Blank Slate #14

Top Stories from August 28, 2013

"Fox News Mocks Chelsea Manning with 

Aerosmith Song"

"Thanks, Smilin' Bob"

"All Hail the Gin and Tonic"

"Instagram's Banned Tags:  #She Wants the D

Is OK, but #MILF Isn't?"

"All Hail Hushpuppies"

Blank Slate #13

Top Stories from April 23, 2013

"What's Better for You:  Running or Walking?"

"A Grand Unified Theory of Mad Men"

"Does Janelle Monáe’s New Song Address 

Her Sexuality?"

"Help!  My Husband Is Scandalized by My 

Post-Breast-Feeding Bust Size"

Blank Slate #12

Top Stories from January 31, 2013

"Data: a Love Story"

"Could a Bachelor Ever Win the Presidency?"

"Hemingway Probably Didn't Write That 

Famous Six-Word Story"

"A Defense of Anne Hathaway"

Dweebs, Dorks, and Doofuses #9

William Saletan

"Is Newt nuts?  Yes, of course he is!  And I ought to know. 

As the author of Bushisms and Palinisms, I've become

rather nutty myself.  And, as they say, 'It takes one to

know one'.  Now, can I have my meds?"

“Are Republicans losing their grip on reality?” Jacob Weisberg

asks.  It's a good question, but for someone as smart as he is,

the editor-in-chief of Slate, he should have asked it when, say,

Ronald Reagan was elected President of the U. S. in 1980.

"Mr. Weisberg, your critics claim you suffer from 'banal

leakage'.  What would you say in response to this claim?"

"The good news is that William Saletan says we shouldn't give

up on nuclear power, because it's still safer than oil and coal.

The bad news is that William Saletan is a fucking nitwit."

FLYING CARS: They're Coming Soon.  Really!

Putting two spaces after a period is driving Farhad Manjoo

crazy.  Let's start putting three spaces after a period and

see what happens.

Have you heard the story about Slate's story about the Gawker

nonstory about some guy's story about his one-night stand

with Christine O'Donnell?

March to Keep Timothy Noah Alive Called Off

Due to Lack of Satirists

It's not 'No Comment', Jack;  it's 'No Questions'.  Freedom

of the Press to these despots-to-be means:  we speak, the

press, which exists only as a megaphone, transcribes what we

speak, and the people listen respectfully and obediently. 

'Questions', these authoritarians will tell you, are

unconstitutional, not found in their Bill of Rights. 

"John Dickerson says I'm 'beyond the pale'.

Where'd he get that crazy idea?"

Blank Slate #11
Top Stories from November 4, 2009
"Does the Louis Vuitton Bag Come in Red?"
"How Do I Get the President to Given My Disease
an Awareness Month?"
"Will Joe Lieberman Filibuster Health Care
Reform, or Won't He?"
"Circus People"
"This Bitch Owns Her Own Harley"

How Last Night's Election Results Were Bad
for John Dickerson: a Blank Slate Exclusive

Just think: in ten more years, you'll be able to see

Still Sentient at 90: Slate's Short List of the Most

Powerful Nonagenarians

What if you were Anne Applebaum and for the umpteenth
year, you didn't win a Nobel Peace Prize --- but Barack Obama
did? What would you do? Why, you'd write a column for Slate
entitled, "It's Time to Stop Taking the Peace Prize Seriously."
And then you'd keep your fingers crossed for next year.

Blank Slate #10

Top Stories from October 11, 2009

"How Do Nobel Peace Prize Winners Spend

Their Money?"

"'Barf Blog' and Other Great Websites about E. Coli"

"Joe Biden Says the Darndest Things"

"Was Lindsay Lohan's Ungaro Collection

as Bad as Everyone Said?"

"It's Time to Stop Taking the Peace Prize Seriously"

Blank Slate #9
Top Stories from September 11, 2009
"The Bridge That Could Ruin Germany's Best Wine Region"
"Tips for Great Athletes Who Want to Talk Humbly
about Their Greatness"
"Can the BigBelly Solar-Powered Trash Compactor Save
America from Economic Ruin?"
"New Data Suggests Your Parents Are Probably High
Right Now"
"Help! I'm Hot for My Wife's Sexy Sister"