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Mulan through the looking glass
Katherine Kim, Andrea Quong
For young Asian-American women, Disney's new heroine Mulan is no mirror image, but at least she casts back a reflection.
The big chilly
Julie Caniglia
It has sped up our work lives, forced us to wear sweaters in July and robbed us of the chance to sweat. Down with air conditioning!
Jazz swings into Beijing
Dan Ouellette
Dan Ouellette reports from the fifth Beijing International Jazz Festival on how jazz is swinging its way into Chinese culture
Mommie Dearest in drag
Paul Festa
Why would Joan Crawford's daughter embrace the gay cult that thinks her child abuse, detailed in her memoir 'Mommie Dearest,' is one big campy joke?
Net freedom ring
David Hudson
Mike Godwin, legal pit bull for free speech online, tells his war stories in the new book 'Cyber Rights.'
Going once, going twice and growing like crazy
Janelle Brown
Everything under the sun is on sale in eBay's online auctions.
Zorro vs. Tarzana
Stephen Talbot
How the masked avenger taught a white kid from the suburbs that California's past -- and its present -- was older, darker and more soulful than he had ever dreamed.
Do loose lips sink chips?
Janelle Brown
Nondisclosure agreements are a way of life in Silicon Valley -- where everyone calls them "meaningless" but signs them anyway.
We've come a long way, baby
Peter Bebergal
My mother isn't the only one bound to her addiction: Smoking is what makes her truly my mother.
Homosexuality and the civic responsibility of politicians
David Horowitz
When Trent Lott called homosexuality sinful, he should have kept his mouth shut -- but those who claim homosexuality is a "lifestyle" are equally wrong.
The “pornographic” Chinese opera
Loren Jenkins
In China, despite currents of change, the deep despotism of the centuries is never far below the calm surface waters.
Let's Get This Straight: Court to Microsoft: “Integrated” means whatever you say it does
Scott Rosenberg
In the latest antitrust decision, Microsoft finds some friends on the bench.
Our tchotchkes, ourselves
James Poniewozik
Design magazines cheat their subject -- and readers -- when they act like catalogues for rich consumers
A New Kind Of Party Animal
Dante Ramos
Dante Ramos
reviews 'A New Kind of Party Animal' by Michele Mitchell
USA vs. Iran (vs. Iran)
Ethan Zindler
Ethan Zindler reports from the World Cup: At the Iran-U.S. match, the real action is in the stands.
The A-Team
Jonathan Curiel
Africa Fete, a tour of Africa's biggest pop stars, becomes the biggest musical bargain in America.
New life for old games
Howard Wen
New life for old games: By Howard Wen. Video-game emulators intriguingly blur the lines between hardware and software, PCs and game machines. Do they also promote piracy?
Ignorants abroad
Rolf Potts
An American expatriate weathers the slings and arrows of learning another language.
Turning the tables on Terry Gross
Lori Leibovich
Salon gets personal with NPR's Maestro of conversation.
Confessions of a box-set sucker
Eric Alterman
A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence
Fight the power!
David Horowitz
How a conservative radio host is battling the leftist lock on the American Academy.
Beach reading 1998
Dwight Garner
Beach reading 1998: Our editors and critics pick the best books to hang out in a hammock with.
Ballad of a bohemian childhood
Maccabee Montandon
How a child who was almost named Windowsill, and was forbidden the pleasures of Oreos has come to appreciate his unconventional parents.
In Praise Of Commercial Culture
Ray Sawhill
Ray Sawhill
reviews 'In Praise of Commercial Culture' by Tyler Cowen
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