Esquire articles from November 2005

Esquire archives from November 2005

Reebok Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game.(fund-raising event)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... This past July, Esquire and Lincoln Mercury teamed up as sponsors of the 2005 Reebok Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game, which is a celebrity baseball game played in Dallas, Texas each year that benefits charities of the Mike Modano Foundation, the...

Woodford reserve.(StYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... If you're looking to add an air of connoisseurship to your wet bar, better make room for Woodford Reserve bourbon. This premium, small batch bourbon is a consistent gold medal winner and judges' favorite at whiskey tasting competitions and...

Kiwi Express[R] Shine.(StYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)
November 1, 2005... Want to look your best from head to toe? Now Kiwi can help! Kiwi Express Shine Sponge is the fast and easy way to get an instant shine for your shoes. The portable, all-in-one sponge has a unique reservoir that lasts a long time... so you can...

You're thinking about home theater. Imagine home theater that thinks about you.(StYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)
November 1, 2005... The Bose[R] Lifestyle[R] 48 DVD home entertainment system adapts its sound to fit the acoustics of your room. It digitally stores your CDs and then learns your taste in music so It can choose songs for you. And It can expand wirelessly into...

Aldo Brue.(StYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)
November 1, 2005... For the enterprising, dynamic man, living in the present, and loving his own job. For the man who never renounces his freedom, and looking for a stylish, quality shoe, with highly advanced technological characteristics. [ILLUSTRATION...

Think most vodka is made from potatoes? Think again.(STYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)
November 1, 2005... A quick turn of almost any vodka bottle will reveal most are made from grain. Now, we think that's just plain wrong. Each small batch of Chopin is made from 100% handpicked Polish potatoes. And it's the single-ingredient recipe that gives...

Shop Cole Haan.(STYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Shop Cole Haan for the holidays at four exciting new locations. In November, a women's exclusive store premiers at Houston Galleria. Also in November, Cole Haan opens at The Shops at Green Hills, Nashville, NorthPark, Dallas and Bridgeport...

Tourneali Time Dome.(STYLE AGENDA: a special promotion for esquire readers)
November 1, 2005... Tourneau Time Dome, the world's largest watch store, at The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas. With the latest technology and innovative design, Tourneau showcases a collection of more than 8,000 fine timepieces from over 100 world famous...

The Sound and the Fury.(This Way In)
November 1, 2005... Three things every Sound and the Fury should have: 1. Letters that suggest additional entries to a list we recently published. (Because we value your contributions.) 2. A letter responding to a letter published in an earlier Sound and the Fury....

The best dressed list: who me missed.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I must question the selections for "The 21 Best Dressed Men in the World." The list is extremely slim. Some obvious choices were left off: Wynton Marsalis, Ed Bradley, and Stone Phillips. They emanate the aroma of style and class that is...

But you weren't there. They had "the aroma.".(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... The September issue also featured "The Best Dressed Real Men in America," with the five finalists from our competition. If these are the best dressed men in America, we have a problem. I would not send my kid to a school where the principal...

The September issue: an editorial crescendo.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... "Everybody Into the Infinity Pool"? Excellent!" The Last Tailors"? Excellent! "A Totally Scientific Guide to Seduction"? Excellent! "My Outsourced Life"? Excellent! The chances that the September 2005 issue is the best issue Esquire has ever...

Self-assured reader of the month.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... Though not featured in your September issue, I feel that I have a rightful claim to the title Best Dressed Real Man in America. I will not send you photos of me in my best attire. I simply state the facts as I move about my day. When you are...

It was the three-dictators-in-a-bathtub thing, wasn't it?(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... Elsewhere in the issue, Jim Riswold wrote about the art he created during his treatment/:or leukemia--photographs that employ "togs, irony, ridicule, satire, Hitler, and hubris." Reading Jim Riswold's "Hitler Saved My Life," I felt doubly...

On rebuilding the WTC site.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... The September issue contained the first in a multiport series on the construction of the Freedom Tower. Scott Raab's "The Foundation" is a masterpiece. I watched the Twin Towers being built in the late 1960s and early '70s. I look forward...

Request granted: more women.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I'm considering letting my subscription lapse. I've always thought of Esquire as a "girlie" magazine, like Playboy or Penthouse. Was I ever wrong. The July issue had "10 Men" on the cover. Inside, it had only one sixth of a sexy female. I was...

Best dressed real man in America, 1937.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I'm not sure who this is, but this image was taken by my father, Robert P. Dutlinger, probably during his time at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, from 1936 to 1939. Other than the shod feet on the furniture, isn't it perfect? I...

A letter not from Tom Cruises lawyer.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... Chuck Klosterman is a great writer with a unique wit. Obviously, there are plenty of other great things about your magazine, but know that Klosterman is tops. Give that f---er a raise! CHRISTOPHER PUMPHREY Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Response to a response.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... September's Sound and the Fury included letters decrying the profile of Donald Rumsfeld in our July issue, which in turn prompted dozens of responses, many of which criticized those who canceled their subscriptions over the article. One reader...

Passionate letter from a beautiful man's woman.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... My husband, Craig Green, attended the open casting call in Los Angeles for the Best Dressed Real Man in America. Of the forty or so contestants, he made the top ten, but he was not selected by your panel of judges. Instead they selected a young...

Drinks and the single girl.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... Your article "A Totally Scientific Guide to Seduction" (by Neil Strauss, September) was right on the money save the section "Seven Rules for Approaching Women." Even the most sophomoric single girl can maneuver out of the tacit expectations...

Speaking of tacit expectations.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... In your September issue's This Way Out column, Justin Heimberg states that 5 percent of real women have sex in five-inch heels. He then includes a "number where you can reach me if you are one of those women: 212-489-0459." I have tried that...

Context-free highlights from letters we're not running.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)
November 1, 2005... "Pork butt, cottage butt, Boston butt: shoulder." "I missed a call this morning. When I answered my cell phone the line went dead.... Just trying to find out who called." "When you guys can write songs like both 'Hey Jude' and 'Helter...

American stories.
November 1, 2005... On September 5, Mark Warren and Tom Junod rented a minivan outside Atlanta, filled it with supplies, and headed to southern Mississippi to find out What had become of the family and home of the late Larry Arnold. We got to know the Arnold...

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November 1, 2005... CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND Founded in 1998 by John Walton and Ted Forstmann, the Children's Scholarship Fund provides partial tuition assistance for low-income families to send their children to private schools and maximize educational...

Funny * joke from a beautiful woman.(Man at His Best)
November 1, 2005... As told by LEONOR VARELA A man sits alone on the couch with his soon-to-be mother-in-law and the family dog. The man is so nervous that his stomach begins to hurt and--"Pfft!"--he accidentally lets out a little gas. He's horrified until...

The awards: the eight most remarkable things in culture this month.(MAN AT HIS BEST)
November 1, 2005... 1 Loveliest Toll Collector Christy Turlington, from photographer Anton Corbijn's new collection of portraiture, Star Trak. 2 Strangest Liner Notes "The mess hall is where you'll get your first taste of what this is going to be...

Target practice: in George Clooney's new film, Joseph McCarthy stars as the despicable (but easy) mark.(Good Night and Good Luck)
November 1, 2005... In contemporary film syntax, black and white invariably signifies one of two things: arty, or old. As it happens, both attributes permeate Good Night, and Good Luck, George Clooney's new film about legendary CBS news anchor Edward R....

The most suspenseful movie ever made.(Criterion release of film The Wages of Fear)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Masochists, rejoice! Criterion has released a remastered version of Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1953 The Wages of Fear. When a ruthless American oil company needs to transport a ton of nitroglycerine, it hires four desperadoes to drive it across a...

Why aren't you watching ... the alternative?(The Alternative, music video television program)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... If VH1 Classic's The Alternative aired nothing but videos such as the Pet Shop Boys' "Left to My Own Devices," Erasure's "Blue Savannah," and anything by Morrissey, it would be a reminder of the single most emasculating music purchase you ever...

Q+A: Greg Kinnear.(The Screen)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... IN THE MATADOR, Greg Kinnear plays Danny Wright, an American businessman who forms an unlikely partnership with a panic-stricken, tequila-soaked assassin played by Pierce Brosnan. For a supporting actor, that's about as supportive as it gets....

Record of the month: Prairie Wind, by Neil Young.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... AS MUCH AS a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer could be, Neil Young has become something of a B-list legend. More like a Bowie or Costello than a Springsteen or Dylan. Truth be told, it's been a while since missing a new Neff Young album cost you...

The most satisfying 12 minutes of the year.(THE DECLARATION)
November 1, 2005... IT STARTS OUT PATIENTLY, with a pulsating thwomp-thwomp given the slow, dancey shake of a cymbal's tap. Twelve minutes later, after a long, smooth ride from the woods of Kentucky into the far reaches of outer space, you realize that the first...

Q+A: Alex Kapranos.(Music)(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... SCREW THE sophomore slump. Franz Ferdinand's new You Could Have It So Much Better... with Franz Ferdinand is smart, hooky, and slyly danceable. On the set of the video for its first single, we sat down with FF's dapper lead singer.--SCOTT...

How to think like a man, by Raymond Chandler.(Philip Marlowe's Guide to Life, book)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... IN THE HARD-BOILED UNIVERSE of Raymond Chandler, there is only one rule: Don't luck with gumshoe Philip Marlowe--a man whose swagger makes men squirm and women swoon. Editor Martin Asher has scoured Chandler's novels to compile the author's...

Want peace? Try more war.(Books)(The Pentagon's New Map)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... In his best seller The Pentagon's New Map, contributing editor Thomas P.M. Barnett offered a vision of global security based on preemptive war--and sustained defense of the peace that follows, in Blueprint for Action (G. P. Putnam's Sons, $27),...

Big book of the month.(Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... A YEAR BEFORE winning the 1982 Nobel prize, Gabriel Garcia Marquez remarked, "Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.... Very little magic and a lot of hard work are involved." Gabo, nearing 80 now, still busts his hump. Memories...

HighDef? MosDef: two new exceptional Sony handycams point to the future of home video.(Sony HDR-FX1 and Sony HDR-HC1)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 1, 2005... I'm happily ensconced at my home in Telluride, Colorado, having just completed my last day of directing RV, a comedy for Sony Pictures. I learned a lot of things on RV. For instance, Robin Williams has no off button, but he has such a huge...

Things we won't be covering in esquire this month.(The Digital Man)
November 1, 2005... Grapedates.com, a dating Web site for people who share a sophisticated lifestyle and passion for wine. "Crunk Golf, a phone-only golf game featuring Lil Jon teeing off from rooftops, beaches, and L.A. highways. The book How to Meditate with...

Poor man's steak.(Food & Drink)(Recipes)(Meat Loaf and Mushroom-Walnut Sauce)
November 1, 2005... HAIL THE WORTHY meat loaf--as hearty and muscular as the working-men whose household dollars it was invented to stretch. Myself, I grew up disliking the molded brick of beef, but I think that's just because everybody baked ketchup into it. So...

Poor man's scotch.(Food & Drink)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... FINE, FINE, IT'S NOT SCOTCH, It's not even whisky. It's beer. But it's damned fine beer. Scottish brewery Innis & Gunn is the first major brewery to age its ale in American white-oak barrels, the same kind used for Scotch. The result is a...

Restaurant review: brunch at the Scientology cafe.(Food & Drink)(Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International )(Brief Article)(Restaurant Review)
November 1, 2005... On Sunday mornings on the lush grounds of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood, Belgian waffles, lightly seasoned Cajun sea bass, and perfectly runny eggs Benedict are all served buffet-style in a 1920s chateau...

59 things a man should never do past 30: an occasional Esquire service.(The Esquire List)
November 1, 2005... 1. Coin his own nickname. 2. Use a wallet that is fastened with Velcro. 3. Rank his friends in order of best, second best, and so on. 4. Hacky sack. 5. Name his penis his name plus junior. 6. Hang art with tape. 7....

Field Vision: experiment: can the new tinted sports contact lenses from Nike and Bausch & Lomb really make you see better and play better?(Nike Maxsight)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 1, 2005... MATERIALS: One pair "amber" Maxsight soft prescription lenses. One pair clear lenses (control). One seven-a-side soccer tournament at Manhattan's Pier 40 fields, noon till three on a blindingly bright day. One "veteran" defender, four games,...

Ask Dr. Oz: free advice from a medical professional.(The Better Man)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... What should I eat for breakfast if I want to a) get full, b) lose weight, and c) not gag? This: Maple Oatmeal with Plums and Prunes 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked 1/4 cup apple...

Trail mix: shoes and socks for running on rocks.(Injinji Tetratsok, socks)(Inov-8 Flyroc 310, athletic footwear)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 1, 2005... TO HELL WITH TOENAILS. No wonder they're Paris Hilton pink-all you have to do is run a trail too hard. or get a little wrinkle in the tip of your sock, and they'll blacken like a hotel heiress's heart and drop right off. Ultrasport legend...

Sex.(sex advice)(Questions and Answers)
November 1, 2005... Do all women dislike it when you hold their head while you're getting a blow job? And if so, where else should I put my hands? I've put calls in to every living woman, and I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple-Soledad O'Brien is...

Your dilemma: I'm a new triathlete, and I'm on the fence about shaving my legs. On the one hand, it could improve my performance. On the other, I'd be shaving my legs.(hair removal and skin care for athletes)
November 1, 2005... Rodney's wisdom: I say go for it. I am currently training for my third Ironman competition, and I'd estimate that 80 percent of the guys I'll be competing against shave their legs. A silky-smooth calf ain't going to win the race for you, but...

The paleman: summers over. Should your tan go with it?(self-tanners)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... TO SAY I HAVE FAIR SKIN would be an understatement: I'm as swarthy as an iPod. Maybe that's why my editor asked me to simultaneously test half a dozen self-tanners on different parts of my body. If these potions can bronze my alabaster skin,...

Three flag-football plays: ah, thanksgiving--basting a bird, stringing Christmas lights, running a tight post on your brother-in-law.(The Most Useful Page Ever)
November 1, 2005... 1 Archie Manning's "All Hitch" The father of football's first family faxed us this classic from backyard touch-football games with Eli, Peyton, and Cooper. Your postprandial wideouts will appreciate the lazy-man's buttonhooks. 2 "Slant...

The rules.(The Most Useful Page Ever)
November 1, 2005... RULE NO. 687: Any song sung in falsetto would be better if it were sung in the normal way. RULE NO. 714: In the history of cinema, only a handful of moviegoers have finished a large-size tub of popcorn. RULE NO. 746: Throwing a spiral is one of...

How to scramble eggs.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Crack the eggs into a bowl. Season with saltand a pinch of cayenne. Beat for 30 seconds with a whisk to loosen them up. Ideally, your pan should have high sides and a rounded bottom. Put a little bit of butter in the pan over a medium flame;...

What not to say in the U.K.(FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2005... From the new book Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English (Houghton Mifflin, $15) "I'm stuffed" Vulgar. Try "I'm full." "Bummer" Use "disappointing." "Fanny pack" Vulgar. (This shouldn't be in your...

Deleted scene from: "The Squid and the Whale".(motion picture)
November 1, 2005... DIRECTOR NOAH BAUMBACH provided this favorite outtake from his semiautobiographical new film about a New York family's bitter, funny struggle with divorce. Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels are Brooklyn-based writers and the parents of two bookish...

What women read.(sex advice for women from periodical Cosmopolitan)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... As part of our continuing mission to close the gender gap, we present another page from a woman's magazine on the newsstands now: This month, Cosmopoliton, with a circulation of almost three million. In "Hot Sex Trends Worth Trying," the...

Men should knit.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... AS A FARMER, I know my masculinity is measured by how straight my fences run and how thick the calluses on my hands are. I have a wife, three children, and several hundred sheep... and I'm a closet knitter. Or I was until security detained me...

Phony film producers, places to drive drunk & the legend of the tooth fairy.(Questions and Answers)(Column)
November 1, 2005... Esquire's Answer Fella believes that there are no stupid questions, just stupid people who don't ask questions, fearing they'll look stupid. So ask Answer Fella anything. If he doesn't know the answer, he'll find out who does or who has a...

Shameless obsession of the month: the TAGHeuer Aquaracer.(the guide: what to wear and how to wear it: the watch edition)(Aquaracer Calibre S)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Swiss watchmakers are known to make wild claims about their new creations. Nevertheless, TAG Heuer's announcement that the hands of its new Aquaracer Calibre S go counterclockwise caught our attention. Finally, we thought, a way to get back the...

How to use your watch; because sometimes knowing the time just isn't enough.(the guide: useful knowledge)
November 1, 2005... The trick: Clock your speed. How: Good for the mathematically challenged. Using the tachometer on the outside of the dial, time how long it takes to go one mite. If, for example, it takes forty-two seconds, took to the position of the second...

A name you need to know: Parmigiani.(the guide: useful knowledge)(Pink-gold Grande Complication watch )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... For those willing to plunk down the price of a house for a wristwatch, the name Parmigiani is a sure thing. It is, after all, one of the few watchmakers in the world that still makes its own movements, building its watches with no borrowed...

Famous watches of the silver screen.(the guide: useful knowlege)
November 1, 2005... Tinseltown made them famous. You can still buy them. Here, five watches that shine onscreen and off. The Rolex Submariner Worn by: Sean Connery in Goldfinger Current price tag: $3,800. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Oris Modern...

Try these on.(The guide: auditions)
November 1, 2005... Try These On: Who says size doesn't matter? Before you drop coin on a timepiece, cut out the tickers you like most, slap them on your wrist, and take the winner to your retailer. (1) White-gold Classique 5157 watch with leather strap...

How to wear a watch: for every occasion, there is the right ticker.(the guide: user's manual)
November 1, 2005... There are some timepieces that fit all occasions. But they are rare. Very rare. Much more likely is the scenario in which the watch on your wrist must change with the appointment in your schedule. FOR HIGH ROLLIN' Black-tie and other...

The style definition(s): mechanical vs. quartz.(the guide: user's manual)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Mechanical: A timepiece whose movement is powered by a mainspring connected to a system of gears, wheels, and weights. The hands of mechanical watches move smoothly around the face. However, because of the high number of moving parts, they gain...

The Karl Marx of the hardwood: Steve Nash loves soccer, hates war, and represents undeniable proof that socialism works.(basketball player)(Interview)(Column)
November 1, 2005... For seventy-five minutes, I talked to Steve Nash outside a restaurant in Lower Manhattan. Neither one of us ate anything; we mostly just watched it rain. I asked him a lot of questions; he politely answered all of them without saying anything...

Are you ready for some B-ball?(National Basketball Association management under commissioner David Stern)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... IT'S GOOD TO SEE that people have finally stopped insisting that NBA commissioner David Stern is a genius, particularly since he's spent the last ten years doing only one thing: trying to sell the NBA to people who don't care about basketball....

The Chinese are our friends; ... despite everything you hear from the fearmongers at the Pentagon. Don't listen to them. The Sino-American partnership will define the twenty-first century.
November 1, 2005... The greatest threat to America's success in its war on terrorism sits inside the Pentagon. The proponents of Big War (that cold-war gift that keeps on giving), found overwhelmingly in the Air Force and Navy, will go to any length to demonize...

Mr. French ambassador: if Stefano Pilati has his way, men all across America will soon be wearing his three-piece suits. Okay, maybe he won't go that far. But a man can dream, can't he?(Yves Saint Laurent creative director)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... You're forgiven if you don't recognize the lanky bearded Italian roaming these midtown-Manhattan sidewalks. Judging by the quick glances, his fellow pedestrians don't know who Stefano Pilati is, either. It's just obvious that he's somebody....

10 things you don't know about women.
November 1, 2005... 1. You are not the only ones who wish we would stop rambling on about our problems and just make out. 2. We should get paid what you get paid for doing the same job. And you should always pay on the first date. 3. I hate watermelon....

Mississippi Goddamn: in south Mississippi, 2005 had already been a year of calamity for the Arnolds and the Lees and the Cooleys, National Guard families all, each having had a husband or a father or a son sent home from Iraq to be buried. Then the good Lord sent Hurricane Katrina.
November 1, 2005... Bobby slept through it. It must have been loud, too. It had to have been loud, though Bobby's not the kind to say. He was in Picayune. The eye of the thing nicked Picayune, and so Picayune got pretty well skinned. His family was in Carriere,...

The restless man.(ice boating in Montana)
November 1, 2005... There should be a proper school for this kind of thing, a place with a curriculum at least and some liability waivers--give a little instruction on how to stop the goddamn boat. But they don't bother so much in hard-water sailing. They send you...

The best new restaurants 2005.(includes interview with Michelin Guide director Jean-Luc Noret)
November 1, 2005... You'd think, after twenty-two years of reporting on America's best new restaurants, I'd be jaded. True, I've seen the coming and going of nouvelle cuisine, New American cuisine, Nuevo Latino, tablecloths, and tapas. I've sampled food stacked...

The laws of dining.(tips on restaurant food and wine service)
November 1, 2005... * How to get a great table at a restaurant: Become a regular, learn the hosts' names, greet those hosts every time you visit, and tip well. Then ask for those hosts by name when making reservations. * The quality of the food in a restaurant...

The sexiest woman alive: those liquid lips, those pearly ankles, those Boulder shoulders--Jessica Biel is a woman of many parts, all of which we have been assembling in these pages over the last five months. Now, at last, she is whole. Behold.(Interview)(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... I know the body climbing out of that SUV alarming well. I know it better than the body of any other human being, with the possible exception of my wife's. I've been staring at photos of this body for weeks now--thinking about it, scrutinizing...

In praise of the 30s: yeah, there's the sexual-peak thing. And that's part of it. But in so many other ways, too, a woman in her fourth decade represents pure, unlimited potential.(includes comments on actress Gong Li)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Gong Li As Thomas P. M. Barnett points out on page 92, the Chinese are our friends. We're so simpatico, in fact, that they've agreed to lend us a national treasure, thirty-something Gong Li (Farewell Concubine, Raise the Red Lantern), to...

In praise of the 40s: the frankness, the sexiness, the humor, the urgency, the knowledge. Give it up for the forty-something woman, who knows all.(includes comments on actress Sharon Stone)
November 1, 2005... Sharon Stone Seems like only yesterday when Ms. Stone, now forty-seven, announced herself as America's man-eating alpha bitch in Basic Instinct. Kinda looks like yesterday, too, so she should have no trouble reprising that role in Basic...

In praise of the 50s: comfortable in her skin and secure in her secrets, a fiftyish woman is, more than anything, a confident woman.(includes comments on actress Rene Russo)
November 1, 2005... Rene Russo At fifty-one, Rene Russo as a fashion model's comfort with nudity. (dust ask Google.) Which isn't surprising--she modeled well into her thirties before landing her first major film role in 1989's Major League. This month,...

The Esquire survey: the sexiest women on the planet.
November 1, 2005... "Who's the sexiest woman in your country?" That's what we asked the editors of ten foreign editions of Esquire. Some conducted surveys online; others just took an office poll. (Hey, who are we to impose American-style democracy around the...

Greetings from Idiot America: creationism. Intelligent design. Faith-based this. Trust-your-gut that. There's never been a better time to espouse, profit from, and believe in utter, unadulterated crap. And the crap is rising so high, it's getting dangerous.(religious fundamentalism in politics and science)
November 1, 2005... There is some undeniable art--you might even say design--in the way southern Ohio rolls itself into northern Kentucky. The hills build gently under you as you leave the interstate. The roads narrow beneath a cool and thickening canopy as they...

The case for intelligent design: it can't damage science but it will change Christianity.
November 1, 2005... In the beginning, I dropped acid, in Key West. And it wasn't good. The acid, I mean--it wasn't good acid. I bought it at a bar, and it was very impure. It was cut with stuff whose alkaline residues are probably still hanging around my fatty...

Keith Richards: Guitarist; 62, Weston, Connecticut.(Interview)
November 1, 2005... * So far, so good. * There's a canvas, it's called silence. Where do you want to make your mark? A little dab here? And don't forget, don't cover the whole canvas--we don't want a Rubens here! * I don't wave a flag for anything. I'm a...

The making of the twenty-first-century soldier, part three in which the infantry-man, with his brigade, attempts to take down a mosque with his machine gun. Woo hoo!
November 1, 2005... Squad leader: "Buzzell, get over here!" Me, standing at the position of parade rest: "Yes, Sergeant?" Squad leader: "What the hell does that CBFTW shit stand for on your Web site?" Me: "Sergeant, it stands for Colby Buzzell Fights...

How whipped are you? The quiz she doesn't want you to take.
November 1, 2005... 1. Choose the applicable items that are completely out of your control when traveling in a car with your girlfriend/ wife. (Add 1 point for each.) (A) The radio station. (B) The radio volume. (C) The heat/air-conditioning...

A little bit country.(men's fashion and accessories)
November 1, 2005... Inspired by the rustic tweeds and classic corduroys of the European countryside, this fall's finest weekend clothing introduces some distinctly bucolic staples to our city streets. To pay homage, Esquire dispatched its own band of hunters to a...