[LEMONS] 11.27.2001
Salon's been much-maligned lately, and not entirely fairly. There's still a lof of great content, but now it's mostly reserved for Premium members. Case in point: Phillip Robertson's spectacular gonzo piece on Afghanistan. Sure, it reads a little bit like a Neal Pollock piece, but it's at once entertaining and enlightening. Pure magazine journalism. An excerpt:
While I was in the back room sleeping, the soldier who had shot at me came back with 17 friends to finish the job. They collared the trainee assistants out front and asked them if they knew anything about the foreigner. The kids ran inside and asked Nangulee what they should tell them. "Tell them you are only students and don't know anything about a foreigner." Nangulee went out after a few minutes and told them to go screw themselves. Eventually they went away. When I asked Nangulee why they wanted to find me so badly, he said they wanted my money and telephone. Northern Alliance soldiers are not paid a regular salary, and most of them cannot read or write. "Most of these soldiers are crazy," Nangulee said. "Never go out at night."
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