Letters to the editor
Some of these articles have generated letters to the editor. My favorite part of any magazine or newspaper--at least, it’s the part I always read first! Look below to see if there’s a response posted for a given article.

When I lived in Los Angeles, I worked as a temp slave in human resources (note the irony?) at the corporate headquarters of trendwear honchos Contempo Casuals. The hardest job to fill--literally--was....

"Sweet pepper" is a contradiction in terms, if you stop and think about it. Peppers, the hot pods from South America, were so named because....

Libby’s canned the pumpkin in 1929, but one might wonder what for... there’s no match for the fabulous flavor of pie made from a freshly cooked, ripe pumpkin.

The sun god Mithras was born in a stable. His birth was attended by shepherds. Many comtemporary so-called Christian customs are survivals of solstice customs....

“Inhale,” says Dr. Zhou. Between immaculately groomed fingertips, Zhou holds an acupuncture needle: a sharpened shaft of wire two inches long and six times thicker than a human hair....

Rediscovering a spiritual practice from medieval Europe that makes meditation easy: walking a floor labyrinth.

...each year, we  celebrated Christmas twice: American-style, on Dec. 25, with presents, a tree and stories of Santa Claus, and on Jan. 7, according to Old World custom.