Election '08
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Can the GOP Be Saved? Top Conservatives Debate.
How Obama's Race Won Him the Election
You Had a Gay Marriage in California. Are You Still Married?
Relive the Final Week of the Presidential Campaign in Two Minutes
McCain Did Not Run the Sleaziest Campaign in History
A Gallery of Cartoons About Barack Obama
Hey, Obama, Maybe the Economy's Not So Bad After All
What Kind of First Lady Will Michelle Obama Be?
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Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
- Rahm Emanuel, Press Tamer
What to expect as Clinton's enforcer becomes Obama's chief of staff. - Obama's Muscle
Rahm Emanuel will bring discipline to the White House. And lots of profanity. - John Leonard, RIP
Remembering the great New York Times Book Review editor. - What Happens to All the Ballots From Election Day?
They'll likely be shredded by Christmas of 2010. - Dead by Inauguration Day
What happens if a president-elect passes away at the last minute? - Role Models
Paul Rudd + cult sketch director = funny movie. - The Conservative Crackup
What should the Republican Party do now? - The Campaign's Last Week in Two Minutes
A daily video from Slate V - Great Expectations
Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day. - Jean-Claude Van Damme Made Me Cry
In JCVD, the action star delivers a kick-ass monologue. - Mormons for Traditional Marriage!
Guess who helped put California's Proposition 8 over the top? - The Culture Gabfest, Wow Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the week in culture. - High Expectations
Research into medicinal marijuana grows up. - Bowling for Dollars
Why college football is more cutthroat and competitive than the NFL. - Ladies! I Can't Hear You! No, Really, I Can't Hear You!
Where did all the female rappers go? - What's In It for Me?
How congressmen decided whether to vote for the bailout. - Sex Is a Sore Subject
My new boyfriend has herpes, and I don't. Should I take the plunge and sleep with him? - Wall Street Bursts Obama Bubble
A summary of what's in the major publications. - The Shape of Things To Come
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
- Left at the Altar
What happens now to gay marriage, in California and elsewhere? - The Presidential Transition FAQ
Does the president-elect get to ride around in Air Force One-elect? And other questions … - The Uncabinet
A guide to key appointments Obama should resist. - Rogue No More
What Sarah Palin can do next. - The Fierce Urgency of Now
Why Obama has to take over economic policymaking—today. - Joan Miró's Wild Decade
How he assassinated painting again and again. - McCain Ran the Sleaziest Campaign in History?
Not even close. - Props to Obama
Did he help push California's gay-marriage ban over the top? - Wolf Blitzer, Meet Princess Leia
A daily video from Slate V - Yes, We Can Be Serious
The networks play it cool. Except for that crazy hologram. - The Obama Advantage
How race was his ace in the hole. - Barack's To-Do List
Newsweek on the meaning of an Obama presidency. - The Conservative Crackup
What should the Republican Party do now? - Michael Crichton, RIP
Remembering Planet Earth's novelist of doom. - A Foreign-Policy Repair Manual
Six priorities for President Obama. - Eight Things We Won't Miss Now the Election Is Over
What are we going to talk about now? - No More Palin, No More Polls
How to kill time on the Web now that the election's over. - The Surprising Absence of an October Surprise
How did we get through the election without an al-Qaida attack? - Learning From Experience
Afghanistan stabilized after 9/11. Let's get back to what was working. - Obama Country
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers. - Yes, He Did
How Obama bent the arc of history. - Class Act
McCain's respectful concession speech. - Race Is Over. Biden Can Start Talking Again! Everyone Duck.
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Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
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posted by Abby Callard
on November 6, 2008Is Sarah Palin Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
Palin should be off the hook for not being able to name the countries of North America. Not being able to name the signatories of NAFTA? Well, that's a more serious blunder. Read More 
The XX Factor:
posted by Hanna Rosin
on November 6, 2008The Red Carpet
It's not surpising, I suppose, given the general goodwill toward them. But it does make me wonder exactly what political species they will fall into. Messiah implies eventual disappointment. He is more like a benevolent king. He has an almost old-fashioned, regal gift of making the nation's destiny seem in line with his own. Usually, when politicians give us all the credit, we see this as faux humility padding their own ambition. But when Obama repeats, over and over, "this is your victory," or "this victory belongs to you," we believe him. Read More- Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on November 6, 2008The Future as We Don't Know It
[Friedman] looks at a variety of technological revolutions that might happen over the next few decades, their implications, and how to deal with them. Topics range from encryption and surveillance through biotechnology and nanotechnology to life extension, mind drugs, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. One theme of the book is that the future is radically uncertain. Technological changes already begun could lead to more or less privacy than we have ever known, freedom or slavery, effective immortality or the elimination of our species, and radical changes in life, marriage, law, medicine, work, and play. "If it can be done, it will be done," David Friedman has said. "So the interesting thing to me is not what should you stop but how do you adapt." We do not know which future will arrive, but it is unlikely to be much like the past. Read More 
Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on November 5, 2008Whirl of Change!
With Democrats failing to win a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate, some say a compromise on the controversial card-signing provision is more likely now. Read More- The Big Sort:
posted by Bill Bishop
on November 4, 2008It's Time Now To Allow Politicians To Do Their Jobs
Anthropologist E.E. Evans-Prichard studied the Nuer, a pastoral people living in the Upper Nile region of Africa, herders who moved with their animals to the tune of the region's rivers. In flood times, Nuer tribes retreated to higher ground, and when the waters receded, the Nuer clans moved to Read More
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Cartoonists' take on the Obama victory.
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