Norman Mailer appears on the Gilmore Girls

Liberal Jews and Palestinians struggle to make their voices heard -- and to say the right things.

Stanley Bosworth, the mad genius behind one of New York’s legendary schools, is not going gently into that good night.

Why some young lesbians are going beyond feminist politics, beyond androgyny, to explore a new generation of sex roles.

On the day his new flagship store opened in the meatpacking district, Alexander McQueen found time for a light lunch at the Park with his friend Liv Tyler, with whom he shares a passion for the city and a persistent craving for nicotine. Ariel Levy sits in.

Used to be men had only one thing on their minds. But these days, complains the author, they all seem to have a headache.

Lewd folk-punk in costumes? Who'd have thunk the Moldy Peaches would be so good?

So much for sex in the age of conspicuous consumption. since september 11, more New Yorkers want marriages, fewer are having casual sex, and many are happier with their dating lives. Maybe less is more.

Macaulay Culkin's new play, Madame Melville, is about a man reflecting on the searing experiences of his youth. But Culkin's own childhood was infinitely stranger. Now, at age 20, he looks back.