Features: Soulless Asylum
How California's mentally ill population has ended up in a prison system ill-equipped to deal with them. Saratoga resident Andrew Barnett decided he'd rather be dead.

Sex in the Shire: A wistful look at the Ren Faire's bawdy good ol' days.

Hosiery Job: Pantyhose 'tattoos' for the puncture-conscious and uncommitted.

News: The Scoop
Saving Private Ryan--For what?

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

Suddenly Summer: Our guide to all of the season's hottest events.

Scheming Toys: Author Hoah Hawley takes apart Small Soldiers.

City of Love: New Age writer Shakti Gawain shares her thoughts on Philadelphia.

Fool Walks In: Film puts poetry into ordinary hands.

Spins: New CDs from Brian Setzer, Brian Jonestown Massacre and more.

Rancid's Worth the Wait: Life Won't Wait, Rancid's latest, confirms band's commitment to truth in music.

In a Jam: A moral tale about going too far back to basics.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Panic in Needle Park: Heroin chic comes clean in author Ellen Miller's Like Being Killed.