March 2001

"The Tailor of Panama" By Charles Taylor
John Boorman tries on John le Carré's stylish tale of tropical corruption and finds it fits him like a glove. (03/30/2001)

"Amores Perros" By Andrew O'Hehir
This feverish blast of filmmaking is a brutal look at the violent heart of Mexico City -- and a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema. (03/30/2001)

"Spy Kids" By Stephanie Zacharek
This surprisingly entertaining movie turns the adults into kids and the kids into adults -- and everyone laughs at the talking toilet. (03/30/2001)

"Someone Like You" By Stephanie Zacharek
Another insulting women's comedy reminds us that men are jerks, life is hard and it's OK to cry. (03/30/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 30-April 1, 2001 (03/30/2001)

From the Net Hall of Shame By Katharine Mieszkowski
Remember all those sobbing, pathetic messages you left on your ex's voice mail? Well, they're now available to MP3 users everywhere on a site called "Psychoexgirlfriend." (03/30/2001)

Let them spend millions By Suzy Hansen
Campaign finance reform stifles grass-roots organizing and harms American politics, says a member of the Federal Election Commission. (03/30/2001)

Violating the dead
By Gary Kamiya (03/30/2001)

Can Berkeley High rebound? By Meredith Maran
An ambitious program to rescue black students before they fail starts a debate over how much help is too much. (03/30/2001)

Calling Erin Brockovich By Arianna Huffington
The chemical industry's dirty secrets are making us sick. (03/30/2001)

Pimping for the People's Republic By Eric Boehlert
The Murdoch family's latest kowtowing to Beijing spurs a political rift among conservative media titans. (03/30/2001)

Welcome to my world
By Camille Paglia (03/30/2001)

The secret life of Renée Zellweger By Amy Reiter
Revealed! Star went undercover in London for "Diary"; Ashley Judd makes shocking sex decision. Plus: Ex says Russell Crowe is nice to pregnant women! (03/30/2001)

Bush's pubic enemy No. 1
By Fiona Morgan (03/30/2001)

Is Bush hiding? By Alicia Montgomery
Helen Thomas, dean of the White House press corps, doesn't mind the Bush ban on formal press conferences, as long as "we really get a crack at him." (03/30/2001)

McCain-Feingold seems a done deal By Jake Tapper
After a dramatic final tussle, the first sweeping campaign reform since the 1970s seems ready to pass the Senate. (03/30/2001)

The unspeakable Bush By Gary Kamiya
As President Bush announces he won't hold any more press conferences, a relieved America comes together in gratitude. (03/30/2001)

McCain-Feingold headed to the House By Anthony York
Plus: Is David Horowitz seductively dangerous? And where's Barbra Streisand when you need her? (03/30/2001)

No inner life By David Thomson
"The Center of the World" is titillating, but it's not sexy. (03/30/2001)

Who needs Napster when you have Windows? By Judith Lewis
A new program called Share Sniffer makes file trading easier than ever before -- and more dangerous. (03/30/2001)

Triumph of the Brill By Salon Technology & Business staff
Brill's Inside Content is just the beginning! Get ready for Content Inside Brills Bush.com. (03/30/2001)

Thursday, March 29, 2001

Hating Hollywood By Stephanie Zacharek
Even in the year of the art film, failing to appreciate what movies do best is just as dumb as sneering at subtitles. (03/29/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 29, 2001 (03/29/2001)

"Sir yes sir!"
Episode 1: Apoplectic sergeants and shorn recruits get to know one another. Plus: The girls get sneaky! (03/29/2001)

Didgeridon't!
Jerri and Colby's big day out: "It was like a honeymoon -- without the sex!" Plus: A hell of a tribal council. (03/30/2001)

F*** the world Read by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Or at least a rock star. In Elizabeth Wurtzel's story "Alex," a lonely rock critic gets it on with a well-hung, tattooed hottie. (03/29/2001)

Psycho factories By Maria Russo
Nonviolent criminals go in and sadistic thugs come out, but with military spending down, America's small towns are hooked on prisons. (03/29/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
God-Man vs. the Taliban! (03/29/2001)

Mommy's little monster By Amy Benfer
When good girls grow up to be bad girls, their mothers indulge in maternal hysteria. The lucky moms then get book contracts. (03/29/2001)

Up in smoke By Daryl Lindsey
The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs. (03/29/2001)

A national disgrace By Kevin J. Sweeney
President Bush's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol insults our history, our spirit and our greatness. (03/29/2001)

The shame of San Francisco By Joan Walsh
An ideological crusade aims to close a school that's worked miracles with poor black and Latino students. Why? It's a for-profit Edison school. (03/29/2001)

Bright lights, big weirdness By Douglas Cruickshank
Sex on dirty carpets, betrayal, decapitation, spirit possession, mega-money and a defendant they're calling the "Black Widow." Can Las Vegas' latest lurid trial be good for its image? You bet. (03/29/2001)

Britney vs. Christina: Sticky star war? By Amy Reiter
Will teen divas get "fizzical" in sweet, wet battle? Sharon Stone stalker stopped. Plus: Does Russell Crowe reek like a 'roo? (03/29/2001)

Recount update By Alicia Montgomery
Why USA Today and the Miami Herald delayed publishing their results. (03/29/2001)

Die hard, too? By Jake Tapper
McCain-Feingold gets a big hand from former actor Sen. Fred Thompson. But it ain't over 'til they roll the credits. (03/29/2001)

Read my lips: No new press conferences By Anthony York
Another casualty in the Marc Rich pardon debacle? Plus: Linda Chavez says campaign finance reform is dead; Alan Greenspan is dreamy. (03/29/2001)

Ode to my "puppy" By Morgan King
He was my dream man -- until I got more information than I needed. (03/29/2001)

The business of law and order By Damien Cave
The author of "Going up the River" says that the booming private-prison industry is due for a bust. (03/29/2001)

Napster-proof CDs
By Charles C. Mann (03/29/2001)

Wednesday, March 28, 2001

Cops and rockers By Joyce Millman
Denis Leary shines as a burned-out cop in "The Job"; Chris Isaak is as dull as dust in his Showtime comedy. (03/28/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 28, 2001 (03/28/2001)

"Alien 3" By Max Garrone
David Fincher can't decide if his movie is about survival or death and ends up with a schizophrenic mess. Sigourney Weaver just wanted more money. (03/28/2001)

The week in dirt
A pastor's memo to Britney Spears, the Teletubbies' weight loss program, Jerry Springer vies for a post in the House of Lords and Julia Roberts gets a hand in the men's room. (03/28/2001)

Violating the dead By Gary Kamiya
Two books tell the truth about Stalingrad, the most horrific battle of our time -- and a movie desecrates it. (03/28/2001)

Our wolves in uniform
By Suzy Hansen (03/28/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Rave on! (03/28/2001)

The exception proves the Rules By Carina Chocano
It's still about catching Mr. Right. Just don't be afraid to throw one back. (03/28/2001)

A plague undetected By Nina Siegal
Did shady backroom hormone treatments and dirty needles cause a killer outbreak of HIV in the transgender community? (03/28/2001)

Liv Ullmann By Stephan Cox
The renowned actress and director of "Faithless" talks about quick flings in Paris, her pal Ingmar Bergman and how scared we all are. (03/28/2001)

It's rough on the outside By Amy Reiter
A free Puffy stumbles across J.Lo and her beau at a post-Oscar party; Kate Beckinsale admits to peeing in director's thermos. Plus: Costner courts Prince Andrew, and Eminem gets dissed by Woolworth's. (03/28/2001)

Bush's pubic enemy No. 1 By Fiona Morgan
A feminist art student launches a hair-raising protest. (03/28/2001)

It's in the Democrats' hands By Jake Tapper
Campaign reform diary: As the compromises on McCain-Feingold get pounded out, skeptics wonder if Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle is really willing to bend. (03/28/2001)

Pubic hair is free speech! By Anthony York
Plus: Sayonara, Kyoto; President Bush, "bought and paid for" (03/28/2001)

Suffer the little children By Reg McKay
Robert Pine was a man until age 64, when he became Rebecca. It started when he was a young boy, and loved his sister's underwear. (03/28/2001)

Microsoft storm warning By Scott Rosenberg
The HailStorm program will put all your data in one convenient place -- and leave Bill Gates with the keys. (03/28/2001)

Death to the Minotaur
Readers respond to a two-part story on how Wizards of the Coast sacrificed its geeky idealism for Pokimon-size profits and Magic moola. (03/28/2001)

Tuesday, March 27, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 27, 2001 (03/27/2001)

What about laughs? By Andy Dehnart
ABC's new sitcom seems stale already, but it has something other comedies don't -- the witty, intelligent Joan Cusack. (03/27/2001)

"Snow" by James Lasdun
In this short story from the collection "Besieged," a precocious boy visits his aunt and uncle and finds out more about their relationship than he should. (03/27/2001)

Out of the past By Garrison Keillor
The man I'm falling for is resisting getting tested even though he has slept with junkies. Am I being too judgmental? (03/27/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Foretell it like it is. (03/27/2001)

My son the biter By Lisa Moricoli Latham
Why does he always chew the one he loves? (03/27/2001)

Has Bush doomed his tax cut? By Joe Conason
By sowing fear about the economy, the president has opened the door for the Democrats' quick-fix tax plan. (03/27/2001)

George Soros By Alan Deutschman
He went from apple harvester to capitalist kingpin to progressive savior. The countercultural investor has more money than you've ever heard of, and he just loves to give it away. (03/27/2001)

The Oscars' breast moments By Amy Reiter
Ben Affleck, boob man; Courtney Love's chest meets Russell Crowe; Julia Roberts gets a hand in the men's room. Plus: Inside Britney's diary!!! (03/27/2001)

If Jenna Bush is a pothead, is it news?
By James Pinkerton (03/27/2001)

Poison Paul? By Jake Tapper
Passed by the Senate, Paul Wellstone's amendment to McCain-Feingold could kill tough campaign finance reform this year. Do the Democrats really want to clean up politics? (03/27/2001)

Was Whitman on board or not? By Anthony York
Russert turns down CBS, says Drudge. (03/27/2001)

Show me yours By Josh Schonwald
The curator of the world's only penis museum is a bit sensitive about some issues. (03/27/2001)

Who is spying on your downloads? By Janelle Brown
The recording industry would love to keep tabs on every Napster trader or Gnutella user, but even the sneakiest software won't stop music piracy. (03/27/2001)

Napster-proof CDs By Charles C. Mann
The music industry has a secret plan to safeguard popular music from the wild Web. (03/27/2001)

Monday, March 26, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, March 26, 2001 (03/26/2001)

"Rosemary's Baby" By Stephanie Zacharek
Roman Polanski's unnerving classic deserves to be seen in all its gloomy glory. But good luck erasing it from memory afterward. (03/26/2001)

Oscar plays nice By Bill Wyman
At the 73rd Academy Awards, Steve Martin holds his fire, and not even Russell Crowe does anything naughty. (03/26/2001)

Oscars folly By David Thomson
In a program with no center and not much heart, the young and unshaved looked to old Hollywood for glamour and class. (03/26/2001)

Tattooed ghosts
Sia Figiel reads from her novel "They Who Do Not Grieve," about an unfinished tattoo ritual that causes pain and suffering for three generations of Samoan women. (03/26/2001)

Prodigal daughter By Allen Barra
A golden girl from Birmingham's elite takes a cold, hard look at her hometown's ugly past -- and her own father's role in it. (03/26/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
We don't want to have to kill you! (03/26/2001)

"Show a little skin!" By Dayna Macy
My mother wants me to reveal my inner tart. (03/26/2001)

Here comes the dress By Carina Chocano
A bridal gown is part of the story a woman creates about herself. And nowadays, everybody likes to think of herself as a different story. (03/26/2001)

Will mad cows kill the Big Mac? By Daryl Lindsey
With strict safety measures and new menu options, McDonald's is acting fast to stem losses from disease in Europe, and bracing for a beef scare in the U.S. (03/26/2001)

Throat-grabbing excitement By King Kaufman
The middle two rounds of the NCAA Tournament have just enough thrills and chills to overshadow the return of Bob Knight. (03/26/2001)

Oscarspeak 2001 By Amy Reiter
They won, they lost, they opened their mouths and spoke. And Steve Martin was f-u-n-n-y: Funny! (03/26/2001)

Will the Dems derail McCain-Feingold? By Jake Tapper
Campaign reform diary, Week 2: After a successful first week, the bill's supporters brace for opposition from unexpected places. (03/26/2001)

McCain again By Anthony York
A network anchor shake-up? Plus: Speculation grows about 2004, and the grassy-knoll conspiracy theory gathers steam. (03/26/2001)

I'm in the wrong movie By Marsh Rose
At age 49 I'm riding around with my construction-worker boyfriend, who thinks I'm a lesbian because I was hot-tubbing with Luanne. (03/26/2001)

Death to the Minotaur By John Tynes
After a disastrous corporate drinking game, Wizards of the Coast grows up -- and loses its soul. Second of two parts. (03/26/2001)

Sunday, March 25, 2001

Saturday, March 24, 2001

The education of John McCain By Arianna Huffington
Stabbed in the back by his congressional colleagues, the nation's campaign finance crusader should take his battle to the people. (03/24/2001)

Friday, March 23, 2001

"Heartbreakers" By Charles Taylor
A sexpot farce starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy. (03/23/2001)

"Say It Isn't So" By Stephanie Zacharek
Not even the beaver jokes are funny in this rangy, uneven Farrelly brothers rip-off. (03/23/2001)

Dishing Oscar By Ian Rothkerch
A frank talk with Gil Cates, the man who's producing the biggest TV show of the year. (03/23/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 23-25, 2001 (03/23/2001)

An Apple III a day keeps the fun away Read by Jeff Goodell
Before there was even a Web to surf, "Sunnyvale" author Jeff Goodell quit his job at Apple Computer to go sky diving. (03/23/2001)

The Meaning of Life 101 By Laura Miller
Two authors explain philosophy's mysteries to the layman, but which book is better? (03/23/2001)

Letters
Readers respond to "'Once and Again' is once too often," by King Kaufman and "A matter of life in death," by J.B. Orenstein. Plus: Harvard Graduate School of Education responds to Christina Hoff Sommers. (03/23/2001)

The cruelty of compassionate conservatism By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Bush hacks at programs to aid children, leaving the battered, the ill and the poor behind. (03/23/2001)

Mumia sues to halt book By Dave Lindorff
After years of complaining about censorship, the death-row inmate seeks to muzzle his ex-attorney. (03/23/2001)

Ed Harris By Stephan Cox
The Oscar-nominated director and star of "Pollock" talks about silence, living inside your head and the similarity between acting and painting. (03/23/2001)

I know Hugh are but what am I? By Amy Reiter
The formerly mop-headed Brit fights like a girl; Tom Green gets nostalgic for sperm donation; and a Beastie Boy finds Eminem beastly! (03/23/2001)

Bully pulpits By Alicia Montgomery
Democrats accuse an "insensitive" Bush of talking down a fragile economy reliant on mass psychology. Even some lefty economists say this is bunk. (03/23/2001)

Campaign reform diary By Jake Tapper
After senators come together to make a little Boy Scout's dreams come true, a warm glow fills the chambers. But darkness lurks. (03/23/2001)

If Jenna Bush is a pothead, is it news? By James Pinkerton
The media has been silent about the National Enquirer's recent allegation that the first daughter is a marijuana user. Is the press giving the drug war's commander in chief a break? (03/23/2001)

Judicial Watch: Bush wins (again) By Anthony York
Is Lucianne.com tilting left? Kinsley vs. O'Reilly continues. (03/23/2001)

Love and war By David Thomson
In "Enemy at the Gates" we feel the thrill and mischief of making love secretly while surrounded by others. (03/23/2001)

Death to the Minotaur By John Tynes
How Wizards of the Coast sacrificed its geeky, Gothic, sex-for-all idealism for Pokémon-size profits and Magic moola. First of two parts. (03/23/2001)

Thursday, March 22, 2001

Duel to the death By Damien Bona
The coauthor of the definitive "Inside Oscar" looks at the battle brewing between "Gladiator" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at Sunday's Academy Awards. (03/22/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 22, 2001 (03/22/2001)

"Alien Resurrection" By Max Garrone
Icky babies, Ripley reborn and bombastic special effects, but the extras here are strictly commercial. (03/22/2001)

A few things we know
Episode 9: Kimmi takes a bath and Colby snores a lot in a not-very-action-packed recap of the first eight weeks in the outback. (03/22/2001)

"Burnt Norton"
T.S. Eliot reads the first part of his famed work "Four Quartets" (03/22/2001)

Our wolves in uniform By Suzy Hansen
A novelist tells how U.S. sailors take Thai sex tours on the taxpayer's dime, and the Christian right cries foul. (03/22/2001)

The marriage hoax
By Maria Russo (03/22/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Civilians at the helm: Where will it end? (03/22/2001)

"Once and Again" is once too often By King Kaufman
The show stinks. The wife loves it. Trouble at home. (03/22/2001)

It's not about church and state
By Arianna Huffington (03/22/2001)

March Madness: Not so mad By Luc Hatlestad
All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good. (03/22/2001)

Back on the stand By Fiona Morgan
There are two defendants at the retrial in Peru this week: Lori Berenson and an antiquated legal system that dates back to Napoleon. (03/22/2001)

Save the children, or the Buddhas get it By Carina Chocano
Afghanistan's roving ambassador tells a Southern California student association why he was ready to "blow a statue" himself. (03/22/2001)

Burning Spears! By Amy Reiter
Britney's minister worries she's hell-bound; Ricky Martin's ex-lover rates his lovemaking; Jennifer Love Hewitt knocks breast oglers. Plus: Teletubbies slim down! (03/22/2001)

Judicial Watch: Bush wins (again) By Anthony York
Kinsley vs. O'Reilly continues. Plus: Fox News pundit Tony Snow is yanked from GOP site. (03/22/2001)

Campaign reform diary By Jake Tapper
Day 3: A moist moment between Kennedy and Hatch and a no-bad-news day for McCain-Feingold, but there's an awfully eerie calm. (03/22/2001)

Screwing up a sure thing By Jay Griffith
Why would a stripper be upset that I like porn? Second of two parts. (03/22/2001)

The early-adopter wars By Ruth Shalit
Stodgy companies are paying big bucks to learn about the trendsetting tastes of "alpha consumers." But will sales of meat tenderizer dance to a techno beat? (03/22/2001)

Wednesday, March 21, 2001

"Meet the Parents" By Jeff Stark
On the commentary tracks of this too-polished hit comedy, actors and director give Robert De Niro a wide berth. (03/21/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 21, 2001 (03/21/2001)

Yeee-Haaaa! By Jennifer Maerz
The SXSW music conference promises live music, booze, parties and barbecue. And then more music. Our reporter wends her way with both ears blown. (03/21/2001)

The week in dirt By Amy Reiter
Russell Crowe gives his wannabe kidnappers the finger; the Teletubbies are in trouble again. Plus: Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin and more. (03/21/2001)

Sublime true crime By Jesse Berrett
From its early masterpieces to today's coldblooded chronicles, literature's most chilling genre reflects the fears and obsessions of its time. (03/21/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Remember smoking on airliners? (03/21/2001)

A matter of life in death By J.B. Orenstein
It begins with carnage and never really ends. (03/21/2001)

Skin game By Allen Barra
The new frontier in sports advertising might be the well-inked players themselves. (03/21/2001)

Welcome to my world By Camille Paglia
Why we need to cut taxes deeper, reexamine American education and tune out "The Sopranos." (03/21/2001)

Streisand: Stallone's mom's butt prints are hot! By Amy Reiter
Babs thinks there's a movie in Mrs. Rocky's Rumpology; Springer wants a lordship; Bullock says her chest is where it's at; and Sigourney Weaver might sing for her food. (03/21/2001)

Campaign reform diary By Jake Tapper
Even a mild-mannered amendment can be a "poison pill" in disguise. (03/21/2001)

I dated a stripper By Jay Griffith
Don't show you're a horn-dog -- even to a bisexual stripper porn star. First of two parts. (03/21/2001)

Patents are your friends By Damien Cave
Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers? (03/21/2001)

Tuesday, March 20, 2001

The return of the hamsters! By Jeff Whitty
The stars of "Big Brother" -- angry Mega, Brittany the cuddle slut, gracious Cassandra and Chicken George -- meet and greet their fans. (03/20/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 20, 2001 (03/20/2001)

"Music Is My Bag" By Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum, an oboist turned writer, looks back at the peculiar subculture of music school in this essay from her collection "My Misspent Youth." (03/20/2001)

Postpartum pissed By Garrison Keillor
I can't forgive my wife for screaming at me and kicking me during labor. I hate her! (03/20/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Last ride. (03/20/2001)

Letters:

Announcing Salon Premium
A message from Salon editor David Talbot (03/20/2001)

You gotta know when to hold 'em By Cheryl T. Strauss
My son is a 5-year-old cardsharp. Poker is his game. (03/20/2001)

Heeeere, Mir By King Kaufman
Taco Bell will give every American a taco if the Russian space station hits a target in the Pacific. Beats sitting through certain NBA games. (03/20/2001)

Kate Bush By Amy Standen
With a voice you either love or hate, she belts out a song with a desperation that grabs you and won't let go. (03/20/2001)

Dismemberment plan By Amy Reiter
Russell Crowe's wannabe kidnappers had finger-severing torture scheme; Angelina Jolie looks at Cambodia and sees sex. Plus: The Teletubbies are in trouble again -- for their tubbiness! (03/20/2001)

Campaign reform diary By Jake Tapper
Day 1: A march, some speeches and a noble old lady. But the good vibes can't last. (03/20/2001)

Finally, a little mud By Jake Tapper
Before Congress even starts the day, a card-carrying member of the right-wing fringe labels McCain a "Manchurian Candidate." (03/20/2001)

Greenspan: Savior or charlatan? By Anthony York
Online posters ask: Can a half-point save the economy? Also: Will Spielberg's Lincoln be racist? Plus: Bob Barr has some readjustment problems (03/20/2001)

Diary of a divorce By Lillian Ann Slugocki
Sometimes a world crumples, sometimes a marriage ends and sometimes it's the same thing. Second of four parts. (03/20/2001)

"Bush's shaky hand" and "Who needs the new economy?"
Readers respond to two articles on the economic downturn. (03/20/2001)

The next Napster? By Janelle Brown
A new online music service aims to give listeners what they want -- if music-biz moguls are smart enough to let it. (03/20/2001)

Massacre at Tripod By Amy Standen
The Web hosting company over the weekend axes hundreds of fan-created pages, as well as anti-Malaysian government protest sites. (03/20/2001)

Don't talk dirty to me By David Carr
Cosmo and Glamour banish sex from their cover lines. (03/20/2001)

Monday, March 19, 2001

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(03/19/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, March 19, 2001 (03/19/2001)

XFL makes history! By Eric Boehlert
Unfortunately, it's in the flop category. (03/19/2001)

"On the Decline of Oracles" By Sylvia Plath
Hear two archival recordings of Sylvia Plath reading her poems "Mushrooms" and "On the Decline of Oracles." (03/19/2001)

The marriage hoax By Maria Russo
Conservative moralists, alarmed by the divorce rate, want us to return to a Golden Age of Marriage. Too bad it never existed. (03/19/2001)

Salon recommends
The books that taught Harry Potter about Quidditch and fantastic beasts, a deliciously literate novel set in Johannes Vermeer's household and more. (03/19/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
"The O'Reilly Factor" (03/19/2001)

Machine-washable Zen By Janelle Brown
Dressing well for the occasion of spiritual enlightenment. (03/19/2001)

Git along little hotties By Carina Chocano
Designers round up celebrities as they take their new collections to market. (03/19/2001)

This is beyond libel. It is surreal By David Horowitz
The columnist responds to Alicia Montgomery, who dubbed him "the white Al Sharpton." (03/19/2001)

The beat-down round By King Kaufman
The upsets of the NCAA Tournament's first two days give way to order being restored over the weekend, but there are still some thrills. (03/19/2001)

Fighting the plague By Ben Barber
The World Trade Organization steps into Africa's AIDS crisis, creating incentives for pharmaceutical companies to give some of their drugs away. (03/19/2001)

Jean-Jacques Annaud By Stephen Lemons
The renowned French director of "Quest for Fire," "The Lover" and "Seven Years in Tibet" provokes a firestorm over his breathtaking new war film, "Enemy at the Gates." (03/19/2001)

Say it with chocolate -- from 500 yards By Amy Reiter
Pamela Anderson's stalker just wanted to give her idol something sweet; Britney's got a novel on the way! Plus: Leonardo ain't fat -- he's acting! (03/19/2001)

Bushonics speakers strike back By Tom McNichol
We're mad as hell and we won't be misunderestimated anymore! (03/19/2001)

The CNBC recession By Anthony York
President Bush says goodbye to the Internet. And will we ever have a week without a Clinton scandal? (03/19/2001)

A teacher's nightmare By Jack Boulware
Elementary school kids see porn instead of a dinosaur movie, thanks to a forgetful janitor. (03/19/2001)

Diary of a divorce By Lillian Ann Slugocki
This is the way our world ends, baby. First of four parts. (03/19/2001)

Escaping the Napster trap By Damien Cave
Hackers and movie traders love the digital film compression software DivX -- but will Hollywood? Second of two parts. (03/19/2001)

Sunday, March 18, 2001

Saturday, March 17, 2001

A Hibernian in the woodpile By George Kelly
On St. Patrick's Day, I'm black and green and not blue at all. (03/17/2001)

Now, it gets serious By King Kaufman
The second day of the NCAA Tournament nearly matches the thrills of the first, but the upsets won't come so easy in the second round. (03/17/2001)

We interrupt this message By Arianna Huffington
Why McCain's plan to target issue ads is vital to campaign finance reform. (03/17/2001)

Friday, March 16, 2001

"Memento" By Charles Taylor
Backwards told is thriller noir-art empty ultimately but compelling and intriguing this. (03/16/2001)

"Enemy at the Gates" By Andrew O'Hehir
How much of this thrilling face-off between Germans and Russians is true? If it's this good, who cares? (03/16/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 16-18, 2001 (03/16/2001)

"Naked" By David Sedaris
David Sedaris describes a humiliating bout with obsessive behavior in "A Plague of Tics," from his bestselling essay collection. (03/16/2001)

"Finnegans Wake" breakdown By Susan G. Hauser
A team of valiant friends tackles James Joyce's magnum opus, and one winds up in family court because of it. (03/16/2001)

Punk wake By Cary Tennis
Sometimes the best place to read "Finnegans Wake" aloud is in a disgusting San Francisco nightclub flanked by a wall of TVs. (03/16/2001)

Letters
Readers respond to "20 Ejaculations! No babies!" and "Clipping the family jewels." (03/16/2001)

The Tournament, Day 1 By King Kaufman
A view from a couch: Three buzzer beaters highlight a day of underdogs hanging around, and sometimes winning. (03/16/2001)

Counting the mix By Daryl Lindsey
With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do. (03/16/2001)

Late night with David Horowitz By Cary Tennis
The conservative columnist defends his views in the former Mecca of free speech. No chairs are thrown, but a mike mysteriously goes dead. (03/16/2001)

Meat, Steve Martin and global warming
Readers respond to recent People stories. (03/16/2001)

Princess Di -- movie star? By Amy Reiter
Costner says Diana was considering "Bodyguard" sequel; Hugh Grant's a jerk; and Scary Spice ditches the breast implants she said she never had. (03/16/2001)

McCain's last stand? By Jake Tapper
As the renegade senator readies his campaign-finance bill, plenty of people are lining up against him -- including his old opponent, the new president. (03/16/2001)

Dubya's mad-dog economics By Joan Walsh
Who says this surplus-squandering hothead is "conservative"? (03/16/2001)

Hollywood fights back By Anthony York
Harvey Weinstein goes ballistic on a Bush aide; Freepers unload on Rush Limbaugh; Orrin Hatch talks about drugs. (03/16/2001)

Thai one on By Jack Boulware
A sex survey in several Asian countries reveals a special love of spanking in one nation. (03/16/2001)

"Faithless" just might restore our faith By David Thomson
It's utterly simple, terribly intense, all anguish and desire, yet beautifully enigmatic. (03/16/2001)

Who needs the new economy? By Herman M. Schwartz and Aida A. Hozic
Bush's bias toward industrial dinosaurs is strangling America's high-tech-driven growth. (03/16/2001)

Bush's shaky hand By Andrew Leonard
The president's loose talk of recession and hype for his tax cut have economists worried he'll wreck the economy. (03/16/2001)

Thursday, March 15, 2001

Of boomerangs and betrayals
Episode 8: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the tribal council ... (03/15/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 15, 2001 (03/15/2001)

"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" By Andrew O'Hehir
Sex in the bushes and a pot-smoking military liven up Buñuel's masterful farce. Plus: A new doc shows the director mixing cocktails! (03/15/2001)

Woof! There it is! By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Snoop Dogg asks not what porn can do for him, but what he can do for pornography. (03/15/2001)

The Roger Clinton Experience Read by Greil Marcus
At a "Bill Clinton for President" benefit in San Francisco in August 1992, Bill's brother gave the performance of his life in the hopes of changing the country. (03/15/2001)

What to read: March fiction By Salon's critics
Allegra Goodman's hilarious tale of promiscuous spiritual seeking, Pat Barker's tough-minded look at a child who murders, Nuala O'Faolain's searing novel of middle-aged sexuality and more. (03/15/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Billy Dare, boy adventurer, hot on the trail of Dr. Mordu! (03/15/2001)

20 ejaculations, no babies! By Harry C. Schuhmacher
A father goes through the pain and surprise benefits of vasectomy. (03/15/2001)

Penthouse becomes Treehouse! By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Venerable stroke book offers high-gloss hand candy for tree huggers. (03/15/2001)

Brothers under the skin By Alicia Montgomery
Like his nemesis Al Sharpton, David Horowitz seems more interested in inflaming racial tensions than resolving them. (03/15/2001)

National underdog days By Andrew Leonard
The first 48 hours of the NCAA Tournament symbolize everything that's right about America. They ought to be national holidays. (03/15/2001)

Banning the bullies By Fiona Morgan
In the wake of school shootings, state legislatures are considering laws to crack down on harassment and violence in schools. How will they tell the bullies from the victims? (03/15/2001)

Sex, anyone? By Carina Chocano
Björn Borg promotes the horizontal hula -- without a net. Plus: John Ritter's privates play a part. (03/15/2001)

Top 10 reasons to welcome global Temperature Enhancement By Chris Colin
What's with all the whining about Bush's visionary decision on carbon dioxide emissions? Give the man credit for bringing us a brighter, warmer tomorrow! (03/15/2001)

The prince currently known as artist By Amy Reiter
Prince Charles gets funky with his first DJ gig; Ricky Martin has a special new friend! Plus: Monica doesn't like sharing the Big Apple with the big guy, and the Village People lose a villager. (03/15/2001)

Did Bush bungle relations with North Korea? By Jake Tapper
"He said a really stupid thing. He shouldn't say stupid things in the future." (03/15/2001)

George's noxious revision By Anthony York and Dawn MacKeen
Bush's blatant flip-flip on carbon dioxide pollution has even some GOP stalwarts holding their noses. (03/15/2001)

The honeymoon's over By Anthony York
The "Bush recession" builds steam. Plus: Rush Limbaugh takes on the Free Republic! (03/15/2001)

"So, what do you think, am I normal?" By Michael Castleman
How the Web has changed access to sex information -- and the kind of advice people seek. Second of two parts. (03/15/2001)

Tokyo teens By Jack Boulware
A gynecologist dispenses sex information to girls out of a burger joint. (03/15/2001)

Escaping the Napster trap By Damien Cave
DivX Networks aims to do for video what MP3s have done for music. Can it please both hackers and the movie biz? First of two parts. (03/15/2001)

Even programmers get the blues
By Katharine Mieszkowski (03/15/2001)

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 14, 2001 (03/14/2001)

Pay for play By Eric Boehlert
Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse. (03/14/2001)

"It Happened One Night" By Stephanie Zacharek
On a glorious transfer of the great screwball comedy, every little detail comes into focus -- even Claudette Colbert's dark, hazy nipples. (03/14/2001)

"An Urban Convalescence" By James Merrill
The late poet James Merrill, recently the subject of a memoir by Alison Lurie, reads three of his poems from the "Voice of the Poet" series. (03/14/2001)

"Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand By Charles Taylor
Surprise! The book everyone is reading and loving stars a stocky, funny-looking hero with four legs -- the champion racehorse Seabiscuit. (03/14/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Behind closed doors. (03/14/2001)

Clipping the family jewels By Susan Kushner Resnick
Becoming a mother turned me into a child, but my husband's vasectomy made a woman out of me. (03/14/2001)

Albert Belle's sad exit By Allen Barra
He played well enough to get to Cooperstown, but his personality and attitude will consign him to obscurity. (03/14/2001)

More Mumia madness By Dave Lindorff
The convicted cop killer fires his lawyers after one complains that a "fringe element" in the movement to free him is hurting the cause. (03/14/2001)

Barbie's boy's bodacious birthday blowout! By Chris Colin
As the Ken doll turns 40, let us not forget 3M Transparent Tape! (03/14/2001)

Is McCartney one toke over the line? By Amy Reiter
Steven Tyler says Paul's hittin' the hemp too hard; will Keith Richards and Charlie Watts do business with Tony Soprano? Plus: Gwyneth Paltrow to play 300-pound woman. (03/14/2001)

Can dry humping get me pregnant? By Michael Castleman
According to sex-advice columnists Americans today aren't much better informed than their grandparents were. First of two parts. (03/14/2001)

Girls just want to have fun By Jack Boulware
A night without men turns into a wild party for women. (03/14/2001)

Do you kick Yahoo?
By Scott Rosenberg (03/14/2001)

A Web of Babel By Damien Cave
Former ICANN chairwoman Esther Dyson says a new domain name system threatens to disrupt the Internet. (03/14/2001)

Tuesday, March 13, 2001

"The enemies are capitalists" By Jeff Stark
In a comic (sort of) new series, the man who built "The X-Files" on paranoia about government finds something new to worry about. (03/13/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 13, 2001 (03/13/2001)

"An Obedient Father" Read by Akhil Sharma
Listen to Akhil Sharma read from his critically acclaimed novel, for which he recently received the PEN/Hemingway Award. (03/14/2001)

Final offer By Garrison Keillor
I'm a Christian, she's a follower of Ayn Rand. She's threatening to leave me if I continue to pursue the ministry. Is there any chance for us? (03/13/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The big snore. (03/13/2001)

Detachment parenting By Susan Straight
My mother let us ride without seat belts. I let my daughter play with sharp tools. I am such a mess as a mother. (03/13/2001)

Horowitz: "I'm not a racial provocateur" By David Horowitz
The Salon columnist charges that Joan Walsh, in her defense of his anti-reparations ad campaign, belittled him as a "racial provocateur" and publicity hound. (03/13/2001)

Steve Martin By Stephen Lemons
The one-time madcap comic deity has become the distinguished elder statesman of humor. Hey, that's not funny! (03/13/2001)

Pretty pregnant woman? By Amy Reiter
Julia Roberts' beau likes the ladies -- round; Carmen Electra offers love advice to college students. Plus: The final word on Tom and Drew's "SNL" stunt. (03/13/2001)

It's not about church and state By Arianna Huffington
Two words for the Bible-thumpers and lefties who are trashing Bush's faith-based initiative: Alcoholics Anonymous. (03/13/2001)

On the road again By Anthony York
Pushing his campaign-finance bill, McCain swings through California. But Bush is out there too, and this time he's getting all the press. (03/13/2001)

The Bush isn't green By Anthony York
President ditches plan to cut emissions. Plus: Gore gains in the Florida running recount tally. (03/13/2001)

Demon music By Jack Boulware
Brazil is abuzz over "Face Slap," a song in which a woman asks her lover to hit her. (03/13/2001)

Even programmers get the blues By Katharine Mieszkowski
As the economic downturn deepens, once-immune geeks are starting to feel the pinch. (03/13/2001)

Ready for some lockjaw?
By Amy Standen (03/13/2001)

"Dot-coms are dead! Long live the Internet!" By Katharine Mieszkowski
A report from the South by Southwest Interactive Festival. (03/13/2001)

Monday, March 12, 2001

The death of Buffy's mom By Joyce Millman
An amazing, buzz-heavy episode takes the most daring show on TV to a new level. (03/12/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, March 12, 2001 (03/12/2001)

"The Cell" By Max Garrone
This visual explosion could have been a radically great film -- then the director found out it's all about the Jennifer. (03/12/2001)

Mixed message By DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky (That Subliminal Kid) runs a sound check on your earlobes in his frequency-testing cut-and-paste extravaganza "Metro Mix." (03/12/2001)

The road to Dictionopolis By Laura Miller
Norton Juster, author of "The Phantom Tollbooth," talks about infinity, romantic triangles and just where that mysterious package came from. (03/12/2001)

Salon recommends
A celebrated screenwriter's exhilaratingly street-smart novel of life in the projects, intimate and elegant letters between two literary lights and more. (03/12/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Dubya shows the founding fathers: Democracy can turn on ya! (03/12/2001)

Friend or FOE (fashion-obsessed entity)? By Ellin Stein
In the fashion feudal system, it helps to be completely monomaniacal. (03/12/2001)

Circle skirts and dirndl underpants By Janelle Brown
Maybe fashion journalism is best for those who can't read. (03/12/2001)

Chattel wear By Carina Chocano
Uniforms have always been about servitude, but the degradation thing is new. (03/12/2001)

Battle of the celebrity gender theorists
by Amy Benfer (03/12/2001)

Who's afraid of the big bad Horowitz?
By Joan Walsh (03/12/2001)

Dr. Neal Barnard By Peter Brandt
His ideas on diet and ethical medicine could prolong Dick Cheney's life (and yours), stop animal torture and improve Ted Nugent's attitude. Why isn't this man surgeon general? (03/12/2001)

Sporty Spice, Ditching Spice By Amy Reiter
The Spice formerly known as Mel C. says she's leaving; Leif Garrett's wanted by the law; and Björn Borg wants more sex for everyone. Plus: Russell Crowe comes out of hiding and more! (03/12/2001)

Let the hogfest begin! By Bruce Shapiro
Washington's new "bankruptcy reforms" will fatten bankers' bulging wallets and force more credit-card debtors into the poorhouse. Welcome to the Bush era -- where greed is good again! (03/12/2001)

Report: Gore woulda won! By Anthony York
The White House pranked! A Clinton puppet for sale -- by Democrats! Plus: Why is China making black berets for the U.S. Army? (03/12/2001)

Words make me hot By Cathy Allison
If I ever have an affair, it will begin in a bookstore. (03/12/2001)

Nuclear scandal By Jack Boulware
A Los Alamos scientist claims her boss kept her as a sex slave; he says she was a willing participant. (03/12/2001)

Sunday, March 11, 2001

Saturday, March 10, 2001

Childhood's end By Gary Kamiya
Lionel Tate was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he committed when he was 12. Is this really the America we want? (03/10/2001)

Do you kick Yahoo? By Scott Rosenberg
The rush to bury the Web leader prematurely is the latest sign of a manic-depressive marketplace. (03/10/2001)

Friday, March 09, 2001

"When Brendan Met Trudy" By Charles Taylor
You could call this slight Irish romance refreshing -- but not necessarily in a good way. (03/09/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 9-11, 2001 (03/09/2001)

"15 Minutes" By Stephanie Zacharek
Media: Bad. Violence: Bad, but exciting. Robert De Niro: Good. (03/09/2001)

"Company Man" By Charles Taylor
There's nothing worse than a bad farce -- except for this Cuban missile crisis comedy that wastes talent like Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro and Alan Cumming. (03/09/2001)

"Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" By Stephanie Zacharek
Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Glenn Close -- why didn't we get to see this finely crafted, intimate star vehicle on a movie screen? (03/09/2001)

Tie that kangaroo down, Colby!
Episode 7: It's date night in the outback, and the boys are excited! (03/09/2001)

"1st to Die" Read by Melissa Leo and Dylan Baker
In James Patterson's new novel, four women band together to stop a killer in San Francisco. (03/09/2001)

"Inside Pitch" by George Gmelch By King Kaufman
Podunk towns, brutal competition, wooden bats and dirty laundry -- an anthropologist shows what the lives of pro baseball players are really like. (03/09/2001)

Battle of the celebrity gender theorists By Amy Benfer
Christina Hoff Sommers skewers Carol Gilligan, Jane Fonda and their "girl crisis" rhetoric. (03/09/2001)

Controversial cell research takes a hit By Dawn MacKeen
Critics of the field have a heyday as the results of one study and a lawsuit fuel their fire. (03/09/2001)

Who's afraid of the big, bad Horowitz? By Joan Walsh
By refusing to run his ad blasting reparations for slavery, cringing campus journalists are giving the racial provocateur publicity that money can't buy. (03/09/2001)

Deadly consequences By Fiona Morgan
"Zero tolerance" policies to stop youth violence may actually make schools less safe, an expert says. (03/09/2001)

The Bush look
By Camille Paglia (03/09/2001)

"The new LSD" hits Hollywood By Amy Reiter
Courtney Love sez choosy celebrities choose Vicodin; will "Hogan's Heroes" star's biopic be a sleazefest? Plus: Jacko and Culkin spend evening with stuffed animals! (03/09/2001)

Colin Powell veers right By Ben Barber
After conservative critics chastise him for softening sanctions against Iraq, the secretary of state hardens his line. (03/09/2001)

Where's the other team? By Jake Tapper
As Bush's tax cut sails through the House, Democrats grumble about their lackluster leadership. (03/09/2001)

Report: Gore woulda won! by Anthony York
A Clinton puppet for sale -- by Democrats! Plus: Why is China making black berets for the Army? And should this really be Purple vs. Purple? (03/09/2001)

Who is Angelina? By David Thomson
The possibility or mystery of a real human being has been eclipsed by the photographic aura of her face and her self. (03/09/2001)

Sex patrol By Jack Boulware
Iranian mountain police are busting up love on the slopes. (03/09/2001)

Geek TV By Janelle Brown
"The Lone Gunmen" strikes out, but "BattleBots" and "Junkyard Wars" portray culturally ascendant nerds in all their glory. (03/09/2001)

Thursday, March 08, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 8, 2001 (03/08/2001)

"The Gleaners and I" By Stephanie Zacharek
Agnès Varda's new film is part documentary, part personal reflection -- and a celebratory jig to squeezing every last drop out of life. (03/08/2001)

Going, going ... gone?
Laura Miller speaks with Salon Tech writer Janelle Brown about the recent developments in the case against Napster. (03/08/2001)

Mixing it up By Suzy Hansen
Alabama just legalized black-white marriage. An expert talks about why it took so long and the American obsession with racial purity. (03/08/2001)

"White-Collar Sweatshop" and "When authors attack"
Readers respond to Suzy Hansen's review of "White-Collar Sweatshop" and Maria Russo's article about authors who strike back at their reviewers. (03/08/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The return of the Impossible Squad! (03/08/2001)

My dad, Vegas, acid and enlightenment By Joel Blum
Al looks for nirvana and I go along for the ride. (03/08/2001)

Where's Arafat? By Flore de Prineuf
His intransigence helped elect Ariel Sharon, and violence rages on. Can Yasser Arafat lead the Palestinians out of crisis? (03/08/2001)

Puck politics By King Kaufman
A Hitler-celebrating alum's cash convinces a North Dakota university to keep its degrading Indian mascot. (03/08/2001)

When animals give back By Carina Chocano
Whether you're Sen. Robert Byrd or Eminem, it's the convoluted intention that counts, not the offensive slur. Plus: The KKK and Imelda on beauty. (03/08/2001)

On the sly By Amy Reiter
Stallone is accused of sexual assault; Foxy Brown wants a lil' truce. Plus: The other gay Teletubby, Drew Barrymore's bikini wedding plans and Jacko's tardiness for best-man duties. (03/08/2001)

The perfect Strom? By Alicia Montgomery
The 98-year-old's health ranks up there with Dick Cheney's as the subject of Beltway gossip. (03/08/2001)

Dick Cheney's suicide mission By Arianna Huffington
It's time for the vice president to resign. (03/08/2001)

Tax-cut color commentators By Anthony York
(03/08/2001)

Burglars found my dildo By Marla Riley
Memo to crowbar wielders: I hate hot pink -- it was my husband's idea. (03/08/2001)

Rodent revelations By Jack Boulware
Rat testicles contain a substance that could lead to a better spermicide. (03/08/2001)

Ready for some lockjaw? By Amy Standen
There's no profit in the tetanus vaccine business, so a rare and hideous disease may soon strike more Americans. (03/08/2001)

Wednesday, March 07, 2001

"Das Boot" By Max Garrone
War is hell; war underwater is worse. A new version restores every shake, rattle and roll of the German submarine epic. (03/07/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 7, 2001 (03/07/2001)

Robert Thompson watches TV for a living By Geoff Edgers
How one professor turned into a pop culture pundit, where he stands on "C.H.i.P.S" and why he's quoted regularly in the New York Times. (03/07/2001)

The week in dirt Read by Amy Reiter
Keith Richards is a fan of Janis Soprano's bosom, President Bush's niece thinks Prince William is pretty cute, LSD is a cure for allergies and more. (03/07/2001)

"Purified by Fire" by Stephen Prothero By Laura Miller
Denounced as "heathen," then touted as tasteful, cremation in America has lately taken a turn for the tacky. (03/07/2001)

Buried alive! By Gary Kamiya
Has it happened? Does it still happen? A new book tells the strangely hilarious history of the ultimate horror. (03/07/2001)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
I was seduced into being a drug mule! Gunther tells all (03/07/2001)

Lost and found By Eve Parnell
My first love tracks me down and my first life flashes before my eyes. (03/07/2001)

The unsweet 64 By Allen Barra
The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out. (03/07/2001)

Making sense of the shooting at Santana High
Readers respond to Salon's coverage of the latest high school tragedy. (03/07/2001)

Freezer culture By Christopher Kemp
You don't need religion for life after death -- just $35,000 and a taste for liquid nitrogen. (03/07/2001)

Pamela Anderson, baywatched? By Amy Reiter
Tommy Lee's ex gets her own female stalker; Michael Jackson signs on as Uri Geller's best man; and Lara Flynn Boyle and Renée Zellweger bare their thoughts on breasts. (03/07/2001)

You've got kinky, salacious, virus-bearing mail, you sick puke! By Douglas Cruickshank
The most recent Internet-borne computer disease appeals to the weakness in our flesh. (03/07/2001)

Time for another veep watch? By Anthony York
Cheney's troubled ticker has some suggesting he step aside -- but who would get the nod? (03/07/2001)

Delayed reaction By David Tuller
Ken Baker talks about how almost being a woman for more than 20 years is making him a better man now. (03/07/2001)

Hide those thighs By Jack Boulware
Moscow officials fight ads for a male strip club that display "massive loins." (03/07/2001)

When two gadgets become one By Simson Garfinkel
Handspring's VisorPhone is the first cool combination of cellphone and personal digital assistant. (03/07/2001)

The Internet's public enema No. 1
By Janelle Brown (03/07/2001)

Tuesday, March 06, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 6, 2001 (03/06/2001)

"The Last Temptation of Christ" By Andrew O'Hehir
Martin Scorsese's life-size religious portrait really was scandalous, but not because Jesus and Mary Magdalene had sex. (03/06/2001)

The naked reality By Carina Chocano
A producer of "Temptation Island," the tawdriest reality TV show of them all, tells what went on behind the scenes. (03/06/2001)

Digesting "Hannibal"
By Gary Percesepe and Frederick Barthelme (03/06/2001)

Hey, look at me! By Garrison Keillor
I'm tired of playing second fiddle to my beautiful best friend who has a body like a Playboy bunny. (03/06/2001)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
"The Paper Palace" (03/06/2001)

Been there, done that By Chris Colin
The Santana High School shooting was terrifying. The students' response was chilling. (03/06/2001)

Deadly ambivalence By Meredith Maran
Schools need to teach our kids how much they matter. If they don't, we will see Santana and Columbine copycat shootings again and again. (03/06/2001)

Is there anything left to say? By Daryl Lindsey
Guns, neglect, bullying, the role of race: If you feel like you've heard this all before, it's because you have. (03/06/2001)

Chuck Barris By King Kaufman
Long before "Survivor," the eccentric who created "The Gong Show" discovered that people will do anything to get on TV, and others will watch them. (03/06/2001)

Tattoo who? By Amy Reiter
How Keith Richards stays abreast of Janice Soprano's markings; Angelina and Billy Bob go wild with plastic horses. Plus: Gisele Bundchen's sick of blow-dryers! (03/06/2001)

Still, no new laws By Jake Tapper
Paducah, Jonesboro, Springfield, Columbine and now Santee, and Congress hasn't passed a new gun control law since 1996. (03/06/2001)

The real quid pro quo in Washington By Arianna Huffington
While Congress holds hearings on the Marc Rich pardon case, it should also take a look at its own payoff to credit card giants in passing the bankruptcy bill. (03/06/2001)

Doctor: White House is spinning Cheney's condition By Jake Tapper
There's nothing "precautionary" about Monday's procedure, says a leading cardiologist. (03/06/2001)

Has the FBI found the Bush mole?
Is Juanita really the mole? And did Hillary really shove Strom Thurmond? (03/06/2001)

The real White House heart problem By Kevin Sweeney
With its rote reaction to Dick Cheney's latest health woes, the Bush team squanders a chance to remind Americans what really matters. (03/06/2001)

Big duh By Jack Boulware
According to a survey, American executives like financial, shopping and sex Web sites best. (03/06/2001)

Crafting the free-software future By Ed Frauenheim
At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money. (03/06/2001)

Napster gets court's marching orders By Damien Cave
Service must start blocking music files pronto, judge rules, but record companies must provide lists of copyrighted songs. (03/06/2001)

Monday, March 05, 2001

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(03/05/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, March 5, 2001 (03/05/2001)

Body and soul Read by Laurie Anderson
Don DeLillo's "The Body Artist" focuses on the inner life of an artist after she suffers the loss of her husband. (03/05/2001)

"Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America" by Lynne Luciano By Suzy Hansen
A new book says men have become obsessed with their bodies, but does the rise of hair grafts and penis-enlargement surgery really spell the end of civilization? (03/05/2001)

Salon recommends
A photo collection featuring food, figurines and fetishes; a story of love and anthropology in a utopian community; and more. (03/05/2001)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
He's gone too far this time! (03/05/2001)

How green was my pompadour By King Kaufman
Flash hair and mega piercing go looking for work. (03/05/2001)

Broad-minded tokenism and fried French models By Janelle Brown
Drunk and ugly fashion hits the runway and it suits us fine. (03/05/2001)

Punk rocks By Amy Benfer
As long as pretty rules, ugly will be the choice of fashionable dissidents. (03/05/2001)

Other people's money By David Horowitz
President Bush's proposed tax cut would wrest control from tax-and-spend Democrats and return power to the people. (03/05/2001)

Isabel Allende By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Her books don't get edited, she says Latin lovers make lousy husbands and her daughter's pornographic letters are a great read. (03/05/2001)

Just friends! By Amy Reiter
George W. Bush's niece denies writing steamy notes to Prince William; Bobby Knight teams up with the other o.j. Plus: Playboy calls "Temptation Island's" Mandy a liar, and the pope's down with Kubrick. (03/05/2001)

Did Bush camp encourage military personnel to vote after Election Day? By Jake Tapper
In an excerpt from his new book, Jake Tapper uncovers the down and dirty partisan scuffle to win the Florida recount battle -- and the presidency. (03/05/2001)

The clit conspiracy By Barbara Raab
Rebecca Chalker wants to return our attention to the part of a woman's body that's all about pleasure. Plus: A rant about "vagina night." (03/05/2001)

Aroused by fresh pancakes By Jack Boulware
A frying pan, an ardent lover and a kitchen in Mordvinia: Love hurts! (03/05/2001)

The Internet's public enema No. 1 By Janelle Brown
Will Rotten.com -- home of the Web's most gruesome, explicit and utterly tasteless photographs -- ever be kicked offline? (03/05/2001)

Courtney Love does the math
World music pioneer David Lindley writes to say online file swapping is a way of getting back at rich people. (03/05/2001)

Sunday, March 04, 2001

Saturday, March 03, 2001

Digesting "Hannibal" By Gary Percesepe and Frederick Barthelme
Two noted authors discuss an unspeakable love, how the critics got it wrong -- and the semiotics of brain eating. (03/03/2001)

Europe's livestock plague By Dawn MacKeen
As the British meat market faces yet another crisis, experts at home assess the risk of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.S. (03/03/2001)

Rich vs. gauche By Debra J. Saunders
In the pardon hearings, the Democrats may look great, but it's those shabby Republicans who are making real sense. (03/03/2001)

Friday, March 02, 2001

"The Mexican" By Charles Taylor
Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, together at last in a final burp of Tarantinoism. (03/02/2001)

"The Widow of St. Pierre" By Charles Taylor
After her star turn in "Chocolat," Juliette Binoche dulls this costume melodrama. (03/02/2001)

"Series 7: The Contenders" By Andrew O'Hehir
This reality TV spoof is even harder to watch than the sadistic, unwatchable crap it parodies. (03/02/2001)

"See Spot Run" By Andrew O'Hehir
David Arquette, a kid and a cute dog promise some old-fashioned "Three Stooges" comedy. Nyuk, nyuk, not even. (03/02/2001)

"The Caveman's Valentine" By Stephanie Zacharek
Director Kasi Lemmons might have a great movie in her, but this Samuel Jackson-led psychological thriller isn't it. (03/02/2001)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 2-4, 2001 (03/02/2001)

The outback bites back!
Jerri needs chocolate and sex, in that order; and, at Kucha, a trial by fire. (03/02/2001)

Filtering out the fun
Damien Cave explains how censorware is cutting out access to such useful Internet services as Babel Fish. (03/02/2001)

When authors attack By Maria Russo
Calling a reviewer at home and putting a bounty on a critic are two ways unwise writers respond to negative reviews. (03/02/2001)

"Boomer Buddhism" and "Assault on evolution"
Readers respond to Stephen Prothero's critique of American Buddhists and Larry Arnhart's assessment of intelligent design theory. (03/02/2001)

Your heart has been recalled By Dawn MacKeen
In the brave new world of body-part implants, what happens when you get a lemon of a ticker? (03/02/2001)

Global warning By Dawn MacKeen
Species from birds to butterflies are doing strange things, and a new report blames the behavior on the Earth's rising temperature. (03/02/2001)

Roland Joffé By Stephen Lemons
The creator of "The Mission" and "The Killing Fields" describes his latest cinematic feast, "Vatel," and explains why a cook and a director have more in common than you'd think. (03/02/2001)

Doggone it, Russell! By Amy Reiter
Meg Ryan's dad weighs in on Crowe's doggy dis; Britney wants more people in her clothes; Shannen Doherty's ex can't remember a thing; and the Reagans go nuclear! (03/02/2001)

Clinton's aides grilled in pardon probe
His former White House advisors say they slammed the Rich pardon plea but he went ahead anyway; one of Bush's daughters uses the Secret Service to rescue a drunken buddy. (03/02/2001)

Say "cheese" By Jack Boulware
An Austrian clerk allegedly let female shoplifters go free if they posed in the nude. (03/02/2001)

Back story By David Thomson
Livia Soprano went to a convent school but gave it up because she knew too much about life. (03/02/2001)

Geeks declare war on Intel By Kieran McCarthy
Chip-heads say flaws in the Pentium 4 prove the high-tech giant is sacrificing engineering principles for marketing goals. (03/02/2001)

Thursday, March 01, 2001

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 1, 2001 (03/01/2001)

Nice "Beaver"! By Paul Cullum
Sean Penn! Crispin Glover! A drag Olivia Newton-John! The strange saga of how "The Beaver Trilogy" was made is even weirder than the film itself. (03/01/2001)

"Manhunter" By Max Garrone
The first Hannibal Lecter movie is sweetly simple, but the stars say it was creepy as hell. (03/01/2001)

Episode 9: The mole, the Coop and the dupes
The worst reality show on television comes to a merciful end. (03/01/2001)

Episode 7: The tawdry and the damned By Carina Chocano
In which our heroes and heroines, a few with rug burns, reunite to assess the damage. (03/01/2001)

Ed Harris and his labor of love
The actor and director talks about his latest film, on the life of painter Jackson Pollock. (03/01/2001)

"White-Collar Sweatshop" by Jill Andresky Fraser By Suzy Hansen
Bullying bosses, 24-hour on-call weeks, shrinking benefits -- and corporate workers never got their cut of the '90s boom. (03/01/2001)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The history and future of layoffs. (03/01/2001)

Dragonfly's demise By Jennifer Miller
Another progressive preschool bites the dust, leaving me and other parents livid and bereft. (03/01/2001)

Trites of spring By King Kaufman
As baseball's exhibition season begins, is there a single team that isn't counting on an unhappy millionaire outfielder, a surgically repaired pitcher who "looks great" and a better finish than last year? (03/01/2001)

Sing with me 'til the pain goes away By Carina Chocano
The healing powers of the Eminem/Elton John-style duet are limitless. We have some ideas. (03/01/2001)

Mouse bites cat By Amy Reiter
Disney's got its claws on Us Weekly. It's a loss for toothy celebrity journalism everywhere. (03/01/2001)

The real slim Puffy By Amy Reiter
Puff Daddy drops almost 30 pounds in two months; Whitney has a supernatural stalker; and Bono and Donny Osmond might hop on the duet bandwagon. (03/01/2001)

Belt-tightening to fund tax cut
Bush's budget blueprint gets blessed and blasted on Capitol Hill. Plus: Hillary Clinton's other brother admits pressing for pardons. And: A Denise Rich recount and the "conspiracy" in Florida. (03/01/2001)

Gore chats up Murdoch By Peter Keating
In front of students, the former vice president is unfailingly polite during his "interview" with the titan of conservative media. (03/01/2001)

Pierre et Gilles By Glen Helfand
An enduring couple make glittery photographs filled with myth, camp and homoeroticism. (03/01/2001)

It's a circus By Jack Boulware
A Swiss newspaper alleges that Princess Stephanie had a fling with an elephant trainer. (03/01/2001)