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Ma Bell's ill communication
Jenn Shreve
The Dallas Observer exposes telecommunications madness; rumors of carcinogenic tampons may be greatly exaggerated.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Kosovo refugees need food, not celebrity visits; don't trust Microsoft with your TV.
Porn, the Harvard dean and tech support
"Richard Hemingway"
What should the support staff do when it finds 'suspicious' material on your computer?
Must dog eat dog?
Susan McCarthy
After preaching that humans live by animal laws of aggression
and selfishness, evolutionary psychologists are finding the animal
kingdom is not as brutal as they imagined.
Children should be interpreted and not heard
James Poniewozik
The Georgia shooting is sure to inspire another torrent of clueless media tea-leaf reading.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
"Star what?" lacked force and reason; readers loathe (and love) Lucas.
Tracks of freedom
Jimmy Guterman
Why should open source be limited to computer programs? The same logic could unleash a world of creative, personalized music.
Where's a crazy billionaire when you need one?
James Poniewozik
Daddy Warbucks! The American media wants you ... to run for president.
I think therefore I tickle
Jose Klein
In his new book, "The Ticklish Subject," renegade philosopher Slavoj Zizek offers a mind-searing, polyvalent glimpse into the heart of modern freedom.
The top 10 travel books of the century
Don George
The Modern Library's nonfiction list egregiously ignores travel literature. We redress the oversight.
Screen decor
Patrizia DiLucchio
Users are rebelling against utilitarian gray and personalizing their desktops with everything from gamelan to William Morris motifs.
Deep code
Andrew Leonard
Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software.
The spirit is willing, but the Force is weak
Charles Taylor
Finally, "The Phantom Menace." "Star Wars" fans deserve better.
The medieval mind of George Lucas
Jim Paul
Though he draws on our century's pop culture for his raw material, his vision arises from the Middle Ages.
Barefoot on the shag
Pamela Grossman
Cartoonist Lynda Barry talks about Dennis Rodman, Matt Groening and her own darkly funny "Ernie Pook's Comeek."
The story of no
August Jacobs
He vowed never to mix pleasure with teaching, but her indifference
proved irresistible.
Can we talk?
Joshua Micah Marshall
Steve Forbes takes a sharp right turn just as the Republican Party is looking for a centrist path.
In the shadow of the screen
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael picks five favorite novels that have something to do with the movies.
Fallen angels
Susie Bright
Anti-porn crusaders have given up trying to save women. Now it's just kids they want to protect.
“I smell the presence of Satan”
Dave Cullen
Is Littleton's evangelical subculture a solution to the youth alienation that played a role in the Columbine killings, or a reflection of it?
What if Joan was one of us?
Christopher Hawthorne
CBS's "Joan of Arc" miniseries is a history lesson in end-of-the-millennium American pop culture.
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