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Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005
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Jan. 8, 2005, 3:40 PM ET - today's papers
Detain. Detain.
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Friday, Jan. 7, 2005
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Favre From Heaven
Why journalists deify the Green Bay Packers quarterback.
Robert Weintraub
Jan. 7, 2005, 6:27 PM ET - jurisprudence
Stand by Your Memos
Alberto Gonzales' refusal to defend even the defensible.
Dahlia Lithwick
Jan. 7, 2005, 5:33 PM ET - the movie club
2004: The Year in Movies
Flight of the Movie Club.
David Edelstein and other top critics
Jan. 7, 2005, 5:31 PM ET
summary judgmentThe Other White Noise
The critics on this week's one new movie.
Jan. 7, 2005, 5:12 PM ET
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Jan. 7, 2005, 4:59 PM ET- war stories
Condi's First Victory
She doesn't pick John Bolton as her deputy.
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Jan. 7, 2005, 4:44 PM ET - in other magazines
Hot Topic
Is global warming to blame for the tsunami?
Jill Hunter Pellettieri and David Wallace-Wells
Jan. 7, 2005, 4:26 PM ET - press box
Tell Me More: The CIA and Riggs Bank
A Wall Street Journal story that the press gang should chase.
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Jan. 7, 2005, 4:10 PM ET - moneybox
The CEO-English Phrase Book
What your boss means when he talks like that.
Daniel Gross
Jan. 7, 2005, 3:14 PM ET
- LINE of the DAY"You can define the heartland as broadly as you want, but Alaska just isn't in it."HeartburnBy Noreen Malone
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What a Hollywood acting coach taught me about teaching.
Eric Liu
Jan. 7, 2005, 3:00 PM ET
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What's the difference, anyway?
Eric Umansky
Jan. 7, 2005, 1:35 PM ET- fraywatch
Battle of the Nexus
Fraysters argue about where femininity and feminism link.
Kevin Arnovitz
Jan. 7, 2005, 12:07 PM ET - corrections
Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
Jan. 7, 2005, 6:06 AM ET - today's papers
Interrogation Interrogation
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Eric Umansky
Jan. 7, 2005, 4:11 AM ET
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005
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Undiplomatic Immunity
Did Al Gonzales say the president can authorize torture?
Chris Suellentrop
Jan. 6, 2005, 10:51 PM ET - kausfiles
5 Words to Never Say to a Paranoid
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Mickey Kaus
Jan. 6, 2005, 7:13 AM ET - tangled web
The Givers
Using the Web to promote tsunami relief.
David Wallace-Wells
Jan. 6, 2005, 7:32 PM ET - sports nut
Foul Play
How a Slate scientist changed the NBA forever—or at least a week.
Daniel Engber
Jan. 6, 2005, 7:01 PM ET - moneybox
Free-Lunch Health Insurance
A simple idea for insuring some of the poor.
Daniel Gross
Jan. 6, 2005, 6:29 PM ET - explainer
Why Do We Use Explosive Fertilizer?
Isn't there an alternative?
Brendan I. Koerner
Jan. 6, 2005, 6:26 PM ET - jurisprudence
The New Blue Federalists
The case for liberal federalism.
Richard Thompson Ford
Jan. 6, 2005, 5:56 PM ET - the movie club
2004: The Year in Movies
The Heavenly Hellboy
David Edelstein and other top critics
Jan. 6, 2005, 5:31 PM ET
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Bill Keller Replies
The editor of the New York Times gives "Press Box" a piece of his mind.
Jack Shafer
Jan. 6, 2005, 5:11 PM ET - recycled
Why Mothers Kill
Courts get a second look at Andrea Yates.
Jan. 6, 2005, 3:00 PM ET - mixing desk
Lighten Up
A Bright Eyes single that's not too angsty, and other recent gems.
Douglas Wolk
Jan. 6, 2005, 2:40 PM ET - international papers
Does Size Matter?
The international press comments as tsunami relief grows competitive.
Scott MacMillan
Jan. 6, 2005, 1:56 PM ET - human nature
The Price of Preemies
And other news from the techno-frontier.
William Saletan
Jan. 6, 2005, 1:55 PM ET - chatterbox
Halabja Denial Redux
Al Jazeera says Saddam never gassed the Kurds.
Timothy Noah
Jan. 6, 2005, 8:17 AM ET - dear prudence
Can I Come In?
Answers for pushy relatives banging on the delivery room door.
Jan. 6, 2005, 8:00 AM ET - today's papers
Torture Times
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Eric Umansky
Jan. 6, 2005, 3:28 AM ET
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005
- sports nut
Who Is That Mask Man?
Gerald McHale belongs in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Brendan I. Koerner
Jan. 5, 2005, 6:36 PM ET - the movie club
2004: The Year in Movies
AOL's Top-10 List
David Edelstein and other top critics
Jan. 5, 2005, 5:31 PM ET - food
Bloody Hell's Kitchen
The foul-mouthed British chef who could save food TV.
Sara Dickerman
Jan. 5, 2005, 4:16 PM ET - international papers
Global Dis-ease
The international press looks at U.S.-Syrian tension, Iraq's election, and new danger for Asia's tsunami survivors.
Michael Young
Jan. 5, 2005, 2:07 PM ET - television
Beauty and the Beast
Why are fat sitcom husbands paired with great-looking wives?
Matt Feeney
Jan. 5, 2005, 1:46 PM ET
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Hybrid Model
Isamu Noguchi went beyond modernism.
Lee Siegel
Jan. 5, 2005, 1:44 PM ET - war stories
Enormous Bureaucracy Seeks Skilled Manager
Who should be the next secretary of homeland security?
Fred Kaplan
Jan. 5, 2005, 1:33 PM ET - culturebox
Navel Gazing
Why even feminists are obsessed with fat.
Laura Kipnis
Jan. 5, 2005, 8:35 AM ET - shopping
You Must Remember This
Are there memory-enhancement products that work?
Sue Halpern
Jan. 5, 2005, 8:34 AM ET - today's papers
Mosqued Gunmen
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Eric Umansky
Jan. 5, 2005, 3:35 AM ET
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005
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A Phone You Can Actually Type On
Finally.
Clive Thompson
Jan. 4, 2005, 7:02 PM ET
ad report cardThat's Advertainment!
How bad were those Amazon shorts?
Seth Stevenson
Jan. 4, 2005, 6:28 PM ET- kausfiles
Exit Poll Smoking Gun!
Plus--Did McCain-Feingold actually work?
Mickey Kaus
Jan. 4, 2005, 6:22 PM ET
moneyboxWhy Gift Cards Are Evil
They're the best insult money can buy.
Daniel Gross
Jan. 4, 2005, 3:45 PM ET- the movie club
2004: The Year in Movies
The passion of the hipster.
David Edelstein and other top critics
Jan. 4, 2005, 5:31 PM ET
how they do itPaper or Plastic?
Mexico and Australia have ditched paper money for plastic bills. Should we, too?
Eric Weiner
Jan. 4, 2005, 12:41 PM ET- poem
"The Seamstress"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
Jim Powell
Jan. 4, 2005, 8:42 AM ET - faith-based
The Morals of the Story
Does Jim Wallis' leftist, Bible-based book get it right?
Elizabeth A. Castelli
Jan. 4, 2005, 7:35 AM ET - today's papers
DeLayed Reaction
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Sam Schechner
Jan. 4, 2005, 6:39 AM ET
Monday, Jan. 3, 2005
- chatterbox
"I Am Not A Flunky"
Speaker Hastert declares his independence. Again.
Timothy Noah
Jan. 3, 2005, 7:47 PM ET
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After the Flood
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Sam Schechner
Jan. 3, 2005, 6:05 AM ET
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