Origins Of 'Terrorist Fist Jab' Revealed
Slate's Christopher Beam has reflected on how the Obama fist-bump meme has grown from a simple celebratory gesture between Barack and Michelle Obama t...
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Tom Cruise's "Valkyrie" Photo Flap Explained - Sort Of
AP | JOSH L. DICKEY | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment
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LOS ANGELES — What looked at first like another PR blow to "Valkyrie," the twice-delayed Tom Cruise film based on the true story of a German off...
Cashiers for Life
Cristina Page | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
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William Saletan, the Slate columnist whose made a career of claiming to be pro-choice while justifying attacks on reproductive rights, has had yet another epiphany.
Slate Reporter Attempts Viral Circulation Of Pro-Obama Rumors
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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The Obama campaign, seeking to combat the spurious rumors that run amok online, has launched a campaign site named Fight The Smears, dedicated to the ...
David Plotz Named Slate Editor, Jacob Weisberg To Oversee Newly Formed Slate Group
Slate | Jacob Weisberg | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media
Running a magazine is a journalistic assignment, and part of the fun of being a journalist is that you get to change jobs every so often. Though there...
Me and Scott McClellan, Brothers In Arms
Eric Boehlert | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media
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Now that McClellan's come clean about the nature of Beltway press pack, I'll confess my own secret: Scott was a ghostwriter for my 2006 book, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.
Gay Marriage And Nazism
Ryan Rivera | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home
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The Calif. court ruling to "destroy the man-woman definition of marriage" is akin to Nazis "following orders to gas the Jews?" Really? That's the language of a major campaign presently underway to sway Calif. judges.
So Now The Press Tells Candidates When To Quit?
Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
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Until this election cycle, journalists simply did not consider it to be their job to tell a contender when he or she should stop campaigning.
Slate Launches "Hillary Deathwatch"
Slate | Christopher Beam, Chadwick Matlin, and Chris Wilson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Hillary Clinton is as good as dead. This became the consensus over the past week, when the media awoke en masse to the dual reality that 1) Clinton ca...
Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?
Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Life
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Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?
When "Oops" Isn't Enough
Mary Lyon | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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Will there be any consequences imposed upon the deliberate deceivers? Will there be any lessons taught, not just to the warmongers themselves, but for the benefit of all future pampered war-pushers?
To Catch a Banker: Why Does the Media Hate Bear Stearns?
Yvette Kantrow | Posted 03.20.2008 | Media
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There's nothing like an apparent "bailout," to get the media's blood pumping. And Bear Stearns, never exactly home of saints, is an easy target.
The Press Will Torment Obama, Too
Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media
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National Review,
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Clear signs suggest that Obama's press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their lazy routine of critiquing Dems through the eyes of Republican spin.
"quarterlife": Gen-Y Bloggers Shake The Cradle
Jeremy Axelrod | Posted 02.28.2008 | Entertainment
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Viewers who find quarterlife nauseating for the immaturity of the characters and the occasional shallowness of the plot should note that its characters are nauseated with themselves for the same reasons.
The Press Seethes Over Bill Clinton, Shrugs at George Bush
Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.05.2008 | Media
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When it comes to Bush's two-year decline, the press has remained oddly detached. By contrast, the recent coverage of Clinton on the campaign trail has been dripping with emotion.
Judicial Campaign Contribution Quid Fails to Produce Quo
James Sample | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics
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If you believe in due process, feel free to scream Eureka.
Smartest Drug Story of the Year?
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
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America lost the drug war not by making tactical errors-- but by picking the wrong enemy. Rolling Stone deserves credit for making a strong case for just how wrong that went.
Can $2 Million For A Judge Buy A $350 Million Tax Refund?
James Sample | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
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When judges fail to police themselves, and when the judiciary fails to adequately police the judges who fail to police themselves, we all lose.
Which Of These Properties Brings WaPo The Most Money?
Washingtonian | Harry Jaffe | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media
It's official: The Washington Post Company now gets more than half of its revenues from teaching people how to take tests, not from providing them wit...
Slate Planning To Launch Business Site In 2008
New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 10.31.2007 | Media
The past year has seen the launch of the Fox Business Network and Condé Nast's Portfolio. Now it looks like there could be another brand-new business...
No Boys Allowed?
Jessica Wakeman | Posted 10.17.2007 | Media
It feels gimmicky. I don't know that I, a Slate reader and someone who cares a lot about getting women's voices heard in politics, want them to be doing The XX Factor blog.
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