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“From Hell”
Curt Holman
Alan Moore, the Orson Welles of comics, delivers his darkest masterpiece yet.
Brains for hire
Jake Tapper
William Bennett offers unofficial counsel to a number of Republican presidential wannabes.
The odd couple
Deb Schwartz
Strange things went down this weekend when Christian firebrand Jerry Falwell and gay religious leader Mel White brought their followers together for a love fest.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Wouldn't you worry if your daughter was a prostitute? Plus: Lower socioeconomic status suggests lesser intelligence; Buchanan will protect America from the "global democrats."
Art history 101
Danya Ruttenberg
Legendary arts educator Philip Yenawine talks about the effrontery of art collectors, irresponsible artists and the willful ignorance of the average American male.
Not standing Pat
Jake Tapper
Buchanan revamps his presidential campaign and image by joining the Reform Party and making "racial reconciliation" a pet issue. But just how warm and fuzzy can the new Pat be?
Eating Iberia
Douglas Cruickshank
A junket whore survives (and transcribes) the pleasures and punishments of
anti-travel in Spain and Portugal.
Beyond the fringe
Cynthia Joyce
Louis Theroux, host of "Weird Weekends," talks about cutting across cultural margins, straight into the worlds of porn stars and roller-skating survivalists.
Adventures in Silicon Valley
Mark Gimein
Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley.
Freudian fear and cooked statistics
Karen Houppert
The recent media alert about sex-crazed "tweens" is mostly a lot of hoo-ha with naught behind it.
Publisher halts George W. Bush bio
Daryl Lindsey
As J.H. Hatfield's credibility crumbles, St. Martin's Press stops distribution of his new book, which says the GOP front-runner was arrested on drug charges in 1972.
Waiting room
Scott Harris
For the great numbers of uninsured, the care may not be bad -- but the wait is.
“Pre-Code Hollywood” by Thomas Doherty and “Sin in Soft Focus” by Mark A. Vieira
Peter Kurth
A fascinating and important study details the "moral anarchy" of the early, pre-censorship talkies; a volume of classic photographs covers the same era.
Love me, love my guns
Susan Straight
A shotgun tumbled from a closet and my husband drifted from my heart.
Literary leftovers
David Bowman
Does even the most devoted fan really want to scrape the bottom of Dashiell Hammett's desk drawer?
Is Hatfield the real McCoy?
Craig Offman, Daryl Lindsey
Under attack, the author of a new George W. Bush bio lies low while its editor takes the hard questions -- and stands by the drug-arrest allegation.
Garageland
Ira Robbins
The Clash devolved from punk snots to self-destructive louts. A new live set captures the band in its ragged glory.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
What's a nice gay guy like me doing in a chat room like this? Plus: Remembering the most musical voice in baseball; can you still travel off the beaten track?
Francis Ford Coppola
Michael Sragow
At his best, his formidable creative energy has shaken up American
movies and reinvigorated cinema both as art and popular culture.
Stoking the Net's growth
Julie Polito
Industry veteran Ellen Hancock talks about Windows NT, glass ceilings -- and how her company, Exodus, keeps its vast server farms humming.
For all the girls
Lee Uttmark
First, my daughter came out. Then, she took me out with the girls -- to see the Sinatra who packs a dildo.
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