Dubious and far-fetched ideas.

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• Where's the Dioxin-Tainted Beef? The Ukrainian presidential debate.
  Benjamin Healy Dec. 22, 2004
  
• A Giant Step Forward for Punctuation¡ Introducing the long-awaited sarcasm point.
  Josh Greenman Dec. 21, 2004
  
• Moving to Canada, Eh? Let Slate help you decide if it's really for you.
  Dahlia Lithwick Nov. 5, 2004
  
• The Cure for Election Rage Slate's five-step program to restore national sanity.
  Rachael Larimore Oct. 29, 2004
  
• The No Skin Zone Bill O'Reilly's obsession with porn.
  Michael Hastings Oct. 19, 2004
  
• The Scream Or, the creatures of Dr. Frankenbush.
  Evan Eisenberg Oct. 18, 2004
  
• Karl Rove's Brain How Mark Hanna destroyed William Jennings Bryan (maybe).
  Jonathan Alter Sept. 15, 2004
  
• Virtual Dictionary A guide to the language of reality TV.
  Kevin Arnovitz Sept. 14, 2004
  
• Dear Ed Gillespie Will you please stop writing to me?
  Matthew Wall Sept. 2, 2004
  
• Our Options Have Changed … To continue in jargon, press 1.
  Evan Eisenberg Aug. 30, 2004
  
• Manifesto A press release from PRKA.
  George Saunders Aug. 26, 2004
  
• Deposed The strange hiring and firing of Michael Ovitz.
  Kim Masters Aug. 16, 2004
  
• Sauce for the Hamster Vets debunk Kerry's hamster rescue.
  William Saletan Aug. 9, 2004
  
• Red or Blue—Which Are You? Take the Slate quiz.
  Anne E. Kornblut July 14, 2004
  
• Lost Letters of a Great Leader Our nation's 51st president, in his own words.
  Matt Richtel July 13, 2004
  
• My Life, by Bill Clinton The PowerPoint version.
  Daniel Radosh June 25, 2004
  
• Exit Strategy How to leave Iraq in three simple steps.
  George Saunders May 24, 2004
  
• John Kerry's Military Records The PowerPoint version.
  Daniel Radosh April 29, 2004
  
• The Aug. 6, 2001, President's Daily Brief The PowerPoint version.
  Daniel Radosh April 15, 2004
  
• The Pledge of Allegiance The PowerPoint version.
  Daniel Radosh March 26, 2004