If on a Summer’s Day a Television A city’s orphans are the furniture on its streets, left out for garbage or an enterprising upholsterer. San Francisco photographer Heather Champ examines her town’s left-behinds.

Ana Marie Cox Writer and editor Ana Marie Cox on her new life covering D.C. gossip, the steam-punk culture of National Geographic, and who she’d pick for a steamy weekend in the country: Leon Wieseltier or the first daughters.

The Non-Expert: Economy-size Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week Clay Risen counsels a young man beleaguered by visions of marked-down tuna fish and cases of Two Buck Chuck.

The New American Music Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week: The Fourth of July is here, so let’s get singing. But instead of Yankee-Doodling all over again, here are some melodies that are still patriotic, more fun to sing, and that we can finally remember the words to.