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Briefing

other magazines
What's new in The New Yorker, the Weekly Standard, and the New Republic.
Kara Hadge
May 19, 2009, 6:59 PM
explainer
Do real-life aviators wear aviator sunglasses?
Juliet Lapidos
May 19, 2009, 6:40 PM
today's business press
Obama clears the air with auto industry.
Sara Behunek
May 19, 2009, 6:59 AM
today's papers
Obama will announce new standards for vehicle emissions and increase fuel efficiency targets.
Daniel Politi
May 19, 2009, 6:54 AM
explainer
How well can you live in India on $2 per day?
Brian Palmer
May 18, 2009, 6:43 PM
today's papers
Obama discusses abortion at Notre Dame amid protests
Joshua Kucera
May 18, 2009, 6:00 AM
today's papers
The papers on conservatives' plans to oppose President Obama's Supreme Court nominees.
David Sessions
May 17, 2009, 2:22 AM
today's papers
Debating what Pelosi knew about torture, while Obama backs off on a campaign promise.
Lydia DePillis
May 16, 2009, 5:44 AM
other magazines
What's in the Economist, Reason, and the New York Times Magazine.
David Sessions
May 15, 2009, 6:06 PM
today's papers
Pelosi raises stakes in interrogation controversy; Detroit's pain is spreading.
Daniel Politi
May 15, 2009, 6:47 AM
explainer
How do court trials work in North Korea?
Nina Shen Rastogi
May 14, 2009, 6:58 PM
today's papers
Obama reverses on abuse photos; administration wants to regulate derivatives.
Daniel Politi
May 14, 2009, 6:39 AM
explainer
Once you put something in the garbage, do you still own it?
Juliet Lapidos
May 13, 2009, 7:09 PM
today's papers
U.S. military and Pakistan cooperate on drone program; dire straits for entitlement programs.
Daniel Politi
May 13, 2009, 6:49 AM

News & Politics

politics
Can members of Congress stop the genocide by fasting?
Christopher Beam
May 19, 2009, 7:26 PM
politics
How Obama is like Spock.
John Dickerson
May 18, 2009, 7:18 PM
politics
The great American tradition of sending your political rivals overseas.
Christopher Beam
May 18, 2009, 7:09 PM
press box
Having confessed to lifting Josh Marshall's copy, the Times' Maureen Dowd almost sets things right.
Jack Shafer
May 18, 2009, 7:06 PM
chatterbox
The trouble with commencement speakers.
Timothy Noah
May 18, 2009, 6:48 PM
foreigners
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress Party wins an unexpectedly strong victory in India.
Miranda Kennedy
May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM
sports nut
Is the new, less debauched Preakness Stakes still fun?
Christopher Beam
May 18, 2009, 8:22 AM
fighting words
As Wanda Sykes showed, comedians aren't funny when they try to flatter the president.
Christopher Hitchens
May 18, 2009, 6:36 AM
the big idea
What we've learned so far about President Obama.
Jacob Weisberg
May 16, 2009, 7:11 AM
explainer
Did obesity exist in prehistoric times?
Christopher Beam
May 15, 2009, 6:46 PM
politics
Barack Obama's Facebook news feed.
Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson
May 15, 2009, 4:02 PM
jurisprudence
It's not just liberals who play the empathy card.
Doug Kendall and Dahlia Lithwick
May 15, 2009, 3:56 PM
the has-been
The GOP is losing the dog wars to Obama.
Bruce Reed
May 15, 2009, 1:18 PM
politics
Taunted by the GOP, Nancy Pelosi throws a punch—at the CIA.
John Dickerson
May 15, 2009, 10:06 AM
war stories
The bizarre budget showdown between Defense Secretary Gates and Congress.
Fred Kaplan
May 14, 2009, 6:30 PM
press box
Bogus trend of the week: raising backyard chickens.
Jack Shafer
May 14, 2009, 6:24 PM
politics
For Obama, being president is like parallel parking.
John Dickerson
May 14, 2009, 8:02 AM
jurisprudence
Why Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks anti-torture laws sometimes need to give a little.
Dahlia Lithwick
May 13, 2009, 7:23 PM
politics
The Federal Reserve is cracking down on credit-card companies. Why do we need legislation, too?
Christopher Beam
May 13, 2009, 7:20 PM
chatterbox
Why Republicans make the rest of us miserable when they lose.
Timothy Noah
May 13, 2009, 6:38 PM
politics
What's happening to Republicans in Utah, and could it happen to Republicans anywhere else?
Christopher Cox
May 13, 2009, 3:34 PM
jurisprudence
Protecting fashion designers from copycats.
C. Scott Hemphill and Jeannie Suk
May 13, 2009, 11:33 AM

Arts

television
I have seen the legs of Eliza Dushku.
Troy Patterson
May 19, 2009, 4:11 PM
music box
Meet the cyberpunk of reggaetón.
Jody Rosen
May 19, 2009, 3:09 PM
books
Matthew Crawford's Shop Class as Soul Craft.
Michael Agger
May 19, 2009, 12:17 PM
poem
"Last Days"
Elise Partridge
May 19, 2009, 7:02 AM
books
Gerald Martin's Gabriel García Márquez: A Life.
Michael Wood
May 18, 2009, 6:35 AM
television
Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work reviewed.
Troy Patterson
May 15, 2009, 6:01 PM
movies
Management and The Brothers Bloom, reviewed.
Dana Stevens
May 15, 2009, 5:36 PM
culturebox
Politicians make lousy commencement speakers. Hire a celebrity instead.
Mark Oppenheimer
May 15, 2009, 12:53 PM
culturebox
Why can't the Catholic Church shake free of a 200-year-old conspiracy theory?
George Johnson
May 14, 2009, 7:36 PM
movies
Angels & Demons,reviewed.
Dana Stevens
May 14, 2009, 6:35 PM
television
The sad decline of NBC.
Troy Patterson
May 13, 2009, 8:09 PM
sandbox
Parenting memoirs from Ayelet Waldman and others.
Ann Hulbert
May 13, 2009, 1:48 PM
music box
The Black Eyed Peas' inescapable, incoherent, irresistible new song.
Jonah Weiner
May 13, 2009, 7:02 AM

Life

the chat room
Dear Prudence answers readers' questions live at Washingtonpost.com.
May 18, 2009, 3:34 PM
the has-been
The GOP is losing the dog wars to Obama.
Bruce Reed
May 15, 2009, 1:18 PM
faith-based
Father Alberto Cutié's scandal doesn't change the debate about clerical celibacy.
Michael Sean Winters
May 15, 2009, 7:01 AM
dear prudence
Keeping a scandalous family secret.
May 14, 2009, 6:59 AM
my goodness
This nonprofit should be great, but its board is a dud. What can I do to fix it?
Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer
May 13, 2009, 7:01 AM
dispatches
Giving birth 10,000 miles from home.
Rachel Louise Snyder
May 8, 2009, 7:03 AM
grieving
Recovering from the death of a loved one.
Meghan O'Rourke
May 7, 2009, 6:47 AM

Business & Tech

moneybox
The Avis economy: How we can end the recession simply by trying harder.
Daniel Gross
May 19, 2009, 5:31 PM
technology
Wolfram Alpha, yet another pretender to Google's throne.
Farhad Manjoo
May 18, 2009, 5:48 PM
the best policy
The New York Fed is incredibly powerful and a total mess. Here's how to fix it.
Eliot Spitzer
May 18, 2009, 1:05 PM
moneybox
The recession is killing chain restaurants. So why is P.F. Chang's thriving?
Daniel Gross
May 16, 2009, 7:09 AM
ad report card
The best ads honored at the 2009 Clio Awards.
Seth Stevenson
May 15, 2009, 1:33 PM
transport
Why trains run slower now than they did in the 1920s.
Tom Vanderbilt
May 15, 2009, 12:22 PM
technology
An ethical proposal for Firefox's popular ad-removal tool.
Farhad Manjoo
May 14, 2009, 4:56 PM
moneybox
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country.
Chris Wilson
May 14, 2009, 4:25 PM
moneybox
Why KFC, GM, and other American companies are finallythriving in China.
Daniel Gross
May 14, 2009, 4:14 PM
technology
Google's first-ever TV campaign.
Farhad Manjoo
May 13, 2009, 7:02 AM

Science

the green lantern
Is regular sugar greener than high-fructose corn syrup?
Nina Shen Rastogi
May 19, 2009, 11:59 AM
medical examiner
The problems with the World Health Organization's approach to pandemics.
Marc Siegel
May 14, 2009, 3:09 PM
medical examiner
The math behind estimating seasonal flu deaths.
Jordan Ellenberg
May 14, 2009, 12:20 PM
medical examiner
What can reality TV teach us about clinical drug trials?
Darshak Sanghavi
May 13, 2009, 11:33 AM

Podcasts & Video

slate v
Dear Prudence: The Affair, Take Two
May 18, 2009, 11:39 AM
gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest for May 15.
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
May 15, 2009, 3:23 PM
slate v
Killer Apps: Skype for iPhone
May 14, 2009, 12:12 PM
slate v
The Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan
May 13, 2009, 1:19 PM
culture gabfest
Slate's Culture Gabfest for May 13.
Stephen Metcalf
May 13, 2009, 11:15 AM

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