Pitching to the left
Democratic candidates for president try to appeal to an ideological audience that pays attention to early campaigns, but will that hurt the candidates in the longer term?
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Culture
Music
Music: Not the fourth tenor
Once in a great while, a stunning tenor voice comes forward in the universe of singing. First there was Enrico Caruso, then Richard Tucker, and later Luciano Pavarotti. These are voices that have ...
Books
Books: Courtship by the rules
With 35 quick and easy steps to finding the perfect man, Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider shot themselves to the top of the New York Times Bestseller chart with The Rules. There's nothing like off...
Video
Video: A tale of three Janes
The wholehearted reception of several film versions of Jane Austen's novels has inspired Hollywood to pursue other stories of the same genre. Since it takes approximately two years to go from scri...
Culture
Culture Notes
Magic Johnson as educator: textbooks, toys, and role model The union of education, entertainment, celebrity worship, and merchandising took a giant step as HIV-positive former NBA star Magi...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
Steady traffic flow in any weather condition. From promotional material before the new Denver International Airport opened in 1995, two-and-a-half years before a weekend blizzard choked the...
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
How low can we go? As if it were not enough that nine girls and young women in upstate New York are now infected with the virus that causes AIDS, former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders last...