Suburbs

He dribbles! He shoots! He drives me insane! He dribbles! He shoots! He drives me insane!

The kid next door has discovered basketball, and I have discovered an exquisite torture.
  • Swap meat

    We're told to get married, have children and deny ourselves nothing in terms of sex -- and the conservative suburbanites of "The Lifestyle" have always played by the rules.
  • Soul of the suburbs

    From "American Beauty" to the New York Times, those who satirize and celebrate the burbs seldom understand how they got the way they are.
  • Gang land

    Can the same entertainment media that have popularized gang culture be used to combat gang-related violence? Plus: Men who collect penis bones; capital punishments throughout human history.
  • "American Beauty"

    Kevin Spacey keeps a biting suburban satire from eating itself alive.
  • The new house blend

    Terence Riley, curator of the new MOMA exhibit "The Un-Private House," talks about Martha Stewart, changing domestic ideals and why walking around your house naked is increasingly a public issue.
  • "Something's bound to go wrong"

    A boy who played games with the police and the justice system couldn't outrun the cost of defiance.
  • The original regular

    Cynthia Joyce reviews Liz Phair's new album, 'whitechocolatespaceegg'

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