Steve Erickson

  • The New Sanctimony

    By Steve Erickson
    By August 23, 2000

  • The New Sanctimony

    Down with Jefferson, Clinton and '60s hedonism! American politics has declared war on the pursuit of pleasure.
    By Steve Erickson August 18, 2000

  • I feel fine

    In Steve Erickson's visionary new novel, it already is the end of the world -- and we don't know it.
    By Sarah Vowell April 21, 1999

  • L.A. stories

    The author of "The Sea Came in at Midnight" recommends five great contemporary novels about Los Angeles.
    By Steve Erickson April 19, 1999

  • Swing Nation RIP

    Rat Pack Sinatra, khaki pants and frosty martinis may have been vapid, but just wait for the next horror on the cultural horizon
    By Steve Erickson March 31, 1999

  • Why Elia Kazan should not receive an Oscar

    By bestowing a special honor on the director, who already has won two Oscars, the academy is glossing over history.
    By Steve Erickson March 17, 1999

  • The Teen Millennium

    From 'Buffy' to 'Jawbreaker,' today's culture makes teenagers the battlegrounds of cosmic forces.
    By Steve Erickson. March 3, 1999

  • Pimps without portfolio

    Even after the impeachment debacle revealed just how out of touch they are, the Washington media elite are still trying to hustle the American people.
    By Steve Erickson February 17, 1999

  • Mammary dreams

    Behind men's moral outrage at Clinton's behavior seethes the fear that his compulsion is just one step beyond our own.
    By Steve Erickson February 3, 1999

  • A battle for the soul of America

    Steve Erickson argues that it's time for the American people to realize that Clinton trial isn't really about Clinton -- it's about democracy.
    By Steve Erickson January 20, 1999

  • Let the culture war rage

    Let the culture war rage, let the full impeachment trial begin -- it's time for America to decide what its true values are.
    By Steve Erickson January 6, 1999

  • Mementos from the pre-millennium

    Dredged from the 1998 archives of art, pop culture and politics, Steve Erickson offers his own private cultural canon.
    By Steve Erickson December 23, 1998

  • Secret America

    When presidents, both living and dead, can't even keep their DNA private, there is no realm we can call our own.
    By Steve Erickson December 9, 1998

  • Democracy on life support

    The cynical Starr hearings were to their Watergate precursors as Jack Kevorkian is to Mother Teresa.
    By Steve Erickson November 25, 1998

  • Starr dust, pundit bust

    Steve Erickson on why Kenneth Starr will crash and burn on Thursday
    By Steve Erickson November 18, 1998

  • The amazing disappearing Newt

    After the Republicans have picked over the carnage of the former speaker's career, Newt will vanish into historical thin air.
    By Steve Erickson November 11, 1998

  • The most significant musical moments of 1997

    Salon contributors answer the question: what was your most significant moment of 1997?
    By Cynthia Joyce December 24, 1997
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