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What’s so bad about good sex?
Amy Benfer
"Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia.
A pie in the face of the Catholic hierarchy
Celeste Arbogast
As a woman, I feel marginalized by the church. But a bake-sale revolt led by elderly church ladies near Chicago has given me hope.
Believe David Brock at your own risk
David Horowitz
He didn't just lie about President Clinton and Anita Hill way back when. In "Blinded by the Right," he lied about me.
Return to sender
Jonathon Keats
A collection of letters to J.D. Salinger, many from well-known writers, shows how the author of "Catcher in the Rye" went from man to myth.
Sexy specs
Charles Taylor
Glasses, like small breasts, seem to be one of those things that women automatically assume men find unattractive.
Chief Parks plays the race card
Charles Rappleye
Black leaders are rallying behind the ousted LAPD chief. But his tenure marked the triumph of identity politics over reform, and his departure is good news for the city.
Going tribal
Samuel G. Freedman
After the Passover massacre, American Jews have rejected their proud tradition of universalism and embraced its opposite: tribalism.
Sex without love
Cary Tennis
When he's done with his other women he keeps crawling back to me. Why do we keep ending up together when the sex isn't even that good?
Triumph of the mod
Wagner James Au
Player-created additions to computer games aren't a hobby anymore -- they're the lifeblood of the industry.
Saving Arafat, again
Asla Aydintasbas
Time after time, Israel and the U.S. have made sure that the Palestinian leader survives the corruption of his regime, the doubts of his henchmen, and the anger of his people.
Tricky Dick’s guide to drinking and toking
Tom Mcnichol
In newly released transcripts, Richard Nixon and Art Linkletter struggle to fathom the differences between demon rum and dope.
“Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Jamie Allen
Was Nirvana's angry, culture-shifting 1991 anthem really a revolution? Maybe not. But it changed my life.
The Father, the Son and the Holy JumboTron
Caroline Tiger
In the new Media Reformation, churches employ high-tech gizmos and hip spin to boost their diminishing flocks.
Media O.D.
Suzy Hansen
Todd Gitlin talks about media overload, the cluelessness of the TV networks, the Washington Post's love for Ken Starr and why conservative viewpoints thrive on TV and radio.
Culture war is hell
Louis Bayard
Sept. 11 may have brought the country together as never before -- but that hasn't fooled William Bennett. He is going cave by cave until every humanist and moral relativist has been smoked out.
Microsoft’s mythical man-years
Scott Rosenberg
The company boasts that it's making Herculean security efforts -- but throwing more people at software problems rarely solves them.
Lurch and destroy
Lisa Moricoli Latham
A new study shows that college binge drinkers, now with more women in their ranks, wreak havoc on campus. Harvard researcher Henry Wechsler charts the damage.
Let’s talk about “Sexaholix”
Ian Rothkerch
Actor John Leguizamo on his best roles, his worst film and another HBO special about his personal life.
Galactic gasbag
Steven Hart
Beneath all the pseudo-mythic Joseph Campbell hogwash, the roots of George Lucas' empire lie not in "The Odyssey" but in classic and pulp 20th century sci-fi.
Robo-docs
Ivan Oransky
Medical errors kill more people each year than auto accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. Can automating medicine prevent tragedies like the Andrea Yates case?
No business like Shoah business
Michelle Goldberg
New York's controversial "Nazi art" show has exposed deep divisions among Jews over the entrenched "Holocaust industry" and its pieties.
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