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Cutting into sacred territory
Lori Arviso Alvord, M.d., Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt
A Navajo medical student faces one of the strongest taboos of her culture -- touching the dead.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Schoolyard cowboys don't know guns aren't toys; don't let a man (even Updike) pick the best romances.
Prisoner of its past
Orville Schell
The recent eruption of anti-Americanism in China reflects a deep-seated historical identity as "victim" that is holding back its emergence as a major power.
The art of seduction
Garrison Keillor
Now that we're married, our great romantic adventures seem to be a thing of the past. How can I arouse my husband again?
50,000,000 Backstreet Boys' fans can be wrong
Ira Robbins
The sweat-drenched rock 'n' rollers of the '50s knew all about good and evil. Forty years later, the Backstreet Boys are singing love songs to their moms. How did pop music get this insipid?
Disloyalty of Democrats
David Horowitz
It's hardly a surprise that China was able to steal our nuclear secrets, given the kind of people the Democrats have put in charge.
The trauma of childhood
Alice Miller
As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war.
Mute no more
Robert Templer
Indonesia's greatest novelist reflects on his nation's upcoming election and on the crimes of his archenemy, Suharto.
Advertising stole my humanity!
Jenn Shreve
Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary."
“The Elusive Embrace”
Frank Browning
Reflecting on questions of love, lust and gay identity, a classical scholar turns up meaning in unexpected places.
The boy in the graveyard
Daniel Mendelsohn
A young man finds that the path to seduction winds through some treacherous territory.
Milosevic plays the U.N. card
Ian Williams
The Serbian president appears to wave the white flag, and the blue United Nations banner is set to fly again in former Yugoslavia.
Schoolyard cowboys
Lisa Moskowitz
Education alone is not enough to stop kids from playing with guns. So what is?
What is to be done about Microsoft?
Scott Rosenberg
Break it up? Open it up? Nationalize it? As the trial grinds on, the government smells victory and eyes remedies.
The Beats go on
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Filmmaker Chuck Workman on "The Source," his fawning tribute to the Beat generation.
Money pit
Patti See
When a university faculty union distributes the salary list, public record becomes private hell.
Post of the week
From Table Talk
Social Issues: Class, Race, Bureacracy and Blame: The Walrond, Television: Homicide, life on the streets, Mind and Spirit: Does morality exist without religion?
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Open season on Ricky's sexuality; why doesn't Horowitz fault the Wall Street Journal's slant?
The great American garage sale
James Poniewozik
Thanks to Ebay, "Antiques Roadshow" and their ilk, cleaning out the attic
is now a national sport.
No fear of an MP3 planet
Janelle Brown
As Public Enemy embraces new music technology and takes on the recording industry, it's also helping smash the Web's lily-white image.
“Heartbreaker”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Author Robert Ferrigno returns from a long sabbatical, just in time for summer.
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