Entertainment

Houses of the Future

In New Orleans, a new kind of house is rising from the ruins of Katrina. Cheap, green, and radically hip, it may change architecture for a generation.

Mad About Mad Men

What’s wrong—and what’s gloriously right—with AMC’s hit show

The Pity of War

Is leading one’s own troops to slaughter ever justified?

Cover to Cover

Alice Munro's way with women; the obstetric dialectic; and more

Retching With the Stars

The addictive appeal of Dr. Drew Pinsky’s Celebrity Rehab

Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal

Cardinal

The Burning Ship

Whitewash

Disinclination

Mid-Century Modern

Benjamin Schwarz deconstructs scenes from Mad Men that reveal Don Draper’s vulnerable side

Lights, Camera, Sobriety

James Parker comments on his favorite scenes from the VH1 show

Sing to the Lord a New Song

Among the young believers at the new Christian-rock hot spot.

Life In (and After) Our Great Recession

What histories of the Depression era tell us about middle-class families in crisis, then and now

Cheap Laughs

The smug satire of liberal humorists debases our comedy—and our national conversation.

Cover to Cover

A. S. Byatt's latest; fear and loathing of the future; God is still dead; and more

Brit Wit

The comic invasion of Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand

Out of the Woods

Gabardine

Hens

Hollywood’s Jewish Avenger

Quentin Tarantino talks about Jews, Nazis, and why his new film is so gruesome—even by his standards.

Inbred Jed

The Strenuous Life of a B-Movie Zombie

The Bad Girl of Women’s Soccer

Hope Solo—loudmouth, showboat, jerk—may save her sport

Sex and the Married Man

How Helen Gurley Brown inspired a generation of home-wreckers, and brought down John Edwards

The Pain of Elizabeth Edwards

A new memoir by the politician’s wife shows that the pain of infidelity pales in comparison to the loss of a child.

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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What Does It Take to Make Real Craft Gin?

Tour the Green Hat Gin distillery

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What Straights Can Learn From Same-Sex Couples

New insight from decades of research

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The End of the Mall Rat

A tribute to that pillar of teen culture

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The Wonderful World of Capitalism

An adorable 1950s cartoon

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New Yorkers: Miss New York USA

An unconventional beauty queen.

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