We promised you we’d report back to you in short order, and now we will: The Eliot Spitzer resurrection project of 2009 continues, and his next stop will be NBC’s Today Show.
Mr. Spitzer will be sitting down with Matt Lauer on Monday, April 6. Presumably, he’ll be talking about the financial crisis, as Read More
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
As John Koblin reported yesterday, Condé Nast is implementing across the board budget cuts. Men’s Vogue was forced to reformat itself down to a glorified supplement to its big sister publication; Portfolio is dramatically scaling back its Web site and limiting its run from 12 issues a year to 10.
Like the Read More
Do undecided voters dream of aerial wolf hunts? Slate’s David Plotz sure hopes so.
After a series of disturbing dreams featuring Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, he’s inviting readers to contribute any and all dreams about Ms. Palin.
Here’s his call for entries:
Palin has gripped the American imagination in a way Read More
The Slate family is getting bigger, and consquently, a restructuring is in order! David Plotz, longtime deputy for the thinky, contrarian Web magazine, is becoming the new chief editor of the site. He’ll be the third editor of the 12-year-old site, succeeding Jacob Weisberg who succeeded Michael Kinsley. Weisberg will now oversee all the Slate Read More
In a bit of marital stunt journalism, Slate’s David Plotz and The Atlantic‘s Hanna Rosin decided to spend a whole day 15 feet apart and report on their experiences. (They also let Slate V’s camera’ follow them.)
Inspired by a recent New York Times ‘House & Home’ story about a Buddhist Read More
The Times’ li’l culture czarina; what an audition! what mentors! but where are pieces on Eugene O’Neill?
A year ago, there was a consensus inside and outside The New York Times that Sunday Arts and Leisure was in a major funk-the section was a bore, digestive rather than energetic, let alone contentious. A search Read More
