November 2000

"A demented peacock" By Michael Sragow
Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush talks about "Quills," playing a great pervert and what's so funny about sadism. (11/30/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000 (11/30/2000)

Gina Davis on a fast ride to nowhere  
... And George Costanza doing the same thing! Plus: Frasier is horny again. (11/30/2000)

"West Wing": Liberals are smart!  
And their women are good in bed! Plus: "Dawson's Creek" quotes Dave Eggers; "Felicity" gets burned by the dot-com shakeup. (11/30/2000)

Eyes on the prizes
Salon Books editor Laura Miller and journalist Stephen Cox discuss what distinguishes one prestigious literary award from another. (11/30/2000)

Black self-sabotage By Trey Ellis
An African-American scholar says we're holding ourselves back. I say, "Who're you calling 'we'?" (11/30/2000)

"The Undergrowth of Science" by Walter Gratzer By Edward McSweegan
A science writer explains what makes honest researchers cling to ridiculous ideas like N-rays, homeopathy and cold fusion. (11/30/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Did you know: The universe is huge! (11/30/2000)

Robert Downey Jr. deserves our love and protection  
By Michael Sragow (11/30/2000)

The Dalai Lama  
By Chris Colin (11/30/2000)

Bush and Gore file Supreme Court briefs  
By Salon staff (11/30/2000)

"Mom's Marijuana" By Dan Shapiro
When I was diagnosed with cancer, my mother just said yes to growing 11-foot pot plants in her backyard garden. (11/30/2000)

Barak's fate depends on peace By Flore de Préneuf
By calling for early elections, the embattled Israeli prime minister buys a little time, but also places his fate in the hands of Yasser Arafat. (11/30/2000)

Canadians vote -- and get it right By Salon staff
The U.S.'s northern neighbor conducts a national election without a chad -- or butterfly ballot -- in sight. (11/30/2000)

Seeking Mike By Steve Burgess
In the wake of his "Law & Order" days, actor Michael Moriarty is exposing Canada to his bizarre antics and right-wing politics. (11/30/2000)

The smoke clears By Amy Reiter
The truth about Robert Downey Jr.'s arrest emerges. Plus: Hugh Grant gets a slice; Madonna keeps us guessing; and 'N Sync gets sued. (11/30/2000)

Hyperbole and justice for all By David Tuller
The protagonists square off in the Florida drama -- but it's their language, not the process itself, that's dangerous. (11/30/2000)

Praying for Gore By Jake Tapper
A whiff of desperation begins to permeate the Democratic ranks. (11/30/2000)

Ballots arrive in Tallahassee By Salon staff
The Florida Legislature approves a special session that could give the state to Bush without the court fight. (11/30/2000)

Earth in the balance, indeed By Fred Branfman
If Al Gore searches his soul, he can come back in four years and lead. (11/30/2000)

Out of control By Eric Boehlert
Why have conservative journalists lost it over the perfectly predictable battle in Florida? (11/30/2000)

Just say no By Jack Boulware
Roman Catholic groups stop sex education in Puerto Rico's public schools. (11/30/2000)

The Oscar Wilde centenary By Brent Gregston
The plays may have been more scandalous than the author's sex life, but visitors still plant sexy kisses on his grave. (11/30/2000)

Whoring for downloads By Janelle Brown
Desperate for attention, aspiring musicians will stop at nothing to get fans to listen to their online tunes. (11/30/2000)

Oooh (boom, b-chik-chik) ... Do me! By King Kaufman
MP3.com's "Adult Content" ghetto is an orgy of canned beats and moaning nymphets. But it's entertaining, and the artists make a little cash. (11/30/2000)

The gayest story ever told By Joyce Millman
Showtime's hot new soap "Queer as Folk" has wit, wisdom and heartache to spare. And sex. Lots and lots of sex. (11/29/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000 (11/29/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Motherhood mellows Madonna, Charlie's Angels resurrect Wonder Woman, John Stamos bids on eBay and more. (11/29/2000)

"Jazz" Read by Levar Burton
Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward's book "Jazz" discusses Billie Holiday and the racism she faced. (11/29/2000)

"Fame at Last" by John C. Ball and Jill Jonnes By Mike Albo
A lethally serious book tells who scores a New York Times obituary and why. (11/29/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
In Cairo, I'm Ca ... Ca ... Ca ... Canadian! (11/29/2000)

The agony of Al Gore  
By Joan Walsh (11/29/2000)

How Florida Democrats torpedoed Gore  
By Jim Hightower (11/29/2000)

Donkey doofuses  
By Andrew Ross (11/29/2000)

Fertility rites By Mary Hower
Should I go for the needle and herb barbecue? (11/29/2000)

Found art By Paul Lesniak
Still life with binkies. (11/29/2000)

Reefer monkey madness By Susan McCarthy
Researchers persuade simians to get themselves stoned -- and say it helps prove that dope is addictive. (11/29/2000)

Oops, she lost again By Allen Barra
Anna Kournikova, the Britney Spears of tennis, is already nearing the end. Plus: Stinkbombs for John McEnroe, baseball's Senate hearings, Mike Lupica. (11/29/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
The Dumb Luck Collector, the god of lusty abandon, the crafty art of Swahili obscenities, a cross-dressing Ken doll and tigers with bad hygiene. (11/29/2000)

Robert Downey Jr. deserves our love and protection By Michael Sragow
The most extravagantly gifted actor of his generation is also a drug addict who has harmed no one. Jailing him is as barbaric as treating the sick with leeches. (11/29/2000)

They want it what way? By Amy Reiter
The Backstreet Boys admit to chronic masturbation, rampant farting; David Blaine exposed by a master. Plus: Ellen DeGeneres lands a surprising role, and Geena Davis finds Dr. Love. (11/29/2000)

Selma on my mind By Alicia Montgomery
Jesse Jackson returns to Florida to rally his troops. Can a reference to a landmark civil rights event be far behind? (11/29/2000)

Gore stays on the offensive By Salon staff
The vice president will appeal a ruling against an immediate hand recount to the Florida Supreme Court. (11/29/2000)

Press ponders the details By Alicia Montgomery
The focus shifts from the Florida recount to sideshows and questions of character; a new poll shows Gore building patience. (11/29/2000)

Why the Supreme Court case matters By Bruce Shapiro
The Florida election may be determined in state court, but a ruling in Bush's favor could further the high court's cannibalistic long-term assault on judicial power. (11/29/2000)

President Big Time! By Joan Walsh
Our long national nightmare is over. We finally have a new leader: Dick Cheney! (11/29/2000)

Nowhere to hide By Pegi Taylor
Male nude models have a special problem female models don't: What to do if they get a woody? (11/29/2000)

Love hotels get a scrub By Jack Boulware
Seoul refurbishes its hooker havens to house World Cup soccer fans in 2002. (11/29/2000)

The glory days of e-commerce are over By Katharine Mieszkowski
Broke and stingy e-tailers have taken all the fun out of online shopping. (11/29/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. (11/28/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Special bizarre all-quotation edition! (11/28/2000)

"Wallace & Gromit: The First Three Adventures" By Jeff Stark
A digital trip inside the world of master animator Nick Park and Aardman Animation -- before "Chicken Run." (11/28/2000)

David E. Kelley's mood music By Max Renn and Tom Frost
On "Ally McBeal," Robert Downey Jr. sings! Plus: "The Spin Room" -- CNN's worst show. We miss "Deadline"! And where the hell is "Ed"? (11/28/2000)

Gore campaigns in court Read by Alicia Montgomery
The vice president's attorneys file a challenge to the certified vote totals in three Florida counties. (11/28/2000)

"Angelhead" by Greg Bottoms By Laura Morgan Green
A memoirist tells the harrowing story of his teenage brother's decline into the unthinkable horror of schizophrenia -- but is that enough? (11/28/2000)

No place like home By Garrison Keillor
I love my family dearly, but do I have to spend holidays with them when they're all alcoholics, coke addicts, adulterers and screamers? (11/28/2000)

Sweet dreams, honey By Stephen Talbot
Every time Lynne Cheney's morbid novel hits the bookstores, her husband has a heart attack. When you read it, you'll see why. (11/28/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The unusual voodoo doll (11/28/2000)

Where are the Democratic fire-breathers?  
By David Talbot (11/28/2000)

It's your party and you can cry if you want to  
By Andrew O'Hehir (11/28/2000)

Disenfranchise Florida  
By David Talbot (11/28/2000)

They ask if I'm from New York  
By Judy Oppenheimer (11/28/2000)

Necessity is the mother of goulash By Jenn Shreve
With the change we earned from recycling, and with recycled ingredients, my mother somehow managed to feed us all. (11/28/2000)

Mom Buchanan's hamburger-potato goulash By Sandy Buchanan
My mother's child of necessity. (11/28/2000)

Europe to U.S.: No deal on global warming By Fiona Morgan
A meeting in The Hague to negotiate reducing greenhouse gas emissions collapses without a deal -- but the world's still getting hotter. (11/28/2000)

The Dalai Lama By Chris Colin
China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer. (11/28/2000)

Hurley becoming push-up bra pusher? By Amy Reiter
Will Liz round out her career as a cleavage-enhancing shill? Michael Jackson hot for shag rugs and La-Z-Boys. Plus: President Ahnuld? Schwarzenegger eyes political career! (11/28/2000)

The agony of Al Gore By Joan Walsh
With his presidential hopes on the line, if only he could have said a single unrehearsed, from the heart, spontaneous, risky, convincing thing. (11/28/2000)

Pressure grows for Gore to quit By Alicia Montgomery
The vice president's request for patience gets a lukewarm reception on editorial pages. (11/28/2000)

Bush, Gore file Supreme Court briefs By Salon staff
GOP claims Florida high court violated Constitution by extending election certification deadline; Demo attorneys dismiss argument as "insubstantial" (11/28/2000)

Miami's rent-a-riot By John Lantigua
Remember last week's ugly protest of the hand recount? Elian all over? Guess again -- Washington GOP operatives were running this circus. (11/28/2000)

Another supervisor scrutinized By Jake Tapper
Seminole County prepares for its close-up, and an elections official faces accusations of needling Democrats and illegally abetting the GOP. (11/28/2000)

How manual recounts helped Bush By Anthony York
In some Florida counties, election officials voluntarily hand-counted ballots that machines couldn't read -- exactly what Gore wants in Miami-Dade -- and the governor came out ahead. (11/28/2000)

Come and go By Marty Levine
What may be the world's first drive-through strip club is bringing convenience to the flesh consumer. (11/28/2000)

Here she/he is ... By Jack Boulware
The first runner-up in a Thai beauty contest steps down after judges discover she is a he. (11/28/2000)

The art of innovation By Colin Stewart
What Silicon Valley is trying to do now, Cézanne and Picasso achieved decades ago. (11/28/2000)

The message is clear  
This Linux Journal ad tells readers, "You're a sex-starved loser." (11/28/2000)

"Interview With the Vampire" By Andrew O'Hehir
Never mind the homoerotic text. Here's a little dish on the "extraordinary game" between icy Tom Cruise and soulful Brad Pitt. (11/27/2000)

The ratings game By Andy Dehnart
I was a post-teen Arbitron diarist -- and all I got was a lousy 4 bucks. (11/27/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 (11/27/2000)

Muscular narrative Read by Michael Sragow
How Philip Kaufman turned his new Marquis de Sade film, "Quills," into "Shakespeare in Love" meets "Silence of the Lambs." (11/27/2000)

Not for sissies By John W. Dean
A leading conservative scholar's hardball new translation of Tocqueville's classic "Democracy in America" is a daunting example of tough love. (11/27/2000)

If you can't say anything nice ... By Aaron Gell
The nation's first women's museum dodges controversy -- and whole chunks of history. (11/27/2000)

Middle East meets Wild West By Flore de Prineuf
With the crisis simmering and the death toll mounting in Israel, vigilante movements are brewing among Israelis and Palestinians alike. (11/27/2000)

Philip Kaufman By Stephen Lemons
The director of "Quills," the new film about the Marquis de Sade, discusses sex, writers, repression and his movie's parallels to the Starr-Clinton fiasco. (11/27/2000)

What have you done with Madonna? By Amy Reiter
Maturity and wisdom heard emitted from the Material Girl's historically dirty mouth; "Sex and the City" star tries to sell sex tips. Plus: Wonder Woman returns, and John Stamos plants a foot in the eccentric camp. (11/27/2000)

Gore repeats call for patience By Salon staff
In a prime-time speech, the vice president makes his case for contesting the Florida election results. (11/27/2000)

In wartime, foes become friends By Jake Tapper
Gore stages a casually upbeat chat with former rivals, spinning a near-victory in the Sunshine State. (11/27/2000)

Donkey doofuses By Andrew Ross
From the butterfly ballot to Miami-Dade's withdrawal to the confused messages sent by the Florida Supreme Court, the real damage to Al Gore has been inflicted by his own troops. (11/27/2000)

How Florida Democrats torpedoed Gore By Jim Hightower
If the vice president had locked up his party's traditional base in the Sunshine State, the election wouldn't be tied up in the courts. (11/27/2000)

Bridal fantasies By Emily Jenkins
It's easier to talk to anonymous strangers about your sex dreams than about your future dreams. (11/27/2000)

Faith healers? By Jack Boulware
Two men in California are arrested for allegedly conning girls into having sex with them. (11/27/2000)

Is Napster hurting record sales? By Eric Boehlert
No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy. (11/27/2000)

Palm Beach soldiers on By Jake Tapper
With some harsh words for Katherine Harris, Palm Beach continues their recount as the deadline passes (11/26/2000)

The votes not counted By Jake Tapper
The Bush team will call it fuzzy math, but here's how Gore backers add up the ballots for their man -- and how they hope to convince the courts they're right. (11/27/2000)

Where are the Democratic fire-breathers? By David Talbot
Gore's party has been no match for the victory-or-death Republicans. (11/25/2000)

Harris certifies election results By Salon staff
Secretary of state says Bush is the Sunshine State's official winner. (11/25/2000)

"Rotten to the Gore!" By Jake Tapper
Bush supporters take it to the streets in Broward County, as the counting continues into the night in Palm Beach. (11/26/2000)

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bush appeal By Salon staff
The nation's top court sets hearing for next Friday on Republican effort to halt hand recounts; Dick Cheney is released from the hospital. (11/24/2000)

Democrats call for federal investigation By Jake Tapper
Rep. Peter Deutsch asks feds to look into alleged GOP intimidation tactics in Miami-Dade County; Nassau County tosses out its recount and 51 crucial votes for Gore. (11/24/2000)

Disenfranchise Florida By David Talbot
With the election bogged down in its political swamps, it's time for us to cut loose the Sunshine State. (11/24/2000)

Gored in Miami By Myra MacPherson
The Elián brigade rises again and strong-arms the Miami-Dade canvassing board to halt the hand count that could put Al Gore in the White House. (11/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 23-26, 2000 (11/23/2000)

Thanksgiving rants Read by David Tuller & George Kelly
Salon staffers have a bone to pick with Turkey Day in "Chad stuffing" and "My brother the holiday." (11/23/2000)

Digital chads don't dangle By Janelle Brown and Damien Cave
Salon Tech reporters discuss online voting solutions and anonymity on the Web. (11/23/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Bill Dare, boy adventurer, falls into the hands of a mad genius spouting scientific non sequiturs! (11/23/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Take this election -- please (11/23/2000)

On sale at Old Navy: Cool clothes for identical zombies!  
By Damien Cave (11/23/2000)

Judge accepts dimpled ballots  
By Salon staff (11/23/2000)

"Quills" By Stephanie Zacharek
Sodomized virgins! Flagellated buttocks! Philip Kaufman brings the sordid story of Sade to the big screen. (11/22/2000)

"102 Dalmatians" By Charles Taylor
Glenn Close overacts grotesquely in this charmless Disney sequel. (11/22/2000)

"Men in Black" By Jeff Stark
Director Barry Sonnenfeld and star Tommy Lee Jones talk about aliens, in-jokes and making a perfect summer movie. (11/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000 (11/22/2000)

"Unbreakable" By Ray Pride
In this soggy follow-up to "The Sixth Sense," Bruce Willis sees damp people. (11/22/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
The Material Girl gets her way, Bill "Spaceman" Lee parties with Bush, Kate Moss loses a few pounds and more. (11/22/2000)

The new economy is a fraud Interview by Damien Cave
Damien Cave and social critic Thomas Frank visit an Old Navy store and discuss the concentration of wealth in America. (11/22/2000)

Midwinter adventures Read by Laura Miller
Salon's book editors invite you to spend the cold winter nights with a stack of novels by Richard Schmitt, Jane Rogers, Eden Robinson, Joy Williams and William Gay. (11/22/2000)

"Niccolò's Smile" by Maurizio Viroli By Minna Proctor
Far from power mad, Machiavelli was a humane and principled man who never caught a break, according to a flattering new biography. (11/22/2000)

What to read: Winter novels By Salon's critics
Run away to the circus, to a haunted Indian village, to a secret-filled Scottish island and more with the season's best fiction. (11/22/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The little victories you can't plan in advance (11/22/2000)

Let the Gore bashing begin  
By Anthony York (11/22/2000)

Winners & losers  
By Jake Tapper (11/22/2000)

Therapy for Thanksgiving By Marianna Eilenberg
While the rest of you make pie, we are chopping and dicing familial neuroses. (11/22/2000)

They ask if I'm from New York By Judy Oppenheimer
What they mean is, they think I'm Jewish. (11/22/2000)

Transcending the game By Allen Barra
Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters want a bigger cut of the increased revenues they've created. Not for winning, but just for showing up. Only a fool would give it to them. (11/22/2000)

New clues in Columbine killings By Dave Cullen
Thousands of new documents released in the case debunk persistent myths about the motives of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. (11/22/2000)

By any means necessary By David Horowitz
With his divisive post-election campaign, Al Gore has poisoned the body politic -- for now and for generations to come. (11/22/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Mud wrestling with angels, trend surfing with aliens, an environmentally friendly nuclear holocaust and a beautiful vampire. (11/22/2000)

Nuns without habits By Rebecca Segall
Melissa Camardo is young, bright, pretty and politically active. And she's a nun. What is she thinking? (11/22/2000)

Views from the pews By Chris Colin
If church is theater, then where are the reviews? This week, the Baptists lose it at the altar, and the Unitarians try finding it through tweedy discussion. (11/22/2000)

Did Barrymore call off wedding? By Amy Reiter
"SNL" chief says Drew canceled five minutes before televised vows; Kyra Sedgwick on turkey basters and barenaked Bacon. Plus: A Famke Janssen Thanksgiving: "I don't care what I eat, as long as my meat gets well massaged"! (11/22/2000)

Gore quickly rejected By Salon staff
Florida Supreme Court rejects request to make Dade keep counting, a Broward counter mugs for the cameras and Cheney spreads some cheer to Lieberman. (11/22/2000)

Courting controversy By Chris Lazenbee
When my spouse started working at the Florida Supreme Court, we never thought bomb and kidnapping threats would be part of the equation (11/22/2000)

Spinning the Supreme Court By Jake Tapper
Bush team criticizes Florida court's interpretation of an Illinois case, when it was actually referring to a different decision. (11/22/2000)

Bush campaign's "Talking Points"
The details of an e-mail sent to supporters Wednesday. (11/22/2000)

It's your party and you can cry if you want to By Andrew O'Hehir
Will Gore lose Florida? Who cares. The Democrats are beyond redemption. (11/22/2000)

The Republicans' Type-A politics By Bruce Shapiro
Dick Cheney will recover from his heart attack, as Dubya did from his boil; but the GOP's viciously aggressive style will leave lasting scars on the body politic. (11/22/2000)

Paradise regained By Stephen Lemons
Weimar Berlin's depraved, sin-filled nights tantalize the imagination anew in Mel Gordon's "Voluptuous Panic." (11/22/2000)

Hire a eunuch By Jack Boulware
Castrated men appear as models in an Indian fashion show. (11/22/2000)

Furniture buyers of the world, unite! By Alan Deutschman
Seeking the triumph of socialism? Look no further than your local Ikea megastore. (11/22/2000)

On sale at Old Navy: Cool clothes for identical zombies! By Damien Cave
What a deal! Crush your individuality at state-of-the-art chain stores! (11/22/2000)

Let's make a toast to failure By Jodi Mardesich
At a South of Market "unlaunch" party, laid-off dot-com workers celebrate the start-up that could have been. (11/22/2000)

Shepard! Penn! Harrelson! Nolte! By Joe Mader
Our most famous chronicler of the desert of the male psyche returns to San Francisco with a new play and an all-star cast. (11/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000 (11/21/2000)

"Dr. No: Special Edition" By David Lazarus
James Bond fights bad guys, saves the world and has lots of sex -- but in this one he does all of it better. (11/21/2000)

"Luck" Read by Eric Martin
In Eric Martin's first novel, a young man, his baseball bat and a mailbox make for a deadly combination. (11/21/2000)

Manual mayhem Read by Alicia Montgomery
The final answer: Whether to include manually recounted ballots is up to the Florida Supreme Court. (11/21/2000)

"Anything Goes!" by Larry King By Amy Reiter
In his new book, the CNN host reveals what it's like to talk policy with presidents and sing show tunes with Marlon Brando. (11/21/2000)

A walking cliché By Garrison Keillor
I've gone and fallen for my 19-year-old Nordic au pair. Should I tell her that I'm in love with her? (11/21/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The heiress only let people see her back (11/21/2000)

Calling all statesmen  
By Daryl Lindsey (11/21/2000)

Overseas ballots: Gore on the defensive  
By Salon staff (11/21/2000)

Team Bush flings charges  
By Anthony York (11/21/2000)

When the saints go marching in  
By Tara Zahra (11/21/2000)

Virgin stuffing By Paulina Borsook
The best kind, for first-timers and seasoned pros alike. (11/21/2000)

Not home for the holidays By Paulina Borsook
Coming of age in the kitchen of a Canadian commune. (11/21/2000)

Patriot missile By Joe Conason
Challenging Gore's patriotism is a disgraceful ploy the Bush campaign -- and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf -- should have resisted. (11/21/2000)

Oh God, you devil By Stephen Bender
Black Entertainment Television has put sleazy televangelist Robert Tilton back on the air. Is BET giving people what they want, or taking advantage of the faithful? (11/21/2000)

Rev. Billy Graham By David Rubien
At 82, the Elvis (and Marshall McLuhan) of preachers is still the king of ecumenical evangelism. (11/21/2000)

Marilyn Manson predicts better music under Bush By Amy Reiter
Goth rocker ready to push the envelope; Dept. of Disposable Tips: Meg Ryan gets love advice from Elizabeth Taylor. Plus: Martha Stewart -- no more dirty underwear! (11/21/2000)

Let the Gore bashing begin By Anthony York
Even Democrats are tiring of pregnant chads, and the ugly postmortems are starting for a campaign that's not quite dead. (11/21/2000)

Florida Supreme Court takes center stage By Jake Tapper
In a lively give-and-take, the state's justices get down to the nitty-gritty on hand recounts. (11/21/2000)

Justices: Let the counts go on By Salon staff
In an enormous legal victory for the Gore campaign, Florida's highest court rules unanimously that the count can go on -- until Sunday. (11/21/2000)

Gore troops surrender on military ballots By Alicia Montgomery
If some overseas votes without postmarks are counted, they could boost Bush's tally. (11/21/2000)

Florida follies By Jake Tapper
Where every vote counts -- if it belongs to the right candidate. (11/21/2000)

Florida Supreme Court decision
The full text of the Florida Supreme Court decision to extend the recount through November 26. (11/22/2000)

The court comes through for Gore By Jake Tapper
The recounts count, and dimpled chads might, too, but a menacing James Baker promises the GOP will fight back. (11/22/2000)

Schmuck amok By Virginia Vitzthum
A struggling comedian takes on the beauty elite with an exhaustive, lifelong program of "approaching" (please don't call it "accosting") models and actresses on the street. (11/21/2000)

Even Jesus knew hookers By Jack Boulware
A lawyer invokes the name of the Lord to aid his client, but fails to win his case. (11/21/2000)

Life, death and Everquest By Janelle Brown
A virtual suicide in the popular online multiplayer game is making some fans queasy about their favorite addiction. (11/21/2000)

Queer world domination By David Tuller
The corporate consolidation of PlanetOut and Gay.com is only the beginning of gay merger mania. (11/21/2000)

"The Harder They Come" By Michael Sragow
Perry Henzell's gleeful rabble-rouser about a reggae outlaw returns with some of its original luster restored -- and then there's that killer soundtrack. (11/20/2000)

"You Can Count on Me" By Andrew O'Hehir
Like "American Beauty" and "Wonder Boys," Ken Lonergan's debut mixes mordant humor and lots of pot into this bit of Cheerios realism. (11/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Nov. 20, 2000 (11/20/2000)

A plucking good time! Read by Michael Sragow
DVD News: "Chicken Run" is the instant animated classic that brought "The Great Escape" down on the farm with a bunch of intrepid chickens. (11/20/2000)

"Doctor on Everest" by Kenneth Kamler By Dennis Drabelle
A physician rides the "Into Thin Air" bandwagon with a grisly account of high-altitude medical disasters. (11/20/2000)

From "Bright Lights, Big City" to gamay Beaujolais By Matthew DeBord
Brat Pack novelist Jay McInerney finds being a jet-setting wine expert far more glamorous. (11/20/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking (11/20/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
This just in: Wisconsin's swallow-a-live-hamster-before-voting requirement calls ballots into question (11/20/2000)

Al's ballot blues  
By Eric Boehlert (11/20/2000)

In machines we trust  
By Scott Rosenberg (11/20/2000)

Open-sourcing the Apple  
By Jordan Hubbard (11/20/2000)

An introduction to the series By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
(11/20/2000)

Goodbye to all that By Gayle Leyton
When my family divorced me, I had my best Thanksgiving ever. (11/20/2000)

Faith in America By Amy Standen
What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? (11/20/2000)

The God list, pro and con By Cary Tennis
One man enumerates why he believes, and why he doesn't. (11/20/2000)

When the saints go marching in By Tara Zahra
Mormon missionaries abroad lead a life of evangelism, community service and mind-numbing austerity. (11/20/2000)

Madonna: Color my material world By Amy Reiter
Strange requests from the transcendental cowgirl; "Spaceman" Lee claims Dubya's a puffin' partyer. Plus: Bill Gates shakes a plenty funky tail feather! (11/20/2000)

Calling all statesmen By Daryl Lindsey
Katherine Harris and the Florida Supreme Court should give way to an election commission -- Presidents Carter and Ford are ready -- that could devise a bipartisan way out of this mess. (11/20/2000)

Court grills Gore and Bush lawyers By Alicia Montgomery
No ruling expected Monday from the Florida Supreme Court on manual recounts -- but disqualified military ballots could get a second look. (11/20/2000)

Suckers from strangers By Jack Boulware
Sri Lankan pedophiles are jailed for using heroin lollipops to lure victims. (11/20/2000)

Last call By Hollis Gillespie
The bar is closing, but why don't I feel like taking either presidential candidate home? (11/20/2000)

Capitalism is dead. Long live capitalism! By J. Bonasia
In his new book, Dinesh D'Souza argues that dot-com prosperity is just another beneficiary of the Reagan legacy. (11/20/2000)

Boies vs. Olson By Jake Tapper
A look at the two legal titans behind the Gore and Bush teams. (11/19/2000)

The rare diplomat By Jake Tapper
Sen. Chuck Hagel abandons Republican talking points and says a statewide hand recount may be required for "legitimate finality." (11/19/2000)

Team Bush flings charges By Anthony York
Republicans accuse Gore supporters of tampering with Bush ballots, blatantly disallowing military votes and much, much more. (11/19/2000)

Gore on the defensive By Salon staff
The vice president dispatches running mate Joe Lieberman to Sunday talk shows to counter the latest GOP charges. (11/19/2000)

Reading the chads By Jake Tapper
With the manual recount yielding fewer Democratic votes than expected, Gore's legal team turns its attention to pregnant and dimpled chads. (11/19/2000)

Bush camp starts bomb throwing By Salon staff
The governor's 930-vote lead would be larger if Democrats hadn't conspired against military voters, says Bush team. (11/18/2000)

"Cabaret" By Andrew O'Hehir
Naughty sex, kinky undies and singing Nazis. (11/17/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Nov. 17-19, 2000 (11/17/2000)

"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" By Stephanie Zacharek
You will not like it on the screen, you will not like it -- not one scene! (11/17/2000)

"Bounce" By Andrew O'Hehir
The director of "The Opposite of Sex" returns with a romance featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck. Who could have predicted the mess that results? (11/17/2000)

Definitely stupid, possibly evil Read by King Kaufman
That's what Democrats think of me since I dared to disagree with them. (11/17/2000)

In machines we trust: Read by Scott Rosenberg
If Bush is right that human beings are incapable of counting votes, how can we rely on them to govern us? (11/17/2000)

Cash flow controversy Audio by Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
EBay sellers experience a "glut of goods" and AOL users get up in arms over Steve Case's big gift. (11/17/2000)

"Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver By Elizabeth Judd
In the bestselling novelist's latest, the natural world overflows with lusty birds, bees and baby boomers. (11/17/2000)

Winging it By Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket
The author of "Watch Your Mouth" and "The Bad Beginning" picks five great books with "bird" in the title. (11/17/2000)

The world according to St. Ralph  
By Charles Taylor (11/17/2000)

George W. Bush flunks the test  
By Gary Kamiya (11/17/2000)

Heteroflexibility  
By Laurie Essig (11/17/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Deep inside the lost and found (11/17/2000)

U.S. clash on global warming By Dawn MacKeen
A new Department of Energy report undermines the position of U.S. negotiators at a U.N. conference on reducing greenhouse gases. (11/17/2000)

A conversation with Peggy Sirota By Carina Chocano
In her new collection of portraits, the self-taught photographer hides the world of celebrity behind a fake mustache. (11/17/2000)

The naked and the dead By Amy Reiter
Kate Winslet gives necrophilia a whirl, big bum and all; Kate Moss gets robbed -- and sad. Plus: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas push the tacky envelope, and Babs gets sued by an accused stalker. (11/17/2000)

All eyes on Florida Supreme Court By Gary Kamiya and Alicia Montgomery
Crucial Monday hearing looms as Bush lead stands at 927 with 66 of 67 counties counted. (11/17/2000)

Running out the clock By Anthony York
Democrats charge Republicans with intentionally dragging their feet over recounts. (11/17/2000)

Winners & losers By Jake Tapper
In Week Two, Jeb Bush, "Chad" and Dick Nixon finish on top, while Katherine Harris, Jesse Jackson and ... Dick Nixon hit bottom. (11/17/2000)

Sweet dreams By Jack Boulware
Prince Charles' fund supports a breast pillow entrepreneur in England. (11/17/2000)

Lovely Rita By David Thomson
The great 1946 film "Gilda" is exciting, sexually ambiguous and still disturbing after all these years. (11/17/2000)

21st Challenge No. 38 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
The secret life of three-letter acronyms. (11/17/2000)

Open-sourcing the Apple By Jordan Hubbard
A hacker reviews the beta release of Mac OS X -- and dreams of toppling Microsoft. (11/17/2000)

The margarine conspiracy By Kenneth H. Cleaver
Our intrepid corporate correspondent gets to the bottom of the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" mystery. (11/17/2000)

"Gun Shy" By Charles Taylor
A neurotic DEA agent and a goombah Buddha team up in the best and funniest American comedy you haven't seen this year. (11/16/2000)

Charlie's dude By Michael Sragow
Director McG on why his "Charlie's Angels" is a kung fu "The Breakfast Club" with one part "Grease," some "Singin' in the Rain" and a bit of "Rocky." Or something like that. (11/16/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000 (11/16/2000)

Fall fiction Read by Laura Miller
Salon's book critics skimmed through piles of new books and, having filtered out the dreck, present their recommendations for fall reading. (11/16/2000)

"Transformatrix" Read by Patience Agbabi
British writer Patience Agbabi reads the rap-inspired piece "Ufo Woman" from her latest book of poetry. (11/16/2000)

And the winner is ... By Laura Miller
The drama and the dish behind the literary prizes that shape what America reads. (11/16/2000)

National Book Award winners announced By Laura Miller
Surprised gasps greet wins by Sontag and Philbrick. (11/16/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
"We're gonna learn 'em some democracy." (11/16/2000)

Tasty, not tasteless By Amy Benfer
"Charlie's Angels" is about cute butts kicking butt, and that's just fine with me. (11/16/2000)

Dream a little dream By Gregg Wirth
Battered and broken pro wrestler Tommy Dreamer helped found the roughest wrestling league around. Now he's taking a beating. (11/16/2000)

Melanie Griffith's addiction blues By Amy Reiter
Actress checks into clinic to "step down" from her meds; Paltrow feeling "sisterly" toward Affleck; NRA's Heston fears a gunless London. Plus: Dave Eggers hits the "writer-friendly" jackpot! (11/16/2000)

George W. Bush flunks the test By Gary Kamiya
Faced with a choice between cynicism and a higher path, he chooses cynicism. (11/16/2000)

Florida court: Keep counting By Salon staff
State Supreme Court says counties can proceed with hand count -- regardless of what secretary of state says. (11/16/2000)

Crazy in Palm Beach By Anthony York
The cast of characters in the Florida saga rivals the O.J. trial, but the stars are the members of this wealthy county's elections board. (11/16/2000)

Al's ballot blues By Eric Boehlert
Florida relaxed its standards two years ago and the resulting flood of presidential candidates may have cost Gore the election. (11/16/2000)

One size doesn't fit all By Jack Boulware
Free condoms sent to Africa are often too small for the local population. (11/16/2000)

The modern courtesan By Christina Valhouli
Women who wield sex and power now do it in 3-inch heels. Second of two parts. (11/16/2000)

Do-it-yourself "Star Wars" By Howard Wen
It's the next copyright battleground -- fan filmmakers are hacking their favorite movies. (11/16/2000)

In machines we trust By Scott Rosenberg
If Bush is right that human beings are incapable of counting votes, how can we rely on them to govern us? (11/16/2000)

A free market election failure By Dalton Conley
Iowa economists gambled that they could predict the presidential election. They lost. (11/16/2000)

"Camelot" By Stephanie Zacharek
Forget the knights -- bring on the nighties! Oh, for the days when movie tie-ins included negligees. (11/15/2000)

Betting the Farmclub By Anthony Mariani
Why is MTV's Matt Pinfield shilling for the shamelessly corporate music show "Farmclub.com"? Can you say "synergy"? (11/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 (11/15/2000)

Count the vote, baby! By K.J.
Satirical songwriter K.J. revisits the Hues Corporation's 1974 hit "Rock the Boat" with a new twist for Election 2000. (11/15/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
President Clinton's plans for Hollywood, Roger Moore's Swiss account, Jim Carrey's compulsive thinking and more. (11/15/2000)

"The Law of Averages" by Frederick Barthelme By Jonathan Miles
The confessed minimalist's new book proves that the much-reviled genre can still break your heart. (11/15/2000)

Eros in the age of machines By John Clute
Why did Theodore Sturgeon's great love stories languish in the ghetto of science fiction? (11/15/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Spanked by a 7-year-old -- what a racket! (11/15/2000)

When -- and why -- Gore should concede  
By Andrew Ross (11/15/2000)

Let's make a deal  
By Gary Kamiya (11/15/2000)

Heteroflexibility By Laurie Essig
The latest semantic ploy to keep sexual options open really pisses me off. (11/15/2000)

Imp appeal By Tanis Rozelle
The Ithaca, N.Y., library employs a troll named Ann. (11/15/2000)

The invisible superstar By Allen Barra
Tim Brown's career is a long tale of personal dominance in the service of bad teams. But this year he may finally get some glory. (11/15/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Awards and honors: Toxic Warrior of the Month, Most Useful Enemy, Best Wiseass Skeptic Who Keeps You Honest and Most Mysterious Catalyst. (11/15/2000)

Becoming president under a noxious cloud By Camille Paglia
In which a befuddled Bush and a schizoid Gore do battle in a scene distressingly reminiscent of the most bilious days of imperial Rome. (11/15/2000)

Ricky Martin: They pull and they push! By Amy Reiter
The admitted bonbon shaker complains that gays and straights are fighting over his sex life; Gwyneth Paltrow nabs ketchup prince. Plus: Hasselhoff polishes up the old résumé, and Sharon Stone sharpens her claws. (11/15/2000)

Debacle 2000: A hopeful solution By David Tuller
A frustrated citizen proposes a simple, straightforward way out of the election madness. (11/15/2000)

Bush to Gore: No thanks By Salon staff
He rejects an offer for statewide hand recounts in exchange for no litigation and says the election process must be over by Saturday. (11/15/2000)

Fox guarding the henhouse By Eric Boehlert
By hiring George Bush's cousin to run a crucial part of its election coverage, the right-wing Fox Network hits a new low in conflict of interest. (11/15/2000)

The world according to St. Ralph By Charles Taylor
We can thank Nader and his supporters for the election mess -- and they're not even sorry. (11/15/2000)

Recounts go on -- for now By Jake Tapper
Florida's Supreme Court allows the tallying to continue -- but Secretary of State Harris says she won't accept new totals. (11/15/2000)

Topless putting By Jack Boulware
A strip club in New York offers a golf-practice area and club repair to comply with local law. (11/15/2000)

Courtesan power By Christina Valhouli
Beautiful arbiters of intelligence and sex, these women are historically important but perhaps a dying breed. First of two parts. (11/15/2000)

Missing the eBay point By John Geirland
A new book about the auction Web site sheds little light on one of the Net's biggest successes. (11/15/2000)

A second chance for the dot-com economy? By Salon Technology staff
The rebirth of Boo.com offers new hope to ailing Internet start-ups: Bankruptcy is now the smartest way to build your brand. (11/15/2000)

The parent trap By Joyce Millman
Who says there aren't any adults on the WB? "Gilmore Girls" and "7th Heaven" give the Frog's viewers two sides of tadpole-raising. (11/14/2000)

"The Perfect Storm" By Michael Sragow
A deluxe crash course in digital production -- and one that helps explain why director Wolfgang Petersen just couldn't grasp the subtlety of Sebastian Junger's book. (11/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000 (11/14/2000)

Florida squeezed Read by Alicia Montgomery
Alicia Montgomery reports on the election protests, issues with the recount and pending lawsuits. (11/14/2000)

From Degas to dot-com Emceed by Ben Stein
Listen to the second annual celebration of Salon's "Brilliant Careers" series featuring Tracey Ullman, Roger Ebert, Mike Figgis and more! (11/14/2000)

"Ho Chi Minh" by William J. Duiker By Stanley Kutler
The Vietnamese revolutionary emerges as a patriot closer to Thomas Jefferson than to V.I. Lenin in this monumental new biography. (11/14/2000)

Ugly duckling By Garrison Keillor
I'm witty and flirtatious on the Internet, but I can't stand the look of disappointment on the faces of the men I've charmed when I meet them. (11/14/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
A costume ball with consequences (11/14/2000)

Everything you need to know about the Florida recount  
By Anthony York and Eric Boehlert (11/14/2000)

The fallacy of Nixon's graceful exit  
By Gerald Posner (11/14/2000)

Making the world safe for democracy?  
By Salon foreign correspondents (11/14/2000)

The woman under fire  
By Jake Tapper (11/14/2000)

The coup  
By David Horowitz (11/14/2000)

Trekking for Tibetan potatoes By John Thorne
When it comes to recipes, I'm a hunter, not a gatherer. (11/14/2000)

Tibetan curried potatoes By John Thorne
A recipe with a history, to be eaten shamelessly. (11/14/2000)

Merle Haggard By Alex Halberstadt
From prison and politics to rambling and romance, his journey has been, well, complicated. But austere lyrics and rich country jazz have made him one of music's masters. (11/14/2000)

Ahnuld's too rough in bed! By Amy Reiter
After a day of smooching, Schwarzenegger's costar has a nasty case of whisker burn; are Winona and Beck in Splitsville? Guess who bought Madonna's house? Plus: Jim Carrey on the agony of Grinchness. (11/14/2000)

When -- and why -- Gore should concede By Andrew Ross
Prolonging the election beyond Friday would mean an endless recount. (11/14/2000)

Latest Florida count shows Bush up by 300 By Salon staff
Secretary of state gives manual-recount counties until 2 p.m. Wednesday to explain "facts and circumstances" that would justify amending their vote counts. (11/14/2000)

Palm Beach suspends manual recount By Anthony York
Canvassing Board votes 2-1 to stop controversial process, citing questions about its legality. (11/14/2000)

Baker: "Gov. Bush was the winner of the vote"
Text of James Baker's Tuesday afternoon "compromise" press conference. (11/14/2000)

"It truly was not a proposal"
Text of William Daley's rejection of the Bush camp's offer of a Florida election compromise. (11/14/2000)

Baker's bogus "compromise" By Jake Tapper
Bush camp asks Gore to agree to suicidal terms -- Gore refuses! (11/14/2000)

Getting ugly By Jake Tapper
Battling in Florida courts, Bush calls on the same Southern strategists who launched a smear campaign against McCain in South Carolina. (11/14/2000)

Text of the recount ruling
The full ruling by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry P. Lewis on the request to extend the 5 p.m. EST Tuesday deadline for reporting recounts of Florida's presidential vote. (11/14/2000)

Fasting for Bush By Holly Bailey
As a nation waits, thousands of Christian activists are submitting their ballots to a higher authority. (11/14/2000)

The legal endgame By Bruce Shapiro
Court maneuvers in Florida mark the beginning of the end of this hotly contested presidential race -- but the play is far from over. (11/14/2000)

The final four By Anthony York
Will manual recounts continue in any of the contested counties? And if they do, will the results matter? (11/15/2000)

Katherine Harris lays down the law By Jake Tapper
The Florida secretary of state says she might accept hand recounts -- but then again, she might not. (11/15/2000)

Take my penis, please By Jack Boulware
A South Korean man plans to have a sex change operation that will be broadcast online. (11/14/2000)

Designer vaginas By Debra Ollivier
Gynecological surgery isn't just for medical reasons anymore; some women say it enhances sexual pleasure. (11/14/2000)

How fat can you get? By Rachel Silverman
Two skinny people compete for corpulence in a Web site-sponsored contest called "The Fat Project." (11/14/2000)

"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" By David Lazarus
The digital sound makes the critters even scarier, but no number of dazzling extras can ease the mean-spiritedness of Steven Spielberg's dino sequel. (11/13/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
  (11/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Nov. 13, 2000 (11/13/2000)

"Kamikaze Lust" Read by Lauren Sanders
Journalist Lauren Sanders' first novel taps into an urban world of sex, pornography and death. (11/13/2000)

Sane "Wonder Boys" Read by Michael Sragow
The Michael Douglas comedy offers the kind of undiluted enjoyment and sanity much needed during this year's post-election frenzy. (11/13/2000)

"Orpheus Emerged" Read by Erik Jensen
Jack Kerouac's lost 1945 novella has been rediscovered and given new life as an e-book. (11/13/2000)

Being Martin Heidegger By Ralph Brave
His new translator tells you what you need to know about the philosopher -- and why you need to know it. (11/13/2000)

"The Years With Laura Díaz" by Carlos Fuentes By Alan Michael Parker
The heroine of the great Mexican novelist's latest meets Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as she witnesses a century of Latin American history. (11/13/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Workers World Party voters: It's all your fault! (11/13/2000)

Where's Business, Health?
(11/13/2000)

Guess what: The election's not over yet  
By David Talbot (11/13/2000)

May the better statesman win  
By Kevin J. Sweeney (11/13/2000)

"I hope you have a good life" By Campbell Armstrong
A mother and daughter reunite only to face permanent separation. (11/13/2000)

Republican rules of order By Joe Conason
The Bush people say the law works this way -- except when they need it to work the other way around. (11/13/2000)

Steve Buscemi By Stephen Lemons
He has a wildly successful career as a character actor. So why does he go and direct a prison movie, "Animal Factory," with Tom Arnold and Mickey Rourke? (11/13/2000)

Will ex-President Clinton take Hollywood gig? By Amy Reiter
Is Bubba headed for the Oscars? Bank blows it big-time: James Bond's account info posted online; Timberlake's loose lips; Jennifer's carrying big bags for Brad. plus: "Dallas's" J.R. dropped acid! (11/13/2000)

Florida voters in Israel look on in amazement By Flore de Préneuf
As their absentee ballots float through the airmail ether, American Jews abroad are thrilled at how significant their votes might be. (11/13/2000)

Gore: Democracy at stake; Bush camp: Gore breaks the law. By Daryl Lindsey and Alicia Montgomery
Gore: Demcracy at stake; Bush camp: Gore breaks the law. (11/13/2000)

The woman under fire By Jake Tapper
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris is suddenly Democrats' enemy No. 1 -- and they have lots of ammo to use against her. (11/13/2000)

Law at first bite By Jake Tapper
Gore hires Kendall Coffey, a high-profile attorney known for sinking his teeth into his work -- and into a Miami stripper who nearly ended his career. (11/13/2000)

The disappearing ballots of Duval County By Eric Boehlert
More than 22,000 were tossed out in this Republican stronghold, but most of them were cast in minority, Democratic neighborhoods, and the Gore camp is crying foul. (11/13/2000)

Recount fight reverses partisan roles By Alicia Montgomery
Republicans argue -- unsuccessfully -- for federal intervention, while Democrats make plea for states' rights. (11/13/2000)

Let's make a deal By Gary Kamiya
It's time for the Gore and Bush camps to do the right thing. (11/13/2000)

Florida courts will decide hand count dispute By Anthony York
Both the Gore and Bush campaigns have stumbled off the moral high ground and into legal battles. (11/14/2000)

Jackson: Keep hope (and Gore) alive! By Jake Tapper
A West Palm Beach rally for the enfranchisement of Democrats, and others. (11/14/2000)

Reptile romance By Jack Boulware
Loud sex between carpet snakes keeps an Australian (human) couple awake for two days. (11/13/2000)

"Politics" By Karen Finley
An artist who challenged Jesse Helms and George Bush's "decency clause" 10 years ago remembers what it was like to be called the "chocolate smeared young woman." (11/13/2000)

The jukebox manifesto By Janelle Brown
Record companies should stop worrying about security and start giving people what they really want: Music, anywhere, anytime. (11/13/2000)

The cyber-battle for Florida By Andrew Leonard
Attacks on political Web sites and online petitions are proliferating like crazy -- and completely irrelevant. (11/13/2000)

Volusia still in the spotlight By Anthony York
As the county begins its painstaking recount by hand, local officials prepare a suit to ask for more time to count. (11/12/2000)

A fluke? A crisis? No, the future By Lawrence Weschler
The close presidential contest illustrates the triumph of the test-marketed candidacy. (11/12/2000)

"God Made Bush President" By Jake Tapper
As Palm Beach County prepares to hand count its ballots, the Bush faithful take to the streets. (11/12/2000)

Let the hand count continue By Bruce Shapiro
Why are Bush's people defending the sovereign right of machines to count votes? Because they're afraid they'll lose their narrow edge if all Florida's ballots are counted. (11/12/2000)

Confessions of a Florida poll worker By Brendan Cooney
A deputy sheriff explains just how easy it would be to throw the election. (11/11/2000)

What could go wrong at a polling place? By Cary Tennis
Everything, says an experienced poll worker. (11/11/2000)

Palm Beach: Ground zero By John Lantigua
Much like Florida's vote tally on Tuesday, this county has seen its own flip in recent decades -- from a GOP fortress to a liberal Jewish and black stronghold. (11/12/2000)

Everything you need to know about the Florida recount By Anthony York and Eric Boehlert
Hanging chads! Overvoting! A crash course in the Sunshine State electoral idiosyncrasies that could determine our next president. (11/12/2000)

Hands off! By Salon staff
The Bush campaign files a motion in federal court to stop the hand counting of Florida ballots. (11/11/2000)

James Baker: Accept the recount, Al!  
A transcript of a statement by the former secretary of state, who says the vice president lost the Florida vote and should concede to Bush. (11/11/2000)

Gore's "war room" By Jake Tapper
A campaign memo outlines the vice president's extensive battle plan. (11/11/2000)

Powerless at the polls By Alicia Montgomery
Black voters complain about their treatment at Florida polls. (11/11/2000)

The Volusia triangle By Anthony York
Where ballots disappear, partisans scuffle and election officials try to put the genie back in the bottle. (11/12/2000)

Palm Beach officials seek countywide manual recount By Salon Staff
Gore gains votes after four precincts are counted manually; official says he could pick up 1,900. Campaign surrogates duke it out on the Sunday morning talkies. (11/12/2000)

San Francisco's Proposition L is "too close to call" By Damien Cave
With a margin narrow enough to be called "presidential," the outcome of the anti-development measure remains up in the air. (11/11/2000)

"The Wizard of Oz" By Andrew O'Hehir
A mid-song Judy Garland coughing fit, some poisonous aluminum dust and one magnificent lost dance sequence: An Emerald City's worth of secrets about one of the world's most beloved films. (11/10/2000)

"Men of Honor" By Andrew O'Hehir
Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. remember a time when men were men, girls were cute and pencil-necked Poindexters stayed out of your damn face. (11/10/2000)

"Little Nicky" By Charles Taylor
Adam Sandler deserves to be damned to the pits of hell for this witless masturbatory comedy. (11/10/2000)

"Forever Mine" By Charles Taylor
The steamy scenes at the center of this romantic noir generate serious heat -- but you still can't see them on the big screen. (11/10/2000)

Wonderful movie By Michael Sragow
"Wonder Boys" is still the best -- and most moving -- comedy of the year. Director Curtis Hanson and novelist Michael Chabon explain why Hollywood gave them a second chance to prove it. (11/10/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Nov. 10-12, 2000 (11/10/2000)

"Red Planet" By Charles Taylor
Val Kilmer leads this mission to mediocrity. (11/10/2000)

Something for the fans By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
Salon's Tech writers report on the hype over the Sony Playstation 2 console and unfamiliar features of the new MAC OS X (11/10/2000)

I'm a poll worker, baby! By Cary Tennis
A rant by Cary Tennis, real-life elections inspector. (11/10/2000)

"The Darwin Awards" By Suzy Hansen
The cult-favorite Web site spawns a book memorializing the kind of people who meet their maker at hurricane beach parties. (11/10/2000)

Is it safe? By Don George
When violence flares and travelers beware, who profits from the scare? (11/10/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
You think voter turnout is bad? Vampires are leaving in droves! (11/10/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The education of Louis: I can't play that game, talking about stupid stuff (11/10/2000)

The business of breast cancer By Laurie Tarkan
Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure. (11/10/2000)

Sick on the beach By David Vernon
When you have no vacation days left, it's time to kill off beloved members of your virtual family. (11/10/2000)

Political war breaks out in Florida  
By Joan Walsh (11/10/2000)

Behind every dead candidate ...  
By Katharine Mieszkowski (11/10/2000)

A reprieve for public schools By Amy Benfer
Author and educator Jonathan Kozol assesses the impact of the election on American children. (11/10/2000)

Have the Fighting Irish gone soft? By Allen Barra
Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now? (11/10/2000)

The coup By David Horowitz
Al Gore's reckless attempt to subvert the election shows he is not fit to be president. (11/10/2000)

Great American loser By T. Wright Townsend
Dennis Breen was a regular guy, fed up with the crookedness of political campaigns. So he ran one himself, after work and on weekends. (11/10/2000)

What election? By Amy Reiter
Forget Florida -- Seinfeld's a dad and Kathie Lee has thin thighs! Plus: Madonna commits ... to a home; Claudia Schiffer discovers herself; a former Charlie's Angel confirms "nice hooters are nice," and more. (11/10/2000)

Let the spin cycle begin By Eric Boehlert
As the recount continues, the pundits on both sides launch a vigorous public-relations battle. (11/10/2000)

Buchanan camp: Bush claims are "nonsense" By Jake Tapper
The governor's camp calls Palm Beach a Buchanan "stronghold," while Buchanan forces insist it's not. (11/10/2000)

Statement by James Baker on Florida voting
The Bush campaign's Florida representative invokes the memory of Nixon and Ford while pressing Gore to concede. (11/10/2000)

Desperation all around By Jake Tapper
This much is official: The Bush and Gore campaigns are both frantically grasping at straws. (11/10/2000)

The fallacy of Nixon's graceful exit By Gerald Posner
In 1960, the GOP candidate fought hard behind the scenes to make sure the election wasn't stolen from him -- just as Al Gore should do. (11/10/2000)

Making the world safe for democracy? By Salon foreign correspondents
From the streets of Paris to offices in Japan, the world chuckles and shrugs at the U.S. election circus. (11/10/2000)

Guess what: The election's not over yet By David Talbot
And until it is, Bush should stop picking out drapes for the White House. (11/10/2000)

Florida officials clarify duplicate mailings By Damien Cave and Carina Chocano
It's standard procedure to send two absentee ballots to Floridians abroad, but the system is still confusing and ought to be changed, an official says. (11/10/2000)

Door-to-door contraception By Jack Boulware
An Indian birth control plan includes distributing condoms via mailmen. (11/10/2000)

A brief affair By Kelly Jones
I found the goddess of lingerie in Venice and she made me feel like Marilyn Monroe. (11/10/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000 (11/09/2000)

Recount!  
By Salon staff (11/09/2000)

Blame Nader?  
"Ben Affleck: 'I hope Nader can still sleep'" by Amy Reiter; "I voted for Nader" by King Kaufman (11/09/2000)

Behind every dead candidate ... By Katharine Mieszkowski
There lurks a mysteriously qualified understudy ready to take the stage in the name of duty. (11/09/2000)

The way of all waiting By S.L. Wisenberg
We thought it was over and then it wasn't over. Not yet. (11/09/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
The Divine Wow, moist breakthroughs, a frenetic monkey mind and scarpomancy! (11/09/2000)

Harsh lessons By Bruce Shapiro
How the drug war cost Al Gore African-American votes in Florida. (11/09/2000)

Go figure By John Lantigua
How did a liberal, Jewish district end up casting a disproportionate share of votes for ultraconservative Pat Buchanan? (11/09/2000)

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The Florida vote count  
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The vice president's message: We won By Alicia Montgomery
A growing confidence -- or at least a confident pose -- comes out of the Gore camp as the vote margin in Florida narrows. (11/09/2000)

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Bush camp claims victory By Joan Walsh
But his 327-vote lead in the recount has not put a stop to challenges and questions about the Florida vote. (11/09/2000)

Statement by Gore campaign chairman William Daley
(11/09/2000)

"We've had a wreck here" By John Lantigua
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and thousands gather to protest the controversial ballot that caused many Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan. (11/09/2000)

Statement by Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer on Palm Beach County
(11/09/2000)

Election chaos  
Celebrities and pundits react to the presidential brawl over Florida. (11/09/2000)

All Bush hands on deck By Anthony York
As he fights for his political life in Florida and plans his transition, the would-be president-elect is relying on his father's fixers. (11/09/2000)

Can this election be saved? By Bruce Shapiro
As lawyers swarm to Palm Beach, the legal questions surrounding Florida's vote only multiply. (11/09/2000)

Gore troops storm Florida By Jake Tapper
Democratic bigwigs' visit to the Sunshine State has left them "deeply troubled," as they prepare for a legal battle. (11/09/2000)

Florida sent duplicate ballots overseas By Carina Chocano
Defense Department employee alleges that some co-workers on an air base in England voted twice. (11/09/2000)

May the better statesman win By Kevin J. Sweeney
Recount limbo presents an opportunity for presidential courage -- and landslide victory. (11/09/2000)

"Vote only for one"  
A copy of the memo Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LaPore distributed to poll workers. (11/09/2000)

County official knew about ballot confusion By John Lantigua
Palm Beach County's elections supervisor distributed a memo to workers about voter confusion -- hours after the polls opened. (11/09/2000)

53 and STILL counting By Jake Tapper
A day later, Florida officials are still waiting for 14 more counties to "officially" recount their votes. (11/09/2000)

Drudge work By Scott Rosenberg
Matt's "Manifesto" predicts: The Net will doom big media! But big media will doom the Net! Or something. (11/09/2000)

Interface bug tips electoral college! By Scott Rosenberg
Design flaws in the Palm Beach ballot put a well-deserved spotlight on the "usability" wonks. (11/09/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000 (11/08/2000)

Real dead guy can win, fake dead people can't vote By Carina Chocano
In Missouri, the late Mel Carnahan beat the living John Ashcroft by 41,000 votes. Meanwhile, in Florida, a voter is turned away because elections officials list her as deceased. (11/08/2000)

Florida: "Don't look at me!" By Chris Colin
The Sunshine State gets self-conscious as the eyes of the nation scrutinize its counting skills. (11/08/2000)

Election night partying with Ben, Gwyneth, Ethan, Uma, Sigourney... By Amy Reiter
Thurman has a m-m-moment; Hawke gets huggy; Affleck and Paltrow have heated whisper session. Plus: Who said, "It all went downhill when they gave women the vote"? (11/08/2000)

"A little drama for you" By Jake Tapper
Bush supporters wait for a victory speech -- and wait, and wait, while the networks move Florida back into the undecided column. (11/08/2000)

New life for Gore By Alicia Montgomery
After the networks declare him dead, the vice president gets a second chance at election. (11/08/2000)

Ben Affleck: "I hope Nader can still sleep" By Amy Reiter
The Oscar-winning actor, Tina Brown, Sigourney Weaver and others share the Election Night suspense with Salon. (11/08/2000)

Jesse Jackson questions Florida voting By Alicia Montgomery
He schedules a rally in Miami and plans to look into a possible undercount of minority votes. (11/08/2000)

I voted for Nader By King Kaufman
And even if it puts that clown from Texas in the White House, I'm not sorry. (11/08/2000)

Bush or Gore, it's trippy either way By Carina Chocano
"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone react to the close race between two major dorks -- one of whom will be the star of their new show. (11/08/2000)

Pride before the fall By Todd Gitlin
Ralph Nader told his supporters to cast a vote they could be proud of. How do you spell H-U-B-R-I-S? (11/08/2000)

Sunshine psychosis By Andrew Leonard
Of course Florida can't make up its electoral mind -- it's where America's craziness runs out of exits. (11/08/2000)

President without a mandate By Anthony York
Can George W. Bush govern effectively if he wins the White House without taking the popular vote? (11/08/2000)

"We're in a constitutional crisis" Compiled by Salon staff
With Florida a tossup and the appearance that Al Gore will win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote, experts square off. (11/08/2000)

From "snippy" to "upbeat" By Jake Tapper
Victory -- then not -- for George W. Bush campaign. (11/08/2000)

Holding on to hope By Alicia Montgomery
The Gore campaign stresses the vice president's victory in the popular vote -- and hints at possible challenges. (11/08/2000)

Ballot schmallot! By David Tuller
This elderly Jewish lady in Florida can punch a hole just fine, thank you. (11/08/2000)

Media madness By Eric Boehlert
Everything the press has said about Gore, down to Christopher Matthews' spittle-flecked call for him to concede, has been wrong. (11/08/2000)

"If a frog had side pockets ..."  
Election Night stretched into morning, and Dan Rather's down-home witticisms got weirder and weirder. (11/08/2000)

San Francisco to dot-com developers: No more By Andrew Leonard
Voters pass anti-growth measure Proposition L by a slim margin. (11/08/2000)

SDMI: We're not hacked yet By Janelle Brown
An industry group says its watermarking scheme for digital music has withstood the assault. (11/08/2000)

Hurrah for slow recounts By Ellen Ullman
Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit. (11/08/2000)

Cracker-rap losers By Steve Dollar
Limp Bizkit rock the angry teenager within. Plus: If Fred Durst is such a music-biz whiz, why is he so f***in' pissed? (11/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000 (11/07/2000)

Vote for the one who won't beat you up Rant by Cary Tennis
Trouble deciding which candidate is for you? Cary Tennis makes some suggestions in this election rant. (11/07/2000)

Long live rock! By Dave Johns
Kirk Hammett of Metallica speaks about San Francisco's rapidly evaporating music scene. (11/07/2000)

He's 72, I'm 40. No problem By Garrison Keillor
He gives me money, pays my bills, flies me everywhere and swears he wants to be with me for the rest of his life -- as soon as he gets divorced. (11/07/2000)

This election is brought to you by ... By Katharine Mieszkowski
Corporations lavished more money than ever before on this year's political campaigns. So who stands to benefit? (11/07/2000)

Martha Stewart kicks ass By Sara Hazlewood
But even though the domestic czar's company is raking in big bucks, the financial press doesn't seem to care. (11/07/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
I can't tell you, and you have to promise not to ask! (11/07/2000)

Shameful emissions By Stephen L. Cohen
The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance. (11/07/2000)

Why is this race even close?  
Joan Walsh and Andrew Sullivan come to (mostly) different conclusions. (11/07/2000)

The death of outrage  
By Gary Kamiya (11/07/2000)

Vote for Ralph Nader!  
By Ellen Willis (11/07/2000)

Buried treasure By Peter Bebergal
In ancient Super 8 movies I see my mother as I never knew her. (11/07/2000)

The man without a country By Mark Schapiro
How Vladimiro Montesinos' old nemesis helped force the former Peruvian spy chief out of comfortable exile in Panama -- and could compel him to face trial at home. (11/07/2000)

Winslet goes squish By Amy Reiter
The enlightened actress takes it up with other celeb moms; Rosie O'Donnell fights the power for Babs and Gore. Plus: Monica reveals what wasn't hard, and Chris Rock figures out Bush's real problem. (11/07/2000)

Night of the living dead By Carina Chocano
The voters of Missouri have resurrected Mel Carnahan. It's enough to drive his opponent to prayer. (11/08/2000)

In-your-face attitude By Jake Tapper
George W. Bush's serene demeanor fronts a campaign that's either full of self-confidence -- or something else entirely. (11/07/2000)

Al's all-nighter By Alicia Montgomery
Resurgent in the polls on the eve of Election Day, Gore campaigns for 30 straight hours. (11/07/2000)

Endgame By Alicia Montgomery
Gore turns on the heat as Bush plays it cool. Plus: Latest poll results. (11/07/2000)

One last group hug By Jake Tapper
Bush takes a final whack at Clinton and Gore before thanking everybody -- even the press. And one reporter shows her gratitude too. (11/07/2000)

Father and son Bush scold the media By Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper follows the Republican candidate as he votes and awaits the results. (11/07/2000)

Electoral College map By Salon staff
Latest results (11/07/2000)

Some Florida ballots illegal, Dems say By Salon Staff
Party lawyers call for results to be overturned in Palm Beach County. Sen. Bob Kerrey calls for a new statewide vote. (11/07/2000)

Mrs. Clinton goes to Washington By Anthony York
Hillary wins one for the Clinton legacy -- but how will she fare in the Senate? (11/07/2000)

Hillary fans react to Florida By Anthony York
In New York's Grand Hyatt, news of Gore's win in the swing state spreads. (11/07/2000)

Bush's last-minute jitters By Jake Tapper
As Gore wins three key states, the GOP candidate skips the Four Seasons and heads for the governor's mansion. (11/07/2000)

Gore headquarters: From light to leaden By Alicia Montgomery
Alicia Montgomery reports from the vice president's campaign as the Democrats wait out the final votes. (11/08/2000)

Ballot boxing By Fiona Morgan
Voters duke it out over guns, gays, pot and euthanasia at the polls. (11/08/2000)

Winners & losers By Jake Tapper
The developing results. (11/08/2000)

GOP likely to hold both houses of Congress By Anthony York
Democrats will pick up some Senate seats, but not enough to take control. (11/08/2000)

Sexual healing By Virginia Vitzthum
Unwittingly exposing America's hypocrisy about sex may be a highlight of, not a stain on, Clinton's legacy. (11/07/2000)

Porn across the water By Jack Boulware
A group of French technicians is suspended for using company computers to send dirty pictures. (11/07/2000)

Enter the "yettie" By Janelle Brown
The "young entrepreneurial technocrat" has arrived: Finally, Mouse Jockeys and Nerds Made Good have an acronym of their own. (11/07/2000)

California voters reject vouchers By Katharine Mieszkowski
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper spent $23 million in support of the most radical voucher proposal ever -- and lost. (11/08/2000)

"In Griot Time" By Robert Christgau
Banning Eyre went to Africa to learn guitar, but he came back with an enticing tale about Mali, Afropop and cultural immersion. (11/06/2000)

"Two Family House" By Charles Taylor
Two "Sopranos" actors and this unflinching story prove just how good indie movies can be. (11/06/2000)

"Erin Brockovich" By Michael Sragow
A fascinating cache of deleted scenes proves Steven Soderbergh's talent for knowing when less is more and when it's merely less. (11/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Nov. 6, 2000 (11/06/2000)

Arts Watch
October 29-November 4 (11/06/2000)

Crazy Nader clowns By Mike Loew
The Onion's guerrilla reporter Mike Loew terrorizes Nader campaign HQ with prank calls. (11/06/2000)

Few laughs and little sex Read by Michael Sragow
New DVDs: While "U-571" successfully revives old modes of entertainment, the only ones having fun in "Gladiator" are the man-eating tigers. (11/06/2000)

"Off Keck Road" by Mona Simpson By Patricia Kean
Two women -- a single romantic and a have-not who takes what she can get -- love the same man in the latest from the author of "Anywhere but Here." (11/06/2000)

Hang it up, Tom By Matthew DeBord
The once massively cool Tom Wolfe is trying to secure his legacy, but his new book doesn't pass the acid test. (11/06/2000)

Grease rustlers By Susan McCarthy
Black-market bandits have their eyes on that vat of used frying oil in the alley behind your local greasy spoon. (11/06/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Paper? Plastic? Undecided voters just don't know! Isn't this interesting? (11/06/2000)

The tooth will out By Randy Dotinga
Fluoride proponents and foes battle over conflicting scientific claims -- and the attention of voters (11/06/2000)

Lucifer rising By Carina Chocano
The number of the Beast is on every cellphone in Hollywood these days. What accounts for the recent upswing in Satan's career? (11/06/2000)

Doh! "The Simpsons" back Demo ticket By Amy Reiter
Bart caught using subliminable messagores! Uma Thurman: "I'm a smooth-shaved kind of girl." Plus: Billy Bob Thornton on smoking grass and gazing at ceilings. (11/06/2000)

The Nader letters Compiled by Salon Staff
Bianca Jagger, Ani DiFranco, Gloria Steinem, Toni Morrison, Sean Wilentz, Tom Laughlin and other pro- and anti-Nader folks wage e-mail combat. (11/06/2000)

Why is this race even close? By Joan Walsh
Because Al Gore, flawed but the best man for the job, is stuck with a fractured liberal base that won't forgive him for not being Bill Clinton. (11/06/2000)

Vote for Ralph Nader! By Ellen Willis
Building a left-wing alternative to the Democrats is more important than the small chance that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned. (11/06/2000)

Why have a youth debate? By Anthony Tedesco
Because with both candidates hammering Social Security and Medicare, young voters need some extra political motivation. (11/06/2000)

One last debate
Salon's young readers make Bush and Gore answer questions that Jim Lehrer neglected to ask. (11/06/2000)

Sleepless in Philadelphia By Alicia Montgomery
A tired Al Gore suffers a failure of charisma as he tries to mobilize the base. (11/06/2000)

Why is this race even close? By Andrew Sullivan
Because George W. Bush has campaigned better, proposed more forward-thinking programs and proved, in the end, that he's smarter than Al Gore. (11/07/2000)

Fight to the finish By Alicia Montgomery
The race is far too close to call as the candidates push themselves to the limit. Campaign spending surges, and Lazio lies low. (11/06/2000)

A vote for Bush will hurt your love life By Ellen Fulton
If men truly care about having sex with women, they should pull the lever for Gore. (11/06/2000)

Buddhist abbot is disrobed By Jack Boulware
A senior monk in Thailand, dressed as a military man, binges on sex. (11/06/2000)

Irresistible evil By Hollis Gillespie
I am flawed, which explains my attraction to George W. Bush. (11/06/2000)

Clamping down on high-tech growth is good for high-tech By Wagner James Au
San Francisco's anti-development Prop L will squeeze tech firms into a battle for survival. And nothing could be better for them. (11/06/2000)

Is the Internet a bad, bad boy? By Damien Cave
San Francisco's anti-growth Proposition L is an unnecessarily harsh referendum on the merits of the new economy. (11/06/2000)

George W. Bush's jury application
(11/05/2000)

Don't blame Ralph By Bruce Shapiro
If Gore fails, that failure will belong to him and the Democrats -- not to Nader or his supporters. (11/05/2000)

Prosecutor says Bush "directly deceived" him to avoid jury dut By Robert Bryce
The GOP candidate "used his position as governor" to avoid questions about his past during jury selection in a 1996 drunken-driving case. (11/05/2000)

Oh, dem dry bones! By Alicia Montgomery
Al Gore prays for rain before an audience of black voters in his home state. (11/05/2000)

Presidential head scratcher By Anthony York
Newspapers and talk show denizens agree: This race is too close to call. (11/05/2000)

Bush avoided rehab after DUI By Jake Tapper
A former state official calls it "unusual" that the Texas governor received a waiver from the program. (11/05/2000)

Bush makes a final push in Florida By Jake Tapper
Joined by the state's governor and Billy Graham, Bush tries to rally an unexpectedly close swing state. (11/05/2000)

"Ralph Nader has a posse" By Daryl Lindsey
The Green Party candidate makes a final plea to voters: "Vote your conscience." (11/05/2000)

George W. Bush: Busted!  
By Jake Tapper (11/04/2000)

Bush's dumb chic  
By Jake Tapper (11/04/2000)

Bush to speak at anti-gay school  
By Jake Tapper (11/04/2000)

Papa don't preach By Benjamin Cheever
Nobody had to tell me that my dad was drunk. Now I am a dad -- and mum. (11/04/2000)

The death of outrage By Gary Kamiya
The GOP's moral watchdogs are strangely silent, now that the lying, evasive party boy turns out to be THEIR standard-bearer. (11/04/2000)

Dubya's all-male fantasy By Katharine Mieszkowski
The ultimate frat boy says women ruined Yale University. So would a Bush administration be coed or an "Animal House"? (11/04/2000)

Bush stays in the clear -- for now By Jake Tapper
He keeps himself surrounded by supporters, and at least one poll shows his DUI arrest having little impact. (11/04/2000)

"Charlie's Angels" By Stephanie Zacharek
Who cares about the fate of privacy, of all things, when you can watch three sexy babes stamp out crime in zip-off suits and high-heeled boots? (11/03/2000)

"The Legend of Bagger Vance" By Stephanie Zacharek
Driving Matt Damon: Will Smith totes the race bags around Robert Redford's wussy, manicured golf movie. (11/03/2000)

"Billy Elliot" By Mary Elizabeth Williams
What makes a man? In the gritty, "Full Monty" countryside it means getting comfortable around tights and tutus. (11/03/2000)

"L.A. Confidential" By Max Garrone
The extras present Los Angeles in all its glittering, sometimes-shady glory, a mythical land of movies, sun and sand. (11/03/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Nov. 3-5, 2000 (11/03/2000)

Demand the impossible Read by Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus analyzes the Hillary Clinton era in an excerpt from his new book, "Double Trouble." (11/03/2000)

On a right wing and a prayer A prank call by Mike Loew
Mike Loew, a reporter for the Onion, calls Bush campaign headquarters to offer a prayer for the election. (11/03/2000)

Geek overload? Audio by Damien Cave
Damien Cave talks about the controversy over the use of H-1B visas for hiring foreign programmers and other technology specialists. (11/03/2000)

Only connect By Robert Morgan
The author of "Gap Creek" picks five great books of linked stories. (11/03/2000)

When pigs fly By Elliott Neal Hester
A smuggled swine raises a ruckus on a cross-country flight. (11/03/2000)

Dear Days Inn: Consider me bolted By Kenneth H. Cleaver
A motel epiphany: Common household objects work better nailed down. Another corporate missive from Kenneth H. Cleaver. (11/03/2000)

Life under the hole in the sky By Dawn MacKeen
For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future. (11/03/2000)

Kennebunkport vs. Hyannis Port  
By Jonathan V. Last (11/03/2000)

Killer cops  
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson (11/03/2000)

Judging W's heart  
By Jake Tapper (11/03/2000)

Slinging curry  
By Debra Ginsberg (11/03/2000)

Humanitarian aid By Dan Shapiro
Tomorrow, he would be sterile; today he needed to collect his sperm. And I had to teach him how to do it. (11/03/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
  (11/03/2000)

Israel's apartheid By Flore de Prineuf
Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews. (11/03/2000)

Gored by Martin Sheen and Mandy Moore By John Warner and Kevin Guilfoile
In which a grizzled veteran actor and a pretty new songbird mount inspiring letter campaigns to thwart third-party candidates and support the Vice Big Dog. (11/03/2000)

Overly afflectionate By Amy Reiter
A confident Ben Affleck propositions a Secret Service agent at a Gore rally and winds up with a bent thumb; Marilyn Manson sticks his up for the V.P., not Bush. Plus: Eminem leaves lyrics on plane. (11/03/2000)

Bush to speak at anti-gay school By Jake Tapper
College says homosexuality is "immoral" and should be treated like "lying, stealing and cheating." (11/03/2000)

Frogs in boiling water By Jake Tapper
A day on the trail with George W. Bush is all about swing states and dodging the media. (11/03/2000)

Bush admits to drunken-driving arrest By Alicia Montgomery
His past catches up with him on the campaign trail. Gore takes some parting shots against the Texas governor, and Nader's raiders stay put. (11/04/2000)

Bush lied about his arrest, a reporter says By Jake Tapper
The Texas governor said he had not been arrested since a 1968 college prank, covering up the 1976 DUI incident. (11/03/2000)

Muslim group decides against endorsing Clinton By Anthony York
The American Muslim Alliance, pilloried by both sides in the New York Senate race, chooses to stay out of the fray. (11/03/2000)

Busted! By Jake Tapper
As the Bush campaign struggles to contain the fallout from the DUI story, once again America learns that the coverup is worse than the crime. (11/03/2000)

Karen Hughes defends Bush
Reporters spar with the Texas governor's campaign spokeswoman over the meaning of a "direct answer." (11/03/2000)

George W. Bush on his DUI arrest
The governor insists he was "straightforward" about his past, but reporters press him on the Kennebunkport, Maine, incident. (11/03/2000)

Drink tank Compiled by Salon Staff
David Horowitz, Joe Conason and other Salon commentators weigh in on the revelation of Bush's 1976 drunken-driving arrest. (11/03/2000)

President stumps for Gore in San Francisco By David Tuller
Newly unleashed by the Dems, President Clinton rallies California voters behind the next best thing. (11/04/2000)

Gore keeps quiet By Alicia Montgomery
With his opponent's campaign in chaos, he leaves the dirty work to his surrogates. (11/04/2000)

Dreams' window By David Thomson
Sometimes surreal, disjointed images in a dark movie theater are the most revealing ones of all. (11/03/2000)

The world's dumbest hooker? By Jack Boulware
A prostitute is arrested repeatedly, most recently for soliciting a uniformed police officer. (11/03/2000)

21st Challenge No. 38 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
The secret life of three-letter acronyms. (11/03/2000)

The gleeful contrarian By Ray Sawhill
Not content with pushing buttons at Arts & Letters Daily, Denis Dutton now plans to shake up the publishing industry. (11/03/2000)

Who will save Sonic the Hedgehog? By Jim Lynch
After four straight quarters in the red, Sega needs a savior. Enter Microsoft. (11/03/2000)

King of comedy By Michael Sragow
Harold Ramis explains how he distills meaning while kicking comic ass in films from "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This" to "Bedazzled." (11/02/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000 (11/02/2000)

The revolution will be streamed Read by Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron reads poems that address racism and the role of the black minister in America. (11/02/2000)

A life more ordinary Read by Anthony York
Salon Politics reporter Anthony York talks about how average Hillary Clinton's candidacy for Senate really is. (11/02/2000)

Hillary speaks Audio of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton talks about the differences between herself and Rick Lazio, his smear tactics, the recent polls and Israel. (11/02/2000)

Man, oh manifesto! By Lev Grossman
A brash band of young writers issues a screed against "dinosaur" authors and calls for a return to storytelling. (11/02/2000)

"Author Unknown" by Don Foster By Gavin McNett
The man who fingered Joe Klein goes on the trail of JonBenet's killer, the Unabomber, Monica Lewinsky and Shakespeare. (11/02/2000)

In defense of (Napster) collusion By Eric Boehlert
Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire. (11/02/2000)

Maverick or monopolist? By Katharine Mieszkowski
Bertelsmann's deal with Napster proves once again that the media conglomerate is obsessed with being more than just a content company. (11/02/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Bush 'n' Cheney's guide to getting rich (11/02/2000)

Dead or alive? By Terry J. Allen
A military biowarfare training program alarms nearby residents -- especially when the Army can't keep its story straight. (11/02/2000)

There's more at stake than Roe vs. Wade  
By Carole Joffe (11/02/2000)

The politics of hate  
By David Horowitz (11/02/2000)

Reading to kids: Is nothing sacred?  
By Amy Halloran (11/02/2000)

Knocked up like me By Amy Benfer
What's cooler than being a middle-class teenage mother? Having a TV show all about you. (11/02/2000)

Trail of blood By Laura Rozen
A leaked document links Serbian secret police to the assassination of a journalist for the first time -- and threatens to blow apart Serbia's shaky peace. (11/02/2000)

Would Clinton ban release of the Pentagon Papers? By Daniel Ellsberg
The whistle-blower who helped end the Vietnam War discusses the greatest threat ever to free speech and a free press. (11/02/2000)

Gee, that smarts! By Carina Chocano
As the culture of stupidity makes inroads into fields once reserved for eggheads, could excessive brain mass be holding you back? (11/02/2000)

Drew Barrymore endorses bush! By Amy Reiter
"Charlie's Angels" star calls her pubes nice, but unruly; Tori Spelling reveals crucifixion -- is canonization next? Plus: Whoa! What's that crawlin' across Jennifer Lopez's forehead? (11/02/2000)

Dumb chic By Jake Tapper
His mental shortcomings are a joke on late-night TV, but George W. Bush may be laughing all the way to the White House. (11/02/2000)

Bush's final push By Jake Tapper
Stumping in Minnesota, the Texas governor mocks Gore as he raises the issue of tax cuts. (11/02/2000)

"Get on your broomstick and go home!" By Anthony York
Hillary Clinton, the woman conservatives love to hate, takes her suddenly close campaign into its final days. (11/02/2000)

Hillary's Middle East crisis By Eric Boehlert
The New York Daily News breaks a big story about controversial Arab donations to Clinton that everyone -- including the Daily News -- later gets wrong. (11/02/2000)

Gore basks in the Sunshine State By Alicia Montgomery
But Bush raids Dems' turf in the North, and Nader keeps the pressure on. Lazio gets caught going after "blood money." (11/02/2000)

Muslims charge they are being scapegoated By Anthony York
Both candidates in the New York Senate contest have refused to meet with Arabs. Is that really the way to court the Jewish vote? (11/02/2000)

Casting the perfect Bush family By Jake Tapper
The campaign always finds a wholesome group that will earn big savings under a Bush tax plan. They're harder to find than you'd think. (11/02/2000)

French resistance By Jack Boulware
Prostitutes in Lyon are upset at the invasion of hookers from Eastern Europe. (11/02/2000)

Ralph Nader, love god By Jennifer Bleyer
Public Citizen No. 1 is still a bachelor, and I want him. (11/02/2000)

Apple gilds the lily By Daniel Drew Turner
The new Macintosh operating system may annoy both geeks and rookies. (11/02/2000)

Networking with dot-com nobodies By Jenny Pritchett
At a San Francisco media mixer, the recently unemployed trade tips on how to get laid off. (11/02/2000)

Drive-in summer By Scott Kirsner
Why I fell in love with shooting stars, vans a-rockin' and watching a big screen from the back seat. (11/01/2000)

"Touch of Evil" By Michael Sragow
The famous unbroken shot that opens Orson Welles' gutter-baroque extravaganza gets cleaned up -- and, at last, shown as Welles intended it. (11/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2000 (11/01/2000)

King of horror Read by Stephen King
Stephen King talks about his rock band and offers advice to writers in his book "On Writing." (11/01/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Natalie feels Whitney's pain, 'N Sync is no Travolta, Paula Jones laughs it up and Streisand's man gets a haircut. (11/01/2000)

She, the people By Nan Goldberg
Anna Deavere Smith talks about empathizing with Rodney King, the LAPD and President Clinton. (11/01/2000)

"The Beatles Anthology" By Frank Houston
An entrancing collection of anecdotes, confessions and memories, straight from the mouths of John, Paul, George and Ringo. (11/01/2000)

The schmooze racket By Janelle Brown
Tech journalism's new business: Charging big bucks for a never-ending calendar of conferences. (11/01/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
And here's another thing that buzzzzzzz ... bugs me (11/01/2000)

Daily dose By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I drink, smoke dope, pop Vicodin and take Prozac. Why hasn't my body given out yet? (11/01/2000)

Nader: Unsafe in any state  
By Todd Gitlin (11/01/2000)

Inside Nader's stock portfolio  
By Jake Tapper (11/01/2000)

Doomed by eBay  
By Claudia O'Keefe (11/01/2000)

Diary of a crone By Lee Uttmark Wicks
My remedy for night sweats and bitterness comes straight from "Macbeth": Curse and plant fear! (11/01/2000)

On the town with Mom By Mary Mobley Istvan
We were wild in our youth. (11/01/2000)

Are you ready for some gadgets? By Allen Barra
The yellow first-down line and the glowing hockey puck are just the tip of the high-tech iceberg that will change how you watch sports. (11/01/2000)

Killer cops By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues. (11/01/2000)

The case for leaks By Fiona Morgan
Journalists are urging President Clinton to veto a bill that would make it a felony to disclose any classified information to the media. (11/01/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Astrology hijacked by politics, with guest stars Eminem, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Ralph Nader, Britney Spears, Socrates and Laotzu. (11/01/2000)

High-speed dating By Michelle Goodman
A popular new service for Jewish singles provides an evening of successive instant partners. Bad match? Just wait for the bell. (11/01/2000)

Antonio Banderas talks about sin By Amy Reiter
"What is really 'Latin Lover'?" Ben Stiller on Calista's bod. Plus: Richie Sambora says watching Heather's love scenes is "like working in a pet store"! (11/01/2000)

Zagat's guide to the candidates By Jeffrey S. Trachtman
Nader boasts "no frills" organic; Lazio has "all the character of a strip-mall Chili's" (11/01/2000)

Judging W's heart By Jake Tapper
His "compassionate conservatism" can move a grown man to tears, but how far does it really extend? (11/01/2000)

Bush bashed for dodging Guard duty By Alicia Montgomery
Dems open fire on the AWOL story. Bush and Gore battle for Florida, and a New York paper gives Nader a green light. (11/02/2000)

Nader airs a new parody By Alicia Montgomery
And our ad critics are torn: Best campaign spot so far or a tired retread? (11/01/2000)

The Michael Douglas effect By Jack Boulware
An Italian study says that men in their 50s are likely to fall in love again -- with either their wives or someone new. (11/01/2000)

Sex, come boom or crash By Tracy Quan
The creator of "Nancy Chan, Manhattan Call Girl" assesses the hardworking boys of the new Fox TV show "The Street" and reveals that the senior guys have more fun. (11/01/2000)

Al Gore tells Queen Latifah what he likes By George Kelly
Will the image of Tipper Gore in a lace merry widow affect me when I enter the polling booth? (11/01/2000)

You've got hate mail By Katharine Mieszkowski
Steve and Jean Case's $8.35 million donation to a school affiliated with an anti-gay ministry prompts a call for a boycott of AOL. (11/01/2000)