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  • the undercover economist

    Minibar Economics:

    Why you should stay at hotels that overcharge for drinks and Wi-Fi access.


  • human nature

    Shooting Pain:

    The future of heat-beaming weapons.


  • the zeitgeist checklist

    Zeitgeist Checklist: Zeitgeist Hearts You:

    What Washington is talking about this week.


  • doonesbury

    Today's Doonesbury:

    Job one.

  • today's cartoons

    Today's Cartoons:

    Cartoonists' take on Hillary Clinton.

  • today's pictures

    Today's Pictures:

    Year of the pig.

  • today's papers

    Conflict Resolution:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



Friday, Feb. 16, 2007

  • explainer

    Is 50,000 Tons a Lot of Oil?:

    Just what can North Korea do with all that energy?


  • fashion

    This Coat Could Save American Fashion:

    What's stirring at Anne Klein.


  • in other magazines

    Obama Drama:

    The Nation on whether Barack Obama transcends race.


  • today's blogs

    Extraordinary Indictments:

    The latest chatter in cyberspace.


  • movies

    Battlefield Earth:

    Days of Glory and Grbavica explore war and its aftermath.


  • summary judgment

    The Banality of Evil:

    The critical buzz on Breach and Bridge to Terabithia.


  • clive's lives

    Egon Friedell:

    The art of conversation.


  • Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day
  • day to day

    Ride With the Ghost:

    Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day.

  • bushisms

    Bushism of the Day:

    The president's accidental wit and wisdom.


  • sports nut

    The Loneliness of the Gay Basketball Player:

    John Amaechi's Man in the Middle, the memoir of an NBA misfit.


  • idolatry

    Blogging American Idol:

    I predict the winner.


  • the good word

    Pardon the Interjection:

    The Internet and the rise of awwa, meh, feh, and heh.


  • video

    Checking Out The 1/2 Hour News Hour:

    Slate's commentary.


  • podcasts

    The Gabfest and Jack Bauer:

    Listen to Slate's weekly political show.


  • the slate 60

    The 2006 Slate 60:

    The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the last year.




  • philanthropy

    Uncharitable Thoughts:

    Are foundations elitist, anti-democratic, and in danger of losing their tax exemptions?


  • philanthropy

    Our Better Half:

    How to make giving it all away part of the American success story.


  • philanthropy

    Want To Buy My Students a $392 Camcorder?:

    A nonprofit uses the Web to work marketplace magic.


  • human nature

    Mammary Impairment:

    Testing your breast milk for alcohol.


  • the slate 60

    The 2006 Slate 60:

    The year's biggest charitable donations.

  • the dilettante

    Sting, Stung:

    The sensitive soul behind the Police.


  • corrections

    Corrections:

    Slate's mistakes.

  • dispatches

    Cycling the Silk Road:

    After seven months in the saddle, Bob Seger takes me to China.


  • today's papers

    Weekend at Reid's:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.


  • kausfiles

    The Man Who's Always Wrong:

    Plus—are bloggers snobby meritocrats?



Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007

  • today's blogs

    Another Surge?:

    The latest chatter in cyberspace.


  • television

    Republicans Make Jokes :

    The Daily Show for conservatives shows up on YouTube.


  • press box

    Steven Rattner's Newspaper Ballet:

    The investment tycoon dances around the future of the newspaper biz.


  • hot document

    How Lilly Sells Zyprexa:

    A sales-rep script for selling the controversial drug.


  • blogging the bible

    The Complete Book of Hosea:

    It's a mixed marriage. He's a prophet. She's a prostitute.


  • explainer

    Markings for Munitions:

    Why do Iranian bombs have English labels?


  • fraywatch

    Under Pressure:

    Do men and women react differently to stress?


  • jurisprudence

    Shill Pill:

    The winners of Slate's build-your-own-hack contest.


  • dad again

    Monsters:

    Have I screwed up my daughters forever?


  • dispatches

    Cycling the Silk Road:

    The heartbreaking kindness of Tajik strangers.


  • dear prudence

    Perfect Stranger:

    I've discovered terrible things about my new wife. Should I leave her?

  • today's papers

    Who Knows?:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007

  • clive's lives

    Duke Ellington:

    The supremacy of swing.


  • dispatches

    Dispatch From Beirut:

    Forget about Shiites and the Sunnis. Lebanon's deepest fault line is between rival Christian groups.


  • hot document

    Reason Not Conrad Black's Need:

    The former press baron asks the court to ignore his lavish ways.


  • obit

    A Chair To Remember:

    The marvelous furniture of Hans J. Wegner.


  • dispatches

    Cycling the Silk Road:

    The lunacy of Turkmenistan in the days of Turkmenbashi.


  • culturebox

    Great Poems About Sex:

    An anthology for Valentine's Day.


  • today's papers

    The Iraqi House Rules:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007

  • politics

    Dispatches from the Scooter Libby Trial:

    Guess who's not testifying?


  • podcasts

    Spoiling 24:

    Dissecting Day 6, Hours 8 and 9.


  • music box

    Go Dumb:

    Why hyphy is the best hip-hop right now.


  • press box

    A War on the Press?:

    I don't think so.


  • war stories

    Bush Channels Bill:

    The new North Korea deal is surprisingly Clintonian.


  • chatterbox

    Do Space Aliens Advise Obama?:

    The Obama Messiah Watch, Part 5.


  • assessment

    Jeff Zucker 2.0:

    The golden boy of television takes on the Web.


  • blogging the bible

    Goodbye, Sweet Ezekiel:

    A fond farewell to God's nicest prophet.


  • sports nut

    Juventus Delinquents:

    Why Italian soccer can't be saved.


  • recycled

    The Shape of My Heart:

    Where did the ubiquitous Valentine's symbol come from?


  • today's blogs

    Weird Science:

    The latest chatter in cyberspace.


  • hollywoodland

    Democrats in Hollywood:

    Does the town love Hillary or Obama?


  • medical examiner

    Your Health This Month:

    Where intimacy comes from, the value of allergy shots for treating hay fever, and more.


  • the has-been

    Potomac Fever:

    In Washington, it's not hard to find yourself on thin ice.


  • low concept

    NASA Astronaut Screening Test:

    Revised and updated.


  • dispatches

    Cycling the Silk Road:

    Breakfast beers in a Georgian jail.


  • moneybox

    Over the Hedge:

    Signs of the coming hedge-fund apocalypse.


  • foreigners

    How Do You Solve a Problem Like Tunisia?:

    There's trouble brewing, and it's our fault.


  • poem

    "Lightning Strike in Paradise":

    A weekly poem, read by the author.


  • today's papers

    No New Nukes:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



Monday, Feb. 12, 2007

  • politics

    Dispatches From the Scooter Libby Trial:

    In the elephant house.


  • politics

    Vladimir and Barack:

    Watching Obama, listening to Putin.


  • explainer

    Why Do Clothes Wrinkle?:

    The U.S. Army faces its most pressing question.


  • video

    Ah, Remember January?:

    Slate's newsreel takes you all the way back to … last month.


  • today's blogs

    Spy Vs. Spy:

    The latest chatter in cyberspace.


  • press box

    More Spit Takes:

    Searching the news archives for evidence of spat-upon returning Viet vets.


  • foreigners

    The Axis of Fear:

    Who do the Saudis fear more, expansionist Iranians or incompetent Americans?


  • television

    Sing Sing:

    Trapped in the Grammys funhouse.


  • bad advice

    Madder Money:

    Me vs. Jim Cramer, Round 2.


  • jurisprudence

    Hack Attack:

    Please reinvent me as a right-wing blowhard.


  • hot document

    Rehnquist's Skeletons, Part 3:

    Was the former chief justice a racist?


  • dispatches

    Cycling the Silk Road:

    Hanging with Georgian rappers in a city without manhole covers.


  • bad advice

    The Complete Bad Advice Column:

    Rotten stock tips and hazardous investment counsel.


  • books

    Pop Culture:

    Neal Pollack's Alternadad.


  • fighting words

    Year of the Rat:

    Hillary Clinton scurries away from her old line on Iraq.


  • clive's lives

    Cultural Amnesia:

    Clive James' 20th century canon.

  • clive's lives

    Sergei Diaghilev:

    On generosity, artistic slobs, and dressing to kill.


  • heavy petting

    Why People Love Dogs:

    It's more complicated than you think.


  • kausfiles

    Gaffe of the Year:

    Plus--Radar's blind spot.


  • today's papers

    The Iran File:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007

  • today's papers

    Putin Provokes:

    A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.



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