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• 24 Nov 2009 11:10

  Nov. 24, 2009

  

  Help! My Boyfriend's Family Is Charging Me $40 for Thanksgiving Dinner.

  The Slatest Noon Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. Report: Blackwater Running Ops in Pakistan
  2. China Executes Two For Milk Scandal
  3. Could Palin Win in 2012?
  4. Mosque Report Revives Tensions In India

  

  

  

  

  Hitchens: The "War on Terrorism" Didn't Cause the Fort Hood Shootings
  Enter Slate's Write-Like-Sarah Palin Contest
  Whoa! The House Health Care Bill Is Actually Less Expensive Than the Senate's.
  Like Israel but Colder: The Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia
  Why Everyone Should Read When Everything Changed
  Spitzer: How Tim Geithner Was Fleeced by Wall Street
  Help Our Slate Correspondent Find a Chocolate Bar in China
  What Do Refugees Do in Refugee Camps?

  Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

  • The Time Scalia Got It WrongA daily video from Slate V.slate v | Tuesday, 1:18 PM ET
  • Banish the BeanWhy green beans have no place on a Thanksgiving menu.food | Tuesday, 1:13 PM ET
  • Roosevelt's Last DaysDid cancer kill FDR?Barron H. Lernermedical examiner | Tuesday, 12:20 PM ET
  • The Slatest: Afternoon EditionBlackwater wages secret war in Pakistan; Homeless organization scams New Yorkers; France is up in arms over a plan to move Camus' remains. | Tuesday, 12:18 PM ET
  • OutfoxedHow Roald Dahl's stories for children eclipsed his fiction for adults.James Parkerculturebox | Tuesday, 11:17 AM ET
  • The AlienatorMaking sense of Justice Scalia's personality—and his theory.Emily Bazelonbooks | Tuesday, 10:00 AM ET
  • In Birobidzhan, history is all about finding ways to forget the past. | Tuesday, 9:40 AM ET
  • Mmm ... Turk'yThe search for a palatable vegetarian bird.Juliet Lapidos | Tuesday, 9:33 AM ET
  • The Greenest BirdWhich kind of turkey is best for the environment?Brendan I. Koerner | Tuesday, 7:05 AM ET
  • Amazon and Wal-Mart Don't Want To Share the WebCaitlin McDevitt | Tuesday, 7:03 AM ET
  • "Funeral"Rosanna Warren | Tuesday, 6:53 AM ET
  • Black Friday Is for SuckersNetbooks, e-book readers, and other post-Thanksgiving bargains to avoid.Farhad Manjoo | Tuesday, 12:02 AM ET

  • Power ShortageNo one wants America to be the sole global superpower, but no one wants to share the load.Anne Applebaumforeigners | Monday, 10:39 PM ET
  • Jewish Mother RussiaMasha Gessendispatches | Tuesday, 9:40 AM ET

  • posted by John Swansburg on November 24, 2009The How I Met Your Mother Shame Index: Episode 9 Every family has its Thanksgiving traditions. This year, How I Met Your Mother officially made the slap bet the centerpiece of its annual celebration. Shameful: —The notion that a turkey left behind in a cab would end up in the lost and found at Port Authority. HIMYM occasionally makes
  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 24, 2009"A Non-Addictive Form of Vicodin, Non-Fattening Cheese Fries...or Writing."I will never be in control of what happens to me or around me, but I am in control of what happens within me and how I react to situations. Now I know that I alone can make me happy.

  Big bellies.

  Cartoonists' take on entertainment.

  Company.

  • Looking Through Tyson's Entrails
  • The Opel Plan: It’s All About Jobs
  • Who's Afraid of the E-Book?

  • Presenting Fela!
  • Did the New York Times Pimp the White House?
  • The Blackest Black Friday

  • Extreme Moms and Why We Love Them
  • The Healthiest Way To Fight With Your Husband
  • Why Isn't My Biological Clock Ticking (Louder)?

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• 23 Nov 2009 18:24

  

  Where's the Best Place To Bite? And Other Advice for Vampires.

  1. Sanford Faces 37 Ethics Charges
  2. Iraqi Election Effort Collapses, Vote Unlikely Before January Deadline
  3. FBI To Charge U.S.-Based Somali Terror Recruiters
  4. GOP "Purity" Test Would Penalize Deviant Candidates

  

  

  

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  What Sarah Palin Wrote in Obama's Facebook Feed
  Which U.S. Retailers Are Thriving in China?

  Monday, Nov. 23, 2009

  • Breast PracticesWhy taxing plastic surgery is a bad idea. | Monday, 8:06 PM ET
  • Write Like Sarah PalinA contest.politics | Monday, 6:45 PM ET
  • How Do Refugees Pass the Time?It depends on how long they plan to stay. | Monday, 6:35 PM ET
  • All Politics Is TribalObama's Afghanistan strategy should team our soldiers with their militias.Fred Kaplanwar stories | Monday, 6:14 PM ET
  • Hang Up and Listen, the Bad Luck of the Irish EditionSlate | Monday, 5:40 PM ET
  • The Slatest: Evening EditionEthics panel slaps Sanford with 37 charges; Iraqi elections in peril after latest effort collapses; McCain blocking federal nominees over artificial-snow claims. | Monday, 5:23 PM ET
  • Psst: The House's Health Bill Is CheaperCBO changes its mind about the Pelosi bill's cost. | Monday, 3:57 PM ET
  • Thanksgiving MisgivingsPrudie talks turkey with advice seekers about the upcoming holiday and all its pitfalls. | Monday, 3:33 PM ET
  • Dear Prudence: Go Ask Your Own Doctor! | Monday, 3:00 PM ET
  • Geithner's DisgraceThe new AIG report reveals how the Treasury secretary—and U.S. taxpayers—were fleeced by Wall Street banks.Eliot Spitzerthe best policy | Monday, 2:57 PM ET
  • Pumpkin EatersIt's Thanksgiving. Where should you put your pumpkin?Sara Dickermanfood | Monday, 1:43 PM ET
  • Multicultural MasochismThe "war on terrorism" didn't cause the Fort Hood shootings. | Monday, 1:37 PM ET
  • The Turkey-Industrial ComplexHow do farmers produce so many birds for Thanksgiving?Nina Shen Rastogirecycled | Monday, 11:51 AM ET
  • Barack Obama's Facebook FeedHealth care, Sarah Palin, and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad's iTunes playlist.Christopher Beam and Chris Wilsonpolitics | Monday, 11:33 AM ET
  • What I Saw Inside China's—and the World's—Most Important DamPlus: Why can't I find a chocolate bar in China?Daniel Grossmoneybox | Monday, 11:25 AM ET
  • Illegal ContactDoes watching football lead to domestic violence?Ray Fismanthe dismal science | Monday, 10:42 AM ET
  • ModerationSen. Blanche Lincoln's Web site can't make up its mind about the public option.Timothy Noahprescriptions | Monday, 9:29 AM ET
  • The Real Secret of FeminismGail Collins reveals who actually made change happen.Katha Pollitt | Monday, 7:03 AM ET
  • Jewish Mother RussiaWhat if Israel had been in the Soviet Union?Masha Gessendispatches | Monday, 7:00 AM ET
  • Bernhard Warner | | Monday, 6:52 AM ET

  • posted by Jessica Grose on November 23, 2009Thank God Cheryl’s Back!
    Cheryl was especially welcome in last night’s episode because she wasn’t just reacting to Larry’s out-of-control behavior. She was the straight woman to the diva-dom of the Seinfeld players. The closing shot of Cheryl’s face—when Larry stops her mid-kiss and harangues her about leaving a water mark on Julia Louis-Dreyfuss’s coffee table—is reason enough for this viewer, at least, to hope for yet another season of the show.
  • posted by Hanna Rosin on November 23, 2009Free-Range Parenting Movement
    KJ , I too was thrilled to read that Time had declared an end to overparenting . But the story proved the opposite, with many earnest and unintentionally hilarious examples of supposedly mellow parents. If you truly wanted to stop overparenting you would just cancel the Suzuki lessons, call off
  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 23, 2009A Little-Known Occupational Hazard Affecting Writers.
    There’s a very common occupational hazard that affects writers, but I’ve never heard anyone talk about it: the desire to write outside your main field.
  • posted by Mickey Kaus on November 22, 2009The Michael Bay Theory of Health Care Reform
    If there are no circumstances under which Congress will reform Medicare, there are no circumstances under which the federal government will not go bankrupt.

  Nice boots!

  Cartoonists' take on breast cancer.

  You don't say.

  • No MPGs for EVs
  • Chrome OS Shows a Bit of Rust
  • Big Turkey Goes Wild

  • Palin's Idiots in the Parking Lot
  • DNA Isn't All There Is To Reproducing
  • Should Athletes Be Seperated Into Men and Women?

  • Hitchens: The "War on Terrorism" Didn't Cause the Fort Hood Shootings
  • Enter's Write-Like-Sarah Palin Contest
  • Whoa! The House Health Care Bill Is Actually Less Expensive Than the Senate's.
  • Like Israel but Colder: The Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia
  • Why Everyone Should Read When Everything Changed
  • Spitzer: How Tim Geithner Was Fleeced by Wall Street

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• 23 Nov 2009 00:58

  Nov. 23, 2009

  

  • Let the Amending Begin!
    How to fix the Senate health reform bill.
    Timothy Noah | prescriptions | Sunday, 3:00 PM ET

  • Murdoch's War on Google

  • What It Will Cost You To Deny Illegal Immigrants Health Insurance
  • Stupid Drug Story of the Week: NBC's Today Show Discovers Huffing
  • Can the Government Call God Jesus? What About Allah?
  • How Twilight Made Goth Fashion Mainstream
  • Is Disney's The Suite Life Making Your Child Into an Evil Lothario?

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• 22 Nov 2009 07:55

  Nov. 22, 2009

  1. Senate Votes To Begin Debate on Health Care Bill
  2. Americans Aiding Militias in Afghanistan
  3. Chinese Mine Explosion Leaves 87 Dead
  4. U.S. and Mexico Share Intelligence in Cartel War

  Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

  • Reid gets the Senate to 60 to open debate on health care bill; The American army is supporting local militias in Afghanistan; Glenn Beck has a 100-year plan to save America. | Sunday, 8:59 AM ET
  • Jesus vs. AllahThe fight over God's secular title.Dahlia Lithwickjurisprudence | Sunday, 8:38 AM ET
  • Tweeting for DollarsCaitlin McDevitt | Sunday, 8:33 AM ET

  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 22, 2009"The Truest Mark of Being Born with Great Qualities Is..." -- What? "The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy." --François de La Rochefoucauld * I spent a lot of time cruising around the great site Parenthacks this morning. Good stuff! * Check out the Happiness Project Toolbox -- it lets you track your own
  • [ Update: This post has been corrected. New text has been underlined. ***] David Leonhardt, complaining that the House health care bill doesn't do enough to control costs , touts a particular model for imposing parsimonious changes on the nation's health care delivery system: 

  DOONESBURY FLASHBACK

  The cutting edge.

  • Tweeting for Dollars

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• 21 Nov 2009 12:32

  Nov. 21, 2009

  

  1. Reid Nears 60 Votes for Health Care Debate
  2. U.S. Could Get More Help From NATO in Afghanistan
  3. U.S. Billions Spent on Useless Iraqi Infrastructure
  4. Nidal Hasan Increased Contact with Cleric Before Shooting

  

  

  Slate Editors Spent All Day Arguing About Cancer Screenings and Health Care Rationing
  What a Meal of Beef Stomach and Duck Throats Taught Me About the New China
  The Blind Side: Illegal Use of Sandra Bullock
  Train, Plane, or Automobile? What's the Greenest Way to Travel for Thanksgiving?
  The Two Craziest Men in Hollywood Teamed Up To Make This Movie
  Did Easy Rider's Predictions About America Come True?
  The Week's Best Editorial Cartoons
  The Windiest Windbag in Newspaper History: Verlyn Klinkenborg

  Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

  • The Slatest: Weekend EditionThe Senate heads to the floor for vote on opening health care debate; Maj. Nidal Hasan traded e-mails about money transfers with radical cleric; Iraqi detainees talk trash about Brett Favre with Packers fans. | Saturday, 10:58 AM ET
  • Shanghai ExpressMade in China—and sold there, too. | Saturday, 7:18 AM ET
  • Geithner Is Not Going AnywherePaul Smalera | Saturday, 7:16 AM ET

  • posted by Emily Yoffe on November 20, 2009Know More, Screen Less Emily B , I agree with you that it’s really unfortunate that the conclusion that we don’t need to routinely do mammograms until 50, instead of aparking a national, rational discussion about the advisability of “screening and prevention,” has become the harbinger that we’re all going to live

  Lips, unloosed.

  • Geithner Is Not Going Anywhere

  • What Would the Pilgrims Say About Tofu?
  • Oprah's Blackest Moments

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• 20 Nov 2009 19:08

  

  What if Space Travel Is Bad for the Earth?

  1. Nelson Reluctantly Backs Senate Bill
  2. Hospital Reports Drug-Resistant Swine Flu
  3. Senate Clears, Criticizes Burris
  4. Op-Ed: EU Rejects Foreign Policy

  

  

  

  

  Where's the Best Place To Bite a Person? And Other Vampire Questions Answered.
  Project Runway: Thank God Season 6 Is Over … or Is It?
  Help! My Husband Has Naked Photos of His Step-Daughter.

  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

  • And a Governor Shall Lead ThemWhy Sarah Palin is unlikely to be the future of the Republican Party. | Friday, 6:44 PM ET
  • What To Drink on ThanksgivingGlorious American cabernets.Mike Steinbergerdrink | Friday, 6:18 PM ET
  • Time for a Beauty PageantHow to score chicks on the Disney Channel.Troy Pattersontelevision | Friday, 5:38 PM ET
  • Drug-resistant swine flu reported in North Carolina; Nelson backs Senate health plan (sort of); easyJet apologizes for Holocaust fashion shoot. | Friday, 5:27 PM ET
  • The Following of Nutters Gabfest Listen to 's review of the week in politics.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotzgabfest | Friday, 5:14 PM ET
  • Stupid Drug Story of the WeekNBC's Today show discovers huffing.Jack Shaferpress box | Friday, 4:53 PM ET
  • Opening the Screening DoorSlate writers and editors discuss whether new cancer-screening guidelines should be considered a harbinger of health care rationing.im | Friday, 3:51 PM ET
  • The Nativism TaxWhat it will cost you to deny illegal immigrants health insurance.Timothy Noahprescriptions | Friday, 3:50 PM ET
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansWerner Herzog and Nicolas Cage invent their own blend of crazy. | Friday, 3:47 PM ET
  • Twilight: New MoonThe Blind SidePlanet 51 | Friday, 2:30 PM ET
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  • Illegal Use of Sandra BullockThe Blind Side should have been a great movie about football.Josh Levinmovies | Friday, 11:25 AM ET
  • Trains vs. Planes vs. AutomobilesWhat's the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving?Jacob Leibenluftthe green lantern | Friday, 11:23 AM ET
  • Hot Pot's Top SpotWhat a meal of beef stomach and duck throats taught me about the new China.Daniel Grossmoneybox | Friday, 10:22 AM ET
  • Blood Drinking 101What's the best way for a vampire to feed?Christopher Beam | Friday, 10:18 AM ET
  • Goldman Sachs' Shareholders SeetheBernhard Warner and Matthew Yeomans | Friday, 7:48 AM ET
  • The end of the road.
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  • The Easy Rider Road Trip
    
    Keith Phipps | dvd extras | Friday, 7:11 AM ET

  • posted by Jody Rosen on November 20, 2009Verlyn Klinkenborg Discovers the Bicycle
    Verlyn Klinkenborg, a New York Times editorial board member and author of the paper's " Rural Life " column, spends most of his time on his upstate New York farm, gazing across meadows and musing on The Splendor of the Goldenrod, The Wisdom of the Barn Mouse, and The Majesty of Henry the Pig's
  • posted by Samantha Henig on November 20, 2009Time Magazine Prematurely Applauds an End to Hover Parenting
    A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:   Time magazine's "Can These Parents Be Saved?" story offers a glorious rundown of the rampant possibilities for overparenting that have become available in recent years. From kid leashes ("Kinderkords") to fears about
  • posted by William Saletan on November 20, 2009Tweets 11/20/09
    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. Mayor on Chicago's surveillance network: "cameras are the next best thing" to cops. http://bit.ly/syCfU Prediction: Domestic drones are next. 2. Latest
  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 20, 2009Try Fun, Quick Exercises to Boost Your Creativity
    I’m not writing a screenplay, or a novel either, but it sounded intriguing, so I picked up a copy. And she’s right, it’s a fascinating look at storytelling.
  • posted by Mickey Kaus on November 20, 2009Does Harry Reid's Health Care Bill Create a "Fed" for Medicare?
    David Leonhardt, complaining that the House health care bill doesn't do enough to control costs , touts a particular model for imposing parsimonious changes on the nation's health care delivery system:  Twice a year, an outside advisory board sends Congress a list of suggestions

  Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Gates."

  Cartoonists' take on health.

  An excess of 411.

  • GM Customers Give Back
  • Ron Paul Wins Lifelong Fight, Now May Be Forced To Vote Against Everything He Believes
  • Wonk Watch 11.20.09

  • Screen Less
  • I Hate My Boobs But I Love My Bras
  • The Mammogram Panic

  • Editors Spent All Day Arguing About Cancer Screenings and Health Care Rationing
  • What a Meal of Beef Stomach and Duck Throats Taught Me About the New China
  • The Blind Side: Illegal Use of Sandra Bullock
  • Train, Plane, or Automobile? What's the Greenest Way to Travel for Thanksgiving?
  • The Two Craziest Men in Hollywood Teamed Up To Make This Movie
  • Did's Predictions About America Come True?

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• 20 Nov 2009 00:59

  Nov. 20, 2009

  

  A Handy Index to Sarah Palin's Book

  1. EU Names President, Foreign Minister
  2. Regents Raise UC Tuition
  3. Secret CIA Prison Found in Lithuania
  4. NYT: Health Care Votes Rely on Obama Approval

  What Kind of "Improper Payments" Did the White House Catch, Anyway?
  How the Senate's Health Care Bill Is Worse Than the House's

  • The Twilight Saga: New MoonI can't defend this movie, but I loved it.Dana Stevensmovies | Thursday, 6:32 PM ET
  • How Much Radiation Do You Get From a Mammogram?Not much.Brian Palmerexplainer | Thursday, 6:11 PM ET
  • I Vant To Upend Your ExpectationsWhy vampire movies always break all the vampire rules.Christopher Beamrecycled | Thursday, 6:05 PM ET
  • The Garlic YearsWhen have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?Christopher Beam and Chris Wilsonrecycled | Thursday, 6:04 PM ET
  • Vampires SuckActually, they don't. And that's the problem.Grady Hendrix | recycled | Thursday, 6:02 PM ET
  • Microsoft Office's Last StandIs Office 2010 good enough to fight off its free competitors?Farhad Manjoo | technology | Thursday, 5:27 PM ET
  • European Union names first president; University of California regents pass 32 percent tuition hike; Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid actor. | Thursday, 5:27 PM ET
  • I Lost My SonIt wasn't fun.
    Emily Bazelon | family | Thursday, 5:11 PM ET
  • Hey Penny: The Boss From Hell
    A daily video from Slate V.
    slate v | Thursday, 5:08 PM ET
  • ReidCare: The Remix
    What's inside the "blended" Senate health reform bill.
    | | Thursday, 1:02 PM ET
  • The Real Price of Trying KSM
    Defense lawyers will inevitably create bad law.
    David Feige | jurisprudence | Thursday, 12:51 PM ET
  • Shanghai Manners
    Chinese are just like New Yorkers. They can't stop talking about real estate.
    Daniel Gross | moneybox | Thursday, 11:37 AM ET
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    What happens in Las Vegas, N.M.
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  • Harry Reid's Striptease
    
    
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    Timothy Noah | prescriptions | Thursday, 1:02 PM ET
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  • The Easy Rider Road Trip
    
    Keith Phipps | dvd extras | Thursday, 9:31 AM ET

  • posted by Jody Rosen on November 19, 2009The DORFiest of the DORF
    Several weeks ago in this space, I noted a curiosity of National Public Radio's musical coverage: that NPR has "a strict preference for music that few actual living African-Americans listen to." NPR's taste in black music, I wrote, can be described by the acronym DORF—it prefers black
  • In Which I Get Teary Reading My Own Book
    
  • Famous Authors on Writer's Block: Junot Diaz's Sweet Spot is in the Bathroom
    

  The hills are alive ...

  Cartoonists' take on China.

  Rendezvous with synchronicity.

  • Goldman Sach's Shareholders Seethe
  • PhotoCredits
  • Homepage PhotoCredits

  • What Kobe, LeBron and Dwyane Owe Spencer Haywood
  • Shaniya's Shame
  • Storming the Court?

  • The Kind of “Bad Parenting” I Can Get Behind
  • How To Be an Anti-Feminist Feminist
  • Nothing New About Gender-Bending Fashion

  • How Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Inevitably Create Bad Law
  • How Dangerous Is the Radiation From Mammograms?
  • People in Shanghai Can't Stop Talking About Real Estate
  • Can You Really Trust the Hotel Ratings on TripAdvisor?
  • The Incredibly Beautiful Architecture of Prague
  • Why Aren't John Mayer's Songs as Funny as John Mayer?

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• 19 Nov 2009 04:16

  Nov. 19, 2009

  The Slatest Evening Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. Government "Improperly Spends" $98 Billion
  2. Drugmakers Push Vaccines
  3. Cuba: Raúl Even Worse Than Fidel
  4. Klein: Mohammed Not A Supervillain

  

  

  

  

  What Kind of "Improper Payments" Did the White House Make, Anyway?
  The Awesome Kids' Show That's Way More Fun Than Sesame Street
  Is Eric Holder Winning His War With Rudy Giuliani?
  How To Get Picked as People's Sexiest Man Alive
  Should Fortysomething Women Really Stop Getting Mammograms?
  Why Czechs Can't Stand Other Czechs
  The Town That Always Plays Small Town, USA
  

  • Freaky Fortnight
  • The American Way of Dentistry
  • Saving Face

  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

  • The city is itself a work of art. | Thursday, 7:15 AM ET
  • Picture This!I refuse to sit for a holiday portrait with my future in-laws. Isn't it time they let their kids grow up? | Thursday, 7:13 AM ET
  • Luxury Items in Short SupplyCaitlin McDevitt | Thursday, 7:09 AM ET

  • The Deadline PresidencyDoes it matter that Obama is behind schedule on most of his major plans?John Dickerson | Wednesday, 7:28 PM ET
  • Harry Reid's Strip TeaseWhat we know about the Senate's "blended" health care bill, and what we don't.prescriptions | Wednesday, 6:58 PM ET
  • Coming Soon to a Shelf Near YouDo books really need Hollywood-style trailers?Troy Pattersonculturebox | Wednesday, 6:30 PM ET
  • My Own Private ScreeningWhat watching ESPN could teach us about mammograms.Darshak Sanghaviprescriptions | Wednesday, 6:14 PM ET
  • Holder LaughedThe attorney general tries to sell us on New York terror trials.Dahlia Lithwickjurisprudence | Wednesday, 6:12 PM ET
  • Funder's RemorseIf the government knows how much it's spending improperly, why doesn't it stop?Christopher Beam | Wednesday, 5:55 PM ET
  • The Slatest: Evening EditionGovernment wastes $98 billion in "improper spending"; Drugmakers at work on AIDS, Diarrhea vaccines; Nicholas Cage visits Somali pirates. | Wednesday, 5:11 PM ET
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  • Artful PragueEmily Yoffewell-traveled | Thursday, 7:15 AM ET

  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 19, 2009In Which I Get Teary Reading My Own Book.What surprised me most about the recording process was how emotional I became while reading certain parts of the book. I literally choked up and had to take a drink of water and a deep breath before I could continue (quite embarrassing).
  • posted by Jessica Grose on November 18, 2009Famous Authors on Writer's Block: Juniot Diaz's Sweet Spot is in the Bathroom A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans: Last week the Wall Street Journal interviewed basically every good living writer and asked them to share tips on sitting down and penning a book. The only clear lesson to emerge from the piece (titled " How To Write A Great Book ") is that there is
  • posted by Josh Levin on November 18, 2009“He's a Hard Body With a Soft Center” As connoisseurs of beefcake surely know, People revealed its choice for 2009's Sexiest Man Alive this morning. Johnny Depp , senior editor Kate Coyne explained on CBS' Early Show , has reached an "iconic status in terms of sexiness." "He was sexy ten years ago, he'll be sexy ten years from

  • Luxury Items in Short Supply
  • Norah Jones and Hulu Unintentionally Create Good Idea Having Nothing To Do With Norah Jones
  • Divorce, Reddit-Style

  • Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee

  • Al Qaeda Is Still Trying to Attack Us
  • Is There a Palin Doctrine?
  • The Real Shock of Fort Hood

  • What About Sarah Palin is Political, Exactly?
  • Junot Diaz Does His Best Writing in the Bathroom
  • Defending Palin's Book For a Nanosecond

  • What Kind of "Improper Payments" Did the White House Make, Anyway?
  • The Awesome Kids' Show That's Way More Fun Than Sesame Street
  • Is Eric Holder Winning His War With Rudy Giuliani?
  • How To Get Picked as People's Sexiest Man Alive
  • Should Fortysomething Women Really Stop Getting Mammograms?
  • Why Czechs Can't Stand Other Czechs

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• 18 Nov 2009 10:44

  Nov. 18, 2009

  

  The Slatest Noon Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. Obama: Afghan Leaks "Absolutely" a Firing Offense
  2. Reid "Very Pleased" With CBO Health Bill Analysis
  3. Doctors Balk at New Breast Exam Guidelines
  4. Obama Admits Gitmo Won't Close on Schedule

  

  

  

  

  History Proves That Sarah Palin Will Never Become President
  Is Space Travel Worse for the Earth Than Air Travel?
  Meet the Guy Who Watered Down the Public Option
  Are Men More Competitive Than Women?
  What Happens to a Nation's Culture When Its Jews Are Killed?
  Americans Used To Bow to One Another. Why Did We Stop?
  Why the NFL Is So Obsessed With Being Patriotic
  Five Ways the World Really Could End in 2012

  Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

  • The Culture Gabfest, Plutonium Blonde Edition Juliet Lapidos, Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner | Wednesday, 12:54 PM ET
  • The Pork Bun ChallengeA daily video from Slate V.slate v | Wednesday, 12:32 PM ET
  • The Slatest: Afternoon EditionObama says he'd fire anyone who leaked Afghan deliberations to the media; long-rumored Google Phone "is very real"; Hillary Clinton pays Karzai a surprise visit. | Wednesday, 12:27 PM ET
  • Hello, DalíThe surreal, high-concept showmanship of Urs Fischer.Ben Davisart | Wednesday, 11:27 AM ET
  • Dennis Hopper's long love affair with Taos, N.M. | Wednesday, 11:16 AM ET
  • Sorry, SnuffleupagusEnough with the plaudits for Sesame Street. The best preschool programming on TV is Nick Jr.'s Yo Gabba Gabba!Bret Asburyfamily | Wednesday, 9:31 AM ET
  • Does the downcast Czech character have something to do with their cuisine? | Wednesday, 7:30 AM ET
  • Goldman's Credit Crisis Mea CulpaBernhard Warner and Matthew Yeomans | Wednesday, 7:23 AM ET

  • The Going Rogue IndexSarah Palin didn't put an index in her book. So we made one for her.Christopher Beampolitics | Tuesday, 10:52 PM ET
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  • The Easy Rider Road TripKeith Phipps | Wednesday, 11:16 AM ET

  • Artful PragueEmily Yoffewell-traveled | Wednesday, 7:30 AM ET

  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 18, 2009Fifteen Tips to Avoid Nagging.But even though no one enjoys an atmosphere of nagging, in marriage, or any partnership, chores are a huge source of conflict. How do you get your sweetheart to hold up his or her end, without nagging?

  Release the hounds!

  Cartoonists' take on Sept. 11.

  Deadline.

  • Toshiba's Floating Furniture
  • Goldman's Credit Crisis Mea Culpa

  • The (Not So) New World Order

  • The Great Flu Cover-up
  • Afghanistan Is Obama's War Now
  • Is Asia Racist?

  • Can Cranks Turn Into Cheerleaders?
  • Why Do Girls Love Unicorns?

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• 17 Nov 2009 18:29

  

  Help! My Father-in-Law's Hugs Are Too Long and Too Tight.

  1. New Yorker Approve 9/11 Trials—Barely
  2. Israel Goes Forward With Settlements
  3. T-Mobile Employees Sell Out Customers
  4. More Insurgents Target Aid Groups

  

  

  

  

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  • posted by John Swansburg on November 17, 2009The How I Met Your Mother Shame Index: Episode 8 Last week's episode of How I Met Your Mother proved to be controversial. The Shame Index pronounced it the worst of the season . Vulture called it the best . Others were somewhere in between. There was some disagreement about whether Barney in a fat suit was funny or, as the Index argued,
  • posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 17, 2009Learn New Skills, Ask Questions, Practice Yoga—and Only Travel With a Carry-OnSometimes, in ways that I don’t really understand, I begin to overlap with people in blogland, to the point that I feel like I should introduce myself.
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