Special Sex Issue

Hot Wired: Getting to the bottom of sex on the Net.

Don't Touch Me There: Couples embrace celibacy in marriage.

Menage á Trois: A trilogy of classic erotica.

Foreplay: Little local sex bites.

Profits of Swoon: In which we discover that the holiday devoted to love has absolutely nothing to do with a saint named Valentine.

News: The Scoop
Smoking as your patriotic duty.

Talking Pictures: Award-winning author-teacher-mom Molly Giles views the brilliant Albert Brooks comedy 'Mother.'

Troubled Times: The horror of war is brought home in the raw maternal anguish of 'Some Mother's Son.'

Sly Sage: Mose Allison slips into the Mystic.

Liver Let Die: Foie gras enthusiasts say paté takes the cake.