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The medical illustration master
J.J. Sedelmaier
A look at the work of physician-designer whose unique drawings are so much more than clinical depictions
The Socrates you don’t know
Adam Kirsch
Texts from Xenophon and Aristophanes paint an intriguingly different picture of the famed philosopher
In defense of the maligned sycamore fruit
Anna Laurent
In California, we love the trees for their cooling shade. Their spiked pods take a little more warming up to
China’s domestic violence problem
Kathleen E. McLaughlin
A high profile case involving a prominent business man and his American wife sheds light on a widespread issue
Hollywood’s summer of revolution
Steve Erickson
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and other hits build upon the rage of the oppressed underclass
A dominatrix moves to the country
Melissa Febos
I was sure my quaint new town would shun a tattooed lesbian with a shady past. But maybe I was the one judging them
Blendr: Are straight people really this boring?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The supposed hetero version of the gay hookup app Grindr is full of men, and glitches
“The Descendants”: Clooney’s Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad
Andrew O'Hehir
Toronto: Alexander Payne's gentle family tragicomedy "The Descendants" features the star as a Hawaiian dad
My mother tried to smother me — literally
Cary Tennis
It isn't just that she's borderline and scary -- in a dream I saw that she really tried to kill me
Hand lettering hits the Web
August Heffner
The Internet provides a surprising number of resources on the old-school art of painting perfect letters
The meaning of political rituals like 9/11 Day
Glenn Greenwald
Ceremonies of this sort aren't "apolitical," as Krugman's critics claim. They're the ultimate propaganda festival
Writers who don’t read
Buzz Poole
More and more aspiring authors aren't hitting the books. What does that say about our culture?
Oy vey! My traditional Indian mother!
Cary Tennis
Since I moved in with my boyfriend, things are not so chummy between me and Mummy
Even Harvard couldn’t protect me
Amy Gutman
Neither my degrees nor my prestigious jobs prepared me for the endless anxiety of job hunting
What happens if the euro fails
Philip S. Balboni
The EU's financial mess could have profound ramifications. It's time for America to start paying attention
We refuse to live in fear!
Glenn Greenwald
The rhetoric of yesterday's anniversary illustrates leaders' hypocrisy in their responses to the attacks
How a print becomes a dress
Matt Singer
An artist talks about collaborating with fashion designers and how growing up in Mexico shaped her color palette
“Swerve”: The long-lost book that launched the Renaissance
Laura Miller
The author of "Will in the World" finds the seeds of modern secularism in a book discovered in a medieval monastery
How 9/11 saved my life
Philip Weiss
It forced me out of the ghetto of high-end journalism and into the movement to change Jewish life
Why does the female orgasm exist?
Tracy Clark-Flory
A popular theory has been criticized as male-centric, but it might have unexpected feminist results
Why we haven’t seen a great 9/11 novel
Laura Miller
Fiction can't give Sept. 11 meaning -- or make those 3,000 violent deaths more significant than any others
The continued cultural impact of 9/11
Matt Zoller Seitz
Slide show: As the attacks receded and two wars took center stage, pop culture's response grew more complicated
Does “The Daily Show” still have a woman problem?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
An exhibit illustrates the lack of women on influential talk shows -- even on Rachel Maddow and Terry Gross
Why schools need to teach 9/11
David Sirota
Kids must learn the complex truths about the attacks to combat the Islamophobic myths they've grown up with
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