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Burgers Without Borders
by Julia Moskin, New York Times
With these recipes for grilled ground meats from around the world, an all-American classic takes on a foreign accent.

The Edible Schoolyard
by Judith Weinraub, Washington Post
For years doctors, nutritionists and parents have deplored the eating habits of American kids. Visionary chef Alice Waters is actually doing something about it.

On Way To Life In Britain, With A Year's Airport Layover
by Marc Lacey, New York Times
After nearly 13 months at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Sanjai L. Shah can safely drop his protest and leave. He is not about to, though.

The Second Coming Of Sartre
by John Lichfield, The Independent
His philosophy inspired a generation, then drifted out of fashion. Now, 100 years after his birth, the life and work of Jean-Paul Sartre are once again highly relevant — and bitterly controversial.

Women Writing Novels Emerge As Stars In Iran
by Nazila Fathi, New York Times
Over the past decade, Iran's best-selling fiction lists have become dominated by women, an unprecendented development abetted by recent upheavals in Iranian society.

Confessions Of A Mask
by David Lehman, Slate

Original Concept? Sorry, We'll Pass
by Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Why in a time of so much dazzling technological innovation, from the iPod to the cellphone camera, were so many gifted filmmakers retreating into the past, devoting their time to remaking flimsy old TV shows and movies?

Reading, Writing, Retailing
by David Eggers, Ninive Calegari and Daniel Moulthrop, New York Times
Most teachers love teaching, but teaching is often not so easy to love.

Our Laughter Will Doom The Royals
by Roy Hattersley, The Guardian
The Queen's spending leaves her open to ridicule, and that is lethal.

The Opening
by Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe
Follow Brian Lesser as he launches a Back Bay trattoria, going from blueprints to braised rabbit in just over a year. He dreams of packing the place and turning a buck. Can he and his team pull it off?

E-Mailapropism
by Charlton Reynders Jr., New York Times
In recent years, mankind has devised means of information transmission so vast and so rapid and so efficient that they would seem to challenge the natural order. But our capacity to communicate nonetheless seems, for some mysterious reason, to have diminished radically.

Their Unexpected Adolescence
by Jonathan Dee, New York Times
Over the last decade, the revolution in medical treatment of H.I.V. has created a generation of young people whose unexpected maturation is both a miracle and an extraordinary challenge. The idea that any H.I.V.-infected child could reach adolescence without knowing he or she has the disease threatens to beggar belief.

The New Fragility Of Marriage, For Better Or For Worse
by Stephanie Coontz, CChronicle Of Higher Education
The current rearrangement of both married and single life is without historical precedent. When it comes to the overall place of marriage in society and the relationship between husbands and wives, nothing in the past is anything like what we have today, even if it may look similar at first glance.

The Race To Alaska Before It Melts
by Timothy Egan, New York Times
To some visitors who fear that global warming is toblame for the accelerated pace of change, theer is a sense of urgency in their travel planning. They seem to be fearful that if they don't get to Alaska soon, they will never see the full glory of the state's frozen magnificence.

Here Comes Jack
by Jesse Walker, Reason
The rise of Jack means that the industry understands it has to innovate. What's unclear is whether it comprehends just what sort of innovations are in order.

Michael Houellebecq's Weekend In L.A.
by Brendan Bernhard, LA Weekly
You dine with Michel Houellebecq at your peril — just ask Oliver Stone.

Big Ideas, Little Books: What A Concept!
by William Grimes, New York Times
All books should be exactly as long as they need to be. There is no ideal length. But like mainstream Hollywood films, nonfiction books have shown a tendency to expand in recent years, for no particular reason.

Flight Suits
by Eric Wilson, New York Times
It's the beginning of another summer travel season, and passengers at some of the busiest airports look little different than if they were shopping at a mall, their increasingly casual wardrobe of T-shirts and shorts have eclipsed any remnants of the golden era of travel, that time before airline deregulation led to cheap tickets, when dressing for the airport meant dressing up.

Exploring Inroads For Tysons Foot Traffic
by Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post
Refashioning North Varginia hub into a downtown faces a major roadblock: Route 7.

Reader, I'm A He
by Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian
When novels by 'Yasmina Khadra' first appeared, literary France thought it had at last found the authentic voice of the Arab woman. But then she turned out to be a man — and not just a man but a veteran Algerian army officer.

Still Love At First Bite
by Jose Antonio Vargas, Washington Post
Oh, the absolute thrill of being 25! The dots before you, waiting to be connected. Or gobbled. Oh, to be Pac-Mac!

For This Author, Writing Is Only The Beginning
by Edward Wyatt, New York Times
Janet Evanovich has transformed herself from a failing writer into a mini-industry.

Consumer Vertigo
by Virginia Postrel, Reason
A new wave of social critics claim that freedom's just another word for way too much to choose. Here's why they're wrong.

A Muslim Woman, A Story Of Sex
by Alan Riding, New York Times
An erotic novel written under a pseudonym might normally struggle to find a mainstream publisher and a wide readership. Not so, it seems, when it is penned by a Muslim woman living in a traditional Arab society.

Enjoying Dad's Altared State
by Kimberly Palmer, Washington Post
I guess he's not soo good at hiding how he really feels.

A Critique Of Stinginess
by David Pagel, Los Angeles Times
Pop art has evolved, creating an ever more fertile fusion of high spirits and purposefully lowbrow aesthetic.

Dad: The Periodical
by David Stewart, Washington Post
Such were the experiences that set the stage for publication of the Grampaland Journal, a four-page quarterly newsletter, now in its second year. It has a circulation of 18 — children, grandchildren and a few other relatives.

Cooks On Fire
by Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
When you walk into a busy Denny's or an IHOP — at 1 p.m. or 4 a.m. — it all seems so brightly lit and inevitable, so orderly and obvious. So easy. But back in the kitchen, war is raging.

The Measure Of A Woman
by Abby Ellin, New York Times
The scale was Grandma's link to the world.

What's Their Real Problem With Gay Marriage? (It's The Gay Part)
by Russell Shorto, New York Times
Maryland's anti-gay-marriage crusaders share this with organizers nationwide: They say they are fighting a disease.

The Doofus Dad
by John Tierney, New York Times
Yes, Homer Simpson may want to duck out for a beer sometimes, but when he sits on that couch with his family he does not look like a man longing to escape. He is at peace. Fatherhood has created on more happy doofus.

Separation Of Church And Hate
by Christina Royster-Hemby, Baltimore City Paper
Local clergy discuss religion and homosexuality.

Disneyland In China Offers A Soup And Lands In A Stew
by Keith Bradsher, New York Times
It all began when Hong Kong Disneyland, a new theme park scheduled to open on Sept 12, announced that it would serve shark's fin soup — a chewy, sinewy, stringy dish that has been a Chinese favorite for two centuries.

Sampling The Store, Bite By Bite
by M.J. McAteer, Washington Post
They say that there is no such thing as a free lunch, but "they" must not be shopping at the right grocery stores.

For 20 Bucks, Is It Worth It?
by Dana Bowen, New York Times
Fewer menu choices, extra costs and smaller portions all make New York's Restaurant Week a blood sport that not every restaurant wants to play.

A Tabloid Story Told In The Face Of Perversity
by Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
The camera is, of course, essential to the making of celebrities, but it can also break them with extraordinary speed and efficiency.

Silence At LACMA Would Be A Sour Note For Everyone
by Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
The museum's new image may be to blame for its plan to cut back its music programs.

So, You Want To Start A Film Festival... Don't.
by Grady Hendrix, Slate
If you're thinking of running a film festival: don't. It will ruin your life. It will clean out your bank account. It will drive away your friends. By the first fabulous day of your event you will wish you were dead.

New Sight In Chernobyl's Dead Zone: Tourists
by C.J. Chivers, New York Times
And now there are tourists, participating in what may be the strangest vacation excursion available in the former Soviet space: the packaged tour of the CChernobyl exclusion zone, scene of the worst civilian disaster of the nuclear age.

Black America's Musical Links To Scotland
by Ben McConville, Scotsman
On the face of it jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie would seem a little out of place on a website devoted to Scottish heritage.

And Next To The Bearded Lady, Premature Babies
by Michael Brick, New York Times
It cost a quarter to see the babies, and people came again and again, to coo and to gasp and say look how small, look how small.

Clear And Present Danger
by Michael E. Rusane, Washington Post
Building something as moumental as the new Wilson Bridge can kill you. It can also give you a reason to live.

The Dad Redefined
by Lisa Teasley, Los Angeles Times
Why Ward Cleaver would no longer cut it.

Not Ready For Their Close-Up
by Clive Thompson, New York Times
Celebrities are considered attractive at least in part because they're suited to the technology of the age.

All Embarrassment, No Riches
by Jan Dalley, Financial Times
I have a problem with the meek — doctrinally.

In Russia, A Young Man's Dream Is Dodging The Draft
by Steven Lee Myers, New York Times
"They say you serve your motherland — you defend it. Well, it is a difficult question. You have to live here a while to understand it."

Conscription Of The Past
by Tristram Hunt, The Guardian
Don't try to turn history teaching into a simple-minded morality play.

High Fidelity
by Brandon Stosuy, Village Voice
From A to B and back again: this is your correspondent, running out of mix tapes.

How To Make A Book
by Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian
This is the story of one of those September books, a 135-page comic novella entitled The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, published by orion, priced £7.99, ISBN number 0297848852, which Gideon Defoe worte, according to the jacket blurb, "to impress a girl."

Turbulence
by David Sedaris, New Yorker
When it's time to change your seat.

When You Wish Upon TV
by James Poniewozik, Time
Need surgery? Can't afford college? House too small? If you've got a sad story, the networks would love to help.

The Season Of Second Chances
by Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
Summer reruns, like forest fires, are a clamity with a good side — nature's way of balancing the ecosystem of television.

Revenge Of The Amateurs
by Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
If a handful of overachieving basement dwellers armed with a consumer-qualty digital camera and some inexpensive 3D animation and video-editing programs can produce such a finely lacquered bit of sci-fi cinema, what precisely do we need Hollywood for?

Not So Star-Struck
by Janice Page, Boston Globe
We're a little funny when it comes to giving people the star treatment here. Chefs and newscasters, jocks and furniture salesmen, professors and pols — these are our biggest celebrities. Is something wrong with us? Maybe we're the only ones getting it right in these celebrity-obsessed times.

The Woman Who Went To The Front Of The Mosque
by Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post
Feminist faces ostracism — or worse — for praying among men.

Question Authorities
by Gary Wolf, Wired
Why it's smart to disobey officials in emergencies.

The Arts Matter — And So Does Drawing Crowds
by Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
"Crisis" may be too easy a word to throw around, when it comes to the perennially dicey business of arts funding, but things are at a pretty bad pass now.

Seasoned Collector
by Julia Watson, Washington Post
Some people collect antiques. Some collect restaurant matchbooks or anything decorated with cows. Janet Cam collects salt.