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ISSUE 6: January 27, 1996

Camille Paglia on why Hillary Clinton is her own worst enemy... Andrew Ross on Whitewater, plus a roundtable on the scandal...the Salon Interview with Salman Rushdie... Sluts and Addicts: Laura Miller on why young actresses are drawn to the gutter... Dwight Garner on Granta's list of best young American novelists... Sundance report... Lit Chat with Joyce Carol Oates... Reviews of "Prime Suspect," "Dead Man Walking," Anthony Sampson's book on the decline of the cultured capitalist, Hendrix, Aimee Mann, Noise Addict and "You Don't Know Jack"... Douglas Cruickshank, Cintra Wilson, the Five Minute Mystery, Mr. Rheingold's Neighborhood, Verbivore. the Listress and a passel of Sneak Peeks.


ISSUE 5: January 13, 1996

Burning Down the House: Gary Kamiya looks at Newt Gingrich -- and a roundtable on the future of the Republican revolution... Laura Miller on why vampires are so popular... the SALON interview with Jamaica Kincaid... Mark Hertsgaard on why big business is afraid of global warming... Joyce Millman looks at Carly Simon's staying power ... Steve Chapple eats crocodile tail by the banks of the Zambezi... Reviews of "12 Monkeys," "Murder One," Tori Amos and Eric Dolphy... Sneak Peeks, columns, departments and comics.


ISSUE 4: December 30, 1995

Digital wizard vs. demon hacker: Scott Rosenberg on three books' duel to define the Mitnick case... SALON interview with Helen Mirren... Joyce Millman on Seinfeld... Joan Walsh on diversity training... James Marcus on Martin Scorsese's music... Adam Block attacks Bruce Springsteen's "Cabernet Grapes of Wrath" tour... and more features, reviews and departments.


ISSUE 3: December 16, 1995

Polly Shulman on why kids want morality in their books... Gary Kamiya on A.N. Wilson's life of the "real" Jesus... SALON interview with Oliver Stone ...Bosnia roundtable... New Irish writers... Kathy Dobie on a Death Row rebirth... The nightmare of multimedia retailing... Jon Katz's Web mystery... and our regular features.


ISSUE 2: December 2, 1995

Joyce Millman on how TV became the rock 'n' roll of the '90s... Jon Katz on the new mediaphobia... Gary Kamiya on a scholar lost in the crack wasteland... Scott Rosenberg on Bill Gates' road to nowhere... Tim Green's NFL mystery... and much more.


ISSUE 1: November 20, 1995

Amy Tan talks about her inspirations and demons... Joyce Millman on Beatles graverobbing... Camille Paglia trash-talks William Bennett... Salon roundtable on race... and more.