_______________SALON EXCLUSIVE: SCAIFE TELLS WHY HE CUT OFF SPECTATOR'S FUNDING BY MURRAY WAAS (10/01/98)
	Your revelations should have front page coverage on the fish wraps known as the New York Times and Washington Post. Both of these ass-wipe papers are shills for the GOP and the wealthy sycophants who profit by keeping social policy the way it was in 1955. So glad the cadaverous Scaife had to appear before a grand jury. This loser is, in my opinion, a loose cannon ball trying to overthrow the government in the service of his shrouded bigotry and spoiled rich boy (fossil) greed. He is a creepy, maybe dangerous doughboy. Please excuse my trash mouth: Five years in the infantry and one year in 'Nam where I lost a wheel diminished any eloquence I maybe had. Keep kickin' ass, Mr. Waas! But, please watch your back. I hope all of what you and your colleagues uncover (and the hard work that goes along with it) doesn't have a delayed fuse. I want an air burst right over Newt and Hank's huge blue-veined asses. -- Ron Anguiano Lakewood, Colo. Just read the article by Murray Waas about the grand jury appearance of Mellon Scaife in Fort Smith. My question is: Why don't the major newspapers carry this story? I take the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and I have never found anything that you have reported in there. I am not criticizing your stories and I believe them, but isn't the media supposed to be giving us all sides of the story? In not doing so, aren't they guilty of shaping the story to bear on public opinion? Isn't that type of practice a danger to all media of losing their right not to reveal sources? Something here seems a little out of kilter. -- Ben Brigman If it wasn't for Salon Magazine I wouldn't see anything at all about the investigation of Hale's payments much less that Scaife actually testified in front of a grand jury. I'm glad that Salon Magazine covers this, and other, infrequently reported issues. Perhaps a follow-up story on why large media organizations have ignored this story would be appropriate. Wasn't there also an investigation into leaks? Is this inactive or simply unreported? -- Bill Faulk Salt Lake City I find it interesting that the names of the anti-Clinton people who are being investigated by the Fort Smith grand jury and the people named in your previous piece, "True Believer," about a month ago have a common denominator: They all trace back to the Reagan administration. Is the message getting any clearer to all, as to who and what is behind the political witch hunt we are being subjected to nowadays? -- C.B. Abrams Louisville, Ky.
_______________UNZIPPED BY COURTNEY WEAVER
	My two favorite Salon columnists seem to be missing in action. What happened to Anne Lamott and Courtney Weaver? I was told a while ago that Lamott was working on a book and would be back. No such luck. I miss her humor and wit more than I can say. And now I notice that the Unzipped column is gone too. I love your magazine. The balance of viewpoints is refreshing. But like many others, I am burnt out on the Clinton scandal -- Larry King could now be called the "Lewinsky Hour." I enjoy writers and entertainers who make me laugh and think at the same time. There is enough anger and outrage in our government and on our airwaves to cause me to shy away from Paglia and Horowitz. OK, I'm done whining. Keep up the good work, but please let us know when and if a columnist is going and when or if said columnist will be back. -- Veronica Knight Editor's Note: Anne Lamott is still working on her book, but plans to return to Salon in the future.
_______________PASSAGES: "DRIVING TO DETROIT" BY LESLEY HAZLETON (09/25/98)
	I find it amazing how people romanticize James Dean's accident. How it was the ultimate irony that the actor was to "Live fast, die young." The article also goes to show that the writer doesn't have her facts straight. First off, Dean wasn't speeding. Granted he was given a ticket for doing 65 almost two and a half hours earlier, but if you look at the data, and read some of the more modern reports, he was only going 57 when the accident occurred. Three MPH slower then Donald Turnupseed's Ford was going. So, sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but James wasn't flying down the desert road like everyone would wish to believe. And his Porsche 550 didn't have the number 31 on it either. It was 130. -- David Sinn SALON | Oct. 5, 1998

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