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Arts & Life
- movies
Baghead, reviewed.
Dana Stevens
July 25, 2008, 4:40 PM ET - television
How to watch Evelyn Waugh.
Troy Patterson
July 25, 2008, 3:08 PM ET - family
Where the wild boys are.
Emily Bazelon
July 25, 2008, 7:05 AM ET - today's pictures
That voodoo that you do.
July 25, 2008, 7:03 AM ET - culturebox
X-Files: I Want To Believe isn't about aliens—is that a good thing?
Juliet Lapidos
July 24, 2008, 6:39 PM ET - movies
The X-Files: I Want To Believe, reviewed.
Dana Stevens
July 24, 2008, 6:05 PM ET - television
Mad Men, Season 2, reviewed.
Troy Patterson
July 24, 2008, 12:04 PM ET - dear prudence
Advice on manners and morals (July 24, 2008).
July 24, 2008, 6:54 AM ET - architecture
Can the iconoclastic architect design a structure that's cheap, green, and secure?
Witold Rybczynski
July 23, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - recycled
The lament of a summer landlord.
Jodie T. Allen
July 22, 2008, 2:05 PM ET - fraywatch
Watch Generation Kill, read the review
Moira Redmond
July 22, 2008, 10:35 AM ET - books
James Wood's How Fiction Works.
Judith Shulevitz
July 22, 2008, 7:38 AM ET - family
Hollywood wants to teach your kid to read.
Erica S. Perl
July 22, 2008, 7:36 AM ET - poem
"Siren"
Paul Breslin
July 22, 2008, 7:33 AM ET - day to day
Slate on Day to Day for the week of July 14.
July 19, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - culturebox
What Generation Kill gets right about the invasion of Iraq.
Peter Maass
July 18, 2008, 3:44 PM ET - movies
Mamma Mia! reviewed.
Dana Stevens
July 18, 2008, 3:17 PM ET - the spectator
The Dostoyevskian pleasures of Jimmy Breslin's The Good Rat.
Ron Rosenbaum
July 18, 2008, 7:24 AM ET - music box
The problem of cross-genre covers.
Jonah Weiner
July 18, 2008, 7:22 AM ET - culturebox
Why Shakespeare is the world's worst stolen treasure.
Paul Collins
July 17, 2008, 2:40 PM ET - movies
The Dark Knight, reviewed.
Dana Stevens
July 17, 2008, 2:35 PM ET - explainer
Why would booksellers buy the new Madonna tell-all if they didn't know what it was about?
Noreen Malone
July 17, 2008, 11:50 AM ET - culture gabfest
Slate's Culture Gabfest for July 17.
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner
July 17, 2008, 10:44 AM ET - fraywatch
What readers know about that New Yorker cover.
Moira Redmond
July 17, 2008, 9:51 AM ET - dear prudence
Advice on manners and morals (July 17, 2008).
July 17, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - slate v
Introducing Slate's "Open Book."
July 16, 2008, 10:47 AM ET - the audio book club
The Audio Book Club on Netherland.
Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe
July 16, 2008, 10:35 AM ET - art
The Brooklyn Museum crowd-sources a photography exhibition.
Mia Fineman
July 16, 2008, 7:03 AM ET
Campaign 2008
- map the candidates
Obama makes his last two stops overseas in France and England. McCain is in Colorado.
E.J. Kalafarski and Chadwick Matlin
July 25, 2008, 2:03 PM ET - trailhead
Missed Connections at Obama.com
July 25, 2008, 12:47 PM ET - kausfiles
LAT bans its bloggers from discussing Edwards charges.
Mickey Kaus
July 25, 2008, 1:44 PM ET - dispatches
Obama goes to Israel.
Dina Kraft
July 24, 2008, 12:43 PM ET - war stories
How much does John McCain really know about foreign policy?
Fred Kaplan
July 23, 2008, 5:45 PM ET - kausfiles
Edwards, busted.
Mickey Kaus
July 23, 2008, 1:56 AM ET - politics
McCain's sloppy attacks on Obama are not the path to victory.
John Dickerson
July 22, 2008, 7:36 PM ET - politics
The promise and peril of the Obama world tour.
John Dickerson
July 17, 2008, 6:52 PM ET - Obamamania
The dictionary of Obamaisms, updated daily.
Chris Wilson
July 17, 2008, 3:41 PM ET - politics
The quest for this year's sexy swing demographic.
Christopher Beam
July 16, 2008, 6:07 PM ET - politics
Slate's "Choose Your Own Running Mate" game.
Chris Wilson
July 16, 2008, 7:00 AM ET - foreigners
Why are the candidates campaigning abroad?
Anne Applebaum
July 14, 2008, 8:03 PM ET - politics
The high campaign art of killing your friends.
John Dickerson
July 14, 2008, 8:00 PM ET - politics
Where does the "terrorist fist jab" come from?
Christopher Beam
July 14, 2008, 5:15 PM ET - Obamamania
The dictionary of Obamaisms, updated daily.
Chris Wilson
July 14, 2008, 11:25 AM ET - Obamamania
The dictionary of Obamaisms, updated daily.
Chris Wilson
July 10, 2008, 10:50 AM ET - kausfiles
Jesse Jackson has a point!
Mickey Kaus
July 14, 2008, 4:44 AM ET - jurisprudence
Obama veers to the right, but does he need to take the Constitution with him?
Doug Kendall and Dahlia Lithwick
July 9, 2008, 6:05 PM ET
News & Politics
- xx factor
Condom controversy.
July 25, 2008, 7:29 PM ET - press box
What does Rupert Murdoch Want? Paul Steiger hasn't a clue.
Jack Shafer
July 25, 2008, 6:00 PM ET - politics
The senator hasn't shown us much yet.
John Dickerson
July 25, 2008, 5:58 PM ET - other magazines
What's new in Time, the Economist, New York Time Magazine, and more.
Morgan Smith
July 25, 2008, 4:01 PM ET - the chat room
Emily Bazelon takes readers' questions on the crimes potentially committed by the Bush administration.
July 25, 2008, 2:16 PM ET - gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest for July 25.
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
July 25, 2008, 1:25 PM ET - today's cartoons
Cartoonists' take on John McCain.
July 25, 2008, 7:01 AM ET - doonesbury
One out of four ain't bad.
July 25, 2008, 7:00 AM ET - kausfiles
LAT bans its bloggers from discussing Edwards charges.
Mickey Kaus
July 25, 2008, 1:44 PM ET - today's papers
The United States steps up efforts to give visas to Iraqis.
Daniel Politi
July 25, 2008, 6:11 AM ET - explainer
How healthy do you have to be to become a truck driver?
Jacob Leibenluft
July 24, 2008, 6:49 PM ET - chatterbox
The health insurers' AstroTurf.
Timothy Noah
July 24, 2008, 5:44 PM ET - jurisprudence
It's not quite time to let bygones be bygones.
Dahlia Lithwick
July 24, 2008, 4:48 PM ET - jurisprudence
An interactive guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking.
Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson
July 24, 2008, 6:55 AM ET - today's papers
The House easily passes a sprawling bill to help prop up the U.S. housing market.
Daniel Politi
July 24, 2008, 6:14 AM ET - press box
Why the press is ignoring the Edwards "love child" story.
Jack Shafer
July 23, 2008, 7:31 PM ET - chatterbox
Karadzic's gift to Jonah Goldberg.
Timothy Noah
July 23, 2008, 5:55 PM ET - today's papers
Obama defends the Iraq withdrawal plan and moves on to Israel.
Daniel Politi
July 23, 2008, 6:28 AM ET - kausfiles
Edwards, busted.
Mickey Kaus
July 23, 2008, 1:56 AM ET - politics
McCain's sloppy attacks on Obama are not the path to victory.
John Dickerson
July 22, 2008, 7:36 PM ET - explainer
How do you diagnose a case of autism?
Juliet Lapidos
July 22, 2008, 6:57 PM ET - bushisms
Bushism of the Day
Jacob Weisberg
July 22, 2008, 5:27 PM ET - chatterbox
The health care reform slugfest begins.
Timothy Noah
July 22, 2008, 5:24 PM ET - press box
Bogus trend stories from the Times, the Post, and the Globe.
Jack Shafer
July 22, 2008, 4:42 PM ET - other magazines
What's new in Newsweek, the Weekly Standard, Mother Jones, and more.
Morgan Smith
July 22, 2008, 3:33 PM ET - today's papers
The Iraqi government says it wants U.S. combat troops to be gone by the end of 2010.
Daniel Politi
July 22, 2008, 6:20 AM ET - foreigners
Changing the world one schoolbook at a time.
Anne Applebaum
July 21, 2008, 8:01 PM ET - explainer
Can President Bush pardon people who haven't even been charged with a crime?
Jacob Leibenluft
July 21, 2008, 6:36 PM ET - bushisms
Bushism of the Day
Jacob Weisberg
July 21, 2008, 4:17 PM ET - fighting words
How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists' claims.
Christopher Hitchens
July 21, 2008, 11:34 AM ET - today's papers
As Americans buy less gas, they're inadvertently cutting into money for highway projects.
Daniel Politi
July 21, 2008, 6:26 AM ET - today's papers
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki endorses Obama's plan for withdrawal
Ryan Grim
July 20, 2008, 6:08 AM ET - reading list
The best Web sites on the press, plus books to read on New Journalism.
Jack Shafer
July 19, 2008, 6:52 AM ET - today's papers
Bush seemingly agrees to a troop-withdrawal schedule.
Barron YoungSmith
July 19, 2008, 5:38 AM ET - explainer
What's a bank run, and how do you get on the FDIC's secret problem list?
Jacob Leibenluft
July 18, 2008, 5:15 PM ET - press box
Building a better anonymice trap.
Jack Shafer
July 18, 2008, 4:31 PM ET - other magazines
What's new in Washington Monthly, Time, Heeb, and more.
Morgan Smith
July 18, 2008, 3:49 PM ET - bushisms
Bushism of the Day
Jacob Weisberg
July 18, 2008, 3:14 PM ET - explainer
How does a canine cop become a "sworn officer?"
Brian Palmer
July 18, 2008, 1:53 PM ET - today's papers
The Pentagon hasn't acknowledged the full extent of electrical risks at bases in Iraq.
Daniel Politi
July 18, 2008, 6:09 AM ET - chatterbox
Adam Bellow agonistes.
Timothy Noah
July 17, 2008, 7:18 PM ET - politics
The promise and peril of the Obama world tour.
John Dickerson
July 17, 2008, 6:52 PM ET - bushisms
Bushism of the Day
Jacob Weisberg
July 17, 2008, 6:13 PM ET - the chat room
Jack Shafer takes readers' questions about anonymous sources in the news.
July 17, 2008, 5:23 PM ET
Business & Tech
- moneybox
What's really killing the land-line telephone business.
Daniel Gross
July 25, 2008, 1:05 PM ET - moneybox
Teaching Brangelina and other celebrities how to be better economists.
Chadwick Matlin
July 25, 2008, 11:44 AM ET - moneybox
Slate readers' responses to our call for Starbucks memories.
Chadwick Matlin
July 25, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - today's business press
Stocks get clocked.
Matthew Yeomans
July 25, 2008, 6:15 AM ET - today's business press
Arctic oil rush!
Matthew Yeomans
July 24, 2008, 6:25 AM ET - moneybox
Desperate American banks are selling everything that isn't nailed down—except the private jets.
Daniel Gross
July 23, 2008, 4:17 PM ET - technology
How professional locksmiths are getting picked apart online.
Farhad Manjoo
July 23, 2008, 3:39 PM ET - today's business press
Redefining bad.
Matthew Yeomans
July 23, 2008, 6:33 AM ET - green room
Will greener planes fly?
Christopher Flavelle
July 22, 2008, 2:24 PM ET - today's business press
Icahn in, Yang out?
Matthew Yeomans
July 22, 2008, 7:12 AM ET - technology
Have corporate-sponsored Internet pranks gone too far?
Farhad Manjoo
July 21, 2008, 7:05 PM ET - moneybox
Save your Starbucks! Slate wants to hear the symptoms of your withdrawal.
Chadwick Matlin
July 21, 2008, 6:23 PM ET - moneybox
If the federal government can't accurately forecast which jobs will grow, can anyone do it?
Jacob Leibenluft
July 21, 2008, 3:29 PM ET - today's business press
Paulson plays the pundits.
Matthew Yeomans
July 21, 2008, 7:55 AM ET - moneybox
Can the FDIC prevent the meltdown of America's banking industry?
Daniel Gross
July 18, 2008, 12:39 PM ET - moneybox
Online auctions are past their prime. Neither eBay nor Wall Street knows what that means for the future.
Chadwick Matlin
July 17, 2008, 11:53 AM ET - technology
How good are the new applications for the iPhone?
Farhad Manjoo
July 16, 2008, 4:27 PM ET - moneybox
The hot business catchphrase of 2008, and what it really means.
Daniel Gross
July 16, 2008, 12:38 PM ET - the browser
How to take a Web head shot.
Michael Agger
July 15, 2008, 7:15 AM ET - moneybox
The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout would be an incredible bargain.
Daniel Gross
July 14, 2008, 6:25 PM ET - ad report card
The weird science of stock photography.
Seth Stevenson
July 14, 2008, 1:06 PM ET - technology
Can I resist the iPhone 3G?
Reihan Salam
July 14, 2008, 12:31 PM ET - moneybox
Farewell, Fake Steve Jobs.
Stanley Bing
July 14, 2008, 11:59 AM ET - technology
Why Chris Anderson's "Long Tail" theory might be all wrong.
Farhad Manjoo
July 14, 2008, 7:25 AM ET - the undercover economist
Stop blaming speculators for high oil prices.
Tim Harford
July 12, 2008, 7:27 AM ET - moneybox
Why the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can't be allowed to fail.
Daniel Gross
July 11, 2008, 6:10 PM ET - moneybox
High gas prices threaten Zipcar's car-sharing model—yet more companies than ever want in on the action.
Chadwick Matlin
July 11, 2008, 7:45 AM ET - moneybox
How the housing bust burned investors in the S&P 500.
Daniel Gross
July 10, 2008, 6:54 PM ET - moneybox
Good crop, bad crop.
Christopher Flavelle
July 10, 2008, 1:29 PM ET - moneybox
U Better Sell, and other reader suggestions for renaming UBS.
Daniel Gross
July 9, 2008, 4:47 PM ET - moneybox
Phil Gramm's UBS problem.
Daniel Gross
July 7, 2008, 5:58 PM ET - the chat room
Erik Lundegaard discusses the importance of movie critics.
July 3, 2008, 5:33 PM ET - hey, wait a minute
What health benefits, exactly, is Activia yogurt supposed to offer?
Lauren Sandler
July 3, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - gearbox
If gas prices are killing you, here's a guide to thrifty motorcycles and scooters.
Sam Whitehead
July 3, 2008, 6:57 AM ET - moneybox
It's OK to feel guilty about eating fast food, but is it the government's job?
Christopher Flavelle
July 2, 2008, 6:28 AM ET
Health & Science
- explainer
What could make a can of bug spray explode?
Amaka Maduka
July 25, 2008, 5:05 PM ET - human nature
Is it wrong to kill animals for tissue transplants?
William Saletan
July 25, 2008, 8:05 AM ET - medical examiner
How hospitals are killing E.R. patients.
Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines
July 24, 2008, 6:54 AM ET - what's up, doc?
Does Viagra help women on antidepressants?
Sydney Spiesel
July 23, 2008, 1:37 PM ET - the green lantern
Is it better for the environment to drink cow's milk or soy milk?
Jacob Leibenluft
July 22, 2008, 4:25 PM ET - what's up, doc?
Do IMF loans lead to higher rates of tuberculosis?
Sydney Spiesel
July 22, 2008, 12:22 PM ET - human nature
Killing real people becomes a video game.
William Saletan
July 22, 2008, 7:52 AM ET - human nature
The U.S. military's sleep-reduction program.
William Saletan
July 16, 2008, 8:01 AM ET - medical examiner
Rising C-section rates and cholesterol drugs for kids.
Sydney Spiesel
July 14, 2008, 2:02 PM ET - human nature
JonBenet Ramsey and the death penalty.
William Saletan
July 11, 2008, 10:14 AM ET - the dismal science
Why are public schools so bad at hiring good teachers?
Ray Fisman
July 11, 2008, 7:50 AM ET - green room
Pixar's Wall-E sends the wrong message about obesity and the environment.
Daniel Engber
July 10, 2008, 4:46 PM ET - the chat room
"The Green Lantern" talks to readers about hybrids vs. used cars.
July 10, 2008, 1:30 PM ET - human nature
Why public toilets should pay you.
William Saletan
July 9, 2008, 8:30 AM ET - medical examiner
The miseries of losing the sense of smell.
Elizabeth Zierah
July 8, 2008, 5:36 PM ET - the green lantern
Is it more energy-efficient to buy a used car than a brand-new hybrid?
Brendan I. Koerner
July 8, 2008, 7:29 AM ET - human nature
Male pregnancy and a la carte sex changes.
William Saletan
July 8, 2008, 12:36 AM ET - medical examiner
Unpacking the science of sex difference.
Amanda Schaffer
July 7, 2008, 10:10 AM ET - human nature
Ape rights and the myth of animal equality.
William Saletan
July 1, 2008, 7:52 AM ET - the green lantern
Does it really save gas to roll down your car windows instead of flipping on the AC?
Brendan I. Koerner
July 1, 2008, 7:48 AM ET - xx factor
Women CEOs who hire their husbands.
July 25, 2008, 7:29 PM ET - medical examiner
The invasion of the surgeon robots.
Kent Sepkowitz
June 27, 2008, 12:57 PM ET - human nature
Sexual hypocrisy and the Internet.
William Saletan
June 27, 2008, 8:06 AM ET - human nature
A genetic theory of homosexuality.
William Saletan
June 25, 2008, 8:04 AM ET - green room
The life story of a tick.
Constance Casey
June 24, 2008, 8:04 AM ET - Science
How smart is the octopus?
Carl Zimmer
June 23, 2008, 1:14 PM ET - reading list
Why the Brits are way more up-to-date than Americans on science and technology.
William Saletan
June 21, 2008, 9:12 AM ET - Science
Neuropunditry in the pages of the Atlantic.
Daniel Engber
June 18, 2008, 4:48 PM ET - human nature
The gay culture war is about to turn chemical.
William Saletan
June 18, 2008, 8:29 AM ET - medical examiner
Should criminals have equal access to scarce treatment?
Sally Satel
June 17, 2008, 3:33 PM ET - the green lantern
Are electric hand dryers better for the environment than paper towels?
Brendan I. Koerner
June 17, 2008, 7:17 AM ET - human nature
Bush, McCain, and political life extension.
William Saletan
June 16, 2008, 7:40 AM ET - medical examiner
Can a night owl become a morning person? A Slate experiment.
Deepa Ranganathan
June 13, 2008, 4:26 PM ET
Style & Shopping
- recycled
A brief history of the bikini.
Julia Turner
June 25, 2008, 5:56 PM ET - fashion
Why are fashion designers suddenly obsessed with sleeves?
Josh Patner
June 20, 2008, 6:10 PM ET - fashion
What's wrong with Carrie's clothes in Sex and the City.
Julia Turner
May 29, 2008, 3:37 PM ET - shopping
What's the best handheld fabric steamer—and can it replace your iron?
Laura Moser
May 6, 2008, 7:38 AM ET - shopping
What's the best popcorn popper?
Torie Bosch
March 27, 2008, 7:49 AM ET - fashion
Which Oscar dresses were best?
Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:50 AM ET - dispatches
Fashion Week: What's everybody scribbling about in their notebooks?
Josh Patner
Feb. 8, 2008, 6:50 PM ET - fashion
Cocktail Chatter: How to fake your way through Fashion Week.
Josh Patner
Feb. 1, 2008, 6:15 PM ET - shopping
Humidifiers to help you through the winter.
Laura Moser
Jan. 31, 2008, 7:25 AM ET - shopping
What Maxim, Consumer Reports, and Vogue recommend you give for Christmas.
Brendan I. Koerner
Dec. 13, 2007, 7:49 AM ET - shopping
Assessing the best portable DVD players.
Sam Eifling
Dec. 6, 2007, 2:58 PM ET - shopping
What's the best inflatable mattress?
Torie Bosch
Nov. 15, 2007, 7:31 AM ET - shopping
What's the top photo printer?
Scott Elder
Oct. 25, 2007, 2:43 PM ET - shopping
The best Bluetooth cell phone headsets.
Laura Moser
Oct. 4, 2007, 12:20 PM ET - design
Muji is opening U.S. stores. Hallelujah!
Michael Hsu
Sept. 21, 2007, 10:51 AM ET - shopping
The search for the ultimate snoring remedy.
Chip Brantley
Sept. 20, 2007, 3:11 PM ET - the chat room
Emily Yoffe talks with readers about trampy 'tween styles.
Aug. 30, 2007, 7:21 PM ET - shopping
Backpacks you and your first-grader will love.
Jennifer Howard
Aug. 30, 2007, 3:52 PM ET - fashion
Shopping for clothes that will—and won't!—make your daughter look like a tramp.
Emily Yoffe
Aug. 24, 2007, 12:32 PM ET - shopping
Reusable water bottles you'll actually want to use.
Laura Moser
Aug. 21, 2007, 3:05 PM ET - shopping
Are some portable ACs superior to others?
Melonyce McAfee
Aug. 7, 2007, 7:25 AM ET - fashion
Field-testing Heelys, the sneakers with wheels.
John Swansburg
Aug. 2, 2007, 7:25 AM ET - shopping
Kiddie pools your children will adore.
Jennifer Howard
July 24, 2007, 7:15 AM ET - the highbrow
How Crocs conquered the world.
Meghan O'Rourke
July 13, 2007, 10:55 AM ET - shopping
Scouting out the best water guns.
Chad Lorenz
July 10, 2007, 6:30 AM ET - recycled
A brief history of the bikini.
Julia Turner
July 3, 2007, 6:28 PM ET - shopping
Finding the best portable beach chair.
Tom Bartlett
July 3, 2007, 7:21 AM ET - shopping
Sussing out the best stain removers.
Dan Crane
June 28, 2007, 7:10 AM ET - shopping
Which portable grill cranks up the heat?
Jude Stewart
June 5, 2007, 1:44 PM ET - fashion
Elegy for the tie clip.
Paul Devlin
May 29, 2007, 7:15 AM ET - fashion
How Poiret freed us from the corset.
Josh Patner
May 18, 2007, 11:22 AM ET - shopping
We wade through the Mother's Day books so you don't have to.
Dahlia Lithwick
May 11, 2007, 5:15 PM ET - shopping
Which flat iron can conquer my crazy curls?
Torie Bosch
April 24, 2007, 7:26 AM ET - shopping
Which microlender makes best use of my $20?
Jude Stewart
March 15, 2007, 7:03 AM ET - fashion
Can American Apparel replace the Gap?
Lucinda Rosenfeld
March 14, 2007, 7:23 AM ET - fashion
The rise of shmatte chic.
Alana Newhouse
March 2, 2007, 1:31 PM ET - recycled
R.I.P. Forth & Towne
Julia Turner
Feb. 26, 2007, 2:21 PM ET - fashion
Which Oscar dresses were best?
Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner
Feb. 26, 2007, 5:56 AM ET - fashion
This coat could save American fashion.
Josh Patner
Feb. 16, 2007, 6:01 PM ET - fashion
A field guide to young American designers.
Josh Patner
Feb. 9, 2007, 7:02 PM ET - dispatches
Fashion Week: accessories hell.
Troy Patterson
Feb. 7, 2007, 7:39 PM ET - shopping
Digital projectors worth the splurge.
Josh Levin
Feb. 1, 2007, 7:01 AM ET - shopping
Which book light outshines the others?
Tom Bartlett
Jan. 17, 2007, 4:33 PM ET
Travel & Food
- drink
The perfect summer wine: Muscadet.
Mike Steinberger
July 23, 2008, 4:56 PM ET - recycled
The past and future of competitive eating injuries.
Jason Fagone
July 3, 2008, 1:06 PM ET - food
Can a book teach my husband how to handle a knife?
Sara Dickerman
July 2, 2008, 6:31 AM ET - jurisprudence
Can prison food be unconstitutionally bad?
Arin Greenwood
June 24, 2008, 8:07 AM ET - explainer
Where do the unusual names for Chinese menu items come from?
Brian Palmer
June 23, 2008, 3:04 PM ET - summer vacation
Is it better for the planet to grill with charcoal or gas?
Brendan I. Koerner
June 23, 2008, 2:07 PM ET - summer vacation
Pasta salad doesn't have to be tasteless.
Sara Dickerman
June 23, 2008, 8:14 AM ET - reading list
Books, articles, and Web sites about travel.
June Thomas
July 5, 2008, 7:49 AM ET - well-traveled
Eco-touring in Honduras.
Elisabeth Eaves
June 6, 2008, 10:27 AM ET - dispatches
Travels in the former Soviet Union.
Joshua Kucera
May 23, 2008, 12:56 PM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-style.
Bryan Curtis
May 9, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - well-traveled
Five days of Disney.
Seth Stevenson
March 28, 2008, 11:39 AM ET - dispatches
A terror tour of Israel.
Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger
March 14, 2008, 7:23 AM ET
Sports
- five-ring circus
Stop picking on Beijing's Olympic mascots.
Seth Stevenson
July 24, 2008, 11:26 AM ET - sports nut
Why I hate Michael Chang.
Huan Hsu
July 23, 2008, 6:56 AM ET - five-ring circus
Do Dara Torres' "secrets to success" hold up?
Amanda Schaffer
July 16, 2008, 4:48 PM ET - sports nut
Derek Jeter vs. the baseball researchers.
Nate DiMeo
July 14, 2008, 7:24 AM ET - sports nut
The great basketball exodus: a Slate thought experiment.
Jacob Leibenluft
July 10, 2008, 4:03 PM ET - sports nut
How Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon.
Daniel Seidel
July 7, 2008, 10:04 AM ET - five-ring circus
A disaster guide for the Beijing Summer Olympics.
Lucy Morrow Caldwell, Kara Hadge, Nayeli Rodriguez, and Derek Thompson
July 2, 2008, 1:15 PM ET - foreigners
These days, the ethnic composition of sports teams is as fluid as the makeup of the nations they represent.
Anne Applebaum
June 30, 2008, 8:02 PM ET - sports nut
Should we care that racehorses are taking steroids?
Daniel Engber
June 27, 2008, 3:10 PM ET - sports nut
Kevin Garnett shows the world how to celebrate an NBA title.
Josh Levin and John Swansburg
June 18, 2008, 2:13 PM ET - sports nut
What Kobe Bryant can teach NBA Commissioner David Stern.
Tom Scocca
June 12, 2008, 10:30 AM ET - reading list
The best soccer Web sites and books to read during the Euro 2008 tournament.
Jody Rosen
June 7, 2008, 7:32 AM ET - sports nut
A dispatch from Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
John Swansburg
June 6, 2008, 1:20 PM ET - sports nut
Do the Lakers have an advantage in the NBA Finals because they're so white?
Daniel Engber
June 5, 2008, 11:33 AM ET - sports nut
The enduring popularity of the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. card.
Darren Rovell
May 29, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - sports nut
Pat Jordan on the trouble with sports journalism.
Pat Jordan
May 22, 2008, 6:57 AM ET
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Bushisms: American Head Count
July 24, 2008, 11:26 AM ET - slate v
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Hollywood Autograph Convention
July 17, 2008, 12:01 PM ET - slate v
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July 7, 2008, 11:15 AM ET - slate v
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July 2, 2008, 11:33 AM ET - slate v
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June 30, 2008, 11:07 AM ET - slate v
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June 25, 2008, 11:52 AM ET - slate v
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June 19, 2008, 12:23 PM ET - slate v
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June 18, 2008, 4:27 PM ET - slate v
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June 3, 2008, 4:32 PM ET - slate v
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May 27, 2008, 11:42 AM ET - slate v
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May 19, 2008, 11:05 AM ET - slate v
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March 18, 2008, 4:14 PM ET - slate v
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March 17, 2008, 11:36 AM ET - slate v
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March 13, 2008, 11:27 AM ET - slate v
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March 12, 2008, 11:04 AM ET - slate v
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March 7, 2008, 11:28 AM ET - slate v
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March 6, 2008, 11:29 AM ET - slate v
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March 5, 2008, 1:17 PM ET - slate v
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Feb. 28, 2008, 11:05 AM ET - slate v
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Feb. 20, 2008, 2:40 PM ET - slate v
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Feb. 14, 2008, 10:37 AM ET - slate v
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The writers stike back.
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Hillary's inner Tracy Flick.
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