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08 Jan 2009 17:34

Pinch's Buddy for Car Czar Obama's Alarm CallThe president-elect makes the urgent case for his stimulus bill.John Dickersonpolitics | Thursday, 8:06 PM ET
Soother in Chief
How Barack Obama calms a panicked nation.
Jack Shafer | press box | Thursday, 8:01 PM ET
Law Suit
Time to do away with morning wedding attire at the high court.
Dahlia Lithwick | jurisprudence | Thursday, 7:14 PM ET
A Return to Professionalism
What Obama's Pentagon hires say about his presidential style.
Fred Kaplan | war stories | Thursday, 6:48 PM ET
Dry Pumping
How do you shut off a gas pipeline?
Jacob Leibenluft | explainer | Thursday, 6:37 PM ET
The Movie Club
The last movie taboo.
Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Thursday, 5:50 PM ET
Matt Miller on The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
An interview with Daniel Gross.
Daniel Gross | moneybox | Thursday, 4:43 PM ET
How Do You Explain This?
Daniel Engber holds court on the Explainer Question of the Year and the art of explaining.
the chat room | Thursday, 3:56 PM ET
| Thursday, 5:50 PM ET | Thursday, 5:50 PM ET | Thursday, 5:50 PM ET posted by Dahlia Lithwick on January 8, 2009All Day Long I'd diggy diggy dum . . . I agree with June . Except it’s not that I suspect that all journalists secretly fantasize about becoming freelancers (two words: dental plan). I just suspect that every working woman secretly fantasizes about marrying someone with boatloads of money. Not because, as Jessica suggests, we all Kausfiles: posted by Mickey Kaus on January 8, 2009Pinch's Buddy for Car Czar!But the resemblance ends at physical appearance. This [German] plant produces some 1,200 cars a day, more than the 1,015 that Ford planners had anticipated, and requires 7,762 workers. Its counterpart at Halewood, with virtually identical equipment and production targets, has averaged only about 800 cars a day this year, and 10,040 workers have been needed to achieve even that production level. Human Nature: posted by William Saletan on January 8, 2009Gaza’s Missing BodiesHow carelessly is Israel killing civilians in Gaza? Let's ask the hospitals and the United Nations. Lithwick: It's Time To Retire the Solicitor General's Morning Coat Slate's Movie Club Crawls Into Kate Winslet's Uterus How Do You Shut Off Natural Gas to an Entire Nation?Help! Do I Tell My Girlfriend That I'm Taking Viagra?Terrible Economic Ideas That Won't Go Away He Gave His Wife a Kidney. She Divorced Him. What Does She Owe Him?

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08 Jan 2009 12:26

The Movie Club
Leaving for screenings as my daughter yells, "Don't work!" out the window.
Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Thursday, 12:58 PM ET
My Bollywood Close-Up
Working as an extra in Mumbai's Film City.
David Segal | dispatches | Thursday, 12:54 PM ET
Slate Seeks Editorial Assistant
We're hiring!
slate fare | Thursday, 10:27 AM ET
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The XX Factor: posted by Emily Bazelon on January 8, 2009The Baby Vote
No strollers at the Obama inauguration ? As a mother who once rolled her jogging stroller down crowded Market Street in San Francisco, front wheel blithely nipping at people's heels, I was all set to bristle over this. But you know what? That's an embarrassing memory. Strollers don't fit Read More
Human Nature: posted by William Saletan on January 8, 2009Your Money or Your Wife
Can you get paid for donating an organ? Read More
When Mona Lisa went to Washington.Cartoonists' take on intelligence agencies.Sleep and beauty.Sucked Into the Malware Trap Putin’s New, Lame Cold War Irresponsibly Suicidal

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08 Jan 2009 04:55
Cutest Surgeon General Ever!
Why Obama Was So Dumb About Richardson
By Mickey Kaus
The Real Reason Panetta's at CIABy Fred KaplanA Second Front?Today's PapersThe Day She Was Sent to AuschwitzGirl Who Pretended To Be a Guy Now Pretends To Be CrazyThe Proper Way To Flagellate Yourself During AshuraThe Miserable Fate of Democrats Who Endorsed McCainWhat Obama's Justice Department Appointees Should Fix FirstAlgerian Guy Walks Across America, Decides We're Pretty NiceWill My Cell Phone Work at the Inauguration?Why Time Warner Keeps Screwing UpThursday, Jan. 8, 2009Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust ArchivesThere might be treasures here, amid a sea of 65-year-old cardboard, but who would know?Sarah Wildmandispatches | Thursday, 7:02 AM ET Lover's Little HelperAm I wrong not to tell my lady friend I use a male enhancement drug?dear prudence | Thursday, 7:01 AM ET A Second Front?A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.Daniel Polititoday's papers | Thursday, 6:36 AM ET India's Bernie MadoffA summary of what's in the major publications.Bernhard Warner and Matthew Yeomanstoday's business press | Thursday, 6:28 AM ET Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009Self-Mutilation for DummiesIs there a right way for Shiites to lash themselves on Ashura?Brian Palmerexplainer | Wednesday, 6:58 PM ET The Movie ClubStop harshing on Revolutionary Road.Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharekthe movie club | Wednesday, 6:32 PM ET Department of ApostateWhat happened to all those Democrats for McCain?Christopher Beampolitics | Wednesday, 6:07 PM ET What Is the Most Disloyal Dog Breed?An answer to the Explainer's 2008 Question of the Year.Daniel Engber | Wednesday, 5:21 PM ET Boycott the BCS!A statistical analyst takes a stand against college football's perverse, irrational Bowl Championship Series.Bill Jamessports nut | Wednesday, 4:24 PM ET I Just Walked Across AmericaA daily video from Slate V.slate v | Wednesday, 12:37 PM ET The Not-So-Loony BinVoluntary Madness doesn't have a new prescription for psychiatric treatment.Leonard Groopmanmedical examiner | Wednesday, 7:11 AM ET Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust ArchivesIs Bad Arolsen a repository of dry, old lists or a bridge to the past?Sarah Wildmandispatches | Thursday, 7:02 AM ET Israel Considers Cease-Fire PlanA summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.Daniel Polititoday's papers | Wednesday, 7:04 AM ET Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009A Spoonful of Sugar Sanjay Gupta is a sweet choice for surgeon general.Troy Pattersontelevision | Tuesday, 11:04 PM ET Apple Without Its CoreMissing Steve Jobs at Macworld.Farhad Manjootechnology | Tuesday, 8:18 PM ET The War on RhetoricWhen politicians declare war on something, it's not usually a good sign.John Dickersonchatterbox | Tuesday, 7:26 PM ET How Many Albinos Are in Tanzania?More than you might think. Juliet Lapidosexplainer | Tuesday, 7:20 PM ET Know When To Hold 'Em The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little.Daniel Grossmoneybox | Tuesday, 7:10 PM ET Why Obama Picked Panetta To Run the CIAHe's clean, he knows where the line items are buried, and the director isn't the chief spook anymore.Fred Kaplanwar stories | Tuesday, 6:54 PM ET The Movie ClubAsia Argento's unforgettable sex scene.Jeannette Catsoulis, Dana Stevens, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharekthe movie club | Wednesday, 6:32 PM ET Revival of JusticeWhat Obama's DoJ appointees should do first.Judith Resnik | jurisprudence | Tuesday, 2:44 PM ET Fixing GazaNewsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off.Kara Hadgeother magazines | Tuesday, 1:59 PM ET A Cartoonish 2008A daily video from Slate V.slate v | Tuesday, 12:44 PM ET A Photographer in GazaHow to take pictures of a war.Scout Tufankjianrecycled | Tuesday, 11:52 AM ET
The President's Law Firm
Obama appointee Dawn Johnsen's collected writings for Slate.
recycled | Tuesday, 10:55 AM ET
Green My Blog
What's the best way to make a Web site energy-efficient?
Jacob Leibenluft | the green lantern | Tuesday, 10:44 AM ET
Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
My grandfather got out of Nazi-occupied Vienna. After his death, I found dozens of beseeching letters from friends and family who weren't so lucky.
Sarah Wildman | dispatches | Thursday, 7:02 AM ET
Night of the Living Dad
Software, soldiers, and the future of ghosts.
William Saletan | human nature | Tuesday, 9:30 AM ET
Understimulated
Obama has only himself to blame for the delay in the spending bill.
John Dickerson | politics | Tuesday, 7:42 AM ET
Help Obama Write His Inauguration Speech
How you (and Lincoln, FDR, and JFK) can help write this year's inaugural address.
slate fare | Tuesday, 7:24 AM ET
"The Unwritten History of Prose"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
T.R. Hummer | poem | Tuesday, 7:22 AM ET
Obama Picks Outsider To Lead CIA
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi | today's papers | Tuesday, 6:42 AM ET
How Newspapers Tried To Invent the Web
But failed.
Jack Shafer | press box | Tuesday, 12:13 AM ET
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
- Pointless Peace Proposals
  The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war, and it won't be over until someone wins.
  Anne Applebaum | foreigners | Monday, 7:55 PM ET
- Uh … Mind if I Sit Here?
  What's going to happen to the Minnesota and Illinois Senate seats?
  Nina Shen Rastogi | explainer | Monday, 6:46 PM ET
- The Movie Club
  Debating the best movies of 2008.
  Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Wednesday, 6:32 PM ET
- Robots, Not Roads
  The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings.
  Eliot Spitzer | the best policy | Monday, 4:09 PM ET
- Homeland Security USA
  A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers.
  Troy Patterson | television | Monday, 4:03 PM ET
- Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
  Survivors and researchers from all over the world had high hopes for Bad Arolsen.
  Sarah Wildman | dispatches | Thursday, 7:02 AM ET
- Bad Timing
  Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state. Instead, it is a place of repression and aggression.
  Christopher Hitchens | fighting words | Monday, 12:07 PM ET
- Dear Prudence: Reluctant Fiance
  A daily video from Slate V.
  slate v | Monday, 11:28 AM ET
- Richard Yates' Real Masterpiece
  What Kate Winslet doesn't tell you about Yates and women.
  Blake Bailey | books | Monday, 7:05 AM ET
- Guarding Obama
  Photos of the president-elect's Secret Service detail.
  Scout Tufankjian | gallery | Monday, 7:03 AM ET
- Israeli Troops Cut Gaza in Half
  A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
  Daniel Politi | today's papers | Monday, 6:57 AM ET
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
Kausfiles: posted by Mickey Kaus on January 8, 2009Will Obama Ever Stop Asking Me For Money?
From: Obama tor America.... Read More
The XX Factor: posted by Susannah Breslin on January 7, 2009Hope, With a Catch
Today, the Smithsonian announced it has acquired "street artist" Shepard Fairey's now iconic HOPE portrait of Obama. A similar image of Obama by Fairey appeared on TIME 's Person of the Year cover , as well. Unsurprisingly, Fairey isn't a big fan of Obama's selection of Rick Warren to Read More
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07 Jan 2009 23:20

Jan. 8, 2009Sign Up for The Root’s Day of Service The Gifted Ones Bailout for The Common Man

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07 Jan 2009 18:22
Self-Mutilation for DummiesIs there a right way for Shiites to lash themselves on Ashura?Brian Palmerexplainer | Wednesday, 6:58 PM ET
The Movie Club
Stop harshing on Revolutionary Road.
Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Wednesday, 6:32 PM ET
Department of Apostate
What happened to all those Democrats for McCain?
Christopher Beam | politics | Wednesday, 6:07 PM ET
What Is the Most Disloyal Dog Breed?
An answer to the Explainer's 2008 Question of the Year.
Daniel Engber | explainer | Wednesday, 5:21 PM ET
Boycott the BCS!
A statistical analyst takes a stand against college football's perverse, irrational Bowl Championship Series.
Bill James | sports nut | Wednesday, 4:24 PM ET
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Slate's most recent blog posts:
- Human Nature: posted by William Saletan on January 7, 2009The Curse of Women’s Urine
  What is it with the Catholic Church and female anatomy? Read More
- Kausfiles: posted by Mickey Kaus on January 7, 2009The Failure Faster Thesis
  [W]hether the Obama administration’s eagerness to get Mr. Richardson into the Obama cabinet might have contributed to what appeared to be an uncharacteristic laxness ... Read More
- The XX Factor: posted by Nina Shen Rastogi on January 7, 2009What the Doctor Ordered
  If my Facebook news feed is any indication, Asian-Americans are loving the fact that Dr. Sanjay Gupta—or “the Gupes,” as we like to call him around my house— might become our new surgeon general . Gupta, after all, is one of our favorite sons: not just a handsome brown guy who shows up on TV a lot, Read More
Dentyne Says "Go Away!"
The Day She Was Sent to AuschwitzGirl Who Pretended To Be a Guy Now Pretends To Be CrazyThe Proper Way To Flagellate Yourself During AshuraThe Miserable Fate of Democrats Who Endorsed McCainWhat Obama's Justice Department Appointees Should Fix FirstAlgerian Guy Walks Across America, Decides We're Pretty Nice
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07 Jan 2009 13:25
Biden Declares War on EconomyBy John Dickerson DoJ Bans Seeing-Eye Horses!
Handsomest Surgeon General Ever?
The Movie Club
In praise of Clint Eastwood's face.
Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Wednesday, 3:38 PM ET
I Just Walked Across America
A daily video from Slate V.
slate v | Wednesday, 12:37 PM ET
| Wednesday, 3:38 PM ET | Wednesday, 3:38 PM ET
Handsomest Surgeon General Ever?
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07 Jan 2009 07:18
How Do I Tell My College Friends I Work at the Supermarket?
What Should Obama's DoJ Fix First?By Judith ResnikThe Feds Are Selling IndyMac for How Much?By Daniel GrossDoJ Bans Seeing-Eye Ponies!XX FactorIsrael Considers Cease-Fire PlanI Have Seen the Future of Apple, and It Is BoringBlogs Are Full of Hot Air. But Are They Causing Global Warming?Why Obama Really Picked Panetta To Run the CIAHow Many Albinos Are There in Tanzania, Anyway?The Pentagon Is Building Robots To Raise ChildrenThe Life of a Photojournalist in GazaYoung, Gifted, and Black—and Working in the Obama AdministrationWhy Smart Consumers Are Buying AmericanWednesday, Jan. 7, 2009The Not-So-Loony BinVoluntary Madness doesn't have a new prescription for psychiatric treatment.Leonard Groopmanmedical examiner | Wednesday, 7:11 AM ET Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust ArchivesIs Bad Arolsen a repository of dry, old lists or a bridge to the past?Sarah Wildmandispatches | Wednesday, 7:10 AM ET Israel Considers Cease-Fire PlanA summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.Daniel Polititoday's papers | Wednesday, 7:04 AM ET Fed Write-Off 2009A summary of what's in the major publications.Bernhard Warner and Matthew Yeomanstoday's business press | Wednesday, 6:40 AM ET Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009A Spoonful of Sugar Sanjay Gupta is a sweet choice for surgeon general.Troy Pattersontelevision | Tuesday, 11:04 PM ET Apple Without Its CoreMissing Steve Jobs at Macworld.Farhad Manjootechnology | Tuesday, 8:18 PM ET The War on RhetoricWhen politicians declare war on something, it's not usually a good sign.John Dickersonchatterbox | Tuesday, 7:26 PM ET How Many Albinos Are in Tanzania?More than you might think. Juliet Lapidosexplainer | Tuesday, 7:20 PM ET Know When To Hold 'Em The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little.Daniel Grossmoneybox | Tuesday, 7:10 PM ET Why Obama Picked Panetta To Run the CIAHe's clean, he knows where the line items are buried, and the director isn't the chief spook anymore.Fred Kaplanwar stories | Tuesday, 6:54 PM ET The Movie ClubAsia Argento's unforgettable sex scene.Jeannette Catsoulis, Dana Stevens, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharekthe movie club | Tuesday, 5:13 PM ET Revival of JusticeWhat Obama's DoJ appointees should do first.Judith Resnik | jurisprudence | Tuesday, 2:44 PM ET Fixing GazaNewsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off.Kara Hadgeother magazines | Tuesday, 1:59 PM ET A Cartoonish 2008A daily video from Slate V.slate v | Tuesday, 12:44 PM ET A Photographer in GazaHow to take pictures of a war.Scout Tufankjianrecycled | Tuesday, 11:52 AM ET
The President's Law Firm
Obama appointee Dawn Johnsen's collected writings for Slate.
recycled | Tuesday, 10:55 AM ET
Green My Blog
What's the best way to make a Web site energy-efficient?
Jacob Leibenluft | the green lantern | Tuesday, 10:44 AM ET
Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
My grandfather got out of Nazi-occupied Vienna. After his death, I found dozens of beseeching letters from friends and family who weren't so lucky.
Sarah Wildman | dispatches | Wednesday, 7:10 AM ET
Night of the Living Dad
Software, soldiers, and the future of ghosts.
William Saletan | human nature | Tuesday, 9:30 AM ET
Understimulated
Obama has only himself to blame for the delay in the spending bill.
John Dickerson | politics | Tuesday, 7:42 AM ET
Help Obama Write His Inauguration Speech
How you (and Lincoln, FDR, and JFK) can help write this year's inaugural address.
slate fare | Tuesday, 7:24 AM ET
"The Unwritten History of Prose"
A weekly poem, read by the author.
T.R. Hummer | poem | Tuesday, 7:22 AM ET
Obama Picks Outsider To Lead CIA
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Daniel Politi | today's papers | Tuesday, 6:42 AM ET
How Newspapers Tried To Invent the Web
But failed.
Jack Shafer | press box | Tuesday, 12:13 AM ET
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
- Pointless Peace Proposals
  The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war, and it won't be over until someone wins.
  Anne Applebaum | foreigners | Monday, 7:55 PM ET
- Uh … Mind if I Sit Here?
  What's going to happen to the Minnesota and Illinois Senate seats?
  Nina Shen Rastogi | explainer | Monday, 6:46 PM ET
- The Movie Club
  Debating the best movies of 2008.
  Jeannette Catsoulis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Dana Stevens, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Tuesday, 5:13 PM ET
- Robots, Not Roads
  The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings.
  Eliot Spitzer | the best policy | Monday, 4:09 PM ET
- Homeland Security USA
  A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers.
  Troy Patterson | television | Monday, 4:03 PM ET
- Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
  Survivors and researchers from all over the world had high hopes for Bad Arolsen.
  Sarah Wildman | dispatches | Wednesday, 7:10 AM ET
- Bad Timing
  Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state. Instead, it is a place of repression and aggression.
  Christopher Hitchens | fighting words | Monday, 12:07 PM ET
- Dear Prudence: Reluctant Fiance
  A daily video from Slate V.
  slate v | Monday, 11:28 AM ET
- Richard Yates' Real Masterpiece
  What Kate Winslet doesn't tell you about Yates and women.
  Blake Bailey | books | Monday, 7:05 AM ET
- Guarding Obama
  Photos of the president-elect's Secret Service detail.
  Scout Tufankjian | gallery | Monday, 7:03 AM ET
- Israeli Troops Cut Gaza in Half
  A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
  Daniel Politi | today's papers | Monday, 6:57 AM ET
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
Kausfiles: posted by Mickey Kaus on January 7, 2009The Failure Faster Thesis[W]hether the Obama administration’s eagerness to get Mr. Richardson into the Obama cabinet might have contributed to what appeared to be an uncharacteristic laxness ...
The XX Factor: posted by Nina Shen Rastogi on January 7, 2009What the Doctor Ordered
If my Facebook News Feed is any indication, Asian-Americans are loving the fact that Dr. Sanjay Gupta— or “the Gupes,” as we like to call him around my house— might become our new surgeon general . Gupta, after all, is one of our favorite sons: not just a handsome brown guy who shows up on TV a Read More
Cambodia after Pol Pot.Cartoonists' take on the auto industry.Oscar material.
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07 Jan 2009 00:41

Jan. 7, 2009
A Spoonful of Sugar
Sanjay Gupta is a sweet choice for surgeon general.
Troy Patterson | television | Tuesday, 11:04 PM ET

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06 Jan 2009 19:47

Apple Without Its Core
Missing Steve Jobs at Macworld.
Farhad Manjoo | technology | Tuesday, 8:18 PM ET
The War on Rhetoric
When politicians declare war on something, it's not usually a good sign.
John Dickerson | chatterbox | Tuesday, 7:26 PM ET
How Many Albinos Are in Tanzania?
More than you might think.
Juliet Lapidos | explainer | Tuesday, 7:20 PM ET
Know When To Hold 'Em
The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little.
Daniel Gross | moneybox | Tuesday, 7:10 PM ET
Why Obama Picked Panetta To Run the CIA
He's clean, he knows where the line items are buried, and the director isn't the chief spook anymore.
Fred Kaplan | war stories | Tuesday, 6:54 PM ET
Writing in the NYT Magazine last weekend, Rebecca Skloot made a great case for a Noah's ark approach to using animals to help people with disabilities. She profiled a blind woman who has a seeing-eye miniature pony — which sees more than a dog, is calmer, and lives much longer. A I Have Seen the Future of Apple, and It Is Boring Blogs Are Full of Hot Air. But Are They Causing Global Warming?Why Obama Really Picked Panetta To Run the CIA How Many Albinos Are There in Tanzania, Anyway?The Pentagon Is Building Robots To Raise Children The Life of a Photojournalist in Gaza

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06 Jan 2009 15:07

The Movie Club
Asia Argento's unforgettable sex scene.
Jeannette Catsoulis, Dana Stevens, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jessica Winter, and Stephanie Zacharek | the movie club | Tuesday, 5:13 PM ET
Revival of Justice
What Obama's DoJ appointees should do first.
Judith Resnik | jurisprudence | Tuesday, 2:44 PM ET
Fixing Gaza
Newsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off.
Kara Hadge | other magazines | Tuesday, 1:59 PM ET
| Tuesday, 5:13 PM ET
The XX Factor: posted by Emily Bazelon on January 6, 2009Bring Back Noah's Ark
Writing in the NYT Magazine last weekend, Rebecca Skloot made a great case for a Noah's ark approach to using animals to help people with disabilities. She profiled a blind woman who has a seeing-eye miniature pony — which sees more than a dog, is calmer, and lives much longer. A bipolar man Read More

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