Previously published Slate articles made new.

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• How to Hang Saddam Hussein A beginner's guide to the gallows.
  Daniel Engber Dec. 29, 2006
  
• Bring Out the Kwanzaa Kinara OK, the holiday is made up. But for my family, it was beneficial.
  Melonyce McAfee Dec. 26, 2006
  
• Giant Squid, Where Are You? If they're so big, why can't we find them?
  Daniel Engber Dec. 22, 2006
  
• What I Like About Scrooge In praise of misers.
  Steven E. Landsburg Dec. 20, 2006
  
• Fight! Fight! Fight! Why we need more NBA brawls.
  Dec. 18, 2006
  
• Ahmet Ertegun's Legacy The Atlantic Records founder in his own words.
  Dec. 15, 2006
  
• Sizing Up Stoppard What makes the Postmodern playwright tick?
  Nov. 28, 2006
  
• Class Warfare Why the villain of The History Boys is the better teacher.
  Nov. 22, 2006
  
• Fair and Balanced? What to expect from Al Jazeera's new English-language channel.
  Nov. 14, 2006
  
• Rummy's Ruminations The collected poetry of Donald Rumsfeld.
  Nov. 9, 2006
  
• Boarding Pass Failure Closing an airport security loophole.
  Oct. 30, 2006
  
• Orhan Pamuk's Victory How the Nobel Prize-winning novelist escaped Turkish prison.
  Oct. 12, 2006
  
• Does North Korea Actually Need To Test Its Nukes? Or is it just letting the world know it has one?
  Daniel Engber Oct. 9, 2006
  
• Harry Potter Pampered jock, patsy, fraud.
  Chris Suellentrop Oct. 6, 2006
  
• The MacArthur Geniuses How to become one of them.
  David Plotz Oct. 6, 2006
  
• Rachael Ray Why food snobs should quit picking on her.
  Jill Hunter Pellettieri Oct. 5, 2006
  
• L. Ron Hubbard Scientology's esteemed founder.
  Michael Crowley Oct. 5, 2006
  
• Cirque du Soleil Canada's insane clown posse.
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 4, 2006
  
• O'Reilly Among the Snobs It takes one to know one.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 4, 2006
  
• Jesus Christ Choose your own savior.
  Chris Suellentrop Oct. 3, 2006
  
• Lewis and Clark Stop celebrating. They don't matter.
  David Plotz Oct. 2, 2006
  
• What Is Torture? An interactive primer on American interrogation.
  Sept. 27, 2006
  
• New York's War on Fat Would a trans fat ban make foods less tasty?
  Sept. 27, 2006
  
• All the King's Men Is a Terrible Novel Re-evaluating Robert Penn Warren's timeless "classic."
  Sept. 22, 2006
  
• Tony Blair's Slow Fade Slate's take on the British prime minister.
  Sept. 7, 2006
  
• All the Pretty Horses A House bill aims to prevent the slaughter of horses for meat.
  Sept. 1, 2006
  
• False Confessions 101 Why John Mark Karr pretended he killed JonBenet.
  Aug. 28, 2006
  
• Worst Month Ever August has failed us.
  Aug. 15, 2006
  
• Social Security? Have government measures since Sept. 11 made us safer?
  Aug. 10, 2006
  
• Doping Athletes Floyd Landis tests positive.
  July 27, 2006
  
• Mommy Undearest Andrea Yates acquitted.
  July 26, 2006
  
• How Do Feeding Tubes Work? Now Saddam's got one.
  July 24, 2006
  
• A Weak Reed Why Ralph Reed lost the GOP's confidence.
  July 19, 2006
  
• Terror Tour Travels through Hezbollahland.
  July 17, 2006
  
• Kenneth L. Lay Slate on the convicted ex-Enron chief.
  July 5, 2006
  
• Does North Korea Need To Test Its Nukes? Only if they're really small.
  July 5, 2006
  
• Independent's Day Why Joe Lieberman might not run as a Democrat.
  July 3, 2006
  
• The Truth About Boys and Girls A new report confirms that the "boy crisis" in education is a myth.
  July 3, 2006
  
• Defending Anna Wintour How her ruthlessness saved Vogue.
  June 30, 2006
  
• When Is a Law Not a Law? The presidential equivalent of finger-crossing.
  June 28, 2006
  
• Dan Rather Retires, Again Slate's coverage of the former anchorman.
  June 20, 2006
  
• Down With Magazine Anniversaries! Jack Shafer on an insufferable trend.
  June 19, 2006
  
• Breast-Feeding Frenzy Is not breast-feeding really as dangerous to your baby as smoking?
  June 13, 2006
  
• This Glass Blows Is Dale Chihuly's art any good?
  June 1, 2006
  
• The Gloved Ones Should chefs really have to wear latex while they cook?
  May 8, 2006
  
• The "Out to Lunch" Defense Karl Rove's story doesn't make sense.
  April 27, 2006
  
• Who's Hu? Everything you need to know about the visiting Chinese president.
  April 20, 2006
  
• The Pulitzer Prizes Don't Matter But you can bet they'll be on the front page tomorrow.
  April 17, 2006
  
• Muriel Spark Her Slate diaries.
  April 17, 2006
  
• DeLay Departure Slate looks back at Hammer time.
  April 4, 2006
  
• The Soundtrack for Cherry Blossoms Download Slate's free audio tour of the National Mall.
  March 27, 2006
  
• St. Patrick Revealed The man behind the green beer and myth.
  March 16, 2006
  
• Forget Me Not How to win the U.S. Memory Championship.
  March 13, 2006
  
• Slobodan Milosevic Slate's take on the former Yugoslav leader.
  March 11, 2006
  
• One Word: Logistics The unheralded key to the New Economy.
  Feb. 22, 2006
  
• Is Powerball a Mug's Game? It all depends on when you play—and what value you put on a dollar.
  Feb. 17, 2006
  
• I Killed Dale Earnhardt What the Intimidator's death taught us about NASCAR.
  Feb. 17, 2006
  
• Dog Show Mysteries Explaining the idiosyncrasies of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
  Feb. 14, 2006
  
• Boycott the Olympics! Why the United States should skip the Games.
  Feb. 10, 2006
  
• Fashion Week FAQ Why do models walk that way? And other questions answered.
  Feb. 2, 2006
  
• Oscar Blitz Slate coverage of the Academy Awards.
  Jan. 31, 2006
  
• Happy Birthday, Mozart The child prodigy turns 250.
  Jan. 27, 2006
  
• Looking Back at the New Leader. A weeklong diary of its former editor, Jim Holt.
  Jan. 25, 2006
  
• Was That Really Osama on Al Jazeera? How the CIA can verify that the voice was his.
  Jan. 20, 2006
  
• The Court Hath Spoken But how do you pronounce "Ayotte?"
  Jan. 18, 2006
  
• How Does Assisted Suicide Work? A guide to "Death With Dignity" in Oregon.
  Jan. 18, 2006
  
• Trampled to Death Why is the Muslim hajj so dangerous?
  Jan. 12, 2006
  
• What's an Induced Coma? How to mend a swollen head.
  Jan. 6, 2006