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Friday, July 25, 2008
  • xx factor
    Condom Controversy
    Plus: The last word on Edwards?
    July 25, 2008, 7:29 PM ET
  • Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Dayday to day
    The Worst Beach Movies of All Time
    Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day.
    July 25, 2008, 6:11 PM ET
  • press box
    What Does Rupert Murdoch Want?
    Former Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger hasn't a clue.
    Jack Shafer
    July 25, 2008, 6:00 PM ET
  • politics
    What Did Obama Learn in Iraq?
    The senator hasn't shown us much yet.
    John Dickerson
    July 25, 2008, 5:58 PM ET
  • explainer
    Can Bug Spray Explode?
    The hazards of aerosol insecticides.
    Amaka Maduka
    July 25, 2008, 5:05 PM ET
  • movies
    Baghead
    An indie horror film that kind of resembles early John Sayles.
    Dana Stevens
    July 25, 2008, 4:40 PM ET
  • other magazines
    Right-Wing Rewards
    Harper's on how Jack Abramoff made conservative politics profitable.
    Morgan Smith
    July 25, 2008, 4:01 PM ET
  • did you see this?
    Chimp Prison Break
    The best of Web video.
    July 25, 2008, 3:41 PM ET
  • television
    Brideshead Revisited Revisited
    How to watch Evelyn Waugh.
    Troy Patterson
    July 25, 2008, 3:08 PM ET
  • the chat room
    Oughta Be a Crime
    Emily Bazelon takes readers' questions on the legal case against members of the Bush administration.
    July 25, 2008, 2:16 PM ET
  • map the candidates
    Vacation's Over
    Obama makes his last two stops overseas in France and England. McCain is in Colorado.
    E.J. Kalafarski and Chadwick Matlin
    July 25, 2008, 2:03 PM ET
  • gabfest
    The Edwards Slugfest Gabfest
    Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
    Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
    July 25, 2008, 1:25 PM ET
  • moneybox
    Phones Without Homes
    What's really killing the land-line telephone business.
    Daniel Gross
    July 25, 2008, 1:05 PM ET
Thursday, July 24, 2008
  • explainer
    How Healthy Are Truckers?
    What it takes for a commercial driver to pass the government physical.
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 24, 2008, 6:49 PM ET
  • culturebox
    Aliens Are Overrated
    The best X-Files episodes weren't about extraterrestrials.
    Juliet Lapidos
    July 24, 2008, 6:39 PM ET
  • movies
    Close Encounters of the Woo-Woo Kind
    Mulder and Scully reunite in The X-Files: I Want To Believe.
    Dana Stevens
    July 24, 2008, 6:05 PM ET
  • chatterbox
    AstroTurf Watch
    Introducing an occasional series spotlighting ersatz grass-roots lobbying by corporations.
    Timothy Noah
    July 24, 2008, 5:44 PM ET
  • jurisprudence
    Investigate Now, Pardon Later
    It's not quite time to let bygones be bygones.
    Dahlia Lithwick
    July 24, 2008, 4:48 PM ET
  • dispatches
    Obama Comes Calling
    In Israel, Obama tries to win over Jewish-American voters without upsetting the locals.
    Dina Kraft
    July 24, 2008, 12:43 PM ET
  • television
    Nice Office
    Mad Men returns for a second season.
    Troy Patterson
    July 24, 2008, 12:04 PM ET
  • slate v
    Bushisms: American Head Count
    A daily video from Slate V.
    July 24, 2008, 11:26 AM ET
  • five-ring circus
    Swifter, Higher, Cuddlier
    Stop picking on Beijing's Olympic mascots.
    Seth Stevenson
    July 24, 2008, 11:26 AM ET
  • jurisprudence
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Slate's interactive guide: Who in the Bush administration broke the law, and who could be prosecuted?
    Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson
    July 24, 2008, 6:55 AM ET
  • medical examiner
    Waiting Doom
    How hospitals are killing E.R. patients.
    Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines
    July 24, 2008, 6:54 AM ET
  • dear prudence
    Hey, Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone
    My girlfriend gets very close to her students. Should she back off?
    July 24, 2008, 6:54 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Arctic Oil Rush!
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 24, 2008, 6:25 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Keys to the Kingdom
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 24, 2008, 6:14 AM ET
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
  • what's up, doc?
    Happier Sex
    Does Viagra help women who take antidepressants?
    Sydney Spiesel
    July 23, 2008, 1:37 PM ET
  • architecture
    Thom Mayne's U.S. Federal Building
    Can the iconoclastic architect design a structure that's cheap, green, and secure?
    Witold Rybczynski
    July 23, 2008, 6:58 AM ET
  • sports nut
    Dear Michael Chang
    You ruined my tennis career. Thanks for nothing.
    Huan Hsu
    July 23, 2008, 6:56 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Redefining Bad
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 23, 2008, 6:33 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Man in the Middle
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 23, 2008, 6:28 AM ET
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
  • kausfiles
    Edwards, Busted
    The National Enquirer catches him.
    Mickey Kaus
    July 22, 2008, 1:56 AM ET
  • politics
    McCain's Unhappy Warrior
    Sloppy attacks are not the path to victory.
    John Dickerson
    July 22, 2008, 7:36 PM ET
  • explainer
    How Do You Diagnose Autism?
    Michael Savage thinks doctors are getting it wrong.
    Juliet Lapidos
    July 22, 2008, 6:57 PM ET
  • bushisms
    Bushism of the Day
    The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
    Jacob Weisberg
    July 22, 2008, 5:27 PM ET
  • chatterbox
    Health Care Reform: The Slugfest Begins
    Meet the interest groups that will decide the fate of medical insurance.
    Timothy Noah
    July 22, 2008, 5:24 PM ET
  • press box
    A Midsummer Harvest of Bogus Trend Stories
    Drivel from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe.
    Jack Shafer
    July 22, 2008, 4:42 PM ET
  • the green lantern
    Cows or Beans
    Which is the better source for milk?
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 22, 2008, 4:25 PM ET
  • other magazines
    The Miracle of Circumcision
    The New Scientist on the debate over whether the procedure can reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
    Morgan Smith
    July 22, 2008, 3:33 PM ET
  • green room
    Will Greener Planes Fly?
    Fuel-strapped airlines need a new approach, but technological fixes are hard to find.
    Christopher Flavelle
    July 22, 2008, 2:24 PM ET
  • recycled
    Letters to the Summer Tenants
    The lament of a self-martyred landlord.
    Jodie T. Allen
    July 22, 2008, 2:05 PM ET
  • what's up, doc?
    Sick Borrowing
    Do IMF loans lead to higher rates of tuberculosis?
    Sydney Spiesel
    July 22, 2008, 12:22 PM ET
  • fraywatch
    Getting a Little Bit Crazy in Iraq
    Watch Generation Kill, read the review.
    Moira Redmond
    July 22, 2008, 10:35 AM ET
  • human nature
    War Is Halo
    Killing real people becomes a video game.
    William Saletan
    July 22, 2008, 7:52 AM ET
  • books
    The Care and Feeding of Fiction
    James Wood's critical manifesto is firm, yet flexible.
    Judith Shulevitz
    July 22, 2008, 7:38 AM ET
  • family
    See Iron Man Run
    Hollywood wants to teach your kid to read.
    Erica S. Perl
    July 22, 2008, 7:36 AM ET
  • poem
    "Siren"
    A weekly poem, read by the author.
    Paul Breslin
    July 22, 2008, 7:33 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Icahn In, Yang Out?
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 22, 2008, 7:12 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Your Plan Is My Plan
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 22, 2008, 6:20 AM ET
Monday, July 21, 2008
  • foreigners
    A Textbook Case of Intolerance
    Changing the world one schoolbook at a time.
    Anne Applebaum
    July 21, 2008, 8:01 PM ET
  • technology
    Things Are Not What They Stream
    Have corporate-sponsored Internet pranks gone too far?
    Farhad Manjoo
    July 21, 2008, 7:05 PM ET
  • explainer
    Pre-emptive Presidential Pardons
    Can you be pardoned for a crime before you're ever charged?
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 21, 2008, 6:36 PM ET
  • moneybox
    Save Your Starbucks!
    Soon there will be 600 fewer places to get a Frappucino. Slate wants to hear the symptoms of your withdrawal.
    Chadwick Matlin
    July 21, 2008, 6:23 PM ET
  • bushisms
    Bushism of the Day
    The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
    Jacob Weisberg
    July 21, 2008, 4:17 PM ET
  • moneybox
    Help Wanted
    If the federal government can't accurately forecast which jobs will grow, can anyone do it?
    Jacob Leibenluft
    July 21, 2008, 3:29 PM ET
  • fighting words
    Losing Sight of Progress
    How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists' claims.
    Christopher Hitchens
    July 21, 2008, 11:34 AM ET
  • today's business press
    Paulson Plays the Pundits
    A summary of what's in the major publications.
    Matthew Yeomans
    July 21, 2008, 7:55 AM ET
  • today's papers
    Road Kill
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Daniel Politi
    July 21, 2008, 6:26 AM ET
Sunday, July 20, 2008
  • today's papers
    From Maliki, With Love
    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
    Ryan Grim
    July 20, 2008, 6:08 AM ET
    Obama-mania!
    Obama-mania!