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This "Town Hall" Debate Is Neither - kausfiles
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Not Using Wright, McCain-Style - human nature
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Heartland Government
Washington is closer to small-town Main Street than Sarah Palin thinks.
Anne Applebaum
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:59 PM ET - politics
Beware of Ponytail Guy
How town-hall debates can go very wrong for a candidate.
John Dickerson
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:31 PM ET - explainer
Flight of the Penguins
How do you airlift hundreds of stranded birds?
Nina Shen Rastogi
Oct. 6, 2008, 6:59 PM ET - kausfiles
McCain: He's Lost Alter!
Plus--Fear of 60.
Mickey Kaus
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:58 PM ET - supreme court dispatches
Smoke Rings
How to fight big tobacco without ever talking about the health risks of smoking.
Dahlia Lithwick
Oct. 6, 2008, 6:34 PM ET - politics
The Power of Vice
Palin is no Cheney, and neither is Biden. How much clout will the VP's successor have?
Barton Gellman
Oct. 6, 2008, 5:50 PM ET - technology
Google Plays Monopoly
Why the search company's ad deal with Yahoo is bad for the Web.
Farhad Manjoo
Oct. 6, 2008, 5:37 PM ET - press box
This "Town Hall" Debate Is Neither
It's more a dance recital than an honest head-to-head between the candidates.
Jack Shafer
Oct. 6, 2008, 5:28 PM ET - jurisprudence
Bad Cop
Why Obama is getting criminal justice policy wrong.
Radley Balko
Oct. 6, 2008, 3:57 PM ET - hot document
Sarah Palin's Tax Return
The vice-presidential nominee and the first dude won't be subsidizing this election.
Bonnie Goldstein
Oct. 6, 2008, 3:01 PM ET - chatterbox
Not Using Wright, McCain-Style
"Oh, we can't control her. She's just the vice-presidential candidate."
Timothy Noah
Oct. 6, 2008, 2:16 PM ET - xx factor
Palin and Uniters and Dividers
The divisive politics of Sarah Palin.
Oct. 6, 2008, 2:13 PM ET - fighting words
How To Win Afghanistan's Opium War
The best way to deprive the Taliban of drug profits? The United States should buy Afghanistan's poppy crop instead of trying to eradicate it.
Christopher Hitchens
Oct. 6, 2008, 1:31 PM ET - slate v
Dear Prudence: Sorority Sugar Daddy
A daily video from Slate V
Oct. 6, 2008, 12:30 PM ET - trailhead
Swift Boat Watch: WakeUpWalMart.com
An independent group hits McCain on equal pay for women.
Oct. 6, 2008, 11:56 AM ET - map the candidates
Returning Solo
Palin goes to Florida for the second time but without John McCain this go-around.
E.J. Kalafarski and Chadwick Matlin
Oct. 6, 2008, 11:50 AM ET
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Obama Nation
National polls show Obama's lead increasing.
Oct. 6, 2008, 11:25 AM ET - moneybox
Is Warren Buffett the New J.P. Morgan?
In 1907, one man saved us from financial collapse. Today it takes three.
Daniel Gross
Oct. 6, 2008, 11:23 AM ET - The Big Sort
Why Voters Go for Outsiders
It's about taking power away from the politicians they distrust.
Bill Bishop
Oct. 6, 2008, 10:27 AM ET - books
The Woman Who Never Stopped Talking
The secret of Madame de Stael's success.
Stacy Schiff
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:18 AM ET - today's pictures
Today's Pictures
Stormy skies.
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:18 AM ET - politics
Track the Presidential Polls on Your iPhone
Introducing Slate's Poll Tracker '08: all the data you crave about the presidential race.
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:14 AM ET - doonesbury
Today's Doonesbury
Naming names.
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:11 AM ET - today's cartoons
Today's Cartoons
Cartoonists' take on John McCain.
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:10 AM ET - today's business press
Bailout Panic Hits Europe
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Bernhard Warner
Oct. 6, 2008, 7:08 AM ET - today's papers
Europe's Turn
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Oct. 6, 2008, 6:33 AM ET
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
- today's papers
Advantage Obama
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Roger McShane
Oct. 5, 2008, 7:57 AM ET - kausfiles
Kf Stops the Bleeding!
Plus: No time for Dems to unpanic.
Mickey Kaus
Oct. 5, 2008, 7:10 AM ET
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
- the big idea
Name That Economy
We don't just need to recapitalize the banks. We need to reconceptualize capitalism.
Jacob Weisberg
Oct. 4, 2008, 7:51 AM ET - the undercover economist
Bailouts Are Inevitable, Even Desirable
Stop complaining about the "moral hazard" problem and enjoy the rescue.
Tim Harford
Oct. 4, 2008, 7:50 AM ET
- today's papers
Bail Is Set
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Jesse Stanchak
Oct. 4, 2008, 6:51 AM ET
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
- chatterbox
Alaska vs. Hawaii
Why is Seward's Folly the "real America" and the Aloha State not?
Timothy Noah
Oct. 3, 2008, 6:10 PM ET - other magazines
Depression 2.0?
Time compares the current financial troubles to the Great Depression.
Daniel Riley
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:51 PM ET - explainer
Do Children Commit Suicide?
Yes, but sometimes it seems like an accident.
Christopher Beam
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:50 PM ET
day to dayPlay On, Nick and Norah
Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day.
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:32 PM ET- gabfest
The Couples Therapy Gabfest
Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Oct. 3, 2008, 4:33 PM ET - movies
Bark Bark
The clumsy racial attitudes of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Josh Levin
Oct. 3, 2008, 4:25 PM ET - jurisprudence
Ten To Toss
Readers nominate the 10th Bush order that the next president should scrap.
Emily Bazelon and Chris Wilson
Oct. 3, 2008, 3:09 PM ET - culturebox
Nobel Gas
The Swedes have no clue about American literature.
Adam Kirsch
Oct. 3, 2008, 12:10 PM ET
- movies
All Aboard the Crazy Train
Anne Hathaway in Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married.
Dana Stevens
Oct. 3, 2008, 11:44 AM ET - television
The End of Star Wars
With a new television series, the space opera reaches its logical conclusion.
Troy Patterson
Oct. 3, 2008, 11:27 AM ET - books
Cheney's Handiwork
Unveiling his methods, and some of his motives.
David Greenberg
Oct. 3, 2008, 10:42 AM ET - human nature
Undead Babies
The retreating boundaries of organ harvesting.
William Saletan
Oct. 3, 2008, 8:23 AM ET - corrections
Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
Oct. 3, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - today's papers
A League of Their Own
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Oct. 3, 2008, 6:44 AM ET - politics
Champ vs. Doggone
The debate's winners: Palin and Biden. Its loser: McCain.
John Dickerson
Oct. 3, 2008, 12:48 AM ET
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
- war stories
She Still Knows Nothing
Palin proved that she can speak in complete sentences, but not that she understands anything about foreign policy.
Fred Kaplan
Oct. 2, 2008, 11:45 PM ET - twitterbox
Gwen Ifill Lost This Debate
The latest from Slate's vice-presidential debate Twitter feed.
Oct. 2, 2008, 10:25 PM ET - the chat room
Up for Debate
Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick take readers' questions about tonight's vice-presidential face-off.
Oct. 2, 2008, 4:46 PM ET - technology
Everything Means Nothing to Me
MySpace Music lets you listen to pretty much every song ever recorded, and it still sucks.
Farhad Manjoo
Oct. 2, 2008, 4:42 PM ET - movies
Shyness Is Nice
Michael Cera in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Dana Stevens
Oct. 2, 2008, 4:35 PM ET - explainer
Who Moderates the Moderators?
Does Gwen Ifill get to pick the questions for the Biden-Palin debate?
Jacob Leibenluft
Oct. 2, 2008, 3:19 PM ET
- do the math
We're Down $700 Billion. Let's Go Double or Nothing!
How the financial markets fell for a 400-year-old sucker bet.
Jordan Ellenberg
Oct. 2, 2008, 1:20 PM ET - slate v
From the Conventions to the First Debate in Three Minutes
A daily video from Slate V
Oct. 2, 2008, 11:51 AM ET - low concept
McCain's Next Stunt
Slate readers predict the candidate's next Hail Mary.
Oct. 2, 2008, 11:04 AM ET - what's up, doc?
Burnout U
Depression and suicidal thoughts in medical students.
Sydney Spiesel
Oct. 2, 2008, 6:57 AM ET - dear prudence
To Abort or Not To Abort?
My husband wants me to terminate the pregnancy, but I don't.
Oct. 2, 2008, 6:57 AM ET - today's papers
Upping the Ante
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Oct. 2, 2008, 6:08 AM ET
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
- the good word
Diagramming Sarah
Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?
Kitty Burns Florey
Oct. 1, 2008, 7:07 PM ET - chatterbox
Sarah Palin's College Daze
Why did she attend five different colleges?
Timothy Noah
Oct. 1, 2008, 6:51 PM ET - the browser
Blogging for Dollars
How do bloggers make money?
Michael Agger
Oct. 1, 2008, 6:28 PM ET
xx factor xxtraThe Un-Hillary
Why watching Sarah Palin is agony for women.
Emily Bazelon
Oct. 1, 2008, 6:23 PM ET- television
Subprime Time
Watching the financial networks during the meltdown.
Troy Patterson
Oct. 1, 2008, 5:24 PM ET - press box
Don't Blame Gwen Ifill If the Veep Debate Sucks
What a stupid format.
Jack Shafer
Oct. 1, 2008, 5:19 PM ET - swingers
Chinese Democracy
Why don't we ever hear about the Asian-American vote?
Christopher Beam
Oct. 1, 2008, 4:57 PM ET - drink
Drinking Away Your Sorrows
How has the financial crisis affected the wine world?
Mike Steinberger
Oct. 1, 2008, 4:19 PM ET - moneybox
How the Bailout Is Like a Hedge Fund.
It's massively leveraged. It's buying distressed assets. It's taking equity stakes …
Daniel Gross
Oct. 1, 2008, 3:35 PM ET
- explainer
You Say Depression, I Say Recession
Are we talking about the same thing?
Juliet Lapidos
Oct. 1, 2008, 2:41 PM ET - the good word
What Kind of Accent Does Sarah Palin Have?
Wasillan, actually.
Jesse Sheidlower
Oct. 1, 2008, 1:30 PM ET - low concept
The Poetry of Sarah Palin
Recent works by the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Hart Seely
Oct. 1, 2008, 1:25 PM ET - human nature
Debate Bait
Hot-button questions for Biden and Palin.
William Saletan
Oct. 1, 2008, 7:38 AM ET - family
Lost Cause
Why do my children lose everything?
Emily Bazelon
Oct. 1, 2008, 7:14 AM ET - sports nut
Cocktail Chatter: Baseball Playoffs Edition
How to fake your way through the 2008 baseball playoffs.
Justin Peters
Oct. 1, 2008, 7:12 AM ET - foreigners
A Temporary Thaw
Belarus' president reaches out to the West, but can we trust him?
Ilan Greenberg
Oct. 1, 2008, 7:11 AM ET - today's papers
Take the Bill and Run
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Oct. 1, 2008, 6:33 AM ET
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
- swingers
So You Think You're a Swing Voter?
Think again: It depends on whether you live in a swing state.
John Dickerson
Sept. 30, 2008, 8:23 PM ET - kausfiles
TARP, Baby!
Explaining Paulson's plan better than Paulson.
Mickey Kaus
Sept. 30, 2008, 8:21 PM ET - chatterbox
GOP, RIP?
Nearly three decades of Republican dominance may be coming to an end.
Timothy Noah
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:45 PM ET - explainer
What Makes a Lawyer "Special"?
The difference between special counsels, special attorneys, and special prosecutors.
Noreen Malone
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:39 PM ET - explainer
Does Congress Always Take Off for Rosh Hashanah?
Yes, but members do have to work on Sukkot.
Abby Callard
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:17 PM ET - other magazines
Virginia Slim
The New Yorker on Barack Obama's push for Old Dominion.
Daniel Riley
Sept. 30, 2008, 5:25 PM ET - shopping
Home Slice
What's the best household paper shredder?
Laura Moser
Sept. 30, 2008, 2:18 PM ET
- foreigners
The Black President
A 1926 Brazilian sci-fi novel predicts a U.S. election determined by race and gender.
Manuela Zoninsein
Sept. 30, 2008, 1:54 PM ET - dvd extras
Your DVD Player Sleeps With the Fishes
The restored Godfather trilogy: the best reason yet to go Blu-ray.
Fred Kaplan
Sept. 30, 2008, 11:11 AM ET - today's papers
Failure To Lead
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:40 AM ET - medical examiner
Still in the Lyme Light
Politicians and Hollywood enter the debate over "chronic Lyme disease."
Kent Sepkowitz
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:35 AM ET - the green lantern
Should We Dispose of Disposals?
The best way to get rid of your leftover food.
Jacob Leibenluft
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:34 AM ET - poem
"The Crying Hill"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
Yusef Komunyakaa
Sept. 30, 2008, 6:31 AM ET
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