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Slate Columnist Advises Divorced Father of Evangelical Child to Discus
October 17th, 2007 2:14 PM
What is a divorced father with a devout Evangelical Christian daughter to do when his anti-religious beliefs come between his daughter and his visitation? If you are mainstream media advice columnist from Slate.com he should discuss his views about science and homosexuality; even though he never mentioned that he had such views. In addition to furthering her "open minded" views on religion and…
After Clinton Campaign Kills Negative Story, ‘Is The GQ Man a Wuss
September 25th, 2007 11:06 AM
As NewsBuster John Stephenson reported Monday, a Politico column by Ben Smith revealed that the Clinton campaign apparently forced GQ magazine to not publish a negative piece about Hillary if they wanted future access to Bill. As a result, Slate's Mickey Kaus asked Tuesday, "Is the GQ Man a Wuss?" Kaus marvelously began (h/t Glenn Reynolds):
Should People Stop Having Children to Halt Global Warming
September 13th, 2007 3:07 PM
It certainly shouldn't come as a great surprise that there are people who think human beings are the worst species on the planet, and that Earth would be a much better place without us. However, though Slate's Daniel Engber did add some skepticism to his "Global Swarming: Is it time for Americans to start cutting our baby emissions?" article, his conclusion made it quite clear his answer to this…
Slate Trawls Facebook to Find Anti-Giuliani Scoop From Ex-Mayor's Daug
August 6th, 2007 2:56 PM
Slate magazine found out that Rudy Giuliani's daughter Caroline has a crush on Obama.Well, maybe not a crush, but she had joined a pro-Obama Facebook group and describes herself as "liberal" (but then that's also how many Republican voters would describe Caroline's father).The article, complete with evidentiary screen grab, was written this morning by Lucy Morrow Caldwell, like Caroline Giuliani…
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick: Senate Too Soft on Court Nominees
August 3rd, 2007 3:24 PM
Cry me a river. It appears that Slate's Dahlia Lithwick was driven to tears by the Supreme Court nomination hearings, according to Christina Bellantoni of the Washington Times:"I covered those confirmation hearings. I went home at night in tears. It was awful." -- Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com's Supreme Court reporter, talking at a Yearly Kos breakout session about the Senate's confirmation of…