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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
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    Play 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
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
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
Obama-mania!
Obama-mania!