He was wrong, but he was great.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia.
Whether or not I am the Antichrist…
Harvard is good, but not that good.
After the second martini.
A one-dog man.
They didn't kill Indians (much).
The tablecloth never lies.
The awkward hush.
Belligerent, robotic Rockettes.
The pleasant drip-drip-drip.
The other crack epidemic.Brooklyn is not expanding!
The only remaining racist.
No backpack here, Heinrich!
Liquor + Paxil = Wow!
The great banana revolution.
Well, maybe not black people.
I'm guessing she wasn't 12.
Lips are the new blond.
Knee fluid is disheartening.
Dear Roger Clemens …
That's not a shoe-tree.
Become a scandal-monger.
Buy the cheapest thing you can stand.
Your silence makes me frisky.
Cut up my steak and feed it to me.
Shocked, not awed.
The baby likes Derrida.
Then he went to get a haircut.
Numskull is not inaccurate.
The full upright and locked position.
Eat the cheese.
You say abandonment, I say potato.
You aren't Ann Landers.
Aspire to be a meadow.
Dollar bills to roll around in.
Ears tend to be tricky.
We'd like to offer you a trailer.
The squarest man.
Now with more crumbs!
Still wearing pajamas.
A smile like rigor mortis.
Washing dishes in the dark.
Gillette's dirty little secret.
Lonely infatuations.
A breathtaking act of rudeness.
Five days later, he died.
We dream of pastry!
Besmirched librarians.
It looked like crud.
The natural way to end a conversation.
Time for more yogurt.
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The Death of the Credit Card Economy
Car leases, student loans, no-money-down mortgages, and high credit limits are vanishing.
Daniel Gross
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:39 AM ET - today's papers
Palin Comparison
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
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Aug. 30, 2008, 6:25 AM ET - reading list
Grand Old Book Party
What to read about John McCain and the future of the GOP.
Christopher Beam
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:38 AM ET - election scorecard
Presidential Race
Where the elections stand today.
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:37 AM ET - today's pictures
Today's Pictures
Hurricane Katrina.
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:35 AM ET - today's cartoons
Today's Cartoons
Cartoonists' take on hurricanes and weather.
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:42 AM ET - doonesbury
Today's Doonesbury
A foredrawn conclusion.
Aug. 30, 2008, 6:34 AM ET
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Why Democrats needn't rush to trash Sarah Palin.
Bruce Reed
Aug. 30, 2008, 1:30 AM ET
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He's Their Guy!
The best of Web video.
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:48 PM ET - the chat room
Conventional Wisdom
Emily Bazelon and Christopher Beam field questions about Obama's acceptance speech and McCain's veep choice.
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:39 PM ET - dispatches
Adventures of an Accidental Delegate
Notes from different corners of the world.
Monica Youn
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - press box
How To Watch the Campaign on TV
Imagine that you're viewing it through the eyes of Fox News honcho Roger Ailes.
Jack Shafer
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:07 PM ET - xx factor
President Palin? That Would Be Weird.
Reaction to the nomination of Sarah Palin.
Aug. 29, 2008, 5:32 PM ET - trailhead
Assessing the Zingers
The best and worst quips of the Democratic National Convention.
Aug. 29, 2008, 5:30 PM ET
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Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day.
Aug. 29, 2008, 5:20 PM ET- slate v
Slate Rates Obama's Speech
A daily video from Slate V.
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:58 PM ET - sports nut
The NFL's Version of Reality
HBO's Hard Knocks is spectacularly entertaining, but it doesn't tell the whole truth about the NFL.
Stefan Fatsis
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:55 PM ET - other magazines
Magicians for Christ
Mother Jones on proselytizing with illusions.
Noreen Malone
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:24 PM ET - green room
The Life of a Jellyfish
From a continuing series on revolting creatures.
Constance Casey
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:15 PM ET - gabfest
The DNC Wrap-Up Gabfest
Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:06 PM ET - politics
Obama's Acceptance, Annotated
Slate writers take a highlighter to Obama's speech and tell you what it really means.
Chris Wilson
Aug. 29, 2008, 3:29 PM ET - politics
McCain's New Palin
McCain's decision prompts one important question: Huh?
John Dickerson
Aug. 29, 2008, 2:29 PM ET - chatterbox
Sarah Palin, Web Invention
How a college sophomore put Alaska's governor on the map.
Timothy Noah
Aug. 29, 2008, 1:52 PM ET
- LINE of the DAY"The only way John McCain will be able to match the dazzling production—fireworks and 80,000 screaming supporters—will be to perform human sacrifice on the stage as he accepts his party's nomination."How To Watch the Campaign on TVBy Jack Shafer
- well-traveled
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany
The sure-fire cure for ostalgia? A trip to the old East Germany.
William Powers
Aug. 29, 2008, 12:45 PM ET - map the candidates
McCain Makes His First Appearance With Palin in Ohio
E.J. Kalafarski and Chadwick Matlin
Aug. 29, 2008, 12:28 PM ET - human nature
Contraceptive Fudge: Addendum
The "ambiguity" of contraception as abortion.
William Saletan
Aug. 29, 2008, 10:55 AM ET - architecture
Obama's Columns
What they really symbolized.
Witold Rybczynski
Aug. 29, 2008, 10:15 AM ET - jurisprudence
How Obama Could Fix Labor Law
A Labor Day gift to workers with bipartisan trimmings.
William B. Gould IV
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:47 AM ET - twitterbox
You Never Hear: "We Are the Party of Polk"
The latest from Slate's Democratic Convention Twitter feed.
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:46 AM ET - corrections
Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - today's business press
A Recession for Christmas
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:43 AM ET - today's papers
Fight Night
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Aug. 29, 2008, 6:00 AM ET - politics
Back to Earth
Obama sacrificed lofty rhetoric for substance—and it worked.
John Dickerson
Aug. 29, 2008, 1:01 AM ET - kausfiles
Mile High Letdown
Obama's non-memorable speech.
Mickey Kaus
Aug. 29, 2008, 4:02 AM ET
- dispatches
Adventures of an Accidental Delegate
Things to do in Denver when you're dead.
Monica Youn
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - jurisprudence
It's the Constitution, Stupid
You know, that old piece of paper the Bush administration shredded. Why is no one in Denver talking about it?
Dahlia Lithwick
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:34 PM ET - explainer
Drunk and High in Denver
Does alcohol have more of an effect when you're up in the mountains?
Jacob Leibenluft
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:04 PM ET - dvd extras
Land of No Return
What Netflix rental have you kept unwatched the longest? A Slate reader poll.
John Swansburg
Aug. 28, 2008, 3:41 PM ET - the chat room
Upsetting the Apple Cart
Farhad Manjoo takes readers' questions about flawed iPhones and Steve Jobs' other recent stumbles.
Aug. 28, 2008, 2:51 PM ET - movies
How's Your Edamame, Tex?
Takashi Miike puts the Western through the cultural blender.
Grady Hendrix
Aug. 28, 2008, 12:26 PM ET
- well-traveled
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany
From bliss to boredom in a matter of days.
William Powers
Aug. 28, 2008, 12:45 PM ET - today's business press
Fannie Cleans House
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:43 AM ET - recycled
Meet the Charlatans
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have made yet another terrible spoof movie. Audiences, beware!
Josh Levin
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:42 AM ET - dear prudence
Bonnie and Clyde Break Up
My wife continues to do drugs and break the law, but I've cleaned up. Should we part ways?
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:42 AM ET - today's papers
Making It Official
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Aug. 28, 2008, 6:17 AM ET - politics
That's the Ticket
Joe Biden finally changes the subject away from the Clintons.
John Dickerson
Aug. 28, 2008, 12:42 AM ET
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Bill By the Numbers
The former president shows Hillary how it's done.
Timothy Noah
Aug. 27, 2008, 10:11 PM ET - politics
Tuesday With Lanny
A day in the life of Hillary Clinton's biggest fan.
Christopher Beam
Aug. 27, 2008, 7:44 PM ET - explainer
Can You Really "Own American Wind and Sunshine"?
Plus, are they serving Coke in the Pepsi Center?
Noreen Malone
Aug. 27, 2008, 6:46 PM ET - politics
Show Us You Care, Barack
What Obama '08 can learn from Obama '04.
John Dickerson
Aug. 27, 2008, 6:33 PM ET - moneybox
Sorry, Pal, but You're Rich
The deluded business pundits and Obama critics who think $250,000 is a middle-class salary.
Daniel Gross
Aug. 27, 2008, 5:51 PM ET - politics
The Democrats Take Denver
Slate's complete coverage of the Democratic National Convention.
Aug. 27, 2008, 5:20 PM ET - politics
Articulate and Bright and Clean
New from Slate: Joe Biden ring tones and more political sound bites for your phone.
Aug. 27, 2008, 5:03 PM ET - dispatches
Adventures of an Accidental Delegate
How to fake a floor credential.
Monica Youn
Aug. 27, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - television
Bright Lights, Big Screens
Notes on the Democratic Convention.
Troy Patterson
Aug. 27, 2008, 4:44 PM ET - technology
How To Get an Unbelievable, Amazing, Fantastic, Thrilling Deal on New Glasses
Buy them online.
Farhad Manjoo
Aug. 27, 2008, 3:23 PM ET
- slate v
Fox vs. MSNBC: Michelle's Speech
A daily video from Slate V.
Aug. 27, 2008, 1:20 PM ET - politics
Pills and Politics
The normally GOP-friendly drug industry now favors Obama.
James Ledbetter
Aug. 27, 2008, 11:25 AM ET - faith-based
Pro-Choices—Plural
How the Democratic Party is adjusting its approach to abortion.
Michael Sean Winters
Aug. 27, 2008, 11:13 AM ET - culture gabfest
The Culture Gabfest, Fine-Line Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the week in culture.
Stephen Metcalf, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner
Aug. 27, 2008, 10:45 AM ET - human nature
Unfinished Race
Race, genes, and the future of medicine.
William Saletan
Aug. 27, 2008, 7:27 AM ET - dvd extras
Jacques Tati's Trafic
It just might make you love your car again.
Nathan Heller
Aug. 27, 2008, 7:14 AM ET - well-traveled
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany
The island of Juist has no cars, but it does have Wi-Fi.
William Powers
Aug. 27, 2008, 12:45 PM ET - today's business press
Cash-Strapped FDIC
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Aug. 27, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - today's papers
Stand by the Man
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Aug. 27, 2008, 6:54 AM ET - politics
Go on Without Me
Hillary Clinton throws almost everything behind Barack Obama.
John Dickerson
Aug. 27, 2008, 12:52 AM ET
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Hillary By the Numbers
The "I"s have it.
Timothy Noah
Aug. 26, 2008, 11:36 PM ET - dispatches
Adventures of an Accidental Delegate
The yellow-vests take control.
Monica Youn
Aug. 26, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - the green lantern
Is It Time To Buy New Appliances?
Checking the Labor Day sales for green bargains.
Jacob Leibenluft
Aug. 26, 2008, 6:05 PM ET - xx factor xxtra
The E-Harmony Election
When did voting become like dating? And when did it become like dating yourself?
Melinda Henneberger and Dahlia Lithwick
Aug. 26, 2008, 5:34 PM ET - press box
Why Convention Coverage Can't Be Olympian
There's nothing NBC can teach the convention planners.
Jack Shafer
Aug. 26, 2008, 5:20 PM ET - explainer
What's Next for the Bird's Nest?
The afterlife of Olympic stadiums.
Juliet Lapidos
Aug. 26, 2008, 4:23 PM ET - other magazines
Joe the Turncoat
New York on how Joe Lieberman came to align himself with Republicans.
Noreen Malone
Aug. 26, 2008, 4:00 PM ET - hot document
How To Have a Cow
The Minnesota State Fair's large-animal birthing extravaganza.
Bonnie Goldstein
Aug. 26, 2008, 3:42 PM ET
- well-traveled
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany
Stuck in Nietzsche's Nordeich (with the eco blues again).
William Powers
Aug. 26, 2008, 12:45 PM ET - politics
Dems Just Wanna Have Fun
Convention-goers aren't going to let a little ethics law prevent them from having awesome parties.
Christopher Beam
Aug. 26, 2008, 10:50 AM ET - today's business press
Dollar Die-Hards
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Aug. 26, 2008, 7:17 AM ET - medical examiner
Quicker Liquor
Should we lower the legal drinking age?
Darshak Sanghavi
Aug. 26, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - poem
"Yom Kippur"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
Philip Schultz
Aug. 26, 2008, 6:55 AM ET - today's papers
Passing the Torch
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Aug. 26, 2008, 6:31 AM ET - politics
Barack Like Us
Michelle Obama offers up her American family.
John Dickerson
Aug. 26, 2008, 12:24 AM ET
- dispatches
Adventures of an Accidental Delegate
Off the plane and into the party.
Monica Youn
Aug. 25, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - press box
What Kind of Plagiarist Is Joe Biden?
The unusually creepy kind.
Jack Shafer
Aug. 25, 2008, 6:46 PM ET - politics
Hillary Courts Her Own Supporters
She wants them to support Obama, but they may not agree—and Obama may not need them.
John Dickerson
Aug. 25, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - explainer
How Do You Blow Up a Rocket?
Just flip on its flight termination system.
Nina Shen Rastogi
Aug. 25, 2008, 6:29 PM ET - slate fare
Slate on Twitter
How to get instant updates from the Democratic National Convention.
Josh Levin
Aug. 25, 2008, 5:51 PM ET - technology
Is Something Rotten at Apple?
E-mail problems, flaky iPhones, and broken Macs. What's Steve Jobs to do?
Farhad Manjoo
Aug. 25, 2008, 5:40 PM ET - moneybox
The Gold Medal in Medal-Predicting Goes To ...
Did economists correctly predict who'd win in the Beijing Olympics?
Daniel Gross
Aug. 25, 2008, 3:41 PM ET - foreigners
Bring on the Bitchy Brits
Looking forward to the 2012 London Olympics.
Anne Applebaum
Aug. 25, 2008, 3:13 PM ET - well-traveled
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany
If gigantic Germany can go green, couldn't any country?
William Powers
Aug. 25, 2008, 12:45 PM ET - history lesson
The Write Stuff?
Why Biden's plagiarism shouldn't be forgotten.
David Greenberg
Aug. 25, 2008, 1:35 PM ET
- five-ring circus
The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
The Sap-o-Meter bids a tearful farewell. Plus: the Sappiest Word of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Josh Levin, Derek Thompson, and Chris Wilson
Aug. 25, 2008, 1:03 PM ET - fighting words
The Verbal Revolution
How the Prague Spring broke world communism's main spring.
Christopher Hitchens
Aug. 25, 2008, 11:40 AM ET - foreigners
What Would Biden's Middle East Policy Look Like?
Joe Biden is an erratic pragmatist.
Shmuel Rosner
Aug. 25, 2008, 11:10 AM ET - books
Car Nation
Are drivers the source of, or the solution to, traffic hell?
Michael Agger
Aug. 25, 2008, 10:36 AM ET - five-ring circus
Bad Interpretive Dancing To Be Added to 2012 Olympics Lineup
The latest from the SlateOlympics Twitter feed.
Aug. 25, 2008, 9:58 AM ET - human nature
Untouchable
Did Michael Phelps get a gold medal for a race he lost?
William Saletan
Aug. 25, 2008, 8:19 AM ET - politics
If You Knew Barack Like She Knows Barack
How Michelle Obama will humanize her husband in tonight's speech.
Liza Mundy
Aug. 25, 2008, 7:13 AM ET - today's business press
China's Olympic Hangover
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Aug. 25, 2008, 7:10 AM ET - today's papers
Stage Jitters
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Lydia DePillis
Aug. 25, 2008, 6:50 AM ET
- kausfiles
Dems Rally Against Unions!
OK, teachers' unions. Still ...
Mickey Kaus
Aug. 24, 2008, 8:52 PM ET - today's papers
The Joe Abides
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Barron YoungSmith
Aug. 24, 2008, 6:12 AM ET
- five-ring circus
The 2008 Olympics
A roundup of Slate's coverage of China and the Beijing Games.
Aug. 24, 2008, 12:04 AM ET - election scorecard
Election Scorecard
The latest polling data on all the big races.
Aug. 24, 2008, 6:41 AM ET
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