At the Black Rose, leather-clad sadomasochists walk the tightrope between pleasure and pain.

Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal

So says the author of a new book on white, middle-class kinksters in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Plus: Bob Mould plays for Marlboro Miles; contrary to popular e-spam, Darren does not have liver disease.

Authoritarian parenting and abusive practices are all too common in some Evangelical households

The world's top porn star tells some of her secrets. Second of two parts.

A new attack ad that bashes Bush on healthcare has our panel cheering -- and jeering.

The stylish, almost hallucinatory war movie promotes director David O. Russell from indie grunt to Hollywood sharpshooter.

Plus, fresher, longer-lasting food

'The Truman Show' is better than the facile critics who use it to denounce TV.

When it comes to describing the life of a single father, sometimes fiction is stronger than fact

My husband headed to Club Med after divorcing me. I joined Club Dead.

A presidential edict issued by Dubya is now preventing Congress from getting briefed -- on parts of our looming war

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