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Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
- Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
The end of the journey. - Corrections
Slate's mistakes. - Obama to Congress: No Time To Waste
A summary of what's in the major publications. - Roadblocks to Peace
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
- Obama's Alarm Call
The president-elect makes the urgent case for his stimulus bill. - Soother in Chief
How Barack Obama calms a panicked nation. - Law Suit
Time to do away with morning wedding attire at the high court. - A Return to Professionalism
What Obama's Pentagon hires say about his presidential style. - Dry Pumping
How do you shut off a gas pipeline? - The Movie Club
The last movie taboo. - Matt Miller on The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
An interview with Daniel Gross. - How Do You Explain This?
Daniel Engber holds court on the Explainer Question of the Year and the art of explaining. - My Bollywood Close-Up
Working as an extra in Mumbai's Film City. - Slate Seeks Editorial Assistant
We're hiring! - Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
There might be treasures here, amid a sea of 65-year-old cardboard, but who would know? - Lover's Little Helper
Am I wrong not to tell my lady friend I use a male enhancement drug? - A Second Front?
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
- Self-Mutilation for Dummies
Is there a right way for Shiites to lash themselves on Ashura? - The Movie Club
Stop harshing on Revolutionary Road. - Department of Apostate
What happened to all those Democrats for McCain? - What Is the Most Disloyal Dog Breed?
An answer to the Explainer's 2008 Question of the Year. - Boycott the BCS!
A statistical analyst takes a stand against college football's perverse, irrational Bowl Championship Series. - I Just Walked Across America
A daily video from Slate V. - The Not-So-Loony Bin
Voluntary Madness doesn't have a new prescription for psychiatric treatment. - Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
Is Bad Arolsen a repository of dry, old lists or a bridge to the past? - Israel Considers Cease-Fire Plan
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
- A Spoonful of Sugar
Sanjay Gupta is a sweet choice for surgeon general. - Apple Without Its Core
Missing Steve Jobs at Macworld. - The War on Rhetoric
When politicians declare war on something, it's not usually a good sign. - How Many Albinos Are in Tanzania?
More than you might think. - Know When To Hold 'Em
The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little. - Why Obama Picked Panetta To Run the CIA
He's clean, he knows where the line items are buried, and the director isn't the chief spook anymore. - The Movie Club
Asia Argento's unforgettable sex scene. - Revival of Justice
What Obama's DoJ appointees should do first. - Fixing Gaza
Newsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off. - A Cartoonish 2008
A daily video from Slate V. - A Photographer in Gaza
How to take pictures of a war. - The President's Law Firm
Obama appointee Dawn Johnsen's collected writings for Slate. - Green My Blog
What's the best way to make a Web site energy-efficient? - Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
My grandfather got out of Nazi-occupied Vienna. After his death, I found dozens of beseeching letters from friends and family who weren't so lucky. - Night of the Living Dad
Software, soldiers, and the future of ghosts. - Understimulated
Obama has only himself to blame for the delay in the spending bill. - Help Obama Write His Inauguration Speech
How you (and Lincoln, FDR, and JFK) can help write this year's inaugural address. - "The Unwritten History of Prose"
A weekly poem, read by the author. - Obama Picks Outsider To Lead CIA
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers. - How Newspapers Tried To Invent the Web
But failed.
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
- Pointless Peace Proposals
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war, and it won't be over until someone wins. - Uh … Mind if I Sit Here?
What's going to happen to the Minnesota and Illinois Senate seats? - The Movie Club
Debating the best movies of 2008. - Robots, Not Roads
The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings. - Homeland Security USA
A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers. - Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
Survivors and researchers from all over the world had high hopes for Bad Arolsen. - Bad Timing
Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state. Instead, it is a place of repression and aggression. - Dear Prudence: Reluctant Fiance
A daily video from Slate V. - Richard Yates' Real Masterpiece
What Kate Winslet doesn't tell you about Yates and women. - Guarding Obama
Photos of the president-elect's Secret Service detail. - Israeli Troops Cut Gaza in Half
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
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But the resemblance ends at physical appearance. This [German] plant produces some 1,200 cars a day, more than the 1,015 that Ford planners had anticipated, and requires 7,762 workers. Its counterpart at Halewood, with virtually identical equipment and production targets, has averaged only about 800 cars a day this year, and 10,040 workers have been needed to achieve even that production level. Read More- Human Nature:
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