Wednesday, March 10, 2010

- Real American Weirdos
Slate Editor David Plotz and Daily Caller Editor Tucker Carlson chatted about Eric Massa, the al-Qaida 7, and "Jihad Jane." Read the transcript.
David Plotz and Tucker Carlson | im |
Wednesday, 4:04 PM ET
- Previously on Lost: Dr. Linus
Slate's online video magazine.
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Wednesday, 3:04 PM ET
- Lost, Season 6
Season 6: Vive le Linus!
Chadwick Matlin, Jack Shafer, and Seth Stevenson | tv club |
Wednesday, 2:37 PM ET
- The Culture Gabfest, "Busby Berkeley Dreams" Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the week in culture.
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner | culture gabfest |
Wednesday, 1:06 PM ET
- Game Over
A baby starves to death while its parents play online.
William Saletan | human nature |
Wednesday, 12:14 PM ET
- The Slatest: Afternoon Edition
Alexander McQueen's final collection is greeted with raves and tears in Paris; Somali pirates can buy travel visas from government officials and jet to Europe for just $15,000; will Detroit succeed as a "semi-rural" city?
The Slatest |
Wednesday, 11:57 AM ET
- The Efficient Life
Slate wants your best ideas for how to live a cheaper, more energy-efficient life.
Daniel Gross | the hive |
Wednesday, 11:53 AM ET
- Can It
At-home preserving is ridiculously trendy.
Sara Dickerman | food |
Wednesday, 9:59 AM ET
- The Bauhaus
Why we're still fascinated by it.
Witold Rybczynski | architecture |
Wednesday, 9:41 AM ET
The Bizarre Religious Roots of the Abortion Tweeter
From home birth to home abortion.
Kathryn Joyce | double x |
Wednesday, 7:03 AM ET
- A Private Matter
Am I hurting my local public schools—and hurting America—by sending my kids to expensive private schools?
Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer | my goodness |
Wednesday, 7:01 AM ET
- Calls for Reform Grow Stronger as Europe Moves to Ban Some Credit-Default Swaps
A summary of what's in the major publications.
Kelly Faircloth | today's business press |
Wednesday, 6:54 AM ET
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

- The Unbarking Dog
Why aren't Republicans raising holy hell about Obamacare's payroll tax hike?
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Tuesday, 10:52 PM ET
- Rahm Emanuel: Bug or Feature?
The chief of staff can thank the president for the attention he's getting.
John Dickerson | politics |
Tuesday, 7:24 PM ET
- What "Government Takeover"?
The bogus Republican claim that Obamacare is a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy.
Daniel Gross | moneybox |
Tuesday, 5:37 PM ET
Obama Says Theodore Roosevelt Lobbied for Health Care Reform ...
Did health insurance even exist back then?
Brian Palmer | explainer |
Tuesday, 4:46 PM ET
- Can You Text Me Now?
Help Slate set some ground rules for cell phone etiquette.
Farhad Manjoo | technology |
Tuesday, 4:44 PM ET
- Hey Penny: Leave Your Sick Kids at Home!
Slate's online video magazine.
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Tuesday, 3:23 PM ET
- If These Walls Could Talk
They would say, "Insulate us!" The case for better—much better—insulation.
Daniel Gross | the hive |
Tuesday, 11:20 AM ET
Trading Spouses?
My friend's attraction to my hot husband freaks me out.
Lucinda Rosenfeld | friend or foe |
Tuesday, 10:28 AM ET
- The Forbidden Game
China's on-again, off-again war against golf.
Dan Washburn | moneybox |
Tuesday, 10:04 AM ET
- Are Most Emergency Room Visits Really Unnecessary?
Cracking down on ER use won't save us as much money as you think.
Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines | medical examiner |
Tuesday, 9:39 AM ET
- Fat Kids
Get ready for a new front in the war on obesity.
Daniel Engber | Science |
Tuesday, 9:38 AM ET
- Dirty Laundry
Should I give up dry cleaning?
Nina Shen Rastogi | the green lantern |
Tuesday, 7:23 AM ET
- "Wait"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
Robert Wrigley | poem |
Tuesday, 7:02 AM ET
Monday, March 8, 2010

- Germany Is Tired of Paying Europe's Bills
If Germans feel less guilty about the war, they won't make sacrifices to help feckless Greeks.
Anne Applebaum | foreigners |
Monday, 8:00 PM ET
- Gun Points
History reveals a long-standing local authority to regulate guns. Shouldn't that matter?
Saul Cornell, Justin Florence, and Matthew Shors | jurisprudence |
Monday, 6:00 PM ET
- Yamani or Your Life
A nasty attempt to coerce Danish newspapers into apologizing for the cartoons of Mohammed.
Christopher Hitchens | fighting words |
Monday, 5:33 PM ET
- Zero Hour for Zero
Will the START treaty be the dead end of Obama's no-nukes dream?
Ron Rosenbaum | the spectator |
Monday, 5:19 PM ET
Can California Declare Bankruptcy?
What about Greece?
Christopher Beam | explainer |
Monday, 5:01 PM ET
- Insuring Against Success
Eight reasons why the health-insurance industry should change its position and support reform.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Monday, 4:20 PM ET
- Gather Ye Ringwalds
Of age, of youth, of Oscar.
Troy Patterson and Dana Stevens | the oscars |
Monday, 4:11 PM ET
The Big Red Word vs. the Little Green Man
The international war over exit signs.
Julia Turner | Signs |
Monday, 4:01 PM ET
- Hang Up and Listen: The Ultimate Zone Rating Edition
Listen to Slate's podcast about the week in sports.
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, Mike Pesca | hang up and listen |
Monday, 3:31 PM ET
- I'm No Sex Machine
Prudie counsels a woman whose partner desires more frequent lovemaking than she does—and other advice seekers.
dear prudence |
Monday, 2:30 PM ET
- Dear Prudence: My Love-Hate Cousins
Slate's online video magazine.
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Monday, 11:54 AM ET
- Is There an iPhone App for Slate?
Yes!
slate fare |
Monday, 10:23 AM ET
Can You Really Predict the Success of a Marriage in 15 Minutes?
An excerpt from Laurie Abraham's The Husbands and Wives Club.
Laurie Abraham | double x |
Monday, 10:01 AM ET
- Johnny Depp's Adventures in Gender-Bending
Swishy pirates, reclusive bachelors, Victorian dandies, and now a foppish hatter.
Eric Hynes | culturebox |
Monday, 9:36 AM ET
- And the Award for Best Oscar Predictions Goes To …
Slate readers sweep the top six categories but trip up on screenplays and costumes.
Chris Wilson | the oscars |
Monday, 9:07 AM ET
Why Has a Divided America Taken Gay Rights Seriously?
A philosopher credits the power of imagination.
Dahlia Lithwick | books |
Monday, 7:49 AM ET
- Oscar Fashion Report Card
Zoe Saldana's "ornamental kale," George Clooney's shaggy new look, and why we missed Tilda Swinton.
Sara Dickerman, Jessica Grose, Hanna Rosin, and Julia Turner | fashion |
Monday, 7:31 AM ET
- Black Death
The selective crusade against black women's abortions.
William Saletan | human nature |
Monday, 7:29 AM ET
Sunday, March 7, 2010

- Slate 's Oscars Live Chat
What our writers and editors said about the Academy Awards telecast.
the oscars |
Sunday, 8:04 PM ET
- The Oscars
A roundup of Slate's coverage of the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
the oscars |
Monday, 1:02 PM ET
Saturday, March 6, 2010

- Make It Stop!
How Obama can get behind the idea of limited government.
Jacob Weisberg | the big idea |
Saturday, 6:34 AM ET
Friday, March 5, 2010

- Let's Talk Oscars
The screenwriting category, the Jersey Shore re-enactments.
Troy Patterson and Dana Stevens | the oscars |
Monday, 4:11 PM ET
- More Than Words
Liz Cheney says terrorists have no rights. Also, you're a terrorist.
Dahlia Lithwick | jurisprudence |
Friday, 4:08 PM ET
- Whither Ecumenism?
Catholics interfere with a rival doctrine.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Friday, 2:38 PM ET
- Reviews of: Alice in Wonderland, Brooklyn's Finest, and The Secret of Kells
Slate's online video magazine.
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Friday, 1:41 PM ET
- American Idol
The contestants get religion, share pre-singing rituals, and say farewell to Haeley.
Katherine Meizel | idolatry |
Friday, 10:07 AM ET
- Whales
We owe them an apology.
Philip Hoare | green room |
Friday, 10:00 AM ET
- Up in the Air
A slick Hollywood star vehicle dressed up by a mediocre filmmaker to look like an emblematic chronicle of our tough economic times.
Dennis Lim | the oscars |
Friday, 9:55 AM ET
Why Do All the Letters Sent by Military Wives Disappear?
For comfort, we have blogs instead.
Alison Buckholtz | deployment diary |
Friday, 9:32 AM ET
- Will the Exiles Return to Iraq?
Sunday's election is a test of the permanence of the division between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites.
Deborah Amos | foreigners |
Friday, 7:12 AM ET
- A Refugee Photo Album
The everyday lives of Iraqi refugees in Jordan.
Anna Husarska | foreigners |
Friday, 7:11 AM ET
- Corrections
Slate's mistakes.
corrections |
Friday, 7:02 AM ET
Thursday, March 4, 2010

- Alice in Wonderland
Don't follow Tim Burton down this rabbit hole.
Dana Stevens | movies |
Thursday, 7:04 PM ET
When Can You Sue A Filmmaker for Defamation?
A real-life soldier says The Hurt Locker is based on his life and makes him look bad, too.
Brian Palmer | explainer |
Thursday, 6:45 PM ET
- Slow To Obsess
Obama held only one health care event in his first four months in office?
John Dickerson | politics |
Thursday, 6:35 PM ET
- The Live From New York Gabfest
Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz | gabfest |
Thursday, 6:29 PM ET
- Late-Period Steve Martin
How to understand the actor, novelist, essayist, playwright, banjo player, crotch-centric variety show performer, and Oscar co-host.
Nathan Heller | the oscars |
Thursday, 6:23 PM ET
- Notes on a Scandal
Why pledges to "clean up Washington" never work.
Christopher Beam | politics |
Thursday, 6:19 PM ET
- Why Stupak Is Wrong
The Senate bill doesn't fund abortions. Here's why he thinks it does.
Timothy Noah | prescriptions |
Thursday, 5:35 PM ET
- Patently Stupid
Apple's multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous.
Farhad Manjoo | technology |
Thursday, 5:24 PM ET
- Dana's Home Theater: A Serious Man
Slate's online video magazine.
slate v |
Thursday, 4:44 PM ET
Do You Draw Good Maps?
A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours.
Julia Turner | Signs |
Thursday, 4:23 PM ET
Legible London
Can better signs help people understand an extremely disorienting city?
Julia Turner | Signs |
Thursday, 4:22 PM ET
- Let's Talk Oscars
The Hurt Locker is a piece of chamber music. Inglourious Basterds is epic.
Troy Patterson and Dana Stevens | the oscars |
Monday, 4:11 PM ET
The Smuttiest French Novel Ever Written, Still Shocking 50 Years Later
A new graphic novel based on Story of O.
Sasha Watson | double x |
Thursday, 1:23 PM ET
- Post-Bailout Novel
A conversation with Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic.
Daniel Gross | moneybox |
Thursday, 12:17 PM ET
- What's the Matter With New York?
Slate Editor David Plotz and Daily Caller Editor Tucker Carlson chatted about Charles Rangel, David Paterson and health care reform. Read the transcript.
David Plotz | im |
Thursday, 11:22 AM ET
What Lewis Carroll Taught Us
Alice's creator knew all about role-playing.
Seth Lerer | books |
Thursday, 9:57 AM ET
- Sleeping With the Sitter
A lonely widower yearns to bed his son's caregiver.
dear prudence |
Thursday, 6:44 AM ET
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Brow Beat:
posted by Nina Shen Rastogi
on March 10, 2010
Help Us Map the Child Star Firmament
It's a bleak day for the Lisa Simpsons of the world: Corey Haim, '80s teen idol, died today at 38, possibly of an overdose.
It's a sad, old Hollywood story, of course—the bright young thing who flames out, thanks to some unholy combination of the pressure, the temptation, the Read More
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The XX Factor:
posted by Hanna Rosin
on March 10, 2010
Jihad Jane, Suburban Lady-Jihadi
A woman without a high school degree in America has very few options in
life. Apparently one of them is to “wage violent jihad,” in the words
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Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on March 8, 2010
Abortion, Guns, and Racial Hypocrisy
There's something odd about the billboard campaign against aborting black babies. The child who appears beside the text is fully born. Abortion doesn't kill such children. What kills them, all too often, is shooting. If you wanted to save living, breathing, fully born children from a tool of extermination that is literally targeting blacks, the first problem you would focus on is guns. They are killing the present, not just the future. But the sponsors of the billboards don't support gun control. They oppose it. Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on March 2, 2010
Kf Caught in the Act
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