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Uncle Andrew’s cabin

Peter Kurth
Why is a moralizing, self-centered Tory named Andrew Sullivan speaking for gay Americans?

The Khan men of Agra

Pamela Michael
In India, a moment of trust opens the door to a traveler's richest reward.

Debunking the myths of the Puritans

Maria Russo
A revisionist argues that historians have turned the authoritarian, conformist puritans into reflections of their own complex, Harvard-educated selves.

What kind of woman reads Playboy?

James Poniewozik
After 45 years, your grandfather's skin magazine is trying to be all things to all groins.

Why Birthright Israel can't work

Samuel G. Freedman
Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to subsidize travel to Israel for American Jews can't work.

Faraway, so close

Debra Gwartney
Coming home causes my oldest daughter to withdraw into corners, turn her face and back up toward the door until she can run away again.

Star dreck

Charles Taylor
Woody Allen packs 'Celebrity' with celebrities, proving that his mockery of our fame-obsessed culture is just a put-on. Reviewed by Charles Taylor

“Nothing has changed”

Fiona Morgan, Daryl Lindsey, Compiled by Lori Leibovich
Reactions to Starr's day in court

Road-Side Dog

Peter Kurth

Body talk

Dawn MacKeen
Sometimes what our gestures say is not what we mean. International business traveler Roger Axtell tells Salon's Dawn MacKeen that he has learned this truth the hard way.

Hip Hop America: Hip Hop And The Molding Of A Black Generation X

Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor reviews 'Hip Hop America' by Nelson George

The whaling that wasn't

David Neiwert
Environmentalists and Indians clash over whether gray whales matter more than native culture and treaty rights.

Jane Eyre, to go

Victoria Olsen
One Jane Eyre to go! When a professor goes in search of the mythical free-term papers which she suspects her students are turning in, she finds both more and less than she bargained for.

The amazing disappearing Newt

Steve Erickson
After the Republicans have picked over the carnage of the former speaker's career, Newt will vanish into historical thin air.

Seven deadly sins: Myths of bingeing

Sarah Rose
Recent studies on the prevalence of binge drinking among college students tar all college tipplers with the same hyperbolic brush

Seven deadly sins: The student stoner dilemma

Bebe Maddux
The university's hypocritical stance against marijuana can prevent even the best of students from getting an education.

Weep and read it

James Poniewozik
Books: the must-have accessory of the well-heeled set.

Is the emperor of queer theory naked?

Etelka Lehoczky
An e-mail prankster fans the flames of controversy in the inner circles of queer studies, but the anticipated war never erupts.

(Un)married … with Kingdom

Laura Miller
Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth" restrains her passion for men, but exhibits a ravenous appetite for ruling England.

November 1998

Dwight Garner
Dwight Garner highlights the most interesting new books to be published in November 1998.

Mixed mandate

Joan Walsh
Democrats owe their election victory to their traditional liberal base -- and moderate voters, too.

On The Pill

Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage reviews 'On the Pill' by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins

Mixed mandate

Joan Walsh
Democrats owe their victory to the left -- and the middle.

Seven deadly sins: Waiting to be unzipped

Mindy Hung
One grad student virgin exposes the secrets of her tribe.
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