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One big dysfunctional family
Fiona Morgan
Deborah Swisher, former member of Synanon, recalls the 'alternative lifestyle' that shaped her. Interviewed by Fiona Morgan.
Spanking the theory
Danya Ruttenberg
Is the study of the autoerotic more than just mental masturbation?
The Kosovo myth
Christopher Ott
A battle fought 600 years ago animates the Serbian lust for a province now populated by Albanians.
The Kosovo myth
Christopher Ott
A battle fought 600 years ago animates the Serbian lust for a province now populated by Albanians.
Steady hand on the Tilley
James Poniewozik
The double "New York" issue finds David Remnick's New Yorker sailing smoothly. Maybe too smoothly.
Jesse Ventura Inc.
Gerald Ramsey Anderson
The marketing of Minnesota's leader raises the question: Who owns the governor?
Raging against “the Machine”
Julekha Dash
When a Congolese student ran against the white Greek establishment for University of Alabama's student government presidency, the campus was forced to confront its history of racial strife.
The nurture assumption
Jennifer Kahn
A woman borrows a baby to test her theory that some people don't want to have children, the way others don't want to hear Michael Bolton.
Helen of Troy is in my taxi
Rolf Potts
Rolf Potts discovers the ambiguity of language and love in the Philippines.
When white means “weak”
Russell Morse
For urban high schoolers, it isn't news that whites are a minority in California.
Will the real Jeff Stryker please rise?
Jeff Stryker
Jeff Stryker on Jeff Stryker: My doppelganger is a sex god, but what does that make me?
Harvey Keitel and the Sundance Kid
Jennie Yabroff
An interview with "Three Seasons" director Tony Bui
Wild Thing | Blarney for bairns
Polly Shulman
Forget the leprechauns -- it's irreverence, mythologies, and assistant pig-keepers that make Irish stories spellbinding for kids.
Why Elia Kazan should not receive an Oscar
Steve Erickson
By bestowing a special honor on the director, who already has won two Oscars, the academy is glossing over history.
Should I worry about my boyfriend's pornography habit?
Garrison Keillor
Where the wild things are
John Fox
Where the wild things are: An archaeologist explores the Galapagos on an expedition run by school kids.
Walking the walk
David Horowitz
Only the "moral majority" has the courage to walk away from politics.
Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Pure pop
Charles Taylor
Home Movies video columnist Charles Taylor on 'That Thing You Do!' directed by Tom Hanks and starring Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler
Return to sender
Liza Bear
Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles talks about the inspiration behind "Central Station," his award-winning film about letters never sent.
The anti-Marthas
James Poniewozik
The Discovery Channel's daytime shelter shows decorate down-market souls in six cheerful shades of Play-Doh.
The end of student activity groups?
Ken Rapoza
Right-wing Christian student groups are using the courts to attack the legality of student fees and thereby changing the free speech debate on campus.
The walls around the garden
Fiona Morgan
Tara Bahrampour, author of "To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America," talks about balancing between two cultures and glimpsing the crumbling boundaries and lush center of Iranian life.
Pop culture studies turns 25
David Jacobson
When Ray Browne founded the first department to study "Star Trek" semiotics and cartoon aesthetics, he expanded the boundaries of academic study forever.
Let the sexual healing begin
James Poniewozik
With impeachment over -- and Juanita Broaddrick making her seem like an innocent memory -- Monica gives us the soap opera we wanted all along.
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