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- the has-been
Defining Deviancy Down
How Pat Moynihan predicted Vito Fossella.
May 13, 2008, 10:52 AM ET - fraywatch
Sluts, Bitches, and Dogs' Haircuts: The Mommy Wars
A problem with Mom is a problem shared.
May 13, 2008, 10:42 AM ET - map the candidates
Primary Day
Clinton is in West Virginia to celebrate a likely victory while Obama campaigns in Missouri, which has already voted. McCain is in Washington.
May 13, 2008, 10:34 AM ET - Convictions
Detainee 063
Did the Pentagon drop charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani because he was tortured?
May 13, 2008, 9:32 AM ET - procrastination
Just Don't Do It
A special issue on procrastination.
May 13, 2008, 7:58 AM ET - procrastination
Lollygagging Through Life
I'm joining Procrastinators Anonymous—can I get past step one?
May 13, 2008, 7:47 AM ET - procrastination
Procrastination Lit
Great novels about wasting time.
May 13, 2008, 7:44 AM ET - procrastination
Lazy Money
The procrastinator's portfolio: An investment guide.
May 13, 2008, 7:43 AM ET - procrastination
Letter to a Young Procrastinator
Some last-minute advice from a veteran slacker.
May 13, 2008, 7:40 AM ET - music box
Bach on Top
How one of the most esoteric musical works ever written became an unlikely hit.
May 13, 2008, 7:30 AM ET - the green lantern
Eco-Turf
Is fake grass better for the environment?
May 13, 2008, 7:27 AM ET - poem
"The Story of the Father"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
May 13, 2008, 7:23 AM ET - politics
Campaign Junkie
The election trail starts here.
May 13, 2008, 7:21 AM ET
- DAILY VIDEO
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- SLIDE SHOWWhy technology in kids' books is so out of date.
- politics
Slate's Delegate Calculator
Obama now looking at 11-delegate pickup from Tuesday.
May 13, 2008, 7:20 AM ET - political futures
Why Vote When You Can Bet?
Slate's guide to all the political markets.
May 13, 2008, 7:19 AM ET - today's pictures
Today's Pictures
I'll be dammed.
May 13, 2008, 7:17 AM ET - doonesbury
Doonesbury Flashback
The hazard of dukes.
May 13, 2008, 7:15 AM ET - today's cartoons
Today's Cartoons
Cartoonists' take on the military.
May 13, 2008, 7:13 AM ET - today's papers
7.9
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 13, 2008, 6:34 AM ET
Monday, May 12, 2008
- foreigners
A Drastic Remedy
The case for intervention in Burma.
May 12, 2008, 8:00 PM ET - explainer
Were the Dove Ads Retouched?
How to spot Photoshop chicanery.
May 12, 2008, 6:40 PM ET - did you see this?
Hillary Clinton Is Norma Desmond
The best of Web video.
May 12, 2008, 6:19 PM ET - trailhead
Who Is Bob Barr?
Ron Paul on the new Libertarian Party candidate.
May 12, 2008, 6:09 PM ET - press box
The Worst Show on a Cable News Network
It's still The Journal Editorial Report.
May 12, 2008, 6:04 PM ET - today's blogs
Free Burma!
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 12, 2008, 5:47 PM ET - television
When We Return …
At the upfronts, television networks plot their comebacks.
May 12, 2008, 3:53 PM ET - hot document
Racist Secret Service E-Mails
What they chat about when they aren't protecting the president.
May 12, 2008, 3:29 PM ET - election scorecard
Pick-Me-Up
West Virginians have plenty of goodwill for Hillary and still think she will win in November.
May 12, 2008, 2:37 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
Obama takes the lead in the superdelegate race.
May 12, 2008, 1:02 PM ET - fighting words
Can Israel Survive for Another 60 Years?
Perhaps, but not necessarily as a Jewish state.
May 12, 2008, 12:26 PM ET - hollywoodland
Does NBC Really Have an Office Spinoff?
Also: Gaming out the Conan, Fallon, Leno, and Kimmel late-night musical chairs.
May 12, 2008, 12:25 PM ET
- LINE of the DAY"An Amsterdam economist had black houseflies etched into the wells of the urinals at Schiphol Airport under the theory that 'If a man sees a fly, he aims at it.' Spillage decreased by 80 percent."Taming Your Inner Homer SimpsonBy Dahlia Lithwick
- xx factor
They're Leaving
Why do women in their late 30s leave science jobs?
May 12, 2008, 12:08 PM ET - slate v
Dear Prudence: Pregnant and Nauseated
A daily video from Slate V.
May 12, 2008, 11:47 AM ET - human nature
Human Liquid
Dissolving your body in lye.
May 12, 2008, 11:05 AM ET - books
Taming Your Inner Homer Simpson
How to opt out of our own stupid choices.
May 12, 2008, 7:03 AM ET - faith-based
Loving and Leaving the Head Scarf
What hijab's revolving door says about the religious mobility of American Muslims.
May 12, 2008, 7:03 AM ET - foreigners
The World Without Us
The United States can't afford to snub the 2010 World Expo.
May 12, 2008, 7:03 AM ET - today's papers
The Burden of Proof
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 12, 2008, 6:48 AM ET
Sunday, May 11, 2008
- kausfiles
Don't Fear the Burberry
Where Obama buys "off the rack."
May 11, 2008, 2:21 PM ET
- today's papers
The General
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 11, 2008, 5:19 AM ET
Saturday, May 10, 2008
- moneybox
Coming Soon, the Samsung Washington Monument!
How "naming rights" have become a huge American export.
May 10, 2008, 7:04 AM ET - jurisprudence
Persuasion
Justice Antonin Scalia is persuadable. Or he finally thinks you are.
May 10, 2008, 7:02 AM ET
- reading list
Super Books for Pretty Good Moms
Parenting guides that won't make you even more anxious than you already are.
May 10, 2008, 7:00 AM ET - today's papers
Disaster Resistance
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 10, 2008, 6:00 AM ET
Friday, May 9, 2008
- fraywatch
"We Don't Shill for Anyone …"
An exchange between Slate and the producers of The Infinite Mind.
May 9, 2008, 8:16 PM ET - politics
White Voter Trap
Why Clinton wasn't intentionally playing the race card.
May 9, 2008, 6:41 PM ET - explainer
How To Make a Skull Bong
A guide for the ultimate deadhead.
May 9, 2008, 6:02 PM ET - today's blogs
The Next Somalia?
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 9, 2008, 5:46 PM ET - slate v
Summary Judgment for May 9
A daily video from Slate V.
May 9, 2008, 5:39 PM ET - video
Capitolio
A Magnum photo essay.
May 9, 2008, 4:40 PM ET - moneybox
Game Google, Help the World
Why search-engine optimization makes the Web a better place.
May 9, 2008, 4:02 PM ET - other magazines
Break a Leg Like a Girl
The New York Times Magazine on high-school female athletes' alarming injury rates.
May 9, 2008, 2:39 PM ET
- the spectator
A Real Nuclear Option for the Nominees
Averting "inadvertent" war in two easy steps.
May 9, 2008, 2:33 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
A steady stream of endorsements for Obama hold Clinton at bay.
May 9, 2008, 2:32 PM ET - movies
Go, Speed Racer, Go Away!
The Wachowski brothers' high-tech failure.
May 9, 2008, 12:16 PM ET - gabfest
The Green Shirt Gabfest
Listen to Slate's weekly political show.
May 9, 2008, 10:37 AM ET - gaming
Unjustifiable Carnage, Uneasy Alliances, and Lots of Self-Doubt
What Grand Theft Auto IV gets right about gangland and illegal economies.
May 9, 2008, 6:46 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
Smoking cigars with a major league MVP.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - corrections
Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
May 9, 2008, 4:58 PM ET - today's papers
Let My People In
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 9, 2008, 6:20 AM ET
Thursday, May 8, 2008
- press box
The Russert to Judgment
So now the TV pundits tell us an Obama nomination is certain.
May 8, 2008, 6:32 PM ET - today's blogs
She Said What?
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 8, 2008, 6:29 PM ET - explainer
Burma vs. Myanmar
Why can't the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
May 8, 2008, 6:28 PM ET - war stories
Prison Break
Maybe the Army's not so hidebound after all.
May 8, 2008, 6:07 PM ET - the chat room
Don't Let Your Girls Grow Up To Be Child Stars
Meghan O'Rourke takes readers' questions about Hannah Montana and the Miley Cyrus photos.
May 8, 2008, 5:46 PM ET - hot document
Watchdog, Watch Thyself
Did the Office of Special Counsel violate the very laws it enforces at other federal agencies?
May 8, 2008, 5:10 PM ET - sports nut
87 Is the Loneliest Number
Hyping Sidney Crosby won't fix hockey's problems. Here's how the NHL will win over new fans.
May 8, 2008, 1:56 PM ET
- Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
Dubious supporters and money woes drive Clinton's odds ever downward.
May 8, 2008, 1:12 PM ET - movies
Manhattan Without Car Alarms
Tim Robbins plays a sound-pollution vigilante in Noise.
May 8, 2008, 11:07 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
Loma del Sueño, José Rijo's mountain of dreams.
May 8, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - family
I'm Talking to You, Corded!
The mismatch of technology and picture books.
May 8, 2008, 7:08 AM ET - politics
It's 3 A.M. What's Your Ring Tone?
New from Slate: The Hillary laugh and more political sound bites for your phone.
May 8, 2008, 5:54 PM ET - dear prudence
A Play Date for Mommy
In honor of Mother's Day: indifferent mothers, neglected mothers, smothering mothers, and more.
May 8, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - today's papers
Her Fight Will Go On
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 8, 2008, 6:30 AM ET
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- chatterbox
Defending Hillary
Psst. Her cheap pander on OPEC is good policy.
May 7, 2008, 7:12 PM ET - explainer
Can a Campaign Go Bankrupt?
What happens to Hillary Clinton's debt when the primaries are over?
May 7, 2008, 6:40 PM ET - moneybox
Corn Dogs
Fuel prices are at record highs, so why are ethanol producers struggling?
May 7, 2008, 6:23 PM ET - television
Farmer Wants a Wife
Gets Carrie Bradshaw wannabes instead.
May 7, 2008, 6:22 PM ET - today's blogs
Hill Street Blues
The latest chatter in cyberspace.
May 7, 2008, 5:02 PM ET - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
McGovern, loans, and superdelegates all continue to sink the ship.
May 7, 2008, 4:53 PM ET - moneybox
Obama-nomics
Barack and Michelle are very cautious with their newfound wealth.
May 7, 2008, 3:44 PM ET
- foreigners
What Does It Mean To Be "Pro-Israel"?
The election, and the creation of a new dovish Jewish lobby group, brings the question to the fore.
May 7, 2008, 1:23 PM ET - slate v
Interviews 50 Cents: Blitzing Mother
A daily video from Slate V.
May 7, 2008, 11:58 AM ET - food
Meatless Like Me
I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon.
May 7, 2008, 11:51 AM ET - culture gabfest
The Culture Gabfest Summer Movie Bonanza
Listen to Slate's new show about the week in culture.
May 7, 2008, 11:39 AM ET - well-traveled
Baseball, Dominican-Style
A tripleheader with Juan Marichal.
May 7, 2008, 6:45 AM ET - today's papers
The Beginning of the End?
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
May 7, 2008, 6:27 AM ET - politics
Obama Wins Split Decision
Clinton survives, but barely.
May 7, 2008, 1:16 AM ET
- Today's Papers
- Today's Blogs
- Other Magazines
- hot document
Racist Secret Service E-Mails - explainer
Were the Dove Ads Retouched? - Deathwatch
The Hillary Deathwatch
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