MyAppleMenu Reader

Put Yourself In The Picture
by Hillary Johnson, Los Angeles Times
Collecting art isn't just for the rich and famous. All it takes to get started is a bit of cash and a lot of gallery browsing.

A Welcome Home
by Ted Johnson, Los Angeles Times
Architect returns to make crime-riddled East L.A. projects of his youth more attractive and livable.

Frappe Society: The Trend To Blend
by Linton Weeks, Washington Post
Time was, you could tell a cookie from a candy bar, a spoon from a fork, a restaurant from a playground and a hot dog from a hen. But then began the blending of America.

Now What?
by Hugh Elliott, Salon
When a doctor assured me AIDS would soon end my life, I stopped planning for one. That was 20 years ago.

One Faith, Two Minds
by Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times
Feeling snubbed by Muslim immigrants who are defining the faith for the U.S. public, African American Muslims are calling attention to the way they, too, practice their beliefs.

Weight Matters
by Sam Farmer and David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
In a trend that dangerously tips the scales, the NFL has nearly six times as many 300-pounders as a decade ago.

After The Gold Dust
by Michelle Goldberg, Salon
The dot-coms were bust, but the Chemical Brothers are still office-partying like it's 1999.

Currency Events: A Great Leap Backward?
by John Pomfret, Washington Post
Across China, people are grumbling about the decision to put Mao on all of its new bills.

Now, Fear Of Flying Is More Than A Phobia
by Erica Goode, New York Times
For most Americans, deciding to travel by air has become a far more complicated and anxiety-laced process.

Why I Think The Smithsonian Is Misguided
by Milo Beach, Washington Post
The present administration of the Smithsonian Institution seems to view "the life of the mind with astonishing indifference."

Hometown Boy Makes Waves
by William Kennedy, New York Times
The truly achieved writers are the ones one who deceive themselves so well that they can pursue a lie that becomes true in spite of its implacable falsity.

At Grand Canyon, No Way To Run A Railroad
by Blaine Harden, New York Times
As this sublime hole in the ground succumbs to its second century of mass tourism, there is a weird new wrinkle in the love-it-to-death romance between the Grand Canyon and the nearly five million people who descend upon it every year.

A Cantonese Soap Opera
by Alkman Granitsas, Far Eastern Economic Review
For years Hong Kong's leading broadcaster has been trying to grow outside its home market without much success. But if TVB can break into China, the company could become the hottest media stock in Asia.

It Could Be You
by Andrew Anthony, Observer
These days, while talent is no bar to celebrity, it's hardly a prerequisite. In fact, many have no obvious talent — just like the rest of us.

Custom Coops
by Paula Bock, Seattle Times
From penthouse perches to covered porches, city chickens are sitting pretty.

Torture TV
by Ellen Goodman, Washington Post
Welcome to the new generation of game shows. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" has been followed by "Who Wants to Be a Sadomascochist."

This Doesn't Add Up
by D.T. Max, New York Times
Now that doctors are just employees and lawyers regularly cross over to run the businesses they're paid to counsel, the acccountant occupies a unique place, not just in the professional world, but in the psychology of the country.

Quiet, Please. This Is A Library After All
by Joseph Horowitz, New York Times
The problem with the new library is the redesigned third floor. Not only does the room feel cramped; it is also incongruously noisy.

The Mediterranean
by Allen Tate, Poets.org

The Reluctant Icon
by A.R. Torres, Salon
As a widow of Sept. 11 with a new baby, I am on America's patriotic payroll. I didn't want the job, but I earn every penny I receive.

The Queen Of Buzz Goes Silent? Doubtful
by Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times
Both respected and reviled, TIna Brown ponders the next phase of her career.

Precious Gifts
by Bella English, Boston Globe
Mothers who have endured their own child's illness reach out through the Heart to Heart Fund.

Service Is Needed In Layaway
by Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Kmart is a mess. And so it would be sorely missed.

In Remembrance Of Sorrow From Other Times
by David W. Dunlap, New York Times
In the debate over the remembrance of Sept. 11, it's worth pondering how other memorials in New York conveyed their message across the generations.

Making Artful Images Out Of Science
by Margarett Loke, New York Times
The intersection of art and science in David Goldes' work over the last decade bears the mark of an insider-outsider.

Stand And Deliver
by Robert Smaus, Los Angeles Times
Climbing roses, bearing a bounty of colorful blooms, rise up and fan out where space is tight.

A Slice Of American Life
by Linton Weeks, Washington Post
Any way you slice it, pie is as American as, well, as pie.

Encounters With Glaciers In Switzerland
by Eric Pfanner, New York Times
The Swiss village of Saas-Fee offers reliable snow conditions — and a few tricky moments.

History For $ale
by Bob Tomopson, Washington Post
Larry Small wants to remake the National Museum of American History, and he's banking on a set of big-time donors to help. Will they end up privatizing the American past?

Sexism And The City
by Carol Midgley, The Times
Should City women be able to handle sexist behaviour as part of the deal in return for their exorbitant bonuses?

Your Daddy Was A Donar
by Mary Braid, The Observer
As a child, Melissa always felt there was something not quite right. At 32, she found out that she was conceived through donor insemination. Now she wants to find her real father — and she's not the only one.

Ready, Set, Rewind
by Rachel Abramowitz, Los Angeles Times
Studios are playing it safe with numerous sequels, prequels and reworkings of tried-and-true themes.

Teh Fabulous Baker Boy
by Jonathan Reynolds, New York Times
Who just happens to be Britney Spears' money man.

Anime, Japanese Cinema's Second Golden Age
by Dave Kehr, New York Times
After a decade or two as an underground phenomenon in the United States, anime is slowly emerging into the light of day.

To Get Rich Is Glorious
by Economist
China's middle class is expanding rapidly. But what does it want?

Riding The Sugarland Express
by Karl Zimmermann, Los Angeles Times
The past is still on track for train buffs as the steam locomotives of yesteryear chug on.

Saturday Mourning TV: Cable Captures The Kids
by Frank Ahrens, Washington Post
The television battle for kids is over. Cable has won. Further, a common kids culture - the Saturday morning cartoon ritual, when millions of children watched the same shows at the same time - is becoming a collateral victim of the changes.

Office Workers Haunted By Views Of Terror Site
by David W. Chen, New York Times
For the thousands of people who have been able to return to their offices ringing the site, myriad more intimate decisions and adjustments are made every day, including the no longer ordinary matter of simply looking out one's window.

Have The Fashion Police Handle Airport Profiling
by Joe Soucheray, Pioneer Press
One of the ways that the skies might be made safer is to install a fashion and cosmetics consultant at the gate area.

Forget The Force — "The Lord" Rules!
by Eric Lipton, Salon
I, too, once loved "Star Wars." Then I grew up and learned to appreciate "The Lord of the Rings."

Both Timeless And Timely: 'Roots' At Quarter-Century
by Caryn James, New York Times
Viewed today, "Roots" remains a great drama with nothing Disneyfied or softened about it.

Mural, Mural
by Michelle Ho, Straits Times
Films leap to life and beckon movie-goers from the walls with help from this artist.

Some Bodies
by Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Irving Penn's nudes.

How X Factors In The Equation
by Robert Niles, Los Angeles Times
A new roller coaster at Six Flags suspends riders beside the track. Fast? Yes. But it's over fast, too.

Wok The Dog
by William Saletan, Slate
What's wrong with eating man's best friend?

One Shy Of A Bunch
by Hank Stuever, Washington Post
It's the story of a man named Brady. So why is he no longer in the picture?

An Experience That Lights Up The Soul
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Did you see who was handed a flame?

Plagiarism? So What?
by Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune
Here's what: Stephen Ambrose blew a chance to do real history.

Something Old, Something Neue
by Marc Fisher, Washington Post
'The Fantasticks' closes, the impressive Neue Galerie opens, and New York regains its never-sit-still rhythm.

Small Plates, Big Flavor
by Judith Weinraub, Washington Post
Breaking the tyranny of the traditional menu.

Waiter, Pleasae Put A Lid On It
by William Grimes, New York Times
The demands of the information age, and the American desire to turn all human encounters into a form of therapy, have given rise to a new breed of waiter.

An Artist's Success At 14, Despite Autism
by Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times
In the strange world of outsider art, Jonathan Lerman, at 14, is already an insider.

The Lure Of THe Unfathomable
by Margaret Wertheim, Los Angeles Times
Why are so many people paying hard-earned cash for books they can barely begin to understand?

Screen Savers
by Dan Gilgoff, U.S. News
Can grand old theaters survive the age of the multiplex?

Camera-Ready Inside Joshua Tree
by Kathryn Wilkens, Los Angeles Times
In the desert, developing photo skills and an appreciation for barren beauty.

Losing Fear
by Beth Baker, Washington Post
Recent events led many to consider their mortality, some for the first time. But does such fleeting reflection really do any good?

Bringing Up Genius
by Tamara Jones, Washington Post
When Greg Smith passed his mother and father intellectually at 5, they took it stride. But then the world beat down his door, offering opportunity and danger in equal measure. What's a parent to do.

Negotiating The Darkness, Fortified By Poets' Strength
by Mary Karr, New York Times
We prayed in gratitude and fury and desperate petition. We watched hours of news. And we read poetry.

A Chinese Writer Blooms In Ipoh
by Kao Chen, Straits Times
Who's that 30-year Malaysian writer making waves on the Chinese literary scene?

All-American Burgher
by Dave Shiflett, Wall Street Journal
Dave Thomas, scourge of the health nuts.

Faces And Tickers And Blurbs, Oh My!
by Matt Richtel, New York Times
Anyone who tries to listen to the anchor while reading the various tickers all over the screen may come away thinking that bin Laden looks elegant at 35, while Julia Roberts remains at large.

London Invaded By Foreign Chefs
by Sylvia Tan, Business Times Singapore
Why some new foreign restaurants are creating a real buzz.

Hank Donat: He Left His In S.F. Web Site
by Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle
He still finds his heart beating faster and his breath catching in his throat when he comes across a beautiful sunset at the Marina or feels a warm breeze in Noe valley or meets a kooky character in Union Square.

The Plagiarst
by David Plotz, Slate
Why Stephen Ambrose is a vampire.

Vacation Shots: Time To Go Digital?
by Michael Shapiro, Washington Post
Though digital photography poses more challenges to the user than film, the bar is coming down as it becomes easier to take, share, store and print digital images.

Play It Again, And Again
by Eric Brace, Washington Post
In the world of the piano lounge, Herman Hupfeld is king.

A Quick Spin Of The Wheel In Las Vegas
by Hope Reeves, New York Times
Las Vegas is the kind of place, I discovered, where you desperately want someone to elbow when the outrageous happens — and it happens often.

The Seven Circles Of SUV
by Adair Lara, San Francisco Chronicle
It's time, I think, that we updated the list of the damned that Dante described in "The Divine Comedy."

Tron's 20th Anniversay
by Glen Helfand, San Franicso Chronicle
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of "Tron" — and a fine time to revisit this groundbreaking cult film.

Send In The iKlowns
by Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon
At Macworld, out-of-work dot-commers pose as marauding clowns. The authorities are not amused.

Art, After A Fashion
by Christine Temin, Boston Globe
Dressed up exhibits look at clothes' place in world.

Leg Work
by Renee Schettler, Washington Post
In search of the perfect duck confit.

Sex And The Kitchen
by Amanda Hesser, New York Times
Ms Lawson certainly does play to the camera, but beneath that satin veneer is a true cook with a valuable message and a groundbreaking show.

When The Going Gets Tough, Some Go Shopping At Museums
by Celestine Bohlen, New York Times
The success of high-end merchandise offered a small dash of comfort in what was otherwise a bleak holiday shopping season in New York's museum stores.

A Head For Bread
by Tito Morales, Los Angeles Times
Franck-Herve Commereuc at Le Pain du Jour is fixated on making the perfect baguette. His secret? Make 'em sing.

Colors Flies Over The Cuckoo's Nest
by Douglas Cruckshank, Salon
The Benetton publication's latest issue on mental illness puts respectable newsmagazine to shame.

"Lord Of The Rings" Vs. "Star Wars"
by Jean Tang, Salon
Peter Jackson's glorified video trivia game doesn't hold up to the grandly human epic that defined a generation.

Dave, America's Hamburger Helper
by Hank Stuever, Washington Post
There are more than 6,000 Wendy's restaurants now, yet it seemed like Dave could have been working behind the counter of any of them.

How All THe News Fit
by Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker
The world turned upside down after Sept. 11th, and, as a small but noticeable side effect, so did the sports section of the Times.

The Sky Line
by Paul Goldberger, New Yorker
How New York can learn from Oklahoma City.

Springing To Action
by Richard Natale, Los Angeles Times
Adopting Hong Kong's style of martial arts scenes, with their ballet-like moves, has helped movie makers revive a genre with less graphic violence.

The Six Letter Word
by Rene E Graham, Boston Globe
Randall Kennedy explores the history of the inflammatory racial slur.

A Harvard Education
by Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
One of the minor tragedies of modern America has been the transofmration of the college president from public intellectual to fund-raising bureaucrat.

Sign Post
by Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle
Long befure the multiplex, there was the cluster of igloo-shaped domes called Century 21-25 in San Jose.

America Reboots In History's Crashes
by Rob Morse, San Francisco Chronicle
In this decade, as a powerful, stumbling United States proclaims yet again our "loss of innocence," historians should be as important as physicists were in the 1950s.

Poetry In Motion
by David Dave, Los Angeles Times
Poetic license aside, can sports and poetry really coexist?

Jerry Seinfeld, Still Quip On The Draw
by David Segal, Washington Post
"So," said Jerry Seinfeld, sauntering onstage at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night, "we meet again."

The Quaker And The Marine
by Kristin Henderson, Washington Post
When her husband left for Afghanistan, she set out to find peace.

Grate Expectations
by Sue Webster, Financial Times
Fireplaces - and flames - are back in fashion. This time round, however, they are no simple holes in the wall but real works of art.

The Actress, The Producer And Their Porn Revolution
by Ralph Frammolino and P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times
Steven Hirsch recognized that VCRs could bring adult movies to a new market — couples. But first he needed a different kind of star.

George Divoky's Planet
by Darcy Frey, New York Times
This is a story about global warming and a scientist named George Divoky, who studies a colony of Arctic seabirds on a remote barrier island off the northern coast of Alaska.

No-Fly Zone
by David Montgomery, Washington Post
Since Sept 11, College Park Airport has been grounded in absurdity.

Sept. 11 Myths Embellished As They Speed Across The Web
by Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post
All the stories were urgent and riveting — and untrue.

Spiffing Up The Gray Lady
by Paul Goldberger, New Yorker
Could the newspaper's new headquarters bring the skyscraper back into play in New York City?

Seattle Still Rocks
by James T. Yenckel, Los Angeles Times
Despite recent setbacks, the city remains a hip urban playground, loaded with vibrant cultural attractions and surrounded by glorious natural scenery.

In Salt Lake City, Time For The 'Healing Games'
by Selena Roberts, New York Times
The history of polygamy is part of an image officials hope to change when visitors see the region's beauty and frontier charm.

How To Make The Country's Most Dangerous Job Safer
by Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic
Having demonstrated a strong commitment to the ethical treatment of animals, the McDonald's Corporation should now demonstrate the same level of concern for the human beings who work in the nation's slaughterhouses.

Commercial Break
by Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Without obligations to sponsors, cable TV series can be honest and raw, and can build dramatic tension.

On The Fornt Lines, Cashiers Propel The Euro's Advance
by Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times
If Europe's conversion to the euro is going better than expected, one reason is Gisela Oleinik and her remarkable cash register.

Brain Circulation
by Anna Lee szenian, Brookings Review
How high-skill immigration makes everyone better off.

A Market-Fresh Look
by Carolyn Ramsay, Los Angeles Times
Architectural team faced the challenge of updating a beloved L.A. landmark.

Freudian Split
by Bella English, Boston Globe
Simmons professor Sophie Freud, granddaughter of Sigmund, has her own theories, and they don't involve psychoanalysis.

Red Sky At Morning
by Kate Orman, Washington Post
As fires lick at Sydney, residents pack and hope.

Altman Lives For 'Action'
by Roger Ebert, Chicacgo Sun-Times
"The saddest words," Robert Altman was saying, "are when somebody says they 'saw' my movie. That means they saw it once. That's not seeing it."

No Playful Chads To Lighten Up The Year
by Renee Tawa, Los Angeles Times
201's list of top terms will probably be more on the serious side such as "ground zero" and "anthrax."

Touring Times Square
by David Bowman, Salon
The lost seediness can still be found, if you're with the king of 42nd Street.

The Critic Gets His Licks In
by David Segal, Washington Post
The Post's David Segal finagles his ultimate rock band fantasy.

At Ease On The Maryland Shore
by Ann Crittenden, New York Times
My destination was the Five Gables Inn and Spa; my plan, a one-night getaway for some serious body-pampering.

Crepes: A Modern Turn On The Dessert Course
by Regina Schrambling, New York Times
Nothing more than very thin cakes filled with sweetness crepes are the antithesis of the overwrought dessert.

A Hit Man's Guilt
by Fred Dickey, Los Angeles Times
John Patrick Sheridan was lucky. He murdered 'Big Mac' McKenna and got away with it. Then he heard about the dying man's last words.

Penguins Threatened By Iceberg Weather Changes
by Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
Two massive icebergs in Antarctica's Ross Sea have altered local weather conditions enough to endanger some of the continent's penguin breeding colonies.

For 2002, A Word From Palindromists: Yay
by Renee Tawa, Los Angeles Times
Backward-and-forward aficionados are excited about the oh-so reversible year — "a thing of beauty."

OneDay: A Holiday Whose Time Has Come?
by David Montgomery, Washington Post
D.C. activist Linda Grover wishes all the world a peaceful new year's.

Fertility Inc.: Clinics Race To Lure Clients
by Gina Kolata, New York Times
The market was already saturated, and the doctors realized that even though they were experts in infertility and had recruited a leading embryologist to work her magic with sperm and eggs, they could not just sit back and wait for patients to appear.