Cosmic American Blog

In honor of Whitney Houston's sudden passing, I have opted to not post about '80s music for one day. Concerning the diva's unti...

Aaah Slate, how you constantly pull me in with your headlines promising some new bit of knowledge or insightful analysis only to leave me sc...

Ah, the Nixon tapes : the gift that keeps on giving. Just when you're about to re-evaluate the guy and finally say to yourself "You...

Call me juvenile, but any Slate article that contains the phrases "anal sphincter," "anorectal angle," and "stream...

1) American Girls Reaching Puberty Earlier Than Ever 2) Germs Gone Wild: How The Unchecked Development of Domestic Bio-Defense Threatens Ame...

Time for an old-fashioned Slate article round-up: Do You Believe In Miracles? - The wild, weird world of Insane Clown Posse - Jonah Weiner ...

Ahhh Slate, how you tease me with your headlines. Today John Hughes died. Checking Slate I see they already have an article with the intrig...

Finally, a Slate article on a worthy subject: animal masturbation . According to Daniel Engber: Dogs, cats, lions, bears, and a number of o...

How about instead of trying to define "post-disco" and complaining about how VH1 rockumentaries misrepresent '80s underground ...

I know we made fun of Slate 's Movie Club last year but...but...I can't help myself! Problem Numero Uno: These people are all too ...

English majors undergoing mid-period academic calcification will often write about the lesser known works of famous figures. This sort of w...

Apparently I wasn't the only one to get a big kick out of the idea of Christopher Hitchens as a modern day Ebenezer Scrooge. So did Chr...

Was the world waiting with bated breath for Slate articles on the twin topics of car horns and tied college football games ? No. Did I enj...

In his own inimitable way, Christopher Hitchens comes out for Obama in Slate. But he certainly doesn't make it easy for himself. He sta...

Now here is why I left grad school. Somebody named Adam Kirsch has written an article in Slate called Nobel Gas: the Swedes have no clue a...

I'd like to extend my congratulations to Slate 's John Dickerson, who has finally outdone himself this time. Already known for his p...

Don't blame sexism for Hillary Clinton's defeat - By Christopher Hitchens, Slate Favorite passages: "But now Sen. Clinton's...

It takes quite the brouhaha to rile up a Little Earl, but I couldn't help but cringe in disbelief at some of the comments I saw floating...

In his Slate piece "The Satire Recession: How Political Satire Got So Flabby," Troy Patterson seems to suggest that at one point...

William Saletan is at his sarcastic best in a new Human Nature column. The appeal of this column is Saletan's pithy bluntness. He may b...