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Slate Magazine - Explainer - 3 hours ago
In Thursday's speech at the Republican National Convention, Sen. John McCain described his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. As he recounted, his captors offered to release him, but he refused, saying that "[i]f I …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - 3 hours ago
Ann and Nancy Wilson, the frontwomen of the rock band Heart, are demanding that the McCain campaign stop using their 1977 song "Barracuda" at political rallies after the song was played in honor of vice-presidential …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - 5 hours ago
Vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night that she would be an advocate for "the parents of special-needs children all across this country." Her …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - Sep 4, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proudly described herself as a "hockey mom" in her speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, and the label has been a favorite of both headline writers and her sign-waving …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - Sep 3, 2008
As details come to light about Sarah Palin's connection to the Alaska Independence Party, her husband's DUI, and her teenage daughter's pregnancy, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - Aug 28, 2008
With Democrats finishing up their convention in Denver, reports suggest that the parties in the Mile High City haven't been quite as wild as in past campaigns. One culprit may be concerns about the altitude, which …
Slate Magazine - Explainer - Aug 27, 2008
Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Brian Schweitzer delivered a speech focused on energy policy that brought the crowd to its feet, particularly for the line "The petro-dictators will never own …
Slate Magazine - Aug 26, 2008
For the 29th Olympiad, which ended on Sunday, the Chinese built or renovated 31 venues in and around Beijing. Construction of the six main sporting facilities—including the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube—cost more than …
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How educational is a Chinese re-education camp?Slate Magazine - Aug 21, 2008 Two women in their late 70s were sentenced to "re-education-through-labor" by the Beijing police after they applied repeatedly for a permit to hold a protest. How much education actually happens at these re-education … |
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Why are Jamaicans so good at sprinting?Slate Magazine - Aug 18, 2008 Jamaicans dominated the Olympic 100-meter sprint this weekend, with Usain Bolt setting a world record and his teammates taking all three medals in the women's event. Jamaica is a poor, tiny nation about half the size … |