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Thanksgiving: A personal history
Jennifer New
From the mythic Midwest of my childhood to the mesmerizing Chicago of later years, this holiday has always evoked a place.
The evil two books and one video do
Cintra Wilson
A visit to the dark side (and back) courtesy of "The Blair Witch Project," Andy Kaufman and Lynda Barry.
Fear and loathing in Latvia
Rolf Potts
Between the fistfights and the Finnish girls, it's hard to get any writing done.
Air war
Jake Tapper
The men who would be president launch their TV campaigns, with -- Surprise! -- lots of smiling kids in the background.
Experimental lesson
David Alford
I've always tried to make my teaching like an art, but as I've grown more successful, have I become a hack?
I sold commie posters to a future Supreme Court justice
Jock O'Connell
Long ago His Honor paid 10 bucks for a Bolshevik broadsheet. I wonder where it's hanging now.
Dead senator running?
Jake Tapper
LBJ's son-in-law Chuck Robb once seemed to be on the fast track to the White House, but these days, he's considered the senator most likely to lose his job in 2000.
A cooler head prevails
Fred Branfman
Psychologist Robert Firestone rejects the quick fix for bad marriage.
A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia
Rolf Potts
I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.
The great railway bizarre
Rolf Potts
Taiga forests, first class follies and a Slavic Lolita in short-shorts enliven the train journey that has no end.
I'd rather eat tacos with Daniel Johnston than swordfish with Damien Hirst
Cintra Wilson
Spiritual squalor at an opening of chunky shock-pop for the rich, and a performance of melting honesty and sweetness by the musical equivalent of Joseph Cornell.
Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor
Conason on Bradley; Tapper on Gore and Naomi Wolf; plus Doonesbury and those $&%#@ loud kids!
Lame lesbians
Jennifer Parello
Nice crutches, baby! When it comes to lesbian accessories, nothing scores like a broken leg.
Patti Smith
Greg Villepique
A punk icon in jeans and leather jacket, she added ecstasy and spiritual exaltation to the poet-songwriter equation.
The Maharajah of poontang
David Segal
John Stagliano, the video mogul behind "Buttman," is a dirty-movie powerhouse, and either the scourge or savior of an unabashedly sordid business.
What is a Jewish lesbian punk folk singer to do?
Erin J. Aubry
Neaten her crewcut, put on an apron and sell lots of Tupperware.
All the corporations' men
Michael Sragow
"The Insider" director Michael Mann talks about corporate morality, muckraking and the drama of making real-life decisions.
“It's happened again”
Dan Savage
When gun-control advocates use mass shootings to push for a handgun ban, critics accuse them of exploiting tragedy. But there's a difference between exploiting a tragedy and learning from it.
Rarin' to go
Garrison Keillor
Even after I lost 79 pounds, my husband isn't interested in sex. What if someone else makes a pass at me?
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