On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification, Slate V presents a photo essay about East Berlin, drawn from the Magnum archives.
Conservative arguments against health care reform tend to be monochrome: too many pages, too costly, too much government interference in our lives. But while the right supplies nearly all opposition to the health care bill, it does not have a monopoly. There is also an emerging opposition from liberals and the left. Thus far, it remains small, but its argume […]
President Obama's speech at Fort Hood was a small masterpiece—less than 15 minutes—in part because it was so modest. The president had great material and he knew not to get in its way.[more ...] Barack Obama - United States - Fort Hood - Politics - Society and Culture
John Allen Muhammad, the "Beltway sniper" who went on a two-week shooting spree in the Washington, D.C., area in 2003, is scheduled for execution in Greensville, Va., Tuesday night. In death row tradition, Muhammad requested a special last meal, but he asked the Virginia Department of Corrections not to announce the menu. Can a death row inmate req […]