Slate Magazine - The Fray

enter the fray: our reader discussion forum





More like this

Why is Palin so popular?

By ribalding
I have a hard time figuring this out myself. But there are a couple Palin fans in my family, and after a few rather fruitless political exchanges I can ... Read More

American Football and War

By jack_cerf
I've long thought that the Vince Lombardi cult of the 1960s owed a great deal to military failure in Vietnam. He occupied the place in the American imagination ... Read More

Public pronouncements of sentence

By EbenCooke
I've seen a lot of Democratic spokesmen on TV recently, assuring us that the trial will end in conviction and execution. I fully understand the emotional ... Read More

More From the Jurisprudence Fray

Not the court's fault

By viretarmis
If, as the author suggests, much bad law will come of KSM's trial, don't blame the courts. Neither the Defendant nor the courts were responsible for his ... Read More

More From the Jurisprudence Fray

John Walker Lindh

By Joe_JP
"Can you give me a case in United States history where an enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court?" Holder could not. Graham ... Read More

More From the Jurisprudence Fray

Palin doesn't have the numbers nationally to win

By opus512
As many people that voted for Obama as a vote against Bush will vote for Obama again as a vote against Palin. Palin simply doesn't have the national support ... Read More

still be far better than any of the available alternatives

By Joe_JP
In the end, KSM will be convicted and America will declare the case a great victory for process, openness, and ordinary criminal procedure. Bringing KSM ... Read More

More From the Jurisprudence Fray

To Lawyer or Not To Lawyer

By Algernon
A likely approach: KSM will waive counsel. Unless deemed mentally (as opposed to legally) incompetent to represent himself, he has the absolute right to ... Read More

More From the Jurisprudence Fray





More like this

I have been that genius guy ...

By Malarkey
... and I have to say, it takes a lot more intelligence to know when to pick your battles than it does to just unload every time. I suppose I don't know ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

Shockingly Bad Advice

By MacAdvisor
Prudy's advice to In Love with a Super Computer was shockingly bad. First, she didn't help the writer with the problem. She gave unsolicited advice to ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

comment on the XX Factor

By Moirared
... particularly the discussion on intellectualls, featuring in the current Fraywatch column. <link> Moira Redmond Fray Slat ... Read More

More From the XX Factor Fray

the last letter is a perfect example of the Peter principle

By Kal_Aline
wow, an office manager who doesn't know how to deligate, and which nobody has any respect for. KA good hiring decision, HR department. ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

The trials of the office manager.

By NewAlgier
The best way to attack this common problem is through the boss for whom you are Executive Assistant, I think. (Perhaps the he/she is the president of the ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

I disagree on the genious boy advice,

By chance20_m
I'll agree with Prudence up to a point, it is certainly possible that the boyfriend who wins all the arguments is an arogant bully, and I'll grant that ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

Nice shout out to Dr. Manahatan

By chfbtnka
Is Prudie revealing her inner geek? I expect a comparison to Caprica Six next week. ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray

Smothering BF - why not mutual?

By Wundt
I think Prudence has forgotten what it is like to be in that first relationship. While it is true that the BF may be too clingly... my question is, why ... Read More

More From the Dear Prudence Fray





More like this

Fray Bash - A Pilgrim's Progress

By Keifus
There's nothing like a song around the nighttime campfire to attune a person to the sense of earthly friendships and even higher powers. Everyone held ... Read More

Are Intellectuals Mean?

By Malone
Rachael, I found your most recent post quite interesting. It is, I think, a good-faith effort to address an issue that has long bedevilled our politics. ... Read More

More From the XX Factor Fray

How To Kill Your Baby

By august
1. You will kill your baby. You will leave her in a crib, or you will sleep in the same bed with her, where she will fall victim to SIDS. You wil install ... Read More

Royko rolls over and smiles

By Schmutzie
When Rupert Murdoch bought the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, Mike Royko, my hero, switched teams. He hated Murdoch, and said that "No self respecting fish ... Read More

The arrogance of ignorance

By Knute
Sorry, it's not the informed that are condescending to the uninformed. More often it is the uninformed who cling stubbornly to their mis- or lack of information, ... Read More

More From the XX Factor Fray

Thoughts on Intellectuals and Anti-Intellectuals

By Adrasteia
And yet Rachel, I do not see a campaign ad from the left accusing conservatives of being "rednecks" or "uneducated." I do see ads from the right accusing ... Read More

More From the XX Factor Fray

Why I like the fray

By Cyrus
I once heard a comedian talking about why he loves New York. He said one of the things he likes abot NY is riding the subway. He likes this because every ... Read More

Rachel...

By mattcable
I'm sorry, but no matter how much you might protest you are an intellectual. Frankly your post illustrates nicely the bizarre rhetorical and ideological ... Read More

More From the XX Factor Fray