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Diana Rigg
Robin Dougherty
As an icon of cool in "The Avengers," she was a good girl who hit back. Three decades later, one of the world's most elegant actresses is still knockin' em dead.
The sound of soda
Barbara Field
Last year I attended Rosh Hashanah at a race track -- this year my religious experience is carbonated, thanks to my son.
My nanny, myself
Jennifer Bingham Hull
Is it any wonder that some days I love my nanny more than I love my husband?
“The Great Shame; and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A writer of Irish extraction explores Australia and North America in a quest to uncover Ireland's history.
The American way of bigotry
David Horowitz
As we divide along racial lines, aren't we surrendering the fundamental idea of what it means to be American?
Sharps & flats
Andy Battaglia
Low-fi electronic indie duo Sukpatch release the fall's best summer record.
An uncivil “Action”
Joyce Millman
Fox's raunchy, risky movie industry sitcom opens big -- and it just might have legs
Hair-brained politics
Lee Hubbard
Braiding is an age-old tradition in the African-American community, but California cosmetology regulators are cracking down.
Leo Castelli
Tom DiEgidio
A widely influential figure in the American art world, the legendary gallery owner was always in the right place at the right time.
The first day of the last year
David Alford
After poker, sex and forgetting, I face a room full of faces and suddenly remember.
Historically significant tampons
Mary Roach
The Museum of Menstruation sustains the flow of knowledge in a little-known field.
My prom date, the spy
Lisa Zeidner
I thought my Russian boyfriend's parents were journalists. My bureaucrat dad was convinced they were spies. Of course, they did have that wall-size transmission device in the living room ...
Gilded ink
David Carr
At the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, conspicuous consumption is a highly profitable commodity.
“Where the Roots Reach for Water” and “In the Jaws of the Black Dogs”
Greg Bottoms
Two brilliant accounts of depression suggest that at century's end memoir may be our most dynamic form.
Arabian knights
Cynthia Joyce
"West Beirut" director Ziad Douieri talks about growing up in the crossfire of a raging civil war and raging hormones.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Is Bush controversy about character or issues? Plus: Fame and notoriety after 500-man gangbang; ugly Americans in Beirut and Berlin.
“The Coming of the Night”
Frank Browning
The gay novelist veers toward camp and very nearly touches greatness.
Pretty pretty bang bang
Marc Spiegler
Is Quake 3 too beautiful to live up to its promise as the "ultimate death-match game"?
What I thought about for my summer vacation
Camille Paglia
Janet Reno blew it; Al Gore's a shaved terrier; Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are tedious; Harper's Bazaar kicks Vogue's ass; and a few words on opera.
Millennial Brigadoon
Michelle Goldberg
The annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert invents a hyper-real space, a republic of drugs, nudity and spectacle.
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