How to Take Political Credit for Good Economic News Without Getting Laughed At By David Weigel | Posted Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at 9:21 AM Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Blog articles. Follow the Weigel blog. Follow stories by David Weigel. MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. That's the subject of my latest, right here.