Page2RRS

• 16 Mar 2010 12:20

  

  The Slatest Noon Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. Pelosi May Pass Senate Health Bill Without Votes
  2. "Day of Rage" Erupts in Jerusalem
  3. Top Donors Drop Democrats

  Oh, No. School Reformers Want Us To Adopt Britain's Terrible Education Ideas.
  Will Health Care Reform Pass? Slate's Gauge Swings in the Other Direction.
  The Typical Single Black Woman Has Only $100 in Wealth?

  • Seize Power, ShareholdersMore regulation won't fix Wall Street, but a shareholder revolution will.Eliot Spitzerthe best policy | Tuesday, 2:53 PM ET
  • Why Is It Called "March Madness"?How did the NCAA Tournament get its nickname?Brendan I. Koernerrecycled | Tuesday, 12:51 PM ET
  • The Slatest: Afternoon EditionPelosi threatens to pass the Senate health care bill via the "self-executing" rule; "day of rage" erupts in Jerusalem; Tiger Woods will play in the Masters; Chinese archaeologists discover "phallic" cemetery. | Tuesday, 12:22 PM ET
  • Bluffing to Yes | | Tuesday, 11:01 AM ET
  • 
    Losing track of time.
    | | Tuesday, 10:52 AM ET
  • How To Win Your NCAA Pool
    Act like a hedge-fund manager, and pick Duke to win it all.
    Chris Wilson | sports nut | Tuesday, 10:50 AM ET
  • The Complete Walker, Texas Ranger
    Fifty-one discs. Two hundred two episodes. Innumerable roundhouses.
    Mason Currey | dvd extras | Tuesday, 9:37 AM ET
  • Greening the Crimson Tide
    What's the environmental impact of my period?
    Nina Shen Rastogi | the green lantern | Tuesday, 9:36 AM ET

  • Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2
    
    Melanie Rehak | well-traveled | Tuesday, 10:52 AM ET

  • posted by Daniel Engber on March 16, 2010Italy's War on Food Additives
    Italy's undersecretary for health has declared war on chemical additives. Last month, the Italian food blog Caput Mundi Cibus reported on a new set of regulations , in effect Feb. 18, that ban restaurant chefs from cooking with (or even owning) chemical additives like aspartame, nitrites, and
  • posted by Kerry Howley on March 16, 2010Keepin' It Rielle
    Rielle Hunter has never been as interesting as John Edwards' weakness for her. She's a type, as Hanna explains . Passivity is her religion; she can't own a single action in her interview. She's a vessel. Sometimes cosmic forces remove her pants in front of a photographer or throw her into a

  Ireland.

  Cartoonists' take on China.

  Me-tunes.

  • This is probably the first time I have found ChatRoulette interesting http://bit.ly/bfojcV

  • Larry Charles is making a satirical show about Steve Jobs http://bit.ly/9nQEgD

  • WSJ says social media marketing doesn't work http://bit.ly/aziyTz

  • So Nexus One Sales Are Anemic. Big Deal.
  • Does Your Business Really Need a Facebook Page?
  • Using Food Stamps at Whole Foods

  • The Root Goes Mobile
  • Dodd Bill Supports New Consumer Finance Watchdog
  • Black Barbie Talks

  • Oh, No. School Reformers Want Us To Adopt Britain's Terrible Education Ideas.
  • Will Health Care Reform Pass? 's Gauge Swings in the Other Direction.

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 16 Mar 2010 04:48

  March 16, 2010

  

  I Hate Your Wedding Web Site. It's Vain and Tacky.

  1. Justice Stevens Will Retire Before Obama Leaves Office
  2. Obese Woman Wants to Gain Another 400 Pounds
  3. HIV Infection Rates Up For Gays, Drug Users, Prostitutes
  4. Federal Reserve Debates When to Raise Interest Rates

  

  

  

  4

  What Eric Massa Wrote in Obama's Facebook Feed
  Oh, No. Republicans Want Us To Adopt Britain's Terrible Education Ideas.
  Freezing Human Eggs Is Still Considered "Experimental." It Shouldn't Be.
  Pick a Better NCAA Bracket Than 's Sports Experts and Win a Prize
  What Rielle Hunter's GQ Interview and Photos Reveal About Her
  Can a Person Remember a Traumatic Event That Happened to Him as an Infant?
  The Joy of Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2
  The Typical Single Black Woman Has Only $100 in Assets?

  Tuesday, March 16, 2010

  • The Taxman ComethMy search for the best online tax-prep service on the market.Tom Bartlettshopping | Tuesday, 7:12 AM ET
  • | Tuesday, 7:09 AM ET
  • Sex, Violence, and the SupernaturalBefore the tabloids, there were the folk ballads. Robert Pinsky | Tuesday, 7:05 AM ET
  • First Bailout Fraud Unlikely To Be the LastLaura Mortkowitz
  • The Slatest: Morning EditionJustice Stevens will retire before Obama leaves office; HIV infection rates are up; Fiji declares state of emergency; McCain, Palin back together. | Tuesday, 6:39 AM ET

  Monday, March 15, 2010

  • Continental DivideBritain and America both have center-left leaders, but the two nations are further apart than ever. | Monday, 8:04 PM ET
  • Baby EyewitnessCan infants be traumatized by the sight of violence? | Monday, 7:19 PM ET
  • Health Reform's Virgin BirthThe brouhaha over the "Slaughter strategy." | Monday, 7:08 PM ET
  • Barack Obama's Facebook FeedHealth care's final stretch, Eric Massa, and the fall of Scott Brown.Christopher Beam and Chris Wilsonobama's facebook feed | Monday, 6:48 PM ET
  • Hang Up and Listen: The Shining Moments Edition | Monday, 3:46 PM ET
  • Big BreitbartAndrew Breitbart is messing with you. | Monday, 2:06 PM ET
  • Stupak = More AbortionsT.R. Reid explains how health reform would decrease the number of abortions. | Monday, 1:11 PM ET
  • The Audio Book Club on Wolf HallOur critics discuss Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning novel.Troy Patterson, John Swansburg, and Jacob Weisbergthe audio book club | Monday, 12:22 PM ET
  • Dear Prudence: Disgusting Baby Kisses | Monday, 11:04 AM ET
  • The Great Catholic Cover-UpThe pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it. | Monday, 10:20 AM ET
  • Is Egg Freezing Unfairly Marginalized?Why the experimental label should be removed from the procedure.Sarah Elizabeth Richardsdoublex health | Monday, 10:19 AM ET
  • HedgislationYour vote on health care is more important than your re-election.frame game | Monday, 7:50 AM ET
  • Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2Have you ever arrived at your plane seat and experienced a pleasant surprise?Melanie Rehakwell-traveled | Monday, 7:04 AM ET

  • posted by Hanna Rosin on March 15, 2010Too Much Rielle on the Bed Apparently Rielle is unhappy with her GQ photo shoot . (I screamed for two hours, she told Barbara Walters. Video below.) I guess it was the wily photographer who got her to take her pants off and strike a come hither pose next to Barney and Kermit. No matter. However it happened, we are
  • posted by William Saletan on March 15, 2010When Virtual Reality KillsOne day, after a 12-hour stint online, they visited the physical world and found their baby dead.

  The ides of March.

  Cartoonists' take on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

  Phoning it in.

  • Facebook.com beats Google.com as the most popular page in the U.S. (by one measure) http://tcrn.ch/dlmsBq

  • Amazing footage shows a 200-foot-deep artificial lake created by a landslide in Northern Pakistan http://bit.ly/bZgirD

  • Not only do we now have an iPhone app http://bit.ly/cEJinr We are on Google Buzz, too. Follow us http://bit.ly/aanSOz

  • First Bailout Fraud Unlikely To Be the Last
  • Now Playing in Hulu Theaters Nationwide
  • Google's Biggest Blunder

  • NEWS STAND: Reverend Wright Defends Obama
  • Get Over It, Supremes!

  • The World's Most Disgusting Protesters
  • Is Paul Krugman a Neocon?
  • Petraeus's Explosive Israel Briefing

  • What Eric Massa Wrote in Obama's Facebook Feed
  • Oh, No. Republicans Want Us To Adopt Britain's Terrible Education Ideas.
  • Freezing Human Eggs Is Still Considered "Experimental." It Shouldn't Be.
  • Pick a Better NCAA Bracket Than 's Sports Experts and Win a Prize
  • What Rielle Hunter's GQ Interview and Photos Reveal About Her
  • Can a Person Remember a Traumatic Event That Happened to Him as an Infant?

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 15 Mar 2010 01:05

  March 15, 2010

  • Marion Jones' WNBA Comeback
  • Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
  • The Root Interview: Rebecca Skloot

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 14 Mar 2010 12:19

  1. Obama Outlines Overhaul to No Child Left Behind
  2. New Senate Bill Tougher on Banks Than Expected
  3. New Cases Show Widespread Fraud in Iraq Projects
  4. Justice Thomas' Wife Creates Tea Party Group

  Sunday, March 14, 2010

  • More corruption uncovered in Iraq reconstruction projects; investigators question runaway Prius story; expanding health care would reduce abortions; Georgians panic over fake news report. | Sunday, 10:25 AM ET
  • Black Like Whom?In search of a shareable African-American history.Jacqueline Jonesbooks | Sunday, 8:38 AM ET
  • | | Sunday, 8:38 AM ET

  Live wire.

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 14 Mar 2010 00:53

  March 14, 2010

  • Obama and the 'Nuclear Option' in Congress

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 13 Mar 2010 09:00

  

  Become a Fan of on Facebook

  The Slatest Morning Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. The End Game for Health Care?
  2. Iraq's Maliki Leading in Early Vote Count
  3. Google To Shut Chinese Search Engine
  4. Conservatives in Texas Change History

  

  

  

  Republicans Are Willfully Misinterpreting What Robert Byrd Said About Reconciliation
  Mother Starts as Comedy, Segues Into a Murder-Mystery, and Ends as a Greek Tragedy
  Slate Readers Drank Our Beer—and Gave Us Great Ideas for Becoming More Energy Efficient
  Will This Summer's iPhone Upgrade Allow You To Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time?
  The Strange Numerical Pattern in Lewis Carroll's Books
  Do Newspapers "Clean Up" Quotes by People Who Speak Broken English?
  The Week's Best Editorial Cartoons
  An Interview With Spike Lee About His Coming New Orleans Documentary

  Saturday, March 13, 2010

  • The Slatest: Weekend EditionHealth care enters pivotal week; Google is "99.9 percent" sure it'll shut down its Chinese search engine; Michael Lewis says bonuses at bailed out banks are "elegant form of theft." | Saturday, 10:53 AM ET
  • This Week's BidenismsCollecting the vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.Jeremy StahlBidenisms | Saturday, 8:03 AM ET
  • | Saturday, 8:02 AM ET
  • How To Get a $22 Million Bonus | Saturday, 7:58 AM ET

  • posted by Noreen Malone on March 12, 2010Book of the Week: "Sirens of Chrome" At the start of this new decade, from the pulpit of his occasional, grandiose New York Times column , Bono called for the "return of the automobile as sexual object." He was referring to the lines and curves of the cars themselves, but it's no secret that car manufacturers have long relied

  Asked, didn't tell.

  • How To Get a $22 Million Bonus

  • 21st Century Polygamy
  • Photo Essay: The Middle East's Weapons Binge
  • A Short History of the Honey Trap

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 13 Mar 2010 01:59

  March 13, 2010

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 12 Mar 2010 20:12

  1. EU Agrees to Bail Out Greece

  : A Wig-Bag Dress? Jock-Strap Pants? Leather Manga? Whoa!

  • Elder Abuse
    The Republicans' mistreatment of Sen. Robert Byrd in their fight against health care reform.
    John Dickerson | politics | Friday, 6:03 PM ET
  • Why Do We Tickle?
    Rep. Eric Massa tickled his staff. Is that normal?
    Brian Palmer | Science | Friday, 6:00 PM ET

  • Person in Australia who identifies as neither male nor female officially registered as sex not specified http://bit.ly/d4jyBq

  • The best ideas generated at our live discussion about personal energy efficiency http://bit.ly/bIAFzB

  • Bentley Brings You Brilliant Colour Created by Wizards and Elves
  • Hearst's Cynical New Strategy: App Spam

  • Torii Hunter Was Right About Baseball
  • Obama and the ‘Nuclear Option’ in Congress

  • Republicans Are Willfully Misinterpreting What Robert Byrd Said About Reconciliation
  • Starts as Comedy, Segues Into a Murder-Mystery, and Ends as a Greek Tragedy
  • Readers Drank Our Beer—and Gave Us Great Ideas for Becoming More Energy Efficient
  • Will This Summer's iPhone Upgrade Allow You To Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time?
  • The Strange Numerical Pattern in Lewis Carroll's Books
  • Do Newspapers "Clean Up" Quotes by People Who Speak Broken English?

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 12 Mar 2010 14:37

  The Slatest Evening Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. EU Agrees to Bailout Greece
  2. Obama Delays Asia Trip To Finish Health Care
  3. China Demands Google Compliance
  4. Court Denies Link Between Vaccines and Autism

  • The Slatest: Evening EditionEU agrees to bail out Greece; despite what his daughter says, James Brown's body isn't missing; China warns Google to keep censoring searches; federal court denies link between vaccines and autism. | Friday, 5:33 PM ET
  • Sports and TortsIf a NASCAR driver died in a crash, would the racer who caused it be liable?Christopher Beam | explainer | Friday, 5:24 PM ET
  • Introducing the Whipometer
    The latest on whether health care reform will pass.
    Timothy Noah and Chris Wilson | prescriptions | Friday, 4:49 PM ET
  • Take This Bong Hit
    Bong Joon-Ho's new film, Mother, is terrific.
    Dana Stevens | movies | Friday, 4:15 PM ET
  • Wine Limbo
    How low can you go (in price) and still drink well?
    Mike Steinberger | drink | Friday, 3:40 PM ET
  • Reviews of: Green Zone, Remember Me, and She's Out of My League
    Slate's online video magazine.
    slate v | Friday, 2:49 PM ET
  • You Came, You Thought, You Drank
    The best ideas generated at Slate's live discussion about "The Efficient Life."
    Jenny Rogers | the hive | Friday, 2:04 PM ET

  • posted by Emily Bazelon on March 12, 2010Who Is Mark Crutcher?
    Tracy Clark-Flory gives all the arguments for why it's a bad idea for Georgia to ban race- and sex-selective abortions, as a bill that passed out of committee in the state legislature this week would do. This whole subject is tricky, becaue the notion of an abortion done because a woman
  • posted by Nina Shen Rastogi on March 12, 2010Slate Reviews the National Book Critics Circle Winners
    The National Book Critics Circle  announced their annual literary awards last night . You can find essays on some of the winners in the Slate archives — but to save you the trouble of using our search engine, we've included links to the relevant articles below. Nathan Heller 

  • Wyclef Jean gave his mistress $105,000 through his Haiti charity http://bit.ly/cKt1dI

  • Visual presentation of top 100 sites http://bit.ly/cyA33q

  • The Shining as a cuckoo clock http://bit.ly/9uJMe1

  • ClearChannel Overhypes If I Can Dream
  • More of the Same for Hulu From the Latest Nielsen Numbers
  • App-etizers, Mar. 12: 50,000 iPads Sold in Two Hours

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

• 12 Mar 2010 08:44

  

  Help Set Some New Ground Rules for Cell Phone Etiquette

  The Slatest Morning Edition - Slate Magazine

  1. Suicide Blasts Kill Dozens in Lahore
  2. Ex-Clinton Adviser Janet Yellen Said To Be Tapped for Fed Seat
  3. China to Washington: Stop Being So Hypocritical
  4. Israel Seals Off West Bank

  

  

  

  

  Shafer to Web Editors: Stop Ruining My RSS Experience!
  We Don't Give Nearly Enough Credit to the Scientists Who Invent New Types of Birth Control
  What Does Whale Meat Taste Like?
  Help! I Want To Propose, but I Can't Afford the Ring My Girlfriend Is Demanding.
  Project Runway: A Wig-Bag Dress? Jock-Strap Pants? Leather Magna? Whoa!
  Green Zone Does for the Iraq War What Inglourious Basterds Did for World War II
  Some Thoughts on Charlotte's Web … From Wilbur the Pig
  How Long Can TiVo Keep Bleeding Cash?

  Friday, March 12, 2010

  • When Planes Land on HighwaysThe ins and outs of a surprisingly frequent phenomenon.Tom Vanderbilttransport | Friday, 11:34 AM ET
  • This WeekWhy the show should stop mocking Broadway. | Friday, 11:02 AM ET
  • It's Payback TimeHere's a surprise: AIG might pay back $170 billion of its $182 billion bailout.moneybox | Friday, 10:51 AM ET
  • The Tickle Fight GabfestListen to 's review of the week in politics.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotzgabfest | Friday, 8:38 AM ET
  • I Hate Your Wedding Web SiteWhat should be purely functional turns into a showcase for narcissism.Noreen Malonedouble x | Friday, 7:17 AM ET
  • Daniel Gross | Friday, 7:16 AM ET
  • Skyrocketing Seed Prices Spur Antitrust ConcernsBy Kelly Faircloth | Friday, 7:07 AM ET
  • The Slatest: Morning EditionJanet Yellen said to be next Obama pick for Fed; Israel temporarily closes West Bank; Ground Zero workers reach $657.5 million injuries settlement. | Friday, 6:36 AM ET

  • Matt Damon goes looking for WMD in

  • posted by June Thomas on March 12, 2010Project Runway Post-Show Chat, Week 8A question for you both: How do you think this Mila-Maya friendship will work out? Do you believe evil Mila when she says she'd be happy if Maya won?

  Harlem, 1966.

  Cartoonists' take on energy and the environment.

  Wea culpa.

  • Is Obama getting lousy health care? http://bit.ly/cazvvo

  • British Lib Dem leader backs ex porn director for Parliament tho he says the profession not exactly my cup of tea http://bit.ly/aMUIc2

  • Raging Grannies on Citizens United http://bit.ly/cjquyO

  • Friday Tune-Up
  • Stream Room March 12, 2010: There's a Good Chance Somebody in Your Family Watches TV Online
  • Irex Proves It's Not the Reader, It's the Electronic Bookstore

  • Why Africa's Wars Never End
  • What the Neocons Got Right
  • Steve Walt: Joe Biden Got What He Deserved

  • Project Runway: A Wig-Bag Dress? Jock-Strap Pants? Leather Magna? Whoa!

  Permalink  |  View Entire Page

Search the Site

Custom Search