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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
  • kausfiles
    Edwards, Busted
    The National Enquirer catches him.
    Mickey Kaus
    July 22, 2008, 1:56 AM ET
  • politics
    McCain's Unhappy Warrior
    Sloppy attacks are not the path to victory.
    John Dickerson
    July 22, 2008, 7:36 PM ET
  • explainer
    How Do You Diagnose Autism?
    Michael Savage thinks doctors are getting it wrong.
    Juliet Lapidos
    July 22, 2008, 6:57 PM ET
  • bushisms
    Bushism of the Day
    The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
    Jacob Weisberg
    July 22, 2008, 5:27 PM ET
  • chatterbox
    Health Care Reform: The Slugfest Begins
    Meet the interest groups that will decide the fate of medical insurance.
    Timothy Noah
    July 22, 2008, 5:24 PM ET
  • press box
    A Midsummer Harvest of Bogus Trend Stories
    Drivel from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe.
    Jack Shafer
    July 22, 2008, 4:42 PM ET
  • the green lantern
    Cows or Beans
    Which is the better source for milk?
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 22, 2008, 4:25 PM ET
  • other magazines
    The Miracle of Circumcision
    The New Scientist on the debate over whether the procedure can reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
    Morgan Smith
    July 22, 2008, 3:33 PM ET
  • green room
    Will Greener Planes Fly?
    Fuel-strapped airlines need a new approach, but technological fixes are hard to find.
    Christopher Flavelle
    July 22, 2008, 2:24 PM ET
  • recycled
    Letters to the Summer Tenants
    The lament of a self-martyred landlord.
    Jodie T. Allen
    July 22, 2008, 2:05 PM ET
  • what's up, doc?
    Sick Borrowing
    Do IMF loans lead to higher rates of tuberculosis?
    Sydney Spiesel
    July 22, 2008, 12:22 PM ET
  • fraywatch
    Getting a Little Bit Crazy in Iraq
    Watch Generation Kill, read the review.
    Moira Redmond
    July 22, 2008, 10:35 AM ET
  • human nature
    War Is Halo
    Killing real people becomes a video game.
    William Saletan
    July 22, 2008, 7:52 AM ET
  • books
    The Care and Feeding of Fiction
    James Wood's critical manifesto is firm, yet flexible.
    Judith Shulevitz
    July 22, 2008, 7:38 AM ET
  • family
    See Iron Man Run
    Hollywood wants to teach your kid to read.
    Erica S. Perl
    July 22, 2008, 7:36 AM ET
  • poem
    "Siren"
    A weekly poem, read by the author.
    Paul Breslin
    July 22, 2008, 7:33 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Icahn In, Yang Out?
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 22, 2008, 7:12 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Your Plan Is My Plan
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 22, 2008, 6:20 AM ET
Monday, July 21, 2008
  • foreigners
    A Textbook Case of Intolerance
    Changing the world one schoolbook at a time.
    Anne Applebaum
    July 21, 2008, 8:01 PM ET
  • technology
    Things Are Not What They Stream
    Have corporate-sponsored Internet pranks gone too far?
    Farhad Manjoo
    July 21, 2008, 7:05 PM ET
  • explainer
    Pre-emptive Presidential Pardons
    Can you be pardoned for a crime before you're ever charged?
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 21, 2008, 6:36 PM ET
  • moneybox
    Save Your Starbucks!
    Soon there will be 600 fewer places to get a Frappucino. Slate wants to hear the symptoms of your withdrawal.
    Chadwick Matlin
    July 21, 2008, 6:23 PM ET
  • bushisms
    Bushism of the Day
    The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
    Jacob Weisberg
    July 21, 2008, 4:17 PM ET
  • moneybox
    Help Wanted
    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
  • fighting words
    Losing Sight of Progress
    How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists' claims.
    Christopher Hitchens
    July 21, 2008, 11:34 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Paulson Plays the Pundits
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 21, 2008, 7:55 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Road Kill
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 21, 2008, 6:26 AM ET
Sunday, July 20, 2008
  • today's papers
    From Maliki, With Love
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Ryan Grim
    July 20, 2008, 6:08 AM ET
    Saturday, July 19, 2008
    • today's papers
      Vertical Horizon
      A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
      Barron YoungSmith
      July 19, 2008, 5:38 AM ET
    Friday, July 18, 2008
    • 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
      Messrs. Starkman and Jelveh show the way.
      Jack Shafer
      July 18, 2008, 4:31 PM ET
    • other magazines
      Modern-Day Marauders
      The Economist on pirates in the digital and seafaring worlds.
      Morgan Smith
      July 18, 2008, 3:49 PM ET
    • culturebox
      Situation Normal
      What Generation Kill gets right about the invasion of Iraq.
      Peter Maass
      July 18, 2008, 3:44 PM ET
    • movies
      Hot Mamma!
      Go see the defiantly dorky ABBA musical.
      Dana Stevens
      July 18, 2008, 3:17 PM ET
    • bushisms
      Bushism of the Day
      The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
      Jacob Weisberg
      July 18, 2008, 3:14 PM ET
    • explainer
      So Help You, Dog
      How does a canine cop become a "sworn officer?"
      Brian Palmer
      July 18, 2008, 1:53 PM ET
    • moneybox
      Bair Market
      The FDIC chairwoman's great ideas for preventing the meltdown of America's banking industry.
      Daniel Gross
      July 18, 2008, 12:39 PM ET
    • slate v
      Worst Weekend Weather for July 18th
      A daily video from SlateV.
      July 18, 2008, 11:44 AM ET
    • gabfest
      The Hell in a Handbasket Gabfest
      Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
      Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz

      July 18, 2008, 11:21 AM ET
    • the spectator
      The Good Rat
      The Dostoyevskian pleasures of Jimmy Breslin.
      Ron Rosenbaum
      July 18, 2008, 7:24 AM ET
    • music box
      Extraordinary Renditions
      The problem of cross-genre covers.
      Jonah Weiner
      July 18, 2008, 7:22 AM ET
    • corrections
      Corrections
      Slate's mistakes.
      July 18, 2008, 7:21 AM ET
    • today's papers
      Electric Slide
      A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
      Daniel Politi
      July 18, 2008, 6:09 AM ET
    Obama-mania!
    Obama-mania!