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Slate is a free daily online magazine that offers analysis and commentary about politics, news, and culture. Founded in 1996 by Michael Kinsley, Slate was one of the earliest web-based general interest publications. Originally owned by Microsoft, Slate is now under the auspices of the Washington Post Company. In addition to articles on an eclectic range of topics, Slate features several regular columns, podcasts, video content, and online forums.
The writers for Slate:
Description: Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate. She covers legal issues for Slate and writes "Supreme Court Dispatches." She is a graduate of Yale and Stanford Law School and worked as a lawyer before joining Slate's writing staff.
Description: Jack Shafer writes the Press Box, a column of media criticism that appears several times a week on Slate. He is currently serving as Slate's editor at large. Prior to joining Slate, Shafer edited Washington City Paper and SF Weekly.
Description: Farhad Manjoo writes a regular column on issues related to technology for Slate.
Description: Eliot Spitzer came to political prominence as the attorney general of New York. His aggressive prosecutions of corporate white-collar crime and securities fraud made him both a national hero and the most hated and feared figure on Wall Street. Spitzer's reputation as a hard-charging reformer catapulted him into the governorship...
Description: William Saletan is the national correspondent at Slate.com. Saletan gained notoriety in the fall of 2004 with nearly daily columns covering the ups and downs of the Presidential race. He currently writes the 'Human Nature' column. Previously, he wrote 'Frame Game' which analyzed the way current events are spun by politicians...
Description: Megan O'Rourke is Slate's culture critic and the author of Half-Life, a volume of poetry.
Description: Daniel Gross writes the Moneybox column for Slate. His column is also appears in print form in Newsweek, where he serves as a senior editor. Gross has an undergraduate degree from Cornell and a master's degree in history from Harvard.
Description: Timothy Noah is a senior writer at Slate who writes mostly on politics.
