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David Amsden

Life: The disorder

More and more adults and teens are popping pills for ADD, "generalized anxiety disorder" and other quasi-societal conditions. Is it time to retire our moralistic distinction between "recreational" and "medical" drugs?

Friday, Nov 25, 2005 12:00 PM UTC 67
Life Drugs

Patch nation

Smoking, birth control, weight loss, hangovers -- you name the ailment, there's probably a flesh-colored adhesive to fix it.

Thursday, Jan 13, 2005 7:16 PM UTC
Life

I dream of Vargas Girls

In these sexually saturated times, with naked celebrities, amateur orgies and live-action Barbie dolls just a click away, I long for the days when a woman's pout was enough to send a man into conniptions.

Friday, Dec 17, 2004 6:32 PM UTC
Life Paris Hilton

Grinding

My neighbor was a taut dancer whose sweaty appearances on MTV's "The Grind" had fueled my high school masturbatory fantasies. Now we were having a strange affair, and my archives of lust were burning.

Tuesday, Jul 27, 2004 6:47 PM UTC
Life

To bleach his own

The media-fed obsession with the perfect smile has helped create an army of chalky, Tic Tac-like teeth so blindingly white they appear to be ... blue.

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004 8:31 PM UTC
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