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“Pale Fire” Redux

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

One of the highlights of new releases in poetry this fall is a long poem by John Shade that begins with the remarkable line “I was the shadow of the waxwing slain.” It’s all the more remarkable because John Shade does not exist. Shade is a creation of Vladimir Nabokov, and his 999-line poem is […]

Let’s Talk Turkey

August 14, 2013

Chief Justice John Roberts calls State of the Union ‘troubling’

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Frustration nation: the media’s role in America’s political divide

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Jobs By The Numbers

August 14, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Sexting: Teens in legal straits over explicit text messages

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Should teens sending explicit photos of themselves be slapped with felony pornography charges? Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, legal affairs correspondent for Slate Magazine and Siva Vaidhynathan, media professor at the University of Virginia

Bad Cop: Profiling Democrats at the DOJ

August 14, 2013Global Politics

An internal Justice Department report found that a former senior official routinely used an ideological litmus test in filling what were supposed to be apolitical posts. Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Legal Correspondent

Bushisms: A retrospective

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Since the day he took office, President Bush’s colorful speech has created a stir. Over the years his turns of phrases have been not so much controversial as they’ve been cryptic. Jacob Weisberg of The Slate Group coins them Bushisms.

Chester goes creepy

August 14, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Faith talks to Slate advertising columnist Seth Stevenson about the new Cheetos ad campaign featuring a new, extra-creepy Chester the Cheetah.