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Let’s get it on
Helaine Olen
Does marriage smother sex? Author Esther Perel talks about how to unleash erotic desire inside long-term relationships.
Teammates: Allen used “N-word” in college
Michael Scherer
Members of Sen. George Allen's college football team remember man with racist attitudes at ease using racial slurs
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Does Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60" tackle the self-perpetuating mediocrity of the TV industry, or romanticize the self-importance of overpaid jackasses?
Good morning, Baghdad!
Christian Parenti
Dave Rabbit was a renegade pirate DJ in Vietnam who railed against LBJ to the sound of Jimi Hendrix. Now the garrulous Texan granddad is packing up his old persona, minus the psychedelics, and heading to Iraq.
Hawaiian punch
Alex Koppelman, Neal Milner
A moderate Democrat is trying to unseat one of the islands' iconic senators by calling him a far-left liberal. Sound familiar?
Learning from the “accidental feminist”
Page Rockwell
Looking for lessons in Arianna Huffington's trajectory from feminism-basher to avowed feminist.
Who is Louis Bayard?
Louis Bayard
I won on "Jeopardy." I lost on "Jeopardy." For consolation, I turned to the tart insights of 74-game champion and master-geek Ken Jennings.
The needle and the damage undone
Mark Follman
Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
Why we are really in Iraq
Gary Kamiya
Bush dragged the U.S. to war so the GOP could win midterm elections -- and the press went along for the ride -- argues the New York Times' Frank Rich.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Director Michel Gondry traps the magic of love in "The Science of Sleep." The filmmakers of the explosive documentary "Jesus Camp" talk about being panned by the religious right. This week in Beyond the Multiplex.
Educational TV
James Hynes
The most scabrous critique of Bush's education policy isn't coming from a think tank or newspaper but from the grittiest drama on television, "The Wire."
Arugula for everyone
Ratha Tep
Author David Kamp explains why organic food is finding its way into American homes and why the myth of the elitist eater is as tired as Ann Coulter.
Destination: Australia
Emma Pearse
Forget Paul Hogan and Foster's-drinking loudmouths. Bill Bryson and Peter Carey introduce you to real, fiercely proud Australians.
Virtually dead in Iraq
Rebecca Clarren
To protest the war in Iraq, a media artist infiltrates the U.S. Army's popular online video game and gets himself shot. While angry gamers, soldiers and even some peace activists call him a nuisance, others say his message hits home.
Race to the bottom
Heather Havrilesky
Will "Survivor: Cook Islands" reinforce racial stereotypes? The first episode provides a few clues -- and elicits even more criticism.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A fascinating look back at the right wing's sordid attempt to deport John Lennon. Plus: Al Franken! Juliette Lewis! Orlando Bloom!
My niece’s suitors want to know too much too soon
Cary Tennis
Men who call for dates want to know who she has been with before -- and we think it's totally inappropriate.
Toronto Film Festival
Stephanie Zacharek
The festival's hottest movie imagines the assassination of George W. Bush. Plus: The new Dixie Chicks film is a rousing shout of defiance.
Come as you are
Lauren Sandler
At Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Snoop Dogg figures in sermons, housewives cradle babies in tattooed arms -- and religious fundamentalism rules. Meet the Disciple Generation, the fierce new face of American evangelism.
How bad is he?
Sidney Blumenthal
Bush ran as a moderate, tacked right and governed ineffectually -- before 9/11. Since then he's become the most radical American president in history -- and arguably the worst.
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