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THURSDAY JULY 31, 1997	21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Ratings today, censorship tomorrow By Joseph D. Lasica The Net industry is rushing to embrace ratings systems for the Web. The technology will help parents keep their kids away from porn. It can also help anyone censor anything Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Chunnel vision (07/31/97) Word by Word By Anne Lamott The things we carry: In a world of masks, our families -- broken down, weary, enduring -- connect us to who we really are (07/31/97) Mothers Who Think Casting a spell: Summer reading for children, part 2 (07/31/97)
WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1997	Alice in Mirrorland By Laura Green Every age finds its own obsessions reflected in Lewis Carroll's fearless little girl (07/30/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver When you blow off your boyfriend, don't leave your clothes behind (07/30/97) Mothers Who Think Drama Queen -- vote for the miserable winner! (07/30/97)
TUESDAY JULY 29, 1997	Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section A lucky life By Don George, Editor Peter Mayle talks about writing, painting and taking risks (07/29/97) August advice By Peter Mayle Oh to be in Paris -- now that the Parisians are gone (07/29/97) Crime takes a holiday By David Corn Cavorting with mystery writers at a conference-cum-carnival in northern Spain (07/29/97) Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George Parts is parts (07/29/97) Passages: "To Timbuktu" By Mark Jenkins African encounters (07/29/97) Passages: "To Timbuktu" By Mark Jenkins African encounters (07/29/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer It's summer -- stay out of the kitchen! (07/29/97) Table Talk Readers' Tips and Tales The hubris of going "where the tourists don't go" (07/29/97) The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Why artists should not be allowed out in public: of writers who won't shut up, aging, flat-assed ballet teachers, little dancy-girls who waddle around like quail and other horrors (07/29/97) Mothers Who Think I surf therefore I am By Judith Levine A teacher says her students learn diddly from the Net (07/29/97) Mothers Who Think Time for one thing By Dawn Anahid MacKeen Comfort in a cup: An old world remedy -- tea and tranquility (07/29/97)
MONDAY JULY 28, 1997	Wasted youth novels By Andrew Hultkrans Three new novels take you to the throbbing pulse of decadent youth culture (07/28/97) Mothers Who Think My grandmother, the godfather By Camille Peri She who stirs the pot wears the pants (07/28/97) Mothers Who Think Recipe from "In Nonna's Kitchen" By Carol Field Pollo con le Olive (07/28/97) Swamp Fever By James Carville Newt's "loyal" deputies tried to overthrow him -- and failed. Who cares? As long as the Republicans keep serving up the same worthless ideas, the American people won't care who's running the GOP (07/28/97)
FRIDAY JULY 25, 1997	Salon Entertainment Air Force One By Charles Taylor In Harrison Ford's new president-in-peril thriller, "Air Force One," the first family comes first (07/25/97) Mrs. Brown By Charles Taylor Victoria's secret: "Mrs. Brown" fails to bring the hidden passions of the queen -- or the society she led -- to life (07/25/97) Mothers Who Think Dish it out by David Haldane Confessions of a wannabe mom: Reader David Haldane asks why fathers are excluded from the sacred sorority of parenting (07/25/97) Mothers Who Think Show me the picture By Andrea Gollin Part 1 of the Mothers Who Think guide to summer reading for kids (07/25/97) Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell Compilation creep: If Starbucks doesn't have a soundtrack to suit your lifestyle, maybe the Postal Service will (07/25/97)
THURSDAY JULY 24, 1997	21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Pond scum or green gold? By Andrew Leonard From cyberspace to Klamath Lake, a hunt for the truth about blue-green algae reveals the secret ecology of information Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg The games People plays (07/24/97) Mothers Who Think Spice of Life by Chitra Divakaruni Chitra's choice: Of fame and stomach flu (07/24/97) Ill Humor By Ian Shoales Whole lotta namin' goin' on: Why Mars rocks should not be named after really weak cartoon characters, and even pedophiles deserve a little oblivion (07/24/97)
WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 1997	Mothers Who Think By Joan Walsh The woman who turned America against divorce (07/23/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver A woman with power finds herself on the receiving end of a come-on that might not be personal (07/23/97) "Cold Mountain" diary By Charles Frazier Author Charles Frazier recounts his travels, on a book tour for his first novel, through the American South (07/23/97)
TUESDAY JULY 22, 1997	Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section Acting on wild impulse By Don George, Editor (07/22/97) Thai die By Karl Taro Greenfeld An adventure gone awry in northern Thailand (07/22/97) Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George The killer tentacles (07/22/97) Postmark: New Orleans, Louisiana By Lance P. Martin Big Easy Addiction: Despite crime, poverty and horrendous summer heat, loyal New Orleans residents party on in a city that's impossible to hate (07/22/97) Passages: "In the Ring of Fire" By James D. Houston Pacific Journeys: Three Kinds of Silence (07/22/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Garlic Worship: Put all the goodness of the stinkin' rose on toast (07/22/97) Table Talk Readers' Tips and Tales Does your neighborhood still feel like home? (07/22/97) Ask Camille By Camille Paglia Baby dumping: Why teens need moral education (07/22/97) Mothers Who Think Time for one thing by Joyce Millman Shawn Colvin: Music for moms who like it soft AND angry (07/22/97)
FRIDAY JULY 18, 1997	Entertainment Operation Condor By Sam Hurwitt Even reheated fare like "Operation Condor" offers dazzling stunts from the world's greatest action hero Jackie Chan Nothing to Lose By Laura Miller "Nothing to Lose" is a lazy exercise in tired racial clichés (07/18/97) Salon Special: Legal Drugs Why trip when you can sip? By Josh Kornbluth Coffee is more than just a drug -- it's a lifelong companion (07/18/97) Right On! By David Horowitz The controversy over a multiracial category on census forms shows that racial and ethnic advocacy groups aren't worried about fairness as much as they're worried about spoils (07/18/97) Sexpert Opinion By Susie Bright Lilith vs. Dyke-o-rama: No contest (07/18/97) Mothers Who Think Acting big By Laura Miller Can a 4-year-old be a great actor? (07/18/97)
THURSDAY JULY 17, 1997	Salon Special: Legal Drugs No sex please, we're medicated By Lori Leibovich Antidepressants help many people recover their enthusiasm for life -- sometimes at the price of their libido (07/17/97) Word By Word By Anne Lamott Tummler's Dog: Conquering your fanged nightmares (07/17/97) 21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Bringing up digital baby By Allison Adato For prospective parents, Tamagotchi is a stern taskmaster (07/17/97) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Apple follies and the Mac media (07/17/97)
WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 1997	Salon Special: Legal Drugs Readin', ritin' and Ritalin By Arthur Allen Do psychoactive drugs really help children -- or just make them fit in? (07/16/97) Meditation vs. medication By Joan Smith You can elevate your soul with spiritual discipline -- but some psychological suffering can only be alleviated with chemicals (07/16/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Is New York stealing California's testosterone? (07/16/97)
TUESDAY JULY 15, 1997	Wanderlust: Salon's weekly travel section Losing it at Club Med By Po Bronson There are palm trees and pool aerobics, searching singles and satiny sands, but a week at Club Med Turkoise is not what you expect (07/15/97) Avant-garde out of control By Brent Gregston Is it brilliant? Is it bull? Whichever, the Documenta art exhibition has totally transformed the ugly duckling town of Kassel, Germany (07/15/97) Mondo Weirdo More strange food tales from around the world (07/15/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Chicken marinated in fresh ginger (07/15/97) Salon Special: Legal Drugs The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Fear and self-medicating in L.A. (07/15/97) Generation Rx By Jenn Shreve Prozac on campus (07/15/97) Melatonin mania By Morris Dye It treats cancer, enhances sexual pleasure and boosts the immune system! Well, maybe not, but it sure helps jet lag (07/15/97) Mothers Who Think Time for one thing By Kate Moses Leave me alone for just one hour (07/15/97)
MONDAY JULY 14, 1997	Salon Special: Legal Drugs In drugs we trust By Scott Rosenberg Why do Americans make war on some drugs and build fortunes on others? (07/14/97) Just take the pills, guys By Andrew Ross Men would rather kill themselves -- literally -- than admit they are suffering from one of the most common diseases in the world (07/14/97) Swamp Fever By James Carville Republican three-card monte (07/14/97) Mothers Who Think Hotel of the Damned By Aggie Max In this second excerpt from "Last Resort: Scenes From a Transient Hotel," Aggie Max describes life at the dead end of the system (07/14/97)
FRIDAY JULY 11, 1997	The leading man exits: Boozing with Robert Mitchum By Dick Lochte The secret John Wayne By Jonathan Lethem The darkness of Jimmy Stewart By Christopher Hitchens (07/11/97) Entertainment Contact By Robin Dougherty Jodie Foster plays an astronomer whose search for extraterrestrials takes her to the furthest reaches of science and faith (07/11/97) When the Cat's Away By Charles Taylor The search for her lost pet takes a young Parisian girl to an unfamiliar place -- her own neighborhood (07/11/97) Oz By Joyce Millman HBO's new prison drama is a raw look at life off the street (07/11/97) Quiet grrrls By Michelle Goldberg Lilith Fair at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Calif. (07/11/97) Sound Salvation By Sarah Vowell Feel-good feminist music makes my teeth hurt (07/11/97) Mothers Who Think Mothers who rock By Lori Leibovich Rocker Amy Rigby on being a solo mom Drama Queen We have a winner! (07/11/97)
THURSDAY JULY 10, 1997	21st Salon's weekly digital culture section The meme hunter By Andrew Brown A British psychologist prowls for hard evidence that memes -- ideas that reproduce genetically, like viruses -- actually exist. What's one of the prime habitats? The Internet (07/10/97) "Ate my balls" ate my balls By Milo Miles How one nutty meme took over cyberspace (07/10/97) Ill Humor By Ian Shoales Color me baffled (07/10/97) Mothers Who Think Spice of Life By Chitra Divakaruni An absent mother's guilt (07/10/97)
WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 1997	The Salon Interview: Gary Oldman By Richard Covington Actor Gary Oldman plays vampires and sadists, suicidal punks and assorted fiends and weirdos. But don't call him crazy (07/09/97) "Cold Mountain" Mountain Man By Laura Miller Charles Frazier's majestic Civil War novel, "Cold Mountain," evokes a harrowing odyssey and a lost way of life in the Blue Ridge Mountains (07/09/97) "Cold Mountain" Diary By Charles Frazier How the author found the inspiration for his Civil War-era novel among the secrets buried in the backwoods of the Smoky Mountains (07/09/97) "Cold Mountain" By Charles Frazier Excerpts from the bestseller (07/09/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Never tell your man your fantasies (07/09/97) Mothers Who Think Vanity, thy name is henna By Inda Schaenen Hair dye: Color me vain (07/09/97)
TUESDAY JULY 8, 1997	Wanderlust Favorite travel books By Don George, Editor Six great travel tomes reveal the soul of the places they describe (07/08/97) "Two Towns in Provence" Wanderlust Contributing Editor Peter Mayle writes about the book that inspired him to go to Provence: M.F.K. Fisher's "Two Towns in Provence" (07/08/97) "Natural Opium" Salon Book Editor Dwight Garner praises the engaging riches of Diane Johnson's far-flung travails in "Natural Opium" (07/08/97) "The Snow Leopard" Amanda Jones recalls reading Peter Matthiessen's masterful account of his Himalayan ascent, "The Snow Leopard," on her own journey down the mountains (07/08/97) "Roughing It" Travel editor Lynn Ferrin describes the timeless art of Mark Twain's evocations of place in "Roughing It" (07/08/97) Postmark: Brighton, England By Andrew Ross Salon's managing editor sends a provocative Postmark about Tony Blair, monsoons and the British sense of the absurd from rain-soaked Brighton, England (07/08/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer In honor of Bastille Day, the Surreal Gourmet cooks up some French toast with banana (07/08/97) Hong Kong diary By Simon Winchester Our handover correspondent concludes his Hong Kong diary with some final reflections on the future of the former colony (07/08/97) Mothers Who Think Poverty is boring By Suzette Lalime Aggie Max, author of "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel," says it's not just the lack of money that makes escape nearly impossible, it's the culture of poverty (07/08/97) The Rat Bite By Aggie Max A welfare mother's tragicomic tale of life in the system; an excerpt from "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel (07/08/97) Ask Camille By Camille Paglia Who is really to blame for the historical scar of black slavery? (07/08/97)
FRIDAY JULY 4, 1997	Thrill out! Our critics dip into the summer's hottest thrillers (07/04/97) Salon Entertainment Men in Black Sly humor and breezy rapport between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones make the alien invasion spoof a sweet summer surprise (07/04/97) Contempt The re-release of Godard's classic recalls a time when movies could do anything (07/04/97) La Femme Nikita "La Femme Nikita" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" will kick your ass (07/04/97) Sexpert Opinion By Susie Bright Hideous tales from first grade (07/04/97) Right On! By David Horowitz Why Israel can't trust Arafat (07/04/97) Mothers Who Think Hello, we're Ingrid and Isabella and we have a cleaning problem (07/04/97) X-Word By Merl Reagle Three-Fourths of July (07/04/97)
THURSDAY JULY 3, 1997	21st Salon's weekly digital culture section Who owns Xena? By Andrew Leonard On the Web, fans of the Warrior Princess have taken her places she could never go on TV. And so far, the heroine's corporate owners have let a thousand Xena story lines bloom online (07/03/97) The pattern fetish By Leonce Gaiter Pink Floyd provides the key to "The Wizard of Oz"? Patterns in Biblical letters foretell the future? Randomness sure looks better when it has the imprimatur of technology (07/03/97) Mothers Who Think Wild Things By Andrea Gollin Gardens for kids (07/03/97) Word by Word By Anne Lamott Media bottom-feeding on Michael Dorris (07/03/97) Face-off Michael Moore fires back at Salon (07/03/97)
WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 1997	Honky Blues By Tim Duggan Abolish whiteness! say the advocates of white studies, academia's latest -- and most bewildering -- theory of race relations (07/02/97) In defense of wannabes By Carol Lloyd People who identify outside their societal group are the real multiculturalists (07/02/97) Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Courtney lusts after Joe College (07/02/97) Mothers Who Think Drama Queen for a Day: Cast your votes (07/02/97)
TUESDAY JULY 1, 1997	Mothers Who Think The hounds of spring By Sallie Tisdale Why boys dream bigger than girls (07/01/97) Time for one thing By Lori Leibovich A good bra is hard to find (07/01/97) Wanderlust Salon's weekly travel section American byways By Don George, Editor Strawberry festivals & folding chair marching bands (07/01/97) Ode to the road By Jenn Shreve Five great books in search of the American dream (07/01/97) Passages: "The Soul of Golf" By William Hallberg On a cross-country search for the soul of golf, author William Hallberg seeks out an all-black golf course and discovers cosmic truth (07/01/97) Mondo Weirdo: More strange tales from around the world By Don George Couldn't we just have camel tortillas? (07/01/97) Postmark: Bend, Oregon By Christine Barnes Lattes meet lumberjacks in Oregon (07/01/97) The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer A Canadian transplant contemplates U.S. patriotism, national marketing strategies and potato salad to salute for (07/01/97) Table Talk Readers' Tips and Tales Key West: A great place to visit (07/01/97) The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson A wedding in Astoria, Queens! and other heartwarming works by Hieronymus Bosch (07/01/97) Hong Kong Diary By Simon Winchester Hit the road, Jack: Handover! (07/01/97)

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