By John Koblin 3/24/09 12:22pm

The Reconstruction of Eliot Spitzer: Notes From a Boomlet

Welcome back, Mr. ex-Governor.

This week the Steamroller has been on a roll, writing columns about the financial mess on Slate, appearing to talk about it on national TV and on the radio at WNYC, giving an interview to the Times and floated across a magazine cover as the best next Treasury secretary. That’s all Read More

By Tom Scocca 12/27/04 12:00am

Exotic Experiment, Slate Is Brought in Chains to N.Y.

A magazine that’s printed on computers is more like a magazine than it is like a computer program. That was the verdict handed down on Dec. 21 by Microsoft and the Washington Post Company, as the software behemoth announced that it was selling its Web-based Slate magazine to the ink-on-paper-ware empire.

The new-media startup that Read More