Michael Bronksi says that a new study says gay parents create gay kids. How will this research be used by conservatives — and liberals?

Dan Kennedy says that Bush’s rejection of Kyoto rests on three legs: Energy-industry interests, the conservative media — and scientists who contend that global warming doesn’t really exist

Nina Willdorf says that since the 1870s, model-railroad enthusiasts have plied their hobby with varying combinations of craftsmanship and camaraderie, obsessiveness and nostalgia. But all that may be changing.

Kristen Lombardi says that almost two months ago, a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brookline fizzled out after a protester was arrested for allegedly booting a passerby in the behind. Now civil-rights activists say the police just wanted to shut the protest down;

Keri Fisher says that the Chefs Collaborative is championing locally produced and environmentally friendly foods. But is it inadvertently creating a culinary elite?

In Talking Politics, Seth Gitell gets an early start writing about the governor's race

In the Phoenix editorial, minority firefighters send Mayor Menino a long-overdue message: It’s time to spur reform by hiring a civilian commissioner

In Out There, Chris Wright on divorce, love, loneliness, and the benefits of a roll in the hay

In Urban Buy, Suzanne Kammlott on lawn games.

Plus, this just in:

CREEPY CRITTERS : Bug off
TELEVISION : New show on the block
MEDIA : Baron seeks ‘unpredictability’ and ‘edginess’
DO IT YOURSELF : Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map
A MODEST PROPOSAL : Ad nauseam
THE WIZ : Return of the native
CAMPAIGN SNAPSHOT OF STEPHEN MURPHY : Stephen Murphy Running from the right-wing label

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