In the story "Monica's got a brand-new bag," it was incorrectly reported that Linda Tripp had appeared on Betsy Gibson's radio show. Tripp has never appeared on the show. Salon regrets the error. The story has been corrected. Also, Gibson denies that she called Monica Lewinsky a disparaging name as Gibson was being removed from the Henri Bendel store. Writer Ana Marie Cox stands by her account of this incident.

Templegate
BY DAVID HOROWITZ
(03/20/00)

Why doesn't the media cover/investigate this "story?" Because they are as bored as I am about the whole subject. We American voters accept as a given that politicians are dirty. They raise all sorts of funds in gray areas. So what? Bush is dirty too. This election will not be decided on sins of the fund-raisers. It will be decided on brains, I hope. Gore has part of one. Bush has none.

-- Marshall Brownfield

Maybe journalists are avoiding an indictment of Al Gore and what appear to be his ties to Chinese intelligence agents because the primary season has enlightened them to the potential catastrophe of a Bush presidency. You might have trouble making a convincing argument that the Chinese government is more criminal or less dedicated to the principles of democracy than are the Texans who stand to gain the most from Bush's success in November.

-- Kevin Tudish

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy that seeks enlightenment for all, and Horowitz could use some. A Buddhist temple is not a house of God because Buddhists have no god.

-- Pat Schommer

At this point any allegations of scandalous behavior by the Clinton administration look rather like personal animosity toward Clinton, rather than reasonable allegations. It is a little too much of the boy crying wolf -- if you try and fail to impeach a president on grounds of lying about sexual misconduct after a multimillion-dollar investigation that was supposed to be about illegal financial doings, you can't exactly expect the public to care. After all this time the only sin they might find is that the vice president forgot to pay for a dog license. Maybe the Republicans are right and this is a real scandal, but they have only themselves to blame for public (and media) apathy to further Clinton/Gore scandals.

-- Kylie Seymour

Gore's met the enemy
BY BRUCE SHAPIRO
(03/15/00)

It's true that the charges against Gore probably won't amount to much unless the GOP engages in Asia-bashing. It's dangerous, however, to think they won't do just that, and get away with it. The GOP has to scare the electorate to win, and China is going to be a likely scapegoat. It won't be hard for the GOP to put together a collage of scary issues -- taking money from Asian foreigners, WTO, being careless with nuclear secrets, being soft on China generally. The public is not making great distinctions among the specific charges. Bush is just saying the words "Buddhist temple" and putting an Asian face on disloyalty and corruption. Shades of Bush Sr. and Willie Horton!

-- Brant Lee

Don't shoot that iMac!
BY LYDIA LEE
(03/20/00)

Although I disagree with Epinion's review of the iMac, the banning of the ad depicting a reviewer plunking away at one with a handgun is ridiculous. Just because a couple of maladjusted kids shot up a rich suburban high school, we suddenly go hush anytime we see a firearm. The ad is funny, despite the fact the "star" is dull, hickish and ugly, and there isn't any reason why it cannot be run.

-- Aaron Batty

Happiness is a dead iMac? Regardless of what one's opinions are, expressing them with a gun is not a defensible option. Is this attitude the cause of many of the problems today ("I don't like it, so I'll blow it away")?

To put this further in perspective, it's a computer!

I was pleased to see that Epinions wasn't going to run the offending ad, but I was disturbed but their statement, "The iMac ad will not run at this time." As if running it at another time would be all right.

-- Arne Sjodin

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