Recent U.S. News Posts
Why can't the International Criminal Tribunal drag Radovan Karadzic to court?
Former Bosnian leader and alleged génocidaire Radovan Karadzic refused to attend his war crimes trial at The Hague on Monday and Tuesday and will likely boycott the proceedings next week… Read more »
It doesn't make sense to charge fat people higher insurance premiums.
Safeway CEO Steven A. Burd thinks he's solved the nation's health care crisis. The California-based grocery chain has kept its insurance costs stable for the last four years, he says… Read more »
Hey Penny: Smoking Kills... Productivity
A daily video from Slate V.[more ...] Sponsored Topics: Health - Addiction - Tobacco - Substance Abuse - Quitting... Read more »
Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967
“I started firing my machinegun. Then I passed out. Walter came crawling up the stairs and hid all my guns under his bed. When he left in the morning he… Read more »
The Legend of the 10 Elemental Masters
"Knuckles glides north 1500 feet above Lake Sakakawea at 800 mph following Highway 83. A small thunderstorm is somewhat visible to the south. The sky is 3/8 scattered with cirrus… Read more »
From Der Spiegel: Should U.S. Newspapers Get State Aid?
The Downie/Schudson Report, as it's widely called, is cautiously optimistic that journalism will survive, but doesn't beat around the bush. It urges a number of fairly radical, controversial suggestions on… Read more »
Michael Brune: How Trudie Styler Is Winning Hearts and Minds at ... Chevron?
As Joe Berlinger's Crude continues to rack up favorable reviews, a captivating email back-and-forth has been revealed between Trudie Styler and executives at Chevron. Read more »
Andrea Chalupa: The Onion: just as divisive as regular news, now with new book
Everyone's favorite satirical news source, The Onion, is coming out with a brand new book, Our Front Pages: 21 Years of Greatness, Virtue, And Moral... Read more »
Jerry Fowler: Now We Need Presidential Leadership
Now that the dust is settling from the release of the Obama administration's Sudan strategy we can begin to assess the landscape. The greatest virtues... Read more »
Catie Lazarus: TV REVIEW: THE GOOD WIFE
ON WIFEDOM "He'll know how to much it costs to rape someone and get away with it," Christie Barbosa (Paloma Guzman) says to her lawyers,... Read more »
