000)

Coup reports rock Peru by Monte Hayes
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Live Internet Simulcast
Join Francis Ford Coppola and other leading figures from the film, Internet and wine worlds for an online celebration to benefit "College Track". (09/28/2000)

Eat on me By Steven A. Shaw
The Fat Guy gives us an in-depth report on the best and worst foods to eat off your lover -- and something that's even more erotic. (09/28/2000)

Dial-up service By Jack Boulware
Police arrest two people in Japan for selling porn via cellphones. (09/28/2000)

Loudcloud's silver lining By Scott Rosenberg
Will the IPO of Marc Andreessen's infrastructure company mark a change in the Net market's gloomy weather? (09/28/2000)

Double DivX trouble By Damien Cave
And they're off! Two competing upgrades to a controversial video-compression format are racing to the finish. (09/28/2000)

The four hamsters of the apocalypse By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 67 (Tuesday, Sept. 26): Curtis has a big 32-incher! (09/27/2000)

"Best in Show" By Stephanie Zacharek
Christopher Guest follows up "Waiting for Guffman" with another gentle comic miniature. (09/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000 (09/27/2000)

"The Guns of Navarone" By Michael Sragow
On-the-set friction caused by a red undershirt? Competition between actors only enhanced this thrilling and cathartic adventure classic. (09/27/2000)

"Orwell" by Jeffrey Meyers By Benjamin Anastas
The new biography glosses over the defiant, troubled life of the eerily prescient author of "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four." (09/27/2000)

The inner Liz By Amy Reiter
Gossip columnist Liz Smith loves celebrities and, she now reveals, other women. So why can't she love herself? (09/27/2000)

Not forever By Susan Emerling
The death of South African diamond magnate Harry Oppenheimer last month might mark the end of global domination for one of the world's most infamous cartels. (09/27/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Public airwaves for the public? This must not happen! (09/27/2000)

Bewitched by alkaloids By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I've heard that after smoking these plants I will never be able to hallucinate again. Is this true? (09/27/2000)

Better loving through chemistry By Amy O'Connor
Why do guys sulk after a fight with their girlfriends instead of talking the problem to death? It's the hormone, stupid! (09/27/2000)

Just say yes to Ritalin!
By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. (09/27/2000)

Hard-to-swallow soup for a kid's soul By Callie Milton
Should I tell my sons about the drugs, the drinking and the jail in Daytona? (09/27/2000)

Go to your room! By Ellen Whitney-French
A child provokes -- and captures -- his mother's ire. (09/28/2000)

Prague dissent By Bruce Shapiro
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meeting in the Czech Republic -- a country that exemplifies growing European inequality. (09/27/2000)

The New York Times apologizes By Eric Boehlert
18 months after launching its controversial coverage of Wen Ho Lee, the paper issues a carefully crafted -- and curious -- mea culpa. (09/27/2000)

Election mud wrestling By Laura Rozen
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic claims no candidate received a majority in this week's elections, but opposition leaders who believe their candidate won are taking to the streets. (09/27/2000)

L.A. confidential By Jan Golab
A former LAPD detective says Chief Bernard Parks had evidence of the scandal a year before it was revealed, but kept it from the district attorney -- and the public. (09/27/2000)

An ode to Sydney By Gary Kamiya
Mistress of the meeting of land and water, the Australian seaport overflows with beauties large and small. (09/27/2000)

The Olympics: Wednesday By Kerry Lauerman
Marion Jones breezes as the drug scandal deepens, and Venus Williams, the baseball team and an unheralded wrestler lead the U.S. to gold. (09/27/2000)

Gold, silver and bronze By Gary Kamiya
What is it about Olympic medal ceremonies that is so moving? (09/27/2000)

Your horoscope for this week By Rob Brezsny
Glimmering, whooshing, speaking in tongues, writhing on the floor, laughing hysterically and a Zen whack in the pocketbook. (09/27/2000)

Bob Knight, c'est moi By David Shields
Like the curse that can't be separated from the diamond, the former coach's drive was also his downfall. (09/27/2000)

Gore wants his MTV By Alicia Montgomery
The veep talks about drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll with young voters. Bush's education swing misses some points, and Nader and Buchanan get another no on debates. (09/27/2000)

Bush aide: FBI is playing politics with spy probe By Jake Tapper
Karen Hughes accuses the Clinton administration of leaking false information about a Bush staffer. (09/27/2000)

Bush talks education in L.A. By Jake Tapper
The GOP presidential nominee trashes the Clinton-Gore education record at a parochial school in Los Angeles. (09/27/2000)

Invisible condom By Jack Boulware
An ingredient found in toothpaste and shampoo may protect against some STDs, according to a Canadian study. (09/27/2000)

Erotica mama By Susannah Indigo
I love writing about sex, but don't believe in telling kids things they aren't ready to handle. (09/27/2000)

Linux and the lady By Caleb John Clark
A hacker's tale of his infatuation with a high-priced, computer-literate escort. Or is she really an empathic metamorph? (09/27/2000)

Survival of the hamsterest By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 66 (Monday, Sept. 25): Finally: Some naked trampoline jumping! (09/26/2000)

Simple Simon By Charles Taylor
John Simon, the most dyspeptic film critic of all, goes off on Atom Egoyan at the New York Film Festival. (09/26/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000 (09/26/2000)

Vedder on Nader: The better man By Silja J.A. Talvi
Inspired by the WTO riots, the Pearl Jam frontman promotes the Green Party candidate's presidential bid at a Seattle rally. (09/26/2000)

"Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet" by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick By Katharine Whittemore
The honorable psychic who silenced skeptics, predicted both world wars and cured illnesses barely made a dime off his bizarre talents. (09/26/2000)

Gambling on love By Garrison Keillor
My girlfriend went to Las Vegas and cheated on me, and I can't forgive her. Should I give her another chance? (09/26/2000)

Wall Street schmooze and spin By Alan Deutschman
Media author Howard Kurtz says financial journalists are more powerful and morally bereft than Washington's political pundits. (09/26/2000)

Story Minute Carol Lay
Game Boy: Could he collect a million bucks on the TV hit "Buried Alive"? (09/26/2000)

You're an excellent host By Jill Wolfson
Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood. (09/26/2000)

The true voice of the Amazon returns!
By Camille Paglia (09/26/2000)

"Survivor" gymnastics
By Gary Kamiya (09/26/2000)

A bosom brainteaser
By Paige Evans (09/26/2000)

The NFL's minor league?
By Allen Barra (09/26/2000)

What the doctor ordered By Chris Colin
Mango chutney from a naturopathic physician's kitchen. (09/26/2000)

Ancient, yet edible By Chris Colin
A quick and venerable meal of Norwegian, Greek and Turkish descent -- but hold the papyrus. (09/26/2000)

Refusing to eat crow By Joe Conason
The Clintons have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the Whitewater case, but the journalists who went after them are standing by their stories. (09/26/2000)

Down with the Yanks! By Gary Kamiya
At the U.S.-Spain soccer match, the crowd's anti-U.S. howlings get under our reporter's skin. (09/26/2000)

Legalize it By King Kaufman
The disqualification of gymnast Andreea Raducan shines the spotlight on the flaws in the Olympics' war on drugs. (09/26/2000)

Helen Gurley Brown By Melissa Hantman
In a tempestuous era, her Cosmopolitan magazine grappled with how women should define themselves, and reconcile liberation with their interest in men. (09/26/2000)

Michelle Pfeiffer has a cow over rumor By Amy Reiter
Radio station eats its words; Dubya meets "Survivor's" Richard, talks rats, potty habits; Isabella Rossellini's embarrassing underwear. Plus: Whitney Houston really has a problem now! (09/26/2000)

Slick with sincerity By Jake Tapper
On the stump, Joe Lieberman is proving to be good for the Jews and great for Al Gore, even as his critics get louder. (09/26/2000)

Net pornographers push for Gore By Alicia Montgomery
The Democrat slips in polls, pumps up his Medicare plan. Bush denounces the "education recession," and stars shine on Nader. (09/26/2000)

Spy vs. spy By Jake Tapper
With few facts, both the Bush and Gore campaigns accuse each other of dirty tricks. (09/26/2000)

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Plain stupid By Jack Boulware
British vigilantes mistake a pediatrician for a pedophile. (09/26/2000)

Wonderful Wellbutrin? By Michael Castleman
Most antidepressants suppress sex drive, but some new evidence suggests this one might be different. (09/26/2000)

The best online meat market yet By Katharine Mieszkowski
At M4M4Sex, "hooking up" is easier than ever before. (09/26/2000)

Dot-com dance party! By Katharine Mieszkowski
Can Web monkeys be persuaded to salsa their way out of their cubes? (09/26/2000)

Supremes put Microsoft case on slow track By Andrew Leonard
The high court's refusal to hear the Microsoft appeal puts the software giant's fate in friendly hands. (09/26/2000)

The road to the White House goes through Oprah By Joyce Millman
The candidates fight for couch time with Dave, Jay, Conan, Reege and the Queen of Talk. (09/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Sept. 25, 2000 (09/25/2000)

"North by Northwest" By Bill Wyman
Screenwriter Ernest Lehman talks about his plan to write "the ultimate Hitchcock movie." (09/25/2000)

Fresh fruit By Lisa Zeidner
Though she didn't start the memoir craze, Mary Karr feeds the frenzy with "Cherry." (09/25/2000)

Ernie Banks talks baseball and business By Michael Craig
After retiring from the Chicago Cubs, the former slugger says he developed a new passion -- making money. (09/25/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
There's this conservative politician who has Sparky worried (09/25/2000)

Fighting to die By Dan Shapiro
I've read about therapists who brilliantly talk people out of killing themselves. But when a patient paged me to say goodbye, I was just scared and pissed off. (09/25/2000)

Wen Ho Lee: Railroaded
By Eric Boehlert (09/25/2000)

Let the Whitewater butt covering begin
By Joe Conason (09/25/2000)

Just say yes to Ritalin! By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else. (09/25/2000)

Moment of reckoning By Laura Rozen
Early election returns in Yugoslavia show the opposition with a forceful lead, but will the indestructible Milosevic wriggle out of defeat? (09/25/2000)

Rescuing spear throwing from a Victor Mature flick By Gary Kamiya
Forgotten delights of the Games: Javelin throwing and deadeye stereo repairmen. (09/25/2000)

The Olympics: Monday By Kerry Lauerman
Drug scandals dominate with tales of a doped-up Romanian pixie and and a failed test by Marion Jones' shot-putter husband. (09/25/2000)

Night of the thoroughbreds By Gary Kamiya
On an evening of amazing feats, an Australian hero and an American legend shone the brightest. (09/25/2000)

A conversation with John Hiatt By Amy Reiter
The music industry needs a triple bypass, he says, and the Web's performing the surgery. Straight talk from the veteran musician, whose new album will be released this week both online and in stores. (09/25/2000)

We believe you By Amy Reiter
Nothing suspicious at all about a rumor that Britney Spears stripped to her skivvies with Ben Affleck; the kids are all right, a friend of Melissa Etheridge says of the singer's now-broken home. Plus: Graham Chapman's ashes get prime seating at his own play. (09/25/2000)

Memo to Nader voters By Bruce Shapiro
Anyone who doesn't think there is any difference between Bush and Gore, just think about the Supreme Court. (09/25/2000)

Bush battles back in polls By Alicia Montgomery
His appearance on "Oprah" wins women's support. Gore's staff makes a molehill into a mountain, and Lazio and Clinton just say no to soft money. (09/25/2000)

Politics after dark By Eric Boehlert
Do late-night talk show monologues influence elections? A condescending media has decided that they do. (09/25/2000)

Beauty is truth By Cathy Jones
The boy and I made each other blush, but I couldn't express my illicit feelings to him. (09/25/2000)

Pachyderm overpopulation By Jack Boulware
South African elephants may get a birth-control vaccine to reduce herd size. (09/25/2000)

Defanging Carnivore By Sean Dugan
A security specialist explains why his open-source version of the FBI's snooping technology is a victory for privacy fans. (09/25/2000)

The perils of anti-capitalism By Damien Cave
At a San Francisco art exhibit, trashing the new dot-com economy is harder than it should be. (09/25/2000)

Countdown to oblivion By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 65 (Saturday, Sept. 23): Another banishment show. Only five episodes to go! (09/24/2000)

Suspended Gore staffer speaks By Jake Tapper
"I don't know of any mole in the Bush campaign." (09/24/2000)

That's entertainment! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 64 (Friday, Sept. 22): Jamie: "A sa-ba-twah is amongst us!" (09/23/2000)

Olympic colors By Jon Entine
It's obvious that blacks dominate certain sports while whites dominate others. Why can't we talk openly about the genetics of athletic excellence? (09/23/2000)

Speed thrills By Gary Kamiya
When the world's fastest humans, Marion Jones and Maurice Greene, won their races, they put us in touch with something buried deep in the human psyche. (09/23/2000)

Oil fight! By Jake Tapper
As Clinton taps the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease energy prices, Bush claims Gore is lying -- again -- about his role in its creation. (09/23/2000)

A spy in the house of Bush? By Jake Tapper
A Gore staffer is suspended for talking about a possible mole in the Bush campaign. (09/23/2000)

Please don't feed the hamsters By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 63 (Thursday, Sept. 21): Is Eddie losing it? (09/22/2000)

"Under Suspicion" By Andrew O'Hehir
The engrossing, gem-hard little popcorn-cruncher is as good as any well-executed cop show. And what's wrong with that? (09/22/2000)

"Dancer in the Dark" By Stephanie Zacharek
Lars von Trier is a mechanic, not an artist. And his movies are meat grinders he feeds his characters through. (09/22/2000)

"Woman on Top" By Stephanie Zacharek
Penilope Cruz stars in a movie that, though sexy on the surface, is not particularly interested in sex. (09/22/2000)

"Crime and Punishment in Suburbia" By Charles Taylor
Even dressed up in tabloid lighting and cut with jagged edits, this pulp nihilism never goes beyond daytime TV banality. (09/22/2000)

"Double Indemnity" By Michael Sragow
Barbara Stanwyck plays a sensual death dealer in Billy Wilder's darkly shaded masterpiece. (09/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Sept. 22-24, 2000 (09/22/2000)

Wages of sin By Ann Marlowe
Are Candace Bushnell's heroines looking for love or practicing the world's oldest profession? (09/22/2000)

Skin trade By James Surowiecki
Welcome to the new world of dating, where everyone's out to get the best deal they can. (09/22/2000)

Wham! Bam! Rocky times in the skies By Elliott Neal Hester
Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan. (09/22/2000)

Frequent flier liberation By Don George
WebMiles lets you redeem miles without blackouts or expiration dates. How? (09/22/2000)

Geriatrics to the rescue By Hal Millard
A South Carolina clinic is offering good healthcare to the uninsured and a meaningful life to retired doctors. Can the idea spread to the rest of the country? (09/22/2000)

The other Gore
By Jake Tapper (09/22/2000)

Andrea Dworkin in agony
By Julia Gracen (09/22/2000)

Apple's "1-click" deal leaves a sour taste
By Damien Cave (09/22/2000)

Dear businessman at the grocery store
By Maureen F. McHugh (09/22/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
It's not so hot being cool (09/22/2000)

Campaigns hunt for "real families" By LEIGH STROPE
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Let the butt covering begin By Joe Conason
Waiting for the nation's major newspapers to admit they were wrong about Whitewater? You'll be waiting a long, long time. (09/22/2000)

The NFL's minor league? By Allen Barra
The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. (09/22/2000)

"Survivor" gymnastics By Gary Kamiya
While the contenders, including flamboyant Russian superstar Svetlana Khorkina, lose their nerve, an icy-veined pixie from Romania and her two teammates walk off with the prizes. (09/22/2000)

The Olympics: Friday By Alicia Montgomery
Bad-boy swimmer Gary Hall Jr. shares the gold, Marion Jones takes her first steps and American softballers beat voodoo. (09/22/2000)

Who let the dogs out? By Joan Walsh
If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball. (09/22/2000)

The view from the stands By Gary Kamiya
The vault-setting flap reveals the different realities that prevail in the paying seats, the press box and the TV couch. (09/23/2000)

Twilight of the idol By Jebediah Reed
Turin is Nietzsche, and Turin is Christ's famous shroud. How do you reconcile the two? (09/22/2000)

Lazio's media victory By James Traub
The media loved his attacks on Hillary Clinton. But most voters aren't biting. (09/22/2000)

Is that his final answer? By Anthony York
Bush does Regis, Gore talks oil and soft money is a hard habit to kick. (09/22/2000)

Trailers By David Thomson
Our ever-hopeful filmgoer suggests what might turn us on this fall and winter, and what might make politicians mad. They could be the same things. (09/22/2000)

Do you deliver? By Jack Boulware
A Chinese cop is arrested for running a brothel disguised as a restaurant, and then profiting from fines imposed on unsuspecting customers. (09/22/2000)

License to be good By Andrew Leonard
In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life. (09/22/2000)

Who wants to date a dot-com CEO? By Katharine Mieszkowski
A Net executive offers herself up as the prize in a "win a date with our CEO and make her mother happy" contest. (09/22/2000)

One flew over the hamsters' nest By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 62 (Wednesday, Sept. 20): In the Wednesday live-banishment extravaganza, Julie Chen wields a mean cue card. (09/21/2000)

Lear meets the energy vampire By Michael Sragow
Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" remains a bloody and spectacular depiction of doomsday karma -- and the trickle-down theory of anarchy. (09/21/2000)

"The Man Who Would Be King" By Charles Taylor
He had to bide his time, but humane cynic John Huston finally got the chance to make one of the most sophisticated American entertainments ever. (09/21/2000)

Master debaters and political disasters By Jake Tapper
Ten years in the making, PBS's "Debating Our Destiny" digs deeper than Nixon's sweat, Bush's watch and the Dukakis disaster. (09/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 (09/21/2000)

Bummer lit By Jane Hamilton
The author of "A Map of the World" picks five great books about depressed teenagers. (09/21/2000)

Got a stressed-out orchid? By Wendy Wolfson
Spas are blossoming across the country to offer the finest in plant pampering. (09/21/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Campaign 2000: Wrap-up of the issues (09/21/2000)

Spas from hell By Susan Seligson
Others may envy those privileged hedonists who can afford to pay people exorbitant sums to beat them to an herb-scented pulp, but I know better. (09/21/2000)

A miracle the press won't report
By David Horowitz (09/21/2000)

RU-486: Give us liberty
By S. Boyd (09/21/2000)

The Olympics opening ceremony: Already gold
By Gary Kamiya (09/21/2000)

Women in sports: Stuck in the minors
By Emily Jenkins (09/21/2000)

A bosom brainteaser By Paige Evans
Should one breast-feed on a blind date? (09/21/2000)

How the New York Times helped railroad Wen Ho Lee By Eric Boehlert
Its reporters relied on slim evidence, quick conclusions and loyalty to sources with an ax to grind. Too bad the paper of record learned nothing from its role in Whitewater. (09/21/2000)

The morning after By Gary Kamiya
Australia comes to terms with the fact that reports of Ian Thorpe's divinity were slightly exaggerated. (09/21/2000)

The Olympics: Thursday By Alicia Montgomery
French track star sprints for the exit in Sydney. (09/21/2000)

Unappreciated at any speed By Amie Barrodale
With their fast songs and enigmatic personalities, Alvin and the Chipmunks made it big -- until the suits at Universal Studios pulled the rug out from under them. Now they're fighting mad. (09/21/2000)

Bedroom scene, take 5,000 By Amy Reiter
Charlie "The Machine" Sheen claims he's bedded 5K women in his life; Madonna spills the beans about her son's birth complications. Plus: Mariah Carey gets sued and Elton John gets delicate. (09/21/2000)

Whitewater case crumbles, Lazio stumbles By Anthony York
The independent counsel's office ends its six-year investigation of the Clintons, while a new poll shows Hillary Clinton gaining on her opponent in New York. (09/21/2000)

A campaign's dog days By Jake Tapper
The Bush campaign claims Gore may have lied about his canine's prescription drug costs, and let a naughty CD get passed out at a non-Gore event. Where's the scandal? (09/21/2000)

Playtime at the Games By Becky Gaylord
Sex workers are flooding Sydney, where prostitution is legal and regulated. They're hoping to go home with some gold of their own. (09/21/2000)

All is fair ... By Jack Boulware
A new business in Argentina helps cheaters get away with it. (09/21/2000)

Dottie Downturn's trauma By Dottie Downturn
Nostalgia for the glory years, or post-dot-com downturn disorder? Whatever the case, Salon's new-economy etiquette arbiter clearly needs help. (09/21/2000)

Volunteer revolt By Janelle Brown
Tired of working for almost nothing, community counselors at Ultima Online file suit against the game maker. (09/21/2000)

The Tuesday meeting of Rodents Anonymous By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 61 (Tuesday, Sept.19): "My name is George, and I'm a hamster!" (09/20/2000)

"Wild Things" By Charles Taylor
John McNaughton's naughty thriller makes your heart sing and your hormones hum. (09/20/2000)

"I don't need your stinking boy band!" By James Burnett
Did Phoenix Stone blow his chance to be larger than life? (09/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000 (09/20/2000)

"The Golden Age" By George Rafael
Gore Vidal delivers the final volume of the American Chronicle series, his sweeping, score-settling fictional history of the United States. (09/20/2000)

Andrea Dworkin in agony By Julia Gracen
The anti-porn feminist's strange tale of drugged rape in a European hotel has even her allies wondering. (09/20/2000)

Business reporting is hot! Hot! Hot! By Heidi Kriz
A formerly sleepy media backwater comes alive as more journalists' pulses throb in time to stock tickers. (09/20/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The Olympics: The less butt coverage, the more TV coverage (09/20/2000)

Covered in glitter By Cindy Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I cracked my back and now I am seeing sparklies all over my skin. Could this be the result of my dropping acid years ago? (09/20/2000)

Medical gender wars By Cathy Young
First came the whining feminists. Next, the inevitable male backlash. Health research has become a casualty of the battle between the sexes. (09/20/2000)

Homework: Time for a recall
By John Buell and Etta Kralovec (09/20/2000)

CueCat: A scanner darkly
By Scott Rosenberg (09/20/2000)

Forced prenatal care
By Michele Nicolosi (09/20/2000)

Eclipse of an urban dot-com dream
Urban Box Office's editor in chief responds (09/20/2000)

Kiddie fixations By Jonathan Kronstadt
I am walking through life with the elephant obsessed. (09/20/2000)

The upside-down face By Gary Kamiya
It only lasted for a fraction of a second, but it illuminated what it means to be a champion. (09/20/2000)

Dear Goddess, You sly universal virus By Rob Brezsny
A poetic depth psychologist works to jiggle your imagination with late-breaking news from the realm of the soul. Plus: Your horoscope for this week. (09/20/2000)

Apocalypse culture vulture By Stephen Lemons
The end time is upon us: Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey is about to administer the coup de grbce to Western civilization. (09/20/2000)

When it rains, it pours By Amy Reiter
Melissa Etheridge joins the growing single lesbian list, breaking up with her girlfriend of 12 years; Farrah Fawcett says no crap, she did not defecate on a Hollywood lawn. Plus: Don't believe what you heard about Alec Baldwin! (09/20/2000)

10 celebrity candidates for exile if Bush wins By Carina Chocano
Showbiz luminaries are threatening to leave the U.S. if the Republican candidate is elected. Here's one writer's passenger list for the first flight out. (09/20/2000)

Lazio battles "sexist" critics By Alicia Montgomery
Bush kisses and tells on "Oprah," Gore kisses and makes up with Hollywood and Buchanan tells ballot-access blockers to kiss off. (09/20/2000)

Matters of the heart By David Skinner
George W. Bush gets the Oprah gig right, all the way down to the tears. (09/20/2000)

The other Gore By Jake Tapper
Writer, pundit and "gadfly" Gore Vidal talks about his new book, the little difference between his distant cousin Al and George W. Bush, and how Ralph Nader became boring. (09/20/2000)

Lazio calls Clinton's bluff By Jake Tapper
The New York Senate candidate makes good on a challenge to close a campaign finance loophole. Now he wants Hillary to do the same. (09/21/2000)

Lolita's book tour By Tess Taylor
Rebbecca Ray's novel, "Pure," written when she was 16, is a raw work of sexual exposure. Is it autobiographical? "Thank God it's not," she says. (09/20/2000)

Mixing sound By Jack Boulware
A Vatican festival is mistakenly broadcast over Italian TV with porn-movie soundtracks. (09/20/2000)

Techno-dystopia By Katharine Mieszkowski
Why are the Rainforest Action Network and other nonprofits running ads in the New York Times telling us that the Internet isn't "empowering" and computers in the schools are bad for kids? (09/20/2000)

Apple's "1-click" deal leaves a sour taste By Damien Cave
Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon? (09/20/2000)

A rising tide of pugs By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 60 (Monday, Sept. 18): George tries to blast himself out of the house (09/19/2000)

"Rambo: First Blood Part II" By David Lazarus
The extras elucidate eternal truths about the quintessential American hero. Meanwhile, Stallone whips ass. (09/19/2000)

Links on the chain By Ira Robbins
Broadside published songs by writers who wanted to change the world -- including a young Bob Dylan. A five-CD set marches through the great folk mag's past. (09/19/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000 (09/19/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading: Crackerjack politically incorrect political comedy, a love letter to Australia and more. (09/19/2000)

"When We Were Orphans" by Kazuo Ishiguro By Gavin McNett
In the new novel by the bestselling author of "Remains of the Day," an Englishman raised in Shanghai returns to find the dark truth about the deaths of his parents. (09/19/2000)

Leaving adolescence behind By Garrison Keillor
How can I live the rest of my life without that desperate-for-
each-other, dangerous feeling again? (09/19/2000)

Dear businessman at the grocery store By Maureen F. McHugh
You didn't notice me when you breezed in front of me in line, talking on your cellphone. (09/19/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The time machine broke down in 42,000 B.C. (09/19/2000)

Germ theory of obesity gains weight By Tabitha M. Powledge
An Indian researcher believes a virus may be responsible for obesity -- and he's not as crazy as he sounds. (09/19/2000)

That's so gay!
By Nancy Updike (09/19/2000)

Battered mothers: Adding insult to injury
By Rachel Roth (09/19/2000)

Helping Eminem sell records
By Eric Boehlert (09/19/2000)

The love pond By Amanda Ward
My excursion into the strange underworld of water gardening. (09/19/2000)

Adios, Alberto! By Stephanie Boyd
In the wake of a scandal involving his closest aide, Peru's president calls for new elections and says he will step down. But can he be kept to his word? (09/19/2000)

The Olympics: Tuesday By Kerry Lauerman
The "Thorpedo" returns, there's no gold-medal repeat for U.S. women gymnasts and the top American rival to Marion Jones is out. (09/19/2000)

Night of the diva By Gary Kamiya
Russia's notorious Svetlana Khorkina eats the scenery at the women's team gymnastic finals. (09/19/2000)

Van Morrison By Sean Elder
The Irish singer-songwriter has identified himself with poets from Blake to Yeats, and like those "poetic champions," he has searched for the right words, the right feeling, as if for the Holy Grail. (09/19/2000)

Who wants to date Darva? Geraldo!? By Amy Reiter
Is Rivera dancin' on the Conger line? Rushdie's main squeeze is wearing a Wonderbrain; WWF'S Chyna: "People love the body"; Uri Geller admits he stalled the Olympic flame. Plus: Jagger finally gets satisfaction -- from Britney! (09/19/2000)

Pro-GOP ad prompts racism charge By Alicia Montgomery
Gore gets likable, little states get big attention and Oprah gets Bush. (09/19/2000)

Keepin' it real By Virginia Vitzthum
Mary Lou, a teenage prostitute, turns to a married man for protection and starts to like him, maybe a little too much. Part 4 in a series. (09/19/2000)

Panty raider By Jack Boulware
A man posing as a health official in Japan calls women and asks them to turn in their underwear for inspection. (09/19/2000)

Rio's Pyrrhic victory By Eric Boehlert
Last year, the Net won its first legal battle against the music industry. But in doing so, it may have lost the war. (09/19/2000)

Superbreasts to the rescue! By Andrew Leonard
Women.com's new cartoon superheroine, Lacey Brazeer, is an insult to feminists of any gender. (09/19/2000)

"Sex and the City: The Complete First Season" By Suzy Hansen
Two discs revisit the early days of the HBO hit series, when Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda were still saucy and shocking. (09/18/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Telluride Diary, the Wallflowers and Springsteen; 10 observations on pop and its discontents by the noted author and critic. (09/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Sept. 18, 2000 (09/18/2000)

Stuck in the minors By Emily Jenkins
A new book says that women will soon equal men at sports. If only it were true. (09/18/2000)

Deepak Chopra attains financial peace By Sonia Chopra
The spiritual guru discusses his new book and what he does with the $15 million he brings in annually. (09/18/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
George W. breaks promise to wife. That rascal! (09/18/2000)

Siesta science By Liz Hille
Can napping improve the world and your health? (09/18/2000)

Karenna Gore Schiff
"Daddy's girl" and "Karenna takes the Gen X quiz" by Jake Tapper (09/18/2000)

"Hotel California": The curriculum from hell
By Sara Hazlewood (09/18/2000)

A bug in the legal code?
By Damien Cave (09/18/2000)

Give us liberty By S. Boyd
The approval of RU-486 isn't about morals, it's about options. (09/18/2000)

In the shadow of Auschwitz By David Lazarus
After World War II, 800 years of history came to a standstill in the Polish city of Oswiecim. Fifty years later, residents are growing restless. (09/18/2000)

Lanes of glory By Gary Kamiya
A flying Dutchwoman, an underdog Italian and the irrepressible Americans make swimming history at Sunday night's showdown in the water. (09/18/2000)

A miracle the press won't report By David Horowitz
The Democrats may appear to have the upper hand, but George W. Bush is forcing Al Gore into the tightest presidential race in recent history. (09/18/2000)

The first weekend By Kerry Lauerman
The "Thorpedo" gets torpedoed, and U.S. gymnastics hopes go tumbling down. (09/18/2000)

Let Googoosh sing By Hadani Ditmars
For over two decades, Iran's reigning queen of pop has been strictly forbidden to perform. Now she's got a passport, a string of sold-out U.S. stadiums and an angry government back home. (09/18/2000)

Britney's complicated virginity By Amy Reiter
No one understands sex like the proudest prude in adolescence; Dr. Ruth likes her fast, dangerous scooter for the purest of reasons. Plus: Billy Bob Thornton's ex-girlfriend blows the whistle on him, and Ricky Martin assures us no one blew anything. (09/18/2000)

Declaring war on the war on drugs By Anthony York
Republican Rep. Tom Campbell takes on Sen. Dianne Feinstein by attacking U.S. drug policy. Sure, it's California -- but does he have a chance? (09/18/2000)

Bush takes a beating By Alicia Montgomery
The Republican sinks in new polls, struggles in swing states. Will his "Blueprint" put him back in the pink? Alec Baldwin says he's out if Bush is in. (09/18/2000)

On the warpath By Alicia Montgomery
To revive a dying campaign, Pat Buchanan travels to Bob Jones U. and attacks gays, the U.N. and the Supreme Court. (09/19/2000)

The taste of a woman By Emily Torres
Men aren't the only ones who can make themselves sweet for their lovers. (09/18/2000)

Want new boobs? By Jack Boulware
A bar in Canada attracts customers and controversy by offering a drawing for free plastic surgery. (09/18/2000)

Cheap at the price By Damien Cave
Earthlink's founder, Sky Dayton, explains why spending $7.5 million for the business.com domain name was a smart deal. (09/18/2000)

Poison PCs By Jim Fisher
Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills? (09/18/2000)

Blowing up "The Anarchist Cookbook" By Katharine Mieszkowski
The author of the famous do-it-yourself bomb book renounces his creation -- on Amazon. (09/18/2000)

Free computer recycling
(09/18/2000)

"Trust CBS!" By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 59 (Saturday, Sept. 16): George does the math (09/17/2000)

The great toilet-paper crisis By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 58 (Friday, Sept. 15): Eddie: "I'm in it for myself!" (09/16/2000)

100-meter trivia quiz By Modern Humorist
Before turning into an Olympic-size couch potato, ask yourself this: Do you really know what a rimshot is? Or an oxer? (09/16/2000)

A great day for Australian swimmers -- and brotherhood By Gary Kamiya
On the first full day of the Olympics, our reporter comes upon world records, racial healing, a very nervous, very famous dad and a woman crying inconsolably in the stands. (09/16/2000)

Don't do me like that By Jake Tapper
Tom Petty tells George W. Bush to "back down" from using one of Petty's songs at his events. (09/16/2000)

At long last conflict! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 57 (Thursday, Sept. 14): Don't worry Jamie; no one will notice. Hardly anyone watches "Big Brother"! (09/15/2000)

"Almost Famous" By Stephanie Zacharek
A movie about a boy and a rock band. But it's really all about the girls. (09/15/2000)

"Bait" By Andrew O'Hehir
Competent and flashy, and Jamie Foxx is hysterical, but this actioner gives you time to think -- and that's not a good thing. (09/15/2000)

"American Psycho" By Andrew O'Hehir
Mary Harron's unloved monster, here with its three-way sex scene restored, is really an enigmatic and powerful work of social satire. (09/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Sept. 15-17, 2000 (09/15/2000)

"Duets" By Stephanie Zacharek
Huey Lewis emotes, Gwyneth Paltrow croons and her dad keeps this little karaoke tale nice and sweet. (09/15/2000)

Stars scorch George W. By Jake Tapper
At a Gore concert fundraiser, Hollywood strikes back -- and gets nasty. (09/15/2000)

Gratuitous advice By John W. Dean
The author of "Blind Ambition: The White House Years" and former counsel to President Nixon picks five favorite nonfiction books for the next POTUS to read. (09/15/2000)

More stupid traveler confessions By Don George
Phone sex follies, the Mexican marital misstep and the woman who got stuck in a toilet. (09/15/2000)

Forced prenatal care By Michele Nicolosi
Rebecca Corneau may be a religious extremist whose gross negligence allowed her last baby to die. But experts still contend she has the right to do whatever she pleases with her fetus. (09/15/2000)

Rats infest the GOP
By Alicia Montgomery (09/15/2000)

My season in exile
By Murray Sperber (09/15/2000)

Armies of the Knight
By Jason Vest (09/15/2000)

Rich food, poor food
By Jodi Greenbaum (09/15/2000)

Time for a recall By John Buell and Etta Kralovec
The authors of "The End of Homework" argue that after-school assignments disrupt family life and exacerbate inequality in the schools. (09/15/2000)

Guilty until proven useful By Bruce Shapiro
Drug war money from the U.S. has helped prompt a retrial in Peru for jailed American Lori Berenson. (09/15/2000)

Why I hate the Olympics By Allen Barra
Greed, hypocrisy, dumb sports and Bela Karolyi, just for starters. Plus: Mets? Braves? Try Giants. Dennis Miller: He doesn't know football, but at least he's not funny. (09/15/2000)

No apologies By Fiona Morgan
Janet Reno offers no regrets for her department's handling of the Wen Ho Lee investigation -- even after an unusual upbraiding from the president. (09/15/2000)

Already gold By Gary Kamiya
Sydney blasts off the first Olympics of the millennium with an opening ceremony to end all opening ceremonies. (09/15/2000)

Thank God the Yanks aren't hosting the Olympics By Steve Burgess
Maybe this year we'll be spared the USA's boorish egoism. (09/15/2000)

Robert Downey Jr.: "An entirely bloated dysfunction" By Amy Reiter
Recently freed actor says, "I was an asshole"; Gwyneth Paltrow gets even more tedious; Jane magazine sets the record straight: Hurley and Grant's sex was okey-dokey. Plus: Has Lara Flynn Boyle dumped Nicholson for Willis? (09/15/2000)

Spinning records By Jake Tapper
Candidates increasingly use music to bolster their media image. But Sting and Mellencamp have told Bush to back off. (09/15/2000)

Enter George W. Bush, nice guy By Anthony York
Putting rough days behind him, he agrees on debates, mingles more with crowds and doesn't wilt -- much -- under the pressure. (09/15/2000)

Bush's slasher-flick past By Alicia Montgomery
Gore bashes and woos entertainers, Letterman gets a shot at the Democratic candidate, Bush caves on debates and polls point in two directions. (09/15/2000)

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Going both ways By Jack Boulware
Hermaphroditic polar bears are becoming more common near the North Pole, possibly as a result of PCB exposure. (09/15/2000)

A hand in the dark By David Thomson
My wife said, "Go and write it, there's a dear." (09/15/2000)

A scanner darkly By Scott Rosenberg
Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into a nation of bar-code-reading clerks? (09/15/2000)

Dot what? By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
New top-level domain ideas for fun and profit -- or, well, at least fun. (09/15/2000)

The banishment after the rebellion that wasn't By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 56 (Wednesday, Sept. 13): Question: Are we allowed to vote to banish Julie Chen? (09/14/2000)

The Olympics and the movies By Michael Sragow
Forget "Chariots of Fire"; here are three unforgettable documentary looks at the outer limits of human endeavor. (09/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000 (09/14/2000)

"Patton" By Bill Wyman
A documentary extra brings alive the extraordinary logistics involved in creating this three-hour-long war epic. (09/14/2000)

Survived By Jeff Stark
Producer Mark Burnett's inside analysis doesn't make the island "dramality" any more compelling than it was from the edge of the couch. (09/14/2000)

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"Into the Tangle of Friendship" by Beth Kephart By Elizabeth Judd
A memoir that celebrates the most ubiquitous, least definable passion. (09/14/2000)

Scarlet letters By Daniel Mendelsohn
Al Gore's favorite novel, Stendhal's classic "The Red and the Black," is just the kind of art his wife and running mate want to squelch. (09/14/2000)

Oh Boy! The new beef jerky By Ruth Shalit
The meat snack gets a marketing makeover, but will on-the-go professionals bite? (09/14/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Great dialogs of the 21st century. Big time (09/14/2000)

Seeing red By David Tuller
Gay men have long been infuriated by a government ban on their donating blood. This week the FDA is reconsidering its position. (09/14/2000)

Amputation: Out on a limb
By Randy Dotinga (09/14/2000)

GOP: Our celebs suck!
By Carina Chocano (09/14/2000)

Anatomy of sexual risk
By David Tuller (09/14/2000)

Adding insult to injury By Rachel Roth
New York charges battered mothers with neglect. (09/14/2000)

Doubt on death row By Ashley Fantz
Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty. (09/14/2000)

That's so gay! By Nancy Updike
Ready or not, America is bringing back an old playground insult -- for the sheer fun of it. (09/14/2000)

Regis, Kathie Lee and sexual tension By Amy Reiter
So what's this about Philbin and his doctor? The A-word's comin' back, big time! Robert Altman uses it to describe Letterman; "Gods and Monsters" director wants Tom Hanks for new movie: "'The Right Stuff' meets SEX." Plus: One toke over the line -- Cheech & Chong are back! (09/14/2000)

Naked man shot dead by neighbor ASSOCIATED PRESS
(09/14/2000)

Shady donor shadows Gore By Alicia Montgomery
Bush bundle dropped in FBI's lap, Cheney raps Eminem, Hillary talks on Monicagate at bruising debate and Nader beats MasterCard charge. (09/14/2000)

Slim-Cheney By Anthony York
The wife of George W. Bush's running mate stands up to Eminem at a Senate hearing on Hollywood violence. (09/14/2000)

Daddy's girl By Jake Tapper
Karenna Gore Schiff may be personable (if a little programmed), but she stays on message -- except when it comes to the death penalty. (09/14/2000)

Karenna takes the Gen X quiz By Jake Tapper
The vice presidential daughter and generational spokeswoman tests her knowledge of pop-culture trivia. (09/14/2000)

Hollywood attacked! By Jake Tapper
Politicians line up to throw haymakers at showbiz for marketing to kids -- and manage to miss plenty. (09/14/2000)

Helping Eminem sell records By Eric Boehlert
Does political criticism of the foulmouthed rapper do anything but increase his stature -- and his sales? (09/14/2000)

Dirty debate By Anthony York
In their first matchup, Rep. Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton jump right into the mud. (09/14/2000)

They came, they caved By Joe Eszterhas
If Hollywood's heads won't stick up for our rights, I will. So why won't Joe Lieberman agree to meet with me? (09/14/2000)

Voodoo seduction By Jack Boulware
A sex potion used by men in Zimbabwe causes an uproar among women, who say they're being victimized. (09/14/2000)

Sex, food and money By David Bowman
All the primal urges are genetically programmed, but a new book says we can overcome biology and act the way we know we should. (09/14/2000)

Robots "R" us By Janelle Brown
Why are roboticists building machines in their own image? "Robo Sapiens" introduces a homemade population and the egos behind the bots. (09/14/2000)

Revenge of the Pumpkins By Janelle Brown
Beware, record labels -- treat your bands better, or you'll get Napstered. (09/14/2000)

Crack SDMI? No thanks! By Janelle Brown
Hackers turn up their noses at a "challenge" proposed by the recording and electronics industries. (09/14/2000)

Liberty! Equality! Wishy-washyness! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 55 (Tuesday, Sept. 12): Rebellion? Who said anything about a rebellion? (09/13/2000)

"Enter the Dragon" By David Lazarus
Bruce Lee's finest hour, modeled on a comic strip, features dialogue dubbed by Charlie Chan's No. 1 son. (09/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000 (09/13/2000)

"The Watcher" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Dude! Keanu Reeves tries to fill Hannibal Lecter's shoes in an unconvincing thriller. (09/13/2000)

"Noodling for Flatheads" by Burkhard Bilger By Jonathan Miles
A tribute to moonshiners, squirrel-brain eaters, cockfighters and other Southern holdouts against a bland and uniform national culture. (09/13/2000)

What to read: September fiction By Salon's critics
From a surreal, carnal coming-of-age set on Coney Island to a wicked, gossipy story of the literary life, our critics pick the best books. (09/13/2000)

Back in the saddle.com By Rennie Sloan
An ex-workaholic new media director who quit her job at a major magazine ponders caffeine absorption, phone interviews and choosing the perfect gig. (09/13/2000)

Nader to MasterCard: I win! By Damien Cave
A judge denies the company's request to squash the presidential candidate's "priceless" parody ad. (09/13/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
So there I was in the ring with Mike Tyson (09/13/2000)

Facing the plate By Evelyn Strauss
I thought losing weight would get me the love I sought. Instead, I got a hospital room and a plate of spaghetti. (09/13/2000)

Natural speed By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I need ephedrine like others need their morning cup of coffee. Should I be concerned? (09/13/2000)

Sexy penises
By Hank Hyena (09/13/2000)

Stop being so paranoid, GOP
By David Horowitz (09/13/2000)

Trust funds
By Jon Bowen (09/13/2000)

Collegebound By Liz Bradford
Ragz and Jenny seek excellent adventures. (09/13/2000)

Welcome to the curriculum from hell By Sara Hazlewood
Since when is "Hotel California" poetry? (09/13/2000)

Wen Ho Lee is free By Joshua Micah Marshall
As the government's wobbly case against him closes, will Chinagate close along with it? (09/13/2000)

Mock the Pain therapy By Rob Brezsny
An exorcism during which you ululate, lurch, gnash, caterwaul, writhe and bellow: "'Stressed' is 'desserts' spelled backwards!" (09/13/2000)

The true voice of the Amazon returns! By Camille Paglia
Stand back as she holds forth on Bush's bumbling ineptitude, Gore's shameless demagoguery and other reasons she's voting for Nader. Plus: Major league media assholes, Anne Heche and more! (09/13/2000)

A thing for pain By Amy Reiter
Kate Winslet plans a drug-free birth -- no problem after all her "Titanic" suffering; NBC survives the $40 million bill for its next reality show. Plus: Scarves scarves scarves. (09/13/2000)

Rats infest the GOP By Alicia Montgomery
Did the Republicans engage in subliminal advertising tactics with their Gore attack ad? (09/13/2000)

Counterspin By Anthony York
Frustrated Republicans say a New York Times story on the Bush campaign's "rats" offensive is revenge for the governor's "major league" gaffe. (09/13/2000)

Wacko stalks Bush By Alicia Montgomery
A Texas man threatens to "kick his ass." Republicans are overrun with "rat" attacks, the New York Senate candidates struggle over Jews and Hillary Clinton chases female voters. (09/13/2000)

News flash! Concept by Lawrence Weschler
New subliminal message detected in Gore ad. (09/13/2000)

Angels from Cali By Timothy Pratt
The girls from a certain city in Colombia are known for their allure, but why are they so special? (09/13/2000)

The newest event? By Jack Boulware
Three prostitutes are banned from the Olympic Games Media Village in Sydney. (09/13/2000)

A bug in the legal code? By Damien Cave
David Touretzky talks about methamphetamines, DeCSS and the death of the First Amendment. (09/13/2000)

A chip named Fido By Katharine Mieszkowski
It's the American dream all over again -- Pet Chips are the new Pet Rocks. (09/13/2000)

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Salon Technology writers discuss a tracking microchip that can be placed in a human body, and why Universal won its lawsuit against MP3.com. (09/13/2000)

"The Naked Gun" By Bill Wyman
The people who brought you "Airplane!" talk about O.J. Simpson, what "funny" is and how "Nice beaver!" became a classic comic moment. (09/12/2000)

The whole world isn't watching By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 54 (Monday, Sept. 11): Revolution! The housemates pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred hamsterness. (09/12/2000)

Not-so-funny business By Cory Busse
Out on the road in the grimy world of stand-up comedy, the audience is mean, the comics are meaner and the guy with the best used-tampon joke wins. (09/12/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000 (09/12/2000)

"The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood By Karen Houppert
The novelist's latest masterwork blends mystery, futuristic fantasy and family saga. (09/12/2000)

Be careful what you wish for By Garrison Keillor
I wanted an exciting man in my life and I got one. Trouble is, now he's got time for everyone but me. (09/12/2000)

Donna Rice Hughes says enough is enough By Amy Debra Feldman
Gary Hart's alleged former flame now focuses on banning Web smut -- and keeping her finances straight. (09/12/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
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The battle over bio-terror By Arthur Allen
A recent report urges America to pour $13 billion into preventing disease-based warfare, but evidence suggests that our fears are misplaced. (09/12/2000)

Prenatal quackery
By Annie Murphy Paul (09/12/2000)

Strip-searched in Frankfurt?
By Daryl Lindsey (09/12/2000)

Bush could nab Latino endorsement
By Anthony York (09/12/2000)

Porn-star secrets
By Michael Castleman (09/12/2000)

Rich food, poor food By Jodi Greenbaum
Why are there no recipes for what to cook when you have nothing at all? (09/12/2000)

Everything you've got By Jodi Greenbaum
How to turn a little food into sustenance. (09/12/2000)

Keeping a lid on the spoilers By Joe Conason
Bush and Gore fear allowing third-party candidates into the debates because they might spark real discussions. (09/12/2000)

Armies of the Knight By Jason Vest
Young devotees of "The General" rage at the toppling of their idol, but those with longer memories realize that Indiana's coach, like all demagogues, had to fall someday. (09/12/2000)

My season in exile By Murray Sperber
With Indiana University's basketball coach dumped for good, a vocal critic ponders returning to a post-Knight campus. (09/12/2000)

GOP: Our celebs suck! By Carina Chocano
The Dems have Hollywood's A-list; the Republicans are stuck with Bo Derek and Pat Boone. (09/12/2000)

Babbling stars By Amy Reiter
New Mariah scandal: Her stuff's in storage! Liz Hurley says she's receiving "extraordinary," "really weird" letters; "Survivor" Rudy: "I can tell you how to win." Plus: Anne Heche talks about Ellen. (09/12/2000)

Gore gaining ground in polls By Alicia Montgomery
The veep shares the love with Oprah, Lieberman grabs some loot in Texas and Bush works the crowd in Florida. (09/12/2000)

Gore's soft sell on "Oprah" By David Skinner
Shunning the politician mantle, he pitches himself as a successful, sensitive, middle-aged professional who really, really loves his wife. (09/12/2000)

Charging the monkey By Reed Hearne
Hoarding erotic stimulation can make sex extra explosive when it finally happens. (09/12/2000)

Online catfight By Jack Boulware
A pinup popularity contest heats up as two sites claim the Guinness Book of World Records' "most downloaded" listing. (09/12/2000)

How Big Blue fell for Linux By Andrew Leonard
When open-source developers and IBM took gambles on each other, free software showed it can flourish in the heartland of corporate computing. (09/12/2000)

"Sliding Doors" By Charles Taylor
A romantic fantasy to wallow in, starring an actress too many people love to hate. (09/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Sept. 11, 2000 (09/11/2000)

What ever happened to the fall TV season? By Joyce Millman
It's September: Where are all the new shows? Plus: Court TV's reality entry "Confessions" is not good for the soul. (09/11/2000)

"Don't blame me, I voted for Martin Sheen!" By Joyce Millman
It's "The West Wing" in a landslide: Notes on the Emmys 2000. (09/11/2000)

Armless (and legless) in Japan By Jennifer Hanawald
A 22-year-old author born without limbs has taken his homeland by storm. (09/11/2000)

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Anatomy of sexual risk By David Tuller
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Sex in the gray zone By David Tuller
Between abstinence and wild, unencumbered sex, how do you assess your risks? (09/11/2000)

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Trust funds By Jon Bowen
Will my daughter spend her nest egg on Harvard or new breasts? (09/11/2000)

Cruel summer for the 24-hour TV news execs By Eric Boehlert
With blown-out tires and wildfires passing as big stories, news-junkie networks are jonesing. (09/11/2000)

Emmylou Harris By David Bowman
Her new "Red Dirt Girl" is a masterpiece, she loves Merle, George and Lucinda and she's got a tornado lighter. We'll have what she's having! (09/11/2000)

Russell Crowe: The Blabiator By Amy Reiter
The rampaging Aussie turns his attention to Jodie Foster; Tori Amos: It's another lactation sunrise. Plus: New "Star Wars" script swiped -- Lucas says he'll use the Force to get it back! (09/11/2000)

Gore campaign's close call By Jake Tapper
At the last minute, a Dallas fundraiser is moved from a restaurant whose owner faces an SEC complaint. (09/11/2000)

W. as Hamlet By Alicia Montgomery
The Texas governor suffers chronic angst over his dad, who paved his way but never told him about condoms. The military blows off Bush, and the polls stay even. (09/11/2000)

Stop being so paranoid, GOP By David Horowitz
Republicans should stop worrying so much about Bush's tough couple of weeks on the campaign trail. (09/11/2000)

Bush gets in on Hollywood-bashing By Jake Tapper
Lynne Cheney will be able to take her shots at the entertainment industry before Congress in what's shaping up to be the season's biggest gangbang (09/11/2000)

Sexy penises By Hank Hyena
The circumcision decision could affect a baby's future sex life. (09/11/2000)

Russian roulette By Jack Boulware
A jealous man, trying to kill his wife and her lover, ends up killing himself instead. (09/11/2000)

When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" By Damien Cave
TiVo helps you find and record TV shows it thinks you'll like, and shares your viewing habits with networks and advertisers. (09/11/2000)

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Dot-com deadpool for sale on eBay By Katharine Mieszkowski
The site that chronicles the Net's living nightmares goes on the auction block. (09/11/2000)

Hamsters |ber alles! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 53 (Saturday, Sept. 9): As a mutiny roils the house, CBS marks time with lots of footage of a drunk Josh. (09/10/2000)

The revolt flops By Martha Soukup
CBS talks the residents out of leaving the show en masse. (09/11/2000)

The game show where everyone's a loser! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 52 (Friday, Sept. 8): George: "Curse you, Red Baron!" Eddie: "I'm disabled!" (09/09/2000)

Crueler, bloodier, deadlier By Michael Sragow
A scorching new HBO documentary relives the horror of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre. (09/09/2000)

A "Big Brother" walkout? By Martha Soukup
Reality bites back! House residents plot to depart en masse from CBS TV show. (09/09/2000)

What went wrong By Martha Soukup
In Europe, the "Big Brother" houses featured catfights, sex and nudity. How did America's turn out so different? (09/10/2000)

Bush could nab Latino endorsement By Anthony York
The Mexican American Political Association may support the candidate who has lavished more attention on it. And that's not Al Gore. (09/09/2000)

The return of Spinal Tap By Stephanie Zacharek
How did a heavy-metal spoof end up as light as a soap bubble? (09/08/2000)

"Nurse Betty" By Charles Taylor
Neil LaBute's elitist pretense and cold, self-serving characters snuff out fantasy, romance and a perfectly sweet script. (09/08/2000)

"Six Degrees of Separation" By Michael Sragow
Will Smith's first starring role is still his best. (09/08/2000)

The fallout from Brittany's bombshell By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 51 (Thursday, Sept. 7): Jamie suspects! Plus: Another plane buzzes overhead. (09/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
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"The Way of the Gun" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
A new entrant in the scuzzbags - with - guns genre limps onto the screen in a disappointing directorial debut from the writer of "The Usual Suspects." (09/08/2000)

Rock is dead and well at the MTV Video Awards By Jeff Stark
The view from the press tent: Skimpy clothes! Arrogant stars! Britney Spears' jiggling ass! (09/08/2000)

Not seen on TV By Geoffrey O'Brien
The author of "The Browser's Ecstasy" picks five 19th century novels that "Masterpiece Theatre" missed. (09/08/2000)

My most stupid traveler trick By Don George
Sometimes travel editors forget the most basic things -- in the most embarrassing circumstances. (09/08/2000)

The flight attendant from hell By Elliott Neal Hester
Finally, the time had come for me to face Big Bertha -- the airborne antichrist. (09/08/2000)

Prescription politics By Alan Berlow
What's the difference between the Bush and Gore health plans? (09/08/2000)

The debate dodger
By David Talbot (09/08/2000)

Cramming for kindergarten
By Theresa Heim (09/08/2000)

Colombia: An eerie campaign silence
By Arianna Huffington (09/08/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
The cicadas fill the hour with sound. My friends' suicides fill me with blankness (09/08/2000)

Children, not murderers By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Why is it so hard for us to accept that when a horrible death occurs, there isn't always a villain? (09/08/2000)

The U.N.'s millennium bash By Ian Williams
President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza. (09/08/2000)

Passing fancy By Allen Barra
The Bill Walsh-inspired offensive revolution has had an unexpected drawback: Every NFL team looks the same now. (09/08/2000)

The art of the Caan By Stephen Lemons
In "The Way of the Gun," veteran badass James Caan shows whippersnappers Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe exactly how it's done. (09/08/2000)

Jonesin' for johns By M.P. Dunleavey
Everyone knows that the few portable potties at Burning Man are gross. Meet the man who was responsible for keeping them from getting even grosser this year. (09/08/2000)

Madonna don't preach By Amy Reiter
The Material Girl may appreciate the occasional gold faucet, but she says ostentation just isn't her bag; Heche bags bad-guy role in post-breakup drama. Plus: Michael Jackson says children come first! (09/08/2000)

Gucci asks the hard questions By David Thomson
The company's latest ad seems to be about the desert, America and where we are willing to go. (09/08/2000)

Mining data on mutilations, beatings, murders By Simson Garfinkel
A computer programmer digs up the truth behind atrocities in El Salvador, Kosovo and other troubled locales. (09/08/2000)

The end of the music world as we know it? By Janelle Brown
MP3.com lost a lawsuit and Scour had layoffs, but it's too early to write off the digital tune biz. (09/08/2000)

When life was no "Cabaret" By Michael Sragow
"Paragraph 175" filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman testify about the Nazi persecution of gay men. (09/07/2000)

"Excalibur" By David Lazarus
A lush retelling of the King Arthur legend gets some sharp edges from a real-life clash between two of its stars. (09/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000 (09/07/2000)

The debacle continues By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 50 (Wednesday, Sept. 6): "We'll give you $50,000 to get lost!": Can CBS bribe one of the boring house hamsters to leave? (09/07/2000)

"Pagan Babies" by Elmore Leonard By Charles Taylor
In his latest black-comic thriller, the peerless crime novelist takes his wisecracking swindlers from post-massacre Rwanda to downtown Detroit. (09/07/2000)

The reasonable gun nut By David Bowman
Denounced by the NRA, a historian talks about the myth of early American gun ownership and his own fascination with firearms. (09/07/2000)

Eclipse of an urban dot-com dream By Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes
At first Urban Box Office Network seemed like Motown meets Downtown fabulous. But then things went wrong. (09/07/2000)

Tom The Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix, with a side of gazpacho (09/07/2000)

Magic mushrooms By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Can one die from 'shrooming? I love the natural high, but I'm worried about the possible dangers. (09/07/2000)

A "major league asshole"
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Why Jews hate Lieberman's God talk
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The civil rights movement is dead, RIP
By David Horowitz (09/07/2000)

3 yards and a cloud of baloney
By Allen Barra (09/07/2000)

Hopping to Harvard By Patricia Kean
Does how my kid jumps, skips and plays with scissors say anything about his academic future? (09/07/2000)

Tiny T-shirt karma By Rebecca Land Soodak
I wanted my son to ace his pre-preschool interview so I went on a hellish shopping mission in the snow. (09/07/2000)

Globalized grievance By Ana Arana and Garry M. Leech
Indigenous Ecuadorians want Texaco to answer for alleged environmental recklessness in the Amazon -- and 30,000 of them are fighting the oil giant in U.S. District Court. (09/07/2000)

Strip-searched in Frankfurt? By Daryl Lindsey
North Koreans skip the U.N. summit and return to Cold War rhetoric after getting a full security shakedown by American Airlines. (09/07/2000)

Mikhail Gorbachev explains what's rotten in Russia By Mark Hertsgaard
In a rare interview, the former Soviet leader says glasnost is working, but globalization isn't. (09/07/2000)

He put a spell on them By Joe Stevens
Screamin' Jay Hawkins left the world asking only that his children meet -- all 57 of them. (09/07/2000)

Digital disconnect at camp Gore By Alicia Montgomery
Republicans go public over Bush campaign woes, and another Clinton falls for a White House intern. (09/07/2000)

Silencio, dude! By Gary Kamiya
Bush's secret plan to demolish the Al-meister in the presidential debates is revealed. (09/07/2000)

"Lesbian Art in America" by Harmony Hammond By Jonathan Lerner
This new book is as much about the history of lesbians in this country as it is about their art. (09/07/2000)

Put that chip where the sun don't shine By Katharine Mieszkowski
Soon you can have a tracking microprocessor implanted in your body. Is this a great technological breakthrough -- or Big Brother's last laugh? (09/07/2000)

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Portrait of the director as a young rock critic By Dave McCoy
Cameron Crowe talks about "Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything ..." and tiptoeing his way though the '70s for his new autobiographical movie, "Almost Famous." (09/06/2000)

"The Usual Suspects" By Michael Sragow
Pulp fiction you can sink your teeth into, and fall in love with. (09/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000 (09/06/2000)

"Turn It Up" By Andrew O'Hehir
After a little "Mean Streets" and a lot of Peckinpah-
Tarantino violence, this low-key indie rap vehicle degenerates into a gratuitous orgy of murders. (09/06/2000)

Josh gets all weepy By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 49 (Tuesday, Sept. 5): Jamie: "I could pose for Playboy!" (09/06/2000)

"The Island of Lost Maps" by Miles Harvey By JoAnn Gutin
The story of a thief obsessed by rare maps -- and a journalist obsessed by the prospect of turning a magazine article into a book. (09/06/2000)

Citizen of the world By Laura Miller
Armistead Maupin talks about getting divorced, the self-ghettoization of gay lit and the strange, true story behind his new novel of suspense. (09/06/2000)

Judd Nelson talks no nonsense By Tamar Alexia Fleishman
When it comes to money, the star of "The Breakfast Club" likes to keep things low-key and low stakes. (09/06/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
San Francisco, where everything goes ... except smoking (09/06/2000)

Prenatal quackery By Annie Murphy Paul
A doctor assails obstetric care in America as absurd, expensive and dysfunctional. (09/06/2000)

Richard Nixon: The traitor
By Charles Taylor (09/06/2000)

Portrait of a drug czar
By Arthur Allen (09/06/2000)

What my parents wanted was a mammy
By Deborah K. Friedell (09/06/2000)

Cramming for kindergarten By Theresa Heim
I tutor 3-year-olds to crush the competition. (09/06/2000)

Election offensive By Laura Rozen
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has called presidential elections for later this month, but his actions show he intends to hold on to power. (09/06/2000)

Outlaws in an outlaw nation By Laura Rozen
With Yugoslav election time approaching, Serbian activists face a new wave of repression as they try to fight the Milosevic regime from within. (09/06/2000)

He still gets around By Rachel Louise Snyder
Former Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson now lets us use the word "genius." It's all part of growing up. (09/06/2000)

Campaigning for Fool Czar By Rob Brezsny
The next president needs a Cabinet official to keep things lite. I know just the man for the job. (09/06/2000)

The Republicans go negative By Alicia Montgomery
Salon's panel of advertising experts takes a look at a new ad from the Republican National Committee attacking Al Gore. (09/06/2000)

The debate dodger By David Talbot
If George W. Bush can't handle a real showdown, he doesn't deserve to be president. (09/06/2000)

Heal thyself By Jake Tapper
Tired and uninspired, Bush unveils his Medicare reform plan, but his campaign still looks ill. (09/06/2000)

The profanity debate By Alicia Montgomery and Anthony York
Bush's use of the A-word was everywhere online, while newspapers wrote around the slur. (09/06/2000)

Gore peddles prosperity By Jake Tapper
Flanked by Robert Rubin and a shiny new economic plan, he promises more -- and more on top of that. (09/06/2000)

Democrats return fire By Alicia Montgomery
A new attack ad that bashes Bush on healthcare has our panel cheering -- and jeering. (09/06/2000)

Porn-star secrets By Michael Castleman
Going naked in front of the camera necessitates lots of hair-removal tricks. (09/06/2000)

Technical foul By Eric Boehlert
MP3.com goes to court with a tricky defense, alleging that Universal doesn't own the music it markets. (09/06/2000)

Voice of the Net By Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Is it throaty, sexy, perky, sporty? Advertisers seek the quintessential ad voice to convey that dot-com feeling. (09/06/2000)

Time for an orgy? By Jeff Stark
The newsweekly's managing editor blesses Burning Man. (09/06/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(09/05/2000)

"Snow Falling on Cedars" By Andrew O'Hehir
A visually intense but rambling meditation on the power of memory that moves frame by frame and flake by flake. (09/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000 (09/05/2000)

Under fire By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 48 (Monday): Finally, the audience takes matters into its own hands. (09/05/2000)

"Nothing Like It in the World" by Stephen E. Ambrose By Stephen Prothero
The bestselling historian serves up the stirring tale of the unsung men who built the transcontinental railroad. (09/05/2000)

The one and only By Garrison Keillor
He's my true love, but he's married. Is there just one perfect person in the world for everyone? (09/05/2000)

Old school is oddly cool By Scott Kirsner
Surprise. Stodgy Harvard Business School covers Net companies better than those screaming Net headline services. (09/05/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
You think voting for Nader is a waste? (09/05/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
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Castrating chemicals By Leah Kohlenberg
A sexually abusive doctor claims he's been cured by a testosterone - reducing drug called Lupron. (09/05/2000)

Love's labors flossed
By Rebecca Segall (09/05/2000)

Lawyer mom: Losing ground
By Patricia G. Barnes (09/05/2000)

"The Holocaust Industry" by Norman G. Finkelstein
Book review by Andrew Ross; author interview by Viktor Frvlke (09/05/2000)

Dying with dignity By Judy Oppenheimer
My sons are all too eager to help me go. (09/05/2000)

The civil rights movement is dead, RIP By David Horowitz
Black leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson criticize racialing profiling in the legal system, but they espouse the same logic in their own politics. (09/05/2000)

Jerry Wexler By Alex Halberstadt
The great Atlantic Records producer gave us rhythm and blues -- as well as just about every R&B legend -- and retooled the very foundations of music producing. (09/05/2000)

Family values By Amy Reiter
Drea De Matteo talks dirty; Michael Douglas says wedding is not impending; and it's splitsville for Quaid and Ryan -- again. (09/05/2000)

Why Jews hate Lieberman's God talk By Samuel G. Freedman
Jewish Americans sometimes have a hard time telling the difference between discomfort and discrimination. (09/05/2000)

End of summer quiz By Modern Humorist
Have you been paying attention? Come, test your knowledge of Joe Lieberman, Hollywood lesbians and a Rat named Kelly. (09/05/2000)

Just civil unioned! By Virginia Vitzthum
A newlywed lesbian couple talks about the meaning of their Vermont don't-call-it-marriage. (09/05/2000)

The Michael Jordan of gaming By David Kushner
Dennis "Thresh" Fong leaves the deathmatch arena to try his hand at building a business. (09/05/2000)

What's so funny about the Net? By Damien Cave
Watch out. Tony Hendra's done National Lampoon, "Spitting Image" and "Spinal Tap"; now he's going online. (09/05/2000)

A festival of sex and Frankensteins By Andrew Leonard
A report from the front lines of art, technology and fascism at Ars Electronica. (09/05/2000)

A "major league asshole" By Jake Tapper
In an embarrassing gaffe, George W. Bush insults a New York Times reporter. (09/04/2000)

George is in drag again! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 47 (Saturday, Sept. 2): Jamie: "I gave Donald Trump a blow kiss!" (09/03/2000)

Life after Brittany By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 46 (Friday, Sept.1): Has Josh ever made any sense? (09/02/2000)

3 yards and a cloud of baloney By Allen Barra
Defense doesn't win games. The run doesn't set up the pass. And other ways NFL commentators are full of it. (09/02/2000)

"Apollo 13" By David Lazarus
The movie is a suspenseful account of a real-life near-disaster; plus a legendary astronaut tells what it's like to be (almost) lost in space. (09/01/2000)

"Titanic Town" By Charles Taylor
Julie Walters single-handedly tries to bring a halt to the "troubles" in this dark Irish comedy of daily catastrophe. (09/01/2000)

"Love and Sex" By Stephanie Zacharek
In a beguiling new romance from a spiritual cousin to Preston Sturges, Cupid shoots a wobbly arrow up into the air. (09/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 1-4, 2000 (09/01/2000)

Nothing much happens By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 45 (Thursday, Aug. 31): After Brittany's departure, Josh sulks, Jamie obsesses and Curtis gets all misty. (09/02/2000)

"Highlander: Endgame" By Andrew O'Hehir
"Don't worry. The drugs will kick in momentarily." (09/01/2000)

Retro chic By Amy Bloom
The author of "Love Invents Us" and "A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" picks five great books that are way out of fashion. (09/01/2000)

The traitor By Charles Taylor
Forget the sketchy allegations of wife-beating. Anthony Summers' new book makes clear that Richard Nixon's real crimes were against his country. (09/01/2000)

Stupid traveler tricks: Readers respond By Don George
The man locked in his room, the case of the mistaken Miller, the nightmare in Myrtle Beach and other tragic tales. (09/01/2000)

Chemical ravings Eric Sabo
Worried that ecstasy may fry the serotonin cells in their brains, some ravers are taking Prozac. (09/01/2000)

Memo to my Hollywood friends
By Joe Eszterhas (09/01/2000)

Troubled teens, troubled parents
"I was a hired thug for tough love" by Sheerly Avni; "Whose crisis is this, anyway?" by Debra Ollivier (09/01/2000)

Xbox, Xbox, |ber alles
By Wagner James Au (09/01/2000)

PETA on the spot
By Alicia Montgomery (09/01/2000)

What my parents wanted was a mammy By Deborah K. Friedell
They got Jamine, who worked for us until we didn't need her anymore. (09/01/2000)

The ghosts of reunification By Maura Kelly
Germany threatens to ban a far-right political party with skinhead ties following the murder of a Mozambican immigrant. (09/01/2000)

The grotesque and the gold By Gregory Daurer
Artist Ralph Steadman is a people-loving, Nietzsche-reading, ink-splattering grump. And he doesn't think Hunter S. Thompson should have a gun. (09/02/2000)

Sweet little lies By Amy Reiter
Madonna engagement rumors dispelled, alleged friend publicly spanked; Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones get church bell gossip of their own. Plus: Naomi Campbell gets manhandled at Madame Tussaud's! (09/01/2000)

An eerie campaign silence By Arianna Huffington
Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face. (09/01/2000)

Nixon revisited By Joshua Micah Marshall
Anthony Summers' Nixon biography is filled with charges of drug and domestic abuse, but it also sheds light on the final days of the Nixon presidency. (09/01/2000)

Did Dick beat Pat? By Steve Weinberg
A casual reader of "The Arrogance of Power" sure might think so. But read the fine print first. (09/01/2000)

Getting together in "Liberty Heights" By David Thomson
This film shows the wistfulness of young and integrated sexuality in the 1950s. (09/01/2000)

Guru of the Unix gurus By Rachel Chalmers
A year after his death, the programming community still treasures the influence of Rich Stevens. (09/01/2000)

21st Challenge No. 36 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Dot what? New top-level domain names for fun, if not profit. (09/01/2000)

DeCSS Down Under By Damien Cave
A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter. (09/01/2000)