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• Rangel Agonistes
  Charlie Rangel chooses between his party and his job.
  Christopher Beam | politics | Thursday, 6:43 PM ET
• What Should Obama Read?
  Slate readers make suggestions for the president's summer reading list.
  John Dickerson | politics | Thursday, 6:16 PM ET
• Bogus Trend Stories—Dog Days of Summer Edition
  Meds-impaired drivers, doggie snubs, and the return of the bomb shelter.
  Jack Shafer | press box | Thursday, 5:16 PM ET
• You Can Go Home Again
  Why there's no need for "safe departure" border checkpoints for illegal immigrants.
  Juliet Lapidos | explainer | Thursday, 4:20 PM ET
• DoubleX Gabfest: The Leave Chelsea Alone Edition
  Slate's DoubleX Gabfest on 12th & Delaware, Chelsea Clinton's wedding, and only children.
  Emily Bazelon | doublex | Thursday, 3:30 PM ET
• Talking to Phoebe Prince's Father
  Jeremy Prince speaks out for the first time since his daughter's death.
  Emily Bazelon | bull-e | Thursday, 1:10 PM ET
• The Jersey Shore Returns
  Has success spoiled Snooki? What's the situation with The Situation?
  Troy Patterson | television | Thursday, 11:17 AM ET
• Dinner for Schmucks
  A comedy for idiots, about idiots.
  Tom Shone | movies | Thursday, 10:04 AM ET
• Save Paul Rudd
  Hollywood is squandering one of its greatest comedic resources.
  Elbert Ventura | summer movies | Thursday, 10:03 AM ET
• Was This Children's Book About Sarah Palin Unfit To Print?
  We reveal what's inside the indefinitely postponed Speaking Up: The Sarah Palin Story.
  Ruth Graham | doublex | Thursday, 9:58 AM ET
• Breitbart vs. Sherrod: Readers Take Me On
  Slate readers challenge me on the NAACP video fiasco.
  William Saletan | frame game | Thursday, 7:35 AM ET
• What a Dump
  Could Ariel Sharon's most enduring legacy be Tel Aviv's massive landfill?
  Zac Unger | dispatches | Thursday, 6:50 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Radium: Cures gout! (Warning: Also causes cancer.)
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET
• Dross Check
  WikiLeaks' data-dump reporting simply makes a case for the existence of the mainstream media.
  Anne Applebaum | foreigners | Wednesday, 8:00 PM ET
• Mixed Messages
  If only Democrats could agree what to say, they might be able to say it.
  John Dickerson | politics | Wednesday, 7:09 PM ET
• Poof!
  The Hills defined the boom; Jersey Shore, the bust.
  Dana Vachon | culturebox | Wednesday, 6:51 PM ET
• More Nuttism From Alberto Gonzales
  The former attorney general misinterprets a handslap as exoneration.
  Dahlia Lithwick | jurisprudence | Wednesday, 6:18 PM ET
• The Volt Jolt
  Electric cars like Chevy's new Volt are too expensive today, but they won't be for long.
  Daniel Gross | moneybox | Wednesday, 6:17 PM ET
• How To Give (and Take) a Leak
  Unsolicited advice for Julian Assange of WikiLeaks.
  Jack Shafer | press box | Wednesday, 6:00 PM ET
• Does My Dog Look Fat?
  How they know when a pet is overweight.
  Jessica Dweck | explainer | Wednesday, 5:14 PM ET
• The WikiLeaks Paradox
  Is radical transparency compatible with total anonymity?
  Farhad Manjoo | technology | Wednesday, 4:46 PM ET
• Life Without the Web
  Have I learned anything by being offline?
  James Sturm | offline | Wednesday, 2:40 PM ET
• The Culture Gabfest, "Angelina Jolie, Model American" Edition
  Listen to Slate's culture podcast about Salt, Mad Men and Comic-Con.
  Jessica Grose, Lev Grossman, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner | culture gabfest | Wednesday, 1:19 PM ET
• Wallflowers in Bloom
  The makeovers on Plain Jane involve stalking, mild shock therapy, and new directions in casual wear.
  Troy Patterson | television | Wednesday, 11:54 AM ET
• Flower Power
  In Kenya's Rift Valley, a global business is blooming.
  Alexis Okeowo | dispatches | Wednesday, 10:02 AM ET
• I Never See War Movies. I Saw This One.
  A review of The Tillman Story, directed by Amir Bar-Lev.
  Alison Buckholtz | deployment diary | Wednesday, 9:59 AM ET
• Drug Problem
  Women aren't properly represented in scientific studies.
  Melinda Wenner Moyer | medical examiner | Wednesday, 7:03 AM ET
• The Gift of a Good Time
  How to spice up your charitable efforts and enjoy volunteering.
  Constance Casey | my goodness | Wednesday, 6:55 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Hafnium: Building the doomsday device of tomorrow.
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET
• Taxonomy
  Beyond "hikes" and "cuts."
  Christopher Beam | politics | Tuesday, 6:32 PM ET
• Shopping Scared
  Consumer confidence is down, so why are Americans spending more?
  Daniel Gross | moneybox | Tuesday, 5:33 PM ET
• Post-Mortem Prayer
  Can praying for a dead person help get him into heaven?
  Nora Caplan-Bricker | explainer | Tuesday, 4:49 PM ET
• Mad Men, Season 4
  Week 1: Is the SCDP logo in Arial?
  Michael Agger, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club | Tuesday, 4:15 PM ET
• Afghanistan's Census of the Dead
  What the WikiLeaks data reveal about civilian and enemy casualties of war. An interactive chart.
  Chris Wilson and Jeremy Singer-Vine | politics | Tuesday, 2:05 PM ET
• Gaza's Summer Camp War
  Kids in the Gaza Strip can spend their summers swimming, studying the Quran, or learning about Palestinian prisoners.
  Sarah A. Topol | dispatches | Tuesday, 1:57 PM ET
• The Art of Getting Art on Film
  What's wrong with movies about composers.
  Jan Swafford | music box | Tuesday, 10:06 AM ET
• Two Crises Wasted
  Washington's perverse refusal to grapple with the energy crisis or to genuinely reform Wall Street.
  Eliot Spitzer | the best policy | Tuesday, 10:04 AM ET
• Wary Godmother
  Does it make sense to remain a child's spiritual adviser when you barely speak to his parents?
  Lucinda Rosenfeld | friend or foe | Tuesday, 10:02 AM ET
• White House vs. WikiLeaks
  U.S. officials rebut WikiLeaks and defend the Afghan war. Are they right?
  William Saletan | frame game | Tuesday, 8:15 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Cobalt: It makes the dirtiest of dirty bombs.
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET
• "Milk"
  A weekly poem, read by the author.
  T.R. Hummer | poem | Tuesday, 6:53 AM ET
• Let the Pre-Pre-Pre-Campaign Begin
  Tim Pawlenty makes his plans for 2012.
  John Dickerson | politics | Monday, 7:37 PM ET
• How Communist Is China?
  They sure buy a lot of cars for a society built on collective ownership.
  Christopher Beam | explainer | Monday, 6:57 PM ET
• Hang Up and Listen: The Pimps Go To College Edition
  Listen to Slate's sports podcast on agents in college sports, Major League Baseball's "year of the pitcher," and Asian-American basketball star Jeremy Lin.
  Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca | hang up and listen | Monday, 5:35 PM ET
• Mad Men, Season 4
  Week 1: Don likes it rough.
  Michael Agger, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club | Tuesday, 4:15 PM ET
• Get a Blazing Fast Computer for Free
  How to give your creaky old Windows computer an Ubuntu makeover.
  Farhad Manjoo | technology | Monday, 4:38 PM ET
• Of Werewolves, Dog Fighting, and Lady Gaga
  Taking stock of True Blood at the midseason mark.
  Jason Zinoman | Skin and Scares | Monday, 3:25 PM ET
• Not the Pentagon Papers
  No one who's been paying attention should be surprised by the WikiLeaks documents about the war in Afghanistan.
  Fred Kaplan | war stories | Monday, 3:00 PM ET
• Why Kosovo Still Matters
  The United States and Europe stood up to Serbia. Can they stand up to North Korea and Iran?
  Christopher Hitchens | fighting words | Monday, 2:39 PM ET
• Louis C.K. Stares at the Void
  His new show, Louie, displays a fine dark humor.
  Troy Patterson | television | Monday, 12:06 PM ET
• Friday Night Lights, Season 4
  Week 11: Why Tami got into trouble.
  Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and David Plotz | tv club | Monday, 10:59 AM ET
• Real Housewives of Moscow
  And the crazy money they make off their husbands' jobs.
  Julia Ioffe | doublex | Monday, 10:23 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Palladium: The cold fusion fanatics can't get enough of this stuff.
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET
• Honoring Good White People
  What really happened during Freedom Summer in 1964?
  Randall Kennedy | books | Monday, 6:45 AM ET
• Mad Men, Season 4
  Week 1: Don is a mess.
  Michael Agger, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club | Tuesday, 4:15 PM ET
• Friday Night Lights, Season 4
  Week 11: I kinda want Tim and Becky to get together.
  Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and Hanna Rosin | tv club | Monday, 10:59 AM ET
• Friday Night Lights, Season 4
  Week 11: Matt and Julie break my heart.
  Emily Bazelon, Daivd Plotz, and Hanna Rosin | tv club | Monday, 10:59 AM ET
• Barack Obama's Facebook Feed
  Shirley Sherrod, Tony Hayward, and the Great Liberal Conspiracy.
  Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson | obama's facebook feed | Friday, 5:34 PM ET
• Adios, Democrats
  More Hispanic voters are Democrats, but the better Hispanic candidates are Republicans.
  Molly Ball | politics | Friday, 5:01 PM ET
• You Are How You Camped
  What your enjoyment of sleep-away camp, or lack of same, says about your character.
  Timothy Noah | recycled | Friday, 4:54 PM ET
• Et Tu, Elvis?
  Shame on the entertainers boycotting Israel this summer.
  Jacob Weisberg | the big idea | Friday, 4:35 PM ET
• Rules of Engagement
  Can CIA agents marry foreigners like they do in Salt?
  Jonathan Rapoport | explainer | Friday, 4:29 PM ET
• Budget Inception
  "We can implant it for you, wholesale."
  Dan McCoy | low concept | Friday, 2:59 PM ET
• Freeing "Pale Fire" From Pale Fire
  The next big Nabokov controversy.
  Ron Rosenbaum | the spectator | Friday, 2:56 PM ET
• Salt Is Angelina Jolie
  She's icy, invincible, and a lot of fun.
  Dana Stevens | movies | Friday, 11:36 AM ET
• The Spasmodic Drama Gabfest
  Listen to Slate's review of the week in politics.
  Emily Bazelon, Daniel Gross, and David Plotz | gabfest | Friday, 11:16 AM ET
• Mad Men, Season 4
  Season 4 preview: Will Mad Men go to grad school?
  Michael Agger, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club | Tuesday, 4:15 PM ET
• Amen Canard
  Breitbart lied about Shirley Sherrod. Now he's lying about the NAACP.
  William Saletan | frame game | Friday, 7:38 AM ET
• My Darklyng
  Chapters 1-24 of DoubleX's serialized vampire novel.
  Laura Moser and Lauren Mechling | my darklyng | Friday, 7:15 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Thorium: The nuclear fuel of the future?
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET
• The Heat-Seeking Panther
  A few thoughts on the mannered weirdness of Nicolas Cage.
  Dana Stevens | movies | Thursday, 9:07 PM ET
• Mad in China
  Can Chinese fishermen sue over an oil spill?
  Christopher Beam | explainer | Thursday, 6:19 PM ET
• The Geek Labyrinth
  The most frightening thing about our unfathomably complex intelligence bureaucracy.
  Fred Kaplan | war stories | Thursday, 6:18 PM ET
• How Often Does Your Phone Drop Calls?
  Apple, Research in Motion, and the rest of the cell phone industry don't want you to know.
  Farhad Manjoo | technology | Thursday, 5:44 PM ET
• Breitbart's Back
  The man behind the Shirley Sherrod shakeup.
  Christopher Beam | recycled | Thursday, 4:18 PM ET
• Mad Men, Season 4
  Season 4 preview: What will the show do with Betty Draper?
  Michael Agger, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner | tv club | Tuesday, 4:15 PM ET
• Into the Woods
  An in-depth statistical investigation into Tiger Woods' struggles on the golf course.
  Michael Agger | sports nut | Thursday, 2:56 PM ET
• Feinberg's Wizardry
  How he'll help the down-and-out businesses of the Gulf states—despite the law.
  John Culhane | jurisprudence | Thursday, 2:11 PM ET
• Levi Johnston Is an Insult to Working-Class Men
  Working-class men are more helpful husbands than they used to be.
  Stephanie Coontz | doublex | Thursday, 11:17 AM ET
• Mother's Little Technological Helper
  What's the best product for monitoring your child's Internet use?
  Noreen Malone | bull-e | Thursday, 9:54 AM ET
• Want To Live Forever?
  Anti-aging scientists and their quest for the youth pill.
  Emily Yoffe | books | Thursday, 9:50 AM ET
• Blogging the Periodic Table
  Promethium: Uranium stole its fire.
  Sam Kean | Elements | Thursday, 6:49 AM ET