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“8 1/2 Women”
Andrew O'Hehir
Peter Greenaway's masterful meditation on grief, sexual indulgence and power might just be his masterpiece.
If code is free, why not me?
Annalee Newitz
Some open-source geeks are as open-minded about sex as they are about hacking.
Seven days in May: Britney Spears does it again!
Eric Boehlert
The bubbly teen phenom storms the charts with a massive No. 1
album, but will nasty rapper Eminem cut her down to size? The record
industry scores a record-setting week.
“Of Two Minds” By T.M. Luhrmann
Laura Miller
A subtle study of the conflict between talk-oriented
and drug-oriented psychotherapy -- and a frightening
demonstration of how medical budget cutters are betraying
the mentally ill and putting the rest of us at risk.
Intrigue under the big screen
Rolf Potts
At a 1-dinar cinema in Amman, Jordan, the real story has little to do with the movie itself.
Sound and fury
Arthur Allen
Thousands of deaf kids can hear, and speak, thanks to a stunningly effective ear implant. So why is the deaf community in an uproar?
Macho boys and entrepreneurial gurus
Katharine Mieszkowski
They swear. They hunt. They make millions. The "eBoys" of Benchmark
Capital and "Confessions of a Venture Capitalist" show us the ropes of Sand
Hill Road.
The masculine mystique
Anna Holmes
A new book takes a look at what makes a man sexy and stylish, but its theories about masculinity are less compelling than its photos of men in many guises.
Gritty city
Nelson George
The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books.
“The History of Fellatio”
Annie Auguste
Annie Auguste talks to author Thierry Leguay and finds out that humans may be the only animals that give blow jobs.
“American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century” by Christine Stansell
Virginia Heffernan
Tuning in, turning on and dropping out -- in the 1890s.
In antitrust we trust
Allen Barra
If baseball's exemption were lifted, real fans might be able to afford tickets, and teams would stop holding cities hostage. Call your congressman.
“Small Time Crooks”
Charles Taylor
The latest from Woody Allen is an enjoyable trifle -- but Tracey Ullman and Elaine May walk off with the picture.
Meat is gross, but it tastes good
Sallie Tisdale
Desperate to find that my hunger for animal flesh was alien, I overlooked the fact that it was all too human.
“Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America” by Robert I. Friedman
Mark Schone
A superb introduction to the new face of organized crime is rife with tales of amputation, castration and blood-sprayed trophy blonds.
Chain gang
Julia Gracen
Fans of John Norman's novels about the planet Gor create virtual and real-life worlds in which women are slaves.
Sex-free bliss?
Stephen G. Bloom
Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual fulfillment.
The Million Mom March: What a crock!
Camille Paglia
National policy shouldn't be set by packs of weeping white women led by Rosie O'Donnell.
All media, all the time
Sean Elder
Inside.com wants your undivided attention, and $19.95 a month. Plus: Jesus goes local.
Lou Reed
Chris Colin
The Velvet Underground founder gave us heroin, the exalted transvestite and euphoric nastiness. Who knew salvation could sound so good?
It'll take more than a million moms
Bruce Shapiro
To have an impact on the next election, gun-control advocates need to take a few reality checks.
BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code
Andrew Leonard
How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating system on the ashes of the '60s -- and then lost the lead to Linux.
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