Delphic oracle proclaimed that Socrates was the wisest man of Greece, Socrates responded, "'Tis because I alone of all the Greeks know that I know nothing." -

Obama's "I Screwed Up" Apology is Real Change

President Barack Obama gets big points in owning up, stepping up and saying "I screwed up" when it came to a series of botched Cabinet nominees (some of whom somehow forgot to pay their income taxes).

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Robert McNamara and the Ghosts of Vietnam

he was so impressed by the logic of statistics that he tried to calculate how many deaths it would take to bring North Vietnam to the bargaining table ...

New Fusion-Fission System Invented, Promises Clean Nuclear Power

One of the hybrid reactors would be capable of burning the sludge waste of 10 to 15 LWRs, rendering it non-radioactive.

President Obama's Inaugural Address

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true.

The End of Banking as We Know It

THE concept of the financial supermarket — the all-things-to-all-people, intergalactic, behemoth banking institution — bit the dust last week.

The top 25 Bushisms of all time

Since then, I've collected—with help from Slate readers—more than 500 Bushisms. What follows is a list of my 25 favorites. The 25 best verbal slip-ups of the last eight years of the Bush Presidency.

Why Space? Why Now? That is the Question

For your consideration

Obama's 'Hope' portrait goes to Smithsonian

Even before he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama's image will become part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, the museum announced Wednesday.

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Bush Shoe Throwing: Responses From Around The Web (VIDEO) It's A Whole Lotta Sole!

Whether you thought it was funny or frightening when an Iraqi journalist tossed a pair of shoes at the President, the incident has definitely inspired some online creativity. Below, check out a series of mock-ups of President Bush's close encounter with a Size 10.

Keith Olbermann completely eviscerates Bush's Legacy on everything from My Pet Goat, to Opposing the 9/11 Commission, to helping Bin Laden's Family Flee the Country. Must See Video.

Keith debunks the talking points memo put out by the Bush administration trying to rewrite his legacy.

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