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October 30, 2003

The Power of Memory

Memory is a multibillion-dollar enterprise these days. I am personally on my fourth PDA and angling for a fifth even sleeker, more efficient model.

Reckless

This week, while fires raged, strikes festered and three or four wars smoldered, most of the urgent phone calls I received were about Chaim Seidler-Feller.

The Ring

My girlfriend wants a ring. To say that I didn\’t see this coming is the understatement of the century.

Out of Sight, Out of Power?

The forced retirement of Gov. Gray Davis, and the shattering of the Democratic one-party government in California, marks a major turning point in the political evolution of the state\’s Jews.

Taking Stock of Post-Saddam Iraq

These are interesting times for those of us who supported President Bush\’s decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Trick or Treat?

I asked my long-time friend, "Are you a strict father?" "Not really," he said, "but I wouldn\’t let my daughter out for Halloween."

Disgraced Author Seeks Faith

I was fired in 1998 from my job as a writer at The New Republic and dismissed from several freelance assignments for having fabricated dozens of magazine articles.

Journalistic Fake-Out Before Blair

In spring 1999, filmmaker Billy Ray asked Charles Lane to retrace one of the strangest treks in modern journalism.

15 Years Ago: Young Creator Spells Success ‘O.C.’

Josh Schwartz has been having trouble sleeping. Ever since his new show, "The O.C.," began airing on FOX this summer, he\’s faced insomnia Tuesday nights, anxiously awaiting the public\’s response to each new episode.

Hello Torah, Please Welcome Art

A newly religious female artist came to Chana Rochel Shusterman and told the Orthodox counselor that she was torn between her artistic drive and her religious sensibilities.

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