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The Russert to Judgment - kausfiles
McCain vs. The West Wing - trailhead
"Tough Districts" = White Districts - human nature
No More Underage Nipple Piercings - xx factor
Wake Me When It's Over - Convictions
John's Judges - fraywatch
"We Don't Shill for Anyone …" - chatterbox
Defending Hillary - the has-been
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Coming Soon, the Samsung Washington Monument!
How "naming rights" have become a huge American export.
May 10, 2008, 7:04 AM ET - jurisprudence
Persuasion
Justice Antonin Scalia is persuadable. Or he finally thinks you are.
May 10, 2008, 7:02 AM ET - reading list
Super Books for Pretty Good Moms
Parenting guides that won't make you even more anxious than you already are.
May 10, 2008, 7:00 AM ET - politics
Campaign Junkie
The election trail starts here.
May 10, 2008, 6:56 AM ET - politics
Slate's Delegate Calculator
Obama now looking at 11-delegate pickup from Tuesday.
May 10, 2008, 6:55 AM ET - political futures
Why Vote When You Can Bet?
Slate's guide to all the political markets.
May 10, 2008, 6:54 AM ET - today's pictures
Today's Pictures
Moms.
May 10, 2008, 6:52 AM ET - today's cartoons
Today's Cartoons
Cartoonists' take on Hillary Clinton.
May 10, 2008, 6:50 AM ET
- DAILY VIDEO
FROM SLATE VSummary Judgment: Critics demolish What Happens in Vegas.
- SLIDE SHOWA grungy baseball tour of the Dominican Republic.
- doonesbury
Doonesbury Flashback
Drive-by dorking.
May 10, 2008, 6:44 AM ET - today's papers
Disaster Resistance
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 10, 2008, 6:00 AM ET
Friday, May 9, 2008
- fraywatch
"We Don't Shill for Anyone …"
An exchange between Slate and the producers of The Infinite Mind.
May 9, 2008, 8:16 PM ET - politics
White Voter Trap
Why Clinton wasn't intentionally playing the race card.
May 9, 2008, 6:41 PM ET - explainer
How To Make a Skull Bong
A guide for the ultimate deadhead.
May 9, 2008, 6:02 PM ET - today's blogs
The Next Somalia?
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 9, 2008, 5:46 PM ET - did you see this?
Backflipping Into Jeans
The best of Web video.
May 9, 2008, 5:40 PM ET - slate v
Summary Judgment for May 9
A daily video from Slate V.
May 9, 2008, 5:39 PM ET - trailhead
"Tough Districts" = White Districts
The demographics of Hillary Clinton's slide show for superdelegates.
May 9, 2008, 5:31 PM ET - video
Capitolio
A Magnum photo essay.
May 9, 2008, 4:40 PM ET - moneybox
Game Google, Help the World
Why search-engine optimization makes the Web a better place.
May 9, 2008, 4:02 PM ET - xx factor
Wake Me When It's Over
Lamenting the reality-show theatrics of primary coverage.
May 9, 2008, 3:58 PM ET - election scorecard
At the Foot of the Mountaineers
Obama may be the presumptive nominee, but he probably isn't going to win West Virginia.
May 9, 2008, 2:59 PM ET - other magazines
Break a Leg Like a Girl
The New York Times Magazine on high-school female athletes' alarming injury rates.
May 9, 2008, 2:39 PM ET - the spectator
A Real Nuclear Option for the Nominees
Averting "inadvertent" war in two easy steps.
May 9, 2008, 2:33 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
A steady stream of endorsements for Obama hold Clinton at bay.
May 9, 2008, 2:32 PM ET
- LINE of the DAY"I found that Grand Theft Auto actually offered a less sensational portrait of gangland and ghetto streets than the one put out by most cops, politicians, policymakers, and even academics."Unjustifiable Carnage, Uneasy Alliances, and Lots of Self-DoubtBy Sudhir Venkatesh
- movies
Go, Speed Racer, Go Away!
The Wachowski brothers' high-tech failure.
May 9, 2008, 12:16 PM ET - human nature
Is Food Addictive?
The scientific case for regulating junk food like drugs.
May 9, 2008, 11:33 AM ET - map the candidates
Feeling Ducky
Obama and Clinton are both in Oregon, but Clinton continues on to Kentucky later in the day. McCain is in South Carolina and New York.
May 9, 2008, 11:04 AM ET - Convictions
John's Judges
If you liked the judges picked by Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, you're going to love McCain's picks too.
May 9, 2008, 10:45 AM ET - gabfest
The Green Shirt Gabfest
Listen to Slate's weekly political show.
May 9, 2008, 10:37 AM ET - kausfiles
McCain vs. The West Wing
Is excitable Mark Salter the new Chris Lehane?
May 9, 2008, 7:10 AM ET - gaming
Unjustifiable Carnage, Uneasy Alliances, and Lots of Self-Doubt
What Grand Theft Auto IV gets right about gangland and illegal economies.
May 9, 2008, 6:46 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
Smoking cigars with a major league MVP.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - corrections
Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
May 9, 2008, 4:58 PM ET - today's papers
Let My People In
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 9, 2008, 6:20 AM ET
Thursday, May 8, 2008
- press box
The Russert to Judgment
So now the TV pundits tell us an Obama nomination is certain.
May 8, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - today's blogs
She Said What?
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 8, 2008, 6:29 PM ET - explainer
Burma vs. Myanmar
Why can't the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
May 8, 2008, 6:28 PM ET - war stories
Prison Break
Maybe the Army's not so hidebound after all.
May 8, 2008, 6:07 PM ET - the chat room
Don't Let Your Girls Grow Up To Be Child Stars
Meghan O'Rourke takes readers' questions about Hannah Montana and the Miley Cyrus photos.
May 8, 2008, 5:46 PM ET - hot document
Watchdog, Watch Thyself
Did the Office of Special Counsel violate the very laws it enforces at other federal agencies?
May 8, 2008, 5:10 PM ET - sports nut
87 Is the Loneliest Number
Hyping Sidney Crosby won't fix hockey's problems. Here's how the NHL will win over new fans.
May 8, 2008, 1:56 PM ET - hollywoodland
Steven Spielberg's Last Crusade?
The marriage between Paramount and DreamWorks might be coming to an end.
May 8, 2008, 1:45 PM ET
- Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
Dubious supporters and money woes drive Clinton's odds ever downward.
May 8, 2008, 1:12 PM ET - movies
Manhattan Without Car Alarms
Tim Robbins plays a sound-pollution vigilante in Noise.
May 8, 2008, 11:07 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
Loma del Sueño, José Rijo's mountain of dreams.
May 8, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - family
I'm Talking to You, Corded!
The mismatch of technology and picture books.
May 8, 2008, 7:08 AM ET - politics
It's 3 A.M. What's Your Ring Tone?
New from Slate: The Hillary laugh and more political sound bites for your phone.
May 8, 2008, 5:54 PM ET - dear prudence
A Play Date for Mommy
In honor of Mother's Day: indifferent mothers, neglected mothers, smothering mothers, and more.
May 8, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - today's papers
Her Fight Will Go On
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 8, 2008, 6:30 AM ET
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- chatterbox
Defending Hillary
Psst. Her cheap pander on OPEC is good policy.
May 7, 2008, 7:12 PM ET - explainer
Can a Campaign Go Bankrupt?
What happens to Hillary Clinton's debt when the primaries are over?
May 7, 2008, 6:40 PM ET - moneybox
Corn Dogs
Fuel prices are at record highs, so why are ethanol producers struggling?
May 7, 2008, 6:23 PM ET - television
Farmer Wants a Wife
Gets Carrie Bradshaw wannabes instead.
May 7, 2008, 6:22 PM ET - today's blogs
Hill Street Blues
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 7, 2008, 5:02 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
McGovern, loans, and superdelegates all continue to sink the ship.
May 7, 2008, 4:53 PM ET - moneybox
Obama-nomics
Barack and Michelle are very cautious with their newfound wealth.
May 7, 2008, 3:44 PM ET
- foreigners
What Does It Mean To Be "Pro-Israel"?
The election, and the creation of a new dovish Jewish lobby group, brings the question to the fore.
May 7, 2008, 1:23 PM ET - slate v
Interviews 50 Cents: Blitzing Mother
A daily video from Slate V.
May 7, 2008, 11:58 AM ET - food
Meatless Like Me
I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon.
May 7, 2008, 11:51 AM ET - culture gabfest
The Culture Gabfest Summer Movie Bonanza
Listen to Slate's new show about the week in culture.
May 7, 2008, 11:39 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
A tripleheader with Juan Marichal.
May 7, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - today's papers
The Beginning of the End?
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 7, 2008, 6:27 AM ET - politics
Obama Wins Split Decision
Clinton survives, but barely.
May 7, 2008, 1:16 AM ET
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
- Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
A big loss in North Carolina and a small win in Indiana doom Clinton's chances.
May 6, 2008, 11:21 PM ET - press box
Salvia Divinorum Hysteria
The press helps fuel the next "drug menace."
May 6, 2008, 7:11 PM ET - today's blogs
Are We There Yet?
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 6, 2008, 5:55 PM ET - explainer
Who Owns a Suicide Note?
How the D.C. Madam's last words made it into the newspaper.
May 6, 2008, 5:40 PM ET - hot document
Can't Help Loving
Remembering the woman who defeated anti-miscegenation laws.
May 6, 2008, 4:48 PM ET - fraywatch
Thesis My Words: Religion, Separatism, and Elitism
Listening with a blue-collar ear.
May 6, 2008, 3:37 PM ET - other magazines
Return to the Frey
Vanity Fair revisits one of the publishing industry's biggest fake-memoir scandals.
May 6, 2008, 2:21 PM ET - slate v
Attack-Ad Fodder on a Silver Platter
A daily video from Slate V.
May 6, 2008, 1:59 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
And, lo, on the election day, Deathwatch rested.
May 6, 2008, 1:31 PM ET
- medical examiner
Stealth Marketers
Are doctors shilling for drug companies on public radio?
May 6, 2008, 8:16 PM ET - map the candidates
Clinton Outworks Obama
In Indiana and North Carolina, Hillary holds more events than Barack.
May 6, 2008, 12:22 PM ET - dvd extras
Pop Culture
Do boys today still have time for red balloons?
May 6, 2008, 11:54 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
Meet the D.R.'s version of the Yankees and Red Sox.
May 6, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - shopping
Getting Steamed
What's the best handheld fabric steamer—and can it replace your iron?
May 6, 2008, 7:38 AM ET - the green lantern
Thou Shalt Sort Thy Plastics
How bad is it to mix your soda bottles with your yogurt cups?
May 6, 2008, 7:34 AM ET - poem
"A Place in Maine"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
May 6, 2008, 7:29 AM ET - today's papers
Burma Nightmare
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 6, 2008, 6:30 AM ET
Monday, May 5, 2008
- foreigners
What's Going on in Abkhazia?
The Russians are meddling in Georgia, and America can't do much about it.
May 5, 2008, 7:59 PM ET - explainer
The Unpopular President
Why was Harry Truman as unloved as George W. Bush?
May 5, 2008, 6:47 PM ET - chatterbox
Clinton-Wallace Mix 'n' Match
Match the quotation with the angry white male!
May 5, 2008, 6:27 PM ET - today's blogs
Deal, Er, No Deal
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 5, 2008, 5:57 PM ET - war stories
The Army's Math Problem
We don't have any more soldiers to send to Afghanistan unless we take some out of Iraq.
May 5, 2008, 4:56 PM ET 
the highbrow'Tweenyboppers at Work
The Miley Cyrus controversy.
May 5, 2008, 5:46 PM ET- moneybox
Yahoo-bris!
A company with a history of overpaying lost a great deal when it couldn't force Microsoft to overpay. Now what?
May 5, 2008, 3:06 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
With Indiana within reach, Clinton's chances inch up.
May 5, 2008, 2:12 PM ET - slate v
Dear Prudence: My Friend's Husband is Cheating!
A daily video from Slate V.
May 5, 2008, 2:10 PM ET
- well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
To the Caribbean in search of the old ball game.
May 5, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - jurisprudence
Little Sudan
What should Israel do with its thousands of Christian and Muslim African refugees?
May 5, 2008, 12:51 PM ET - juicy bits
Bill Clinton's Post-Presidential Life
The juiciest bits from a new bio.
May 5, 2008, 12:49 PM ET - fighting words
Are We Getting Two for One?
Is Michelle Obama responsible for the Jeremiah Wright fiasco?
May 5, 2008, 11:24 AM ET - politics
Clinton's Final Full Day in Indiana
Plus, Obama shows he's patriotic and personable.
May 5, 2008, 10:20 AM ET - human nature
Not Black and White
Rethinking race and genes.
May 5, 2008, 8:03 AM ET - books
Pop Goes Christianity
The deep contradictions of Christian popular culture.
May 5, 2008, 7:43 AM ET - today's papers
Out of Sight
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 5, 2008, 6:32 AM ET
Sunday, May 4, 2008
- recycled
Why Did Eight Belles Have To Be Euthanized?
The reason a broken leg is such bad news for a horse.
May 4, 2008, 3:57 PM ET
- today's papers
No Deal
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Ben WhitfordMay 4, 2008, 7:59 AM ET
- Today's Papers
- Today's Blogs
- Other Magazines
- hot document
Watchdog, Watch Thyself - explainer
How To Make a Skull Bong - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
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