December 2000

Mission to ... Denmark? By Charles Taylor
Rock 'n' roll, Hamlet, Mars and the Depression starred in 2000's best films. (12/29/2000)

Marquis names By Stephanie Zacharek
The boys on the (rock 'n' roll tour) bus and an imprisoned but defiant Marquis de Sade lit up screens in 2000. (12/29/2000)

A world of spectacle By Andrew O'Hehir
Romance from China, stasis from Iran, an epic from Korea and Dogma from Denmark dominate the year in film. (12/29/2000)

Pairs of pleasure By Michael Sragow
A much-pilloried year really wasn't so bad: Here's a top 10 list that's 17 movies long! (12/29/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Yeesh! I need a date!! (12/29/2000)

Will Thompson, Bush clash over human embryo research? By Arthur Allen
The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped. (12/29/2000)

Oz vs. Narnia By Laura Miller
L. Frank Baum's sanitized, all-too-American world is infinitely less compelling than C.S. Lewis' dangerous imaginings. (12/28/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The Tapeworm That Saved Christmas: The Movie (12/28/2000)

Bush names Rumsfeld to defense By Scott Lindlaw
  (12/28/2000)

"Traffic" By Charles Taylor
Steven Soderbergh, the director of "Out of Sight" and "Erin Brockovich," returns with a blistering look at our nation's hypocritical and useless war on drugs. (12/27/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The envy of all their friends -- yesss! (12/27/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Casting a love spell, conjuring abracadabra, romantic mojo, nonsensical acts and raging success. (12/27/2000)

Exotic mating rituals of a tribe called Hollywood By Carina Chocano and Amy Reiter
A penetrating field study reveals the mysteries of courtship, marriage and procreation as practiced by the indigenous peoples of La-La Land. (12/27/2000)

The second annual Readers' Choice Awards By Amy Reiter
From Billy Bob to Britney, and from Madonna to the pope, it's the funniest column of the year, because Salon readers wrote it! (12/27/2000)

"You will not get my vote. My vote will go to Richard ..." By Joyce Millman
From "Survivor" and "The West Wing" to Robert Downey Jr.'s bad career move and the election that would not die: The best and worst of TV 2000. (12/26/2000)

"Thirteen Days" By Michael Sragow
This showdown on the nuclear frontier isn't about the U.S. vs. Cuba and the Soviets -- it's about the Kennedys vs. a vast old-man conspiracy. (12/25/2000)

"All the Pretty Horses" By Charles Taylor
Billy Bob Thornton returns with a much-too-faithful take on one of the more successful literary snow jobs of our time. (12/25/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The attack of the whiny liberal punditbots (12/25/2000)

"The Family Man" By Andrew O'Hehir
We're supposed to buy Nicolas Cage as a sensitive guy, but in this hack spin on "It's a Wonderful Life" the soulless yuppies have way more fun. (12/22/2000)

"Cast Away" By Stephanie Zacharek
Melancholy! Eternal solitude! Tom Hanks and Robert "Forrest Gump" Zemeckis reunite for the year's most unlikely blockbuster. (12/22/2000)

"State and Main" By Charles Taylor
Hollywood scheming: In David Mamet's delicious new ensemble comedy, the bastards win. (12/22/2000)

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" By Charles Taylor
Dogpatch rapture! The new film from the Coen brothers turns the Depression into a crackpot American fairy tale. (12/22/2000)

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" By Stephanie Zacharek
Coffins and scorpions for the holidays! Plus: Two great Tim Burton animated shorts, "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie." (12/22/2000)

"The House of Mirth" By Stephanie Zacharek
Like a John Singer Sargent portrait come to life, Gillian Anderson blooms in the middle of this careful version of Edith Wharton's classic. (12/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Holiday Weekend, Dec. 22-25, 2000 (12/22/2000)

A chromosome carol By Amanda Fazzone
Last week's No. 1 movie wants to know "What Women Want." How about a film that doesn't reduce women to empty thought bubbles? (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
Spears and "Survivor," Eminem and "Big Brother": Our pick of Salon's best Arts & Entertainment stories for the year. (12/22/2000)

"A Child's Christmas in Wales" Read by Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas' classic lyrical tale recalls the cats, uncles and useless presents of Welsh Christmases past. (12/22/2000)

A preppy pantheon By Whit Stillman
The film director and author of "The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards" picks five essential books for the Bass Weejuns set. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
From John McCain's America to John Norman's Gor: Our pick of the best Salon Books stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

Shooting dad By Jeff Taylor
Childhood gunplay left me unarmed and dangerous. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
Chauvinist mothers, deranged marriages, lesbian sperm donors and more: Our pick of the best Mothers Who Think stories of 2000. (12/22/2000)

Peacekeeping's pitfalls By Laura Rozen
Growing tensions along the border between Kosovo and southern Serbia could mark the first challenge for President-elect Bush's foreign policy team. (12/22/2000)

Clergy asks Clinton for a final act By Anthony York
Religious leaders call for clemency for thousands of imprisoned nonviolent drug offenders. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
White House drug money! Gay officers! Elián's family secrets! Our pick of the best Salon News stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

The best of Brilliant Careers 2000
Twelve profiles selected from the many fine ones published in Salon People this year -- to keep you in good company over the holidays. (12/22/2000)

When we're going to be there By Chris Colin
My future kids will appreciate this future trip. Enjoyment of the road will be enforced. This will be nice. (12/22/2000)

A lost Claus By Gersh Kuntzman
The U.S. government has made it official: Santa doesn't exist. (12/22/2000)

Michael Douglas closes testicle chapter By Amy Reiter
Zeta-Jones' hubbie settles near-neutering case; Sandra Bullock straddles Benjamin Bratt's noggin. Plus: Elliott Gould and Cher must talk! (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
From John Lennon to Japanese cultists to dental-floss revolutionaries: Our pick of the best Salon People stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

Dubya: The real Slim Shady? By Robert A. George
Never mind the critics: With a posse that really looks like America, Bush could become a crossover success. (12/22/2000)

The media moves in By Eric Boehlert
As the press begins to recount ballots in Florida, the Republicans cry foul. (12/22/2000)

Janet Reno's fatal decision By Alan Berlow
The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
Bush-whacked, Al Gore-leone and Florida's ballot "cleansing": Our pick of the best Salon Politics stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

Slouching toward acceptance By Doug Hattaway
Al Gore's spokesman has come to grips with the election's outcome. Now let him help you do the same. (12/22/2000)

Harris sought political makeover By Jake Tapper
In the middle of the election crisis, Florida's embattled secretary of state turned to a high-level GOP political consultant. (12/22/2000)

"A clear and present danger to American women" By Daryl Lindsey
Pro-choice activists criticize the appointment of conservative John Ashcroft as the Bush administration's attorney general. (12/22/2000)

Right in all the wrong ways By David Thomson
Catherine Deneuve is a sinister force who touches herself -- and us -- erotically in "Mississippi Mermaid." (12/22/2000)

Porn fight By Jack Boulware
Chain stores in South Africa compete for upscale customers. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
Lascivious eats, political penises and "31 Ejaculations": Our pick of the best Salon Sex stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

The year the hype died By Salon Technology & Business staff
From Napster to the dot-com downturn, Salon rounds up the biggest (and smallest) stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

Those dashing Brits are ruining my love life By Kenneth Cleaver
From the consumer correspondence of Kenneth H. Cleaver: American guys like me just can't compete with their irresistible accents. (12/22/2000)

Editors' pick
Courtney Love's math, Napster clones, do-it-yourself giant brains and more: Our pick of the best Salon Technology & Business stories of the year. (12/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000 (12/22/2000)

Music 2000 By Joe Heim
Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again. (12/21/2000)

Hot leads Read by Damien Cave and Janelle Brown
Salon tech reporters talk about day-trading in the downturn era and a new game that uses GPS technology. (12/21/2000)

"On Cukor" by Gavin Lambert By Charles Taylor
Back at last -- a gorgeous, discreetly gossipy cult-classic book of photos and interviews with the elusive film director. (12/21/2000)

Thoroughly modern Lily By Carina Chocano
From Edith Wharton to Candace Bushnell, Gilded Age novelists have chronicled the misadventures of romantic gold diggers. So why does the new film of "The House of Mirth" miss the point? (12/21/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Roaming the land, meting out tough justice, it's ... Judge Scalia! (12/21/2000)

The family that steals together By Carol Ormandy
Our Christmas tradition has shades of Hunter S. Thompson. (12/21/2000)

Better pageantry through science By Elizabeth Hanes Perry
Holiday programming hits a nonreligious apex at my kids' school. (12/21/2000)

The medical privacy debate By Dawn MacKeen
Do Clinton's new guidelines go far enough? (12/21/2000)

The art of recovery By Rebecca Segall
At U.S. Customs, finding and retrieving stolen paintings takes an old master -- and sometimes an aesthetic connection with the thief. (12/21/2000)

Pro-choicers already on the defensive By Jake Tapper
Possible Cabinet appointment for pro-life Gov. Tommy Thompson has abortion-rights groups worried. (12/21/2000)

Bush taps 2 governors for Cabinet
Wisconsin's Thompson is picked to head Health and Human Services; New Jersey's Whitman will run the EPA. (12/21/2000)

Passion in Nottingham By Rosanna McGlone-Healey
It was a gray, rainy day and no birds sang when I lost my virginity. (12/21/2000)

Dutch boner cream By Jack Boulware
A research team finds that a product used as an anesthetic also improves men's sexual performance. (12/21/2000)

Who are you calling "sister"? By Janelle Brown
To break through the glass ceiling, women's online communities -- like Webgrrls and DigitalEve -- need to work together. (12/21/2000)

"Finding Forrester" By Laura Miller
A young prodigy teams up with a Salingeresque recluse in a "Good Will Hunting" retread from Gus Van Sant. (12/20/2000)

"X-Men" By Charles Taylor
Why is this smart, handsome mutant movie so good? Director Bryan Singer says it's because he took the superhero story seriously. (12/20/2000)

Hollywood kicks the habit By Jeff Stark
In the scorching new film "Traffic," director Steven Soderbergh captures the hypocrisy -- and tragedy -- of the nation's unwinnable war on drugs. (12/20/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000 (12/20/2000)

"The Collapsible World" Read by Anne N. Marino
In this debut novel, a young mapmaker and her stripper sister lose their way after their wayward mother and junkie father split. (12/20/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Calista collapses, Madonna's minister offers toilet paper to the bride and groom, Gary Coleman hates scooters and more. (12/20/2000)

Worth a thousand words By Salon staff
For the last-minute holiday shopper, Salon presents a sumptuous selection of gift books. (12/20/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories, holidaze edition (12/20/2000)

Apple's blind arrogance  
By Chris Scott (12/20/2000)

How Apple can be fixed  
By Wes Simonds (12/20/2000)

No way to treat a lady  
By Fiona Morgan (12/20/2000)

Porn for the holidays By Kate Trainor
Since when does family fun include a sadomasochistic Santa and leggy reindeer? (12/20/2000)

PlayStation2 anyone? By Jeff Ryan
Your child's merry Christmas is my hostage. (12/20/2000)

The Alex Rodriguez FAQ By Allen Barra
Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) (12/20/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Happy Holy Daze! A "Three Stooges" shower curtain, 10,000 trivial diversions, lush abundance, two rubber duckies and an electric flying pig. (12/20/2000)

Steven Soderbergh By Stephen Lemons
It's been a very hot year for the director of New York Film Critics Circle favorites "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich." Next year may be hotter still. (12/20/2000)

Madonna's bro not invited to wedding! By Amy Reiter
Marital Girl's sibling insists he's "not bitter"; Jennifer Lopez is a "nightmare" in Europe. Plus: Extra! Extra! Hugh Grant admits he's dull! (12/20/2000)

Racicot says N-O
Focus for attorney general post shifts to Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating. (12/20/2000)

Kitchen god By Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain remembers the sexy, voyeuristic moment he decided to become a chef. (12/20/2000)

All I want for Christmas is ... an e-mail program that works By Scott Rosenberg
Here's a real-world year-end wish list for people who actually use computers. (12/20/2000)

Melody Maker, R.I.P. By Cath Carroll
When the music mattered: A former writer for the New Musical Express looks back at the overheated world of the British music weeklies. (12/19/2000)

"The Abyss" By David Lazarus
Extras galore reveal teary breakdowns, chlorine burns and the nightmarish conditions behind this watery "Close Encounters." (12/19/2000)

E.L. Doctorow Interview by George Plimpton
The author tells George Plimpton about the trouble he has writing absence notes for his daughter and argues that it isn't necessary to go to war to become a writer. (12/19/2000)

Ducking the issue By Garrison Keillor
My married lesbian lover wants me to move with her to Europe, but she won't even consider a divorce. Should I go? (12/19/2000)

"The Century of the Gene" by Evelyn Fox Keller By Carolyn McConnell
A new book argues that there may be no such thing as a gene. (12/19/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
House of break-ups (12/19/2000)

Two nations, once again  
By Eric Boehlert (12/19/2000)

Ivy League admissions: Stop the madness  
By Maura Kelly (12/19/2000)

Being Frosty Jr. By David Vernon
My father was the voice of the cartoon snowman, and I melted with humiliation. (12/20/2000)

Julie Krone By Mark Miller
At 2 years old she was already on horseback. Last year saw her become the first female jockey inducted into thoroughbred racing's Hall of Fame. (12/19/2000)

And a faint thud was heard ... By Amy Reiter
Calista Flockhart's recent collapse might be dog-related; Celine Dion vows to save her child's frozen twin; Madonna's minister plans to ply the couple with toilet paper. (12/19/2000)

O brother, where art thou? By Tamala M. Edwards
Al Gore received a record turnout of black voters, but Gore insiders say the vice president went out of his way to avoid seeming too close to this key constituency. (12/19/2000)

Gore 2004?
The vice president finally takes the lead in an opinion poll! Meanwhile, Bush storms the Capitol and NBC gets a pitch for a show starring Clinton. (12/19/2000)

Hillary's book deal blues By Anthony York
The Congressional Accountability Project asks Sen.-elect Clinton to give up her $8 million advance and just collect royalties. (12/19/2000)

Pizza porn By Jack Boulware
A manager is transferred after videotaping his sexual encounter with his employee. (12/19/2000)

A Christmas miracle By Virginia Vitzthum
For a man alone for the holidays, a Christmas trick is the gift that keeps on giving. (12/19/2000)

Hooker lobbyists By Jack Boulware
The Chinese state media reports that party officials are increasingly using sexual favors as bribes. (12/19/2000)

The age of computer heroes is over By Thomas Summerall
Apple fans demand nothing less than "insanely great." But is it even possible to be a revolutionary anymore? (12/19/2000)

Blind arrogance By Chris Scott
Apple repeatedly insults its own consumers, so why should we care if the company lives or dies? (12/19/2000)

How Apple can be fixed By Wes Simonds
It's time to join the PC world and make the Mac the universe's most compatible computer. (12/19/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
  (12/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Dec. 18, 2000 (12/18/2000)

Feminism isn't dead Read by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Two activists read from their new book, "Manifesta," and imagine what it would be like if the women's movement had never happened. (12/18/2000)

Hostage to suspense Read by Michael Sragow
Russell Crowe is magnetic but the rest of the high-stakes kidnapping drama "Proof of Life" is a nail-biter without heart. (12/18/2000)

Salon Book Awards By Laura Miller and Maria Russo
Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end. (12/18/2000)

"The Social Lives of Dogs" By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"Being Dead" By Jim Crace
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"White Teeth" By Zadie Smith
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"The Name of the World" By Denis Johnson
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"Lying Awake" By Mark Salzman
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams" By Nasdijj
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"The Boxer Rebellion" By Diana Preston
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"Pontius Pilate" By Ann Wroe
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"Abe" By Richard Slotkin
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

"An American Story" By Debra Dickerson
An excerpt from one of Salon's 10 favorite books of 2000. (12/18/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Merry Christmas, Antonin. Merry Christmas, Clarence (12/18/2000)

Bush's presidency: Hobbled from the start  
By Alan Wolfe (12/18/2000)

Dance of the sugar plum anorexics  
By Gina Arnold (12/18/2000)

Life after near-death By Beth Broeker
A burst of violence nearly killed her first child; should this mother get a second chance? (12/18/2000)

Cambodian justice By Vivienne Walt
Twenty-five years after Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge launched its genocide campaign, could a war-crimes trial finally be a reality? (12/18/2000)

Gwen Ifill By Robert Margolis
The host of PBS's "Washington Week in Review" and correspondent for "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" is a fan of civil conversation, good writing and the Washington Mystics. (12/18/2000)

Mother knows best By Amy Reiter
Eminem's mom weighs in on her son's rocky marriage; enraged Gary Coleman takes on the scooter menace. Plus: Geri Halliwell ain't heavy, she's just compassionate; and Gwyneth's stalker deemed -- surprise! -- crazy. (12/18/2000)

No way to treat a lady By Fiona Morgan
Was the New York Times profile of Condoleezza Rice sexist or just silly? (12/18/2000)

Have yourself a horny little Christmas By Emily Jenkins
Racy books that are also artful can be the best gift of all. (12/18/2000)

Sexy scrum By Jack Boulware
A Welsh rugby team may use "herbal Viagra" to enhance performance. (12/18/2000)

21st Challenge No. 39 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Famous quotations on shuffle play. (12/18/2000)

Why won't Silicon Valley check its horoscope? By Katharine Mieszkowski
Joan Quigley, Reagan's astrologer, helped end the Cold War but can't raise venture capital for her dot-com. (12/18/2000)

Dan Quayle redux By Lawrence Weschler
As we prepare for a second President Bush, the déjà vu isn't caused by memories of the father. (12/16/2000)

Two nations, once again By Eric Boehlert
Black and white America are worlds apart in the way they view President-elect Bush, and how he came to power. (12/16/2000)

Will Republicans be Bush's worst enemies? By Anthony York
From John McCain to Tom DeLay, members of his own party could make the most trouble for the president-elect. (12/16/2000)

"Chocolat" By Charles Taylor
The director of "The Cider House Rules" returns with Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and a cozy little ode to sensual and culinary pleasure. (12/15/2000)

"What Women Want" By Stephanie Zacharek
Mel Gibson in pantyhose for starters -- but some would just rather have fewer insulting movies like this one. (12/15/2000)

"Twister" By Suzy Hansen
A torturous commentary track -- like the plot -- gets in the way of wrathful, way-cool tornadoes. (12/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Dec. 15-17, 2000 (12/15/2000)

DIY ISP Read by Damien Cave
Damien Cave discusses how underground geeks are building their own rooftop Ethernet connections. (12/15/2000)

Passionate and penniless in Paris Read by Maxine Rose Schur
Maxine Rose Schur reads her essay from "Salon.com's Wanderlust" about the lust and romance that blossom when a young couple camps out in the City of Light. (12/15/2000)

Bad real estate By Lisa Zeidner
The author of "Layover" picks five great books about malevolent houses. (12/15/2000)

And the winner is: Al Gore  
By Joan Walsh (12/15/2000)

Supreme Court to democracy: Drop dead  
By Gary Kamiya (12/15/2000)

Now what?  
Salon panelists look ahead to the Bush years (12/15/2000)

Teens, sex and God  
By Ariel Amundsen (12/15/2000)

Who owns fandom?  
By Sarah Kendzior (12/15/2000)

Stop the madness By Maura Kelly
Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout. (12/15/2000)

Warming to malaria By Arthur Allen
With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research. (12/15/2000)

Be mine, Kevin Kline By Teri Zipf
And while you're at it, what do you think of an "Ice Storm"-style White House? (12/15/2000)

Romance in Romania By Simon Winchester
After the grim plains of Georgia and Ukraine, a kiss disappears in a Rolls Royce. (12/15/2000)

Announcing the Second Annual Readers' Choice Awards By Amy Reiter
Throw us a bone here, people. Help us out: We need your submissions to make this the awards' best year yet. Lord knows there's been no shortage of material! (12/15/2000)

Hobbled from the start By Alan Wolfe
How can George W. Bush convince Americans to trust him when he has dismissed such notions as truth and justice? (12/15/2000)

Bush set to tap Colin Powell By Anthony York
President-elect expected to name former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as his secretary of state Saturday. (12/15/2000)

An immodest proposal By David Thomson
We should let our children know that falling in love is the most turbulent penetration of all. (12/15/2000)

Arrest those dreadlocked rascals! By Kenneth H. Cleaver
Cambridge's wayward youths threatened to "get vegan on my ass." (12/15/2000)

The Linux jihad By Andrew Leonard
Or, what do alien crypto, poststructuralism and virtual private networks all have in common? (12/15/2000)

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid" By Michael Sragow
Everything you need to know about the great yuletide standards, from "It's a Wonderful Life" to "A Christmas Story." (12/14/2000)

"Wuthering Heights" By Michael Sragow
A DVD interview reveals Sir Laurence Olivier's acting advice for this wrenching classic: "The virgin presents the pelvis." (12/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000 (12/14/2000)

Magic surrealism Read by Barry Yourgrau
In two innovative and fantastical short stories, Barry Yourgrau expresses a palette of powerful emotions. (12/14/2000)

What you lookin' at? By Jonathan Lethem, Dalton Conley and Phillip Lopate
Three writers talk about growing up white in a black neighborhood. (12/14/2000)

"Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found" by Jennifer Lauck By Brigitte Frase
A memoirist who survived a childhood of neglect and catastrophe reinhabits her younger self, with powerful and harrowing results. (12/14/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Super-Fun-Pak Comix featuring "The Tapeworm That Saved Christmas" (12/14/2000)

A principled ruling to some, a disaster to others  
  (12/14/2000)

In defense of a double D  
By Alicia Rebensdorf (12/14/2000)

Molly Ivins  
By David Rubien (12/14/2000)

Dance of the sugar plum anorexics By Gina Arnold
A mother sues the San Francisco Ballet School to demand diversity of body type. (12/14/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Something familiar and terrible happens all over again (12/14/2000)

Common cattle By Elliott Neal Hester
Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks. (12/14/2000)

Merry Christmas, Florida! By Carina Chocano
Sometimes it is better to give than to receive. (12/14/2000)

Anne Heche -- enabler? By Amy Reiter
The sometime wanderer snarls at an accusation that she contributed to Robert Downey Jr.'s downfall; Mel Gibson waxes macho on leg hair removal. Plus: Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger part company, and Linda Tripp wins another personality award. (12/14/2000)

A principled ruling to some, a disaster to others  
Legal experts and cultural critics debate the Supreme Court's decisive findings. (12/14/2000)

Supreme Court to democracy: Drop dead By Gary Kamiya
With a single rash, partisan act, the high court has tainted the Bush presidency, besmirched its own reputation and soiled our nation's proudest legacy. (12/14/2000)

Gore concedes, Bush calls for unity By Ron Fournier
In brief speech, vice president tells America, "It's time for me to go"; new president-elect says, "Our nation must rise above a house divided." (12/15/2000)

Immaculate concession By Jake Tapper
Gore says "it's time for me to go," and a solid Bush finally, formally becomes president-elect. (12/14/2000)

Now what?  
Roger Ebert, David Horowitz, Andrew Sullivan, Noam Chomsky, Bianca Jagger and other Salon panelists panelists look ahead to the Bush years. (12/15/2000)

And the winner is: Al Gore By Joan Walsh
Defeat brings the vice president's best face forward -- and rescues him from an ungovernable Washington. (12/14/2000)

Texas Dems get Bush-whacked By Jake Tapper
During the great bipartisan show of George W. Bush's acceptance speech, some of his opponents were left out in the cold. (12/14/2000)

A divider, not a uniter By Bruce Shapiro
Thanks to his post-election power grab, George W. Bush becomes a president who lost the popular vote -- a man without a mandate. (12/14/2000)

Blow jobs and other boring stuff By Susannah Indigo
Teens have casually redefined what used to be called sex. (12/14/2000)

Severed relations By Jack Boulware
A woman is arrested after biting a man's testicles during a domestic fight. (12/14/2000)

There are spies among us. Yawn By Janelle Brown
A new book shines a light on the surprisingly unexciting world of corporate secret stealing. (12/14/2000)

Come together, right now, over P2P By Damien Cave
Popular Power will pay to borrow your computer and make the world a better place. (12/14/2000)

"Suffering Sappho!" By Jay Blotcher
Wonder Woman has a new artist -- a gay kid who grew up in the projects. (12/13/2000)

"Deliverance" By Michael Sragow
An extra documentary suggests James Dickey wanted someone else to make his movie; give him credit for not squealing like a pig. (12/13/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000 (12/13/2000)

Who says great minds think alike?  
At Salon's recent "Degas to dot-com" event, artists and writers argue about government control, porn and Shakespeare on the Internet. (12/13/2000)

Decisions, decisions Read by Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper sums up the 36 days since the election. (12/13/2000)

Portrait of the artist as a minor character By David Gates
"David Copperfield" is the Dickens lover's guilty pleasure -- hammy, sweet and with a strangely passive hero. (12/13/2000)

"Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood" by Gary Taylor By Greg Villepique
A look at eunuchs through the ages offers a provocative take on what it means to be a man. (12/13/2000)

Hold it, Hillary By Laura Miller
A watchdog organization calls for the first lady to turn down an $8 million advance for her memoir. (12/13/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Las Vegas and Cairo. How different are they, really? (12/13/2000)

The day I killed my dot-com  
By Jennifer Jeffrey (12/13/2000)

Sex education: Teach your children well  
By Michael Castleman (12/13/2000)

The Supreme Court: Who will play daddy?  
By Joan Walsh (12/13/2000)

Supreme Court hands presidency to Bush  
By Salon staff (12/13/2000)

Blow up By Lloyd Fonvielle
Mingling with famous mice in postures of debasement. (12/13/2000)

The Mister Rogers Quiz By Beth Sherman
Whaddya know? (12/13/2000)

Rearmed and dangerous By Allen Barra
Blockheads like Mike Ditka can talk all they want about defense and running. With Kurt Warner healthy, the Rams can smoke anybody. (12/13/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Fresh oracles, subtle demonisms, sparky verve, a dozen funhouse mirrors, turkey bowling, liberation from constricting conventions and luscious Chilean grapes. (12/13/2000)

The bugs crawl in, the bugs crawl out By Christopher Kemp
What kind of man lurks in dark, steamy jungles studying the insects he finds on corpses? It's all in a night's work when you're a forensic entomologist. (12/13/2000)

What's the rush? By David Greenberg
Florida shouldn't worry about blowing its electoral vote deadline; Hawaii did it as recently as 1960. (12/13/2000)

Never say die By Jake Tapper
With Al Gore poised to concede, some Florida Democrats are urging him to fight on. (12/13/2000)

Split over the decision  
Two law professors offer two views of the Supreme Court ruling. Rotunda: The Florida court was acting like a psychic hot line; Raskin: The Supreme Court has disgraced itself. (12/13/2000)

Bush's no-lose position By Eric Boehlert
The Florida Legislature created a Catch-22 for Gore -- and the U.S. Supreme Court smacked down his best chance to find a way out. (12/13/2000)

Gore: "It's time for me to go"
In a brief speech Wednesday evening the vice president concedes the election to George W. Bush. (12/13/2000)

Teens, sex and God By Ariel Amundsen
A 15-year-old finds that her church fosters hatred and fear when it should be about tolerance and love. (12/13/2000)

Kosovo crackdown By Jack Boulware
U.N. vice squad officers are sent home for "inappropriate behavior" with prostitutes. (12/13/2000)

Who owns fandom? By Sarah Kendzior
Independent Web sites devoted to pop culture icons like "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" used to flourish on the Net. Now they're an endangered species. (12/13/2000)

"Shaft" By Stephanie Zacharek
Why remake this American classic? Samuel L. Jackson explains. Plus: Isaac Hayes on how he laid down his sexy score. (12/12/2000)

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

Black comedy By Ian Rothkerch
"Daily Show" comedian Lewis Black can't get a TV show, hates politicos and really hates stupid people. (12/12/2000)

Hark, the audio angel speaks
Listen to Salon Audio's unique gift guide with literary suggestions for grumps, lovers, pranksters and more. (12/12/2000)

Tipping the scales Read by Alicia Montgomery
The final result of the Supreme Court deliberation comes down to the decisions of one or two justices. (12/12/2000)

"One Drop of Blood" by Scott L. Malcomson By Dan Cryer
In a panoramic study of American racial reality, whites, blacks and Indians jostle for position from Colonial times to the present. (12/12/2000)

I'm so tired By Garrison Keillor
My husband comes to bed hours after I do and then wakes me up for sex. It's making me crazy! (12/12/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Pie fight! (12/12/2000)

Party without a conscience  
By David Horowitz (12/12/2000)

Let the recounts resume  
By Stephen Gillers (12/12/2000)

"Dungeons and Dragons"  
By Andrew O'Hehir (12/12/2000)

My grandparents' legacy By Stephen J. Lyons
All I wanted was the Toas-Tite sandwich maker and the secret to joy. (12/12/2000)

Grandma Georgia Uchytil's apricot kolachky By Stephen J. Lyons
A country indulgence to fatten up any city child. (12/13/2000)

Barak's surprise move By David Tuller
In stepping down, Israel's prime minister is trying to make an end run around his strongest political rival. (12/12/2000)

Molly Ivins By David Rubien
Balancing humor and passion, the proudly partisan Texas pundit elevates a profession dominated by mediocrity and received ideas. (12/12/2000)

The quotable Ivins  
She slices, she dices, she tosses and gores, but she never, never bores. (12/12/2000)

The latest By Salon staff
The latest:The Florida House chooses Bush slate and Democrats cry foul; still no word from the U.S. Supreme Court. (12/12/2000)

This just in: Bush stayed home  
As the prolonged stakeouts continue in Washington, Tallahassee and Austin, the people covering the presidential race are getting giddy. (12/12/2000)

Supreme Court hands presidency to Bush By Salon staff
Gore suspends vote-counting campaign, is expected to concede Wednesday night. (12/13/2000)

Sex chat By Lisa Trank
A woman asks other mothers how they learned about masturbation and orgasm -- and what they're telling their own children about the pleasures of being sexual creatures. (12/12/2000)

Hong Kong hookers at 11 By Jack Boulware
Web site shows an "investigative" piece that includes a video of the reporter allegedly having sex with a prostitute. (12/12/2000)

The focus group is bubbling and sparkling! By Ruth Shalit
Doing market research in Milan is an exceptional, a very brilliant idea! More grappa! (12/12/2000)

The day I killed my dot-com By Jennifer Jeffrey
The dismal reality of layoffs can be just as hard on the person who wields the ax as it is on the employees who are fired. (12/12/2000)

"All About My Mother" By Charles Taylor
Forget about the silly interview and skimpy featurette; the best reason to see this outrageous DVD is the film itself. (12/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Dec. 11, 2000 (12/11/2000)

Have yourself a merry little Festivus By Joyce Millman
And let the airing of grievances begin! (12/11/2000)

The terror games Read by Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow talks about the Academy Award-winning documentary "One Day in September," in which Palestinian terrorists capture and murder members of the Israeli Olympic team. (12/11/2000)

Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2 Interviewed by the Paris Review
More from the interview with the gonzo journalist about the origin of "Fear and Loathing" and other topics. (12/11/2000)

Good blood By Charles Taylor
A new book says the violence of great movies, from "The Wild Bunch" to "The Matrix," has a beauty that can't be denied. (12/11/2000)

Salon recommends By Salon's critics
What we're reading, what we're liking (12/11/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The election in Bizarro World (12/11/2000)

In defense of a double D By Alicia Rebensdorf
They may be massive, but I'm not lopping off these babies. (12/11/2000)

Party without a conscience By David Horowitz
Gore has done more damage to our government than our most lawless president, Clinton, has managed in two administrations. (12/11/2000)

T. Coraghessan Boyle By Gregory Daurer
The author of "A Friend of the Earth" considers "ecotage," talks frankly about mosquitoes and describes our barren future. Think condos. (12/11/2000)

Beauty and the beast By Amy Reiter
Julia Roberts' beau reveals his inner grizzly amid ugly Bruce Willis rumors; Mark Wahlberg's lady addresses some anatomy myths; Schwarzenegger accidentally terminates his pooch. Plus: Lewinsky's in, Downey's out. (12/11/2000)

Bending the rules boosted Bush totals By Eric Boehlert
Republicans objected to Democratic efforts to extend vote tally deadlines -- but pressed to change standards for absentee ballots. (12/11/2000)

Florida Supreme Court clarifies By Salon staff
As the U.S. high court hears oral arguments, the Florida court says its ruling was based on state law. (12/11/2000)

Who will play daddy? By Joan Walsh
Anyone hoping the Supreme Court would step in and be the "grown-up" got a rude awakening from Justice Antonin Scalia. (12/11/2000)

All eyes on Kennedy, O'Connor By Jake Tapper
One nervous lawyer forgets which justice is which, but there's no question which ones are being studied most closely. (12/11/2000)

Swarming to see the justices By Alicia Montgomery
Democrats, Republicans and protest stalwarts from the Free Republic offer a colorful sideshow to the historic proceedings inside the Supreme Court. (12/11/2000)

Teach your children well By Michael Castleman
Both liberal and conservative sex ed activists have it wrong: We should stop saying that sex is dangerous and help parents talk to their kids instead. (12/11/2000)

Unmentionables By Jack Boulware
A Greek foundation buys most of Maria Callas' underwear at an auction in Paris. (12/11/2000)

Hunting the secret cyber-stash By Janelle Brown
In the new high-tech game of geocaching, hand-held GPS units are tools for uncovering love letters to the world. (12/11/2000)

The day after By Salon staff
Attorneys for both sides file briefs with Supreme Court; Gore team's David Boies concedes that the end may be near for the vice president's campaign. (12/10/2000)

"The recount shall commence immediately"  
By Salon staff (12/09/2000)

The death of John Lennon  
"The hero who never looked down," by Gary Kamiya; "Remembering Dec. 8, 1980" by Stephen Lemons (12/09/2000)

U.S. Supreme Court stops recounts By Salon staff
Divided justices favor Bush's request, and "chaos" in Florida grinds to a halt. (12/09/2000)

Let the recounts resume By Stephen Gillers
The U.S. Supreme Court is wrong to stop the counting in Florida -- its order denies Americans information they have a right to know before Congress picks the president in January. (12/09/2000)

A sudden halt By Jake Tapper
As counters in Tallahassee start to gain momentum, the Supreme Court tells them to go home. (12/09/2000)

Scenes from a crisis By Alicia Montgomery
As the hand recount starts -- then stops again -- in Florida, Bush and Gore supporters do whatever it is they do in Washington (12/09/2000)

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" By Stephanie Zacharek
Ang Lee's fussy art-house habits battle the dreamy beauty of the most kick-ass martial arts movie in years. (12/08/2000)

"Proof of Life" By Michael Sragow
Russell Crowe, all ironclad irony and bedrock honesty, makes competence look sexy in this intriguing action movie. (12/08/2000)

"Dungeons and Dragons" By Andrew O'Hehir
This fantasy crap, fake-o effects and all, betrays princes of dice, masters of graph and wielders of bong. (12/08/2000)

"Vertical Limit" By Charles Taylor
The mountain-climbing actioner thinks it's a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. If you ask me, Herbie the Love Bug was just as exciting. (12/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Dec. 8-10, 2000 (12/08/2000)

With a thong in their heart By Suzy Hansen
Carnie Wilson gets spanked, Randy Newman gets confused and Sisquo takes home the gold at the Billboard Music Awards. (12/08/2000)

Le Carré the spy Interview by George Plimpton
The author talks about working in the "secret world" during the Cold War and why he's a total bore. (12/08/2000)

"Looking for Abdelati" Read by Tanya Shaffer
Tanya Shaffer reads her essay from "Salon.com's Wanderlust" about how the search for an old friend led to finding a new family in Casablanca. (12/08/2000)

Small worlds By Tom Perrotta
The author of "Election" and "Joe College" picks five great books set in places where everyone knows everyone else's business. (12/08/2000)

Stick a fork in him -- Gore's done  
By Jake Tapper (12/08/2000)

Stephen King's e-book: Dead on the vine  
By Laura Miller (12/08/2000)

First you dial, then you crash  
By Dawn MacKeen (12/08/2000)

A genetic death sentence By Jenna Glatzer
Doctors routinely deny heart transplants to the mentally retarded. (12/08/2000)

Mad cow madness By Frank Browning
Hysteria over infected cattle has overtaken France -- and the rest of Europe may not be far behind. (12/08/2000)

John Lennon, 1940-1980 By Roger Ebert
First published two decades ago, this essay has lost none of its power. It stands as an eloquent tribute to one of the 20th century's most gifted artists. (12/08/2000)

Remembering Dec. 8, 1980 By Stephen Lemons
Robert Altman, Lucianne Goldberg, Roger Ebert, Larry Flynt, T.C. Boyle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and others recall how they felt when they heard the news of John Lennon's death. (12/08/2000)

On Japanese trains By Sallie Tisdale
Rail travel highlights the contrast between the private and the communal in the land of the well-mannered mob. An excerpt from the recently released, "Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance." (12/08/2000)

Blabbermouths Anonymous By Amy Reiter
Edward Furlong loves cocktails, hates heroin and outs Ringo Starr; Bill Murray goes ballistic on billboards. Plus: Can Marge Simpson animate your sex life? (12/08/2000)

The hero who never looked down By Gary Kamiya
The exemplar of everything good and bad about his time, John Lennon will forever loom over the unsettled legacy of an ambiguous age. (12/08/2000)

Eliminating fraud -- or Democrats? By Anthony York
Florida's controversial crusade to purge its voter rolls has revived an old partisan debate: Can states crack down on fraud without hurting eligible voters? (12/08/2000)

Revenge of the Democratic governors? By Dan Conley
If the Florida Legislature picks its electors, others states could follow suit -- and give the election to Al Gore. (12/08/2000)

"The recount shall commence immediately" By Salon staff
In a stunning victory for Al Gore, a divided Florida high court mandates a manual recount of all Florida undervotes. (12/08/2000)

The Florida Supreme Court ruling
Full text of the Gore vs. Harris ruling, which mandated a statewide recount of the "undervotes." (12/08/2000)

Florida shocker By Jake Tapper
Proving the experts wrong, a divided state Supreme Court breathes new life into Al Gore's presidential hopes. (12/08/2000)

Uncharted territory By Salon staff
Historians, law experts and pundits weigh in on the Florida Supreme Court's surprising decision to order recounts. (12/09/2000)

Now what? By Anthony York
In the weirdest election of all time, it's fitting that Al Gore could end up casting a saving vote for himself -- and Jeb Bush could hold his brother's fate in his hands. (12/08/2000)

Choose your own adventure By Eric Lipton
There's no telling how this Florida legal weirdness may end up. (12/09/2000)

Reindeer games By Jack Boulware
A man in Florida displays humping deer in his Christmas lawn display. (12/08/2000)

Angela's kisses By David Thomson
Lansbury is 75, but she still has that sensual Pekingese mouth. (12/08/2000)

Living in, and loving, a bear market By Damien Cave
Day traders don't care if stocks are surging or crashing -- they plan to cash in, any which way. (12/08/2000)

Dear Sundance: These bons mots are for hire By Kenneth H. Cleaver
With a wardrobe ranging from silk to suede, I'll add cinephiliac savvy to this year's festival. (12/08/2000)

The real dot-communists stand up By Katharine Mieszkowski
A union rally protesting dismissals at Etown, a San Francisco start-up, energizes the faithful with some good, old-fashioned people power. (12/08/2000)

Another "Hard Day's Night" By Michael Sragow
Producer Walter Shenson tells how he gave director Richard Lester a ticket to ride. (The band just acted naturally.) (12/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000 (12/07/2000)

"The Patriot" By Stephanie Zacharek
This Mel Gibson star vehicle is big, bloody and dumb -- do we really need the director to explain his ham-fisted messages? (12/07/2000)

"The West Wing": Sorry -- wrong pollster!  
Josh asks the wrong question, and C.J. tries to work on her tan. Plus: The latest dispatch from Stuckeyville, and "Ed." (12/07/2000)

How are you, Mr. Blue? Interview by George Plimpton
Garrison Keillor talks about his method of writing and the genesis of his tales of Lake Wobegon. (12/07/2000)

Virtual suicide and shopping Read by Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski
The popular game Everquest survives a hoax, and environmentalists ask shoppers to think before they buy online. (12/07/2000)

I was a captive of Xanth By Emily Jenkins
Dragons! Centaurs! Sex! Bad puns! A writer confesses her embarrassing love for Piers Anthony's epic, cheesy fantasy novels. (12/07/2000)

"Laser" by Nick Taylor By Bill Kowinski
The whiz-kid inventor of that $200 billion light beam spent 30 years fighting for the credit. (12/07/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
How Boca Raton Barbara won the election (12/07/2000)

The peevish porcupine beats the shrill rooster  
By Camille Paglia (12/07/2000)

Thin like me  
By Tammie Hall (12/07/2000)

High tech's missionaries of sloppiness  
By Cheryll Aimie Barron (12/07/2000)

All is not quite right By Sam Crane
Our lives are transformed. Second of two parts. (12/07/2000)

Prodigal father By Richard Rodriguez
For decades, Mexico has looked down on Mexican- Americans, but its new president is challenging the nation to look to them instead. (12/07/2000)

First you dial, then you crash By Dawn MacKeen
With cellphone use among drivers skyrocketing, can accidents be far behind? (12/07/2000)

John Travolta, huddling in the dark By Paul Harm
The third winner of our Celebrity Dreams essay contest stumbles upon the caged Scientologist in a moment of angelic self-abuse. (12/07/2000)

Buy humbug! By Cintra Wilson
Xmas fills the air with dashed hopes and chicken nugget-eating depression. These holiday pranks will keep your misanthropy at bay. (12/07/2000)

Alicia Silverstone steps in something deep By Amy Reiter
The "Clueless" star has a point to make, but what is it? Madonna uses her private jet to check out church: Wassup with that? Plus: Drew Barrymore, more on Robert Downey Jr. and O.J.'s latest fight. (12/07/2000)

Wasted labor By Amy Bach
The Democrats told AFL-CIO activists in Florida to take affidavits and act "nice," while the GOP mobilized its troops and got tough -- and won the political battle. (12/07/2000)

Gore's unexpected Republican aid By Eric Boehlert
The veep's chance for his latest appeal to the Florida Supreme Court comes from a new, GOP-backed state law. (12/07/2000)

Gore awaits court decisions By Salon staff
Rulings could come as early as Friday in all three pending cases; Florida Legislature prepares to meet in special session. (12/07/2000)

The Marquis de Sade at La Coste By Francine du Plessix Gray
The writer's idyllic estate in Provence was where he created some of his most shocking work. (12/07/2000)

Grope-free commute By Jack Boulware
A Tokyo railway company takes steps to protect female passengers at holiday time. (12/07/2000)

It's not easy being green By Katharine Mieszkowski
Is online shopping good for the environment or just a better way to be as wasteful as we want to be? (12/07/2000)

Six ways to shop greener online Katharine Mieszkowski
By thinking before clicking, you too can help prevent environmental devastation. (12/07/2000)

Bungled election projections? Blame the feds! By Moshe Adler
Media misinformation is yet another example of failed antitrust regulation. (12/07/2000)

"Pitch Black" By David Lazarus
Two commentary tracks on this almost-great sci-fi thriller fail to flesh out what happens when space goes dark and all hell breaks loose. (12/06/2000)

King of Roman numerals By Mark Sevi
I write good scripts for bad movies -- and even worse sequels. (12/06/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000 (12/06/2000)

"Total Cave Darkness" Read by Ann Hood
In this Paris Review story, an alcoholic woman runs away with a Protestant minister. (12/06/2000)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
President Clinton's mighty pen, Courtney Thorne-in-
her-side-Smith, Gov. Schwarzenegger and more! (12/06/2000)

"Bellow" by James Atlas By Edward Neuert
The long-awaited chronicle of the Nobel laureate's path from bootlegger's son to literary boychik to cranky old man shows why Saul Bellow has many admirers but few friends. (12/06/2000)

Freedom from choice By JoAnn Gutin
From short stories to sports and science writing, "Best of" anthologies prove that readers like their books preselected. (12/06/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Tracking New York's elusive Yellowus Taxidermist (12/06/2000)

Back to the civil rights barricades  
By Todd Gitlin (12/06/2000)

The cowardliness of their convictions  
By Douglas Cruickshank (12/06/2000)

"A Hard Day's Night"  
By Stephanie Zacharek (12/06/2000)

I was ready for a child By Sam Crane
Then Aidan stopped breathing. First of two parts. (12/06/2000)

How to rescue the Heisman By Allen Barra
Acknowledging that the days of leather helmets, the quick kick and both-way players are gone would be a start. (12/06/2000)

The economic scaremongers By Merrill Goozner
With all the negative buzz in the media and from the Bush campaign, you'd have thought we were headed straight into another Great Depression. Not so fast. (12/06/2000)

Duvall actors get this rough? By Walt Davis
The second winner of our Celebrity Dreams essay contest finds himself pinned to the ground by Robert Duvall. (12/06/2000)

Sleeping with celebrities
As our three contest winners found, headaches aren't a problem when you share your nights with the famous in dreamland. Maybe we should make a habit of this. (12/07/2000)

Your horoscope for the week By Rob Brezsny
Untamed impulses, mysterious depths, slow and wild touching, sweet-talking manipulators and the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. (12/06/2000)

The peevish porcupine beats the shrill rooster By Camille Paglia
The only thing worse than the candidates this year is the shockingly biased liberal press. Plus: A frankfurter geography of America. (12/06/2000)

Zeta-Jones rolls the dice By Amy Reiter
The new wife of rich and untrustworthy Michael Douglas stands behind their prenup; Monica skips out on a doobie-ous party; and Matt Damon wears a teeny-weeny bikini. Plus: Lara Croft gets augmented for the holidays. (12/06/2000)

Stick a fork in him -- Gore's done By Jake Tapper
The battles continue, but legal experts say the vice president's court challenges are all but insurmountable. (12/06/2000)

Florida's Legislature to choose electors By Salon staff
Senate President John McKay says GOP-dominated body will hold special session Friday and use Nov. 14 totals. (12/06/2000)

Who's in Bush's Cabinet? By Alicia Montgomery
A look at the loyal GOP soldiers and palatable Dems likely to be invited into a Bush-Cheney White House. (12/06/2000)

Let me suck your toes By Liam Tell
Winter is a sad time for a man with a foot fetish. (12/06/2000)

Can I get a receipt with that? By Jack Boulware
Asking for reimbursement for the cost of prostitutes lands a Swedish civil servant in community service. (12/06/2000)

High tech's missionaries of sloppiness By Cheryll Aimée Barron
Computer companies specialize in giving consumers lousy products -- it's the American way of techno-capitalism. (12/06/2000)

"Bound" By Stephanie Zacharek
How sexpert Susie Bright and the "Matrix" brothers got wet making this lesbian noir. (12/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000 (12/05/2000)

Have a very Wookie Christmas By Daniel Kraus
The dark, ugly secret of "Star Wars" is a "Holiday Special" banned from TV forever. (12/05/2000)

Hunter S. Thompson Interview by the Paris Review
In this rare interview, the psychedelic writer talks about Vietnam and the death of the American dream. (12/05/2000)

Priscilla Becker Read by Priscilla Becker
The poet and schoolteacher reads about the harsh reality in childhood drawings and offers "a translation from English to English." (12/05/2000)

"In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story" by Debbie Geller By Charles Taylor
An oral history of the real fifth Beatle shows the visionary genius of the man who discovered the Fab Four. (12/05/2000)

All in the family By Garrison Keillor
My oldest brother is sleeping with a married woman, who happens to be our half-sister. Should I intervene in this perilous situation? (12/05/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Are the new neighbors vampires? Robots? (12/05/2000)

Thin like me By Tammie Hall
I'm not anorexic, I don't diet and I don't spend hours at the gym. I'm just naturally slim; deal with it. (12/06/2000)

Fat like mommy By Anne Burt
My mother always told me I was fat. Then I realized that she was afraid she was. (12/06/2000)

Ground zero in the Colombian drug war By Ana Arana
The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict? (12/05/2000)

A role model for bipartisanship? By Joe Conason
Bush attorney Ted Olson is the link between impeachment and the Florida mess; Bush had better hope Gore backers don't mimic Olson's scorched-earth crusade against the sitting president. (12/05/2000)

Daniel Clowes By Carina Chocano
With a new graphic novel out and a movie on the way, the author of "David Boring," "Ghost World" and "Eightball" talks about writing stories, making movies and what it's like being him. (12/05/2000)

The atrocity at the White House By Alex R. Young
The first winner of our Celebrity Dreams contest recalls the bugs and the drugs and the cat in the air. (12/05/2000)

Is Anne Heche pregnant? By Amy Reiter
Star mag claims star's "happy at the thought of being a mother"; Donatella Versace a member of the mile-high bikini wax club? Plus: The fuzzy math of Catherine Zeta-Jones. (12/05/2000)

The beginning of the end By Bruce Shapiro
Monday's legal double whammy should turn out the lights for Al Gore. (12/05/2000)

Seminole County case to go forward By Salon staff
A judge agrees to hear the Democrats' argument to throw out thousands of absentee ballots, bolstering the vice president's belief that he still has a shot. (12/05/2000)

Better loving through imagery By Virginia Vitzthum
A pair of video artists try to turn the TV into a love machine with a nonpornographic video designed to steer your gaze toward your partner. (12/05/2000)

Boob tube By Jack Boulware
A Chinese department store offers a free television to the woman with the biggest breasts. (12/05/2000)

Call of the telex: "I'm not dead yet" By Mark Griffith
Like the pneumatic tube, messenger pigeons and French, this aging medium is here to stay. (12/05/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Dec. 4, 2000 (12/04/2000)

Robert Downey Jr. and "VIP syndrome" By Maura Kelly
Caregivers cutting corners for a famous client may be just one of the problems bedeviling the respected actor -- who could face hard time. (12/04/2000)

"Shanghai Noon" By David Lazarus
In his best American movie, Jackie Chan finally meets his match. (12/04/2000)

Bottoms up! By Max Renn, Stephanie Zacharek, Max Garrone and Sara Wood
"Queer As Folk" -- we blush to relate! Plus: David Blaine gets cold; "G-String Divas" take it all off; and the new Mulder gets his man! (12/04/2000)

Anarchic youths Read by Michael Sragow
Today the old Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" comes off as a satiric fairy tale, but it still has the vigor of a four-man hurricane. (12/04/2000)

Fresh from the court Read by Alicia Montgomery
The Supreme Court denies Al Gore's protest of Florida election results, citing "no credible statistical evidence" that the vice president could win. (12/04/2000)

Older and better By Laura Miller
Critic David Kipen talks about the publishing industry's youth fetish and his list of 50 great authors over 50. (12/04/2000)

New in paperback  
Susan Faludi's "Stiffed," Matt Ridley's "Genome" and an amusing study of why men avoid marriage. (12/04/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Cavalcade of Banality: Special Election Edition! (12/04/2000)

Conservative pundits: Out of control  
By Eric Boehlert (12/04/2000)

Earth in the balance, indeed  
By Fred Branfman (12/04/2000)

Whoring for downloads  
By Janelle Brown (12/04/2000)

She's ready for her close-up By Valerie Monroe
Too bad her son, poised to costar with world-famous thespians, lacks motivation. (12/04/2000)

Keith Jarrett By David Rubien
A giant of jazz innovation finds himself reaching new heights by deftly interpreting classic tunes. (12/04/2000)

You can buy a lot of cigars with that By Amy Reiter
President Clinton's "incredibly frank" autobiography might fetch $7 million; Jerry Springer just about hates himself. Plus: Anna Nicole Smith can't keep her clothes on and a bruised David Spade forgives his attacker. (12/04/2000)

Back to the civil rights barricades By Todd Gitlin
What's at stake in Florida is nothing less than the right to vote and to have it count. And once again an angry, elitist GOP is on the wrong side. (12/04/2000)

Did the Gore team make its case? By Jake Tapper
Most legal experts doubt Judge Sauls will overturn Florida canvassing boards and grant more hand counts. (12/04/2000)

Judge denies Gore bid for new manual recount By Salon staff
The Gore camp is expected to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court also kicks its case back to the Florida high court. (12/04/2000)

Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program By Gregory Palast
Secretary of State Katherine Harris hired a firm to vet the rolls for felons, but that may have wrongly kept thousands, particularly blacks, from casting ballots. (12/04/2000)

The U.S. Supreme Court opinion
The full decision in Bush vs. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. (12/04/2000)

What the court rulings mean By Salon staff
Were Monday's rulings in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court a victory for Bush or Gore? Our experts weigh in. (12/04/2000)

A big, Southern-fried "no" By Jake Tapper
Everybody stays cordial, but behind the scenes, the Bushies exchange bear hugs while team Gore eyes the Florida Supreme Court. (12/04/2000)

Making the call By Charles Anders
How to tell a sex partner -- with minimum pain and suffering -- that you've been diagnosed with an STD. (12/04/2000)

Breasts across British Columbia By Jack Boulware
A TV producer's lewd comments about a politician's daughter-in-law are broadcast on Election Night. (12/04/2000)

Free Photoshop for the people By Ed Frauenheim
Berkeley's Experimental Computing Club has produced some of the Net's most cherished software. (12/04/2000)

Bush expert: Manual recounts sometimes necessary By Salon staff
Under cross-examination in a Florida court, an election equipment salesman undermines the official Republican line. (12/03/2000)

The presidency hangs in the balance By Jake Tapper
The Bush and Gore teams spend a long, long Sunday in a Tallahassee courtroom. (12/03/2000)

The earth literally shakes as Mexico's new president takes charge By Scarlet Pruitt
Boasting a radical plan to open the border and expand trade with the U.S., Vicente Fox takes office and sets the tone for a new North American order. (12/02/2000)

Florida Legislature calls special session By Salon staff
A Florida circuit court case moves slowly on Gore challenge as Palm Beach canvassing board chairman Charles Burton takes the stand to explain the Palm Beach recount; Bush lawyers spring a suprise challenge. (12/02/2000)

As the wheels of justice turn By Jake Tapper
Despite Judge Sanders Sauls' best efforts, the case over the Miami recount drags into Sunday. (12/03/2000)

"M:I-2" By Bill Wyman
John Woo explains the extraordinary process behind his bone-crushing action shots -- but where the hell is Tom Cruise's wire? (12/01/2000)

"Yi Yi" By Charles Taylor
This quietly overwhelming Taiwanese still life features characters who meet life's disappointments without relying on dysfunction. (12/01/2000)

"A Hard Day's Night" By Stephanie Zacharek
The great Beatles movie reminds us how much they gave -- and how much we took. (12/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Dec. 1-3, 2000 (12/01/2000)

Dot what? Read by Damien Cave
Damien Cave talks about new Internet top-level domains and the growing number of user-generated films available on the Net. (12/01/2000)

"Conquering Half Dome" Read by Don George
Don George reads his essay on climbing Yosemite's most famous rock from the recently released "Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-life Tales of Adventure and Romance." (12/01/2000)

Mixing it up By Scott Malcomson
The author of "One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race" picks five books in which racial lines go blurry. (12/01/2000)

Dead on the vine By Laura Miller
It's too bad that Stephen King's "The Plant" -- not the e-book experiment but the smart, witty publishing satire -- is furling its leaves. (12/01/2000)

Dick Cheney: President Big Time!  
By Joan Walsh (12/01/2000)

Reefer monkey madness  
By Susan McCarthy (12/01/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Do you believe in magic? Yes or no? (12/01/2000)

It's World AIDS Day ... again By Fiona Morgan
Americans with insurance now improve with new drugs, but the disease is on a rampage across the rest of the world. (12/01/2000)

Salon wins Online Journalism Awards By Salon staff
The five-year-old Web site is honored for General Excellence and Enterprise Journalism in the inaugural awards held at Columbia University. (12/01/2000)

The last tourist in Mozambique By Mary Roach
Want to chat with the president? No problem, as long as you're willing to go where nobody's ready for you. (12/01/2000)

Introducing "Salon.com's Wanderlust" By Don George
It's time to put the unconquerable longing back into travel writing. (12/01/2000)

The "Ally McBeal" diet By Amy Reiter
Courtney Thorne-Smith: "I haven't had a piece of chicken in five days"; Senator-elect Clinton says she'll tell her side of Lewinsky story. Plus: Cindy Crawford claims Revlon's firing her "because I'm too old." (12/01/2000)

The cowardliness of their convictions By Douglas Cruickshank
Score another one for environmental activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill, as an ugly attack on the tree she saved illuminates her strengths and promotes her cause. (12/01/2000)

For Gore, it's now or never By Jonathan V. Last
The vice president is fighting this election battle to the death, because he knows he'll never get another shot. (12/01/2000)

Florida high court throws out "butterfly ballot" suit By Salon staff
Meanwhile, a circuit court judge allows the Seminole County case to continue, while the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments. (12/01/2000)

U.S. Supreme Court: "The case is submitted" By Jake Tapper
Justices consider whether Florida's high court overstepped, and if it did, whether it's a federal matter. (12/01/2000)

"Sunshine laws" may reveal who really won By Jake Tapper
Florida's strong open-government statutes mean we'll eventually know for sure who got the most votes in the state's presidential election -- and it might not be the person who gets sworn in. (12/01/2000)

God bless Jesse Jackson By Kevin Sweeney
Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer. (12/01/2000)

The look of love By David Thomson
In "Vertigo" we fall for Kim Novak at the same time James Stewart does. (12/01/2000)

Jail baby By Jack Boulware
A man and woman conceive after having sex between cell bars. (12/01/2000)

21st Challenge No. 39 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
The New Word Order -- "shuffle play" fun with sentences. (12/01/2000)

Unchaining the Net By Damien Cave
Call it the "free-network movement": Grass-roots hardware hackers are creating a wireless wonderland with megabits of connectivity for all. (12/01/2000)

Dear Friendly's: Where have all the doilies gone? By Kenneth H. Cleaver
Ice cream desserts just don't taste the same without that classy decorative touch. (12/01/2000)