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...David Horowitz's "Cornel West: No Light in his Attic" appeared in the Oct. 11, 1999 issue of online magazine Salon (reprinted in the Harvard Salient earlier this fall). In the article, Horowitz lambasts West for what Horowitz sees as his intellectual emptiness and pretension: "While his writings combine the philosophically grandiose with postmodern frou frou, they are singularly lacking in the intellectual power that would sustain either." Horowitz moves from a questionable attack on West's intellect to a ludicrous charge of racism and anti-Semitism. He strikes at the very root of the Reader by ridiculing West...
...beleaguered television networks, the explosion of dot.com advertising is helping to push up rates 10% to 20% this fall. "It's created an unnaturally tight market," notes Jon Mandel, co-managing director of ad buyer MediaCom. The online magazine Salon recently rolled out a provocative $4 million TV campaign featuring digitally crafted odd couples, like celebrities Chris Rock and Linda Tripp, dancing at a dinner party. "We needed to cast a wider net," says Patrick Hurley, Salon's vice president of marketing. "We're not going to put our head in the sand and pretend that other media...
...While you're at it, swing by Kitty Donahue's Massage and Acupuncture Salon (2557 Mass. Ave., near Porter Square; 492-6777; $60) for an ancient Chinese medical diagnosis to assess what parts of your body are in need of energy reversals. Kitty will tell you that every individual has energy flowing through their body and energy flowing in the right direction indicates good health. According to this diagnosis, Kitty will divide up your one-hour session between massage and acupuncture. Or you can just tell her what you want...
...pocket protector and taped glasses, is surrounded by attractive women at the many parties he attends. In fact, Newmark is popular enough that his half-baked bid to be San Francisco's next mayor (his slogan is "Sucks Less") has received an approving nod from such e-media as Salon. But he's not devoting much time to his campaign. "I have the ability to influence people anywhere," he says. "So why bother with mayor...
Debbie Smith, a receptionist in a hair salon in Williamsburg, Va., had given up hope that the police would ever catch the man who took her from her kitchen and raped her in the woods outside her home in 1989. She didn't get a good look at him during the assault, and the investigators didn't have any solid leads. For years Smith lived in fear that he would return and attack her or her daughters. But one day, her husband, a police officer, came home with good news: the state DNA lab had caught her rapist. Norman Jimmerson...