Features
The 14 3/4 Biggest Ideas of the Year
A guide to the intellectual trends that, for better or worse, are most shaping America right now
Special Report: Our second annual online ideas report includes a blog by Conor Friedersdorf, video and photos from the Aspen Ideas Festival, an "Idea of the Day" feature, and much more
The End of Men
Women are dominating society as never before.
Video: In this family feud, Hanna Rosin and her daughter, Noa, debate the superiority of women with Rosin’s son, Jacob, and husband, Slate editor David Plotz
Are Fathers Necessary?
A paternal contribution may not be as essential as we think.
Xanadu
A map of one couple’s attempt to build the world’s greenest home
Closing the Digital Frontier
How media companies are taming the Internet’s chaos
The Littlest Schoolhouse
Helping wayward students—by personalizing curricula
No Refills
Why are fewer drugs being approved, even as R&D surges?
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty
An eminent economist discovers the virtues of colonialism.
The Case for Calling Them Nitwits
Most terrorists are bungling fools. Spread the word.
Dispatches
Monsters in the Market
In today’s exchanges, strong programs prey on weak ones, humans are hard to find, and the SEC struggles to keep up.
A Promising Land
Small towns in the South are looking for a few good Jewish families.
Rent a White Guy
Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing
Googlethink
The giant’s creepy efforts to read my mind
Interview: Nicholas Carr explains why he finds Google both cuddly and creepy
The Vigilante
Italy’s Northern League party exploits a brutal crime for a dubious law.
The Mother of All Invention
How the Xerox 914 gave rise to the Information age
A Killer Vacation
On The Shining’s 30th anniversary, a visit to the hotels that inspired Stephen King’s novel— and the Stanley Kubrick film he scorned
Video: Commenting on a scene from The Shining, James Parker demonstrates the clashing visions of Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King
Books
The Racket
How the numbers game shaped Harlem
Our Houses, Our Selves
A new crop of books suggests that for women, obsession with real estate is replacing obsession with love and marriage.
Cover to Cover
New fiction from Jane Smiley and A. L. Kennedy; the concise LBJ; Jung and Pauli’s cosmic convergence; and more
Interview: Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley talks with Eleanor Barkhorn about writing, thinking, teaching, and her latest novel, Private Life
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