Slate's 10th Anniversary
Celebrating our first decade with some of our all-time favorite articles, lots of self-congratulation, and a few sharp critiques.
"Listen In on Our Party: The Slate birthday symposium," by Andy Bowers. Posted June 26, 2006.
"Slate's Gawky Adolescence: An anniversary assessment," by Bryan Curtis. Posted June 21, 2006.
"How Slate Looked: Ten years of our designs and redesigns: a slide show," by June Thomas. Posted June 21, 2006.
"What's Wrong With Slate: It's as insufferable as Fox News," by Michael Wolff. Posted June 19, 2006.
"What's Wrong With Slate: And three ways to fix it," by Eugene Volokh. Posted June 19, 2006.
"What's Wrong With Slate:It's shrill and superficial," by David Talbot. Posted June 19, 2006.
"What's Wrong With Slate: It's liberal, contrarian, and haughty," by Jonah Goldberg. Posted June 19, 2006.
"My History of Slate: The founding editor looks back at our first 10 years," by Michael Kinsley. Posted June 18, 2006.
"What Makes Slate Slatey? It's a Web site. It's a magazine. It's a club," by Jacob Weisberg. Posted June 18, 2006.
"A Slate Timeline: Ten years of the magazine's history in 10 minutes," by David Plotz. Posted June 18, 2006.
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Illustration by Charlie Powell.