Sympathy for the Deviled Eggs
Christmas has its fans and foes, but the tanenbaum-crazed, decked in holiday sweaters, are a different story.
Personalities
A collection of 122 issues
The Army Wives Club
There is life as a civilian, life as a soldier, and then something in-between: a soldier’s spouse. Army wife Nicole Hunter reports on the glamour, stress, and rewards of life on the base.
Roundtable: Academia
What happens when you put five academics together and talk about the future of higher learning, the intricacies of tenure, and whether or not American high-schoolers are really learning anything?
To the Teen Beat of His Own Drummer
Maybe you only know him as "the other one" from Weird Science, but Ilan Mitchell-Smith is a former actor turned real human being (and Ph.D. candidate, no less).
It's Not Easy Being Green
Sometimes the best person for the job actually gets it. With a good friend running for political office in Maine, our writer hits the campaign trail.
Requiem for Boddy
A somber moment, remembering a departed friend. Reflecting on a life of wartime heroics, stateside baronism, and missed opportunities, Matthew Baldwin takes the podium and says a few words.
It's a Grave Undertaking
Pun-master and self-described “hauntrepreneur” Doug Antreassian offers a unique service in Salem, Mass.: a hearse-driven tour of the town describing past crimes and present. Our writer reports from spook-central.
The Macca Attack
The “cute Beatle” has long been loved by many, but his tallied transgressions have dropped him out of some people’s favor. Finding a new favorite Beatle.
Windows to Byzantium
There are not many stories that combine the Yankees, Babies Hospital, gardens, Yeats, Hello Kitty, and death. Tobias Seamon has one, and names the names.
Credit in the Straight World
In bad economic times, it’s hard to be picky about your job. Ex-Screw editor Jonah Cassidy is still writing, though now about petroleum, not porn.