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30 Oct 2009 09:06
The Slatest Noon Edition - Slate Magazine
Why Can't The Hague Force Karadzic To Show Up at His Own Trial?
Yamaha's New Electronic Piano Is Better Than the Real Thing
Help! My Boyfriend Won't Stop Tickling Me, and I Hate It.
You Will Never Find a McDonald's More Than 107 Miles From Another McDonald's
Shafer: How Politico's New D.C. Web Site Could Beat the Washington Post
I Like Chris Brown's Great New Single. Should I Feel Guilty?
The Great American Vitamin Boom, Explained
There's No Such Thing as Seven Stages of Grief
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009- Thrust, Lunge, Vomit, Smile!A TV critic journeys through the cheerful hell of exercise shows. | Friday, 11:57 AM ET
- Paranormal ActivityA parable about the credit crisis and unthinking consumerism. | Friday, 11:37 AM ET
- Reform Fiends, Tomb Raiders, and Skull Chic | Friday, 11:02 AM ET
- Emote ControlWhy couldn't we tell that the balloon boy's parents were faking their distress?Chris Wilson | Friday, 10:54 AM ET
- Climb Every Continent, Surf Every OceanWhat I learned from my global surf-and-turf challenge.Francis Slakeydispatches | Friday, 10:18 AM ET
- In Vino PompousnessThe Michael Moore of the wine world is back.Mike Steinbergerdrink | Friday, 9:34 AM ET
- Witches' BrouhahaWhy Halloween can be an organizational nightmare for pagans.Lee Ann Kinkaderecycled | Friday, 9:33 AM ET
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- You Are Now Free To Mouse About the CabinDriving should be more like Northwest Flight 188.William Saletanhuman nature | Friday, 8:33 AM ET
- More than 30 lawmakers face ethics scrutiny; Afghan election officials do opposite of what U.N. recommended; mafia assassination in Naples elicits shrugs from bystanders. | Friday, 7:55 AM ET
- Death's Head Becomes You How did skulls go from scary to chic?Sara Dickermanfashion | Friday, 7:10 AM ET
- The Last Picture ShowThe surprising beauty of portraits on gravestones.Camilo Jose Vergaragallery | Friday, 7:08 AM ET
- The End of Recession or Another False Dawn?Bernhard Warner and Matthew Yeomans
- Why 60 Is the New 50 How many votes will it take to pass health care reform in the Senate?John Dickerson | Thursday, 8:03 PM ET
- Why the House Bill Is BetterThe "blended" House health reform bill is an argument for unicameralism.Timothy Noahprescriptions | Thursday, 7:01 PM ET
- MegavitaminsThe vitamin business thrived through the recession. Why? | Thursday, 6:10 PM ET
- Unsolicited Advice for Jim BradyUpon starting a local news site in D.C. for the owner of Politico.Jack Shaferpress box | Thursday, 5:56 PM ET
- Why Won't They Just Drag Karadzic to Court?It's not like the guy has anything else to do.Juliet Lapidos | | Thursday, 4:57 PM ET
- The Fat PremiumCongress toys with a silly plan to make Americans lose weight.Daniel Engber | Science | Thursday, 4:14 PM ET
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Hey Penny: Smoking Kills... ProductivityA daily video from Slate V.
slate v | Thursday, 2:45 PM ET -
I Know How You Did That!
The science behind kids and magic tricks.
Emily Bazelon | family | Thursday, 11:59 AM ET -
Is It OK To Like Chris Brown's New Single?
What to do when a bad person makes a good song.
Jonah Weiner | music box | Thursday, 10:47 AM ET
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posted by Torie Bosch
on October 30, 2009Project Runway, Week 11: The Creative Juices Runeth Dry
It's clear Gordana is going to be at the bottom from the moment pictures from her childhood in the former Yugoslavia are flashed on the screen. Those forays into the designers' personal lives are a clear indicator that someone's struggling. Touching back story = weakness. -
posted by William Saletan
on October 30, 2009Tweets 10/30/09
Here are some of this week's Human Nature short takes on the news. To get them in real time, subscribe to the HN Twitter feed . 1. "Abortion addict" http://bit.ly/VRJHr says she "abused her rights." Bingo: Abuse doesn't invalidate rights, and rights don't validate abuse. 2. IEDs -
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on October 30, 2009A Fundamental Secret to Happiness? Get Enough Sleep.
The morning is a hard time for many people. -
posted by Mickey Kaus
on October 29, 2009Help! I Don't Like Obama!
I realized the other day that I don't really like President Obama. I try to explain here . Maybe it will pass. ... Lack of 'likeability' isn't necessarily a big problem in a President. But if a President thinks he's more or less beloved, it could be. ... 12:35 P.M. -
posted by Samantha Henig
on October 29, 2009Crackdown on Illegal Abortion in Mexico
A post from DoubleX writer Meredith Simons : When Mexico City decriminalized abortion in 2007, pro-choicers took it as a sign of great things to come, possibly including a nationwide liberalizing of abortion laws. Unfortunately, as Mary Cuddehe reports in the Atlantic , the
Boo.
Cartoonists' take on the stimulus.
Loud and clear.
- Why Can't The Hague Force Karadzic To Show Up at His Own Trial?
- Yamaha's New Electronic Piano Is Better Than the Real Thing
- Help! My Boyfriend Won't Stop Tickling Me, and I Hate It.
- You Will Never Find a McDonald's More Than 107 Miles From Another McDonald's
- Shafer: How Politico's New D.C. Web Site Could Beat the Washington Post
- I Like Chris Brown's Great New Single. Should I Feel Guilty?
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