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The Political Gabfest for Oct. 9, 2009.

Become a fan of the . We post to the Facebook page throughout the week, so keep the conversation going by joining us there. Listen to the Gabfest for Oct. 9 by clicking the arrow on the audio player below: We'd like to invite all readers to a special, ...

From EMILY BAZELON, JOHN DICKERSON, AND DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  United Nations,  Tom DeLay,  John Edwards,  Sarah Palin

Why you should be sorry you never watched NBC's biblical drama Kings.

Next Tuesday, the day after Yom Kippur, NBC will release the first and only season of its biblical drama Kings on DVD. I assume the release date is a coincidence, but if you do happen to be atoning on Monday, you might want to take a few seconds to ...

From DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: David Shepherd,  Ian McShane,  Michael Green

What does The Lost Symbol get wrong about the nation's capital? Everything.

In the mid-1990s, just before Dan Brown discovered angels and demons, Washington, D.C.'s alternative weekly, the City Paper, published a popular column in which it tried to solve local mysteries sent in by readers—uncovering the truth about baffling ...

From DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Dan Brown,  White House,  Harvard University,  Central Intelligence Agency,  U.S. Congress

Introducing "The Slatest," a better news aggregator.

One of the great conveniences and frustrations of the Web recently has been the rise of the news aggregator. From the Huffington Post to Real Clear Politics to Newser to that cute little Web site around the corner, everyone on the Internet seems to be ...

From DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Arianna Huffington,  U.S. Republican Party,  William F. Buckley, Jr.,  Twitter Inc

The Political Gabfest for Aug. 7, 2009.

Become a fan of the . We update the Facebook page more frequently and include content that you can only find there, so get your Gabfest fix during the week by joining us there. Listen to the Gabfest for Aug. 7 by clicking the arrow on the audio player ...

From EMILY BAZELON, JOHN DICKERSON, AND DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  7 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Congressional Budget Office,  Facebook Inc.,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Robert Johnson

August: Let's get rid of it.

It's become a Slate summer tradition. In 2001, David Plotz proposed that we ban August, that most cursed of months, in which nothing good ever happens. We've been running the piece nearly every August since—as Choire Sicha recently pointed out on the ...

From DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  3 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Cher,  Martha Stewart Living,  Anne Frank,  Choire Sicha,  Marilyn Monroe

The Political Gabfest for July 3, 2009.

Become a fan of the . We will be updating the Facebook page more frequently and including content that you will only be able to find there, so get your Gabfest fix during the week by joining us there. Listen to the Gabfest for July 3 by clicking the ...

From EMILY BAZELON, JOHN DICKERSON, AND DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  3 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Steve Schmidt,  Mark Sanford,  U.S. Republican Party

Byrd Brain

These days you can barely walk down the street in Washington without being accosted by some Wise Man hawking scandal advice. Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is selling his complicated censure scheme. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald ...

From DAVID PLOTZ, The New Republic,  1 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Robert C. Byrd,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bob Dole,  Gerald Ford

Slate's Political Gabfest for June 5.

Become a fan of the Political Gabfest on Facebook. We will be updating the Facebook page more frequently and including content that you will only be able to find there, so get your Gabfest fix during the week by joining us there. 5 by clicking the ...

From EMILY BAZELON, JOHN DICKERSON, AND DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  5 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Barack Obama,  Dick Cheney,  Michael Steele,  Studs Terkel

Slate's Political Gabfest for May 1.

Listen to the Gabfest for May 1 by clicking the arrow on the audio player below: You can also download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here. Get your free 14-day trial membership of ...

From EMILY BAZELON, JOHN DICKERSON, AND DAVID PLOTZ, Slate,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: David Leonhardt,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Neil Gaiman,  Arlen Specter

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