Where I’m Coming From
Southerners routinely get trashed up north, where they’re either derided as racists or hayseeds, or the offspring of siblings.
Opinions
A collection of 189 issues
Part IV, Wedding Tips
Will custom-printed cocktail napkins take this celebration to the next level? No one cares.
Notes on a Federal Culture
Urban character is easy—Chicago has architecture, New York has culture, Los Angeles has a six-hour flight to New York—but what about cities with zero personality? Let’s say, Washington?
Rock This County!
Mega-selling pop music may seem to be more about navel-sculpting than song-writing, but that won’t cut it for a stadium full of Shania Twain fans. What it takes to sell 19 million records.
In The Rear With Broken Gear
We depend on our troops to protect our shores—shouldn’t our troops be able to depend on their weapons? A look at 11 deaths attributed to bad equipment.
Downtown Dealing
In recent years public architecture has a bad record in New York, especially after the uglification of modernism. Why then are people not paying more attention to Ground Zero?
Dear Hollywood
Hollywood. Is it worth the trouble? A letter to the big “H” to ask why it’s been acting like this.
Part III, Wedding Party Responsibilities
The bride and groom just spent hours arguing over Dad’s new wife and whether she gets to sit at the head table. Now is not the time to piss them off. How the wedding party can stay in good graces.
Crowning the Action
Mel Gibson’s forthcoming movie, “The Passion,” has come under a great deal of fire, especially for something that nobody’s even seen yet.
Freddy and Jason and Reese and Julia
Ahh, movie sequels: the perpetual bliss of knowing what happens next. But what if Hollywood runs out of old films for remakes, prequels, and crossovers? A plan that will save the movie industry.