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Slate Magazine - Oct 11, 2008
Friday night saw the demise of Sarah Palin's dreaded "Troopergate," scandal with the release of a lengthy legislative report finding that the Governor had "abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110 (a) of …
Slate Magazine - Sep 27, 2008
When it comes to the perils of affirmative action, there's nobody as eloquent as Justice Clarence Thomas. In a speech given earlier this month to leaders of historically black colleges, Thomas went so far as to suggest …
Slate Magazine - Sep 19, 2008
How far apart are Barack Obama and John McCain on the expansion of executive power—whether or not to shrink down the presidency on steroids that has characterized the Bush administration? What's the evidence that one …
Slate Magazine - Sep 17, 2008
Seven years ago Thursday, Congress passed a statute in response to the horrible attacks of 9/11, inflicted on our nation the week before. That law became the basis for sweeping assertions of government power, including …
Slate Magazine - Aug 21, 2008
John McCain is trying to pull a Jessica Seinfeld. Few Americans (less than 20 percent) want to return to an America in which abortion is almost always illegal, and if they knew McCain's true views on the subject, most …
Slate Magazine - Aug 19, 2008
Last month, doctors who perform abortions in South Dakota had to start reading a state-mandated script to their patients. Supporters of the state law that gives these marching orders, which went into effect in July …
Slate Magazine - Jul 30, 2008
Could this guy really be running for president? I asked myself this question about Barack Obama after reading his, at turns, quite angry memoir Dreams From My Father. I'm asking it again today after reading through the …
Slate Magazine - Jul 30, 2008
Everyone needs a hobby. Mine is Fun Name Change Cases. I first got hooked 15 years ago, when I read about Michael Herbert Dengler, who wanted to change his name to 1069. "The only way [my] identity can be expressed is …
Slate Magazine - Jul 12, 2008
What can you do with a Congress that does nothing? A blue-ribbon commission headed by former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher suggested last week that the best solution to the problem of an …
Slate Magazine - Jun 25, 2008
Sometime today, the Senate is likely to approve the most comprehensive overhaul of American surveillance law since the Watergate era. Unless you're a government lawyer, a legal scholar, a masochist, or an insomniac …