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Briefing

explainer
How can you tell whether someone was asleep when he committed murder?
Tom Bartlett
Nov 24, 2009, 5:32 PM
today's business press
Amazon and Wal-Mart don't want to share the Web.
Caitlin McDevitt
Nov 24, 2009, 7:03 AM
explainer
A day in the life of a refugee.
Brian Palmer
Nov 23, 2009, 6:35 PM
recycled
How do farmers produce so many turkeys for Thanksgiving?
Nina Shen Rastogi
Nov 23, 2009, 11:51 AM
The Slatest
The Slatest: Weekend Edition
Nov 24, 2009, 5:22 PM
explainer
What's the best way for the Twilight vampires to drink blood?
Christopher Beam
Nov 20, 2009, 10:18 AM
explainer
How dangerous is the radiation from a mammogram?
Brian Palmer
Nov 19, 2009, 6:11 PM
explainer
How does the federal government know how much money it's spending improperly?
Christopher Beam
Nov 18, 2009, 5:55 PM

News & Politics

politics
Stop comparing Sarah Palin's approval ratings with Barack Obama's.
Christopher Beam
Nov 24, 2009, 7:25 PM
the has-been
Why Obama supporters ought to count their blessings.
Bruce Reed
Nov 24, 2009, 6:33 PM
books
Joan Biskupic's American Original.
Emily Bazelon
Nov 24, 2009, 10:00 AM
dispatches
What is on the other side of Siberia? The Jewish Autonomous Region.
Masha Gessen
Nov 24, 2009, 9:40 AM
foreigners
No one wants America to be the sole global superpower, but no one wants to share the load.
Anne Applebaum
Nov 23, 2009, 10:39 PM
politics
The Senate wants to put a "botax" on plastic surgery. That's a bad idea.
Christopher Beam
Nov 23, 2009, 8:06 PM
politics
A Slate contest: Can you write like Sarah Palin?
Nov 23, 2009, 6:45 PM
war stories
To win in Afghanistan, our military must cooperate with local militias.
Fred Kaplan
Nov 23, 2009, 6:14 PM
prescriptions
The Congressional Budget Office changes its mind about the House health reform bill's cost.
Timothy Noah
Nov 23, 2009, 3:57 PM
the best policy
The new AIG report reveals how Geithner—and U.S. taxpayers—were fleeced by Wall Street banks.
Eliot Spitzer
Nov 23, 2009, 2:57 PM
fighting words
The "war on terrorism" didn't cause the Fort Hood shootings.
Christopher Hitchens
Nov 23, 2009, 1:37 PM
politics
The latest updates from Barack Obama's Facebook news feed.
Christopher Beam
Nov 23, 2009, 11:33 AM
prescriptions
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's Web site can't make up its mind about the public option.
Timothy Noah
Nov 23, 2009, 9:29 AM
prescriptions
How to amend, and not amend, the Senate health reform bill.
Timothy Noah
Nov 22, 2009, 3:00 PM
jurisprudence
Judge David Hamilton and the fight over God's secular title.
Dahlia Lithwick
Nov 22, 2009, 8:38 AM
politics
Why Sarah Palin is unlikely to be the future of the Republican Party.
John Dickerson
Nov 20, 2009, 6:44 PM
press box
Stupid drug story of the week: NBC's Today show discovers huffing.
Jack Shafer
Nov 20, 2009, 4:53 PM
im
Slate writers and editors debate the ramifications of new cancer-screening guidelines.
Nov 20, 2009, 3:51 PM
prescriptions
What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants.
Timothy Noah
Nov 20, 2009, 3:50 PM
Bidenisms
Bidenisms: A collection of the vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.
Jeremy Stahl
Nov 20, 2009, 12:07 PM
prescriptions
What's inside Harry Reid's "blended" Senate health care reform bill.
Timothy Noah
Nov 19, 2009, 1:02 PM
jurisprudence
The real price of trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
David Feige
Nov 19, 2009, 12:51 PM
politics
Does it matter that Obama is behind schedule on most of his major plans?
John Dickerson
Nov 18, 2009, 7:28 PM
prescriptions
Sen. Harry Reid's health reform strip tease.
Timothy Noah
Nov 18, 2009, 6:58 PM
prescriptions
What watching ESPN could teach us about mammograms.
Darshak Sanghavi
Nov 18, 2009, 6:14 PM
jurisprudence
The attorney general tries to sell us on New York terror trials.
Dahlia Lithwick
Nov 18, 2009, 6:12 PM

Arts

culturebox
Would Roald Dahl have liked Wes Anderson's adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox?
James Parker
Nov 24, 2009, 11:17 AM
books
Joan Biskupic's American Original.
Emily Bazelon
Nov 24, 2009, 10:00 AM
poem
"Funeral"
Rosanna Warren
Nov 24, 2009, 6:53 AM
books
Gail Collins's When Everything Changed.
Katha Pollitt
Nov 23, 2009, 7:03 AM
television
How to score chicks on the Disney Channel.
Troy Patterson
Nov 20, 2009, 5:38 PM
movies
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans reviewed.
Dana Stevens
Nov 20, 2009, 3:47 PM
movies
The Blind Side reviewed.
Josh Levin
Nov 20, 2009, 11:25 AM
dvd extras
Retracing the path of the iconic movie on its 40^th anniversary.
Keith Phipps
Nov 20, 2009, 7:11 AM
movies
The Twilight Saga: New Moon reviewed.
Dana Stevens
Nov 19, 2009, 6:32 PM
recycled
Why vampire movies always break all the vampire rules.
Christopher Beam
Nov 19, 2009, 6:05 PM
recycled
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
Christopher Beam
Nov 19, 2009, 6:04 PM
recycled
Vampires suck.
Grady Hendrix
Nov 19, 2009, 6:02 PM
culturebox
Do books really need Hollywood-style trailers?
Troy Patterson
Nov 18, 2009, 6:30 PM
art
The surreal, high-concept showmanship of Urs Fischer.
Ben Davis
Nov 18, 2009, 11:27 AM
family
The best preschool programming on TV is Nick Jr.'s Yo Gabba Gabba!
Bret Asbury
Nov 18, 2009, 9:31 AM
tv club
Mad Men: The TV Club has been sold to McCann-Erickson.
Patrick Radden Keefe, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner
Nov 11, 2009, 10:55 AM
tv club
Mad Men: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
Patrick Radden Keefe, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner
Nov 11, 2009, 10:55 AM
the book club
On Denialism and the role of science in America.
Chris Mooney and Michael Specter
Nov 6, 2009, 6:54 PM
fiction
Saving Face: A chick-lit novel written in real time. With your help.
Dahlia Lithwick
Oct 30, 2009, 5:24 PM

Life

food
Green beans have no place on a Thanksgiving menu.
Juliet Lapidos
Nov 24, 2009, 1:13 PM
recycled
What's the best vegetarian turkey? (Hint: It's not Tofurky.)
Juliet Lapidos
Nov 24, 2009, 9:33 AM
the chat room
Dear Prudence answers readers' questions live at Washingtonpost.com.
Nov 23, 2009, 3:33 PM
food
The best vehicles for pumpkin.
Sara Dickerman
Nov 23, 2009, 1:43 PM
the dismal science
Does watching football lead to domestic violence?
Ray Fisman
Nov 23, 2009, 10:42 AM
drink
What to drink on Thanksgiving: Napa cabernet.
Mike Steinberger
Nov 20, 2009, 6:18 PM
family
Losing my son in the woods wasn't fun.
Emily Bazelon
Nov 19, 2009, 5:11 PM
well-traveled
The gloomy wonders of Prague.
Emily Yoffe
Nov 19, 2009, 7:15 AM
dear prudence
I won't sit for a holiday photo with my in-laws.
Nov 19, 2009, 7:13 AM

Business & Tech

moneybox
C'mon, you can do better than a gift card.
Tim Harford
Nov 24, 2009, 4:49 PM
moneybox
Netbooks, e-book readers, and other Black Friday bargains to avoid.
Farhad Manjoo
Nov 24, 2009, 12:02 AM
moneybox
A dam tour. Plus a bonus question: Why doesn't China have chocolate bars?
Daniel Gross
Nov 23, 2009, 11:25 AM
moneybox
Made in China—and sold there, too.
Daniel Gross
Nov 21, 2009, 7:18 AM
moneybox
What a meal of beef stomach and duck throats taught me about the new China.
Daniel Gross
Nov 20, 2009, 10:22 AM
technology
Microsoft Office 2010 reviewed.
Farhad Manjoo
Nov 19, 2009, 5:27 PM
moneybox
Like New Yorkers, Chinese people just can't stop talking about real estate.
Daniel Gross
Nov 19, 2009, 11:37 AM
technology
Apocalypse Then: a two-part series on the lessons of Y2K.
Farhad Manjoo
Nov 12, 2009, 4:58 PM
today's business press
New AIG CEO ready to walk.
Bernhard Warner
Nov 24, 2009, 7:03 AM

Science

medical examiner
Did Franklin D. Roosevelt actually die from cancer?
Barron H. Lerner
Nov 24, 2009, 12:20 PM
the green lantern
What kind of Thanksgiving turkey is best for the environment?
Brendan I. Koerner
Nov 24, 2009, 7:05 AM
the green lantern
What's the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving?
Jacob Leibenluft
Nov 20, 2009, 11:23 AM
the book club
On Denialism and the role of science in America.
Chris Mooney and Michael Specter
Nov 6, 2009, 6:54 PM
green room
A tour of wildlife conservation efforts in South Africa.
Brendan Borrell
Aug 20, 2009, 1:24 PM

Podcasts & Video

slate v
The Time Scalia Got It Wrong
Nov 24, 2009, 1:18 PM
hang up and listen
Slate 's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of Nov. 23, 2009.
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca
Nov 23, 2009, 5:40 PM
slate v
Dear Prudence: Go Ask Your Own Doctor!
Nov 23, 2009, 3:00 PM
gabfest
The Political Gabfest for Nov. 20, 2009.
Emily Bazelon
Nov 20, 2009, 5:14 PM
slate v
Reviews of: Twilight: New Moon, The Blind Side, and Planet 51
Nov 20, 2009, 2:30 PM
slate v
Hey Penny: The Boss From Hell
Nov 19, 2009, 5:08 PM
culture gabfest
Slate 's Culture Gabfest on Lady Gaga, Fantastic Mr. Fox,and warning future generations about nuclear waste.
Juliet Lapidos
Nov 18, 2009, 12:54 PM
slate v
The Pork Bun Challenge
Nov 18, 2009, 12:32 PM