Southern Louisiana fixture Morris Bart J.D. was more than happy to lend his licensed image to the festivities

Gosling takes rap for Spears' sexuality; Eminem explains Basinger kiss. Plus: Kelsey fights the good fight; and R. Kelly pushes "no monster" defense.

Once upon a time, every boy and girl could recite poetry. Verse went out with T.S. Eliot, but now it's back and running rampant through children's literature. Polly Shulman reviews four new books.

A scorned wife makes a tearful, vicious rant about her divorce on YouTube.

Men talk intimately, humorously and with great honesty about their most private part.

Salon magazine: No parent wants to be like that evil, creativity-squelching teacher in the Harry Chapin song, "Flowers Are Red." A look at art kits for kids, by Andrea Gollin.

Readers respond to "G.I. George, Action President!" by David Hyde, and "The Not-So-Great Debate" by Joan Walsh.

In pursuit of the mega Mickey Mouse rave, a handful of candy ravers aim to make the Happiest Place on Earth just a little bit happier.

Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs are emptying at an alarming rate. Where did the lobby go wrong?

Tereska Torres -- author of 1950s lesbian pulp novel "Women's Barracks" -- talks about the ladies of the Free French Forces, shocking American audiences, and being mistaken for a "lesbian writer."

The actress, famed for her early work in "The Mickey Mouse Club," became the queen of the beach party flick

I began college as a know-it-all Christian. But I learned how to listen to nonbelievers -- and learn from them

The San Diego Padres hope getting out of New York will change the momentum of the World Series.

Allegiances shift in the war over booze -- while the virtuous Margaret undergoes a transformation

West reportedly “expressed anger about abortion rates among Black women"