August 2000

"Diabolique" By Michael Sragow
Did a Frenchman scare Hitchcock into making "Psycho"? (08/31/2000)

A trip through freedom's hometown By Burt Wolf
In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell is a symbol of both America's ideals and its failings. (08/31/2000)

We're the younger generation By Joey Sweeney
Yearning for the glory of pop's faded eras, Kindercore and the twee world celebrate rock 'n' roll without the sex and drugs. A report from Expo 2000 Athens. (08/31/2000)

Live, from Rockford -- it's Lady MacGeorge! By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 44 (Wednesday, Aug. 30): Another banishment round, with an unlikely victim. (08/31/2000)

"Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley" By Greg Villepique
A biography of the spooky, sex- and drug-addled egomaniac who became an icon to generations of wannabe occultists. (08/31/2000)

"Keep Australia on Your Left" by Eric Stiller By Pete Wells
The story of an attempt to kayak around Australia that ended -- refreshingly -- not with triumph or disaster but with honest failure. (08/31/2000)

Why is Michael Dell cashing out? By Diane Seo
The PC wunderkind is on a selling spree -- $2.5 billion worth of his company stock in less than two years. (08/31/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Iron Chef vs. Bob (08/31/2000)

Bitter pills By Alan Berlow
Pharmaceutical companies are apoplectic over Gore's prescription drug pricing proposal (08/31/2000)

Striking down medical marijuana By David Tuller
San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling. (08/31/2000)

Losing ground By Patricia G. Barnes
I was a lawyer in one state, a mom without portfolio in another. (08/31/2000)

The politics of lynching By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies. (08/31/2000)

Love's labors flossed By Rebecca Segall
Inventor Sean Dix wanted to revolutionize the way we get rid of plaque. Now he's in jail for threatening Ted Turner's life. (08/31/2000)

Full tilt By Carina Chocano
Quixotic, obsessive, panty-waving zealots are staking out their own corporate windmills. Are they heroes or crackpots? (08/31/2000)

Shut up and enjoy it By Amy Reiter
TV actor Richard Hatch resents sharing names with the "Survivor" millionaire; Marilyn Manson saves an injured Bond girl. Plus: Ben Affleck blows a fortune and a Spice Girl finds 2,500 bad words. (08/31/2000)

Anti-Semite patrol By Anthony York
A graffiti incident in Chico, Calif., confirms our worst fears about rural America. Or was it just some kid's prank? (08/31/2000)

Carnal smorgasbord By Stephen Lemons
British photographer China Hamilton portrays women as strong, independent beings -- even when they're tied up -- in his book "Woman." (08/31/2000)

Ain't no network strong enough By Brendan I. Koerner
Master cryptographer Bruce Schneier's "Secrets and Lies" explains why computer security is an oxymoron. (08/31/2000)

Salon Technology on "Beyond Computers"
Salon Technology writers talk about online privacy and kiddie-porn hysteria. (08/31/2000)

"Die Hard" By David Lazarus
John McTiernan's thrill ride started an avalanche of knockoffs, but there's still no beating the original. (08/30/2000)

Hollywood's golden age By Cara Jepsen
From "Bathroom Frivolities" to "Gladiator," a semi-comprehensive guide to film's greatest pee scenes. (08/30/2000)

Things get really weird By Carina Chocano, Jeff Stark and Bill Wyman
Episode 43 (Tuesday, Aug. 29): Brittany makes Josh squirm, Cassandra gets livid and George says "water" from his "hose" makes womens' breasts grow. (08/30/2000)

Shoah business Viktor Frvlke
The son of an Auschwitz survivor accuses the "Holocaust industry," Elie Wiesel and Jewish leaders worldwide of a vast shakedown. (08/30/2000)

"The Holocaust Industry" by Norman G. Finkelstein By Andrew Ross
Is this indictment of Jewish lobby groups a righteous battle cry or something more sinister? (08/30/2000)

Bring on the misfits By Alan Deutschman
Silicon Valley owes its success to cultural outsiders, says Gregg Zachary in "The Global Me." When will the rest of the world open its doors? (08/30/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
The mustard that has seen 12 presidents (08/30/2000)

To toke or not to toke By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Is it OK for a breast-feeding mother to get high -- just once? (08/30/2000)

Portrait of a drug czar By Arthur Allen
Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy. (08/30/2000)

Holy Joe
By Gary Kamiya (08/30/2000)

Bosom buddies
By Carolyn Magner (08/30/2000)

The WNBA: They're no angels
By Cathy Young (08/30/2000)

Whose crisis is this, anyway? By Debra Ollivier
Teens are getting the blame for their parents' failures. (08/30/2000)

I was a hired thug for tough love By Sheerly Avni
For two years, I led wilderness trips for teenagers who had been begged, bribed, tricked and sometimes physically dragged from their beds to get to us. And, yes, I can still sleep at night. (08/30/2000)

Pictures she never showed me By Gorden Russell
My mother was raped at age 13. Our biweekly photo feature. (08/30/2000)

New education gurus By Debra Ollivier
A booming market emerges for consultants to desperate parents. (08/30/2000)

Panama wants to stay out of the drug war By Mark Schapiro
Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia. (08/30/2000)

Talking-head games By Bruce Kluger
Hiring a journalist to host "Big Brother" was just the beginning -- look what's around the corner. (08/30/2000)

World Kiss By Rob Brezsny
You can only be in mad loving lust with ALL of the Goddess, not some of Her. Now start kissing. (08/30/2000)

PETA on the spot By Alicia Montgomery
The animal rights group's milk-mustached Giuliani sours critics' sensibilities. (08/30/2000)

Identity crisis at both ends By Jonathan Lerner
"Kosher Meat" is a collection of short stories that deals with what it means to be both gay and Jewish. (08/30/2000)

Flameproof racism By Andrew Brown
On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive -- without the usual online rancor and hatred. (08/30/2000)

Remember when content was king? By Janelle Brown
Now it's just fodder for a media blab fest, where every critic thinks he has the answer to making money online. (08/30/2000)

"Independence Day" By Jeff Stark
If you like 'em big and stupid, you can't argue with larger-than-life patriotism, exploding alien spaceships and a homage to "Planet of the Apes." (08/29/2000)

"The Original Kings of Comedy" By Andrew O'Hehir
Spike Lee's low-budget concert movie turns a hysterical night of African-American humor into the hottest little picture of the summer. (08/29/2000)

"The Crew" By Stephanie Zacharek
Four cranky old mobsters warm up an otherwise cool month of late-summer comedies. (08/29/2000)

"A Rum Affair" by Karl Sabbagh By Dan Cryer
Floraphiles get nasty in a true story of the near-perfect botanical crime. (08/29/2000)

Horny in the heartland By Garrison Keillor
While Mr. Blue gets mellow by the coast, they're feeling frisky closer to home. (08/29/2000)

Kissing up to the community By Damien Cave
Once hailed as San Francisco saviors, dot-coms now have to make nice with peeved neighbors. (08/29/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Hypno-sexism (08/29/2000)

Out on a limb By Randy Dotinga
A New York psychologist searches for a hospital to allow his healthy right leg to be cut off after a Scottish facility refuses. (08/29/2000)

What happened to the women's Web?
By Janelle Brown (08/29/2000)

Nader's priceless spot
By Salon Staff (08/29/2000)

"Survivor": Did the right person win?
"Richard deserved to win" by Joan Walsh; "Anyone but Richard!" by Janelle Brown (08/29/2000)

Way past cool By Susan Straight
Wine cake is my take on motherhood and life. (08/29/2000)

Just say yes By Susan Straight
Even Nancy Reagan digs this dessert. (08/29/2000)

Deregulation's demons By Joe Conason
Surging electricity rates and faulty tires prove that Washington's role in protecting consumers is a vital necessity. (08/29/2000)

Roger Angell By Steve Kettmann
Long before he started writing about baseball for the New Yorker he was a fan of the game, and he has never been afraid to show it. (08/29/2000)

Courting disaster By Amy Reiter
Dennis Rodman comes out of his shell, streams live video from his home to the Web; Ellen DeGeneres looks for those other fish in the sea. Plus: Catherine Zeta-Jones throws a fit, and Survivor plans to sue "Survivor." (08/29/2000)

Prison politics By Bruce Shapiro
Under Gov. George W. Bush, Texas has the largest -- and fastest growing -- incarcerated population in America. (08/29/2000)

Hollywood on trial By Jake Tapper
Joe Lieberman gets ready to testify in hearings about the evils of the entertainment industry -- and the Gore campaign can't wait. (08/29/2000)

Holy Joe By Gary Kamiya
Lieberman's God-fearing sermon was a cute political move -- and a debasement of both religion and civil society. (08/29/2000)

Memo to my Hollywood friends By Joe Eszterhas
Don't fund the Gore-Lieberman ticket until we get some answers. (08/29/2000)

Horsing around By Jack Boulware
A man is sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting mares. (08/29/2000)

Improper dinner conversation By David Bowman
Carol Groneman, author of "Nymphomania: A History," finds that the loaded term says more about society than women. (08/29/2000)

Xbox, Xbox, |ber alles By Wagner James Au
Quit whining. A Microsoft monopoly isn't always a bad thing -- especially if it kicks off a renaissance in gaming creativity. (08/29/2000)

A boy named IUMA By Carina Chocano
A future ditty by Iuma Dylan-Lucas Thornhill, whose parents just won $5,000 for naming him after a Web site. (08/29/2000)

"Lion" ("The Professional") By Charles Taylor
Uncut, Luc Besson's controversial thriller makes perfect sense -- and it has a softly beating heart. (08/28/2000)

Four little words By Eric Boehlert
How the record industry used a tiny legislative amendment to try to steal recording copyrights from artists -- forever. (08/28/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking. (08/28/2000)

Red-light fever By Cary Tennis
I, too, love a district where anything goes, but William Vollmann's novel of San Francisco's Tenderloin goes too far. (08/28/2000)

Give us baby butts and kitty pix! By Katharine Mieszkowski
Dubious sites, including former "spam king" Sanford Wallace's new Passthison.com, continue to draw millions of visitors. (08/28/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Notes from Los Angeles: Soft money, firm bowel movements and power to the people. (08/28/2000)

Bone dry By Pegi Taylor
After I die, I want maggots to eat away my flesh so my skeleton can be used for research purposes. (08/28/2000)

Hunting pedophiles on the Net
By James R. Kincaid (08/28/2000)

Hellfire and khakis
By Christina Oxenberg (08/28/2000)

Being Italian-American: Fuhgeddaboudit
By Maria Russo (08/28/2000)

Heche gay? I don't feel it
By David Thomson (08/28/2000)

Bosom buddies By Carolyn Magner
I wanted a new pair of boobs. But how would I tell my daughters that their Barbie-bashing mom wants to look just like her? (08/28/2000)

Cleaning up for Clinton By Ana Arana
The fortress tourist town of Cartagena banned street children and demonstrations on the eve of the president's arrival. (08/28/2000)

War on drugs 1, human rights 0 By Ana Arana
On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Colombia, critics say Washington cares more about its war on drugs than human rights. (08/28/2000)

Getting radical By Tristan Patterson
Skating might have been for punks, but they were as traditional as they come -- until some girls came along with the toughest 180 ever. (08/28/2000)

Don't call it liposuction By Amy Reiter
"Survivor's" Richard throws down the cash for a tighter bod; Anne Heche might be back in boytown after all. Plus: Madonna gets down on her knees before the U.N. (08/28/2000)

Persuading people you care By David Horowitz
Republicans need to take a lesson from Bill Clinton and wrap themselves in the flag of the "dispossessed." (08/28/2000)

Launch of a new bra By Jack Boulware
The designers of the Millennium Bridge in London are working on the latest in brassiere technology. (08/28/2000)

War paint By Jonathon Keats
Two recent books -- "The Femme's Guide to the Universe" and "On the Trail of the Women Warriors" -- explore femme fatales, latex, the invincibility of waterproof mascara and Amazons. (08/28/2000)

Information just wants to be Freenet By Damien Cave
Rob Kramer and Ian Clarke's new venture, Uprizer, wants to be the Red Hat of peer-to-peer networks. What's behind their wall of secrecy? (08/28/2000)

Why Intel's into P2P By Damien Cave
If peer-to-peer networking becomes the "next computing frontier," guess who stands to benefit? (08/28/2000)

As the case crumbles By Fiona Morgan
A judge orders scientist Wen Ho Lee free on bail as the prosecution's case appears to fall apart. (08/26/2000)

They're no angels By Cathy Young
Is women's basketball a kinder, gentler game? The WNBA shows that women aren't nicer than men -- but they aren't better, either. (08/26/2000)

"Bring It On" By Charles Taylor
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? Spunky cheerleaders rip up the color line. (08/25/2000)

"The Art of War" By Andrew O'Hehir
A surprisingly enjoyable grade-B blockbuster, part Hong Kong action blowout and part philosophical potboiler. (08/25/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Aug. 25-27, 2000 (08/25/2000)

"The Complete Superman Collection" By Michael Sragow
Up in the sky! Look! It's a dynamic collection of classic animated shorts in gleaming Technicolor! (08/25/2000)

Count on it By Aimee Bender
The author of "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" picks five great books that play with numbers. (08/25/2000)

Stupid traveler tricks II By Don George
This is something I will never do in a hotel room again. Ever. (08/25/2000)

How my ass ended up in a sling By Elliott Neal Hester
While fantasizing about a Salma Hayek wannabe, I accidentally broke the plane. (08/25/2000)

Designer eggs By Jay Dixit
This month a panel of medical experts responded to a Web pornographer who tried to auction supermodel eggs. (08/25/2000)

Richard knows best
By Beth Broeker (08/25/2000)

To the last "Survivor"!
By Joyce Millman (08/25/2000)

"Big Brother" mutiny brewing!
By Martha Soukup (08/25/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
Why do some girls have girlness while other girls only have envy? (08/25/2000)

The boxer currently known as Prince By Allen Barra
American sportswriters can't stand fighter Prince Naseem Hamed. But he doesn't give a damn. (08/25/2000)

Roo the day By Daniel Kraus
Presidential candidate John Hagelin and I come from different sides of the tracks in Fairfield, Iowa. And finally, I'm OK with that. (08/25/2000)

Feeling dizzy? Spin some more! By Amy Reiter
Anne Heche returns to Earth and the official spinning begins; Mel Tormi's velvety estate goes on the market for more than you have. Plus: Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid dash our hopes. (08/25/2000)

A cuddly, targeted tax cut By Alicia Montgomery
Al Gore hypes his college funding plans before a university audience, and -- surprise! -- they love it. (08/25/2000)

The Willie Horton alumni association By Jake Tapper
Memories of the controversial 1988 ad are stirred as George W. Bush appears at a university with ties to the ad's creator. (08/25/2000)

Nader's priceless spot By Salon Staff
Watch the Ralph Nader campaign ad MasterCard doesn't want you to see. (08/25/2000)

Foreign affairs screw-up of the day By Anthony York
It's the Gore campaign's turn to look dumb. (08/25/2000)

Come again? By Jack Boulware
German scientists find surge in prolactin -- a libido-decreasing hormone -- after orgasm. (08/25/2000)

Heche gay? I don't feel it By David Thomson
The actress came out to us, but she may have been crossing her fingers behind her back. (08/25/2000)

What happened to the women's Web? By Janelle Brown
They promised a revolution, but all we got was horoscopes, diet tips and parenting advice. (08/25/2000)

Count-Me-In for cash By Janelle Brown
A new nonprofit makes it easy for women -- even with bad credit -- to snag biz loans on the Net. (08/25/2000)

Jules Dassin: The early years By Michael Sragow
This summer's hottest noir director talks about the road to "Rififi." (08/24/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 (08/24/2000)

"Free Tibet" By Jeff Stark
Half flimsy documentary, half unexceptional concert movie -- but Beck and Bjvrk are priceless. (08/24/2000)

Tribal touchdown By Eric Boehlert
"Survivor" ratings trounce everything but the Super Bowl. (08/24/2000)

Anyone but Richard! By Janelle Brown
The smug bastard's win is a trophy for ladder-climbing executives everywhere. (08/24/2000)

The Movie List
An A-Z list of movies reviewed by Salon. (08/24/2000)

Richard deserved to win By Joan Walsh
His surprise victory showed age and cunning triumphing over youth and idiocy. (08/24/2000)

"NYPD: A City and Its Police" By Andrew O'Hehir
Behind the "blue wall of silence" of America's biggest and oldest police force, two authors find equal parts heroism and corruption. (08/24/2000)

Fuhgeddaboudit By Maria Russo
The Sopranos have made being Italian-American seem cool again, but maybe it's time to say arrivederci to all that. (08/24/2000)

TV's best bouncing babes By Ken Kurson
Tim Stack, the creator of "Son of the Beach," gabs about show biz, money and producer Howard Stern. (08/24/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Why would anyone pay for a book once it's accessible for free? (08/24/2000)

Handicapped By Arthur Allen
Why are we hearing about a successful hand transplant two years after the fact? Maybe because the field's first poster child turned out to be a criminal who couldn't afford his meds. (08/24/2000)

Embryos under the knife
By Lori B. Andrews (08/24/2000)

Ray Davies
By Stephanie Zacharek (08/24/2000)

So how much do you make?
By Kasia Anderson (08/24/2000)

Making the Web safe for children By Maura Kelly
The director of Cyberangels collaborates with cops to fight a shadowy Internet menace. (08/24/2000)

Hunting pedophiles on the Net By James R. Kincaid
Is the truth about cybercrimes against children tamer than fiction? (08/24/2000)

Richard knows best By Beth Broeker
The naked schemer of "Survivor" answers to child abuse charges -- with a confession. (08/24/2000)

Unexpected healing at Columbine High By Dave Cullen
The school unveils its new atrium, built to replace the library where so many died, and the victims' families find some peace. (08/24/2000)

The outsiders By Shinan Govani
Hillary Clinton and New York's newest celebrity chef have a lot in common. And it's not helping either of them. (08/24/2000)

Hogwarts McNuggets? By James Hibberd
A leaked e-mail from director Chris Columbus reveals his controversial plans for the Harry Potter movie. (08/24/2000)

And they say in-laws can't agree By Amy Reiter
Each with a hefty lawsuit, Eminem's wife and mother come together in beautiful anger, greed; Playboy responds to disses from Roseanne and "Survivor's" Jenna: Uh, you two were never invited in the first place. Plus: Patty Hearst gets snubbed. (08/24/2000)

Patient politics By Jake Tapper
Will healthcare be the albatross around George W. Bush's neck? Al Gore thinks so. (08/24/2000)

Al Gore's wonder years By Alicia Montgomery
Was the vice president more interested in playing house with Tipper than in a career in politics? Ad experts deconstruct the latest campaign spots. (08/24/2000)

Oy vay, the mohel missed! By Jack Boulware
After a ritual circumcision goes awry, the infant's penis is reattached during eight hours of surgery. (08/24/2000)

The heavenly vacation from hell By Elliott Neal Hester
She was into sexual domination, crazy laughter and toothpaste; I was having the scariest, sexiest time of my life. (08/24/2000)

A kinder, gentler Dottie Downturn By Dottie Downturn
Shamed by her own vituperation, Salon's queen of dot-com barbs vows to be more compassionate. Maybe. (08/24/2000)

Can women understand stock options? By Damien Cave
What a ridiculous question, posed by a misguided article trying to make it simple for the girls. (08/24/2000)

To the last "Survivor"! By Joyce Millman
In an age when no secret is safe, the reality show kept us guessing) (08/23/2000)

Who's gonna win "Survivor"? By Bill Wyman
Surprisingly, the nicer guy -- or gal -- is going to finish first. But in this crowd, that's not saying much. (08/23/2000)

"The Matrix" By David Lazarus
Curious to know about the genesis of this surprise superhit? If only a Wachowski or two were there to tell us. (08/23/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000 (08/23/2000)

"The Secret Parts of Fortune" by Ron Rosenbaum By Mark Schapiro
The author of "Explaining Hitler" shares his adventures and passions, from getting caught in a pissing match with Oliver Stone to tracking down the inventor of canned laughter. (08/23/2000)

What to read By Salon's critics
From an icy thriller to a humid Southern novel, late-summer fiction that knocked our flip-flops off. (08/23/2000)

Dot-com culture clash By Barbara Kelley
As sleepy Santa Barbara starts to look more like Silicon Valley south, residents decry "economic apartheid." (08/23/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Life's little victories: Yes! (08/23/2000)

Sober realization By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Although I quit drinking years ago, I am concerned that I may have irreparably damaged my health. Should I be worried? (08/23/2000)

The New Sanctimony
By Steve Erickson (08/23/2000)

Sexless in Washington
By Erik Tarloff (08/23/2000)

Optimism and underwear
By Susan Parker (08/23/2000)

John Rocker's San Francisco treat
By Joan Walsh (08/23/2000)

Unsafe at any speed! By Trish Boppert
I drove a Corvair and lived to tell the tale. (08/23/2000)

California could end clear-cutting By Mark Hertsgaard
A bill to make the practice illegal puts politicians in the hot spot between the timber industry and the increasingly tree-friendly public. (08/23/2000)

The Cockettes: Rise and fall of the acid queens By Douglas Cruickshank
For a few glittering years, they were the world's most celebrated gender-benders. In his forthcoming film about the legendary performers, David Weissman tells one of the West's wildest stories. (08/23/2000)

Ransom note By Rob Brezsny
We are holding ourselves hostage until our 888 demands are met. (08/23/2000)

Crazy, not naked By Amy Reiter
The wandering Anne Heche was out of her mind, not her clothes, cops say; Britney gets her own advice column; Roseanne strips for Gear. Plus: Jennifer Lopez buttons up. (08/23/2000)

Bore no more By Mark Bowden
Suddenly, Gore seems to be pulling off the impossible: Running both for and against the presidency. (08/23/2000)

California, ad-free for now By Anthony York
A day after Bush avoids buying airtime in California -- and draws criticism from Dems -- Gore follows suit. (08/23/2000)

Hellfire and khakis By Christina Oxenberg
It's Saturday night and people who are starched and pressed all day are now masturbating to S/M performances. (08/23/2000)

Sex belongs on the beach By Jack Boulware
Textbook accepting of homosexuality is taken out of Jamaican schools. (08/23/2000)

21st Challenge No. 35 Results By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Practice random acts of brevity: What happens when politicians are limited to five words? (08/23/2000)

Are British bobbies reading your e-mail? By Wendy M. Grossman
While Americans gnash their teeth about the FBI's Carnivore spying technology, U.K. legislators pass a law that could let cops read your messages. (08/23/2000)

Of flea markets and file swapping By Eric Boehlert
Could the Napster case turn on a little-known copyright ruling involving swap meets? (08/23/2000)

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" By Stephanie Zacharek
The greatest of all Star Trek movies comes to life -- and don't be surprised if your eyes water a bit at Spock's very Vulcan-like sacrifice. (08/22/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000 (08/22/2000)

"Big Brother" mutiny brewing! By Martha Soukup
And that's just one of the many developments CBS is censoring from its much-hyped "Reality TV" show. (08/22/2000)

"George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large" by Belinda Jack By Melanie Rehak
A biography of the cross-dressing novelist who wrote books and took on new lovers at an equally feverish pace. (08/22/2000)

Don't call us ... By Garrison Keillor
Can I simply stop seeing people I don't want to be friends with, or do I have to tell them why? (08/22/2000)

Harry Potter kids cast By Laura Miller
Author Rowling gets her wish for a British Harry, Ron and Hermione. (08/22/2000)

So how much do you make? By Kasia Anderson
Once taboo, salaries are now a hot topic among today's young working stiffs. (08/22/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Who needs money, status and power? (08/22/2000)

Battling the pharmaceutical Microsoft By David Tuller
Hepatitis C activists are angry about Schering-Plough's decision to "bundle" two drugs, one of which is a potentially life-saving pill not available anywhere else. (08/22/2000)

"Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages"
By Gavin McNett (08/22/2000)

Better red than brain-dead
By John Leonard (08/22/2000)

The new economy: To hell with hubris
By Damien Cave (08/22/2000)

The New York Times Book Review: A list of their own
By Kera Bolonik (08/22/2000)

Picking parents for Joshua By Beth Broeker
His biological mom and dad nearly killed him. Now I must find the perfect people to give him a fresh start. (08/22/2000)

Ray Davies By Stephanie Zacharek
The man whose kinkiness gave the Kinks their greatness has written songs that some of us will carry around, like a talisman, forever. (08/22/2000)

Here we go again By Amy Reiter
A Clinton fan tears off her shirt right after the president signs it; Britney Spears spotted in sync with Justin Timberlake; and Martha Stewart gets carried away with a trespasser. Plus: Fabio's a Gore man, Meg Ryan's a Quaid woman. (08/22/2000)

Bush stays out of California By Anthony York
Launching a 21-state ad buy, he avoids the biggest state, evoking jeers from the Gore camp. (08/22/2000)

Bambi the mermaid By Virginia Vitzthum
This dominatrix loves to perform for her clients, but won't push it so far that it threatens her husband. Second of two parts. (08/22/2000)

Save the trees By Jack Boulware
Women hope their nude calendar will raise enough money to protect a forest from development. (08/22/2000)

Why Scour is not the new Napster By Damien Cave
Dan Rodrigues defends his multimedia search engine, even as it faces a nasty lawsuit. (08/22/2000)

Red panties ignite Net flap By Katharine Mieszkowski
"Shame on you, John Battelle!" says a GraceNet founder to the Industry Standard publisher, denouncing a "sexist" ad. (08/22/2000)

"White Men Can't Jump" By Michael Sragow
Ron Shelton's comedy about wisecracking, tough-talking basketball rivals opens up more racial dialogue than any message movie. (08/21/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
Joan Osborne, Elvis Costello and the Marquis de Sade. Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted critic and author. (08/21/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Aug. 21, 2000 (08/21/2000)

Interview with the heretic By Dennis Loy Johnson
Renata Adler says she's proven that she didn't defame Judge Sirica, so how come the media still doesn't believe her? (08/21/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're liking (08/21/2000)

Stupid traveler tricks By Don George
Why would someone make dozens of phone calls to the same local number from my hotel room? (08/21/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Stickup at the Social Security Corral! (08/21/2000)

Embryos under the knife By Lori B. Andrews
The latest reproductive technology is just the next step on our sprint toward human cloning. (08/21/2000)

Frodo lives -- on the big screen
By Andrew O'Hehir (08/21/2000)

School vouchers: Unconventional wisdom
By E.M. Brown (08/21/2000)

Homophobia
"The propulsion of revulsion" by Michael Alvear; "The last acceptable prejudice" by David Bowman (08/21/2000)

The fight to free the West Memphis 3
By Stephen Lemons (08/21/2000)

Pot shots
The former Hemp Times editor and publisher responds (08/21/2000)

Death and the days of our lives By Kerry Madden
Writing a soap opera and waiting for my grandmother to die, I didn't know who would finish first -- she or I. (08/21/2000)

Hypocrisy convention By David Horowitz
The Democrats railed at big corporations with one fist and took their money with the other, while Al Gore's speech invoked the class warfare politics of yesteryear. (08/21/2000)

John Rocker's San Francisco treat By Joan Walsh
White hecklers and gay mashers greet the Atlanta Braves bigot on his first trip to the Bay Area -- but is yelling "trailer trash" the best way to fight racism? (08/21/2000)

Russians blast Putin as sub deaths are revealed By Vivienne Walt
The botched, belated rescue mission rivets attention on the dismal state of the Russian military and the government's lingering love of secrecy. (08/21/2000)

That's "It"? By Carina Chocano
Vanity Fair celebrates Itness, but why? In the grand capitalist scheme of things, an It Girl is a hood ornament. (08/21/2000)

Martha Stewart, psychic? By Amy Reiter
Move over, Uri Geller! "I can bend anything," says gazillionaire home maven; Courtney Love allegedly calls film worker "whore," gets sued for slander, hernia; Ryan and Quaid patching things up? Plus: Are Beck and Winona roamin' in the gloamin'? (08/21/2000)

Dead heat in presidential poll By Alicia Montgomery
Gore gets a big convention bounce, the Democrats get religion, Al III gets busted and Gingrich gets hitched. (08/21/2000)

Win a trip to the Caribbean! Win a trip to the Caribbean!
You deserve it! Let Salon and OnMoney fly you and a guest to the white-sand beaches of the Bahamas! (08/21/2000)

The quest for sweet semen By Hank Hyena
I learned how to transform funky spunk into delicious joy juice -- but ultimately decided not to. (08/21/2000)

Hooker caught turning tricks in cemetery By Jack Boulware
A prostitute working in a Romanian graveyard is arrested for entertaining truck drivers. (08/21/2000)

Leggo my data! By Katharine Mieszkowski
Web surfers want privacy online, but a new study shows they can't tell a cookie from a Cocoa Puff. (08/21/2000)

The speech of his life? By Bruce Shapiro
Al packed his speech with policy, but his aim was simpler: To differentiate the Gores from the Bushes. (08/19/2000)

The rise of the sci-fi divas By Janelle Brown
They're smart. They're fierce. And they look smashing in skintight leather. (08/19/2000)

"Sabotage" and "Secret Agent" By Michael Sragow
Was 1936 Hitchcock's very best year? Two thrillers, including the director's weirdest movie ever, make the case. (08/18/2000)

"Steal This Movie" By Charles Taylor
This disgraceful biopic reduces yippie Abbie Hoffman to slogans and stunts. (08/18/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Aug. 18-20, 2000 (08/18/2000)

"The Cell" By Andrew O'Hehir
Tarsem Singh's opulent serial-killer thriller descends into special-effects hell. (08/18/2000)

Chained By Jonathan Franzen
The author of "The 27th City" picks five great American novels about slavery. (08/18/2000)

Sorry we ruined your vacation By Diane Seo
After a summer of chaos, will United's apologies and free miles be enough to appease customers? (08/18/2000)

Nader to MasterCard: "Lighten up!" By Katharine Mieszkowski
The presidential candidate dismisses the company's $15 million lawsuit against him as absurd. (08/18/2000)

Tainted alliances By Arthur Allen
Are doctors shilling for drug companies? (08/18/2000)

Lab rats By Vera Hassner Sharav and Adil E. Shamoo
Why do people who participate in clinical studies have fewer protections than animals? (08/18/2000)

Closing the piety gap
By James Traub (08/18/2000)

Black-Jewish tension: Don't ask, don't tell
By Jake Tapper (08/18/2000)

Joseph Lieberman: Pander bear
By Alicia Montgomery (08/18/2000)

Sex, capitalism and antidepressants
By Rick Moody and Mary Gaitskill (08/18/2000)

Optimism and underwear By Susan Parker
I wish I could bottle the magic in a pair of Tweety Bird underpants. (08/18/2000)

The Rocket is back! By Allen Barra
Roger Clemens really doesn't give a crap anymore what you think about him, and that's why the New York Yankees will probably take it all again this year. (08/18/2000)

The OIC's dastardly leakers and press corps stenographers By Joe Conason
Democratic leaders decry the timing of news that the Office of Independent Counsel has impaneled a new grand jury to investigate President Clinton. (08/18/2000)

Vincent D'Onofrio: Killing us softly By Stephen Lemons
The star of "The Cell" and "Steal This Movie" talks about playing a serial killer, the head yippie and a job that requires him to be suspended above a naked woman. (08/18/2000)

"Big Brother" stripper bares truth, not boobs By Amy Reiter
Keeping her clothes on, the banished Jordan takes the high, boring road; Uma Thurman dives for body parts. Plus: Naked Daryl Hannah to make a splash in England, and Eminem shows his wife the door. (08/18/2000)

"The drug war is a dismal failure" By Fred Branfman
Bill Maher calls for legalization, and says parents should drug-test their kids if they want to. A talk with the man who defines politically incorrect. (08/18/2000)

The LAPD's unlikely defender By Cliff Barney
Homeless advocate Ted Hayes was shot by police, but he praised the cops and blasted violent protesters for drowning out his message. (08/18/2000)

Fightin' Al By Jake Tapper
Say what you will about Al Gore's clunky acceptance speech. He gave it his darnedest. (08/18/2000)

Herman's march By Alicia Montgomery
A one-time rising star among New Democrats, Alexis Herman was relegated to the sidelines in Los Angeles, until her party needed her help with the black caucus. (08/18/2000)

"Gore is in the right place" By Jake Tapper
Democratic strategist Tad Devine previews Al Gore's nomination speech and defends his candidate, who's been lagging behind George W. Bush in polls. (08/18/2000)

The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
An opinionated, irreverent look at the most fascinating writers of our time. (08/18/2000)

Sexless in Washington By Erik Tarloff
The shameful exposure of Bill Clinton's penis means the next president will not be allowed one. (08/18/2000)

Cop flashes penis By Jack Boulware
Asked by a teenage girl to take a picture of a rock group, a police officer shoots a more shocking photo. (08/18/2000)

The New Sanctimony By Steve Erickson
Down with Jefferson, Clinton and '60s hedonism! American politics has declared war on the pursuit of pleasure. (08/18/2000)

When magazines lose their charm By Scott Rosenberg
Old-fashioned computer periodicals don't make much sense anymore. How much time do the new business journals have left? (08/18/2000)

DeCSS judge: Code isn't free speech By Damien Cave
MPAA president Jack Valenti cheers the decision. Next stop: Appeals court. (08/18/2000)

"Autumn in New York" By Charles Taylor
Who cares about old guys and young girls? This handsome romantic slop finds other problems. (08/17/2000)

Our only hope By Michael Sragow
With unlimited range, Alec Guinness gave the movies grace and hubris, brains and laughs, Obi-Wan Kenobi and literature's most indelible poseur. (08/17/2000)

"Psycho" By Bill Wyman
Hitchcock's creepy thriller about sex has imprinted itself on the psyche of two generations of moviegoers. (08/17/2000)

The good life and the wildlife By Burt Wolf
Visit Naples, Fla., for its cypress groves, gorgeous orchids and teddy bear museums. Stay for the seven-mile crescent beach of pine and palm. (08/17/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 (08/17/2000)

"Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages" By Gavin McNett
The number of living languages is shrinking fast -- but does that matter? (08/17/2000)

Better red than brain-dead By John Leonard
Why did socialism fail in the United States -- and whose loss is it, anyway? (08/17/2000)

Hola, Domino's calling By Sandra Hernandez
The pizza chain is a huge hit among rich Venezuelans, who can't get enough "corte Chicago" pies delivered to their doors -- rapido. (08/17/2000)

MasterCard vs. Ralph Nader By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Could a consumer advocate's bid for the presidency be derailed by a credit card company? (08/17/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Join us, powerful young outsider. (08/17/2000)

The great GHB-rape scare By Stephen Lemons
In Santa Barbara, the bizarre case of a Max Factor heir accused of sexual assault has refocused attention on the dangers of the drug that makes rape easy. (08/17/2000)

Ralph Nader knows better
By Joe Conason (08/17/2000)

See no AIDS, hear no AIDS
By Megan Williams (08/17/2000)

Dot-com publicists: Don't call us
By Janelle Brown (08/17/2000)

The mysterious Mr. Snicket By Amy Benfer
He's been compared to Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl, but to know the true identity of the author behind the bestselling children's series, you must read this story. (08/17/2000)

Venezuela's president is playing with fire By David A. Wernick
By befriending U.S. enemies like Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez risks alienating his troubled country's biggest trading partner. (08/17/2000)

James Lovelock, Gaia's grand old man By Lawrence E. Joseph
The scientist who first theorized that our planet is a biological organism, not merely a rock, discusses life on Earth and the possibilities for its future. (08/17/2000)

Jennifer Lopez does unibrow chic By Amy Reiter
Puffy's pal beats out Madonna for Frida Kahlo role; "Survivor" shows Russian musical roots. Plus: Oasis' frontman said to be shaggy in the rear. (08/17/2000)

Why Gore can't win By David Horowitz
He's in a box: If he moves left, he loses the center, but by tacking right, he loses his base. And he can't lie his way out as smoothly as Clinton did. (08/17/2000)

What Al Gore must do to win
Joe Conason, Jennifer Dunn, John Judis, Al Franken and a bipartisan panel of advisors tell the vice president how to beat George W. Bush. (08/17/2000)

The Hollywood money machine By Jake Tapper
Even as their platform calls for an end to special interests, Democratic Party leaders happily imbibe free drinks from fat-cat corporate donors at swank parties. (08/17/2000)

The cops become the issue By Anthony York
More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. (08/17/2000)

Win a Trip to the Virginia Wine Country! Win a Trip to the Virginia Wine Country!
Our featured destination is the High Meadows Vineyard Inn in Scottsville, Va. (08/17/2000)

Formula for success By Jack Boulware
This weekend's Grand Prix auto race in Hungary features a well-organized red-light district. (08/17/2000)

Comeback kid By David Thomson
Clinton's last shot was a sexy, cinematic one. (08/17/2000)

To hell with hubris By Damien Cave
Can't dying dot-coms take some of the new economy arrogance with them? (08/17/2000)

Democracy for sale By Katharine Mieszkowski
Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay! (08/17/2000)

Frodo lives -- on the big screen By Andrew O'Hehir
Can the quest to turn "The Lord of the Rings" into a movie trilogy satisfy Tolkien's legions of dedicated fans and still produce a blockbuster? (08/16/2000)

"Marnie" By Stephanie Zacharek
Hitchcock's florid psychodrama unfolds multiple layers of repressed memory, frigidity and changing identity. (08/16/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2000 (08/16/2000)

"As Seen on TV: Provocations" by Lucy Grealy By Laura Morgan Green
The author of "Autobiography of a Face" returns with essays on sex, religion and celebrity. (08/16/2000)

Citizen Killer? By Jeff Chorney
A friend of the Black Dahlia fingers a surprising suspect in the legendary unsolved murder: Orson Welles. (08/16/2000)

Conventional boom or bust? By Sandra Hernandez
DNC protesters force L.A.'s mom-and-pop shops into riot mode, while party planners and trendy restaurants rake in the dough. (08/16/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Home alone: I want my mommy! (08/16/2000)

The Dream By Bob Callahan; art by Spain Rodriguez
Dark Hotel creator Bob Callahan recalls his youthful days with the first Jewish VP candidate. (08/17/2000)

The menthol myth By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I love those cool, fresh-tasting cigarettes but hear they are more cancerous than regular smokes. Is that true? (08/16/2000)

Can needles heal crackheads? By Michael Castleman
A groundbreaking study says they can and do, helping acupuncture inch toward Western acceptance. (08/16/2000)

Joe Lieberman? Get me rewrite!
By Joe Eszterhas (08/16/2000)

President Clinton
"Thumbs down!" by Christopher Hitchens; "Thumbs up!" by Peter Leyden (08/16/2000)

Boy behavior
By Jami Attenberg (08/16/2000)

Joe Montana: Tarnished hero
Allen Barra responds (08/16/2000)

Adult circumcision: A little off the top, please
By Bob Sassone (08/16/2000)

Finding comfort in prayer By Erin Wigger
The father, the son and the afternoon nap. (08/16/2000)

A list of their own By Kera Bolonik
Has Harry Potter changed the course of the New York Times Book Review -- and the children's book market -- for good or for evil? It depends on whom you ask. (08/16/2000)

Unconventional wisdom By E.M. Brown
Why Joe Lieberman is good for poor black children and parents. (08/16/2000)

Gray lady down By Daryl Lindsey
The sinking of the Kursk raises questions about the safety of Russia's nuclear submarines. (08/16/2000)

Nuts to that! By Amy Reiter
Ballsy caddie wants $155 million from Michael Douglas after golfball-testicle accident; reluctant singer Gwyneth Paltrow deprives nation's landfills of precious CDs. Plus: David Bowie and Iman have a baby. (08/16/2000)

Pronoiacs of the world unite! By Rob Brezsny
Life is not a bitch, but evil is a bore and the world is conspiring to shower you with ... (08/16/2000)

Ten days in a Serbian prison By Nir Rosen
I crossed the wrong border at the wrong time. Three weeks later I'm an Israeli-American without his glasses in a cell full of neo-Nazis. (08/16/2000)

Oops, she did it again By Alicia Montgomery
Unhappy with Joseph Lieberman's record, Maxine Waters threatens to withhold an endorsement just long enough to make herself the story -- again. (08/16/2000)

Don't ask, don't tell By Jake Tapper
Neither Democrats nor the media wants to talk about past -- or current -- tensions between blacks and Jews. (08/17/2000)

Bill who? By Kerry Lauerman
With the centrist in charge now a distant memory, the Democratic Party's left flank enjoys a night out -- on prime-time television. (08/16/2000)

Closing the piety gap By James Traub
With Joe Lieberman, the Democrats have someone who can take God back from the right. But do we really need more moralizing about private issues in public life? (08/16/2000)

The color purple By Jake Tapper
Can violet-tinted goddess-worshipping power beads bring Al Gore the success he so craves? (08/16/2000)

Relying on God By Lawrence Weschler
Convergence of the week: The words of vice-presidential pick Joseph Lieberman and Gamil Batouti, co-pilot of EgyptAir Flight 990. (08/16/2000)

Pander bear By Alicia Montgomery
In his big, warm-and-fuzzy debut to the nation, Joseph Lieberman did a great impression of a Republican impersonating a Democrat. (08/17/2000)

Bad sex? Blame women By Jack Boulware
German men refute a study saying that many of them aren't good in bed. (08/16/2000)

The last acceptable prejudice By David Bowman
A chat with author Byrne Fone about his exhaustive study of homophobia from antiquity to the present. (08/16/2000)

See Seaman swim By Janelle Brown
I tried to love my aquatic virtual pet, but all I could think was that I needed to get a life and maybe clean my goldfish bowl. (08/16/2000)

In quest of the perfect pet By Janelle Brown
Yutaka Saito, creator of Seaman, has been dreaming since childhood of an animal that talks back. (08/16/2000)

"Notorious" By Andrew O'Hehir
In this truly twisted love story, the passion between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman is so powerful it's almost a character in itself. (08/15/2000)

"Beneath the Music": The sound of Silence! By James Naughton
Silence was the sound of young Britain. Then things got noisy. (08/15/2000)

"An Affair of Love" By Stephanie Zacharek
Once titled "A Pornographic Affair," this French film sees a simple sexual perversion foster a romantic interlocking of souls. (08/15/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000 (08/15/2000)

"The Heartsong of Charging Elk" by James Welch By Jonathan Miles
The latest from the Native American novelist probes the culture shock of an Oglala Sioux abandoned in France by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. (08/15/2000)

Don't touch me there By Garrison Keillor
I've tried to tell my boyfriend what I want during sex, but he can't seem to get it right. (08/15/2000)

Hopping into hybrids By Ray Thursby
Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup. (08/15/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
Online auctions: Bidder fruits (08/15/2000)

See no AIDS, hear no AIDS By Megan Williams
In Swaziland, villagers spend every weekend burying their dead, but they still can't admit what's killing them. A report from ground zero of the African holocaust. (08/15/2000)

Contemporary fiction: The death of the Red-Hot Center
By Laura Miller (08/15/2000)

Choking on the velvet rope
By Carina Chocano (08/15/2000)

Race and genes: Does capitalism make you sick?
By Jackie Stevens (08/15/2000)

Doing the Frango By Andrea Cooper
Gramma had great taste -- in hot pants and chocolate mints. (08/15/2000)

My, my it's Frango pie By Andrea Cooper
An after-dinner delicacy made entirely without Frangos. (08/15/2000)

Ralph Nader knows better By Joe Conason
He is one of our greatest public advocates, but his presidential campaign is leading the public astray. (08/15/2000)

Robert Altman By Stephen Lemons
Hollywood's ultimate outsider is at long last the Big Daddy of American cinema. (08/15/2000)

Riot police break up Maxim party By Amy Reiter
Carmen Electra and others, like, don't know what the big deal was; Hunter "Eagle Eyes" Thompson doesn't quite shoot his mouth off. Plus: Madonna's baby arrives in good health, mercifully far from those brutish English hospitals. (08/15/2000)

Protest diary By Anthony York
Police tactics get bellicose and protesters shrill on the first day of demonstrations in Los Angeles. (08/15/2000)

Home alone By Jake Tapper
While his delegation wonders where he is, a Kentucky congressman stays home to protest Al Gore. (08/15/2000)

Bye-bye, Bill By Jake Tapper
Oozing charm, the charmer-in-chief thanks his fans and leaves a slippery path for Al Gore. (08/15/2000)

The taming of Loretta Sanchez By Jake Tapper
The embattled congresswoman's got nothing but love for her fellow Democrats on the convention floor. (08/15/2000)

"A dangerous family" By Fred Branfman
Gore Vidal talks about Cousin Al, the evils of corporate America and why he's supporting Ralph Nader. (08/15/2000)

Where the New Democrats went wrong By Fred Branfman
Gary Hart says Clinton and Gore abandoned their base to expand the party, but says he'll support Gore anyway. (08/16/2000)

Calm before the storm? By Anthony York
Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. (08/16/2000)

Nudist kicks deputy By Jack Boulware
An octogenarian who likes to mow his lawn in the nude gets a year in jail for assaulting an officer. (08/15/2000)

The propulsion of revulsion By Michael Alvear
The history of homosexuality, from Greece to the McCarthy hearing, in the new book "Homophobia: A History." (08/15/2000)

Reading, writing and candy ads By Steven Manning
Welcome back to school, where your computer will bombard you with advertisements and collect your personal data. (08/15/2000)

Crankcalls.com By Damien Cave
"Is Seymour Butts there?" A Web site lets you send automated voice messages to any phone number. (08/16/2000)

"The Birds" By Charles Taylor
Tote up all its flaws and you still reach the same conclusion: Hitchcock's ornithological thriller is simply terrifying. (08/14/2000)

Oh, behave! By Joyce Millman
The adults are psychotic on "Big Brother" and "The Real World," but the kids are all right on "American High." (08/14/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Aug. 14, 2000 (08/14/2000)

Salon recommends
What we're reading, what we're loving. (08/14/2000)

Sex, capitalism and antidepressants By Rick Moody and Mary Gaitskill
Two writers wrestle with the impossibility of literature in a society that's afraid of the dark. (08/14/2000)

The one-eared bandit By Barry Raine
Big bucks drive the van Gogh accessory business. (08/14/2000)

Wall Street TV By Ken Kurson
Michael Chernuchin, the creator of "Bull," talks about bringing TNT's first-ever dramatic series to the screen. (08/14/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Random vignettes from the Republican Convention (08/14/2000)

A little off the top, please By Bob Sassone
There are certain things in life that are too painful to think about, like the day I got a circumcision at age 34. (08/14/2000)

Bad blood
By Asra Q. Nomani (08/14/2000)

"Gimme Shelter": The true story
By Michael Sragow (08/14/2000)

The drug war: No more lies
By Arianna Huffington (08/14/2000)

Picking daddy from the mail By Elizabeth Henry
It's hard to choose the wrong sperm donor. (08/14/2000)

War on protesters By Jesse Walker
The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. (08/14/2000)

I survived the Pitt-Aniston travesty By Cintra Wilson
Take it from one who was there: Brad and Jennifer's wedding made one of Caligula's decadent bacchanals look like a bingo party. (08/14/2000)

Meat Loaf's daughter is dirty-dancing By Amy Reiter
The big guy's offspring is shakin' it loose for the Cr|e in a cage; David Spade in "Gilligan Powers"? Aaaah! the Roseanne that won't go away. Plus: Gere disses Winona! (08/14/2000)

Clinton's last dance By Alicia Montgomery
Polls split on convention bounce, fur flies in Playboy party fight and Farrakhan holds back on Lieberman. (08/14/2000)

Joe Lieberman? Get me rewrite! By Joe Eszterhas
What seemed like a feel-good summer hit suddenly turns sour. (08/14/2000)

Hollywood smoke screen By Arianna Huffington
What Democrats will ignore during their stay in Los Angeles -- and what the Shadow Convention won't. (08/14/2000)

Gore's slick oil moves By Jake Tapper
The vice president deftly sidesteps protesters' questions about his dedication to the environment in light of his Occidental Petroleum stock portfolio. (08/14/2000)

Rage against the cops By Anthony York
Outside President Clinton's grand finale, protesters get a lesson in crowd control from an aggressive LAPD. (08/15/2000)

Will hedonists invade the Great Barrier Reef? By Jack Boulware
A bed-and-breakfast catering to swingers causes a controversy Down Under. (08/14/2000)

Boy behavior By Jami Attenberg
I tried acting like a guy to get laid. It worked, but it takes a lot of energy to be the aggressor. (08/14/2000)

We're no dot-com! By Damien Cave
Critical Path has faced stock drops and layoffs, but CEO Doug Hickey won't be lumped in with the losers. (08/14/2000)

Don't call us By Janelle Brown
We'll call you, dot-com publicists, if we ever want to use your silly story ideas. (08/14/2000)

President Clinton: Thumbs down! By Christopher Hitchens
In his eight disgraceful years, he's squandered our time while lowering the standards for all public officials. (08/12/2000)

President Clinton: Thumbs up! By Peter Leyden
He presided over the digital revolution and helped fuel the explosive growth of the new economy. That's how he'll be remembered. (08/12/2000)

Will the real nominee please stand up? By Anthony York
In two separate votes, the fractured Reform Party nominates both Pat Buchanan and John Hagelin as its presidential candidate. (08/12/2000)

"Cecil B. DeMented" By Stephanie Zacharek
John Waters exploits the Patty Hearst story for a billet-doux to movies good and bad, schlock and art. (08/11/2000)

"Aimie & Jaguar" By Charles Taylor
Without trivializing Nazism, Max Fdrberbvck's melodrama revisits the true love adventures of two lesbians during World War II. (08/11/2000)

"The Replacements" By Andrew O'Hehir
Watching Keanu Reeves play a scab QB makes four quarters in hell look inviting. (08/11/2000)

"The 39 Steps" By Charles Taylor
A crisp transfer shows the Hitchcock classic as you've never seen it before -- black cat and all. (08/11/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Aug. 11-13, 2000 (08/11/2000)

Alice Walker By Laura Miller
The stylistic constraints of "The Color Purple" kept her smug didacticism in check long enough to produce her one good book. (08/11/2000)

The death of the Red-Hot Center By Laura Miller
From literary giants tapping out the Great American novel through multiculturalism, Kmart realism and the Brat Pack to Oprah and your book club: A short history of fiction after 1960. (08/11/2000)

Stephen King By Andrew O'Hehir
A master of plot mechanics, he revived the moribund genre of horror literature and became the richest writer in history. We could do worse. (08/11/2000)

Without a trace By Don George
Travel editor Claudia Kirschhoch disappeared in Jamaica two months ago. Could the same thing happen to you? (08/11/2000)

Straitjacket for the skies By Elliott Neal Hester
To immobilize air ragers, airlines try on the handcuffs and straps of the "Body Restraint Package." (08/11/2000)

Does capitalism make you sick? By Jacqueline Stevens
Gene studies are sexy and well funded, but they can buttress racial thinking and distract the public from the socioeconomic roots of disease. (08/11/2000)

Was Gatsby black?
By Elizabeth Manus (08/11/2000)

Watergate kids
By Amy Silverman (08/11/2000)

Do not pass Go: $1 million bail for Ruckus leader
By Anthony York (08/11/2000)

Linux in China: Not ready for prime time
By Jonah Greenberg (08/11/2000)

One Hundred Demons By Lynda Barry
The San Francisco growing inside me (08/11/2000)

The battle behind Ali-Frazier I By Allen Barra
HBO's new documentary does justice to "the greatest sporting event of the 20th century," and reveals a side of Muhammad Ali we haven't seen before. (08/11/2000)

Mutually assured dysfunction By Fiona Morgan
President Clinton's nuclear missile defense plan will spur a new arms race, a report by top intelligence agencies predicts. (08/11/2000)

Demented duo By Jessica Hundley
Stephen Dorff and Alicia Witt discuss the lens licking and depth of "Cecil B. DeMented," John Waters' most recent lunacy. (08/11/2000)

Choking on the velvet rope By Carina Chocano
Ian Schrager's Mondrian Hotel pays $1 million to settle a discrimination suit after replacing minority bellmen with "cool-looking" white guys. (08/11/2000)

Sean has his eyes on fame, breasts By Amy Reiter
The "Survivor" dud proves he can embarrass himself back in civilization, too; Marie Osmond and hubby work it on out. Plus: Britney deemed a bad example. (08/11/2000)

It's Splitsville in Long Beach By Anthony York
The short-lived marriage between Perot loyalists and Buchanan supporters is officially annulled at the Reform Party Convention. (08/11/2000)

Party out of control By Jake Tapper
One delegation is sent packing at an angry Reform Party Convention where everybody seems primed for a smackdown. (08/11/2000)

Hef in a huff By Jake Tapper
The Playboy boss finds the Democrats' anti-Bunny behavior unbelievable -- and a tad hypocritical. (08/11/2000)

Cover those breasts! By Jack Boulware
A Brazilian judge orders a French dance troupe to hide the nipples displayed on advertising for its show. (08/11/2000)

Being teased By David Thomson
The sexy part in life, and films, is the intersection of fact and fiction. (08/11/2000)

Sim dizzy By Howard Wen
Does Half-Life make you sick? Well, you're not alone. Plenty of gamers suffer from simulation sickness. (08/11/2000)

Will AOL take Aimster? By Janelle Brown
Try as it might to be an upstanding cybercitizen, AOL finds itself supporting a piracy program that piggybacks on AIM. (08/11/2000)

"Gimme Shelter": The true story By Michael Sragow
How a free Rolling Stones concert turned into a colossal mass bad trip -- and spawned the most harrowing rock 'n' roll movie ever made. (08/10/2000)

"The Insider" By Charles Taylor
Part of the genius of Michael Mann's muckracking drama is the casting of Russell Crowe as a thickset, middle-aged tobacco industry whistle-blower. (08/10/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000 (08/10/2000)

The sphinx By Vivian Gornick
Susan Sontag's beauty and brains made her America's most famous intellectual, but her true self is a mystery. (08/10/2000)

"The Burning of Bridget Cleary" and "Madumo: A Man Bewitched" By Mark Schone
Two cases of witchcraft, one historical and one contemporary, show the lethal results of superstition run amok. (08/10/2000)

The tennis world's new cover boys By Diane Seo
With Sampras and Agassi aging, men's tennis hopes to excite fans with a fresh crop of young men and a ballsy new ad campaign. (08/10/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Cheney: The perfect strategy (08/10/2000)

Is your cellphone killing you? By Tabitha Powledge
A neurologist who's dying of a brain tumor is suing to try to prove that his phone is responsible. (08/10/2000)

Joseph Lieberman for vice president?
(08/10/2000)

Will Verizon workers strike out?
By Diane Seo and Suzy Hansen (08/10/2000)

Are those servers really safe?
By Katharine Mieszkowski (08/10/2000)

Our nups will bring you big bucks! By Alison Rogers
Find the sponsorship opportunity to make our special day your big break. (08/10/2000)

Peace without compromise? By Flore de Preneuf
The failure of the Camp David summit could spell war, and soon -- or it could be the best thing for the Middle East peace process. (08/10/2000)

No more lies By Arianna Huffington
Americans see clearly that the war on drugs isn't working. Now some of our leaders are starting to open their eyes. (08/10/2000)

Space "Survivor"? By Amy Reiter
Will reality TV go into orbit? Playmate denies breaking up Helen Hunt's marriage; is "Survivor's" Kelly a biter? Plus: "Livin' La Vida Loca" writer calls Republicans' use of song "perverse"! (08/10/2000)

The fight to free the West Memphis 3 By Stephen Lemons
Six years after the conviction of three young men in the "Paradise Lost" triple homicide, a burgeoning movement insists they're innocent. (08/10/2000)

The raucous society By Anthony York
The right-wingers and the Perot loyalists will battle it out all weekend at the Reform Party Convention, but the fight for the $12.6 million prize will likely end up in court. (08/10/2000)

My life as a stripper By Sheila Hageman
Taking off your clothes may be demeaning, but it makes you feel like a queen. Second of two parts. (08/10/2000)

Bachelors out of luck By Jack Boulware
Saudi men must show proof of marriage before they can buy Viagra at pharmacies. (08/10/2000)

Hello, are you human? By Thomas Scoville
At a Silicon Valley cocktail party, it's hard to find anybody who passes the Turing Test. (08/10/2000)

Ion Storm catches Thief By Wagner James Au
Though Looking Glass Studios was forced into bankruptcy making Thief II, there's hope for a Part 3 in the 3-D stealth series. (08/10/2000)

"The Big Sleep" By Michael Sragow
Humphrey Bogart and Howard Hawks get Raymond Chandler so right, who cares if the plot doesn't square? (08/09/2000)

Clinton and Presley: All shook up By Greil Marcus
They live in the common imagination, dramatizing America's most unresolved notions of what it means to be good, true and beautiful -- and evil, false and ugly. (08/09/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2000 (08/09/2000)

Was Gatsby black? By Elizabeth Manus
A professor says that only an African-American scholar could spot Fitzgerald's secret meaning. (08/09/2000)

"The Making of Intelligence" by Ken Richardson By Christine Kenneally
A new attempt to answer a stubborn old question: If humans are such an intelligent species, why can't we figure out what IQ tests measure? (08/09/2000)

Fool's gold By Barrie Walsh
How I bought into a sucker's scheme. (08/09/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Keith Knight, pick-up basketball legend, returns to the court! (08/09/2000)

Medicinal muse By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
Can one become more creative by doing drugs? (08/09/2000)

Scales tipped against them By Carol Lloyd
Advocates for the mentally retarded question the use of I.Q. tests in determining who is fit to be executed. (08/09/2000)

A hacker crackdown?
By Damien Cave (08/09/2000)

But isn't it against the law?
By Scott Rosenberg (08/09/2000)

Napster vs. the record stores
By Eric Boehlert (08/09/2000)

Why Bush will win
By David Horowitz (08/09/2000)

Lie of the Week: Trigger finger
By Joshua Micah Marshall (08/09/2000)

Permanent vacation By Kate Convissor
We've sold everything and we're hitting the road with our kids. (08/09/2000)

Bad blood By Asra Q. Nomani
A young, gay black man in West Virginia is murdered. Were his killers motivated by racism and homophobia -- or by a legacy of drugs, alcohol and habitual crime? (08/09/2000)

Too slow for death row? By Alicia Montgomery
Oliver David Cruz failed seventh grade three times and couldn't pass the Army's entrance exam, but Texas says he's smart enough to be executed. (08/09/2000)

Gwyneth and the grave thing By Amy Reiter
Paltrow reflects on her narrow escape from a Pitt marriage; Britney forgets to keep it real. Plus: Oasis learns that everybody must get stoned. (08/09/2000)

Mediapocalypse By Rob Brezsny
Your horoscope for this week. "The universe is not made of molecules. It is made of stories." (08/09/2000)

The Britney place By Merle Kessler
Spears is the flight attendant without a plane, the girl next door to a house never built. (08/09/2000)

Gore's stiff competition By Mark Bowden
Republicans have zeroed in on the one thing the Democrats cannot defend: Clinton's slick willy. (08/09/2000)

Too Jewish? By Jake Tapper
Americans made "Seinfeld" one of the most popular TV shows ever. But are they ready to put a Jew in the White House? (08/09/2000)

Pageants and prostitution By Jack Boulware
Officials in Uganda threaten to ban beauty contests, saying they lead contestants astray. (08/09/2000)

How I became an exotic dancer By Sheila Hageman
My exhibitionist streak saved me from slinging doughnuts. First of two parts. (08/09/2000)

Linux in China: Not ready for prime time By Jonah Greenberg
Why should the masses bother with free software when stealing from Microsoft is practically patriotic? (08/09/2000)

Gadgets galore By Janelle Brown
For nerds who love Nerf balls and Jolt Cola ... an emporium of geek chic. (08/09/2000)

"Boys Don't Cry" By Andrew O'Hehir
Director Kimberly Peirce discusses the hazards of low-budget filmmaking and the intricacies of bringing this heartland tragedy to the screen. (08/08/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000 (08/08/2000)

Meet "Big Brother" By Mark Pesce
Behind the scenes on the hit TV show, an army of watchers and editors chronicles every move of a dwindling cast. (08/08/2000)

A spoonful of Dickens By Jon Bowen
British doctors prescribe "bibliotherapy" for the stressed-out and depressed. (08/08/2000)

"The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story" by Joshua Armstrong By Virginia Vitzthum
A boastful, badass manhunter reveals the secrets of his craft. (08/08/2000)

Will Verizon workers strike out? By Diane Seo and Suzy Hansen
Americans no longer look for the union label, making it hard for strikers to find a sympathetic ear. (08/08/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The war of art. (08/08/2000)

Blood and guts By David Tuller
Is there a difference between slasher films and gory tales from the E.R.? A spate of tell-all books by doctors gives us what we crave: Gruesomeness with a purpose. (08/08/2000)

Higher being: Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God?
By Katharine Mieszkowski (08/08/2000)

Beware of geeks bearing gifts
By Simson Garfinkel (08/08/2000)

Joe Montana: Tarnished hero
By Allen Barra (08/08/2000)

Reproductive as a rabbit, abstinent as a nun By Jennifer Bingham Hull
Between fertility treatments, pregnancy and parenthood, my husband and I have no time to score. (08/08/2000)

Do not pass Go By Anthony York
Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention? (08/08/2000)

John Waters By Daniel Reitz
It's been a long, nauseating haul, but the director of "Pink Flamingos" and the new "Cecil B. DeMented" has made it as an American icon. (08/08/2000)

Does Regis have a thing for fur? By Amy Reiter
Tongues are wagging over Philbin's alleged "raw raging" affair with former cheerleader; Posh Spice: Miniskirt ban didn't stop her top from poppin'; Marky Mark talks monkey love. Plus: Jerry Hall says Playboy offered her $1 million! (08/08/2000)

Regular Joe By Jake Tapper
Gore's vice-presidential pick, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, has a reputation as a centrist respected by all -- and that's an image he's worked hard to cultivate. (08/08/2000)

"It's a great pick" By Anthony York, Alicia Montgomery and Daryl Lindsey
Harry Shearer, Al Franken and Jewish leaders weigh in on Al Gore's veep choice. (08/08/2000)

The two faces of Joseph Lieberman By Bruce Shapiro
His sometimes contradictory blend of liberalism and social conservatism has made him the top vote-grabber in modern Connecticut history. (08/08/2000)

Bambi the mermaid By Virginia Vitzthum
This Midwestern dominatrix and professional baby charms snakes at Coney Island -- and she looks great in a fishtail and pasties. First of two parts. (08/08/2000)

Penis flower fans storm Netherlands By Jack Boulware
Rare plant draws large crowds to see the phallus-shaped bloom. (08/08/2000)

E-book 'em! By Janelle Brown
AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books. (08/08/2000)

Are those servers really safe? By Katharine Mieszkowski
A study finds that one-third of so-called secure Web sites are actually "dangerously" vulnerable. (08/08/2000)

"The End of the Affair" By Michael Sragow
The nakedness of Neil Jordan's moody, oddly magical love story goes beyond the skin. (08/07/2000)

Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus
(08/07/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Aug. 7, 2000 (08/07/2000)

Decline and fall By Charles Taylor
Jacques Barzun's new history of Western Culture is magisterial, but too soft on Nazi collaborators and too hard on the 20th century. (08/07/2000)

Buying short By Ruth Shalit
Why prancing dwarves didn't fly for Long John Silver's. (08/07/2000)

Napster vs. the record stores By Eric Boehlert
Is the file-sharing craze bruising retailers? (08/07/2000)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
Don't you realize how many societal trends originated in this very cartoon? (08/07/2000)

Call me plexi-babe By Miranda Lee
I was a guinea pig for a plastic surgery study. (08/07/2000)

Bush for president
By David Brooks (08/07/2000)

Denial is holding blacks back
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson (08/07/2000)

Trick of the light
By Chris Colin (08/07/2000)

Watergate kids By Amy Silverman
In Phoenix, Tom Liddy is running for office. Anne Kleindienst isn't. Too bad for us. (08/07/2000)

Bread instead of soldiers By Laura Rozen
On the front lines of war, humanitarian-aid workers do the work of diplomats -- but some say they should stay away from politics. (08/07/2000)

Japanese coupling By Simon Moran
At an Osaka nightclub, the evening starts with a little piece of string. Where it leads is anybody's guess. (08/07/2000)

Short attention span By Amy Reiter
Relieved of talk show host responsibilities, Martin Short disses his boring guests; Robert Downey Jr. reenters society; David Hasselhoff discovers what's been missing. Plus: Was Helen Hunt's hubby horsing around with hussies? (08/07/2000)

Trigger finger By Joshua Micah Marshall
Bush slams Clinton for a weak military. The military begs to differ. (08/07/2000)

Why Bush will win By David Horowitz
With a unified base, Bush is moving to the center, while Gore continues to alienate his base with the selection of Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate. (08/07/2000)

Underwear thief stiffed By Jack Boulware
A would-be German robber is foiled when a cash register turns out to be empty. (08/07/2000)

The universal language By D.A. Blyler
I taught English to Czech prostitutes until I was chased out of the business by a vicious little pimp. (08/07/2000)

A hacker crackdown? By Damien Cave
As the long arm of the law reaches Napster and its lookalikes, programmers could be held responsible for what others do with their code. (08/07/2000)

But isn't it against the law? By Scott Rosenberg
How Napster turns otherwise upstanding citizens into recidivist outlaws -- and what the music industry can do to save itself. (08/07/2000)

Born again, and again By Bruce Shapiro
George W. Bush is betting Americans will prefer a prodigal son to a dutiful one. (08/05/2000)

"The Ninth Gate" By Stephanie Zacharek
Roman Polanski talks about how his love affair with the printed word informed his supernatural, bibliophilic thriller. (08/04/2000)

"Coyote Ugly" By Stephanie Zacharek
Jerry Bruckheimer's foxy vixen dance party promises sleaze, produces only PG-13 sex talk and howlingly awful pop songs. (08/04/2000)

"Hollow Man" By Charles Taylor
Paul Verhoeven churns out a feast of breasts and gore. I haven't had a worse time at the movies this summer. (08/04/2000)

"Saving Grace" By Stephanie Zacharek
The British drawing-room comedy meets the pothead flick. Result: Brenda Blethyn gets high! (08/04/2000)

"Space Cowboys" By Andrew O'Hehir
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones and a bunch of their withering old buddies are dying to go into space. (08/04/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Aug. 4-6, 2000 (08/04/2000)

Book Bag: Straight from the heartland By Mary Morris
The author of "Nothing to Declare" picks six great books about the Midwest. (08/04/2000)

Writing high By Gary Kamiya
In "Writing on Drugs," Sadie Plant embarks on a stimulating trip into literature's strangest, smokiest den. (08/04/2000)

Inside Judge Wapner's wallet By Ken Kurson
How the courtly pioneer of "The People's Court" made the big money. (08/04/2000)

Well wheeled By Don George
Let the hipsters whine that it's out of fashion: Luggage with wheels is still the savvy traveler's choice. (08/04/2000)

Higher being By Katharine Mieszkowski
Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God? (08/04/2000)

Autism and vaccination
"Secret and Lies" by Lesli Mitchell; "A Recipe for Disaster" by Arthur Allen (08/04/2000)

Happiness is back
By Andreas Killen (08/04/2000)

Paul Verhoeven
By Andrew O'Hehir (08/04/2000)

Jesse Helms has nothing on my ex-husband By Kristine O'Malley
What could cause a bisexual artist and mother to behave like a depressed June Cleaver? A custody battle. (08/04/2000)

Joe Montana: Tarnished hero By Allen Barra
He was the greatest quarterback ever, but when he had a chance to be a leader in real life, he punked out. (08/04/2000)

"Hollering fire in a crowded theater" By Daryl Lindsey
The FBI's chief negotiator during the Waco siege says critics and conspiracy theorists are sowing dangerous discord. (08/04/2000)

Melanie Griffith's bald vanity By Amy Reiter
John Waters says his perky actress refused the hairless/clumpy look, despite his protestations; Elizabeth Hurley kisses and tells and recants. Plus: Cokie Roberts lives la vida loca. (08/04/2000)

Bringing up Mick Jagger's baby By Carina Chocano
His seventh child's mother wants $35,000 a month. He wants to give his wallet a rest. Here's a win-win-win solution. (08/04/2000)

Gore narrows search for No. 2 By Alicia Montgomery
As Bush brings down the house, positioning from the Democrats. (08/04/2000)

Bush bash By Jake Tapper
A kinder, gentler Papa Smurf tries to reach out to those left out, laments the failed potential of President Clinton and knocks Al Gore upside the head. (08/04/2000)

Taking it from the streets By Anthony York
Philly police face ugly allegations after hundreds of protesters are detained for more than two days. (08/04/2000)

Bush's acceptance speech, by the numbers By Jake Tapper
Three references to drugs, two to sex, 18 mentions of children and nothing nice about Al Gore. (08/04/2000)

The knife thrower By David Thomson
Daniel Auteuil saves Vanessa Paradis, and then there is the intimacy of not quite piercing her, in "Girl on the Bridge." (08/04/2000)

"Flirting" grocer causes riot By Jack Boulware
A judge in Iran, thinking a man is flirting with the judge's wife, arrests him and sets off a melee. (08/04/2000)

21st Challenge No. 35 By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
Practice random acts of brevity (08/04/2000)

Jenni's in love By Alice Lipowicz
Will fans abandon the JenniCam now that the star of the show has stolen her best friend's boyfriend? Or will they line up to peep at the X-rated action? (08/04/2000)

Beware of geeks bearing gifts By Simson Garfinkel
Microsoft may offer you a break on Windows Me, but that doesn't mean the upgrade won't cost you. (08/04/2000)

"Dumb & Dumber" By Charles Taylor
Peter and Bobby Farrelly take low humor to a higher ground with the sheer exuberance of their no-brainer gags. (08/03/2000)

Eddie: What happened? By Michael Sragow
On the set of his first movie, he was young, gifted, black and beautiful. In his new one, it's just a Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy World. (08/03/2000)

Beyond the beach By Burt Wolf
In Miami, you can have fun in the sun -- and then experience the finest of the fine arts. (08/03/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Aug. 3, 2000 (08/03/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joey Sweeney
Self-conscious New York indie rockers the Mendoza Line let their youth go to waste. (08/03/2000)

"Blaze: The Forensics of Fire" by Nicholas Faith By John Freeman
How investigators figure out the cause of a deadly blaze, and how people's behavior during a fire determines their fate. (08/03/2000)

The girl in the photo By Louise Steinman
A napalmed 9-year-old became a heartbreaking symbol of the Vietnam War -- now a journalist tells her story. (08/03/2000)

Big Brother -- or your company -- is watching you By Diane Seo
Hide those dirty pictures, scratch the solitaire: Major companies are increasingly monitoring employee Web, e-mail and phone activity. (08/03/2000)

Anal-ize this By Gregg Kilday
As Hollywood comedies get coarse 'n' coarser, ratings ain't what they used to be. (08/03/2000)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
The education of Louis: Film theory. (08/04/2000)

Broken arrow By J.B. Orenstein
It's rare, but men can fracture their most private part. (08/03/2000)

The great MP3 love fest
By Eric Boehlert (08/03/2000)

Watermarks in music?
By Damien Cave (08/03/2000)

Gays blast Lynne Cheney's denial about her daughter
By Dave Cullen and Daryl Lindsey (08/03/2000)

My second daughter By Tracie White
I never saw her alive, but I will miss her for the rest of my life. (08/03/2000)

Denial is holding blacks back By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The hanging of a Mississippi teen was found to be a suicide, not a lynching, but black leaders keep fanning the flames of racial paranoia. (08/03/2000)

Elizabeth Hurley spills the sex beans By Amy Reiter
Sex and the single girl's big mouth (hint: Hugh's lousy); Duran Duran nearly kills a man. Plus: Britney stalks royalty while Baba nabs the dead presidents. (08/03/2000)

Trick of the light By Chris Colin
Scientists broke the speed of light -- or so we were told. Did the press keep us in the dark, or was it the scientists? (08/03/2000)

Republican landscaping By Carina Chocano
Where the Rock meets the Shrub, the uncanny parallels between wrestler and candidate sprout like sagebrush on the Texas prairie. (08/03/2000)

There's a riot goin' on ... Not! By Anthony York
One reporter, 200 police cars, a trapped Gummi Bear and finally: A protester! (08/03/2000)

Nothing about Mary By Dave Cullen and Daryl Lindsey
While gay America watches, the GOP's second family closets its lesbian daughter. (08/03/2000)

Back to the future By Anthony York
Would-be vice president Dick Cheney borrows a line from Al Gore as he incites Republican delegates to restore a Bush presidency. (08/03/2000)

Defining compassionate conservatism By Jake Tapper
Stephen Goldsmith, George W. Bush's senior domestic policy advisor and a bit of a wonk, calls for the public and private sectors to both do their part. (08/03/2000)

The image guru By Jake Tapper
Hours before the big night, Mark Mackinnon promises a speech that's "a perfect mirror of George W. Bush." (08/03/2000)

Sex and this boy flying By Chris Colin
They don't get sex right. Can we please get sex right please? (08/03/2000)

Mormon marriage manual a bestseller By Jack Boulware
A sex book for Latter-day Saints is flying off the shelves. (08/03/2000)

Dottie Downturn gets mean By Dottie Downturn
Salon's arbiter of new-economy etiquette takes on egomaniacal programmers, loathsome dot-commers and tedious dog-lovers. (08/03/2000)

Claudia Schiffer is my Pilot! By Janelle Brown
The supermodel's special-edition Palm PDA inspires aisles full of celebrity gadgets. (08/03/2000)

"Stigmata" By Andrew O'Hehir
An enjoyable, superstylish supernatural thriller that doesn't make much sense -- except in the director's mind. (08/02/2000)

September boys By John Jeremiah Sullivan
Just because you've never heard of the Chicago quintet Frisbie doesn't mean that they're not one of the best, most ambitious pop bands in America. (08/02/2000)

Sharps and Flats By Seth Mnookin
Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco and others rework '60s classics for "Steal This Movie." But does Bob Dylan need updating? (08/02/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2000 (08/02/2000)

God only knows By Geoff Edgers
Why now, after 34 years, is Brian Wilson revisiting "Pet Sounds"? (08/02/2000)

Flirty pictures By George Packer
She made my author photo look cool and tough. The trouble is, I'm still just a writer. (08/02/2000)

"The Dragon Syndicates" by Martin Booth By Greg Villepique
The blood-soaked history of the Chinese secret societies that started the heroin trade and invented the "death by myriad swords." (08/02/2000)

All O.J., all the time By Sean Elder
Promoting his Web site and his innocence, America's best-known acquitted murder suspect isn't just for breakfast anymore. (08/02/2000)

A recipe for disaster By Arthur Allen
While nobody knows the origin of autism, many researchers worry that linking it to childhood vaccines could be a very dangerous theory. (08/02/2000)

Erotic inhaling By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
I sniff amyl nitrite every day to enhance my orgasms. Is this unhealthy? (08/02/2000)

The anti-child revolt
By Cathy Young (08/02/2000)

The sappiest generation
By Sean Elder (08/02/2000)

I like my guys preshrunk
By Jennifer Kornreich (08/02/2000)

Secrets and lies By Lesli Mitchell
Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame? (08/02/2000)

Eyeing baby By Christin Ellingsworth
I had my baby on my lap and my camera in my hand. (08/02/2000)

In the shadows of the Republican Convention By Arianna Huffington
The notoriously poor town of Camden, N.J. -- ironically the site of the GOP fete -- is living proof of everything our politicians are ignoring. (08/02/2000)

Astrology's mad bomber By Rob Brezsny
In which the noted zodiac advice columnist traces his quest to be a perfect nobody along the odd and winding path that led him to the horoscope writing business. (08/02/2000)

Messing with totems and taboos By Rob Breznsy
Your horoscope for this week. Do the planets control our fates? Hell, no! (08/02/2000)

Can Jenna survive Playboy? By Amy Reiter
Island fever! Last week's "Survivor" castoff says she'd pose nude "for the money"; Jerry Hall goes starkers onstage. Plus: Cyndi Lauper slams the creation of bubble gum "Lolita" pop stars! (08/02/2000)

Mary Cheney to take a leading role in dad's campaign By Dave Cullen
But will her life partner join her on the podium Wednesday night? Stay tuned. (08/02/2000)

Bush family values By Alicia Montgomery
Mama Bush joins her son in battling Clinton, while new, cuddly convention earns snores. (08/02/2000)

Bush marches in By Anthony York
The nominee arrives in Philly and stays on message, saying nothing. Why make news when you're ahead in the polls? (08/02/2000)

Grand Old Par-tays By Jake Tapper
Blues Traveler, Jon Secada and a faux Mardi Gras entertain the pasty GOP crowds, paid for by the biggest corporate interests in America. (08/02/2000)

Silence of the pro-lifers By Jake Tapper
Nobody's talking about abortion, but the National Right to Life Committee says Bush-appointed judges will strike down Roe vs. Wade. (08/02/2000)

George W. Bush should be president By David Brooks
Forget his image as a callous, empty-headed frat boy. People like him, and that means he'll attract and retain the best minds. (08/02/2000)

God wins! By Adele Stan
Pat Robertson puts a brave face on for his Christian Coalition, spinning against press that Bush is not his man. (08/03/2000)

Come again By Marisa Kakoulas
Helen Wolf runs one of the few remaining sex shops in Giuliani's Manhattan, where her grandmotherly advice is to have fun. (08/02/2000)

Bursting her bubble By Jack Boulware
A Canadian girl finds tattoos depicting bondage with her gum, causing the gum to be pulled from shelves. (08/02/2000)

Phone sex, psychics and celebrity confessions By Katharine Mieszkowski
Keen.com wants to be the "eBay of advice," but looks more like the Web's 1-900 directory. (08/02/2000)

Can dot-coms house the poor? By Katharine Mieszkowski
A San Francisco development offers cheap rent to start-ups that will teach HTML to low-income tenants. (08/02/2000)

"D.O.A." By Michael Sragow
A murdered man tracks his own killer in this ahead-of-its-time 1950 noir thriller. (08/01/2000)

Sharps & Flats By Joey Sweeney
Everclear take one last swing at the great entirety of American pop music. Whiff! (08/01/2000)

Blue Glow By Joyce Millman
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2000 (08/01/2000)

Talking with the "Hollow Man" By Dave McCoy
On the cusp of another nasty role in Paul Verhoeven's thriller, Kevin Bacon defends his rogues' gallery of bad cops, child rapists and male whores. (08/01/2000)

Enough, already By Garrison Keillor
My mother-in-law couldn't have been more helpful after the baby was born. She baby-sat, she cooked -- then she moved in. (08/01/2000)

"A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" by Amy Bloom By Elizabeth Macklin
A collection of stories that look frankly at the lives of transsexuals, adulterers, cancer survivors and angry teenagers. (08/01/2000)

Sports magazines start to sweat By Diane Seo
Why hot Web sites and flat ad revenue portend more Anna Kournikova covers for Sports Illustrated. (08/01/2000)

The great MP3 love fest By Eric Boehlert
Has the press given Napster a free ride? (08/01/2000)

The GOP Convention ratings debacle, Day 1 By Eric Boehlert
CBS and ABC tune in, America tunes out and NBC wins by ignoring the convention entirely. (08/01/2000)

Story Minute By Carol Lay
The advice squad. (08/01/2000)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
Angry white males! (We feel your pain) (08/01/2000)

Happiness is back By Andreas Killen
Now that Eli Lilly has put it in a pill, psychologists, neuroscientists and other researchers are probing the causes and properties of feeling good. (08/01/2000)

Unfriendly skies
By Stephen Yafa (08/01/2000)

Contributing to genocide
By Kate Scannell (08/01/2000)

"Lives of the Psychics" and "The Second Creation"
By Frank Browning (08/01/2000)

Hillary's a dyke! By Laurie Essig
My favorite rumor gets no respect. (08/01/2000)

Conservative whitewash By Joe Conason
Dick Cheney is relying on our cultural amnesia to wipe away his record on South Africa. (08/01/2000)

A tale of two quarterbacks By Gary Kamiya
I idolized Joe Montana -- then dumped him for Steve Young. A fan comes to terms with the betrayal of his hero. (08/01/2000)

Along came a spider By Amy Reiter
Tobey Maguire heroically squeezes into the Spidey suit; Chevy Chase gets dissed by an upstart; Angelina Jolie gets snobby about snobs; and more. Plus: Julia Roberts tired of her Bratt? (08/01/2000)

Paul Verhoeven By Andrew O'Hehir
Is the director of "Total Recall" and "Hollow Man" a pornographer, a homophobe and a misogynist -- or a misunderstood genius who's been defeated by his own contrary nature? (08/01/2000)

Gays blast Lynne Cheney's denial about her daughter By Dave Cullen and Daryl Lindsey
Friends say Mary Cheney has publicly declared she's gay. Does mom's discomfort mean Mary will campaign from the GOP's closet? (08/01/2000)

The ticket that might have been By Anthony York
Colin Powell makes Republicans regret and Democrats rejoice that he turned down the role of Bush running mate. (08/01/2000)

Protests erupt: Hundreds arrested By Alicia Montgomery
There's plenty of love for Mary Matalin, George P. and Laura Bush inside the GOP Convention -- but it isn't spreading to the streets. (08/01/2000)

John McCain uncensored By Jake Tapper
Salon gets hold of a draft of the maverick senator's speech for the Republican Convention. (08/01/2000)

A gay Republican talks about trade By Jake Tapper
Rep. Jim Kolbe says he's not the GOP's prime-time poster boy for tolerance. He wants to tell you about NAFTA. (08/01/2000)

Ex-Clinton official slams Bush and Cheney war records By Jake Tapper
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown asks why "neither one went to Vietnam, when they were clearly of Vietnam age." (08/02/2000)

McCain gives it up By Anthony York
In a strangely subdued speech, the Arizona senator tries to talk up George W. Bush. (08/02/2000)

Nude tan.com By Jack Boulware
The proprietor of a German tanning salon will give ladies free treatments if they allow him to broadcast their nude bodies on his Web site. (08/01/2000)

A poster child for Internet idiocy By Janelle Brown
Voyeurism! Consumerism! Hype! DotComGuy is a human incarnation of the worst the Net has to offer. (08/01/2000)

Did Napster's "buycott" backfire? By Janelle Brown
Napster fans swapped free MP3s and hassled record companies like crazy, but so far CD sales haven't exploded. (08/01/2000)