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Showdown in cyberspace: Star Wars vs. The Sims
Wagner James Au
If online role-playing games are ever going to break out of the hardcore gamer ghetto, they'll have to do more than please the geeks.
The undeniable truth about Burma
Greg Milner
Mission of Burma recorded 21 songs, helped invent post-punk, and left a legacy that resonated from R.E.M. to Moby. More than 20 years later, no one will let the band die.
A kinder, gentler militia?
Dan Laidman
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, fringe militia organizations are recasting themselves as neighborhood watch groups. But old ways die hard.
Endangered species
Laura Miller
Why are there no more rugged, self-reliant he-men like the subject of Elizabeth Gilbert's "The Last American Man"? Because no women will put up with them.
Where have all the All-Stars gone?
Allen Barra
Just a few years ago, seven or eight players looked like the second coming of Mays and Musial. What happened?
The original pick-up artist
Catherine Getches
At 57, James Toback is clean, sober and married. But the legendary Hollywood womanizer and gambler still bets his life on every new movie (and talks to strangers in Central Park).
Powerpuff Girls meet world
Heather Havrilesky
Three kindergarten girls are here to save the day. Are they making the world safe for female heroes, or making female heroes safe for the world? Who cares.
Foul cry
Ben Fritz
When media watchdogs like FAIR and MRC complain about bias, they often only reveal their own.
At home with Agent 99
Laura Miller
Actress Barbara Feldon, in her new role as author of "Living Alone and Loving It," invites a few of us over to listen and learn.
Dr. Bachelor
Cole Kazdin
The editor of Psychology Today has a theory that you can learn to fall in love, and he's using himself as a guinea pig of passion.
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Schoolyard chums
Michelle Goldberg
While civil libertarians are furious over the Supreme Court's voucher decision, many low-income African-Americans are solidly in the conservative camp.
A long, slow revolution
Damien Cave
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on school vouchers, one expert says dramatic change could be decades away.
Mom, apple pie and God 1, evil liberal atheists 0
Michelle Goldberg
The appellate decision on the Pledge of Allegiance has conservatives publicly howling -- but privately rubbing their hands with glee.
Crime without punishment
Robert Capps
Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted.
Fired for being Israeli
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Two noted Israeli scholars have been sacked from European journals, victims of a boycott against Israel. Why are progressive intellectuals descending to such bankrupt tactics?
Outside the law
Robert Capps
Pending lawsuits allege that U.S. military contractors on duty in Bosnia bought and "owned" young women. But the accused men have never been -- and will never be -- brought to justice.
“Clear moral vision” or “sugar-coated palliative”?
Anthony York, Michelle Goldberg
Foxman, Ibish, Lerner, Horowitz and others square off over President Bush's peace plan.
Random numbers
Christopher Dreher
If you think bestseller lists are based on solid facts, guess again. But
a new technology is promising to improve the hot-book scorecard.
Is Clear Channel selling hit singles?
Eric Boehlert
Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program.
Will Congress tackle pay-for-play?
Eric Boehlert
Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
Spam vs. spam
Andrew Leonard
The only way to stem the flood of unwanted e-mail may be to harness a million eyeballs and an army of open-source hackers.
Diversity drama at the University of California
Pamela Burdman
Black, Latino and Native American student numbers plunged when affirmative action ended. Now U.C. says they're back up -- but a close look at enrollment tells a more complex story.
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