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A Flightless Bird
by Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
Connie Chung's new show is a turkey.

Designing Women
by Cynthia Gorney, Washington Post
Scientists and capitalistss dream of finding a drug that could boost female sexuality. There's one little problem...

The Young And The Restless
by margaret Talbot, New York Times
When it comes to teaching kids about sex, a little ambiguity makes a lot of sense.

On The Other Hand...
by Robert Fulford, National Post
It seems what we think we know about lefties is not right at all.

The Plot Ripens
by Ann Gerhart, Washington Post
In D.C.'s multi-culti public gardens, food, beauty and friendship grow together.

Sweet Sorrows: Parting's Parties On Embassy Row
by Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post
Old acquaintance not forgot, but it's never the same again.

Music Made With Soda Cans And Soggy Hamburger
by Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times
By pulverizing the products sold by multinational corporations, Mr. Herbert is protesting global consumerism. He is also making music.

Textbook Publishers Learn To Avoid Messing With Texas
by Alexander Stille, New York Times
Textbook battles are legendary in Texas, and the latest round has involved a coalition of nine conservative organizations vetting more than 150 books.

Battlefields, Blues And Barbecue
by Jennifer Moses, New York Times
A family trip from the Deep South to the Midwest, tracking the Mississippi, finds a lot of laid-back Americana.

Winning The War On Crime — For The Moment
by Economist
New York has become the most celebrated model of American policing. It still shows how crime can be reduced, but money is a problem.

Chasing Andy
by Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times
Warhol's pioneering in art, fashion and other fields echoes in the style makers he influenced.

Our Secret Pledge
by Charles Paul Freund, Reason
Removing the clause would by now threaten the meaning that Pledge recitation developed prior to 1954, when it didn't contain the phrase at all.

Rise! Shine! Give 'Under God' Your Glory!
by David Montgomery, Washington Post
In the Senate chamber, it's suddenly pledge week.

The Refining Of Religious Neutrality
by Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times
The emotional reaction to the Pledge of Allegiance decision shows how polarized America can become over the issues of church and state.

Adjusting To A Shift Modern Art's Axis
by Herbert Muschamp, New York Times
Modernism as a category presents an array of multiple perspectives, cinematic montage and shifting vantage points. It embodies the concepts of relativity, subjective truth and the subconscious — ideas independently supported by the objective findings of science.

Fighting The Urge To Flee
by Tracie Rozhon, New York Times
Gripped by a welter of feelings — loyalty, guilt, financial pragmatism — most New Yorkers are learning to live with the anxiety in a city that experts agree will always be high on the list of terrorist targets.

An Education In Corruption
by Lisa Bergson, BusinessWeek
One of the hardest things about doing business in Asia, at least for this innocent American, is that bribery can be a way of life.

Landmark's Second Wind
by Ilene Letchuk, San Francisco Chronicle
Golden Gate Park windmill will turn its sails once more.

Designing Women
by Kate Taylor, Slate
Remember when Hollywood stars wanted to look rich?

America's Uberdecorator, Still Beautiful To The Fans
by Libby Copeland, Washington Post
This is not the first time the woman they admire has been kicked around. They tend to believe Stewart is innocent, the victim of a post-Enron witch-hunt atmosphere, and perhaps her own ignorance — the victim, most of all, of Those Who Hate Martha.

Teenagers Playing Music, Not Tennis
by Robert Lipsyte and Lois B. Morris, New York Times
Music moms' seasons are far longer than those of soccer moms. Their financial payoffs are far smaller and more elusive than those of tennis moms. But they are every bit as competitive, protective, ambitious and self-sacrificing.

Hard-Boiled And Still Hot
by Martin Arnold, New York Times
Five authors promoting the work of dead authors is not exactly a new way of making a publisher's backlist snap to attention yet again. But we are talking here about Philip Marlowe, private detective, one of the most astonishingly enduring characters in American fiction.

Not Just A Pretty Face
by David Lister, The Independent
The BBC is looking for 'real people' to be science presenters.

In Japan, Cute Conquers All
by Brian Bremner, BusinessWeek
What is it about the culture that young people — men as well as women — are so hooked on cuteness? The answer isn't simple.

Power Of The Penne
by Tim Struby, New Yorker
Ballplayers can be superstitious about food.

A Cook's Frontyard
by Emily Green, Los Angeles Times
Long hidden in the back, fruit and vegetable gardens are now on display all over the Southland.

Connie Chung, Dishing Up The Nightly News
by Tom Shales, Washington Post
Connie Chung has earned the right to do pretty much whatever she wants, and "Connie Chung Tonight" made a relatively smooth debut.

East Of Midtown, It's The Art Of The Meal
by Mark Bitman, New York Times
"That is food to one man may be fierce poison to others," wrote the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius. He might as well have said the same of contemporary art — and of New York neighborhoods. This weekend, as the Museum of Modern Art opens in its new temporary location across the East River in Long Island City, Queens, visitors will have a chance to determine the validity of all three claims.

Beyond The Briefly Inflated Canon: Legacy Of The Mysterious 'W.S.'
by William S. Nielderkorn, New York Times
A byline that read "W.S." on the poem "A Funeral Elegy" was the first piece of evidence that led scholars to suspect the author was Shakespeare, a theory they have now retracted.

Luxury Jet Outfitters Help Their Clients Live Large
by Jlie Flaherty, New York Times
Lufthansa Technik, a German company that specializes in luxury interiors for large private jets, has had its share of requests for Jacuzzis, dog kennels and even garages. But one of the features it is most proud of is the paper doors.

Can't Watch The Beheading Video
by Leonard Pitts, Chicago Tribune
It's not seeing him dead that I can't handle. It's the idea of watching it happen.

Growing Up
by Joan Acocella, New Yorker
What holds a young dancer back?

A Loss For Words
by Beverly Beyette and Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times
Ann Landers' syndicated column will cease soon, but her editors will carry on under a different title.

Flour Power
by Susan Straight, Salon
The authorities have decided that hauling around sacks of flour will teach middle schoolers not to get pregnant. My daughter and I think it's a half-baked idea.

Random Numbers
by Christopher Dreher, Salon
If you think bestseller lists are based on solid facts, guess again. But a new technology is promising to improve the hot-book scorecard.

The Hunger: A Food Allergy Mystery
by Allison Hoover Bartlett, Washington Post
After being 'cured' by a test and treatment most allergists ignore or dismiss, the author went searching for an explanation.

Degrees Of Separation
by Michael A> Fletcher, Washington Post
Gender gap among college graduates has educators wondering where the men are.

When Brain Truma Is At The Other End Of The Thrill Ride
by Susan Gilbert, New York Times
No one knows whether brain injuries suffered by people on thrill rides were caused by the rides themselves. But at least two studies are under way to see whether a cause-and-effect relationship exists.

Their Job Complete, Last Recovrery Crew Leaves Ground Zero
by Eric Lipton and James Glanz, New York Times
The city and the nation at large marked the end of the recovery effort at ground zero nearly a month ago. But it was only yesterday, as a crew of four firefighters carefully supervised the collection of the last bags of possible human remains from a bank building next door to the site of the towers, that the job was truly, and finally, complete.

Time Management, The Pickle Jar Theory
by Jeremy Wright, A List Apart
I strongly encourage everyone to use at least one Time Management System. It empowers you to actually do instead of scurrying about without any goals in sight.

R.I.P., 'P.I.'
by Diane Holloway, Austin American-Statesman
What began as an innovative, amusing, thought-provoking idea has become a tired, predictable and boring program.

Groomed To Be All That
by Michael P. Lucas, Los Angeles Times
At Disney and Nick, youngsters are carefully scouted and prepped for stardom. They even take classes on how to deal with fans.

Free The Jackson Five! Affirmative Inaction
by Clinton Collins, Jr., The Rake
Would you pick up a magazine with me on the cover?

Scientist Or Storyteller?
by AC Grayling, The Guardian
Was Sigmund Freud a great medical scientist who uncovered important truths about human psychology, or was he something different - a gifted artist, a philosophical visionary who re-imagined human nature and helped us confront taboos, but whose theories, offered as science, fail under scrutiny?

Riders On The Storm
by John Densmore, The Nation
Apple is a pretty hip company... we use computers... Dammit! Why did Jim (Morrison) have to have such integrity?

Apocalypse Now
by Nancy Gibbs, Time
The biggest book of the summer is about the end of the world. It's also a sign of our troubled times.

The Kids Are Alright
by Craig Marine, San Francisco Chronicle
The garage band scene is alive and well for those who don't wanna sell out.

CNN's New Star Format Put To The Test
by Elizabeth Jensen, Los Angeles Times
The network hopes Connie Chung, debuting tonight, will shore up the personality approach—and ratings.

No Way To Run A Railroad
by Sylvia de Leon, Washington Post
A bailout won't solve Amtrak's fundamental problem.

Ann Laners, Advice Giver To The Millions, Dies At 83
by Margalit Fox, New York Times
Eppie Lederer, who as the syndicated columnist Ann Landers was widely considered responsible for bringing the advice column innto the modern era, died Saturday at her home in Chicago.

To The Ends Of The Earth
by Michael Browning, Washington Post
Even in the age of satellite phones and global positioning systems, the route that brought East and West together is a world apart.

Ignoring The Booksellers' Conventions
by Linton Week, Washington Post
Independent publishers make success by finding a niche.

The Wasteland
by Austin Bunn, New York Times
The pilot process, traditionally an insular, closed-door drama involving television veterans, has lately become infiltrated by a surprising number of filmmakers.

Work Daze
by Rob Walker, New York Times
Maybe the real curiosity is that so many of us would expect anything other than boredom from work.

A Novice Paddles To Her Heritage
by Susan Catto, New York Times
Theoretically, it is possible to travel from one end of Canada to the other by canoe, with the longest detour on land a scant 12 miles.

Natural Wonders
by Demian Bulwav, San Francisco Chronicle
In a time of sliced-and-diced school budgets and shrinking extracurriculars, the Wagner Ranch Nature Area in Orinda seems like an impossible oasis, a mirage that is sure to vanish at any moment, frog pond and all.

Welcome To The World
by Gary Kamiya, Salon
In defeat, the U.S. soccer team won an epic victory: It brought America into the world of sports.

Score
by Sara Mosle, Slate
The new (and improved) theology of the SAT.

At The TV Anchor Desk, Let's Talk Man-To-Man
by Paul Farhi, Washington Post
Perhaps someday, someone at one of the news stations in town will get hip to a radical, courageous and utterly old approach to presenting the local news: the all-guy anchor team.

Soccer Alive And Kicking On U.S. Playing Fields
by Phil McCombs, Washington Post
Soccer is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of America's youngsters.

Big, Bigger, Biggest: The Supersize Suburb
by Blaine Harden, New York Times
The American house has been swelling for decades. It has swollen even though it stands on a smaller lot. It has swollen even though a smaller family lives in it.

Under A Clunker's Paint, A Masterpiece Emerges
by Gay Jervey, New York Times
A special exhibition, "Speed Sport Transport," has been organized to showcase a 1959 VW Beetle, a 1952 Jeep and a 2002 Smart Car at the Museum of Modern Art.

Airplanes Don't Get No Respect
by Patrick Smith, Salon
The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder.

Hello Kity
by Virginia Heffeman, Slate
Why Sagwa's better than Sesame Street.

Washington As Seen In Hollywood's Crystal Ball
by Joel Garreau, Washington Post
No matter what we really thought, no future would be acceptable if it got in the way of the chase scenes.

Missing The Point Of Soccer
by Paul Farhi, Washington Post
The sport's fans bemoan Americans' obsession with scoring.

In California Gold Country, A New Rush For Old Wine
by Sally McGrane, New York Times
The region starting around the town of Sonora north through Calaveras County, Amador County and El Dorado County has seen a boomlet in small wineries that is drawing vintners in increasing numbers to the rolling, oak-studded foothills along Highway 49.

In Manhattan, A Lust For Large
by Tracie Rozhon, New York Times
Like their suburban brethren, New Yorkers have been struck by the urge for big, with sales of larger apartments surging, even as prices continue to rise.

Poets Prove Gardening Anything But Boring
by Diana Rathbone, San Francisco Chronicle
Life, the hymn reminds us, although it can be explained in biology lessons, remains, in some essential way, beyond our comprehension. Perhaps it's magic.

A Writer Intent On Rallying The Spirit Of Survival
by Lynell George, Los Angeles Times
Poet June Jordan cast a penetrating eye on issues both political and personal.

Porn Provocateur
by Janelle Brown, Salon
Lizzy Borden, whose ultraviolent films feature women being beaten, raped and doused in vomit, insists that she is a gender pioneer whose repellent movies are morality tales.

The Battle For Indie Radio
by Jesse Walker, Salon
After seven years of bitter infighting, the dissidents have retaken control of Pacifica, the venerable left-wing radio network. Now comes the hard part.

World Cup In Spanish Joyful
by R.D. Heldenfels, Beacon Journal
TV isnot radio. It has pictures to go with the talking. The pictures should matter.

The Taste Business
by Michael Kelly, The Atlantic
What foreigners love to hate about America is also what they love to buy.

Television And The Trouble With History
by Simon Schama, The Guardian
Academics may shudder but history on the small screen works.

They're Out Stalking Heads
by Elizabeth Jensen, Los Angeles Times
Competition for booking guests is fierce as Chung and Donahue enter the fray.

Rolling Stoned
by Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
The in-flight magazine on a trip to nowhere.

"Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid," By Robert J. Sternberg
by Gavin McNett, Salon
Scholars finally tackle the question that has plagued humanity since time immemorial.

Flag On The Field
by Anne Applebaum, Slate
Soccer, the last acceptable form of nationalism.

Stress Management For Kindergartners
by Sheyl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
Childhood has become more stressful than ever, although not for the reasons most people think.

The Importance Of Expectations Built Into A Brand Name
by Joe Sharkey, New York Times
As hotel companies have gobbled up competitors over the last decade, creating giant corporate umbrellas over a hodgepodge of names, it has become more important than ever to distinguish one name from another.

An Astonishment Of Riches In A Tiny English Town
by Marian Burros, New York Times
Only 9,000 people live in this charming market town near the Welsh border, surrounded by lush and rolling hills. Just 9,000, but Ludlow has no fewer than three Michelin-starred restaurants — the greatest concentration anywhere in Britain outside London.

Michael Jordan's Brief For Hanes
by Rob Walker, Slate
Is there anything fresh to be said about a mostly white, and mostly naked, group of guys looking from Michael Jordan to their own nether regions with an air of wistfulness and inferiority?

When Khaki Meets Chichi
by Robin Givhan, Washington Post
Lands' End makes some alternations to its conservative image.

How To Get A Kick Out Of Soccer
by Peter Carlson, Washington Post
When the World Cup soccer tournament began, I ran out and bought every soccer magazine I could find on the newsstands. Now, after studying them assiduously for many hours, I have come to a shocking conclusion: Soccer is not dull.

In Rome, Doing As Few Romans Do
by Francine Prose, New York Times
A harpist at teatime and a terrace with a view are among the pleasures of staying at Rome's luxury hotels.

Philip K. Dick: His Dark Vision Of The Future Is Now
by Richard Corliss, Time
What's missing? The philosophy he dreamed of.

Even A Daughter Can Want To Be Just Like Dad
by Jane Ganahl, San Francisco Chronicle
I've always — OK, almost always — had a great relationship with my dad, but until I was 18 or so I felt more like "Daddy's little boy" than his little girl — more like his second son than his third daughter.

Far, Far Away
by Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Why is the new "Star Wars" so bad? Its creator has lost touch with reality.

"How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" By Toby Young
by Michelle Goldberg, Salon
A would-be member of the media elite describes his hilarious misadventures trying to succeed in the shallow, celebrity-obsessed world of glossy magazines.

Pac-Man
by Chris Green, Salon
With its canary-yellow Everyblob hero, its masterfully simple design and its abstract realm where even death was a cheerful event, Pac-Man brought video gaming out of the bars and into the malls.

Just One Word: Plastic
by Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Why we owe our souls to Wilmington, Delaware.

The Knockout Paunch
by Peter Carlson, Washington Post
This Father's Day, let us praise Dad by celebrating that ever-expanding, much-maligned monument to the good life that he always carries close to his heart — his paunch, his shelf, his spare tire, his front porch, his Buddha, his bay window, his beer gut, his potbelly.

Amtrak Must Die
by John Tierney, New York Times
Amtrak is nearly bankrupt, and just threatened to shut down the whole system in July. What should be done? A train lover's lament.

Father Time
by Charles McGrath, New York Times
Recently, some scientific evidence has come to light suggesting that male fertility may not be as ageless as we thought.

Does A Painter With A Camera Cheat?
by Michael Kimmelman, New York Times
People fret about painters using "crutches" like lenses, cameras and photographers. But that misses the point. What artists make of these tools is the issue.

A Critical Difference
by Anne Midgette, Andante
The larger issue for all female music critics — akin to that faced by female conductors — is how to find and assume the kind of authority they need to help their statements be heard.

Double Triumph
by Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle
Twins graduate while helping raise twin brothers.

A Cat Person Gets A Dog
by Emily Yoffe, Slate
It doesn't purr. It doesn't clean itself. It eats bras.

Talk About Your Lost And Found!
by William Gildea, Washington Post
There's nothing better than watching a World Cup game unless it's watching two at the same time.

Artist's Fame Is Fleeting, But Dog Pocker Is Forever
by Dan Barry, New York Times
If it were a dog's world, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge would be more famous than he is, which is pretty much not at all.

The Emperor Of Greed
by Julie Creswell with Nomi Prins, Fortune
With the help of his bankers, Gary Winnick treated GLobal Crossing as his personal cash cow — until the company went bankrupt.

The Pleasures Of Cooking
by Jolly St Nick, Kuro5hin
The greatest cost of not cooking is that many people don't know what good food is anymore.

The Invisibility Of Asian-American Scholars
by Frank H. Wu, The Chronicle Of Higher Education
Asian-Americans cannot wait for an invitation. We must stand up and speak out. We will surprise ourselves as much as we do others.

Hoping For A Rebound
by David Armstrong, San Francisco Chronicle
Tourism is down everywhere, but in 2001, S.F. fell from top of the charts to 12th in the nation.

In A Family Way
by Janice L. Kaplan, Washington Post
There's a transformation taking place in art museums. These temples of conemplation that once catered mostly to adults now offer a full menu of programs aimed at families — not to mention school groups, singles, teenagers, seniors or any other demographic group willing to walk through the front door.

Postcards From The Cutting Edge
by Bradford McKee, New York Times
This summer, 60,000 Americans are expected to visit Switzerland, and not just to commune with their inner Heidis. Instead, they will be strolling around for lakeside towns near the French border and gawking at the kind of architecture that is more brave-new-world than yodel-ready chalets.

In A Snob-Free Zone
by Joseph Epstein, The Washington Monthly
Is there a place where one is outside all snobbish concerns—neither wanting to get in anywhere, nor needing to keep anyone else out?

Not Going By The Book
by Jeannie Stein, Los Angeles Times
Stemps, art papers and other handmade details transform the staid yearbook at a Santa Monica school.

Sacre Bleu! Dios Mio! It's The Bizarro World Cup!
by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Fracne fades into Sartrean nothingness, Argentina dances the tango of despair and the United States and Japan, titans of world baseball — sorry, I mean soccer — rise up.

Neglecting The Baby
by Michael Lewis, Slate
The first rule of fatherhood is that if you don't see what the problem is, you are the problem.

Step By Step, A New Dad Joins The Family
by Charissa Wells, Washington Post
Since 1993, Father's Day has taken on new meaning for me. Now I think not only of fathers, but of many stepfathers who deserve pats on the back for moving into an important and difficult role they inherited when they fell in love with a single mother.

Young Readers, Harsh Reality
by Martin Arnold, New York Times
Responding to criticism that books with disturbing subject matter are being aimed at young adults, publishers say that what they are doing is ennobling and educating.

If That Big Mac Leaves A Little Hole
by Adam Nagourney, New York Times
In a city that has always appreciated its doughnuts, the emergence of a new place to buy fresh-made ones hardly seems surprising. But these are McDonuts.

The Elderly Man And The Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts
by N. R. Kleinfield, New York Times
Ms Heifetz inspected 10 high school English exams from the past three years and discovered that the vast majority of the passages — drawn from the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Anton Chekhov and William Maxwell, among others — had been sanitized of virtually any reference to race, religion, ethnicity, sex, nudity, alcohol, even the mildest profanity and just about anything that might offend someone for some reason.

Turf War
by James Surowiecki, New Yorker
What you've got here is a novice company running up against one of the msot competitive and technologically demanding industries in America.

Quebec's Quiet Isles
by Margo Pfeiff, San Francisco Chronicle
In the remote Magdalens, settled by castaways, wild isolation is tempered by comfortable inns, art and execptional food.

Nothing To Wear
by Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post
From the classroom to the mall, girls' fashions are long on skin, short on modesty.

The Spray, The Leap, The Splash Of Waterfalls
by W. D. Wetherell, New York Times
The White Mountains of New Hampshire are blessed with their share of waterfalls, or "cascades" as they were called in the 1800's , when the first mountain tourists, very much under the influence of Wordsworth and the Romantics, tramped from sight to sight in eager search for the "sublime."

A Phantom Menance?
by Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times
Mike J. Nicholas' unauthorized reedit of "Star Wars: Episode I" burns up the Internet, demonstrating technology's new capabilities. The film empire is watching.

Cam Girls
by Mark Frauenfelder, Yahoo! Internet Life
They're online and underage. And they'll trade you a peek if you fulfill their Wish Lists.

Pure Gold
by Paula Bock, Seattle Times
In this story of survival, honey's only the half of it.

Monuments And Mortals
by David Von Drehle, Washington Post
Washington, D.C., is, first and foremost, an idea. This makes it different from most cities, which are, above all, places — places where lots of people happen to live.

So What Would You Call It? Toilettown?
by Peter Marks, New York Times
So it was to be "Urinetown" then and forever, a kind of combination badge of honor and thumb in the eye.

When A Parking Battle Devolves Into A Coin Toss
by Dave Ford, San Francisco Chronicle
Today, let's examine how human motives affect daily interactions. Let's examine the thinking that separates us from the animals.

The September 11 X—Files
by David Corn, The Nation
September 11 was so traumatic, so large, that there will always be people who look to color it—or exploit it—by adding more drama and intrigue, who seek to discern hidden meanings, who desire to make more sense of the awful act. And there will be people who want to believe them.

With The World Band In Your Hands
by Ian Austen, New York Times
While shortwave may conjure up images of bulky metal boxes filled with vacuum tubes, manufacturers have co-opted microelectronics to greatly improve how their radios operate while reducing size.

Hong Kong Reignites Fire Of China's Regional Cuisines
by Nina Simonds, New York Times
Hong Kong's bounty of regional Chinese restaurants is one of the chief lures of this great eating city.

Creative Cities And Their New Elite
by Emily Eakin, New York Times
Should Pittsburgh recruit gay people to jump-start its economy? Should Buffalo — another fiscally flat-lining city — give tax breaks to bohemians?

This Is Not The Borders I Love
by Wong Wei Kong, Business Times Singapore
What customers want from brick and mortar bookstores like Borders is the browsing experience.