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Top Stories from December 26, 2007

"There Will Be Oscars"

"A Brief History of the Yule Log"

"Stop Picking on Kwanzaa"

"Why Doesn't Anyone Read Dante's Paradiso?

"Why Giuliani Can Never Get a Cab in New York"

"My Brief Career As a Drag Queen"

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"Hitchcock's Secret"

"How 'Stairway to Heaven' Ruined Led Zeppelin"

"What Do the Cops Have on Me?"

"Should the Government Pay You to Lose Weight?"

"When Bad Movies Happen to Cute Animals"

"Why the Stink Over Pink"

After being taken to the woodshed for his dunderheaded

series on genetic IQ differences, Slate's William Saletan

published a semi-retraction. That's all well and good, but

it dodged the real issue, namely, how supercilious

intellectuals, like Saletan, play with explosive ideas

as if they were baby rattles.

If IQ is directly proportional to head size, as he believes,

William Saletan is in trouble.

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Top Stories from November 11, 2007"Chalk Talk: How to Execute a Miracle 15-Lateral Touchdown""Can You Judge Wine Better with Your Eyes Closed"?"Can Beyoncé End the War on Terrorism?"

"My Husband and I Want to Sleep Around. Should We?"

Jacob Weisberg, Editor of Slate, Looking Repentant for

Supporting the Invasion of Iraq

Jacob Weisberg, Editor of Slate, Not Looking Repentant for

Supporting the Invasion of Iraq

Jacob Weisberg's Cat Looking Both Ways

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Top Stories for July 12, 2007

"Am I Raising Eco-Snobs?"

"What We Learned at the Bartender Convention"

"Do Kids Need a Summer Vacation?"

"The Case of the Diamond Dildo"

"Anti-Climax"

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Top Stories for July 7, 2007

"Green Is the New Yellow""Where Does Hamas Get Its Ski Masks?""Why the Libby Reprieve Is Bad--for Hillary""Would a Pardon Get Scooter His $250K Back?""Has Bad-Boy Financier Henry Kravis Gone Soft?""Can a Prius Really Go 100 MPH?"

Even though he was only four years old at the time,

Jacob Weisberg was already a jackass in 1968, the

year he first mocked the opponents of war.

You know the main course is going to be sugar-free

cotton candy when you log on to Slate to learn that the

lead article tackles the vexing issue of how the American

people misunderstand the Kentucky Derby. So you decide

to dig deeper into really important issues by clicking on

"Al-Qaida's Funniest Home Videos." But those turn out

to be, when you stop to think about it, almost as funny as

Lou Gehrig's Disease. So what's the point of this online

magazine? There is no point, and that's the point. It's

just a bunch of weisenheimers who get their kicks by

jerking you off.