Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
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- The Slatest: Afternoon Edition
The most important news and commentary to read right now.
The Slatest |
Monday, 12:29 PM ET
- Mad Men, Season 3
Week 6: So much blood, they had to use a squeegee.
Patrick Radden Keefe, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club |
Monday, 11:02 AM ET
- Dear Prudence: Dimwit Niece
A daily video from Slate V.
slate v |
Monday, 10:30 AM ET
- That Mayonnaise Has Attitude!
Miracle Whip's hipster ad campaign is risible—and oddly effective.
Seth Stevenson | ad report card |
Monday, 10:02 AM ET
- The Encumbrance of Things Past
The mystery of William Trevor's nostalgia.
Judith Shulevitz | books |
Monday, 9:30 AM ET
- He's No Alec Baldwin
Why Stephen Baldwin has given up Hollywood for religion.
Christopher Beam | politics |
Monday, 8:21 AM ET
- The Man Who Made Oz
L. Frank Baum and the first American fairy tale.
Meghan O'Rourke | the highbrow |
Monday, 7:21 AM ET
- The Great Slack Attack
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Caitlin McDevitt | today's business press |
Monday, 6:59 AM ET
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009
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- Mad Men, Season 3
Week 6: A very gory episode.
Patrick Radden Keefe, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club |
Monday, 11:02 AM ET
- Farewell to the Godfather
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009
Christopher Hitchens | fighting words |
Sunday, 5:15 PM ET
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
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Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
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- The Baucus Without the Bacchus Gabfest
Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
Emily Bazelon | gabfest |
Friday, 8:40 PM ET
- Saving Face
Chapter 7: Every marriage has a sleep czar and a fun czar.
Dahlia Lithwick | fiction |
Friday, 6:27 PM ET
- Collaborative Magic
The mad collective that is helping me write a novel in real time.
Dahlia Lithwick | fiction |
Friday, 6:26 PM ET
- Barack Obama's Facebook Feed
Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Rick Santorum's daunting task.
Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson | politics |
Friday, 5:06 PM ET
- The Informant!
Steven Soderbergh confuses me!
Dana Stevens | movies |
Friday, 4:40 PM ET
- Introducing Bidenisms
Collecting the gaffes and head-slappers of the vice president.
Jeremy Stahl | Bidenisms |
Friday, 4:34 PM ET
- The Triumph of Web 2.5
The well-deserved success of Mint.com, and what other Web businesses can learn from it.
Daniel Gross | moneybox |
Friday, 3:08 PM ET
- Reviews of: The Informant!, Jennifer's Body, and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
A daily video from Slate V.
slate v |
Friday, 2:10 PM ET
- Brownstone Noir
Jason Schwartzman as a Brooklyn writer-turned-detective in Bored to Death.
Troy Patterson | television |
Friday, 1:38 PM ET
- Missile Defense, Swine Flu Shield, and the Attack on Max
The week's most interesting Slate stories.
Andrew Dubbins | cocktail chatter |
Friday, 1:03 PM ET
- American Indian Exceptionalism
Max Baucus' bill makes you pay a fine if you don't have health insurance—unless you're American Indian.
Christopher Beam | explainer |
Friday, 11:20 AM ET
- Nine Questions for Ben Bernanke
He'd better answer them before the Senate confirms him to another term as Fed chairman.
Eliot Spitzer | the best policy |
Friday, 11:18 AM ET
- Why Won't Anyone Give Me a Credit Card?
I don't have bad credit, and I've been trying to get one for a year.
Kevin O'Donnell | moneybox |
Friday, 9:56 AM ET
- Death of a Poet
Saying goodbye to Jim Carroll.
Gerald Howard | obit |
Friday, 9:34 AM ET
- Muddy Waters
Are U.S. shipping companies still sending their clunkers to the toxic scrap yards of South Asia?
Jacob Baynham | foreigners |
Friday, 7:11 AM ET
- Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
corrections |
Friday, 6:58 AM ET
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
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- Mad at Max
Direct some anger at Max Baucus toward the president.
John Dickerson | politics |
Thursday, 11:49 PM ET
- Saving Face
Chapter 6: Ladies and the tramp.
Dahlia Lithwick | fiction |
Friday, 6:27 PM ET
- My Mistake
How a factual error in Slate ended up in a White House speech.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Thursday, 7:38 PM ET
- Murder Draped in Ivy
Why the press can't get enough of Harvard or Yale murders.
Jack Shafer | press box |
Thursday, 7:30 PM ET
- The Tantrum Index
How do you measure aggression in a 2-year-old?
Brian Palmer | explainer |
Thursday, 6:24 PM ET
- How To Fix Craigslist
Better feedback, better search, and more openness.
Farhad Manjoo | technology |
Thursday, 5:48 PM ET
- Jennifer's Body
One of the most purely pleasurable movies of the year so far.
Dana Stevens | movies |
Thursday, 5:34 PM ET
- Shielded
Obama's smart decision to scuttle Bush's European missile-defense plan.
Fred Kaplan | war stories |
Thursday, 5:27 PM ET
- To Boost or Not To Boost
The United States' swine flu vaccines will leave millions worldwide unprotected.
David Dobbs | medical examiner |
Thursday, 3:36 PM ET
- Plan B
What to do when all else has failed to change your kid's behavior.
Alan E. Kazdin and Carlo Rotella | family |
Thursday, 12:17 PM ET
- Secondhand Smokescreen
Are outdoor smoking bans scientifically justified?
William Saletan | human nature |
Thursday, 10:30 AM ET
- Selling Sex: World's Best Condom Ads
A daily video from Slate V.
slate v |
Thursday, 10:29 AM ET
- The Audio Book Club on J.D. Salinger
Our critics discuss The Catcher in the Rye.
Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson | the audio book club |
Thursday, 10:27 AM ET
- Fuzzy's Gone to Hamster Heaven
How do I tell my kids they killed their pet?
dear prudence |
Thursday, 6:13 AM ET
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
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- Zen Health Reform
If a finance committee chair introduces a bill and no one votes for it, does it exist?
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Wednesday, 7:22 PM ET
- For Shame
How many ways can Congress punish its members?
Christopher Beam | explainer |
Wednesday, 6:34 PM ET
- Wall Street vs. Cleantech
How to tell a West Coast businessman from an East Coast businessman.
Daniel Gross | moneybox |
Wednesday, 6:29 PM ET
- Saving Face
Chapter 5: The pediatrician from hell.
Dahlia Lithwick | fiction |
Friday, 6:27 PM ET
- Community and Cougar Town
One of these shows is funny in a good way.
Troy Patterson | television |
Wednesday, 5:04 PM ET
- Dan Brown's Washington
What does The Lost Symbol gets wrong about the nation's capital? Everything.
David Plotz | books |
Wednesday, 3:09 PM ET
- "Yes We Can" Meets "No We Won't"
Obama's attempts to broker Middle East peace are doomed to fail—for now.
Shmuel Rosner | foreigners |
Wednesday, 1:51 PM ET
- Be Like Gmail
What Facebook and other Internet companies can learn from Google's webmail service.
Chris Wilson | webhead |
Wednesday, 1:31 PM ET
- Ramadan Around the World
The Muslim holy month in photographs.
gallery |
Wednesday, 12:36 PM ET
- The Culture Gabfest, the Kill Rock Stars Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the week in culture.
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner | culture gabfest |
Wednesday, 12:17 PM ET
- Suffer the Little Children
How Baucus' health care bill panders to the young.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Wednesday, 12:08 PM ET
- "If the Recession Is Over for Some People, I Must Not Know Them"
Readers aren't celebrating with Bernanke.
Emily Bazelon | family |
Wednesday, 11:50 AM ET
- Paralyzed by Health Care Reform
I want to act, but I don't remotely understand the issues. What should I do?
Sandy Stonesifer | my goodness |
Wednesday, 6:58 AM ET
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
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- It's All About Them
The success of Obama's plans for health care reform may depend on the reputation of Congress.
John Dickerson | politics |
Tuesday, 7:13 PM ET
- Less for More
The principle of private health insurance.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Tuesday, 6:31 PM ET
- Serena Williams Swears to God
What do the Jehovah's Witnesses make of the tennis champion's tirade on the court?
Juliet Lapidos | explainer |
Tuesday, 6:18 PM ET
- Saving Face
Chapter 4: Pixar: God's gift to parents.
Dahlia Lithwick | fiction |
Friday, 6:27 PM ET
- Can We Bribe Our Way to Victory?
How distributing cash—to Karzai, Abdullah, and other bigwigs—could help us win in Afghanistan.
Fred Kaplan | war stories |
Tuesday, 6:13 PM ET
- Katharine Weymouth Steps in It Again
A Washington Post piece gets spiked after its publisher expresses a preference for happier stories.
Jack Shafer | press box |
Tuesday, 5:45 PM ET
- iTransport
Could iPhone apps change the way we travel?
Tom Vanderbilt | transport |
Tuesday, 1:47 PM ET
- My Ramadan World Tour
I've spent the Muslim holy month in five predominantly Muslim countries. Here's what I've learned.
Jason Rezaian | dispatches |
Tuesday, 1:43 PM ET
- The Jay Leno Show
The great experiment in low expectations kicks off with a surreal Kanye moment.
Troy Patterson | television |
Tuesday, 12:21 PM ET
- Fashion Week FAQ
Can you boo at a fashion show? And other questions answered.
Josh Patner | recycled |
Tuesday, 12:04 PM ET
- This Scene Could Really Use a Man-Eating Jellyfish
How I wrote Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
Ben H. Winters | culturebox |
Tuesday, 11:40 AM ET
- Smoke-Free Planet
The disappearing boundaries of cigarette prohibition.
William Saletan | human nature |
Tuesday, 11:11 AM ET
- Mad Men, Season 3
Week 5: This show's not a soap. It's a time-travel device.
Patrick Radden Keefe, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club |
Monday, 11:02 AM ET
- Listening to the Black Box
Did the FDA's warnings on antidepressants have any effect on teen suicide?
Arthur Allen | medical examiner |
Tuesday, 10:12 AM ET
- The Eco-Perils of Cheap Decor
Is fake-wood furniture bad for the environment?
Nina Shen Rastogi | the green lantern |
Tuesday, 9:25 AM ET
- Mr. Manners
Can a book teach you how to be a man?
Matthew Schneier | shopping |
Tuesday, 6:57 AM ET
- "Their Old Knives"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
W.S. Di Piero | poem |
Tuesday, 6:55 AM ET
Slate's most recent blog posts:
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The Happiness Project:
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on September 21, 2009
A Resolution I Bet You've Never Tried: Tweeting "The Waves."
But some writers’ work eludes my grasp. I love it, and I want to play with it, but I haven’t figured out how to do that. Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on September 20, 2009
It's Not That He's Black. It's That He's An Enigma.
After a few years of Obama, voters will have a surer sense of him on their own and the paranoia should subside. Unfortunately, his biggest legislative fight is now. Read More
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Brow Beat:
posted by June Thomas
on September 18, 2009
Project Runway, Week 5: The Rag Trade Meets the Local Rag
Praise Prada, finally a slightly unconventional challenge. The contestants schlepped
out to a Los Angeles Times
printing facility so they could gather materials to "create a design using
newspapers as fabric." (Doesn't the LAT deliver anymore?) Unfortunately, as has so often
been the case Read More
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Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on September 17, 2009
How Dangerous Is Outdoor Smoke?
If you want to argue for parkwide smoking bans based on asthma or on an analogy to noise pollution, go ahead and make that case. But let's not cloud that debate by invoking the general harm of secondhand smoke. Studies of secondhand smoke have indeed moved outdoors. Their findings support restrictions on lighting up within a few feet of other people. But they don't warrant more than that. Read More
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The XX Factor:
posted by Kerry Howley
on September 16, 2009
Taylor Swift, Your Speech Was Interrupted by Individualism
David Brooks alerts us
to the fact that a congressman said something rude at a presidential
speech, and a musician interrupted an awards show. “This isn’t the
death of the West,” he reassures us. Good to know! But what is it? Why,
it’s the death of all that is good and humble in this Read More