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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Emily Badger

Emily Badger is a freelance writer in Atlanta whose work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, and Miller-McCune.com. She used to cover college football but can no longer remember what happens in the cover-two defense.

Tattooed Drunk Diamond-Dusted Kentucky Derby Fan

Churchill Downs is like no other sports event, considering sports are barely involved. EMILY BADGER attended her first Derby last year with a family of committed fans and survived to tell the tale. (Profiles | April 30, 2009)

One for You, Nineteen for Me

The president in his speech last night urged for greater federal and personal responsibility to stimulate our economy. But will Americans heed the call on their tax forms? EMILY BADGER explains what it’s like to get audited. (Personal Essays | February 25, 2009)

Rockets to Ruins

Outsiders have meddled in Lebanon for centuries, and the signs are everywhere: Crusader castles, Syrian agents, Häagen-Dazs. EMILY BADGER surveys larger Beirut, from Roman ruins to Hezbollah’s museum exhibits. (Letters From Lebanon | September 19, 2008)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

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Like the man himself, Gore Vidal's scrapbook of the past half-century is unparalleled.

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RoseLee Goldberg

RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts...