The demon temptress in me was hard to kill, but in the end the bad outweighed the good and I had to say goodbye. Last in a series.

Rail travel highlights the contrast between the private and the communal in the land of the well-mannered mob. An excerpt from the recently released, "Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance."

First novelist Rahna Reiko Rizzuto talks about the silence surrounding the Japanese internment camps, being "stealth Japanese" and writing herself into two children.

"America's Next Top Model," in which a panel of bizarre sadists shred the souls of genetically superior females, is the most entertaining, unpredictable reality show on TV.

It's less scary than it sounds, promise

I suffer from a compulsion to pull out my hair -- and I have yet to meet the man who can see past it

In this flat comedy, a rock heiress loses her fab pad and must take work as a nanny to support herself.

In Japan, everyone's least favorite Hallmark holiday gets a corporate twist.

Amateur Whitney Houston covers! "Baywatch" babes turned low-rent spokesmodels! Obscene crank calls! If you found the prime-time season too taxing, summer TV is for you.

Who knew evolution could be so orgasmic?

Science can now explain why, where, and how you go bald

A new feminist handbook explores how "movements like feminism that are seen as no fun" can coexist with hip-hop

A globe-wandering writer discovers that home is the most foreign place of all.

Late-night talk and sketch shows could go dark or resort to improvisation