“Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich …” — Jacob Weisberg

Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam War.

I think 'Slate''s editorial staff understands the intersection of journalism and technology better than any other.

I hope my children will grow up to love literature, but I expect they will absorb it as readily via a screen or pod as from glued quires of printed pages.

If Obama succeeds in turning health insurance and funding for college into universal entitlements, he will have expanded Washington's obligations on the scale of an LBJ or an FDR.