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• Judging a Girl by Her Cover Why I'll miss a world where books make the first move.
  Mark Oppenheimer July 30, 2010
  
• Poof! The Hills defined the boom; Jersey Shore, the bust.
  Dana Vachon July 28, 2010
  
• Betty Goes Reno A visit to the glamorous divorce ranches of the Mad Men era.
  Priya Jain July 21, 2010
  
• The Marxist Matrix How to make sense of all those dreams-within-dreams in Inception.
  Jonah Weiner July 21, 2010
  
• What a Prick Al Pacino makes it safe to hate Shylock again.
  Jason Zinoman July 21, 2010
  
• What Took You So Long? The quiet hell of 10 years of novel writing.
  Susanna Daniel July 16, 2010
  
• Trench Coat, Unlit Cigar The genius of the Wise and Cranky Kaplan Twitter feeds. Plus: Their authors, revealed.
  Nathan Heller July 13, 2010
  
• Wonder Woman's Black Leggings The most controversial superhero makeover since Robin got a new codpiece.
  Troy Patterson July 8, 2010
  
• The Tea Party Is Giving Tea Parties a Bad Name Get out your Wedgwood and bake some scones. It's time to resurrect this delightful social custom.
  Sara Dickerman July 2, 2010
  
• Bold Prediction Why e-books will never replace real books.
  Jan Swafford June 29, 2010
  
• "Somewhere a Dog Barked" Pick up just about any novel and you'll find a throwaway reference to a dog, barking in the distance.
  Rosecrans Baldwin June 17, 2010
  
• What the ffolkes? An obscure British thriller that's eerily prescient about the Gulf oil spill.
  David Plotz June 14, 2010
  
• The Not-So-Karate Kid When did America fall out of love with the karate chop?
  Erik Sofge June 11, 2010
  
• Beyond Apu Why are there suddenly so many Indians on television?
  Nina Shen Rastogi June 9, 2010
  
• Why We Love The Shack How a self-published novel that envisions God as a zaftig African-American woman has sold millions of copies.
  Nathan Heller June 3, 2010
  
• Why Are Indian Kids So Good at Spelling? Because they have their own minor-league spelling bee circuit.
  Ben Paynter June 2, 2010
  
• The Great Mormon Novel Where is it?
  David Haglund May 17, 2010
  
• Robin Hood Psychology We may be predisposed to steal from the rich and give to the poor.
  Zachary Pincus-Roth May 13, 2010
  
• Long-Lost Wallets They turn up more often than you think.
  Jon Mooallem May 4, 2010
  
• Coyote Country On the hunt for Arizona's illegal aliens with the Police Women of Maricopa County.
  Jessica Grose April 30, 2010
  
• War Is Gaga A brief history of soldiers posting ridiculous dance routines on the Internet.
  Neal Ungerleider April 30, 2010
  
• Bleeps Be Upon Him The genius of South Park's censored "Mohammed" episodes.
  Jonah Weiner April 29, 2010
  
• Wing Nuts Slate readers help us catalog the personality types of flight delays.
  John Dickerson April 27, 2010
  
• Down and Out in Boston You must read (and watch) Eddie Coyle.
  Troy Patterson April 23, 2010
  
• Lord of the Fliers Help Slate define and classify the common personality types during airport delays.
  John Dickerson April 19, 2010
  
• New Orleans Saints Is Treme too easy on the Big Easy?
  Josh Levin April 14, 2010
  
• The Worst Movies Ever Made Birdemic, The Room, and what makes a horrible film great.
  Jonah Weiner April 6, 2010
  
• Greek Tragedy Why is the 3-D so bad in Clash of the Titans?
  Daniel Engber April 2, 2010
  
• Please Stop Blowing My Mind Blockbusters have become way too intellectual.
  Tom Shone March 31, 2010
  
• This Will Be on the Midterm. You Feel Me? Why so many colleges are teaching The Wire.
  Drake Bennett March 24, 2010
  
• Flux=Rad The Pavement reunion and the end of baby boomer cultural hegemony.
  Zach Baron March 18, 2010
  
• The Jerks Why do we put up with the narcissists, misanthropes, and passive-aggressives who populate Noah Baumbach's films?
  Jessica Winter March 18, 2010
  
• Johnny Depp's Adventures in Gender-Bending Swishy pirates, reclusive bachelors, Victorian dandies, and now a foppish hatter.
  Eric Hynes March 8, 2010
  
• Aging Bull Has the fight gone out of Martin Scorsese?
  Elbert Ventura Feb. 18, 2010
  
• Blinding Date Slate readers pick their five worst date movies of all time.
  Jessica Grose Feb. 16, 2010
  
• He Lost It at the Movies The starry-eyed film criticism of David Thomson.
  Troy Patterson Feb. 15, 2010
  
• Bad Romance The search for the worst date movie of all time.
  Jessica Grose Feb. 10, 2010
  
• Ozzy Does It The improbable persistence of Ozzy Osbourne.
  James Parker Feb. 5, 2010
  
• Who Will Take Home an Oscar? Help Slate predict the winners. Plus: The second round of votes have been counted!
  Chris Wilson Feb. 3, 2010
  
• Dear Jerry, You Old Bastard My adventures answering J.D. Salinger's mail.
  Joanna Smith Rakoff Feb. 3, 2010
  
• How Can MTV Follow Up Jersey Shore? Massholes.
  Jessica Grose Jan. 21, 2010
  
• Planet of the Guidos Why Staten Island is New York City's most mocked borough.
  Jonah Weiner Jan. 20, 2010
  
• Such Great Heights The best novel ever written about the outdoor life.
  Michael Agger Jan. 20, 2010
  
• James Cameron Hates America The conservative attack on Avatar.
  Tom Shone Jan. 14, 2010
  
• Hova Goes MoMA Why Jay-Z loves shouting out Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Damien Hirst.
  Jonah Weiner Jan. 13, 2010
  
• How I Serenaded Your Mother The fine art of the musical episode.
  June Thomas Jan. 8, 2010