People Features

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  • "The Execution of Wanda Jean"

    Director Liz Garbus talks about the death penalty and her documentary on a woman executed for murder.
    By Dimitra Kessenides March 18, 2002

  • Bill Hicks, the black-humored articulator of doubt

    One of America's best and darkest comedians is eight years gone, but with a new biography and a new CD, his career shows no signs of stopping.
    By Jack Boulware March 13, 2002

  • James Carville

    The Ragin' Cajun savages spineless Democrats, journalists who suck up to Bush and the GOP politicians who brought us Enron.
    By Joan Walsh March 11, 2002

  • Loving animals to death

    Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches.
    By Chris Colin March 8, 2002

  • Baked bat

    A recipe from Calvin Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine."
    March 8, 2002

  • "Jurassic Park," eat your heart out

    Ecological historian Tim Flannery describes the days of megafauna, when 13-ton elephants and shoulder-height armadillos clomped around among humans.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski March 7, 2002

  • Sea urchin gonad purée

    A recipe from Calvin Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine."
    March 7, 2002

  • Pig's stomach and abalone

    A recipe from Calvin Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine."
    March 6, 2002

  • Hangin' with the 'tans in Borneo

    Deep in the Indonesian rain forest, our reporter braves tribal war to discover why orangutans may be driven to extinction by America's love for pool cues.
    By Jennifer Hile March 6, 2002

  • Outfoxed

    Wilde called fox hunting the "unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable." On the upside, it's got all the thrill of battle and only 25 percent of the injuries.
    By Sally Eckhoff March 5, 2002

  • Deep-fried horse meat

    A recipe from Calvin Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine."
    March 5, 2002

  • Coconut cream marinated dog on skewers

    A recipe from Calvin Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine."
    March 4, 2002

  • On the prowl with the secret bomb dogs

    Ruff life? These dogs love their duties!
    By Amy Standen March 4, 2002

  • Hitler's clairvoyant

    A new biography tells the bizarre tale of the Jewish psychic who met with the future Führer for private sessions and predicted his rise.
    By Stephen Lemons February 27, 2002

  • Gods and monsters

    The director of the acclaimed new movie "Wendigo" talks about horror, terror, metaphysics, mythology, constructing a moral order and how Sept. 11 undermined his agenda.
    By Dimitra Kessenides February 26, 2002

  • Flesh, robots and God

    Are they becoming us or are we becoming them? One of the world's leading roboticists discusses the machines in our future -- their ability to think, feel, reproduce and achieve personhood.
    By John Glassie February 25, 2002

  • So, they're all gay, right?

    Former U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo talks about the Salt Lake Olympics, the sport's effeminate image and the reactions to his coming out. And no, they're not.
    By King Kaufman February 22, 2002

  • Too Bizzaro for words

    Richard Bizzaro could serve 20 years for disrupting a recent Delta flight. Was he actually acting out the heroic impulses we're supposed to be cultivating?
    By Amy Standen February 20, 2002

  • With Snoop Dogg and the wild tummy shirt girls at Mardi Gras

    Outside, the crowd resembled an endless copulation of confused ants. Inside, a woman attached herself to the Doggfather and squirmed in the light of temporary stardom.
    By Brett Forrest February 19, 2002

  • Tariq Ramadan: The Muslim Martin Luther?

    The author of "To Be a European Muslim" discusses terrorism, the problem of Saudi Arabia and whether Islam can peacefully coexist with the West.
    By Paul Donnelly February 15, 2002

  • Possum capital of the South

    A bizarre tale of muskets, cross-dressing and marsupial hoisting in the Southern town once accused of hiding notorious fugitive Eric Rudolph.
    By Randall Williams February 14, 2002

  • Coming out Rosie

    Is O'Donnell's admission of her sexual preference a bombshell -- or a no-brainer?
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams February 13, 2002

  • How to survive a cougar attack

    "At that moment, with his jaws around my neck, I was reminded that the Holy Spirit is more than one billion times faster than a cougar."
    By Christopher Ketcham February 12, 2002

  • Oldest living surrealist tells all

    Dorothea Tanning, painter, sculptor, writer and wife of Max Ernst, counsels young artists: "Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie stars."
    By John Glassie February 11, 2002

  • Skeleton on ice

    Two members of the U.S. Olympic team discuss what it takes to win in one of the Winter Games' most dangerous events, where competitors shoot headfirst down an ice track at autobahn speeds.
    By Dimitra Kessenides February 8, 2002
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